The Press., 1916-05-03
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
March IF, 1895.

l March IF, 1885.
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 items of local interest taken from the columns |: Of The Press, thirty one years ago. E Orson A. Richardson has the con. tract for carrying the West Stafford anu Square Pond mail for four years
 from July next.
 A. D. Brown has sold the Francis
 farm to Michael Riley for $500, re-
 serving the wood and timber thereon. H. o Wheeler has removed to Page
 6 Anderson's new block. E. K. Spaulaing has removed his variety
 store to that vacated by Wheeler. F J. s. whitman of Willimantic has
 bought the bakery in this village, and
 will continue it in the Dorman build | ing until it's old site is rebuilt. School in Dist. 4, Union, com.
 menced Monday, March 9th, Miss
 Nettie E. Kinney, teacher.
 SoMERs.
 Names of scholars in district No. 8, neither absent nor tardy during the
 term ending March 9th: Horatio M. Davis, Birnie W. Kibbe, Edna M. Prentice, Clarinda c. Kibbe, Bertha
 M. Davis; not tardy - Frankie Kibbe,
 Josie M. Davis, Bennie s. Cooley. Teacher, Flora A. Pease.
 Report of school in district No. 1, which closed last Wednesday: Sohol.
 ars neither absent or tardy during the ! term of twelve weeks = Bonnie Gager, Roland Tiffany, Charlie Wardwell, Wilber Converse, Freddie Field, Carrie Tyler. Ethel Field, Ruby Gager, Alice Warllwell. Whole number of schol
 ars, 24; average attendance, 20. 93. Born. Stafford, 11th, daughter tc William F. and Hattie P. Battey.
 Holland, 5th. Daughter (1l3lbs. te
 Edwin s. Agard; 5th, son to Frank
 Newman.
 Married -Columbia, 1st, by Rev. IF. D. Avery, Henry o. Isham and
 Elizabeth Buell.. Rockville, 2d, by
 Rev. Mr. Brewster, Davld Redmond and Annie Eliza Baker: 4th, by Rev. W. F. Beilby. Wm. J. Austin and
 Hettie A. Annear.
 Died. - Stafford Street, 5th. Ads IL. 27, daughter of Charles H. and Leonora D. Russell West Stafford, 7th, Libbeus Washburn, "A. March 1o, 1885. Abner Needham has rented hii proprety opposite the Furnace Hollow hotel to Wilbur Duncan of Willington. @' Charles H. Hobby has exchanged his house on East Main street witt Harrison Royce, for the farm of the
 latter in the south part of Willington Frank Williams & Go have opened stock of ladies'. youths and rhil dren's shoes and rubbers. opposite The
 Press office. Miss Williams also ocou pies one counter of the room as mil linery store, with shop connected. They come from Bolton.
 Auctioneer Preston yesterday struck
 off the Eleazer Wasbburn place be- , longing to the D. G. Green estate to Erwin w. Preble for $40. a:@ The towns poor are to be kept this year in the double tenement house in
 West Stafford, formerly owned by Johnson and Sanford, now owned by the town. The house is we'll oalou. lated for the paupers Wm s. shep. ard is to be employed to take care o1
 the poor. T Born. -Stratford. 2d, son to Rev. B. E. Warner. Worcester, 14th, 6 son to Walter J. Sweet, formerly o1
 Stafford Springs. Wilmington, 3d, g son to J. J. aud Dora Himmelar.
 Stafford, 1st, daughter to Chas. F.
 Hancock.
 Married. Staffnrdville. 18th, by Rev. Samuel MoKeow, Francis l.. Richardson and Addie Clark. both ot
 Stafford Springs.
 Died. At her residence in Stafford Hollow, March 17th, Mrs. Mary Anr Gerould. aged 78. Stafford Springs,
 18th. Clarence W. Crane, 25 years, 10 mos. somers, 7th, Joseph Rich ards, 67. Mansfield. 10th, Betsey
 Welch, s3 Wililntgon, 17th. sud denly, of cerebral apoplexy, Mrs. De- luka W. Holt, 79; 14th. of pleura pneumonia, Mrs. Julia Weinberg, AS. Stafford, Jan. 2Oth, Mary Blanche, n, year, months daughter of George and Addio Golhnrr