The Press., 1906-06-27
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Haskell Aronson, the clothing mer
chant, has returned from his wedding
trip.
E. Il. Russell & 90. will begin {
sale tomorrow of their stock damaged
by smoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fletcher o.
Hampden are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
E. l.. Burr.
z. D. Beauregard was the guest Of
his father at North GIosvenordale
over Sunday.
Lawyer NJ. ID. O'Connell and VIM.
O'Connell attended the Cavanaugh,
Sullivan wedding at Colchester yes
terday.
G. O. Parkess. Wesley Dimock and
John Foster expect to attend the
meeting and banquet of veteran Mas:
ons at Winsted Thursday.
Miss Kate Humility returned to
media, N. Y, Monday after q visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert s. II
Miss Margaret Cooley accompanied her
for a visit.
Miss Jennie Oroutt will be united
in marriage July II to Frederick
Hall of Montolair. N. j., at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Orcutt, ON Village Hill.
The E. K Taft stock will be closed
out at bargain prices, and there will
probably be lively buying, as there
are many articles not injured at all
and others injured but little.
Mrs. Henry Knapp. 73. died Satur-
day after an illness of three months
of the grip. Her husband and one
son. Henry Scott of Norwich, by a
previous marriage, survive her. The
funeral was held from her late home
yesterday afternoon, Rev. Thomas
Tryie officiating. The burial was in
the Stafford Springs cemetery.
The pupils of st. Edwards school
will give an entertainment at st. Ed
wards hall this ening. There will
be musical, vocal and dramatic efforts
by present pupils of the school. Miss
Frances Mccarthy. q musician who
has just graduated from Mt. st Jo-
seph seminary of Hartford with high
est honors, will assist in the program.
Admission will be 25c; children. 15o.
The state board of equalization has
made it's additions to the grand list of
1905 for state and county taxation.
The only towns in Tolland county
having their grand lists added to are
Stafford, $500, 900, and Wilmington,
$4,000. The board has added four
towns to this years list and eight
towns have increased their lists large
enough to be taken from the roll.
The towns which are affected each
year by the boards revisions are
growing less in number. All towns
should be assessed alike Stafford
has the name of having high tax
rate, but if property was assessed at
nearer the true valuation the rate
would be lowered. Is it not time to
take a step in the right direction?
At meeting of the school board,
held Monday afternoon, F. F. Dun
field of Monsoon academy was elected
principal of the high school to sue
coed Mr.. Maynard. Mr.. Dunfield has
been an assistant at Monson academy
for the past two years. He was edu-
Gated at Bates college in Maine. and
has an ample scholarly equipment
in addition to his other qualifications.
He has had charge of Cushman hall in
connection with his other duties at
Monsoon academy. Mr.. Duntield has
proved a good disciplinarian, and at
the same time has retained the es-
teem of the students. There are
large number of applications for the
other vacancies in the teaching force,
but no other appointments have been
made as yet. John Foster was APP
pointed a committee to attend to the
painting of the school buildings in
Staffordville and Stafford Hollow.
b. L. Eaton was chosen to take charge
OF the grading at the Grow Hill
school-house.
A fire in Warren's block early Sun
day morning did considerable damage,
and would have proved more disastrous
had it not been discovered just when
it was. Two young men who had
been on late ride discovered smoke
issuing from the building about 2. 40
and an alarm was given. The fire.
men responded promptly. All the
stores were densely filed with smoke
and it was difficult to locate the fire
at first, but the flames were finally
discovered in the Taft drug store.
The fire was confined almost wholly
to the cellar under the store where
the fire originated. The woodwork
was burned through in one or two
places in the floor of the drug store,
and it also burned through into the
post office in several spots. The fire
originated among the barrels and
boxes in the cellar of the drug store,
but the cause is not known. Had
there been any draft in the cellar or
the store above the story would be
different. The transom of the store
was closed and there were no windows
open. In the cellar there was no
current of air to fan the flames. The
heaviest loss is in the drug store. A
carboy of ammonia was broken in the
cellar, and the fumes minglinR with
the smoke discolored everything with
which it came in contact, and on
metal and woodwork it is almost i'm
possible to remove it. Nearly all the
is damaged to a more or
less extent. The Taft store carries
from $4,000 to $4,000 in stock. Mr..
Taft places his loss at $500. The
next heaviest loss is that of Z. I.
Russell & Co. Owing TO the delicate
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