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Tonight at the church house of the ZCongregational church, in place of the aregular midw service, a reception Iwill be tendered Rev. Walter Dudley | lved assistant am Igregational church, of which. Rev. iCalvert will be pastor, will also be ipresent. The affair is in the nature of 7a. public reception, for all who desire gw attend and welcome the new pas- 'itor. Case May Be Appealed. 1t is probable that the case of Royal {“R. Sheldon against Matthew and Mar- iigaret Galligan of this city, in which 1%a_verdict for the plaintiff was render- “d in the superior court in Putnam {¥Tuesday, will go to the supreme court of the state. The appeal has not yet boen perfected, but is considered prob- ‘able. Coroner Continuing Payetts Investi- : gation. Coroner Arthur G. Bill of Daniel- son was in this city Wednesday, and 1 ‘examined several additional witnesses '4n the matter of the death of Louis ‘Payette. The coroner stated he was not yet ready to give out any state- ‘ment, but it is expected that his ver- dict will be announced soon. Payette was found dead from the blow of an axe in the woods off South street in July last, and his son was at one time detained as a material witness. It is got thought that the police have any efinite clew in regard to the case, as no charges have been preferred yet. Whether or not the coroner will re- turn the death as accidental, as it was at first supposed, is not known. Die Besserung Meets. Preceding the meeting of Die Bes- serung, the Windham High School so- clety, 'Wednesday morning, Principal E. A. Case made a few announcements on the rules and customs of the in- stitution. The following programme was ren- lered by the members: Alma Mater, school; . piano solo, Frances Silver- man; recitation, Fred Birbarie: vocal solo, Grace Jacobs; recitation, Grace Paton. Faulty Ballots to Be Reprinted. It has been decided to have the bal- lots for use at next Monday’'s election in Windham re-printed, on account of the mistake in spelling the name of George Maheu, which is spelled with an “n” in the samples and regular ballots sent to the town clerk Tues- day. In order to avoid any chance of complications, it has been deter- mined to have new ballots. Stolen Wheels Located. The three bicycles which were re- ported to the police Monday evening as having been stolen from various spots on Malin street, where they bad been left by their owners, have all been located. Two were found Tues- day near the “White Row,” and the third'was found Wednesday near Ay~ er's ice houses. Guests From Annapolis. Mr, and Mrs. Horace J. Fenton, of Annapolis, “Md., are guests of MrT. Fenton's father, Captain Charles Fen- ton of Church street. Mrs. Fenton is recuperating from a recent attack of typhoid fever. Her husband is an in- mentcm Jacob m it the Connecticut and Mrs. Louis Beaudry of street. 2 WEDDINGS. - Shea—Moriasty. Miss Agnes M. “M ty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moriarty of this city, and Daniel A. Shea of Bos- ton, a former resident of Willimantic, were married at-St. Joseph's church ‘Wednesday morning at § o'clock. The pastor, T. F. by Rev. Philip J. Mooney as deaco: and Rev. J. A. Dooley sub-deacon. . ‘William . M. Moriarty, a brother of the bride, was the best man, and Miss. Catherine L. Moriarty of Boston was maid.” A reception followed the ceremony, and was held at the home of the bride’s parents on Jackson street. Only the members of the fam- ily, and a few guests were present. Soea Capress for & weading trip which clock express for a D W] will include the Berkshires, Niagara Falls and points in Canada. ‘The groom is a native of Williman- tic, at present a buyer for a whole- sale dry goods firm of Boston. His bride until recently was employed in the finishing department of the Amer- ican Thread company. : Brown—Lewi Bertha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lewis of South Windham, and Everett Brown of this city, were mar- ried at the home of the bide's parents at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. Rev. M. R. Plumb of Windham Center of- ficlated, and the double ring service was used. Miss Grace Lewis, a sister of the bride, was maid of honor, Bert Lewls, i a cousin, was best man, and Miss Doris Lewis was ring bearer. Following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Brown eame at once to this city/ where they will occupy & home on Summit street. "FUNERAL. Herbert Gager Kneeland. The funeral of Herbert Gager Knee- land, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Kneeland, was held at his parents’ home in Lebanon at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Elwell O. Mead of Exeter officiated. Burial was in_the Exeter cemetery in charge of Funeral Director Jay M. Shepard of this city. — OBITUARY. Joseph Lammelin, Jr. ‘Word has ‘been received in this city of the death in Oakland, California, of Joseph Lemmelin, Jr., son of Joseph Lemmelin of 2 Park street. The de- ceased was at one time a resident of ‘Willimantic, but has lived in Califor- nia for many years. The remains will probably be brought east for burial. Leaves for Baltimore. Harry J. Cotter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Cotter of Park street, left 'Wednesday mworning for Baltimoke, ‘where he will take up_a course of study at the College of Dentistry. His place of chauffeur for Guilford Smith of South Windham will be filled by his brother, Arthur B. Cotter. 