The Press., 1903-10-15
STANFORD SPRINGS,

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Mrs. ]. A. Simpson of Orange has
been q guest of Miss Sadie Comins.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson and
daughter, Ethel, were in Springfield
last week.
E. L. Burr went ON the New York
and Boston excursion, by the way of
the Hudson river. last week.
Miss Alice Flagg is at her home in
Woburn. Mass, to attend wedding.
Miss Gertrude Wightman is substi-
tuting for her in school work.
A meeting for business and reception
of new members will be held by the
Girls club, at their room in Memorial
hall. at 7.30 p. m, next Monday.
Miss Mary Baldi of Mystic, who
has been the guest of her cousin, Miss
Sadie Baldi, for the past two weeks,
has decided to make her home here.
The county commissioners for Toll
land county will be at the Stafford
Springs House, Tuesday, Nov. Sd, at
IL a. M, and at Rockville, Nov. 4th,
at police court room, at 10 a. m, to
grant liquor licenses in this county.
A change of time ON the Central
Vermont railroad went into effect
Monday morning. The first train
south now leaves at 500 a. m, instead
of $685.. and the last train south at
TAI p. m, instead of 40. The last
train north now leaves at 6.54 p. m,
instead of 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Stafford of
Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Bradbury
of. Springfield. G.. Waldo Wellington
and Miss Cora Hill of Watertown,
Mass, Cheney and Miss Julia Newton
of Brimfield, Fred and Miss Belle
Moore of Mashapaug were visitors at
the Foster homestead during the fair.
Edmund J. Bassow, who recently
left The Press office and went to
Brattleboro, has been transferred to
Ludlow, VT, where he has the posi-
tion of foreman of the press and COM
posing rooms of the Vermont Tribune
office. Local friends of Mr.. Bassow
will be pleased to learn of his advance
ment.
The proposed plan to extend the line
of the Springfield street railroad to-
Hampden and Stafford Springs receiv-
ed attention Saturday at a meeting of
the special committee of the board of
trade and the directors of the COM
pany. The committee is composed of
& l.. F.. Carr, A. b. Wallace, Peter
Murray, W. W. McClench, 7. L.
Haynes and William c. Wheat, all
except the last two being present at
the meeting. The plan was laid be-
fore the directors in a business-like |
way, the committee showing the adj
vantage to the company, new COM
-munities and to this city. The travel
swould be, the committee. thought,
large enough to make the enterprise
pay. The directors of the company
listened to the arguments advanced
and promised to give the matter care |
full attention. 1t is not expected, |
however, that, even in the case of
favorable action, anything will be /
done about building the line this fall.
Springfield Republican.
Soon after the finding of Hon. John
r. Buck was filed in the Matthews
appeal from probate case, a remon-
STRANGE against the finding was filed in
the superior court by E. D. Robbins,
attorney for Mrs. Matthews. The
counsel for the administrators entered
a demurrer to the remonstrance, and
the issue thus raised was argued before
Judge Shumway at the recent term of
the court in Rockville. The decision
of Judge Shumway has just been flied
in which he upholds the demurrer,
thus sustaining. the finding of Mr..
Buck, which finding, it will be re-
membered, entirely approved of the
the estate of Julius Converse. The
decision of Judge Shumway also up
holds all the rulings of the judge of
probate of this district. Since, under
the statutes in our state, the superior
court may review any acts of a probate
Judge, which acts, in this case, are
involved in this decision of the supe-
rior court, the only further recourse of
the plaintiff is an appeal to the supe-
rior supreme court of errors from the
decision of Judge Shumway.
The fifty-first annual meeting of the
Tolland county conference of Congre-
gational churches will be held with
the Congregational church next week
Wednesday and Thursday, with the
following program: Wednesday morn
ing-1O. 90, devotional service, led by /
Rev. Z. A. Burnham; 80, organi-
cation and business; HOO, Congrega-
tional polity ON it's fellowship side,
Rev. O. NJ. Perry; 11.3O, Personal con-
secration and the inner life, Rev. Fl. /
L. Barnard; 12.15, dinner. After
noon-1.3O, service of prayer; 400, |
Definite aims in church and Christian
work. Rev. O. ri. Davis; 2.3O. Do we
wish new members in our churches
Rev. L. A Goddard; 800, What re-
adjustment of Christian forces is need |
ed to-day? Rev. H. E. Starr; $50, |
How far and in what spirit shall |
churches, pastors and Christians go in
extinguishing the iniquities of social,
town and political life? Rev. Nestor
Light; 400, The Congregationalist,
it's aims and claims Thy it's representa-
tive), Rev. Clarence Pike; 800, re-
ception; 100, service of worship; SER
mon, Prof. E. K. Mitchell, ID. d.,
Hartford; communion, administered
by Rev. J. p. Harvey and Rev. Austin
Gardner. Thursday morning 80,
devotional service; 9.45, business;
10. 90, Christian nurture as related to
the doctrine of regeneration, Rev. w.