The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-08-22

yesterday from q ten-days stay a
Pleasure beach.
n The twentieth annual reunion of the
Chaffee family will be held at Forest
lake, Palmer, next Wednesday.
4 Mrs. Edith Kirkland and two chill.
dren of Barre Plains. Mass, have
been the guests of Joseph Chandler.
A night blooming cereus. with three
buds, will unfold its beautiful petals
tonight or tomorrow night at A. O.
Eaton's drug store.
The members of the Country club
are planning for special attractions at
the golf grounds on Saturday after.
noon. There will be tennis matches
and other games. Refreshments will
be served. A bus will leave Grant
avenue for the grounds at 3 O'Clock.
Walter Pease, son of S. F. Pease,
yesterday jumped into the raceway of
the Warren mill, and badly cut his
foot on a piece of glass. Eva. Hewett,
employed by the Fabyan Wooden COM
pany, on Monday caught her hand in
machine and crushed two fingers
Both cases we're attended by DR.. New
ton and are doing we'll.
The Stafford Springs Cemetery asso-
citation, in buying the entire side of
the new street on the "Keefe Plain"
will add greatly to the looks of the
grounds. If the tract of land had
been sold for building lots, all of the
houses on it would have had the backs
close to the cemetery fence. The as
ISOLATION does not need the extra land,
and the new tract will probably be
kept as a lawn.
The baseball team of the Stafford
Springs electric light company defeat
ed the team of the Rockville electric
light company on the local fair
grounds last Thursday 8 to 6. A re-
turn game was played at Rockville
yesterday, and the Stafford team again
exemplified their superiority at play
ing the national game by being vic
torious- by score of 16 to Z. The
feature of the game was the playing
of Cotter at third.
The contract for the new weave
shed for the Rhode Island Worsted
company has been let to Smith & Go.
of Pawtucket, r. I. The building is
to be built of brick, 235 feet long
and 165 feet wide. 1t is to be one
story high, with a basement on the
canal side. Ground was broken this
morning for the foundation, and it is
expected the laying of brick will be
started the middle of next week. The
work is to be pushed as fast as pos
sible.
The two auction sales of building
lots last week created quite little ex-
citement. The Keefe auction, con-
Quoted by P. B. Moore & Go. of
Springfield was very successful. They
had band here from Springfield on
Wednesday, which, after giving a con-
cert at the Springs House, was taken
around the town to help advertise the
sale. There was a large crowd in
attendance each day and many prizes
were given away. A piano was placed
on a lot and both we're sold to Mrs
Henry Hanson for 5000. She after
wards traded the piano towards three
other lots. The gold watch was
drawn by John Stevens. The commit
tee appointed to make q selection of |
name for the tract of land, from a |
list suggested by the people present,
decided upon "Keefe Plain The
tract of land was laid out with three
new streets, and included so lots,
about 80 by 100 feet. All of the lots
were sold by Saturday afternoon, and
those sold at auction ranged in price
from $40 for a lot with a ledge in it
to SITS. Frederic Faulkner bought
at private sale the IS lots bordering
on the cemetery for $500. Mr.. Faux
ner sold the tract to the cemetery as
ISOLATION for about $40, after using
some of the loan to grade up his lot
in the cemetery. The balance of the
lots were sold as follows: Frederick
Faulkner ), Mrs. Frederick Faulkner
2, Henry Hanson 4, James Harold 3,
Catherine Riley 2, Mrs. L. E. Howe
2, Nellie E. Needham 2, Paul Cham
paigne 2, Lawrence Hanson 1, Joseph
Guilman / Anders Jacobsen l, r. W.
Ellis /, Mrs. John Hancock i, Mrs.
Fl. Grundy 1, Dennis Donovan 1,
James Wood /, h. E. Blair /, Elmer
Blair l. 1t is said that with the ex-
ception of three all of the lots were
paid for in full. Mr.. Moore certain
ly knows how to sell building lots.
The Realty company, who had the
Brown lots for sale and had made the
first start for holding an auction, was
not so successful. Citizens band fur
nished music before their sales on Fri
day and Saturday and they had a
crowd, but only a few lots were sold.
Some were bid OFF, but were not taken.
The Moore auction by starting ON
Thursday, a day earlier than the
Realty company, gained quite an ad-
vantage. The Brown lots are nearer
for the employees of the Rhode Island
Worsted company, the new industry,
and are much nearer the center of the
borough, and many of the lots will
probably be sold later. The piano
was sold. together with a lot, to
Carmine Kemp, who sold the lot to
E. ]. Sweet. This company also
gave away a number of presents. Mr..
Brown had 81 lots for sale. In all
eight lots were sold, as follows: E.
J. Sweet 4, Edward Mann / Edward
Mann /, O. A. Slater l, Julia Eagan
1.
Stafford.
w. ;. Martin will be at his Stafford
Springs studio all day Thursday, August
23d, for sittings.
Ms O.