The Washington Republican Washington County Friday January 8, 1897 Mrs. M.J. SIMON of Haddam is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. HAWK, this week. Mrs. Jennie CLARK was visiting Mrs. Lizzie BABCOCK in Hanover last Friday. E. MRAX sold a fine organ to R.O. WOODY here last week and shipped it to Haddam. Emma FRIHOFER returned Tuesday from Randolph where she had been spending her vacation with her parents. Misses Harriet and Lucile SMITH, two Washington county teachers, were in town this week visiting the city schools. Mrs. Ada JONES wife of the jolly court house janitor, has been quite ill for the past two weeks but is recovering again. Ed AYRES has come home from Nebraska and taken charge of the hardware store, counting shingle nails and John AYRES is in the bank county money.