kttslrarjjjrPLATTSBURGH, N9 T., FBXDAY, JAN, 20, 1899, WHOLE NO. 2274.

Plattsburgh and Vicinity,

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visitin

a,: the ! Witiic!' D. G.

—L. L. Ashley, of Glens Fallsthe Witlierili,

—Fred. G. Paddock. Esq..•is registered ait the Witlie

—-Miss Ina Stougiuonfriends in West Chazy.

--Mrs. John Farnsworth is seriou111 at her home on Cornelia street.

—Haley & Delaney's store has beconnected with the teleph

—-Charles L. Higgins. oIs in town stopping at the Cumb

—Mr. A. L. Phelps. oZ CranfJ., is an town. He is shoppingCumberland.

—H. :H. Barney, of Rous?s Point.wasautographed at the Cumberland on Sat--urday.

—Liuet W. M. Fassett of the 21st In-fantry is confined to his quarters bysickness.

—Fred W. Burhans. of the CustomHouse, is visiting his parents in PortHenry.

—HMI\ and Mrs. A. G. Tolm-an. of Dan-nemcra, were visitors to Pittsburghon Saturday.

—E. A. Whitney, of Malone, sheriffof Franklin county, was in Plattsburghon Saturday.

—Frank L. Carr. Siatio-n' master atC'adyville, is a guest of -the Cuniber-

' land.. —Hon. Smith M. Weed went to New"York <m •the 11.05 train Tuesdaymorning.

—James Kesse, of Alder Brook, andMichael Downs, of Peru, were at the

Turner, who has beenler through her entdre sickness, wi!remain with her a feiw days longerMiss Turner's many friends in Plaits ,burgh will be happy to know that she 'has completely recovered and is oncemore able to enter school.

—The stoning and 'ice boiating onthe bay n:ever 'wa's belter than k is

e exchange. • now. and 'the young people are en-Ellenbursii, i joying r.he sport to che fullest extent,

general court martial is inn at the Post w!Ith Captain W.

as presiding officer and Lieut,pur-gin as judge-advocate. Theings of the court martial are

PETITION -OF THE COU'NTY W. C. SURROGATE'S COURT.T. U. TO THE BOARD OiF SU- Probated the Last Will and Te-iU-

PERVISORS, ment of "(Peter Couture, late of Rouses••Detremiber 8, 1898.—To the Honor- Pomt, N. Y., deceased and issued

rf Supervisors of Clinton Letters Testamentary to ClemensLetters Testamentary tomdations of the «• Couture,ire such that fha I 'Pro/bated the Hast Will Testa-

of Sarah -M. Moore, late ofN. Y., deceased and is-

sued Letters T-eistiamentiary to Edwin

ment

nth her daugh- ; a b i e .Boar,d

County:—iC'Clinton Counity jasil i

•omen, incarcerated there as crirnl-als or :as witnesses, o.nd also the

boys imprisoned in the jail are not,.<in:d cannot he entirely isolated from 'G- M o o r e a n d Egbert C. Everest,the hardened male prisoners. Yourrespected Board oif Supervisors, twoyears ago, upon the request cf theWoman's Christian Temperance Un-

ordered -a door placed up-stairswhich separates the one woman's

,m from the corridor, and while•this is 'an improvement, it fails to

•the requirements of absolute

jmeni ca n Tuesday.—E. W. Steele, of Mooers Forks

special agent of the Excise department,was in town on Monday,

—Sergeant Major Jensen of the 21stRegiment is confined to the hospitalwith a severe attack of he grip.

—A large crack in the ice severalhundred feet wide has opened up in thebay between the dock and CumberlandHead.

-^Special Deputy John Martin andDeputy Collector Alexander E. Bert-rand are in Albany attending U. S.•court.

—Misses. Grace and Libby VictorTiave returned to their home in RousesPoint after a several weeks' visit totheir sister, Mrs. J. M. Trouville.

—Second Lieut. P. A. Conolly, who•was recently exchanged with Lieut. E.H. Martin, is expected to join the reg-dment here tMs week.

Mrs. Paul L. Reynolds, who has beensuffering for the past week with a se-vere attack of the grip, is now able to•be out.

