The Press., 1906-02-28
VIM. Hanley of Hartford is in town

Mark jackson of Springfield is thu
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Terrence Grady
Miss RYAN of Rockville was the
guest of Mrs. Louis Johnson over Sun
day.
Supt. Pfeiffer of the Faulkner
mills has been spending few days
in Holyoke.
Mrs John Foster has been quite i'll
at her home on Stafford Street, but
is now more comfortable.
DR.. John English is again quite i'll
in Providence with pneumonia, and
his mother has gone to that city.
E. Sliby. the Connecticut Bible
society missionary to the Syrians, is
in town this week to look after his
people.
Thadeus Prastick and Miss Corneila
Bartintka were united in marriage at
st, Edwards church Sunday by Rev.
F. ]. O'Neill.
About % friends of Mr.. and Mrs
John Bolieau made them a surprise
visit Monday evening, and presented
them with a nice lamp.
Faulkner's mill has been shut down
since Saturday while repairs were
being made on the main shaft. 1t
will be started this afternoon.
There will be a social at the Meth
odist church next Wednesday. Supper
will be served at O'Clock by Mrs. @.
G. Ellis and Mrs. Abbie Kinney.
Harold Comins has resigned his
position at the Springs House, and
will enter the employ of the Phelps
Publishing company of Springfield.
A telephone has been placed at N.
NJ. Whiton's store for Miss G. A.
Washburn, who is to have an Office
there for her coke business. The
number is 20.
A little daughter of Fabiano Pal
lanck was taken to the hospital at Nor
witch Saturday, i'll with an abdominal
trouble. No operation has been per-
formed, and it may not be necessary.
The presentation of "Cuttyback's
Thunder" delighted a fair-sized au-
dience at Grace church Monday even
ing. The violin selections by Miss
Monteith of Storrs and Miss E. S.
Brown were much appreciated.
A chimney fire in the HARDWOOD
block caused some uneasiness last
evening about 8 O'Clock. An alarm
was rung in from the Methodist
chnrch and few firemen responded
The fire was extinguished without
damage.
1t is expected that it will take
about a month or six weeks to COM
plete the electric light line from
Rockville here. About thirty men
are at work on the line, which is
about thirteen miles long and goes
a large part of the way over private
property.
At the monthly meeting of the
Business Mems association, at the
club rooms in Warren's block next
Tuesday, it is expected that the mat
ter of securing quarters in the Eaton
block will be brought before the aSsn-
citation. In case the club rooms should
be moved, it has been suggested that |
the rooms in Warren's block be used |
for the new court room.
The farce, MRS. Tubbs' Tele-
gram" will be given at the Congre-
gational chapel tonight, preceded by |
vocal and instrumental music bv |
star ~ talent, including such we'll |
known artists as Madame Bavinski,
Mademoiselle Patti Lind, Misses Cor
linda Blanc, Anita Googenheimer.
Freida Wostrel, Belle Sweet and Nor
dica Capello. Admission, including
refreshments, 20 cents.
By the will of the late Mrs. Jo-
anna B. Holt the Stafford Library
is to receive $500, the in |
terest to be expended in the buying of
books. A like sum is left to the |
town library of Hampden. The Con-
church of this borough |
and the Congregational church of |
Hampton are hequeathed. subject to
the life use of her sister, Esther @. |
Burnley, $4,000 each, the income to be |
used in church work. The bequest |
to the church in this borough is a |
memorial to her husband, Charles
Holt.
There has been much work put in
in different sections of the county for |
the appointment of a county commas
sioner to fill the vacancy caused by |
the death of Col. Amos Pease of Som
ers. Fred o. Vinton of Mansfield and |
W. A. Howell of Rockville have Deen
the leading candidates, aud much |
work has been put in by their friends. |
As Commissioner Buell lives in Heb |
ron and Brown in Coventry and Ex-
Commissioner Thompson lived in Ell
linRtou, this section of the county |
should receive the appointment to fill
the vacancy. No one has been
strongly urged from this town until
lately, as il was the desire to recon-
mend some one who would receive the |
general endorsement of this section
John g. Wightman of Stafford, who
is we'll qualified in every way to fill
the position, is now being strongly
for the position. The
of MIR. Wightman's name
was a surprise to himself, as he had
had no thought of entering the con-
test. Governor Roberts will probably
make the appointment before long.
stafford.
Charles MacCallum spent Sunday
In Worcester.
]. B Hutchinson is confined to his
home by sickness.
E. H. Pinney and Harold B Pinney
spent Saturday in Springfield.