The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-04-14
SOMERS.

day, being i'll with German measles.
sOMEKs.
Schools began the spring term Mon
day.
The chapel is being cleaned and
painted preparatory to putting down
the new carpet.
The young girls are invited to meet
at Miss E. Louise Patterns Saturday
afternoon to form a sewing class.
G. A. Butterfield from the Hartford
Theological seminary preached in the
Congregational church Sunday.
Archie Dimock, aged about 16
years, son of Arthur Dimock, has a
broken leg, the result of being thrown
from a wagon.
The very little ones, or babies, are
invited to be present at the primary
department of the Sunday school next
Sunday, as it is cradle-roll Sunday.
Word has been received that Rev
Charles H. Gleason from Colbrook,
N. H., for 10 years pastor of the Con-
gregational church, has suffered a
stroke of paralysis.
The remains of Charles o. Shaw
and Charles Buck, victims of the fire
last month, which we're placed in the
tomb, are to be buried in the West
cemetery, with service at the graves,
Wednesday afternoon.
WALES.
Mrs. Louisa Neff is quite i'll with
the grip.
Mrs. Blanche Allen of Brimfield
visited friends in town Monday.
Miss Conway, who held position
as ook-keeper for J. H. Loudon, has
returned.
Will Reed, who cut his foot quite
badly a short time ago, is under the
DOCTORS care.
W. A. Lyon was in town last week
packing his household goods and
shipping them to Camden, Me.
Ella Baker, who was obliged to
leave her position in Stafford on &C
count of illness, has returned to her
work.
Joe Hickey, who has been employed
as driver of the Williams bakery
wagon, has resigned his position, his
place being filled by Walter Baker.
Mrs. Mary Odell, who has held a
position as housekeeper at Frank
Smiths in Stafford, has returned and
is moving her household goods from
her fathers house in Brimfield to E.
L. Needham's tenement, and, with
her three small children, will try
housekeeping again.
The social union rooms in j. I'll.
Loudon's Shaw mill, that was fitted
up by subscriptions from different
parties, with the understanding that
it should not be used for any other
purpose, has been opened again, but
not for the public. It is used for
Matching chickens. Over 100 have
already been Matched there. Rather
an expensive coop.
The suit of the Worcester and Hart
ford street railway company against
Joseph H. Loudon and others, pending
in the superior court for Worcester
county, has been settled out of court
by agreement Of parties. AS result
of this settlement the company gets
the desired right of way over parcel
of land in Wales near Loudon's mill
The action was bill in equity in
which the railway company sought to
compel the defendants to keep al
agreement alleged to have been made
in May, 1902, to transfer certain
property in Wales. The plaintiffs
claimed that they accepted the offer
in November, 1902, but that the de-
PENDANTS then refused to keep to their
agreement. The plaintiffs further
claimed that the property in question
was transferred to Edward Loudon
in August, 1908, and he was made q
party to the suit. In the answer OF
J. Fl. Loudon the transfer to Edward
Loudon was admitted, and the claim
set up that Edward Loudon knew
nothing of any agreement to sell the
property to the plaintiffs. November
1S. 1908, temporary injunction was
issued by the superior court restrain
ing the defendants from transferring
the property to any one excepting the
plaintiffs in the action. The case
was on the docket for the present
session of the jury-waived court. Al
the calling of the docket counsel an
nounced that the case was settled.
A Card.
We, the undersigned, do hereby agree