The Press., 1904-01-07
T0L.I.AMIl.

Mems club wish them the best OF sac
cess in their work. ..-.
| TOLLAND.
| Mrs. Smith Brown is quite i'll at
the home of her son, David H. Brown.
William A. Agard has bought the
house owned by Charles A. Hawkins.
Mrs. Carrie Wilton has gone to An
dover to spend the balance of the win
ter.
Frank Luherson has moved his
family into the house lately owned
by Henry Phillips.
Owing to the severe storm on Sun
day no church services we're held in
the morning. ~.
The library meeting, which was to
have been held on Monday, will be
postponed until the first Monday in
March.
Whooping cough is very prevalent
in the south part of the town. Gases
have been reported in five or six
| families.
The several college students who
were spending their vacations at their
homes here, have returned to their
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Meacham are
being congratulated upon the birth Of
boy baby. The small visitor ar
rived on Sunday.
Joseph Webster, aged 70, died at has
home here on Tuesday, Jan. 9TH. At
the present writing arrangements for
the funeral have not yet been made.
The week of prayer will be observed
in the Methodist church by social
services on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, and preaching by the pastor,
Rev. J. H. Allen, on Wednesday and
Friday evenings. The fourth quarter
ly conference will be held next Satur-
day evening at 7.3O. DR.. Bartholo-
new, presiding elder, will preach next
Sunday at 10. 40.
Joseph Webster, an old and respect
ed resident of Rockville and Holland,
died at his home in the latter place
yesterday afternoon from stroke of
apoplexy. He was i'll only short
time. Mr.. Webster had conducted
the Tolland house in Tolland for the
past three or four years, previous to
which time he lived on the Tolland
road, just on the outskirts Of Rock
Vile. He was born in Holland March
1, 1888. He was a veteran of the
civil war, having served in Company
F, Fifth @. V. He enlisted June 81,
1861, and was mustered in at Hartford
in July. On May % of the following
year he was captured at Winchester.
Va. He was discharged January 5,
1868. He leaves wife, and two
children. One daugbtert 1;vos in
Ms,nchester. The funeral will be held
Thursday afternoon at l O'Clock. -
Hartford Courant.
From another correspondent.>
A masquerade ball will be held at
the town hall Saturday evening.
Eleazor Wright Storrs died Tuesday
at his home on North Main street,
West Hartford. Mr.! Storrs was kick
ed by a horse last month aud blood
poisoning followed. Amputation of
his leg was found necessary, but fail
ed to check the progress of the disease.
Mr.. Storrs was 4S years old, a native
of Tolland, and respected citizen.
Previous to moving to the Montgomery
farm on North Main street Mr. Storrs
was for eleven years salesman for W.
L. Andrews, the Elmwood market
gardner. He leaves a wife and two
young SONS, Ebert F. and Harold L.
A brother, Wallace ". Storrs, of Mans.
field, and sister, Mrs. Russell Bing-
ham, of Fitchburg, Mass, also sur
vive him.-Hartford Courant.
MANsFIELO.
o. G. Hanks shot a large fox one
morning recently.
Miss Cora Russ of Mt. Hope is very
i'll at this writing.
Harold Atwood was confined to the
house last week with a grip cold.
The school in district No. IA OPEN
ed Monday, with Miss Finley as
teacher.
Several from Gurleyville attended
the dance given at Hillside last Fri
day evening.
Miss Philomena R. Hauck visited
her sister, Mrs. VIM. Turner, Jr., in
Storrs recently.
A Christmas tree was held at the
Baptist church on Spring Hill last
Thursday evening.
Miss Kate Mason of Mortified semi
nary was at her home at the Corners
over Christmas and New Years.
Miss Hattie Walker of Willimantic
was the guest of Miss Lucy White
house at Chaffeeville last week.
Ell. Smith closed his mill last Fri
day until Monday. The silk business
is not extra good in this vicinity.
The Connecticut Agricultural COL
lege opened it's winter term with YES
per chapel service last Monday even
ing.
Jack J. Farrell left last Tuesday
for Chicago, where he will begin a
three-years' course in a veterinary col
lege.
Last Sunday evening the thermom-
eter registered 25 degrees below zero
at Chaneeville and 30 degrees at Cur
leyville.
The school at Mansfield City was
opened Monday, with Miss Laura
Wheeler, successor to Miss Freeman,
as teacher.
The severe snow storm of last Satur.
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