The Press., 1910-12-14

Os De GA4uoy uAS Uoon 6ppUAutou
 aide-de-camp on Gov. Baldwin, ' staff. Maj, ,r Pinney ia popular local
 lv. where he has lived all his life, 1. and the appointment will be pleasing
 to his many friends. Mir. Pinney hal
 been active in politics, and was c
 delegate to the democratic national
 convention in St Louis in 1908 He
 represented the town in the legislature
 In 1907.
 Charles Rock, who has been danger
 ously III with pneumonia, is i'm.
 proving.
 The AlI-Ssafrords defeated the All.
 Rockvilles in . basketball game last Saturday.
 The restaurant in the Foster block
 has been sold, and will be conducted
 by Wm. E Benton.
 Arrangements are being made for a
 New Years ball at the German club hall. Westford avenue, Monday even.
 ing, Jan. 2. 1911.
 The Eblin Brewing Go of New York has brought suit against Romano
 SeTadn for 4375, amount alleged to
 be due on bar and lxtures.
 A delegation of the Eastern Star
 visited Manchester last week This
 evening the mem bsrs will go to Rock.
 ville to visit the Eastern Star of that
 city.
 Fred Hanson crushed his thumb
 and lacerated his hand by getting it caught in a gear at the Rhode Island
 plant a few days ago. He was at
 tended by Dr. F.L Smith, who found 1t necessary to amputate at the second joint.
 Advertised letters in Stafford P. O. Dec. I: Miss Blanche Conwell, Madeline Berlo. Louise s Swan, Eva Grace Abbott, Adolph Egist, Arthur stockert. Ralph P. Howard, c. D. Andrea.
 A petition to the next general as. sambly Is printed in another column for the granting of.a charter for the Willimantis and Stafford street rail- way company. This is practically renewal of the old charter, which ex- pires this year.
 Users of water are warned in an. other column against leaving the faucets running to prevent freezing Much water is wasted in this way, and the company will take imperative steps to stop it if necessary. These precautions are taken to guard against a water shortage.
 Mrs. Mary E Blair, 89, wife of Elmer Blair, died Saturday morning of apoplexy. She had a slight shock early in the summer, but had bsen improving. Her husband and nine children survive her. The funeral was held from the home in Orcuttvlle Monday afternoon, Rev. R. G. Ulapp ofioiatiDg. .-
 Mrs. Harvey Barrett has a very sore hand, the result of cutting to remove c needle. Mrs. Barrett broke the needle of in her hand about eight years ago, and 1t had been in ever since. It was located with the X-ray and removed. The needle was rusted, but Mrs Barrett bids fair to make a good recovery.
 There was a wrestling match at seDas' hall last Friday evening be- tween Calasky, the Greek, of Spring. 1eld and Young Gotoh of WilIimantic The first fall was taken by the Greek, but Young Gotoh took the next two. The preliminary event was 8 sparring match between Daniel Green and Snowball Woods, both of this town. Friday evening of this week Young 1otch will meet Young Monty, known g as the Canadian wonder, at Sena's q hall. There will be a four.round boxing exhibition between Peter Key. C lolds of this town and Robarge of 2 v
 Automobile TAT, owned by Rev. i Felix J 0'Neill of this town, was accidentally overturned in Stafford t lille at 8 45 last Sunday morning, h while the owner was returning to t aks his fourth load of worshipers to a 't Joseph's church. (It had re- urned from the repair shop only v hree-quartera of an hour before l, Descending the little hill near the T nill. the driver purposely turned out A rom a deep frozen rut, as he had n one while alone three times that aorning, and ran on the narrow toy .. boulder of the road near the bridge a Ailing, as he had also done before. p Iut this time his throttle became dis I T onnected and would not close to less !, han 12 miles an hour. He shut of = he spark and kicked in the reverse, = ut it would not hold. In the mean. Ime the right hind wheel slipped of he embankment approaching the high '" " ridge wall The driver steered o' 1Eward wheel against rock, to sac 1c lice part and save the whole ma n nine, and this stopped it before 1t II ,uld reach the bridge He stuck to Q Ia wheel till she machine was en. 7 rely stopped and three- -foufths over h' lrned, then. thes onlookers say, he ade beautiful jump, landing on eV ls feet, beating the auto by a good CT Igtance. In ten minutes he was clad of ! the purple vestments of Advent as in nothing had happened. Strange to O. v, tho machine did not receive a si 'nt or q scratch, save on the front to Ele and the steering wheel. R