The Press., 1907-04-10
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
April I2, 1877.

April I2, 1877.
Mrs. A. H. Simonds has opened her
millinery rooms at Stafford Hollow,
over Glover's store.
School in the eighth district Rock
we'll Hill) begins next Monday, Miss
Anna M. Royce teacher.
The Congregational church holds
it's Thursday evening meetings in the
room over Mr.. Taylor's music store
on South street, Mr.. Taylor giving
the use of the room for that purpose,
as Heald & Baker do the use of Cen
trail Hall for Sunday meetings.
W. W. Burwell will occupy for the
present counter and window on the
west side of F J. Chandler's news
office, and has just returned from
market, where he has procured some
tools to replace the fine outfit which
the food deprived him of. also stock
of wares in his line.
@. J. Holmes has his coal and lum-
Der office in the Grandy steam saw
mill building, Messrs. Smith & Go.
having found it necessary to take
down and rebuild what was left stand
ing of their south store, in which Mr.
Holmes office had been, that build
irg being too much broken to be re-
paired. .-
Business Changes The dry goods
firm of Stevens & Brooks has been
dissolved, Mr.. Brooks retiring, while
Mr.. Stevens continues the business. =
Crawford & Banford have sold their
hardware business to State Treasurer
E. A Buck of Willimantic. The
business will be conducted by Mr..
Buck 8 son, George. The firm Of
Crawford & Banford has existed for
about nine years, and the business
was first established by Mr.. Crawford
about thirteen years ago, he having
been engaged in the sash, door and
blind business for some time previous
ly. From small beginnings the bust
ness has been built up to an extensive
scale, though temporarily Frustrated
few weeks since by the loss by fire
of the extensive shop and warehouse
on River street.
FL o. NOTES
The safe of the bank was found on
Friday at 2 p, M, some three feet
below the surface, about where stood
the southwest corner of Smiths ware
house. Indications we're that the en-
tire ground south of the railroad track
between the two original river beds
had been first washed out to the depth
of two to five feet, and afterwards
filled in with stones, gravel and
bricks. The safe had dropped into
the gulf, and then been carefully en-
tombed by the wash which followed
it. 1t was filled with water, but it's
contents were none of them spoiled
by the wetting, in fact very few of
them now show stains. nor even
marks of wetting. The bank is now
very comfortably fixed in the center
store of the Brown block. A large
sized Herring's safe has been OBJ
tanned, temporarily, and the old safe
has been sent off for repairs, the lock
being injured and the legs and all
projections broken off. A meeting
of the directors will be held in day
or two to decide upon future pro is
ion for banking room. The loss of
the Stafford Savings bank consists
only of stationery. and 5000 will
cover the total. The surplus of the
National bank will much more than
cover all of its losses. No property
upon which either bank held mort
cages is injured by the flood
AS fast as possible things are being
put into presentable shape. The rail
road company are collecting their
fragments of cars for repairs, and are
already in occupancy of their tempo
rary freight depot.
On Saturday morning the railroad
men at. work getting out car trucks
fished Thompson & Whiton's safe
from near the mouth of the Granite
mill tail race. Its contents were wet,
but the books were in such condition
that they are available for the settle
ment of the accounts they register.
& Wilton will reopen
business in the basement of Smith W.
Pages building, corner of East Main
and South streets.
The Congregational church has re-
ceived from the Smith American Or
gan Go. fine cabinet organ, as gift
made through B. F. Taylor, the COM
pany's agent. The Sabbath school
has also received from J. B. Will
liams &. Co. of Glastonbury, Conn,
the we'll known manufacturers of fine
soaps, gift of a Mason & Hamlin
organ.
The relief committee learn that
parties in the village are begging
rom door to door. The committee
request that all who have help for
The needy ones bestow it through
their organization.