The Press., 1916-08-03

Walter Quinn is visiting in Provi' dence.
 James Quinn is spending few days in Boston.
 John Conroy of Holyoke is spending | 8 week in town.
 Walt Blair's Orcuttville team will
 be an attraction in Wales Saturday. Carl Mullins. epmloyed in Hart
 ford, is taking his annual vacation. A daughter was born Monday, the 31st of July, to MT. and Mrs. William Locke.
 Miss Ruth and John Heaten of
 Holyoke, Mass, are visiting friends in town.
 Miss Irene Dondero of Meriden is
 visiting her sister, Mrs. A. D.
 Bernardo.
 Mrs. James Frazer spent a few days with Mrs. John Lynch in Mon- son recently.
 Peter Pasqualine has gone to Phila- delphia and expects to move his family there soon.
 Walter Blair and Peter Sena have entered into the fish business in part uership, the firm being called Sena 6 Blair.
 Manager Mooney's team of Monson trimmed the Glynville Stars Sunday afternoon on the fair grounds by the score of 12 to 2.
 Miss Katherine Gilmartin and Joseph Gilmartin of Stonington, who have been visiting at George Slater's, have returned to their home. Miss Clara Indorf and Miss Johanna Forsta have returned to Brooklyn, N. Y., after having spent two weeks here as the guest of MT. and Mrs. Ed ward Mann.
 Mrs. F. E Fitzpatrick, Miss Nellie and Miss Mary Fitzpatrick have re- turned from vacation in Bristol, N. H. Miss Anna Fitzpatrick of that place is visiting Mrs. F. E. Fitz- patrick.
 Another of those not infrequent electric storm visited this vicinity last Thursday afternoon. The storm was short and severe. Two telephone lines were put out of order and some trouble was experienced by the Rock ville- -Willimantio Lighting Go. though of a minor nature A sewer opening in Haymarket Square, near the Con- gregational church, became choked by the debris that was carried along Main street and the water overfowed the sidewalk for depth of three inoh- es and length of several yards. Much mud was deposited there. It is CO., incidence that these storms have passed over this region on the day that is half holiday for the clerks and spoiled to some extent their week ly outing at Crystal Lake.
 General satisfaction here attends the decision of the Interstate com. merce commission, given last Thurs day in Washington, to allow the Gen. tral Vermont railway to operate its steamers between New London and New York. It will be remembered that representatives of this town went to New York some months ago to offer evidence in opposition to the divoroing of the steamers from the railroad in accordance with the Pan anna Canal act against railroad owner ship of steamship lines. The service to and from New York as matters stand is satisfactory to local interests. At the same time of the giving of the decision to New London-New York line, the Interstate commerce oommis. sion granted authority to the road to install similar service between Provi. dence and New York.
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curnan have received letter from their son, Her. bert, operating in Mexico with a signal corps. The letter was written Somewhere in Mexico.'' July 21, and reads in part as follows: ''It surely is long time since you have heard from me, but your letter that was dated June 25th did not get to me until July 18th, so you must understand that there is always 8 letter between us. It takes a long time for a letter to come down from Columbus, because mail trains are few and far between. Now, this letter is short because this is all the paper have, and am taking chance to see if can borrow an envelope Writing material is scarce in this country. Everything is expensive