The Press., 1909-07-21
WILMINGTON.

| Daleville early in the week.
 D. B. Gardner and wife are passing the week at Rev. Austin Gardner's.
 Mrs. Sullivan and little son oi Crystal Lake are visiting her brother, William Downs.
 Lewis Morse, D B. Gardner ant Rev. MT. Darrow found it good night to fish and good fishing al Knowlton's pond Monday evening.
 Anton Zemina hurt his right arm Monday while at work on his pearl button machine Dr. Converse dressed the injured member, but it will doubtless be quite while before il can be used.
 There will be social in the Bap- tist conference room Thursday even ing, the 29th, with a literary and musical program, games, etc. Ice cream and cake will be served. A large attendance is expected and de- sired
 We heard a public spirited citizen say yesterday "Why does not the ladies' society have entertainments and raise money to build porch at the Baptist parsonage? If they will we will all help.' A good sugges- tion, was it not?
 Miss Nellie Towne Burleson of South Woodstock, former teacher of the Center school, is visiting in Columbia. She expects to take 3 post. graduate course at Woodstock academy in the autumn, and then. if her health permits, will enter col lege in the junior year, probably.
 West Wilmington.
 A daughter was born the 11th to MT. and Mrs. Wm. Bentley.
 Mrs. W. Bugbee of Cromwell visit ed last week at c P. Bugbee's.
 A daughter was born Saturday, the 17th, to MT. and Mrs Ed. Fields. Miss Edna Bugbee is visiting friends in Hartford and Cromwell.
 There will be a dance Friday even- ing at the so-called Cartier's pavilion.
 P. Bugbee of LiIlibridge. Florida, is the guest of MT and Mrs. G. P. Bugbee.
 Masters Carl and Harry Jacobsen of Stafford visited their cousin, Johannes Jacobsen, last week.
 MT. ard Mrs W. o. Potter of Willi- mantle spent the past week with MT. and Mrs. M. Labonte.
 Master Harold Hansen of Mansfield is visiting his grandparents, MT. and Mrs. H. M. Hansen, ST.
 MT. and Mrs. H. Hansen and family of Rockville visited few days with MT. and Mrs. l.. Hansen.
 MT. and Mrs. M.- Hansen of Mans field were the guests Sunday of MT. and Mrs. H. M. Hansen, ST.
 There will be service at Buff Gap schoolhouse next Sunday at 3 p. m The August service will be omitted.
 Miss Mabel Nelson of Hartford and Miss Ruby Sweet of Lebanon are spending the summer with their grandparents, MT. and Mrs. l.. Han sen.
 South Wilmington.
 MT. and Mrs, Harry Luce of New ington have been visiting at the home of Mrs. Ethel Kingsbury.
 The rain of Sunday evening was very welcome, but it is feared that some of the early potatoes are too far gone to be helped now.
 If killing cat necessitates as much of a racket as the recent pretence of killing one, what an undertaking it must be to kill one nine times, and would it be more merciful to use boiling water?
 As there are a great many more things remaining unsold from the auction of last Saturday, it will be finished next Saturday, at which time the carpenter tools of the late Joseph
 
 For the information of those who have made inquiries and others who may be interested, we give herewith the text of the bill concerning wild hares and rabbits, which has passed the legislature: The close season for wild hares and rabbits shall be from January 5 to September 30, both in- elusive; provided, however. that no person shall hunt or take any wild hare or rabbit in any other manner than with dog and ferret, or either, between tue first day of December and the 18th day of January 1, both in elusive.
 Under the new school law the chairmen of the several district com- mittees are, by virtue of that office, members of the town school commit tee. The district committee has no power to hire teachers, buy supplies for the schools or do any other busi- ness for the district. "Said school committee shall, in general, have all the powers and perform all the duties both of district committees and boards of school visitors. ," All property heretofore held by districts shall vest i'll the towns in which they are situ- ated. '' This law went into effect July 15.
 The manager of the South Willing ton ball team hereby challenges the Vest Wilmington team to play one game for a parse, the size of the purse. the location of the grounds and the umpire to be agreed upon by the managers of the two teams, the line up of each team to be the same as last Saturday if possible. This challenge is given because of the fact that the umpiring of last week game