The Press., 1906-11-14
Peter Laundry is i'll with typhoid

lever.
 J. R. Reed has taken a position in the Central mill.
 W. A. Oomins has returned from a visit in Springfield.
 John Tobin and family are to re- move to Holyoke this week.
 Mrs. Samuel Sidaway returned re- gently from a visit in Hartford.
 Ralph Collins and John Peters have taken positions with the electric road.
 Mrs. James Mclaughlin returned yesterday from Palmer. where she has been making a short visit with friends.
 Mrs. J. V. Squiers of Windsor Locks is expected here tomorrow for visit of @ few days with Mrs. James Mo. Lsughlin.
 Winter post will meet at their hall on Thursday afternoon at o'clock, for the purpose of attending the funer- al of Comrade Amos Nichols.
 James Sullivan, who has been em- ployed by the Stafford Worsted com- pany, is now employed as a carpenter on the Rhode Island worsted plant.
 Members of Ionic lodge are request sd to meet at the hall tomorrow after noon at 1.3O for the purpose of at- tending the funeral of Amos Nichols.
 O. T. Jewett of New York, who bought a place at Orcuttville and has spent his summers here, is to make his permanent home on his local place.
 Peter Bondville, Jr., was taken to the Springfield hospital last week suffering with appendicitis. He was operated on Wednesday and is making a good recovery.
 A town meeting will be held next Monday at l. 80 o'clock to raise money for taxes; to see if the town will au- thorize the appropriation of $100 for the celebration of Memorial day, and to select @ road commissioner in place of F.. O. Pinney, resigned.
 Frank Furness, manager of the Dioxn House at Westerly. R. l., was injured short time ago while riding in a naptha launch on the Pawcatuok river. A hawser stretched from a coal holster to the shore caught MT. Furness and threw him against the engine, injuring his leg.
 The Rhode Island Worsted company has raised the dam at Forestville two feet, and the result is very natural increase in the body of water stored. There is still considerable work to do before the plant will be ready for oc- cupanoy, the difficulty of securing help being factor in the delay.
 Mrs. Emily Cady Sword, 67, who was born in Stafford, the daughter of MT. and Mrs Phineas Cady, died last week Tuesday at the home of her son, pr. George P. Sword, at Huntington, L. I. Her husband, George W. Sword, died three years ago. The burial was in the Springfield ceme- tery.
 The county commissioners met last week Wednesday and granted seven liquor and two druggists licenses. The successful applicants were all former dealers and include Adelbert M. H. Mccarthy, Timothy Grady, James Sullivan, Dominica Tonon, Frank Mogle and Bernardo 6 Peirola. Druggists licenses were granted to Anders Jacobsen and A. O. Eaton.
 The fair at St. Edwards will open this evening. A feature of the enter tainment will be a sketch, entitled "A matrimonial adventure, in which the participants will be Wm. P. Welch and Miss Esther Warren. Tomorrow evening will be devoted to progressive whist, in which two prizes will be offered. For men box of cigars is the prize, and for ladies a sofa pillow. Friday evening the children of St. Edwards school will give the enter tainment. Saturday evening will be largely taken up with the prize draw ings.
 The reception last Friday after noon, given by Mrs. O. B. Pinney in honor of Mrs. Claude O. Pinney, was a delightful social gathering. The receiving party greeted their guests in the parlor. Mrs. W. H. Reed and Mrs. R. W. Smith, assisted by Misses M. E. Cooley, H. E. Leach, M. N. Morrall and NJ. G. Meyers, served in the dining room. Misses K. I. Lord and c. E. Harwood dispensed fruit punch in the library. Chrysanthe- mums, pinks and smilax were used attactivsly in decorating. Mrs. J. Carl Converse and Mrs. I. G. Baker of Springfield were among the guests.
 There was fire at Smith 6 Cooley's flock factory last week Thursday night. The alarm was rung at 10 o'clock and the department responded. It proved a stubborn fire to fight, as there were flames on three floors at once. The firemen are entitled to credit for saving the building. They used two streams from the hydrant and the steamer was brought into play with one stream. The fire was sub- dued and under control by midnight. The loss to the building is $500, and the loss on stock and machinery is 5000, both covered by insurance. The loss from water is heavier than by fire. The origin of the fire is not known.
 Stafford.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Cook have removed to Putnam.
 Angus Park of Andover has been visiting his brothers in town.
 James Kennedy has acceptd the position as dyer at the Riverside mill.
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