_•-,..- -—Hon. James H. Pierce, of Bloom-ingdale, ex-Assemblyman from Essexcounty, is registered alt the Witherill!House. - i

—A. B. Gardner, of New York, is atthe Cumberland for a few days on his-way to Saranac Lake, where he intends

• to spend the rest of 'the winter.—J. P. Powers, purchasing age nit at

•Clinton Prison, wtos registered .alt the• Cuimifrerfeml. He was re'tiurning -.from

a 'business trip to Albany.—Tvf.r. and Mrs. W. W. McKinney, of

Ellenburgh Center, visited at the homeof Mr. McKinney's brother, Dr. J. G.McKinney, on Monday and Tuesday ofthis week.

—Express Messenger R. E. Winnie ofthe Chateaugay road, alft'er a brief ill-ness at home with the grip, returnedfrq-m Albany Monday nigh't and resum-ed bis work Tuesday morning.

—Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Randall re-turned Wednesday from Black River,N. Y., where tSi'ey were called by theillness and death of Mrs. Randall'sfather.

•—John J. Finnegan, the popular D.& H. ticket agent of this rthe proud father of a baby girl, torn<on Sunday, last. Good cigars are freeas air at the depot.

-w- •—Miss Jennie Barnes, formerly o' -•/'IPlaltltslbuugh, . has entered -upon ;

-•cooirse- in stenograp&y at .the -M.alo'nBusiness School; She has a position.•near Pl'aibts-burgh; lawaMng iher assoon as she coimipleteis her course.—Ma-lone Pairm'er.

—The Ladies Literary Club will holdfits next regular rneeting.Monday even-ing, January 23, at half past seven o'-icloiek at the home of Miss Madden, 113Margaret street.The work of the even-ing is that announced in the programfor the meeting at Mrs. J. W. Eaton's,on that date.

—Lieut. E. H. Martin, who was as-signed to the 21st Infantry soon afterthe regiment's return from Cuba, butwho has been absent on sick leave forsome time, has been transferred to the5th Artillery, stationed at Washington.D. C, and Lieut. P. A. Connolly of theFifth Artillery, has been transferredto the 21st, and is expected to arrive inPlattsburgh some time this

—Supervisors H. E. Bakei

Judson Colombe has built a doubletenement on the corner of Williamand Brinkerhoff streets. The houseis fitted with-steam heat, electriclights and all the modern improve-ments.

Deputy Collectors T. F, Dwyer anaF. W. Burhans returned to townTuesday morning on the 11.05 train.The Chinamen expected from Vancoveryesterday wiil not arrive until next

couver,—Ma.i. W. H. Boyle has been order-

ed to Madison Barracks. Major Boyleis a member of the board before wM-chLieutenant Parmerter will appearnext Monday to be examined as tohis fitness for promotion.

—'Rev. E. P. Stevens, former pastorof the First Methodist church ofPlatts'buTgh, is holding revival ser-vices at the First Methodist churoh,Albany, his present field of. religious

>rk.—Mr. John Ross, Mrs. George S.

Weed, Miss Marian Ross and Rev. J.W. Mcllwaine went to Essex to at-tend the funeral of Dr. E. D. Cooper,'of Astoria, L. L

—J. M. Skeels, of Whitehall, FredRowlson, of Beekmantown amd Mrs.N. Laphiam and Mrs. Ohas. C. Lapham,of Peru, were guests at the Cumber-land yesterday.

—Win. G. Bourdreau and M. Tor-mey of Cadyville, L. A. Stafford OTWest Chazy, H. J. McComber of Mof-fittsville, H. L. Scribner of Meaders,

j W- V. Hammond of 'Morrisonville andJas. H. Douglass of Dannemora .wereregistered tat the Corm.mereial Tues-day.

—The weather we have had so farthis winter has proved to be a veryeffectual set-back to our local dealersin riding and driving goods. Ourlarge firms have a fine stock of sleighs,robes, etc., out of slight at present butready to be presented to view whenthe snow comes to stay with us.

—Miss Annie C. McCurry, formerlyof Chazy and this village, is now withMrs. G. R. Porter, of Waterford, anc

stopping at the Murray Hill HotelN. Y. city. She expects soon to leavefor the South and from there will gcto Europe and the Holy Land. Her•many friends wish her a pleasant and,afe journey.

