The Press., 1909-07-07
HOME NEWS.
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

home for the summer vacation.
 Miss Josephine Delligau is visiting friends in Norwich Town and vicinity. Miss Elizabeth and Miss Dora Bar rett have returned form a visit to Springfield.
 Miss Mary Leach and Miss Emma Kuehne are spending two weeks at Bio Is and.
 Miss Mabel Poster. employed at the Howard dry goods store. is taking a two-weekA' vatatlon.
 Miss Carolyn Brown will go to Colchester tomorrow to join heF sister, Miss E. s. Brown.
 Mrs. Lewis Mclaughlin has re turned from spending a few days at her old home in Holyoke.
 Mrs. M. D Harris, Mrs. T. F. Mullen and daughter have gone to Bridgeton, Me for several weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roger Grant of Hart ford were the guests of MT. and Mrs. Reuben Converse Sunday and Monday
 George Batz of Providence returned to his home the past week after a several days visit with his brother, Frederick Batz.
 Miss Anna Welch recently gradu- ated from Bay Path institute, and Timothy Desmond from the Morse commereial school of Hartford.
 Dr. Grant, pastor of the Methodist church, will deliver temperance address Sunday atfrenoon at o'clock on Haymarket Square. Music will be furnished by chorus from the Sunday school
 Mr. and Mrs. Max Lohse celebrated their 25th wedding anniv ersary at their home on Village Hill last week They were married in Staffordville 25 years ago by Rev, H. M. Vaill. Both MT. and Mrs. Lohse are we'll known and popular. There was open house for several days and the cele- bration came to an end Wednesday evening, when neighbors and friends were given formal reception. Among the gifts was $25 in silver, which was presented by Mrs. Frank Orcutt on behalf cf the attendants Mrsv Lohse responded with feeling to the speech by Mrs Oroutt.
 At the centennial anniversary celebration of the First Universalist church of Salem, Rev Charles Puffer pastor. held last week. a SIP, ,O{,S mortgage which has been on the church was burned after being paid. There was banquet. and about 325 attendants saw the mortgage reduced to ashes. There were number of speakers at the banquet, and when Dr. Puffer started to speak he was rendered an ovation. A Salem paper states that the entire assemblage arose and by its applause testified more elo- quently than words to the high es- teem, love and confidence which is felt by every member of the congrega- tion for the'r pastor.
 Lawyer D. J. McCarthy has been appointed prosecuting agent at Rock vile to succeed W. Frank Fay, re- signed. Mir. Mccarthy was not an applicant for the place, but was urged to take it by the county com ID issioners Local friends of the new prosecuting agent are pleased with the progress he is making in Rockville. The following from the Rockville Leader is of local interest: ''The new prosecuting agent needs no in troduction to the people of this city. Since coming here from Stafford Springs a few years ago, he has made host of friends and won the con- fidenoe and esteem of the people of the community. He has built up a suc- cessful law practice, and has been prominent in the social and fraternal life of the city. He is at present assistant prosecuting attorney of the police court and attorney for the Rockville Business Men s association. He is man of good judgment and can be depended upon to faithfully discharge the duties of the office.
 There was a fire about 8 o'clock Monday evening between West Main and Prospect streets, which destroyed barn and a woodshed for Samuel KuslRnsky and house and barn for Paul Champagne. The house nearby, occupied by MT. Champagne, was also damaged. Mir. Champagne carried $120O on the house and barn de- stroyed, and the total loss on his property is about $500 Mr. Kus- lansky's loss on his woodshed and the slight damage done to his residence is covered by insurance. He had no insurance on his barn, and in addition loses about 5000 in rags and rubbers which he stored in the barn. MT. Kuslansky was holding the rags for a better market and had no insurance The fire is thought to have been caused by boys with firecrackers. There was some delay in getting in an alarm, and she department was handicapped, as a number of the firemen were out of town. The pressure from the hydrant at the corner of Prospect and Church streets, first brought into use. was very poor, and until the stream from the steamer was turned on the fire the chances for an extensive confiaRration seemed good. and considerable anxiety was felt. It was very fortunate that there was no wind.