The Press., 1916-04-26
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
FEB. z6, , 1885.
items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty-one years ago.

made from room Uttered With SnaV- ings and sections of boiler, engine and printing implements scattered about, cased and uncased. Rapidly as pos sible the office is being fitted with the best Engine and boiler after this week will take the place of human muscle in propulsion of the new print ing presses. And we hope by another week to get down to a working system in place of the hubbub of carpenter and machine work now ruling. L.Arnold, jeweler, is for the pres ent located at E. L. Burr's photograph rooms.
 G. H. Bakers intention is to put one story and basement brick building on his Central hall block lot. J. M. Horniss, tailor, T. O. Tiff any, dentist, W. A. King, lawyer, and O. Prouty, tailor, all have rooms in Col. Warren's block.
 | \ Mrs. Janette Francis has sold her farm near Ellithorpe's to A. D. Brown,
 for $1,O0O. and with her late hus-
 bands parents will remove to Stafford
 Hollow.
 Michael Healey has bought the
 Miner Fletcher place in Holland of E. 10. Dimock, which will be occupied
 by his son. in law, M. Manning, in the spring.
 | School in Dist. No. 1, Holland, closed its winter term Friday, the 2Oth. Scholars neither absent or tardy Agnes Manning, Patrick Jen nings and Fred Root. All perfect lessons-Agnes Manning, Mary O. Phelps, Bridget Dunn and Maud Sherman.
 Miss Maggie Nichols closed the first term of her school in Center district, Willington, last Friday. The visiting committee expressed himself as much pleased with the school. The Glass; factory village school, taught by Miss Jennie Sharpe, showed at the we'll conducted examination that good prog. ress had been made
 The Stafford Hollow schools closed Feb. 2Oth. In the grammar depart ment, Miss Comstock, teacher, Mamie West. Miranda Pomeroy, Edgar St. Mary. Charlie Pinney and Junius Pomeroy, have not been absent or tardy for the term. Best average in department for the term-John Fisk, 9 9 1; second, Edwin Sullivan, 9.S. Best average in recitations Charlie Pinney. 10. Second, Julia Sullivan, .99. Jennie Burley, Minnie Roberts, Eudooa Squiers and Charlie Pinney have not missed in spelling for the term. In the primary department, taught by Miss Lena R. Spencer, those who have neither been absent or tardy during the term, are: Florence Kin. ney, Fred Cooley, Eddie Roberts. George Lord, Willie Abbott, Albert Locke, Robbie Nichols. Della Rob- erts has been absent but one day. Lizzie Sprague has been absent but one day and half.
 Born. Stafford Springs, 18th, a son tO william ScnOnelO.
 Married. .-Monson, 18th, by Rev. Albert Hammatt, Ralph Clifford and Minnie. A. Douglass. Holland, 18th, by Rev. 0. N. Seymour, Wolcott Waldo of Holland and Jennie Galigan of Hartford.
 Died. Stafford Springs, 22d, Mrs. Abbie $ Hunt, 57; 7th. Stella Pinney, 26 Holland, 17th, Miss Ruth Benton, 93 years, ? mouths and 9 days. Mansfield, sth, Philip Orton Roberts, Sl; 23d, Julia Clark, AS.
 MAR. 5, 1885.
 W. HanIey has re.opened his shoe store in the Oronoco block.
 J. Herbert Segar has gone to po- sition in W. H. Daniels dry goods store, New York.
 Married. Stafford, Feb. 27th, by Rev. G. V. Maxham, T. S. Abbott of Mansfield, and Anna M Ide, of Brimfield, Mass.
 J. J. Gallivan will open a new line nf goods in the west store in Page's block, in about ten days, W here he will also be prepared to do all kinds of repairing in his line.
 The winter term of school in Dist. No. 2, taught by G. o. Southwick, has closed. The whole number of registered was 16. Average attendance 13.2 21. The following pu- pills were neither absent nor tardy during the term: Emma Hoyle, Lydie Hoyle, Martha Brown; not absent but tardy: Elliott Sparrow, Willie Brown.
 Augustus Alden, who died in Staf. ford on Monday, was a native of the village, a lifelong resident of | the town, and aged 83 years. He was a descendant of John Alden of May flower" note. His early recollec- tions went hack to the days of his boy. hood, when Stafford Springs had not attained to the dignity of a village. He remembered distinctly the passing of Lafayette through the town on his memorable visit to this country after | the revolution.
 Amos N. Nichols has exchanged | his house on School street with Dr. Eaton, for his house corner of High | street and Fisk avenue, and will re- move into it April 1st. D. H. Par sons takes the tenement vacated by | Mr. Nichols in Harwoods block. Dr. Richards moves from MT. Nichols newly purchased house to the tene- ment over the Mineral Springs Co.'S office, and will have an office adjoin. ing The Press office. Rector Larom |