The iron plates, dividing ttu. ..„•man's room -from the men's depart- ° H v t l ™ m b l ? y

T °* «iiKon, N. Jlent, have, by some mean5?, several

(times had small hole's bored tihroughthem, itlrni'S permitting eye-sig*ht be-tween the cells. Also the shrunkenwood of the door, aided 'by a knife,produces the isame result. Also plea.-enote that in our county jail verbaland written communications cannot

p.re'ven't'e'd by the 'eu'S'tod'i'an's ut-most care. The jail is ail'mos* asounding -gallery, BO th'at not only.hose occupying near cells, but in re-mote ones, cian comimiun'i'eate veribally,md writing papier can be slippedthrough the interstices between thevipes. Again the alley between the

sheriff's house and the building next:o it, affords a source of communica-

tion from tine windows with outsidersand prisoners. No vigilance of cus-todian can prevent this—Therefore!,in view of these facts, The Woman's

Probated the Last 'Will and•ment 'oi Jolhn L. Mereih'ant late ofPlaitits'b'urgh, N. Y., deceased and is-sued •Letters Testamentary to Ida E.Mercihant.

Probated .the Last Will 'and Testa-ment of 'Ann Healy, late of Platts-burgh, X. Y., deceased amd issuedLetters Testamentary to Thomas F.Mian nix.

Letters of Ad ministration issued toon

the Estate of Louise Moses late ofClinton, X. Y., deceased.

Judicial settlement of the accountsot Charles Deal as Administrator ofthe 'Estate of Gertrude Norton, lateof Plattshurgh, N. Y., deceased.

Judicial settlement of the accountso£ Thomas Toohey as Executor of theEstate of Edmond Cl'ark, late of El-lenb'urg'h, -•>!. Y., deceased.

Leitters Testamentary issued to•Schuyler H. Clark, on the estate ofCLarinda F. Barker, late of Peru, N.Y., deceased.

TO MAKE PAPER BAGS. THE

ANOTHER BIG INDUSTRY ASSUR-ED FOR PLATTSBURGH.

PLATTSBURGHCLUB,

Has anyone moti'ded a dearth oi pub-lic enter tainm'eintB and amusementslately, siDch as we use'd to have in thegood days of aimfaiteur opera and mus-1 tione>ic.a/1 so cieties? The answer iis atoost | before Justice GHliland Ttiesday af--unanLmously. "Yes." TFae announce-^ ternoon at 2 o'clock. On motion of

| ment of a large 'nuTttlber of our ciiti- j District Attorney Barnard the case wasIt is now practically certain that the ; z e n s a T e interested for the purpose of j adjourned until nest Tuesday ait the

mutual amd pu'bHlc reiareiafcion, wiM be I same time.hailed with delight. ! •At a meeting of a mi'mber of our tal-

euted yourig men, hefld Saturday night,a club was organized to be called "The

Plattsburgh PaperWith 1100,000 Ca]ized—Beaton T"

ana Bag Co.. !Stock Organ-

Hartwell grist mill property on Bridgestreet, which has lain idle these manyyears, will soon be the home of athriving industry.

A company has been formed under

OPERATIC ?en- and the jai; or the State's prisonis his natural abiding place.

POWERS' CASE ADJOURNED.Jack Powers, whose case was men-

. Monday's PRESS, appeared

!' BAKER BROS1. CREDITORS MEET.

D _ _ „„ „„ . ^ . . ^ Large Number of Claims Filed and P,tire title of the Plattsburgh Paper Mill; Pittsburgh Operatic Club." having for . H. Barber Elected Trustee.and Bag Co., with a capital stock of; i-ts object the study amd production of : •

camic, or light opera. A committee: Yesterday afternoon a meeting ofwas formed, consisting of Messrs. Chas. I the creditors of. Baker Bros, was heldJ. Dale, Albert Cavianagh and Edwin i in the office at Referee H. T. Kellogg

$100,000, for the purpose of equippingthe old mill for the manufacture of pa-per and paper bags. Benton Turner

Ohrisiffan Temperance Union of Clin-ton iCouiiuty most earne&tly entreat?, i , , 1ith'at your * honorable •body take' " '

imimed'iately that a pi

ACCIDENT ON THE BAY,

Robert Rogers, Jr., Run Over b;Ice-boat afM/Seriously Injured.

