The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-10-25
MONSOON.

is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. O..
Bradway, where she will spend the
winter.
The three years-old son of Frank
McKloski is i'll with diphtheria.
This is the second case in the family
this fall.
A daughter of Irving Broadway, who
is employed in the family of J. O..
Broadway, in the western part of the
town, is i'll with diphtheria.
William King has exchanged his
farm near State Line for a tenement
house in Springfield. Mr.. King will
move into the village of Monson.
The old dye house at the old Rey-
nolds mill is being torn down. 1t is
an historic building, associated with
the history of early manufacturing in
Monson
The Commonwealth orchestra Of
Worcester will furnish music for the
annual firemen's ball November 3Oth.
Milt Brown, the manager of the or
chestra, is we'll known here, and is
making good progress in the business.
Horace Bumstead sustained a Sc
we're injury Thursday forenoon at the
cider mill. He stepped into the hop
per, and one foot was caught in the
machinery, the shoe being torn off.
The foot was somewhat lacerated. the
great toe bieng badly cut. He was
attended by DR.. E. W. Chaplin.
Mrs. Mary Leahy, aged 73 years,
died Wednesday night at the home
of her daughter, Mrs, J. T. Lyons,
on Pease avenue. She was the widow
of Michael Leahy, and besides her
daughter she leaves two sons. The
funeral was held in St. Partick's s
church Friday morning at $50
O'Clock.
At the annual meeting of the Y. P.
@. U. of the Universalist church the
following officers we're elected: Pres
ident, R. S. Stebbins; vice president,
F. Fl. Gath; treasurer, Miss Viola
Williams; devotional committee, Miss
Jennie Beckwith, Howard Page; look
out committee, A. J. Burlington, Miss
Bernice Gath, Miss Mile Nelson !;
social committee, Miss Esther Beck
with, Miss Annie P. Seymour; music
committee, Miss Carrie Chaplin, Miss
Bessie Allen.
Mary Sedgwick Peck, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos L. Peck of this
town, and Leonard F. Anthony of
Providence, r. l., were quietly mar
Exied at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
u w. Merchant at Providence last
Wednesday, at p. M, by DR..
Mcconnell, pastor of the Union Con-
gregational church of that place. Only
the immediate relatives were present.
After a wedding trip, which will in
clude Boston, New York and Wash
ington, D. g., Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
will make their home in Providence,
and will be at home Wednesday even
ings in January.
A young priest, Father Giavina,
has begun religious work among the
Italians at the Quarry. Last Sunday
mass was celebrated in the quarry
school house. An audience number
ing a full hundred attended. AS the
notification of the first service did not
reach all, it is expected that the num-
ber attending will be considerably in
creased the coming Sundays. The
Italians are enthusiastic for a new
church at the quarry, and the crowd
ed condition in the school-house seems
to require an immediate undertaking
of the work. A chapel would &C
commodate besides the Italians quite
a number who find the two mile walk
to St. Patrick 8 church a great hard
ship in winter time. FIR. Giavina is
a skilled musician, and in addition to-
his labors among the Italians is acting
organist and director at St. Patrick S
church.
The railroad commissioners Thurs
day refused, after hearing, to grant
the petition of the Springfield and
Eastern street railway for the APPROX
al of location in Brimfield and Mon
son. This was done for the reason
that by an oversight the location of
the Springfield and Eastern road in
Brimfeld, as granted by the select
men, was identical with the location
previously granted to the Hartford
and Worcester railroad for about a
quarter of a mile. Steps will be
taken to do away with this defect,
and to secure an entirely separate To-
cation for the two lines of tracks.
When this is done the Springfield and
Eastern will again bring the matter
to the attention of the railroad COM
missioners, and from any indications
that have yet developed there is no
reason to expect a refusal of the loca-
tion, as the authorities and residents
of the town are evidently in favor of
it. The hearing was of particular
interest as developing the clash be-
tween the big Shaw interests back of
the proposed Hartford and Worcester
road and the New Haven interests,
who are soon to lease the Springfield
aud Eastern road, and so connect
Springfield and Worcester hy line
through Monson and Brimfield. Ex-
Senator Thomas W. Kenefick was
counsel for the Springfield and East
ern, and William M Butler was coun-
sci for the Shaw interests the Bos-
ton and Worcester and the Hartford
and Worcester, in opposition. James
F. Shaw was present as leading repre-
sentative of his side. The town clerk
and all the selectmen of Brimfield and
all the selectmen of Monson were
present in favor of the Springfield
and Eastern. J. @. Wheelock of