The Press., 1905-11-08
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

a business trlp-
 Charles Moore returned the first oi the week from a trip to Vermont.
 Dimock, the meat man, will open a market in Kemp's block tomorrow.
 William Foster, employed at Pal. mer, is at his home here, for vaca. tion.
 John Mara of Passaic, N. J., a for. mer resident, is visiting friends ir town.
 A deer paid quite a visit to the up, per end of Highland Terrace Saturday morning.
 Thomas Haigh has sold his two. tenement house on Furnace avenue tc John Dupre.
 MT. and Mrs. wm. Bumstead ot Monson were guests Sunday of MT. and Mrs. Wm. Prebbles.
 F. F. Patten and R. W. Ellis are attending the annual convention of the state Sunday school association at Hartford.
 St. Edwards Junior basket ball team defeated the high school team by a score of IT to 4 last Saturday evening.
 Mrs. NJ. J. Leach has returned from an extended visit with her daughter. Mrs H. E. Newton, at Woods Hole, Mass.
 All passenger trains now stop at Orcuttville with the exception of the noon express, and the inhabitants are rejoicing in consequence.
 The Scotch collie owned by David Robertson was injured by a freight train last Saturday afternoon. The dog is still living and may recover.
 Dominica Tonon is removing his bar fixtures from his block on Furnace avenue. He will put in two more pool tables and run it as 8 pool room.
 Bert Matteson was before the bor- ough court last Thursday, charged with drunkenness and breach of the peace. Judge Heald made it 10 days at Holland.
 R. F. J. Drabble, engineer at the Worsted company, has hired the tene- ment in W. G Ellis house on Church street, and will commence Eousekeep- ing at once.
 John Hancock has been appointed general superintendent of the local electric light plant. and will have full charge Mir Hancock IS adding new machinery and making repairs at the plant
 The body of Charles Case was brought here from Ansonia for burial yesterday afternoon. The deceased is of a well-known West Stafford family and years ago resided in that village. The burial was in the Stafford Springs cemetery.
 The annual town meeting will be held at the town house Monday, at 1 30 p. m, to appropriate money to defray town expenses. The article relative to Memorial day will be considered, and the location of the new school house to be built on Crow hill will also be decided.
 Daniel B. Silliman. assistant en. gineer at the electric light station, broke his arm about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. He was engaged with a mop and accidentally threw the belt of of the exciter. This left him in darkness, and in trying to stop the engine he got his arm in the fly wheel.
 Busy preparations are in progress for the entertainments to be given at St. Edwards Wednesday and Thurs day evenings of Thanksgiving week. The ladies of the church will serve a supper Wednesday evening. It is expected that the naval cadets and infantry will be drilled in their new uniforms at this time.
 The Stafford Springs Mineral Wa ter company is putting in a new ma chine for bottling the product. The new machine is the latest model, and by it's use a uniform amount of gas is charged in each bottle. The busi. ness of the company is increasing year by year, as the merits of the water become advertised and introduced.
 w. E. Britton, Ph. D., state ento. mologist, who put in some time here g few months ago, has sent Alfred Scott a number of specimens for his collection. MT. Scott has about 5000 varieties of insects in his collection, and is ready to present it to the pub. lie library as soon as room can be found for it. MT. Britton stands ready to assist MT. Scott in any way possible in arranging collection fol the library. Students and others in terested in the subject would find the collection of much value.
 At the meeting of the board of SC lectmen Monday afternoon Henry Gil martin was appointed town agent, While the new town agent has beer before the public to quite an extent this is the first time he has beer called to serve as a public official He was a candidate for senator on ths populist ticket in '92, but failed ot election. Mir. Gilmartin was born il Bonneville, Kentucky, 42 years ago but the greater part of his life hal been spent in Stafford. He has beer greenskeeper for the Stafford Country club for several years, and the activ ity of some of the leading members of the club in promoting his candi dacy for his present appointment hal excited comment, in view of the we'll known thirst-producing qualities oi golf and tennis. Henry is deservedly popular. His dry wit and uniform Oood nakura make friends for him o1