The Press., 1908-01-15


 trip.
 Mrs. Louis Helm is on a visiting trip which includes AgAwam and Hartford.
 Henry E. Newton of Monson Is em- ployed at J. M Leach's clothing store temporarily.
 James Peirolo of Hartford is the guest of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. John Peirolo.
 Miss Sadie Bramble, who has been the guest of Miss Ruth Perkins, has returned to her home at Potter Hill, R. I.
 Local baseball fans are interested in the news that Frank Spud) Murphy has signed with Holyoke for the coming season.
 At hearing before the borough court yesterday morning, Judge Heald ordered destroyed the liquors seized at O. Crosti's place.
 District Deputy O. M. Thompson of willimantic will install the newly elected officers of the Odd Fellows Tuesday evening. the 2lst.
 Rev. Joel Ives, secretary of the Congregational Missionary society of Connecticut. will speak at the oongre- gasional church Sunday evening.
 A chimney sweep is in town and Will contract to clean any chimney that needs attention. His head quarters are at the store of Anthony Adams.
 Frank Butter field, who has been engineer of the steamer for the past seven years, has resigned his position and Oscar l.. Meyers has been appoint ed to i'll the vacancy.
 Mrs. John Cleaveland has recently connected her residence with the tele- phone exchange, and her ring is 27-3. New te1pehon es have been plared in finders Jacohsen's residence. 56-4, and O. T. Jewett's residence at Or cuttville, 3S-l2.
 Dr. John P. Hanley is to locate here and will open su office in the Warren block The doctor is gradu- ate of Cornell medical college, and put in a year on the staff of hospital as Passaic, N. J. He is popular To- cally, and with his equipment should make a good showing in his chosen profession. Dr, Hanley has been To- eahed at Bridgeport since concluding his hospital experience.
 The Current Events club program for che meeting next Monday evening {: Roll-call; Scottish divines and reli. gious authors; religious history; St. Columbia and the family of Iona ; John Knox; The Covenanteers; music, & Scottish song by Miss Alberta Eaton. Committee, Miss Carolyn Brown, Mrs. J. H. Valentine and Miss Mary Russell. Hostesses, Mrs. Hannibal Alden, Mrs. O. B. Pinney.
 Edward Burr died in Everett, Mass, last Thursday. He was born in Hart ford Feb Is, 1926, where he lived 90 years, then he moved to Holland. The past 20 years he has lived in Everett, where the funeral was held Friday afternoon. The body was brought here Saturday for burial in the Stafford SprinRs cemetery. He is survived by three sons and a daugh- ter. Wm. R. of Everett, E. Lewis of this borough, Junius J. of Wauregan If Everett; also a brother, Jason F. Barr of Hartford, and a sister, Mrs. Martha L. Thayer of New Haven.
 At meeting of the warden and burgesses Friday evening the follow ing appointments were made: Chief of police, Louis Helm; street com missioner, Marshal Rolieau; commit tee on highways and sewers, O. F. Beck with, Clarence E. Brown; police and fire departments, Henry F. Wise, Frank Silk; lights and water, O. H. Meyers, ST., R. ". Smith; special constables, Burt T. Eaton, O. E. Butterfeld, Thomas Mullin, John Mahan. Dana Gary, Harry s. Nye. Milo J. Eaton, Corydon Smith; borough counsel, R. H. Fisk. It was voted to put in an electric light at the junction of West Main street and Somers avenue, and another in front of the Central mill on Furnace avenue.
 At the annual meeting of the oorporators of the Stafford public library held last Monday evening, O. F. Bsckwith and B F. Cooley were elected to the board of corporators to ill the vacancies caused by the death of J. F. Ohamberlin and W. D. Heald. The following directors were elected by the corporators: Christo- pher Allen, Charles Warren. Joel H. Reed. Miss Celia Holt, Mrs. O. E. Butterfeld, F. Fl. Baker. F. F. Pat ten. Cryil Johnson, Vim. H. Heald, Mir. Heald being elected in place of J. F. Chamberlin, deceased. At the directors meeting the following off, cers were chosen: President, Cyril Johnson; vice-president, Joel H. Reed; secretary and treasurer, Vim. H. Heald; book purchasing commit Fee, Miss Carolyn Brown, Miss Celia Holt and Mrs. W. H. Smith. The following is from the report of the librarian: Number of magazines and periodicals. 2s; weekly, 8; monthly. IS; daily, 9; number of readers at reading table. over $500. There is an increase of about five daily, or 1900 more this year than last. These are mostly boys and young men, and high school pupils consulting books of reference. Through the generosity of a few friends the reading room was opened ten Sundays during February, March and April. The number of readers during time was 112; adults, S0. ch{ldFan 60 NumbAr of days