A serious and.-what may prove to bea fatal accident, occurred to Robert

iRogers, Jr., WhiTe shafting on the bayTuesday afternoon. A skate sail whichvas attached to him, caused all the

binding around his body as he

j is President and C. E. Gifford, Secre- j G . Clarke, and Mr. Albert Cavanaeh ! in this village. Among those presenttary and Treasurer of the corporation,] w a s elected secretary. It was decided i were Charles H, Turner of Malone,and the articles cf incorporation were j t o extend invitations to ail singers in ! George Stevens, of Stevens, Wedge &filed with the Secretary of State at j town to join, and a partial list was ! Co., of Bolton, Vt., W. L. Pattisson

i Albany yesterday. The papers will be j formed at once. The selection of the ! Esq., who represented the Export Lum-filed in the County Clerk's office here [ c o m i ; c opera, "Patience," by Sullivan, i ber Co.. and the Skillings, Whitneyto-day or to-morrow. w a s m a d e t o he studied and produced

I Workman have been at work for j this season, and steps were taken tosome days in the basement of the j procure the music and costujmes. As j mond Lumber Co., of Canada, Tho;•mill preparing it for reception of. the

' machinery which will be used in the jmanufacture of the paper bags. AH !

| of the work in the casement of the-'• mill will be of steel, no masonry work

or wood work being used. Contractsj have already been let to the Stillwell-j Bieree and ®m(ith-Vail Co's, of Dayton,i Ohio,' for the necessary machinery| which will of course be of the very 1&-J test design.[ It is expected that the work of equip-I ping the plant wilil occupy six or eight

months and that the capacity of the

it was deemed impossible to thlink of;ry person who was eligible for

j membership, musically, th>e committeedetermined to make a public and cor-dial invitation to all who desii-re to.be-came •m'amfbers 'aind -in sotd'oi-nig requestthat the names of such be sent to thesecretary, Mr. Albert Cavanagh, intime for notification of first rehearsal.The intention is to make this a townaffaiir, to interest everybody and tom'ake this winifcer one long to be re-

paper bag mMl wiill be from two tofour million paper bags per day. From50 to 150 men will be employed fromthe start.

Outside parties are saiid to be. very

other than the county jail be provid-ed where tlbe women criminals- orwitnesses and young hoys can be se-curely imprisoned apart from themales,

•Respectfully submitted,MSftS. FIRiAfNCES D. HALL..

Co. Pres. W. C. T. TT.MJRS. CffJAiRiA M. MILLER,

Cor. Sec.MRS. \A. H. EATON,MRS. AtNDREW WILLIAMS.MRS. CH'A'S. IRJOKAfRDSON.

'This petitiorn was read to 'the Board•of (Supervisors, Mrs. Williams and•Mrs. Mi Heir m'aking a special plea forthe iboy prisoners. A co:mmittee of'the (Board were duly appointed, and

| steered for the dock and preventing j favorably impressed with Plattsburghhim from seeing anywhere but straight; a s a P° i n t i for a factory of this kind,ahead. ! am* -"ie equipping of this (mill, which

Asiie rounded the corner of the do^k, I i n i t s e I f i s one o f t h e b e s t t h l n S s t h i a t

he saw the large ice-beat, owned by I e v e r happened to Plattsburgh, iiJli N. Duval, coming straight towards him. Probably be but the beginning of anI He was going at such a rate of speed ! industry that will imake Plattsburgh a

that it was impossible to stop in time | m U c h m o r e important manufacturingto prevent a collision with the boat.. ;

membered for the pleasure it may haveafforded.

Presence of mind enabled Mm to see Ithat,by throwing himself on the ice,he might slide under the jib and so ;escape injury, but he was too near the

ultim of money vote-dthe evil, im pant ait le

W. C. T. TJ. CONY<E;NTiO?sT.The thirty-sixth convention oi. the

Woman's Christian Temperance Un-ion of Clinton .county, will be held :the MeLihod'istPlattshurg'h, N.

boat andstruck the

thr himself, his headjib, crushing his skull and

SJE KNIGHTS NOW.

