The Press., 1905-07-26

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rivals at the fire found the flames
breaking through the clapboards or
the south side, where the annex to the
finishing room joins the main part.
Water in pals and line of the mill
hose soon put the fire under control.
The indications are that the fire start
ed from the inside of the main build
ing under the floor. One of the heavy
eighth inch timbers at the base of the
building was burned nearly through,
and it had in all probability been on
fire for some little time to have pro-
crossed so far. The fire finally got in
the partition and burned more rapid
ly. Had it not been discovered by a
resident of Highland Terrace at the
time a serious loss would have result
ed, as ten minutes more would have
endangered the entire mill. The
Waterman was at the other end OF the
plant and would not have made his
rounds until about three O'Clock.
AS it resulted the loss is not heavy, as
a small expenditure will put the
woodwork back in good condition.
The sprinkler system of the mill did
not get started, and there is but little
loss from water.
Stafford.
Cyril Johnson is spending the week
in New York.
Charles Pero is reported quite i'll
at his home in Hydeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. @. Pinney visited
the Tolland county home at Vernon
yesterday.
Mrs. Jennie Patterson of Brooklyn,
N. Y, is a guest at the Wightman
homestead.
Rev. @. G. Fogg of Staffordville
preached in the local Baptist church
last Sunday. in exchange with Rev.
G. W. Sheppard.
Rev. J. p. and Mrs. Marvin are
away on their annual summer vaca-
zion, the greater part of which will
be spent at Portsmouth. N. H.
Rev. 1. P. Booth. D. D. - and wife,
the Misses Maud J. and Mabel E., and
son, Paul, attended the Booth family
reunion in Union last Saturday.
The regular meeting of Stafford
grange, No. 90, to be held next Tues
day evening, will be children's and
young peoples night. The ladies are
kindly requested to furnish cake, as
usual. A full attendance is desired.
The pulpit of the Universalist
church will be occupied next Sunday
by Rev. Charles Puffer, D. D., of
Salem, Mass. The first two Sundays
in August the church will be closed,
while the pastor is away on his vaca-
ton.
The registrars of the first voting
district will meet at Wightman's car
riage shop on the afternoons of Fri
day, Aug. 4, and Friday Aug. IL, for
the purpose of correcting the lists of
voters qualified to participate in party
caucuses.
Leonard George Cummings, who
died in Hartford Tuesday, 18th, was
a native of Stafford, having been born
here March 21, 1884. After the first
years spent on his fathers farm in
the north part of the town, he first
engaged in business in Stafford Hol-
low VIXEN quite young, conducting a
general merchandise store. Later he
went to Stafford Springs and engaged
in the general trade, being located
under the old Congregational church.
In 1870 he sold his business here
and moved to Hartford, and with
Ernest Cady engaged in the general
business in that city. In 1876 he
sold his interest to Cady & Lombard,
and went into the Wholesale fruit
business. He conducted this business
successfully for 10 years, when he
sold out to engage in the lumber bust
ness. The funeral was held in Hart
ford Friday, and burial was in that
city. He leaves no children. A
widow and sister, Mrs. A. D. Cady,
of this village alone survive him.
The funeral was attended by H. F.
Cady of this place, nephew of the
deceased.
Henry l.. Pinney, native of this
town and a member of the well-known
Pinney family, died at his home in
Chicago Sunday, 10th, from the
effects of a stroke of apoplexy, and
funeral services were held at the
hotel the following Tues
day at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon. E.
@. Pinney of this village received a
telegram Saturday telling of the seri-
ous illness of his brother, and left the
same afternoon on the 4 p. m. train
for Chicago. The deceased was born
in the northeast part of the town
June 26, 1886, being the son of
Daniel and Azuba Pinney. His early
life was identical with the New Eng
land farmer boy Of that period. He
early entered the employ as clerk in
his brother, Giddings Pinney's store,
at Stafford Hollow. From Stafford
Hollow Mr.. Pinney went to Rockville,
where he was employed as clerk in
D general store. The western fever
struck him and he went to Wisconsin.
When the civil war began he enlisted
and was in the quartermaster' depart
ment and was with Gen. Sherman in
his last campaign. Returning from
the war he went to Chicago, and at
the time of his death he had charge
of the wholesale department. of Mar
shall Field s. Co.'S store. He was
twice married, first to Lucy Spencer
and then to Mrs. Ella Oronkite, who,
with daughter by his first wife, one
brother, E. O. Pinney, two sisters,
Mrs. Cryil johnson of Stafford and