The Press., 1906-05-02
Mrs. Oliver Carey is quite i'll at her

Mrs. Joseph Washburn of Orcutt
 ville is i'll.
 Miss Mary Warren is i'll at hel
 home in Foxville.
 Mrs. James Mclaughlin is visiting friends in Palmer.
 Mrs. Jane Walker is visiting hel brother at Plantsville.
 Alfred Guyotte is recovering from an attack of pneumonia.
 Mrs. Henry Knapp, who has been quite i'll, is more comfortable.
 Herman Rawitser of the Fabyan woolen mills has returned from a trip abroad.
 A. H. Simonds has accepted a posi- tion with Case. Lockwood 6 Brainerd of Hartford.
 There will be a meeting of Orient chapter this evening to work the Royal Arch degree.
 A collection of $55 was taken at St. Edwards last Sunday for the San Francisco sufferers.
 Leonard Hinchcliff has resigned as boss dyer at the Patton mill and has gone to Providence.
 A. O. Garvais has moved his store to the store vacated by A. c. Rodman in Chamberlin's block.
 Rev. O. H. Puffer of Salem. Mass. and J. NJ. Leach are in camp at Mashapaug for brief time.
 The Connecticut Collegians defeated the Locals last Saturday on the fair grounds by score of II to 8 .aa. ,i,a
 Ralph Lee has resigned his clerk ship at the freight depot, and is suc- ceeded by F. Potter of South Coventry.
 It is expected that Rev. Dr. E. w. Bishop of Concord, N H will occupy the Congregational pulpit May 3th.
 Several from here will attend the musicale to be given by the Cushman hall boys at Monson Friday evening.
 Wm. o. Crawford of Worcester has returned to his home after brief visit with his father, W. NJ. Craw- ford.
 MT. and Mrs Peter Gordon attend ed the Hersey- -Champlin wedding at Hartford yesterday. Miss M. Grace Dwight acted as maid of honor at the ceremony.
 Repairs have been made on the ceiling at the Methodist church, and a fine pew chandelier fitted with electric lights has been added to the lighting equipment.
 Mrs. Wm. H. Smith and Miss Caro- lyn W. Brown sailed Saturday on the Koenig Albert, ard will land in Naples the 10th. They will be absent about two months and a half.
 There are over 100 dogs in town not licensed according to law. Their owners should wake up if they do not wish to lose them Any of those dogs can be lawfully killed by any constable or policeman.
 There is nothing new relative to the Fox Village situation. The Rhode Island Worsted company has been looking over a plant at Mansfield. R. l., this week. and the firm is evident ly uncertain as to the newE location.
 There were two forest fires Sunday. One started at Glynville and burned over about 100 acres on the Hollow | road. The other was south of us and | burned over a tract between the | Babcock bridge and Marshal Bol- ieau's pasture. The loss was not heavy in either case, but a number of men were kept busy preventing the fires from getting where serious dam- age would be done.
 The survey of the trolley line by the way of West Stafford and the fair grounds is completed, and has been submitted to the Consolidated people, This route brings the entrance to the village at the dam above Faulkner's mill as originally planned. and no other point of entrance will be con- sidered in all probability. Engineer Sumner will next work out and sub init the route over the hill and by the way of the south side of Crystal Lake.
 Baseball Notes.
 A meeting of the Bi-State league was held at the Burns hotel in Pal mer Saturday afternoon. The sched- ule for the season was presented, but not approved. Final action on the | schedule will be taken next Saturday. It is probable that when the season opens, May 19, Monson will play in Ware. Chioopee Falls at Ludlow and Stafford at Indian Orchard.
 The baseball fair will open next evening at St. Edwards hall. The young people of St. Ed wards will have charge of the enter tainment the first evening, and the young people of Grace church will present a dramatic attraction the fol- lowing evening. 4 fortune teller will gaze into the future for a speci- hed sum per gaze, and the thrilling cries of the wild man will be heard all over the hall. The most popular baby will be determined by vote. General admission will be 10 cents. The indications are that the fair will be a success.
 Manager O'Connell has signed the following players: Catcher. Scanlon; pitcher. Collins; first base, Smith; second base, Graham; short, Lynch outfielder and change pitcher, Chet Waite; outfielder and change catcher, Reynolds. Scanlon was with Man chester last year and did good work. Waite has played with Rockville and he Pope team of Hartford, and is