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

Miss Sarah Lucy Of Wales has re
turned to town and is in the emplo,
Of Miss Beckwith.
ID. j. Hauley returned the latte
part of last week, after spending
few days in Hartford.
W. d. O'Connell has moved from
the Hobby house to the home o
John Melbourne on Westford avenue.
Mrs. E. E. league, formerly Mis-
Emily Converse, of South Framing
ham, Mass. has been a guest for sew
eral days of her cousin, A Fl. 81
monds.
The late King Christian Of DEN
mark will be the subject of the ad
dress at the Buff Cap school house
next Sunday afternoon.
VIM. Morrall
Lumbermen have been asked to sub.
NIT figures on lumber needed to put
the Foxville property in shape for the
Rhode Island Worsted Co. While the
deal has not yet been closed, the pros
peot seems good that it will be. The
company is strong financially and will
be q welcome addition to the indus
tries of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Haigh of War
saw. Russia, have come to this town
90 make their home. Mr.. Haigh has
for the past 20 years. held a response
BILE position in the wooden mills at
Warsaw, but the unsettled conditions
throughout Russia have led him to
make the change. His sons have been
here some time with their grand
parents.
The horse owned by j. f. Cham
berlin and used on the oil wagon was
frightened last Saturday by snow
sliding OFF the roof of Rays block.
The animal turned short around and
tipped the wagon over. The wagon
was slightly damaged and the horse
had his leg hurt by catching it be-
tween the shaft and the step of the
wagon.
Joshua Wood has decided not to
open the store in the Foster stone
block. The enforcement of Sunday
closing led Mr.. Wood to change his
mind about the business venture The
class of goods he planned to carry
have ready sale Sunday, and the
radical reform measures adopted have
led him to believe that the business
could not be made a success.
A recently married man is not sure |
whether he will have a bull dog or |
not. He had arrangements nearly COM
pleted. when his wife took hand
She wrote note saying. my wife
avs cannot have bull dog" signed
Ter husbands name to it and sent it
o the man who was negotiating for
he dog in another town. This broke
Il negotiations, and whether they
an be resumed is not definitely known.
Arthur Mcguire, AZ, died at his
home in Monson Saturday morning of |
4 rheumatic trouble. He leaves a
widow, a father and mother, five
brothers and three sisters. Mr.. Ma
guire was we'll known locally, having
lived here FIVE or six years at differ
emit times. He worked here as
painter. His wife was a Stafford
woman. Miss Ida Pinney. Previous
TO his death Mr.. Mcguire had been
employed several years on the elevated
road in New York as a ticket seller.
The funeral was held from his home
in Monson Monday afternoon and the
burial was in that town.
The organ concert at the Congrega-
sional church next Wednesday even
ing promises TO be an event of more
'han ordinary interest. The organ
st. Mrs. Alta l.. Small, of Provi-
lence, r. L, belongs in the front
-ark of concert performers, as is at
tested by the fact that she is an asso-
'iate of the Guild of American Organ
SIS. Membership in this organiza.
ion is obtained only after passing
hO most rigid examination in organ
playing, and is an honor attained by
mt few women in the United States.
Ars Charles Bard of Norwich, who
Issists, was formerly leading soprano
n the church at Washington, d. c..
attended by President Mckinley. She
las . voice of rare sweetness and pur-
ty, and she is much sought after as a
oncert singer. Miss Sophie Brown ,
) too we'll known as an artistic vic.
mist TO need further mention. Such ,
combination of talent promises
oncert Of the highest order, and |
hould receive the hearty support of ,
he music-loving public. Admission,
5 cents. 4
Thomas O. Perkins of Hartford {
lade another move last Wednesday in G
ehalf of his suit to recover $50. 900
amages and expenses in connection s
18th his promoting the Stafford T
prings Street Railway company. A v
smporAry injunction was served re- :
the selling, assigning, trans v
airing or conveying contracts, prop i
rty, rights, powers, privileges and Q
to the Consolidated Rail-
iay company, The injunction was {
ranted by Judge Ralph Wheeler of h
le superior court on application of a
ndge Arthur Perkins, acting for f
homas O. Perkins Sheriff Edwin a
Smith served the injunction on a
nhn @. Parker. secretary of the Con- t
'lidated Railway company, and y
Irector of the Stafford Springs Street Il
ailway company, in New Haven. n
he Stafford Springs Street Railway 81
rights and franchises were u
gently acquired by the Consolidated p
aflway company. On January %, Ii
BOG, Thomas O, Perkins brought suit d
sainst the former to recover $50, 0OOI +,