The Press., 1909-02-24
WILMINGTON.
An assertion does not make fact, nor a suspicion misdemeanor.

An assertion does not make a fact, nor a suspicion misdemeanor
 A phone was placed in the Baptist parsonage on Tuesday, making three phones on the Hill.
 Miss Burleson, in accordance with her usual painstaking habit, arranged a pleasing and appropriate program for her pupils on Monday.
 The patrons of telephone line 293, the East Wilmington loop. should be grateful to their fellow sufferer (6), Elmer Squier, the store, East Willing ton, for going out with axe and tools, and after several hours of gratuitous work getting the line in order There is nothing like knowing how to do a thing, and then going to work and doing it.
 We are indebted to Mrs. Holman for charming view of California scenery. We are told that Mrs Hol- man will leave Mrs. Morrison at Red : lands and go on 8 trip to Oregon, where she has friends and relatives. We think there is a Mir Hastings, a Press subscriber, who went from here, living in Oregon near her route, an old neighbor at the Hollow and oorre- spondent of the Prestons, now gone
 South Wilmington.
 Alfred House returned home last Monday, feeling very much improved in health.
 Special communication of Uriel lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M., Saturday evening, the 27th. Work on the F. O. degree.
 w. E.. Butler and son, Charles, showed string of 25 pickerel, caught in Eagleville pond last Saturday, that weighed 20 pounds.
 Mrs. Adolph Korper, accompanied by her granddaughter, Hazel Braok- ett, spent the latter part of last week with her sons and their families in Hartford.
 Charles Woodworth fell on the icy steps that lead into the basement to the brick building (storehouse) last Friday, breaking the fbula bone in his left leg,
 Norman Griggs was operated on at the Hartford hospital last Wednesday for the removal of dead bone from the leg, The operation required an in- cision eight inches in length. MT. Griggs is reported as getting along as we'll as could be expected
 At the business meeting of the Y. P. s. O. E. last Wednesday night the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Win. H, Brackett; vice -presi- dent, Mrs. B. E. Benton; correspond ing secretary, Miss R. O. Hall; re- cording secretary, Miss Julia Denman treasurer, Miss Lillia Whiting.
 Adolph Korper was presented with 8 beautiful pearl headed cane last week by John Dvorksy, who. with his brothers, run the Daleville plant and also 8 considerable business in New York city. They manufacture pearl goods of all descriptions, and the cane mentioned was of their own In their DaIeville works about 30 hands are employed:
 The Wilmington column in The Press of last week presented a puzzle that proved a tough one for many to solve. Tine custom of putting a Will lfrgton headline over the items from this village, as though no one would be able to locate the village until as- sured that 1t was in the town of Will lington, undoubtedly led to the error of mixing the items from this village | with those from Willington (Hill). l much to the confusion, dismay and | perhaps horror of the Hill correspond ent. We hereby tender her our regrets that she may have had to bear the blame of having written items that in fact she never saw until they were in print.
 West Wilmington.
 MT. and Mrs. R. Pratt were visi- tors in Andover Sunday. -
 MT. and Mrs P. Hansen visited over Sunday at L. Hansen's. ..
 Mrs. E. 0. Sparrow of Essex visitf d over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. A