8ues for Grocery Bill. Suit has been brought b; Greenslit, trustee of the banl tate of Carpenter Brothers, Ashley and Mary’ Anderson of ind- ham, for a grocery bill - contracted while the firm was in busineas om Church street in this city. Property has been attached, and the suit is re- A, J. Dt es- ainst ¢ JEWETT per at Town'’s Payment to Fire along -hind. pass through - the borough but they never stopped. When the new tim,e a bnd of gypsies camped in the bend above the little dam at the foot of the big pond. They were not different people each tnl'ma but the same families. e years ago there came a -family renhnx year after year. The head of the iiy was well known fn the village being a great horse trader. His visits here were awaited by local horsemen and farmers for the purpose of swapping. Shrewd indeed must be the man who could work off ‘any infer- ior animal on this Gypsy trader., Yet ‘It “was nothing unusual for him fo leave a few spavined or ringbone patriarchs with the local traders. The women of the band came through the streets and sold baskets or told for- tunes, Many Jewett City men with gray hair now, boys then, recall with pleasure their first glimpse of the wonderful attractions of life in a gyp- sy camp and a lesson in the gentle art of basket making. During the gypsy visits the small boy kept closely within doors, for it was rumored that once a boy had been stolen by a wandering band and had never returned. Successful Supper. The ladies’ soclety of the Congrega- tional church served a viry success- ful supper in the vestry Wednesday evening. A large patronage pronounc- ed it the best cver. The menu included gold roast fresh ham, apple sauce escalloped potatoes, rolls, pickles, - preserves, peach short cake, coffee. The committee In charge was Mrs. E. H. Hiscox, Mrs. G. W. Emgrson, Mrs. J. H. Tracy, Mrs. H. E. Paul. The affair netted $52 Payment to Fire Wardens. The selectmen of Griswold have made payments to the fire wardens during the last year as follows: S. F. Palmer $317.40, 'W. G. Burdick $261.80, Walter C. Tanner $78.67. Mr. Tanner Is the fire warden for the town of Vol- untown but in ghe stress of circum- stancés he organized a company of fire fizhters and came over into Gris- ;vzo;t_l to help us. E. Luther received Ton a Day Melted. During the hot spell two weeks ago Shea Bros. put out 13 tons of ice a day for 10 successive days. Three tons each morning went to the Boston milk cans. The melting shrinkage for the 10 days was on the average of a ton a day. Missionary Meeting. The Woman's Missionary meeting was held Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. H. N. Wheelock. The devotional exer- cises and business meeting were con- ducted by the president, Mrs. G. W. Robinson, Mrs. E. D. Cady, secretary of the fourth district of the Worcester branch of the Woman's Board of Mis- sions of Oxford, Mass., was present and read an admirable original paper, Missionary Mothers. This paper was exceptionally interesting and was greatly enjoved by aM present. Mrs. F. D, Ballou sang very pleasingly Face to Face. A mite box from the Wom- an's Board of Missiong for the golden In announcing our Fall Opening we feel that we can invite you to see the newest tailored creations in wearing app<arcl for women and young girls. New arrivals from the centers of fashion will be found in every department, and R e R AT we feel sure they will interest you in_ T N\ ideas, styles and prices. that Spa!n is now watching constantly. It is generally believed that the Span- ish warships in the Tagus during the uprisings in Jast May would have dis- embarked marines to guard legations, sonculates and foreigners had such disorders continued twenty-four hour hours longer. WAR HAS LITTLE EFFECT ON BRITISH WEST INDIES P.___ Principal Matters to be Acted Upon at Town Meeting—Benefit Society Gives Supper. large colony of silans and Peruvians resident in Losses in Some Lines of Business Have Been Offset by Gains in Others. Bardados, British West Indies, Sept. 30—While economic conditions in some of the islands of the British West Indies have been .considerably affected by the war in Europe, it ap- pears, after a year's duration of the conflict, that gains in:some lnes of business have quiet offset losses in others. The war has In fact, caused less depression and less real suffering England fallen off as the vice. has been reduced from At the annual towp meeting Mon- day, October 4, upon the petition of 124 legal voters of the town of Plain- field. a ballot will be taken to deter- mine whether any person shall. be licensed to: sell spiritous, and intex- icating liquors in the town. Upon petition of 20 legal voters of said town the town meeting will & cide if the town will vote to engage a teacher of music for the public schools and make appropiation for the same. TEMPERANCE WOMEN PROTEST TO COUNT OKUMA Against Presenting of “Sake” for Meritorious Service. Cups WOMEN'S ECONOMY & To Induce People to Get Along Tokio, Sept. 30.