The Press., 1908-07-01

 B. Fisk.
 Mir. and Mrs. Arthur ". Head oi Concord, N. H are guests of Mir. and Mrs. Orrin Head.
 Mir. and Mrs. Van Arsdale and Mir. and Mrs. Johns of New York are at Laurel Camp, Mashapaug.
 Claude Pinney will leave here for Denver Friday. where he will attend the democratic convention.
 Mrs. Michael Mccarthy of the Stafford House has gone to the White Mountains for a vacation.
 The manufacturing plants and all places of business will be closed all day Saturday, July 4th, including the barber shops.
 The Congregational Sunday school picnic will be held at Crystal Lake next week Thursday. An attractive program is to be arranged. l Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Maynard of Richmond Hill, N. Y.. also Mrs. Maynard's mother, Mrs. Stupplebeen, are visiting friends in town.
 The Business Mems association of Rockville is planning to invite the Stafford association to join with them in an outing at Crystal Lake sometime during the summer.
 There is Q case of scarlet fever in the flanagan family on South street. Quarantine has been released at Messrs. Johnson, Heaton, Reynolds. Fitzgerald and Silk.
 The case of John Sena against Peter SneschiA, action to recover $1O for ] board, which was to have been heard in the borough court Monday, WAS settled out of court. .
 The Methodist Sunday school will hold their annual picnic next Tuesday at Bowler's grove, Crystal Lake. Special cars will carry the school. and elaborate provision has bean made for first.class time.
 Business men on the street arc dis. satisfied with the quantity of soft coal smoke from the switching engine on the O. V. that is in evidence after. moons. The president of the Business Mems association is to take the matter up with. the railroad
 The regular monthly meeting of the school board was held at the library building Monday afternoon. ' The committee chosen to investigate the need of a new boiler at the high school building have come to the opinion that 8 new one will be neces- sary. A larger supply pipe will also be placed in the high school building in order to get sufficient water. The present pipe does not allow water enough for all purposes
 Miss Margaret stacom. 6S. who has resided in the family of Adelbert Needham for many years. died at the Springs House Monday. The cause of her death was . general breaking down incident to her age, and she has been i'll for about two months. The deceased was born in Ireland, but came to this country early in life. She leaves no near relatives. The funeral was held from St. Edwards this morning at 9.3O.
 All roads lead to Rockville this week, and thousands of people are en- toying the varied program incident to the centennial celebration. The city | is attracitveIy decorated and the event ] is proving very successful. Many | from this town have already visited our neighbor, and Q crowd will go | over this evening for the fireworks. | Yesterday the attraction was the automobile events, and 1t is estimated | that there were 5000 visitors in the | city. Tomorrow the Rockville team | will play with Springfield of the Con- neoticut league, and this will also prove a good drawing card. The ball game and the other attractions of the 4th will also draw many local people to Rockville.
 Stafford.
 The Riverside wOllen mills are shut down for this week.
 The Y. P. O. U. has closed its meetings for the summer.
 Wm. Wobbeoke of Springfield is en- toying his vacation with friends in town.
 Mrs L.. M. Reed of Union has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. F. L.. Upham.
 Mrs. J. R. Fowler of Norwich has been the guest of her sister. Mrs. J. B. Hough.
 MT. and Mrs. Jerome Orcutt of Bridgeport are the guests of Mir. and Mrs. Cyril Johnson.
 Ruth Dimmock of Somers is the guest of her grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. Augustus St. Marie.
 Mrs. Frank McIntire of Westfield visited her sister, Mrs. Eliza Hol. brook, during the past week.
 There will be no service of worship or Sunday school session at the Uni- versalist church next Sunday.
 Mrs. Charles O. Champlin and George Ohamplin of Hartford are at the Universalist parsonage this week.
 If any one has the book. ''The Day of the Dog," they arc requested to return it at once to the branch library.
 A new set of books has been re- ceived from the main library by the branch. for circulation during the next month.
 Mrs. Maranda Johnson returned home last Saturday night, having spent nearly . week with relatives on Oolburn Hill.
 The L.. A. s. of the Baptist church