The Press., 1904-08-24
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Mrs. Joseph Burke is quite ill.
Miss Rose Hanley is visiting in
Millbury.
Mrs. John Mullen is quite ill with
pneumonia.
Miss Carrie Comins has been spend.
ing the past few weeks in Maine.
The annual reunion of the Chaffee
family will be held at Evergreen pars
the 31st.
Frank Greenwood and family have
started for visit to their old home
in England.
Mrs. NJ. G. Moore and daughter,
Miss Ethel, and Miss Myrtle Herring
have returned from Fishers Island.
The regular weekly assembly was
held at the Springs House last Friday
evening. There was q good attend
ance and a very enjoyable time.
The members of the Stafford Coun-
try club are frequenting the grounds
quite q little these pleasant days.
The golf players have not been very
numerous this year, but as the cooler
days come ON the links are assuming
a more lively appearance.
The date for the public schools to
commence has not been definitely de-
cided on, but probably will be at the
meeting of the committee Monday.
If the alterations are completed the
schools will probably commence the
first Wednesday in September, the
Tth. If not, the fall term will prob
ably begin the Monday following.
The following is the proposed line.
up for the ball game this afternoon
at 3 3O:-
Rockville c. f.; Stat
ford, 3D.; Graham, 3D.; Donnelly,
r. f.; Gilmartin, s.; Sullivan, l. +.
Scanlon, c.; Hart. h.; Moriarty, p.
Tuckey, p, ON the bench.
Stafford-Jim Nichols, s.; Smith,
2b.; Nichols, 3b. Mulholland, C.
O'Neil, l. f.; O'Rourke, +. f.; Eel
Ter, p; Mack, C. f.; Hall, lib.
Cobb, p, on the bench.
Last Friday afternoon Henry Rey-
nolds, while cleaning machinery in
the worsted mill, lost his footing, and
in throwing out his hand to save him.
self, drove it through q window pane,
cutting the arm badly, making one
cash six inches long, and another par
allel to it three inches long, as we'll
as gashing the palm of the hand and
thumb. He was taken to DIR. Smith s
office, where the wounds were dressed.
The schedule of the races for the
annual fair has been arranged and is
as follows: Tuesday, Oct. 4th, 2. 40
class, purse 5000; 2.24 class, purse
$780,. Wednesday, 2.27 class, purse
$500; 2.1S class, purse $500.
Thursday, 10 class, purse $4OO !;
2.32 class, purse 5000. 1t will be
seen that the big race comes the last
day this year. Amy horse winning q
heat in this race and breaking the
track record of Abb gets $50 addi-
tional. Entries for the races close at
noon Sept. goth.
The annual reunion of the Holmes
Cady association was held Thursday
at Evergreen park. 1t was an ideal
day, and 1O7 members enjoyed the
pleasures of the occasion. A bounti-
full dinner was served at noon and a
literary and musical program fol-
lowed. 1t was voted to hold the next
reunion at the same place the third
Thursday of next August. Officers
were elected as follows: President,
o. M. Brown; vice-president, A. W.
Kingsbury; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. Philander Holmes of West Brook
field; executive committee, w. A.
Patten, A. W. Kingsbury, Erskine
Holmes, Mrs. Myron Leonard, Miss
Jane Eaton, Mrs. Frank Fairfield.
Outdoor sports and general good fell
lowship were features of this pleasant
occasion. President D. M. Brown
and W. A. Patten are entitled to
much credit for the success of this
annual event. Mr. and Mrs. A. w.
Kingsbury also have been indefatig-
able workers in the association since
it's organization.
A suit for 800 damages has
been instituted by Dennis J. Shahar
of Norwich against Maurice P. Sha-
han of Millbury, Mass, and property
on Laurel Hill avenue, Williams
street and Washington street, besides
legal and distributive share in the
estate of Rev. P. P. Shahan has been
attached. The suit is returnable to
the superior court in September. II
is alleged by the complainant that
the defendant, Maurice P. Shahan,
on June 29th, 1904, in the presence
and hearing of the plaintiff and di-
vers others, spoke as follows: "You
are a thief. You drugged Father
Shahan with some damned stuff, and
when he was drugged you stole and
gouged his property from him. -
Maurice P. Shahan is a brother and
heir to the estate of Rev. P. P. Sha-
han, and the plaintiff is nephew OF
the deceased and also of the defend
ant. For a short time previous to
his death Rev. p. P. Shahan resided
with DIR. Shahan on Main street in
this city. At the hearing ON the
will before Judge of Probate G. E.
Parsons. Attorney King, who repre-.
sents M. P. Shahan, stated that 9
short time before the death of Rev.
P. p. Shahan he gave to DIR. ID. J.
Shahan house on Washington street
and stock valued at 50, 900 in the As.
pinook company at Jewett City. He
intimated that there might be a suit
over it. Another attachment to the