De Soto C-o-mmandery Confers its Hon-orable Degree.

Five initiates were received into DeSoto Commandery of Knights Templarlast Monday night an Plattsburgh andthe occasion marked a large gather-•ng'o'f Sir Knis'hc? and a most j-n >y*«-ble time.

The initiates were Mr, George A,Lewis and Dr. W. G. Pope, of Keese-viJle;. Mr. Charles A. Frake, of SandyH'Ml, and Messrs. Edwin G. Clarke andJames M. Thomas, of Plattsburgh.

A bountiful banquet followed theceremonies of initiation writh SirKnight Barnard as toast-master, anda number of impromptu but excellentspeeches resulted.

Following were the officers wrho con-ducted the ceremonies:

H. E. Barnard, Eminent Commander.W, H. Chappell, Generalissimo.C. E. Gifford, Captain General,W. R. Woodbridge, Prelate pro tem.N. H. Jones, Recorder.Geo. Parsons, Senior Warden.J. G. Riig-gs, Junior Warden.N. R. Mcllwaine, Warder.J. A. Forkey, Sentinel.

• S. L. Wheeler, Geo. M. Cole, S. D.Curtis, Guards.

rendering him unconscious.He was taken to the office oif the

Dock and Coal Company, and Dr. Bar-nes, who was on the ice, was iion-media-tely summoned. He made the lad ascomfortable as passible.

As soon as he returned to conscious-ness, he was taken to his home, No.201 Margaret street, and at last reportswas doing as weal as could be ex-pected.

The doctor says that tr,me alone willEpiscopal •ctmrcli. tell whether there will be any serious

Y., Friday, January! results or not. These sails, which are27th, 1899, to which all are cordially j so much used by skaters, are always•invited to attend. The following is | difficult to manage, especially if large.the program: j Let our young friends take warning

' make sure that the;Mo-ming Session—9.30 o'clock,

anivention cailled to order by 'the Co.President . .. .Mis. -Frances D. Hall(Pla'tts'burgh.

'De'votionial Exercises,

j center.We are not at liberty to publish as

yet the plans of the men who are be-hind this big enterprise, but suffice itto say that some of the many naturalresources of Plattsburgh wMch haveremained undeveloped for so manyyears, are soon to be utilized in a Waythat cannot fail to benefit either di-rectly OT indirectly every resident ofthis place.

It behooves us, therefore, to assistand encourage the men who are inter-ested in this addition to. Pittsburgh's.industries. Every manufacturing en-terprise which is started iin a villagehelps to bring others, and if we canonce attract the attention of m'en withcapital to the advantages offered byPlattsburgh, from that moment weshall comimence to grow and prosper.

i sail before attempting to skateme when there is a high wind.

FOR A Y. M. C. A. BUTLDING.The project ifor a Y. IM.'C. A. tbuild-

in;g iin Plaibfaslburgh is again beingseriously agitated, an!d •iit is ibeliteved.by many who are actively interestedin the matter 'tihaJt soonefb'hli'ng willcome of t!Ms l!atest effort. The la-dles 'are interesting itihemfeiellves inthe ' matter and are 'making practicalp'lans -for igiviing miaitelrial aid to tih'e

| project.One of the ©neates-t tKemefits to be

'derived ifrom the eree'tlion. of (a sub-stantial Y. lM. !C. A. SbuiMlimg wouMbe. the eslt'a'blli-shmiemt foif a .pufbiic 11-

wrorthy of ia towtn of this size.The present excessive dteimiands made'upon both our little pu'blifc libraryand itJhe- Y. M.. C. A. 'library are 'suf-fioient proof of <tlhe crying aeied of

CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Music.•Roll Call of Officers and Members.

Appointment of Committees.Address of Wedcome . . . . .Mrs. A. H

IX HONOR OF THE 21ST DEAD.At the regular meeting of Platts-

burgh institute, Dr. D. S. Kellogg re-ported that he had been corresponding,v-ith the Secretary of War and had ob-

CHARLES LACHANOE OF MOOERSFORKS, KILLED ON THECENTRAL VERMONT.

