The Press., 1906-07-11
srAFFoRp SPRINGS.


business trip to New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin
were in Holyoke over Sunday.
j. Henry Spenbaoh has opened a
bakery in the uck-Sullivan block.
Miss Studley of New York is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. James Fitton.
Richard Ellis and family and A @.
Eaton and family are at Crystal Lake.
Miss Dora Cook of Springfield is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Helm.
Joseph Stuhlbach is in New York
ON a business trip and will return
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Donovan of
Millbury, Mass, were in town over
the 4th.
Misses Mary and Annie Mccarthy
have returned from a visit to New
London.
Miss Bessie Hyde of Hartford was
a guest last week of her aunt, Mrs.
Charles Fox.
Amos Gagnon is employed at Hud-
son, N. Y. putting in the selective
telephone device.
@. Benson, clerk at the Springs
House. is attending the convention of
Elks at Denver. Col.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. s. Taylor and
family of Worcester are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. George Siswick.
Misses Nellie and olivia Daniels
of Whiting, VT, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Johnson.
Mrs. W. H. Smith and Miss Caro-
lyn Brown are expected to arrive home
next week from their European trip.
The Stafford Aqueduct company is
extending the pipes to Foxville to &C
commodate the Rhode Island Worsted
company.
Alfred Scott has bought building
lot in the tract opened by NJ. F.
Brown. Several others are soon to be
closed out.
O. E. Monroe, the optician from
Southbridge, will be at the Springs
House this week Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
State Deputy Murphy of Rockville
will Install the newly elected officers
of Court Oronoco. order of Foresters,
tomorrow evening.
Miss Minnie O'Halloran, book
keeper for G. Fl. Baker & Co., has
returned to her duties after a vaoa.
tion of a week in Springfield.
A COW owned by W. Fl. Smith, the
plumber, fell into a we'll near the
house last Saturday. The animal was
pulled out, but died soon afterward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Arnold are
receiving congratulations ON the birth
of a son Sunday. At the home of
Mr.. and Mrs George Siswick the con-
gratulations are for girl, born Sat
urday.
The annual picnic of Grace church
Sunday school will be held at Crystal
Lake next Tuesday. The buses will
leave the church at 8 O'Clock. If
stormy Tuesday, the picnic will be
postponed to Wednesday.
Indian Orchard will play here Sat
urday. The local players will make
a strong effort to win in order to re-
cover second place. The Orchards
can be depended ON to put up a good
battle in order to retain their lead.
and a good game may be expected.
This has been busy week at Ev-
ergreen park. Yesterday the Baptist
Sunday school of Palmer held a pic
mic there. To-day the Congregational
Sunday school of Monson are there,
and to morrow the Methodist Sunday
school of this town will hold the an
nual picnic.
Mrs. Caroline F., SO, widow of
Arba Hyde, formerly of Middletown.
died at the home of her sister, Mrs
George Adams. at Stafford Street,
Saturday, June Both. The funeral
was held on the following Tuesday,
Rev. J. p. Marvin officiating. The
burial was at the Street.
John Erickson's house near Eli
thOrpe's crossing was struck by light
ming Monday evening of last week.
The bolt struck the chimney and
damaged it somewhat. A few clap
boards were ripped off the house and
the floor was damaged. The loss is
estimated at 500 and is covered by
insurance in the Heald agency.
Reports have been published in
several newspapers to the effect that
work ON the trolley line between
Stafford and Rockville would be COM
menced the week of July 10th, and |
that the start would be made at Crys- |
tai Lake. 1t is reported that the road
is to be double tracked. and is to
enter this town ON $50, 900 trestle |
near the Faulkner dam. 1t is possible |
that the writers have been guessing |
at some of the details, although a
letter received by Senator FIJI. Baker
this morning would seem to indicate
that the proposition will be pushed as
fast as possible. The letter is as fol-
lows:-
New Haven, July 10, 1906.
Mr.. Frank II. Baker,
Stafford Springs, Conn.
Dear Sir:-Yours of July 9th to
Mr.. Calvert Townley concerning pro-
Rress in the construction of the Stat
ford electric railroad has been referred
to me.
We have been greatly delayed in
matters of this kind by the large
amount of work ON hand, and by
difficulty in securing machinery and
material. but the surveys have been
completed and proposals requested,
and &c is our intention to prosecute
the work vigorously, without further |