The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-02-28

S6I606S 0ACutuEy anu Suuudy 0NouAuSS'
Selectman o. @. McCray of Hamp
den avenue has moved into his new
house on Pease avenue.
Miss Stella Hodge, teacher in the
Fentonville school, has been trans
ferred to the North Monson school.
Frank O'Brien of Hampden avenue
has taken a position in Kalamazoo,
Mich. He will leave for his new
home March 1.
Edward Burke of Stafford Springs
has taken the contract to build O
large ice house near Chaffee's pond
for A. E. Bates of Norwich, and has
the work we'll under way.
A dog broke into E. r. Sisson's hen
yard Thursday and did great damage
Before he was discovered he had kill
ed IL hens and injured about 80. Mr..
Sisson has a fine flock of Rhode Is
land reds, and the loss is considerable.
A large party made surprise visi'
to Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ. Bennett
at their home in Cotton Hollow We'd
nesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ben
nett were married a few days ago,
and their friends called to offer con-
gratulations. They were presented
with a dining table and set of chairs
A movement is on foot, backed bv
some of the prominent citizens, to
have a committee appointed at th'
town meeting to draft by laws for tho
town. There is a lack of ordinances
covering the obligations of abutters
to remove snow from sidewalks and
to prevent lettering on street corners
Luther ". Tanner, aged 80 years,
died at the home of his grauddaugh-
ter, Mrs. A. D. Foskit, Wednesday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock, after a briet
illness. He leaves a widow and two
SONS. The funeral was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Foskit on Main
street yesterday at 2 80 O'Clock. The
body will be taken to Adams to- day
for burial.
A meeting of the Monson baseball
association was held Tuesday evening.
at which it was decided to go on with
the plans for a league between the
teams of Monson, Stafford, Ludlow
and Indian Orchard. It will be i'm
possible to make a six-team league, as
desired. 1t was decided to sell stock
in the association, as usual, at So
for each share, but the shares will
not entitle their holders to admission
to the games this year. The commit
tee in charge of selling the stock is
F. @. Ball, A. E. Shaw and W. H..
Cavanaugh. There was some talk of
giving an entertainment little later.
but no action was taken. The 4maefa
ing adjourned until Thursday even
ing.
The outlook for baseball the COM
ing season is very bright. Already
about so shares have been taken, and
the canvass is hardly begun. The
shares this year will be in the nature
of contribution if baseball does not
pay, as the shareholders are not en-
titled to admission to the games, as
formerly. With the new league plan
it is possible that the game may be
Whether it is or
not, the indications are that the team
will have ample financial support
Business is unusually good in town,
and a little luxury like a baseball
team can be afforded. 1t looks now
as if four team league will be the
Palmer refuses to en-
ter the ring, and Ware and Gilbert
Vile have not been heard from. An
other meeting of the representatives
of Ludlow, Indian Orchard, Stafford
and Monson will be held at the rooms
of the Social club this afternoon, at
which time details of organization
will be perfected.