The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-10-22
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

The glee club of the Girls club will
meet with Miss M. 1. Newton next
Tuesday evening.
John Garfield of Watertown has
been spending few days with William
Purcell enjoying the hunting.
Miss Evelyn Ferry and Miss Mary
Leach were home from New Britain
normal school for over Sunday.
The painters are retouching Anders
Jacobsen's store The space occupied
by the ice cream rooms is now utilized
for the display of the Grand Union
goods.
Two Juvenile ball teams, the -Magics
and Westford avenues, had game
last Saturday afternoon. which result
ed in victory for the Magics by q
score of 80 to 90.
A. d. johnson, employed at the
Ellis grocery, is confined to his home
by illness. He was operated on for
fistula the first of the week, and is
now steadily improving.
There will be a masquerade ball at
Evergreen park next Saturday even
ing. Admission is 25 cents for men,
and 15 cents for ladies. Refresh
ments will be served in the hall.
Frederick Faulkner has started the
Hope mill, but the plant will not be
in active operation for a'few days yet.
The mill will be under the supervision
of the local management, with res
ponsible heads for the various depart
ments.
Mrs. Caroline Lathrop, 80, widow
of Rollins Lathrop, who died October
18th, besides two daughters, Miss
Carrie Williams of Tolland and Mrs.
Jennie Remmert of Hartford, left one
son, Chauncey Lathrop of Brooklyn,
N. Y, and one brother, Joseph Davis
of Eagleville.
Charles Converse, with his gun, was
hurriedly summoned to Charles Boil
ieau's house few evenings since, on
the supposition that there was skunk
in the cellar. A careful investigation
resulted in the discovery that the Gel
lar was occupied by two rabbits, one
black and the other black and white.
No ammunition was used.
The large maple ON the Congrega-
tional church lawn was cut down
Monday. The tree had grown so tall
that its branches hid the town clock
in summer when the foliage was out.
Its growth was making the condition
worse each season, and while much
regret was felt to remove the tree, it
was considered best to do so.
The Stafford hotel is about adding to
it's kitchen equipment the most COM
plete cooking apparatus to be found in
any hotel in this vicinity. 1t is q
planished steel range, with two fires,
two baking ovens, two warming ovens,
two hot water fronts and twelve holes.
1t was purchased from Anthony Adams
at a cost of $175, and was made by the
Peninsular stove works of Detroit,
Mich
Artemus S. kellogg was united in
marriage to Miss Eva J. Fletcher al
the home of the bride in Watertown,
Mass, yesterday. The wedding was
a quiet home affair. Mr.. Kellogg is
one of our best young men and popu.
lar clerk at VIC. Ellis grocery store.
A large circle of friends wish him anG
his bride all happiness. Mr.. and Mrs.
kellogg will commence housekeeping
at once in one of the Lord cottages.
Catherine Murphy, one year, daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Murphy,
who reside on the Cady place on the
Glen road, met her death in a pecu
liar manner last Thursday afternoon.
The little one was playing around the
room and fell head first into a large
pail of water. Her mother was out
of the room at the time, and whe1
she returned the child was drowned
The funeral was held Saturday morn
ing, and the burial was in the ceme
terry at Stafford Street.
James Welch and Francis Rohan O.
Mansfield were brought before thu
borough court Saturday morning
charged with intoxication. Boil
pleaded guilty, and Judge Parkes
made it 30 days each at Tolland
John Sena was before the court
charged with an assault on Georg
/ Virgin. The assault was made las
Thursday afternoon, and was a par
of the method adopted by Sena to col
lect for a shave. Judge Parkess fine'
j him $3 and costs, which the defendan
paid.
At the meeting of the Curren
Events club at the library building
next Monday, at 7.30, the hostesse
and committee will be Mrs. Kings
bury, Miss Meyers, Miss Adams. Th
following is the program: Quotation
in response to roll-call. From tn
German; 1, Rhineland and Legend
of the Rhine; 2, Trades and Industrie
of the Fatherland intermission; 8. &c
papers on Bach and Handel and musi
illustrating the same, by Misses New
ton, ,Chamberlin, Washburn and Brow
prelude, etc., Bach; piano duet
Largo, Handel; Hallelujah Chorus
Handel; social.
Mrs. Caroline A. Eldridge, 75, wild
ow of the late Daniel Eldridge, die
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Perry Davis, on Prospect street, Fri
day, after a long illness. The pr
mary cause of her death was frat
ture of the thigh, which she sustaine
some time ago, and an attack of heal
paralysis was the secondary cause
The deceased leaves no near relatives
with the exception of her daughter
Mrs. Davis. The funeral was hel
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