The Press., 1919-04-10

, A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Edward Jacobsen on Friday. g Richard Whitaker is acting express agent during the illness of Walter H. Parkhurst.
 P. J. Murray and son have taken I rooms for their insurance office in the Converse block.
 Miss Gwyneth Rees, on her return . from New York. visited friends in
 Portchester, N. Y.
 Henry P Hansen arrived in Boston
 Monday on the troop ship, Agamem-
 non, from France.
 Word has been received of the ar
 rival of Gordon Charter at New York,
 from France, Monday.
 Mrs. O. B. Usher of Rockville is
 with the family of Edward Jacobsen, her brother, for time.
 NJ. D. O'Connell has been appointed by the senate a nonresident trustee
 of Bacon academy at Colchester.
 The west end of the c. B. Gary & Son
 horse barn is being converted into
 garage for the company's trucks.
 Miss Florina Dupre has been absent from her duties at Campos store for a few days on account of illness.
 The w. c. T. U. will have food sale in the store next to George Woods
 meat market, on Friday, April 25.
 Thirteen members of the high school party returned home from New York on the 10 o'clock car Tuesday night.
 Miss Harriet Louise Wildey is spending few days with MT. and
 Mrs. w. o. Sanford at South Manches-
 ter.
 Large and enthusiastic crowds at tended the opening of Paramount
 theatre in borough hall Monday even
 ing.
 | Albert Anderson on Thursday wis
 ited the state senate at the capitol in Hartford and other points of interest
 in the city.
 Corporal Jack Johnson, who re- gently returned from France, and his
 brother, Donald, are visiting at the : Whitaker home on Crown street. | The annual Easter ball of the Staff | ford Business Mems association will
 he held Monday evening, April 21, in charge of the executive committee. Miss Katherine Mitchell has gone to Pittsburg. Pa, where she will be guest of relatives. Miss Linda Mitch ell returned to her duties at Wellesley college Tuesday.
 The condition of George Davis, who is at the Johnson hspital, has inn porved enough to allow him to be up. He expects to return to his home by the end of the week.
 There will be a masquerade at Crys- taI Lake on Saturday, the 26th. Woods orchestra will furnish the mu sic and Prof Fred Einsidel will prompt There will be prizes for cos tunes.
 The Providence Evening Bulletin of | April 2d contains an account of Frank | Hampston being at the naval hospital of the Brooklyn navy yard recovering from injuries received when the sea plane which he was driving, hit Ger | man mine. MT. Hampston and his | father, Michael Hampston, who | lived in Stafford several years ago, are very favorably remembered by To- cal people. He is reported as mak- ing a good recovery.
 Harry Markoff was before Deputy Judge E. K. Taft of the borough court yesterday afternoon charged with assault on Samuel Kuslansky last Fri day night at the home of Michael Burke on West Main street Mr. Kus- lansky claimed that he went to the Burke home to collect ashes and that as one of the barrels was frozen to the ground he asked MT. Markoff's son for an axe to break it out. The boy replied that he had none. He then asked Mrs. Markoff the same ques- | tion. and on receiving negative re- ply. remarked that it was ''toO bad" and turned to his work The next Ht hIlc" NldThOH d blow on the top of his head and pro- ceeded to ''muss him up'' generally. He was removed to the Johnson hos pital where he was found to be suf- fering from severe bruises on the head and on the right side, so that it was necessary for him to remain there un- til Tuesday night. MT. Markoff, on the other hand, claims that Kuslansky insulted his wife. The witnesses at the trial were M. J. Burke, Michael Matucik, Albert Lannigan and Morris Murray. All testified to seeing Mark off strike Kuslansky and Matucik said he saw Markoff strike and kick him while on the ground. Deputy Judge Taft fined Markoff $25 and costs, amounting to $37.46. John McCulloch and young son, Will liam, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., were week end guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McCulloch
 The following woman's committee has been appointed for the fifth liberty loan Mrs. c. B. Pinney, chairman, Mrs. Lew is Mclaughlin, Mrs. F. F. Patten, Mrs. R. NJ Fisk, Mrs. Walter Greaves and Mrs. Lincoln G. Luce. Headquarters will be opened on Main-st about April 2lst, where subscriptions will be gladly received.
 At the supper and social at the Con- gregational church Tuesday evening an entertainment, Packing the Missionary Barrel" was given by the following girls: Ruth Mullen, Helen Chapin, liar riet Wildey, Betty Pinney, Agnes Den niston, Ruth Burwell, Emma Tonon, Mildred Siswick, Freida Turschmann