Struck by a Passenger Locomotive \Randolph, Vt., Saturday.

TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.

Examinations for teachers' certifi-•ates and entrance to Normal Schoolsv:ll be held in Clinton county duringS99 as follows:

FIRST GRADE.| Plattsburgh Normal, January 12-13,

,. j Mooers, January 12-13.ville, M. C. Hutehins of Ellenburgli, J.W. H. Holcombe of Rouses Point. T. BHumphrey of Cherubusco. I-I WallaceKnapp of Mooers, F. H. Clough of Peruand W. N. Sweet of Chazy, were regis-tered at the Cumberland Saturday.Called here by the special meeting ofthe Board of Supervisors, held for the^purpose of correcting the resolutioijpassed by the Board empowering

'-f town of Saranac to lissue bonds It'sum of $9000.

—Miss Florence Turner, whobeen seriously ill for several weea Boston hospital, has so far recover-ed as to be able to enter a young lad-ies school in that city, where she wuilcomplete the course of study she haspursued for nearly three years in theEmma Willard school !n Troy, Mrs.

Plattsburgh High School, August 10-11Rouses Point, August 10-11.SECOND AND THI1RD GRAD'E AND

NORMAL ENTRANCE.Plaotsburgh Normal, January 12-13.Mooers, January 12-13.Plattsburgh Normal, April 13-14.Y\Taat Chazy, April 13-14,Plattsburgh High School, Aug 10-11,

ac-on, Plattsiburgh. jResponse .Mrs. -Id'a P. Goodrich,:

(West Chazy.Greetings from Frateirn'al Delegates.

Report of State W. C. T. U. Conven-,tiion County President.

•Seed Thoughts ..Mrs. Joseph Ladue, •Sobuyler Falls. :

11.15 Bible Reading ...Mrs. Sarah F. :

Bliss, PlatitsibUirgh, N. Y.:Noontid'e Prayer.

Adjournment.'Benediction.

Afternoon Session—2.30 o'clock.•Devotlional Exercises.

Music.Reading of Minutes.

Report of Gommait'cee on Credential?,'.Report of 'Xatiomlail W. C. T. U, Con-

vention.The 'Mother and the Public School ..

Mrs. A. A. Anderson, Plattsburgh.•Lessons we may learn from the Late

War Mrs. C. M, Miller.Other Lives than Ours ....Mrs. Anna

Humphreys, Beekmuntown.Mother's 'Responsibility in the Home

and in -'Social Life ....Mrs. SidneyMitchell, Saranaie.

"Y' Hcur Conducted by County ;'Y".'Branch Sec ..Mrs. Ha'ttie M. Law- frence. Lyon Mountain. ' ,c

Singing ,. .PlattS'burgh "Ys" ^X'eeid of Temperance Work . ...Miss *

Mary Beach, Peru.f Paper . .Miss Amelia Mooney. Sara-i na,c Lake.j Report of "Y1' Hour at State Con-I vention ., Mrs. Win. Randali.

Moioers Forks, Jan. 16.—Charles La-'hanee, an estimable young man of

tained his approval of the plan which j this place, was instantly killed at Ran-dolph, Vt, Saturday,.and his body wasbrought here the same evening to hismother's home. The funeral takespia^e Tuesday.

Lachance was a brakeunan on theCentral Vermont railroad and was onduty at the time oif the accident. His

eral members of the Institute hihad in mind for same time, -to erecta memorial tablet in the cemetery atthe Post in honor of those membersof the 21st who died for their countryas the result oi the late war withSpain.p

A resolution was then unanimously

HIS tGAIRiEElR EIN1DED.

: Barnes Lumber Co., Robert E. Hea-fisq., who represented the Drum-

B. Cotter, Esq., for tfhe First. Nat-ional Bank of Plattsburgh, Hon. L. L.Shedden, who represented Baker Bros,,and a number of creditors.

