The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-03-21


d visiting in Boston and vicinity.
3 Samuel Kuslansky has returne
: from business trip to New York.
Superior court will convene Apri
10th, with Judge Wheeler on TIL
bench.
g. o. Benson of Putnam has takel
q position as clerk at the SPRING
House.
The town schools will close Friday
March 80. for the spring vacation d
two weeks.
Frank Bolieau has been obliged tc
give up work at Smith & Cooley
owing to illness.
Miss Ella Delegan and Miss Jennie
Mahan were at Holyoke and Spring
field over Sunday.
Miss NJ. H. Miller of New York
has taken a position with Miss Beck
with for the season.
Rev. Henry A. Blake of Rochester,
N. H., will preach at the Congrega-
Il bluuh1 CHuICH SUBWAY.
Seth Sohofield has taken the agency
for the Buffalo fertilizers, as per his
advertisements in another column.
A sleigh-ride party of Is couples
from Monson academy was entertained
at the Springs House Saturday even
ing.
Mrs. E. g. Remington, chiropodist,
of Boston will be at the Springs House
this week from Thursday to Sunday,
as per advertisement.
Mrs. W. A. Comips is the guest of
her son, DR.. Comins, in Springfield.
Miss Carrie Comins of Springfield
spent Saturday at her home here.
James Connell was before the bor-
ough court Monday morning, charged
with drunkenness and breach of the
peace. Judge Heald made the SEN
tence five days in Tolland
A meeting of the school board will
be held next Monday afternoon, when
it will be definitely decided where the
graduating exercises of the high
school will be held this year.
The meeting of the Current Events
club that was to have been held last
Monday evening was postponed on &C
count of the storm. and will be held
next Monday evening, with the same
program.
Vice. President Townley of the Con
solidsted road asks that the bond be
extended to Oct LIST. Mr.. Townley
writes that the work of building will
be pushed this summer, and probably
completed before cold weather. The
local people are willing to make every
reasonable concession, and there seems
no possible hitch to he anticipated.
The presentation of the drama,
Shaun Rhue," at st. Edwards hall |
last Saturday evening by the A. o. |
Fl. was greeted with a large and en-
thusiastic audience. The drama was
given in the same creditable manner
that the society usually puts on their
plays. The parts were all we'll taken,
and the make-ups and stage settings
we're we'll managed.
Gary Bros. are getting ready to
move from the Springs House barn.
they have hired Samuel Rockwell's
arm on Wilmington avenue and will
eep their heavy horses and trucks {
here. The livery horses will all be
lept at the original stable. A bridge
lcross the stream has been construct
ID, connecting the two properties,
which will add much to the conven-
ence of doing business
The house at Orcuttville owned by
Mrs. Phoebe Moore, and occupied by
herself and son, Charles, caught fire
about 10 O'Clock Sunday evening.
The fire originated in the woodshed
md the cause is not known. The
alarm was given by ringing the mill
bell, and a line of hose was laid from l
The plant. The line of hose was too
hort to reach all parts of the house,
md brigade of neighbors with pals
the work, taking water {
rom the we'll. 1t was a stubborn fire '
% fight, and it was about / O'Clock {
n the morning when it was all out. 1
there was no wind. The
Ill was badly damaged, and the flames
uttered the main structure enough to '
ause a small loss. Nearly all the .
household furniture was removed, and {
While there was some breakage, the {
oss will not be heavy. There was t
10 insurance on contents, but the I
louise was insured through the Heald 1
gency for $500. The insurance will ]
undoubtedly cover the loss. G
AS Stafford expects to be connected .
ONE time in the future with the Con-
vast net of trolley roads, =
he following extract from a speech +,
lade by President Mellen before the :.
let Together club at Hartford Mon. .
ay evening will be of local interest
You are aware we have invested !.
cry largely in electric lines land let
le say here our operations have not r
cen haphszard, nor to eliminate COM :,
etition, but rather upon a we'll
efined plan). In this particular dis.
,ict we are now better prepared to ii
IKE tbs second step in the carrying
ut of our plans than anywhere else. !,
Iere the arrangement of our lines is
lch we would like to make the ex-
eriment on large scale to determine Ii
neither the two systems of traction
steam and electrio-may not be L
orked in common, each supplement- T
lg the other, and we would like to
ectrify oar steam tracks between Ii
ere and Waterbury, and on the Cen. g.
al New England railway between