—A protest, address- ed to Count Okuma, the premier, Bra- Bar- Mall Ser- fortnightly quickest REFORMS PROPOSED BY & out Sweetmeats During the War, amang the people than a long draught| London, upt._-.-u——on of the first The voters will decide whether the|against the awarding of sake cups for . v to b lebrated in 1 - has caused in other years. structor at the Naval Academy in An. | turnable before Justice Charles A. Ca- vas recelved Bng will be baed at each | tow will e 106k Taot 1 1oneth| aporious services, was 194d a0 o |, The lsiends heve coutributed treely | ST DvORSR By Ahe Yo Yp . napolis, and will return early in the |PeDR on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 9 o'clock. meeting 48 feet wide an eef 5 o of thusiasticay adopted -at a recent|;, hoth money and men to help Great | Ecomomy League is to Induce the peo- weejc to resume his duties there. J The meeting closed with a hymn and | 162ding off from the westerly side Of |meeting of leading temperance advo- v e . of C. Appointments. Patlents at Hospital. Among recent admissions to St. Jo- iThe Way They Weave the Yarn Following the installation of the of- ficers of San Jose council, No. 14, K. of C., Tuesday evening, the following appointments = weré announced by Grand Knight E. H. Oftenheimer: <Chaplain—Rev. T. F. Bannon. Lecturer—Past Grand Knight Wil- liam A, Costello. Entertainment Committee — James Aspinwall, chairman; the Mizpah benediction. Brevities. Mrs. Albert Rook of Washington, D. C, is the guest of Miss Adelaide Burdick at her home on the East Main Street Heights. Mrs. C. E. Spicer i the guest of his son, Oscar in Hudson, Mass. Solomon and Albert Paquette were in Webster, Mass., Wednesday at the funeral of this cousin, Miss Eva Pa- Daggett street, so-called in the vil-| lage of Moosup; also to gee if the town will accept as a public highway, Church street running southerly from Rallroad avenue, just eaterly from St. John’s church, about 710 feet to meet another street, to be laid out, run- ning westerly from Plainfleld street just northerly of George Dawley’s. Also, to see what action the town will take in regard to the bfld!e' in Central Village near the Central Wor- Britain in the war, and as a result of this public expenditure there will be increaseq taxation; but the improve- ment in prices of sugar, cocoa, and limes, which it is confidently expected will continue for some years after the war. will prevent the additional burden ally spent by the well-to-do classes of the West Indles in traveling to England and Europe have been saved this year so the private subscriptions to war funds are more than recouped cates, both men and women of 0. The spirit of the protest was that this custom had the tendency to emcour- age tie drinking of spirituous liquors. The presidents of the National Tem- perance League, the National Woman" Christian Temperance Union and the Foreign Auxillary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union were delegated to wait on Count Ok- uma and present the protest. Sake is the native alcoholic drink of the $35,000,000 spent annually in torcars, motorycycles and cycles $20,000,000 on imported tain spends also $15,000,000 on and furs $7,500,000 $40,000,000 on tobacco. The League also ple to try to get along without sweet- meats. Other needed economies relate to mo- and Bri- akins on ornamental feathers. 385,000,000 on eflks, $25,000,- 000 on wines and spirits and nearly strict ecom- Qquette. sted Company. the Japanese people, . corresponding tml:‘h-o;r’ce alone, without any |omy in col;ac, lw‘ all Imported weave the yaras into e e Oy, L — Child’s Death. somewhat to the whiskey of the Uni- | ““Some few - enterpribes have been | Cos of food. 404 wear. the silky materials Kohe Lawrence Casey, Michael PUTNAM ted States and Great Britain and the | cnecked. The electrigfication of the that come to you sm{' c ittee—Patrick O'B Irene Goyette, daughter of Mr. and | Vodka of Russia. Barbados Tramway, which was pur- A Timely Suggestion. the trade-mark. John MoQuillan, John O'Rourke, Dis: R AP Mrs. Napoleon Goyette. Ged &t the - chased & couple of years ago by an| Perbaps Mr. Bryan will now have e J = eservi: ing lome. ome O er paren on > American ndi for W hae ot D el it Deputy Thomas Berth and John| , pumper of Itallan section work. | ville road. Tuesday. “The child was syndicate. fcr instance, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUIT DESIGNED FOR THE STREET time to take up the principle of the commensurability of planetary orbit as applied to the ninth sateilite of Saturn, a subject to which all too little atten- tion has been pald.