The Press., 1907-05-22

The residence of Lewis Mclaughlin
 has been added to the telephone ex
 change. Ring 41-4.
 Mrs. Clarence Walker of Medford
 Mass, is with her father, Judge Reed
 at Bridgeport this week.
 The annual meeting of the State
 Medical association is in progress al
 Hartford to-day and tomorrow.
 Mrs. Joseph Bolieau and daughter,
 Maude, have returned from a three. weeks visit with relatives in New London.
 Barnes and Greenhough, who have been doing the steam fitting for the Rhode Island Worsted company. have returned to Boston.
 Patrick Asoh, employed on the farm of Arthur Blair, cut himself badly with a saw yesterday. Two fingers and thumb were injured.
 John T. Wood has returned to his home from the hospital at New Lon. don, after having an operation for hernia. He is nearly recovered.
 Mrs. Seth Schofeld and children of Village Hill are spending a two- weeks vacation with relatives in Gilbertville and New Braintree, Mass.
 Dr. James Stretch has gone to Pawtucket, R. l., to drive home 8 new Maxwell of the Doctor" type, purchased through the Brown 6 Pinney agency.
 The body of Mrs. Lilla Fields, who died last winter in Hartford, was brought here for burial in the Stafford Springs cemetery yesterday. Mrs. Fields was the daughter of Seneca Page.
 The town having failed to make an appropriation for the observance of Memorial day, F. E. Fitzpatrick has a paper on which subscriptions can be made for the purpose at his Main street store.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles R. Newton were in town over Sunday. They re- turned to their home in Franklin, Mass, Monday with MT. and Mrs. Christopher Allen in MT. Aliens automobile.
 Joseph Gagnon will give a social dance at Society hall next Wednesday evening for the benefit of the baseball association. Music will be by Woods orchestra, Prof Fields, promp- ter. Dancing will be from 8 to 3. Tickets, 75c, on sale at F. E. Fitz- patrick's.
 Henry Girard of Stafford, now sell ing automobiles in Boston, has secured for Rev. F. J. O'Neill great bargain in the form of a small Dorchester runabout, suitable for light, quick service. The little motor carriage looks and works as we'll as new, though it was bought for the extreme ly low figure of $135
 A new survey has been made for the entrance of the electric road to Main street. The new route is a straight line across the pond and railroad bridge to West Main street. and then follows the highway to Main street. The survey has been submitted to the Consolidated officials as a plan to avoid the hold-up of the Middle River Mfg. Go. and the Connecticut Realty Go.
 Deputy Sheriff Louis Helm and Agent O'Connell raided the places kept by Charles Bivoti of and Lawrence Sartori of | New City Friday night. At Bivoti's they secured two half barrels of ale and 45 bottles of lager. At Sartori's a barrel of uider and one-half keg of lager were secured. Saturday, Sher- if Helm and Officer Mellen raided the place known as the Mahogany Palace on Gold street run by Kittie Jump. Kittie must have anticipated an active business for Sunday, as she had five kegs and 65 bottles of lager. Bivoti was before the court Tuesday afternoon and pleaded guilty to repu- tation and illegal selling. He plead ed guilty and paid fine of $50 and costs. Sartori was not prosecuted. Kittia Jump has jumped out of town, which was very good judgment on her part.
 Baseball Notes.
 A meeting of the directors of the baseball association will be held at the Business Mems association club rooms tomorrow evening at 730.
 The management are negotiating for three additional men for the Stafford team, a third baseman, first baseman and catcher, and ex- pect to have them signed in time for game at Ware.
 The directors of the Bi-State league met in Hotel Burns at Palmer Mon- day evening, and decided that any player not under contract to 8 national league is eligible to play in the Bi- State. By this ruling none of the men now playing in the Bi-State are 
 Stafford opened the season last year at Ludlow, and won by 10 to ', but Maurice Sullivan, who played at short made three errors and came near losing the game for Stafford. Gagne played at short for Ludlow in the tame game. and had one base hit, one put-out, five assists and one error. Thirteen base hits were made of Col- lins and 13 off Garvey. In the next game, against Monson, Gagne played 1t second, and had one base hit. two