The Press., 1904-12-07
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at this writing with a fever.
 Mary Kingsley has been quite i'll of late at her mother, Mrs. J. Tay- lor's.
 Mrs. A. s. Pierce is having the ; south roof of her house newly shin gled.
 Palmer Smith is reported as some- what better at his home, just over the Ashford line.
 November has indeed been 8 dry cold month, and if we escape a winter drought we shall be lucky.
 There have been 13 deaths and some 50 injuries from football in this country the season last past.
 J. H. Carpenter has returned from Hampton Hill to Mrs. Carpenters, where he expects to spend few days.
 Charlie Bidwell some time ago left Charlie Eldredge's and went to live with his father at Scotland. near Will limantic.
 Rachel Robbins has returned home, Dr. Sumner and his wife of Mansfield having gone to board in Willimantic for the winter.
 | Mrs. Pratt has had December pam sies, and Mrs. Preston dandelion flow- CTS, the thermometer being eight above zero or whereabouts.
 Charles T. Preston thought last Saturday that he was in for a seize of the grip, sure. His physician was summoned and the patient is out again.
 The topic at the Congregational church Sunday morning was 'The love of God;'' while at the Baptist church Rev. MT. Wolfe's topic was "The new birth.'' ...
 Walter I. Nichols, formerly the R. R. station agent here, now located at North Windham, was married in Bos- ton to bright, pretty Nova Scotian girl last summer, we have just heard. Morris Hastings, writing from Greedy, Col, where he has lived for many years, says that he and his wife, nee Hannah Heath, are enjoy ing good health as yet, at their ad- vanced age They are "well fixed, [" happy and looking forward to a happy future.
 The friends of Mrs. Jenny Bixby Johnson, wife of Rev. Truman John son, formerly of this town, will be pleased to know that the life of her father, Rev. Dr. Bixby of Providence, a missionary in Burma for many years, written by her, has lately been published by Boston firm. The late Augustus Miller died at the house of his son, Charles, the old Marilla Fenton place, near Daleville, where the funeral was held. Be- sides, the widows maiden name was Shurtliff, not Shippe. Rev. Mir. Gardner also conducted the services at the grave in Atwoodville. l All interested, or who may be in- terested, do not know, perhaps, that Judge Fisk of Stafford Springs has been acting judge of probate for this district since Judge Young's age Him. it last fall, and the former will con- tinue in this position until Esq. Agard of Holland qualities next month. Topics at the mid-week prayer meetings conducted by Rev. MT. Wolfe, are said to be very interesting So far the topics have been: "God the Father, '' "God the Son. "God the Holy Spirit" "The Trinity" "The Bib1e,'' and for the present "The Atonement'' will be considered. Miss Bertha Hardy, whom many in this locality will recall as the bright young cousin of Rev. Charles L. Snow, late pastor of the Baptist church here, has had long, severe illness from typhoid fever at her home in Nova Scotia. She is now up again, to the qualification of her many friends. We are often asked what has be- come of the Adamec Williams case, supposed to be on the superior court docket for the last year or two. We do not know; we cannot tell. As to the suit of Robbins vs. the town of Wilmington, the latest phase is an ap- proach on the part of the defendants counsel to the plaintiff for proposi- tion for settlement.
 South Wil1lngtOn. Mrs. Estella Frazier and daughter of Ashford were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Maine last Sunday.
 The local Sunday school have voted to adopt the Blakeslee series of graded lessons, which are becoming very pop ular because of the method of present. ing the Bible study.
 Austin Rowland has returned from the Rhode Island sanitarium, where he had been to receive treatment for a nervous trouble. He doesn't feel that he received any decided benefit.
 MT. and Mrs. George W. Brackett are now housekeeping on Jefferson street, Hartford, one of the pleasantest streets in that city, and within few minutes walk of the capitol, where MT. Bracket is employed | MT. and Mrs. Albert Richardson have the sympathy of the people hereabouts in the loss of their little daughter, who died shortly after her birth on Wednesday last. Mrs. Rich ardson's condition, which was consid- cred as serious, is very much inn proved.
 | Walter Colburn has been appointed collector, for the purpose of receiving contributions to be used, as in past years, to buy candy, nuts and oranges