—Philadeiphia In- quirer. been postpomed. On the other hand improvements are being made on su- gar plantations and machinery orders are being placed In the United States. e with South America has two yea: old and has been ill for about nine months,an attack .of whooping cough which settled on her lungs causing tuberculosis. Edward Link of Canterbury was a visitor in Plainfleld Wednesday. ‘Walter Clark has returned from New Haven, where he has been spend- 3 ers from stations along the Norwich e Liokeit branch of the New Haven road have left or are about to leave for Italy to Join the colors. O Thread Mill Team to Play Taftville. The game Saturday afternoon which will mark the close of the season for the Thread Mill league team of all- Judge M. M. Geissler disposed of stars, will be with Taftville, for the | two cases in the city court Wednesday championship of eastern Connecticut. morning {:aking a total of eight dur- ing a few days. is poarentoed to wash well and The viseltors have taken the measure | Ing the past twe days, an unusual 4 wear long, sud why you sbogid of everything in this vicinity, even in- | record -after a long period of quiet. Super and Entertainment. be sare the D-;mfi B +luding the Emeralds of this city. The| Practically every woman admitted| A bean and salad supper given by Sahs v oi - same team which defeated Moosup, |as an elector in Putnam is expected | the Benefit club of the Congregational Putnam, New London, and other teams to participate, as permitted by the church in the church vestry Wednes- statutes, in the town meeting next day evening, proved a complete suc- Monday. cess. A free entertainment was given by the members of the club. Norman Whipple was a visitor in Almyville Wednesday. Francis Sullivan has _returned to New Haven to resume his studles at Yale University. REID & HUGHES JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard FuneralDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel. connection DR. F. C. JACKSON, Dentist Painless Extracting and Filling a Specialty 752 Main: Street, Wi Telephone HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St. Willimantic, Ct. Telephone Bazaar a Success. The opening of St. Mary’'s parish ba- zaar was a pronounced success. There was a very large attendance and the Rheumatism and Allisd Pains—They Must Go! aZhe _congestion of the blood in its ow caxuses pain. Sloan’s Liniment - % penetrates to the congestion and| x few Eiks from towns in this vi- starts the blood to flow freely. - The N P Cor i R i D cinity went to Norwich Wednesday o in 18| evening to be present at the formal The “man or woman Who has opening of the Elks' new and hand- some home in that city Crushed native stone is being spread and rolled into place in Union square as the base for the new ameisite pav- ing that is to be laid there A programme fully as interesting as any that have gone before will be given this evening at the close of the observance of Rev. F. D. Sargent's System! silver anniversary celebration here. You will find Dr. King’s New Life| A few local people and traveling Pills a most satisfactory laxative in|men depending on catching trains out releasing the_ fiouou from your sy of this city just after 6 p. m. have tem. Accumulated waste and poisons|lost them this week on account of the cause manifold ailments unless change in time and their failure to leased. Dizziness, spots before the|inform themselves of the new time of eyes, blackness and a miserable feel- | departure. ing generally are_ indications that you Trade Sohoul Bullding. need Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Take -| The trade school building authorized a dose tomight and you will experi. W h wilt p by Lady Assistant |ence grateful relief by morning. 25c. ook atories in helght and of brick and of heavy constru that ma- chinery installed may not cause too ‘vibration. Surplus and-Profits $175,000 | — ' e AVicious Accuracy in accounting, courteous service, promptness and liberality in dealing, and a - sound business policy in administering its e own affairs, characterize THE WND&AM - NATIONAL BANK, which aims thereby to . establish with customers relations that shall prove reciprocally permanent, pleasant and profitable. The Windham National Bank R By mc, CONN. RISINGS IN NORTHERN and fails.to keep Sloan's Liniment in PORTUGAL SUPPRESSED their Lome is like a drowning man re- fusing a rope.” Why suffer. Get a bottle of Sloan's, 25c and 50c. $1.00 b;)ttle holds six times as much as 25c size. Get Rid of Those Paisons Troops Kept in Readiness for Day and Night Service. Lisbon, Sept. 30.—The risings in Northern Portugzl which have been suppressed for the time being at least were brought about by adherents of the Repubiic who desire a more con- servative form ‘of government than the present extreme Radical one in power, and not by Monarchists as appears to |* be supposed outside Portugal. Great reserve is observed in official quarters, but the indications are that the government does not yét mn‘ide{ the danger as past. Troops are ke in constant readiness day and m& for mervice, 1 ships in the harbor play nightly uptn the waters surrounding vessels, with the object, presumably, of ting attacks from jrsurgents W might attempt to board them from boats or ba A distinguished \ licans arrested are Miguel de obr-a deputy snd son of a revered Repul 2 ) Dr, Bdugrdo de Obren. Tw: ] 3 in Your Capital $100,000 wgm-at. enop Torta Mayor, of Oporto and a and &l was g:lle. ntation | Inter, Sold by SHEA & BURKE, 41 Main Street ' Furnace Co., Inc., Boston, Mass. w e