The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-05
Miss Evelene Ferry has gone to


Miss Annie Rawson of Bridgeport
4, is spending few days at her home
here.
The blacksmith shop of William
Bros. is offered for sale in another
column.
The grand circuit races at Hartford
have attracted number from Stafford
this week.
Miss Julia Chapman spent last weel
in Putnam as guest of her uncle, O.
O. Talbot.
Miss Emma Kuehne will leave Fri
day for East Orange, N. j., where she
is to teach.
Mrs. D.. E. Chism of Stafford Street,
who has been quite i'll, is now more
comfortable.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Royce has been i'll, but is now
much better.
Mrs. Samuel Rockwell entertained
an automobile party from New York
over Sunday.
Miss Rose La Case has gone for q
visit with relatives in Brooklyn and
Philadelphia.
Miss Nellie Fitzgerald has returned
from a few days visit with relatives
in Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Brault of
Hartford have been guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Napoleon Pero.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Fedler have re-
turned from a vacation at Ooean
Spray, Winthrop, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis johnson of New
Britain were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Ford over Sunday.
Phillip Cote has returned to Hart
ford, after spending Sunday and Labor
day with friends in town.
Fred Sanford, cashier of the First
National bank, has returned from a
few days in the Adirondacks.
W. D. O'ConnelI was formally ad-
mitted to the Tolland county bar be-
fore Judge Reed at Rockville yester-
day.
Action for a divorce has been
brought in the superior court by Mrs.
Maude Ellis Chase against Irving J.
Chase.
Robert r. Knowlton of New York
has been in town this week. The
Knowlton house on Rockwell hill will
probably be reopened.
The democratic caucus for the selec
tion of delegates to the various con-
ventions will be held at the town hall
this evening at O'Clock.
John Rosquet, who drives a team
on the electric job, complains to
Grand Juror O'Connell that he was
shot at twice by Italians Sunday.
Frank and Arthur Dunlavey have
returned to their home in Boston,
after spending few weeks with their
grandmother, Mrs. J. S. Sullivan.
Officer Mellen has been notified by
the chief of police of Pittsield, Mass,
of the finding of a dark chestnut
horse. though to have been stolen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mccarthy
and daughter, George Brennan and
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick of Baltic were
in town over Sunday and Labor day.
Carl Adams is at Catskill, N. Y,
for a vacation. In company with his
friend, Fred Horn, Mr.. Adams will
take trip to Lake Champlain in a
launch.
A bus will leave Grant avenue Sat-
urday afternoon at O'Clock for the
golf grounds. The usual sports will
be the attraction. Refreshments will
be served.
Alex Rosen, the socialist speaker,
gave an interesting address at Hay
market Square last evening. The
was cool aud there was not a
large audience.
E. E. Fiske, employed on the cleo
trio road, crushed the middle finger
of his right hand while handling rails
last Sunday. He was taken to the
office-of DIR. O. B. Newton for medical
The c1se of Blakeley against Squires
came up in the borough court last
Saturday, and was adjourned until
the 10th. Action is brought to re-
cover on a note, and Lawyer r. H.
Fisk is for the plaintiff, while E.
Frank Bugbee of Willimantic is for
the defendant.
About II carloads of rails have al
ready arrived for the electric road,
and teams we're busy Sunday and every
day since drawing them along the
line. The rails are ~
pounds to the foot, which is extra
heavy, and will make an admirable
track. The grading is being pushed
and the road-bed will be first class.
There are now about 200 men work
ing on the job.
Miss Jennie Tilden has resigned as
assistant manager of the local tele-
phone exchange. Miss Tilden has
been capable and obliging, and regret
is felt that she is to give up the work.
A new location must be found for the
cenral office as we'll. The company
is negotiating for lease of an Office
in the Ives house with Miss Harvey
as assistant manager, but no definite
have been made as yet.
1t has been impossible for the
Rhode Island Worsted company to
come to an agreement with Orrin
Converse as to the amount of damages
to be paid the latter for the right to
flow a portion of his land by raising
the dam at Fox Village. The COM
pany has filed a petition with the
superior court, asking to have the
damages assessed. 1t lis proposed to
raise the present dam two feet, and
by so doing about 1O3 acres of Mr..
Converse's swamp and meadow land
will be overflown.
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