H. A. Newton, M. V.F. M. Pur-B. Turner,

Hon. David F. Dobie, George P.. Tu'fc-tle, and others. Judge Dobie and Mr.Tuttle are the assignees.The proceedings would ordinarily have

come before H. T. Kellogg, Esq., re-feree in bankruptcy for the counties oiEss Clinton and Franklin, but onaccount of this having acted as counselfor Baker Bros., he was disqualifiedfrom actiing 'as referee. Therefore,Judge Cose designated Hon. EdwardL. Strong, of Ogdensburg. referee inbankruptcy for St. Lawrence county,as special referee in this case.

The business of the meeting con-sisted in the presentation of proofs ofclaims of creditors, and the electionof a trustee. Practically all the claimspresented by the creditors were al-lowed by Referee Strong.

Quite a strife was manifested overthe election of a trustee for the prop-erty, and a sharp contest ensued be-tween Parley H. Barber and J. OvetteSmith. Mr. Barber received a major-ity of-the. votes both an number andamount of creditors, and was declaredelected.

The meeting adjourned to meet againMonday, January 23d, at 2 p. .m.,the office of H. T. Kellogg in this vil-lage.

The property, which consists of thesaw mills and lumber yards on Bridgestreet in this village, will be sold with-

JAOK POWERS A NOTORIOUS] an a few weeks by the trustee, and it

WEST CHAZY.Jan. 1G—The drama "Above the

Clouds,1' given by the W. C. D. C. Fri-day evening was a success. Notwitti-standingVthe bad night a large crowdturneid out to ihear it and all report avery enjoyable evening. All itihie part*were well taken and showed that agood deal of (time and study had beenput upon them. We do not think wecan say that any one part was playedbest.but that all seemed fitted for thepart they carried. All who attendedsay it was one of the best amateur•lays they e -er attended. The music

was furnished by Miss Helen Riggs of^ t f i a m and Mrs. Fred Ril'ey of Sara-nac Lake and it goes without sayingthat it was fine. By request Ithe playwiil be repeated next Friday evening.You had better go and see "Chips""when he's going by" and hear "Poeti-cal" Nat Naylor and see "Turtle" with

slender frame and "Romantii Lu--cretia" li> the moonlight.

•A crowd of about fifteen couplesenjoyed a pleasant time dancing atWood's hall after the drama Fridayevening. Supper was served at "Hoff-nagles."

M. B. Stewart of Mooers is the guestof A. E. Wood.

Miss Fairbanks of Chazy is spend-ing a few days the guest of Miss ElsieIlousinger.

—Miss Ina Stoughton of Plaittsburgh.is visiting Miss Katherine Clark.

—Mr. and Mrs." H. M. Ostrander' otWest Plattsburgh and Mr. and Mrs.Chas. Rea oif Beekmantown spent Sun-day in town.

We noticed quite a crowd of youngpeople from Chazy ait the drama.

LeRoy Weaver of Morrisonvfille was\n town Friday evening.

—Mr. Brooke, Miss Broolcs and MissRhodes of Mooers were the guests ofO. S. Fifield Friday and Saturday.

BEVERLEY.

train was waiting on a siding forpassed providing for the purchase aad passenger traiin to pass. He did noterection of such a tablet. Dr. Kellogg hear the latter as it approached, and

Supt. Riggs were naimed as a com- | was passing around the engine of hisown train onto the main, track, just asthe passenger engine came flying by-He was caught between the two en-gines and horribly crushed, and diedalmost instantly.

ictee to take charge of the work oJocuring and erecting the memorial.

NEW LEADER FOR 21ST BAND.Charles W. Graves has 'been select-

ed as the new leader of the 21st Infan-try band to succeed Edwin G. Clarke.Air. Graves was recently discharged as

Lachanee's mother has been lyinvery ill at her home here. It was on-ly a few years ago that her former

of the 3d Infantry, sta-j husband was killed by a boiler, explon' i t S C h

CROOK AiaRiEISiTED TN PUATTS-BUlRi&H.

