The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1904-03-31
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
George Clayton of Philadelphia is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Alice Chapman of Wellesley
is the guest of Miss Kate I. Lord.
Charles Demond is home from Will
iams college for the Easter vacation.
Miss Beckwith holds her millinery
opening this week Friday and Satur-
day. e....
Miss Ethel Gary is home from Will
braham academy for the Easter vaca-
ton.
Richard Banford of Longmeadow is
the guest of his sister, Miss Jennie
Banford.
Miss Maud Beard has resumed her
duties in Miss Beckwith's millinery
establishment.
Miss Ethel wyning is with the
millinery firm of E. T. Russell s. Co.
again this season.
Special communication of Ionic
lodge, F. & A. M, this evening.
WOrk, M. NJ. degree.
The annual rental of pews will
take place at the NJ. E. church next
Monday evening at 7.30.
The sale of the stock of Brown &
Chapman started yesterday morning,
and there is active buying.
Judge Reed will start for California
the goth. He will be accompanied by
Mrs. Reed and his daughter, Alice.
The electric light office will remain
emit. No definite plans for the future
are made.
The banks, the barber shops and
the following stores will be closed all
day tomorrow, Fast day: All the
grocery, clothing, shoe, jewelry and
stove stores, D. Robertson & Co., A.
L. Howard and G H Baker & Co.
The water mains on Wellington
avenue and Gold street have thawed
out all right The main burst on
Wilmington avenue, but it was quickly
repaired. East street and Westford
avenue are still FROST bound, as far as
the water supply is concerned.
Preparations are completed for the
Easter dance to be given by the Young
American athletic club at their hall
on Westford avenue next Monday
evening. Music will be by Lynch's
orchestra, and the indications are
that there will be large attendance.
The purchasers of the Kingsbury
block, Bernardo and Tonon, are i'm
proving the property. The PARTITION
has been removed, making a large
room on the ground floor. This will
be sheathed and painted. Hearing
on granting license at this location
will be before the county commits
sioners at Tolland Monday.
Nothing has yet been done, as far
as known, toward finding who made
the attempt to burn the Teutonia hall.
1t is case that the state authorities
could take up with fair chance of
success, as an important clue has been
obtained. The Teutonia club is not
in q position to push the case, but
the society can give the proper au-
thorities valuable information to work
on.
Next Tuesday evening 1.-THE Real
Widow Brown" will again appear at
the opera house, and an enjoyable
evening seems assured. The company
presenting the attraction is one of A.
q. Scammon's, and the advance agent
says the characters in this play are
better and stronger than ever. 1.-The
Real Widow Brown is a farce comedy
of the most amusing kind and replete
with bright songs and merry dances.
1t has an amusing plot and is good,
clean attraction.
A raid was made ON Frank Mar
thowilla in the Rockwell building on
Gold street last Saturday evening by
Prosecuting Agent NJ. d. O'Connell,
assisted by Deputy Sheriff Helm and
Officer Mellen. The officers secured
II bottles of lager beer. Marthowilla
was brought into court Tuesday even
ing, charged with reputation and
keeping with intent to sell. Judge
Parkess found ON one count and fined
the defendant $25. An appeal was
taken. Lawyer O'Connell prosecuted
and Attorney r. H. Fisk conducted
the defense.
- There is agitation for sidewalk
extending from point near the Con-
gregational church up the west side
of Furnace avenue to point opposite
the Warren Wooden oompany's dam.
There will probably bs some new
walk constructed on Highland Terrace
this season. A petition has been cir
culated for a sewer through Center
street, and sufficient signatures Sc
cured. This matter will come mp at
the meeting of the court of burgesses
next Tuesday evening The unfinished
Gold street sewer, for which the pipe
has already been secured, will be
completed this season.
There was q fire on River street last
Friday evening in a house owned by
the Fabyan WOODEN company. The
alarm rung at 7.15, and the fire had
attained good Roadway when the de-
partment arrived. One tenement was
occupied by the Cercena family, and
they lost all they had in the way of
furniture. A family was just moving
in the other tenement and they lost
what they had put in. There was
$1,000 insurance ON the house, which
will more than cover the loss. The
family was away at the time, and
it is thought that the fire started from
a lamp that was left burning when
they went out. The firemen were de-