The Press., 1905-06-21
MONSON,

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 J. M. Martin of Mansfield has been spending few days here.
 MT. and Mrs. F. T. Smith has been entertaining friends from Stafford.
 William Holloway has bought the Monroe Carew farm on East Hill.
 The museum at Flynt park has been discontinued and the building torn down.
 Mrs. Huldah Bliss is in a critical condition from the effects of a para lytic shock.
 s. W. Lyon has finished the con- struction of the extension of the fire alarm system.
 { A. J. Kimball of Norwood has leased the Century hotel, and will take possession July 1st.
 Lorenzo Hutchinson is to add a pi azza and make other improvements at his recently purchased residence.
 J. Leary has moved his family from Nobles' block on Main street to A. D. Ellis tenement house on Bridge street.
 In accordance with the vote taken at the annual town meeting, the se- lectmen are preparing to relay and widen portion of Harrison avenue.
 The marriage intentions are an nounced of Miss Delphine Osborne, daughter of MT. and Mrs. H. D. Os- borne, and Byron 0. Reyes of Spring field.
 MT. and Mrs. Ebenezer Thresher re- turned from Stafford Tuesday, and on Wednesday went to Mrs. Thresher' E home at Brighton, where they will remain until after July 4, when they will return to Monson for a few months sojourn.
 The body of Michael Hannifan was brought here for burial Friday, and the funeral was held from St. Pat rick's church. MT. Hannifan died at Northampton. Besides his father and mother, MT. and Mrs. John Han nifan, he leaves three brothers and three sisters.
 Semi annual election of officers, Court Monson, No. 247, F. of A., Thursday evening, resulted as follows 0. R., W. s. Hughes; s. o. R., Fred Sullivan; F. S., Arthur Royce; treas urer, James Burdick; R. S., James Nagle; s. w., Robert Green; J. w. ', William Kennedy; s. B., Joseph Fahy; J. B., J. P. Murphy; secre- tary, Jesse Mcguire.
 Miss Julia Keefe and Lyman Ma son, both of this town, were quietly married at the parochial residence Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. Thomas O'Keefe. The bride maid was Miss Julia Feehan of Ware and the best man was Frank Shields of Westboro. Immediately after the ceremony MT. and Mrs. Mason left on their wedding trip to New York, and on their return will make their home in Monson.
 The selectmen were called upon Wednesday to appraise 19 sheep which were killed by dogs on the farm of R. D. Tucker on East Hill. The dead sheep were found in a pasture Tuesday night, and are supposed to have been killed Monday night. Un- der such conditions the loss as esti- mated by the selectmen must be paid by the county. The number of dogs running at large in Monson has fre- quently been commented upon, but not many sheep are owned in this town, and such happenings as the above are not common.
 South Manchester formally opened it's season Saturday with a win over Monson, to 1, before large crowd. Bronkie's pitching was the feature of the day, he allowing but one man to hit safely. His support was clean, yet Scanlon's error allowed the only run for Monson. Cartmill was in fine form, allowing but five hits. Two of these hits were punched with er- TOTS in the fifth inning, resulting in his practical downfall. Breckenridge knocked the ball over left-f field fence for home run in the eighth inning. The scOra