The Press., 1909-02-24
oNN WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY e4 1909. Vol 51 No 4s
HOME NEWS.
srAFFoRD SPRINGS.

4th, inauguration day, with a dano at their rooms.
 H. M. Swartf1guer, the opticia1 from Rockville. will be at Burwell' iewelry store next week Friday, iron to 8 p. ID.
 Dr. P. E Sullivan, who has beel practicing dentistry at his home, ha purchased business in Wallingford and will leave here about March 1st
 There will be social and supper at the chapel of the Congregations church this evening. Mrs. e. H Baker and Mrs. Hannibal Alden will be the hostesses.
 The revised edition of the Stafford directory has been issued by Fl. A Manning Go. of Springfield. While there are few slight errors in tht book, it will prove very usefu volume.
 Joseph Tonidandel and Miss Vir ginia Maggie were united in marriage at Moosup Saturday morning. 4 reception at the home of the groom was given Saturday evening, and { dance followed at Serafin's hall.
 Daniel Quinn and Frauk Belisl' were before the court Tuesday morn ing, charged with drunkenness Quinn was given 10 days and costs and Belisle 5 days and costs. Botf testified to the court that they SC cured their liquor out of town.
 There was small fire in the homo of John Hancock on Prospect stree Sunday evening. An alarm was rups in and the firemen responded, but by the time they arrived the fire wa out. There was but little damage The fire was caused by an electric wire, and was confined to the small hall where MT. Hancock has his tele phone,
 Deputy Sheriff Louis Helm an( Prosecuting Agent M. D. O'Oonnell assisted by Constable W. J. Hastingt of Willimantic, went to Mansfield near Atwoodville, Thursday, and mad, raid on Kiesel Spector, a Hebrew farmer, who for some time has beer suspected of selling hard cider. Th' officers found a barrel of cider and { large quantity of wine, which wal seized Speotor was arrested anG taken before George H. Allen, charged with sales, reputation and keeping with intent to sell. He pleaded no guilty and was allowed to go under $2OO bonds until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when his case will come up for trial. The complain was made by First Selectman Waltel F. Storrs of Mansfield.
 Tenants of the property of the lat A. D. Brown have been denied thu privilege of paying rent for time owing to contest that is being madt over the disposition of the propert, of the estate. Mrs. Beatrice M. LunI and Wm. E. Brown of Holyoke children of the late Otho Brown, ar, plaintiffs in the case, and Alfred D Oady and Ruhannah Cady are the de fendants. Amer D. Brown died Jul, 9, 1907. In the terms of his will h. left all his property to his wife Florence Brown. It was stipulated however, that in the event of he. death this property was to go to Al mer D. Browns brother, Otho K Brown, or in the event of his deatl before that of Florence Brown, to hi surviving children. Otho R. Brow1 died prior to the death of Amer D Brown, and the plaintiffs in thi action became his heirs Whel Florence Brown died, shortly afte the death of her husband, the plain tiffs claim that she had never filet any account of her administration o her husbands will and had died with out fulfilling the trust imposed upol Ter. In his will Amer D. Brown resides leaving property in town, als left two tracts of land on Pleasan street, Holyoke, rentable propert, being situated on one of the tracts The plaintiff, maintaining that the, are the logical heirs to this property accordingly filed the bill in equit against the parents of Florence Brown and prayed that an injunction b issued rest aiming them from disposipj 1 of these two aforementioned prop critics in any way. It was also praye, that Teciever should be appointe, to rent and collect rents on the prop city in question, and that truste be appointed to convey the real estat to the plaintiffs. When athe cas came before Judge Wait he issued tn interlocutory decree on the Sth ap pointing Sumner T. Miller of Holyok receiver of the property, no appear ance in the action having been mad by the defendants, the parents o Florence Brown. Judge Wait ha made two other interlocutory decrees one discharging the receiver, but als, ordering that the defendants be en joined from transferring the property So much of the injunction as hereto fore issued was also modified so tba the tenants are no longer restraine, from paying rent to any other thal the receiver. The second decree sus tained demurrer filed by the defend ants which was argued by the counsel and it was ordered that any amend ment to the bill of complaint shoul, be made within 20 days from date.