The Press., 1903-12-03
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Anthony Hansen has purchased A E. Gregory's Main street pool room.
 There is not at present a case of contagious disease within the borough limits.
 Four candidates for admission to the Temple of Honor will come before the meeting next Wednesday evening.
 Improvements are in progress on the Buck and Lathrop block. A large dormer window is being placed in the roof. aS
 Mrs. B.B. Paine will have her sale of art embroideries at the Springs House parlors next Monday, from 1C a. m. until 10 D. m.
 M. H. Converse will hold his dance at the German club rooms, Westford avenue, next Friday evening Lynch s orchestra will furnish music.
 The borough caucus for the nomi nation of borough officials for the en- suing year will be held at borough hall next Wednesday evening at s o'clock.
 The Central woolen mill has shut down for the rest of the week, with the exception of the dye house and finishing room. This will give the last two mentioned departments a chance to catch up.
 The last meeting of the court of bur gesses was held Tuesday evening. There was not much doing except the transaction of routine business. The court granted permission to the Girls club to use borough hall in which to play basket ball.
 The cold snap has been just the thing for skating, and the ponds have been populous. Thanksgiving day was the first day that many ventured on, but the young people and some of the older ones have known what to dc with their spare time since.
 The fair of the Young American athletic club last week proved very successful, and the organization will add about S215 to it's treasury. Not only was it success financially, but it proved very enjoyable from social standpoint, there being good sized crowds present each evening" The prize on ticket No. 954, a pair of shoes, has not yet been claimed.
 A spent rifle ball entered the south upstairs room of the home of Mrs. T. c. Lathrop on High street Thanksgiv- ing day. It passed through the house by the way of an open door and broke window on the other side. Sounds of firing had been heard in the vicin- ity. and it was evident that somebody was shooting wide of the mark. There is a borough ordinance that provides against this means of diversion.
 A horse driven by J. Allen Mix, the milkman, met with a peculiar &C., cident the first of the week. As he was passing over the crossing near Smith & Cooley's the point of one of the horses front feet became wedged between the iron and the planking. The horse was thrown, and it was necessary to pry the foot out with a bar before the animal could be re- leased. It took about ten minutes to set the horse at liberty, and in the meantime the track was blocked. Careful watch was kept for trains. The hoof was slightly cracked near the top, but no bones were broken, t- and it is thought that the animal will be all right after a little time. Neither the wagon nor the harness was damaged.
 A harmonious meeting of the school board was held Monday, and it was decided that the committee as a whole shall act as a board of visitors. The eight schools in the borough will be visited by O. l.. Suenderhauf and M. D. O'Connell; the four at the Hollow will receive attention from W. H. Black; Alvarado Howard will inspect the work of Orcuttville and the Hall districs; Rev. E. A. Burnham was assigned the Staffordville schools, and Ralph Wiers will visit the West Staf- f0rd schools. The matter of night schools came up, but it seems that the law relative to towns of less than 10, 900 inhabitants requires that night schools under the supervision of the town committee can only be instituted by vote of the town. It is probable that meeting will be called in the near future to get the sentiment of the town, and in the meantime noth- ing more can be done. The petition for one session of the high school was referred to the school, visitors of the borough schools for investigation. Rev. E. A. Burnham has requested Alvarado Howard to visit the Stafford vile schools in his place.