The Press., 1906-05-23
Miss Mary Boileau is i'll with tonsi


 Mrs. S. A. Jacobs was at her home
 in Holliston, Mass, over Sunday.
 Frank Harris of Syracuse, N. Y,
 was at his home here over Sunday. Mrs. A. L. Howard is spending a
 few days with relatives in Monson.
 Mrs. Joseph Barselow leaves next
 week for an extended visit in Canada.
 Clyde Harrington, employed at the
 Ellis grocery, is confined to his home
 by illness.
 Mrs. Amelia La Rivee of Salem,
 Mass, is visiting her father, Charles Bolieau, ST.
 Mrs. Fanny Page of Brooklyn is in town for the summer at the home of Mrs. Lucy Ferry.
 Carl Adams returned the first of the week from a short visit in Am herst and Bondville.
 Miss Joanna V. Cantwell of Mon son was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. O. Comins over Sunday.
 Smith 6 Cooley have the new ma chinery reading for operation, and are awaiting the electric current.
 Miss Sarah Lucy has concluded her labors with Miss G. S. Beckwith, and has returned to her home in Wales.
 Mrs. Laura S. Williams has re- turned home to New London after a two weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Bolieau.
 The high school ball team will play Enfield high at the Fair grounds Sat urday. May 26, at 1 p. m. Admission [ into both games, 25 and 1Oc.
 Rev and Mrs. Webster Woodbury have been guests at the Springs House for few days. MT. Woodbury preach ed at the Congregational church Sun- day.
 Mrs. Eugeborg M. Joegensen died very suddenly last night at Stafford Street of heart disease, aged S5. She leaves a daughter, with whom she re- sided.
 The little three-year- old child of George Town of Union fell down stairs and broke its collar bone, and was brought to Dr. Newton's office for treatment.
 A forest fire burned over about 20 miles on Nelson Towne's place Satur- day. At one time his buildings were endangered. MT. ToTne places his loss at about $100.
 Constante Festi of Staffordville, who took an appeal i'll the liquor cases brought against him last week, has since withdrawn his appeal and paid fine of $1OO and costs.
 A delegation of Masons went to Springfield last evening to attend meeting of Hampden lodge. They made the return trip from Monson last evening in Bolieau's bus.
 Rev. Webster Woodbury will oc- cupy the pulpit at the Congregational church next Sunday. Rev. Henry A. Blake, who has accepted call to this church, will arrive about June 1st.
 Mrs. H. O. Hill, who has been at Vineland, N J., is to move into the house on Grant avenue to be vacated by Louis Simonds. Her sister and sisters husband of Vineland will be with her this summer. II
 The new rooms for the business club in the Eaton block are rapidly nearing completion. The rooms are large, we'll lighted and conveniently arranged. The club will probably move about the first of June.
 The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold it's annual thank offering meet ing Friday afternoon at the parsonage at three o'clock. It is expected that the envelopes which have been distri. buted for the offerings will be brought or sent to this meeting.
 The Memorial day exercises will be carried out this year about as usual. The members of the post and corps will leave Grand Army hall at a. m. Services at the Catholic cemetery will be at 7.3O; West Stafford, S.3O; 9.3O; Staffordville, 10. 80; Stafford Street, 11.30. They will arrive back at about noon, when dinner will be served in Grand Army hall. At ? o'clock the procession will form, and accompanied by the Citi- ( zens' band will march to the Stafford 1 Springs cemetery, where the conclud- ing exercises, including the address by Lawyer R. H. Fisk, will be held. Sunday morning the veterans will as- semble and attend in a body the ser vices at the Methodist church.
 A session of borough court was held $ at borough hall Tuesday morning. Judge Heald ordered that the liquors seized on the recent raids should be destroyed. The case of the state against John Rockwell, charged with keeping with intent to sell and sales, was heard. There has been much interest in the case and the court room was we'll filled. Law yer R. H. Fisk conducted the defense and Lawyer O'Connell the prosecu- tion. The principal witnesses for the prosecution were Officers Merrill and Dunton of the board of state police. Merrill testified that on several occa- sions he bought cider by the pitcher ful of MT. Rockwell On the first { date that he secured the cider he was by Messrs. Kelly and teamsters in the employ of Frank Keefe. Merrill stated that he tried to get job with MT. Rockwell, but the latter would not hire him, owing to the fact that he was not heavy enough for farm work. The state officer testified that he got two { pitchers of cider on this occasion,