The Press., 1905-06-14

The infant son of MT. and Mrs. :, Michael Dawson is quite i'll. I Miss Bertha Witt attended the graduation exercises of Storrs college.
 Miss Mabelle Burr of Wauregan has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. E. L.
 Burr.
 Two cases of diphtheria, Greta and
 Helen Mcintyre. at Glynville, are re-
 ported.
 The Italian mission at St. Edward s
 church this week has been largely attended.
 Mrs. James Mclaughlin is visiting
 MT. and Mrs. J. V. Squier of Wind sor Locks.
 Mrs. E. K. Bryant and daughter of Springfield are guests of MT. and Mrs.
 A. D. Johnson.
 Mrs. St. Clair and Mrs. Hyde of Springfield have been guests of Mir and Mrs. J. J. Ellis.
 Miss Ethel Harmon, assistant teach CT in the high school, will sail for European trip the 2Sth.
 A bus load of the young people will go to Hillside grove, Mansfield, Friday evening to attend dance.
 Mrs. Abbie Kinney has returned to her home in Westford, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Reed, and little son.
 J. Davidson of Smith 6 Murray will have charge of the Robertson dry goods store during the time MT. Robertson is abroad.
 Mrs. Theodore Lyons has returned from a two-weeks' visit at Mansfield Center, where she was called by the illness of her parents.
 Senator Baker will entertain the representatives of Holland county with an informal lunch next Thursday, at the Hartford club in Hartford.
 Adelbert Needham will receive an- other carload of horses next Tuesday. This lot includes one pair of heavy horses, but the balance are drivers.
 Improvements at St. Edwards cem- etery continue. The storage capacity | of the system for watering the grounds has been materially increased.
 The lawn at the library building has been moved. The example set by the First National bank in the | care of grounds is bearing fruit.
 Mrs. Jeremiah McCrohan, who has been i'll several weeks, is at the Back us hospital at Norwich for treatment. | A slight improvement is reported.
 The Fabyan Wollen company is to rebuild the storehouse recently burn ed. It will be the same size as before, but the contract has not yet been given out.
 Mrs. Ernest Haigh and two sons, Irving and Alfred, of Warsaw, Russia, are guests of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Haigh. The boys will remain here and complete their education.
 Telephones have lately been in- tailed as follows: J. M. Leach's clothing store, call 23-3; finders Jacobsen's drug store, call 23-4; Mrs. Josiah Converse, residence, call 9-5.
 Dr. Smith lost a valuable horse from collie last Wednesday, a hand some chestnut, that he had owned only four weeks, and had bought to replace the one he lost from the same cause some three or four months ago.
 Miss Dora Todd has resigned her position as operator at the local sta tion, and will go Friday to Chicopee to similar position with the Boston & Maine. Her place here will be taken by Charles H. Seavey of New London.
 Word has been received of the criti- cal illness of Henry O. Mclaughlin of Gloucester, Mass, a former resi- dent, and at one time connected with The Press. He has been in poor health for some time and his serious condition is heard of with much re- gret.
 Prof. Jordan will have charge of the music at Lakeside grove, South Coventry, this season. He goes this week to Willimantic, where he will play for the baseball fair. He will i also play in Willimantic for the exercises of the high sc hool.
 George Garth met with a serious { last Friday, while at work ( in the box shop at Orcuttville, having , the thumb of the left hand nearly severed, the bone entirely sawn through nearly to the second joint , Dr. Smith attended him and hopes to save the thumb. f
 The shower yesterday afternoon was a severe one. The rain fell in tor [ rents for about half an hour. The on Main street could not Z take care of the flood and the water i formed a small pond near the Congre- gational church corner. The side walk was under water for several rods : on Furnace avenue and Main street. A good sized brook flowed over the macadam road on to the railroad tracks by Smith 6 Cooley's. The passenger station cellar was flooded to a depth of several feet. Not much ' damage resulted except to the high ways. All the loose material was washed off the macadam, and it will probably be necessary to replace it with a coating of gravel. Dirt roads were badly washed and will need some ( repairs.
 High School Notes.-The high school ball team was scheduled to play ( Windham high of Willimantic last ' Ernrlr,xr hrnA Ah-, IL