The Press., 1908-04-15
Monsoon.

Miss Carrie Ziull has sold her farm
to Mr.. and Mrs Ebert Pease.
Mrs James Duncan is i'll at her
home in the west part of the town
Miss Kate Gavin has returned to
Monsoon after an absence of several
months in California.
Michael Swartz, who purchased the
Lent farm, has purchased pair of
horses and is to commence building a
house at once
1t has been suggested that meeting
of the baseball association be called,
and see what action shall be taken for
the coming season.
Thomas Lynch has taken a contract
to build house on Park avenue for
Edward Fox. The cellar is being put
in by August Peterson. The latter
has contract to build a cellar for
W. H. Brainerd.
The selectmen, organized Tuesday
afternoon with o. O. McOray chair
man, and J. p Herlihy clerk. Mr..
Herlihy was appointed superintendent
of highways, and J. s. Stewart was
made chairman of the overseers of the
poor andrthe board of health.
William H. Broadway. SO, died
Wednesday morning at Lite hfield,
CT from epilepsy. He leaves a
widow and four sons, Harold, Foster,
Mace and Earl, and three brotE ers,
R. F., Harry TOT Monson and Frank
NJ. of Springfield The funeral was
held Friday at Amherst and the
burial was there
A. D. Ellis has definitely decided
to build q new mill this summer on
the No 8 site, and an architect is al
ready preparing the plans The mill
will be good one-ornamental, as
we'll as useful. 1t will be of granite
or brick, or com bination of both.
AS soon as the plans are completed to
the satisfaction of Mr.. Ellis active
building operations will be COM
menced.
About 2 O'Clock Tuesday, the 7th,
Mrs. Charles 4Lawton. who occupied
the house in North Mopson which for
many years has been known as the
old store,'' was aroused to find tie
house on fire, Miss Daton, who was
with her in the house, was aroused
by Mrs Lawton, and the two escaped
from the building just before the
roof fell in. They gave an alarm and
the fire department. was notified by
telephone, II response to FIVE blasts
of the whistle chemical companies
No. ] and No 2 responded, but al
though they reached the scene prompt
ly., there was nothing for them to do
upon their arrival The building
and contents were a total loss and
the. tw o women had q narrow escape,
The loss is estimated atsabout 81 500.
The annual 'town m Getting was held
last week Monday. The article in
which the@most interest centered was
No. %, relating TO free water for
the proposed Ellis MILL MIR. Ellis
was present, and it was through his
motion that the article was passed
over. He said in substance: "When
/ introduced this afticle it did NOS
occur tos4me that there would be op-
position to- it. s;as- A factory can be
bought in. town Of the size /. propose
to erect for half the money that a
new one will cost. I understand that
other manufacturers are to ask for
water under like conditions If it is
granted to me, and believe that it
will be establishing bad precedenr.
| therefore ask that the article be
passed over, and a announce that such
action will make no change in my
plans for building. and hope when
am ready that the water commissioners
will sell me all the water that will
pay for" The vote in part was as
follows: Town clerk, Carlos l.. Peck
632; town treasurer, Thaddeus L.
Cushman sos; tax collector, Carlos
L. Peck .622; selectmen and overseers
Of poor, John p. Herlihy BIT. Orrin
q. MORAY 3S3, Edgar r. Sisson 205.
Sherman M. Stebbius 3O2. Julius 8. |