About two months ago, Jack Pow-ers, ia tough 'dhiaracitier, well b n w n in

ectiom of 'New York and in Ver-mont, skipped out of Miontpelier forfear of -being arreste'd for sellingwhiskey. He wemt to •Laoolle. P. Q.,.nd it now 'aippe'ars tbJat while there

he ihire:d a mlam to ,go to Cham-plainand get .$2280 'worth oif governmentbonds cashed for him. ft is- Said•that he gave "Steve" Inness, proprie-tor of the Innes House at 'Lacol'le,two hundred doll'ars to toeep stillabout the •affaiir, -aind it is laGso toliadim-«d 'tihiait Mrs. 'Inness was 'giive'n anoth-er itcvo hundred for the same purpose.

iHe next turned up at St. Johns,P. Q., wlhere he ro'bfbed a mian of $2Sand skipped out ileiaving an uibpiaidhoard bill of aboutt .$50. About aweek aig» he cJame to Flat'tslburgh.It seems that he travelled 'in Ciajnad'aunder the assumed niaimie oif JohnM'urphy, amd several times iwifhin thepast itwb or Ttihree weeiks, Chief ofPolice /Wood has received requests'roim. .the.police offi'cd'als in Lajoalleana iSt. Job-ns to to <m t'h-e ilaoikoult

man named M'urplhy and .giving•his desicri-pifcion, Chief Wool iddd ndt

of any Murphy iwEho onsw^reflt(h© deecrfptioin of the mlain Wanted,tat -when Powers struck town he im-imediately became suspicious, and he

Tote to the off'Mals at St. Johnsstating that a 'mian n'amed "Jack"

tioned at r ore Snelling, Minn. He en-listed in the ranks and worked up

varthrougmusician. He is saimusician playing bothophone.

Mr. Graves is expected •:the post about Feb. 1st.

rades to chiefto be a good

violin and sax-

! Reading—", Lillian Pike

hasks in

Rouses Point, August 10-11.the ! Plattsburgh Normal, November S-1G. j

j Ellenburgh Depot, November 9-10. jExaminations open promptly at nine j

)'ciock. Candidates cannot be admit- •;ed after ten o'clock in the morning \>r after two-thirty in the afternoon, j

December 15. 1S98. ISETH S. ALLDX, j'FRED E. DUFFY, j

Commissioners, }

:er from Miss Clara Parish, -Y"i.iss'ionary in Japan Mrs. Law-:-nc-e. Lyon Mountain.ging Plattsburgh "Y,"

Unfinished Business.Adjournment.Benediction.

Evening Session—7,30 o'clock.Devotional Exercises.

Music.dre?s Tiev, C. H. Mead, Newfork City,

Collection for County Work.Music.

Benediction.

MODEST PHILANTHROPY.The ••Home" family continue to bee recipients of many kindnesses.

Some of the gifts they are ait a loss toknow whom to thank for, such asabout nineteen pounds of honey left atthe door., also one bushel of apples fromanother unknown friend. Messrs.Bromley & Demerritt generously donaierl ten boxes of wafers and grahamcrackers, and from the G, A. R. recententertainment a quality of cakes andother goodies were enjoyed by the chil-dren gathered at Xo. 9 Broad street,for all of which they return manythanks.

ion at Santa Clara, and has mangledbody brought home. Now this secondtragedy has prostrated ber and seriousdoubts are left as to her recovery

| from the shock, in her weak condition.i The young man, who was 22 yearsj of age, has, we understand, been ofj great help to his mother, as the family

are in very poor circumstances. He| was a member of the Brotherhood Of| Brakeman, and his life was insured

for twelve hundred dollars, which .willgo to his mother, after deducting thefuneral expenses. There were fouryoung n;en who came with the remainsand who are members of the same fra-

. ternity, and are looking after the de-__ I tails and arrangements for the ittter-

I ment of their brother.

A NEW UMDEiR SHERIFF.

THE ICE BRIDGE.We understand that one Islander

; ventured to cross on the ice from• Grand Isle to Cumberland Head yester-

day with a horse and cutter. He cross-ed ii! safety and we may soon expectour Vermont neighbors to visit us inlarge numbers.

The crossing at Chazy has beengood for two or three weeks. The ice

I bridge is a great boon to our merchants| and with the sleighing a prosperousI season is a certainty.

Sheriff Cunningham has appointedStephen A, Ryan, c,f Piatts.burg'h,Under Sheriff in place d Oapt. Nath-an H. Mooney, The office carries nosalary, biuc in case of the death of thesheriff or his moving into anothercounty, the under sher performs

duties until a successor is electedappointed.

TO BE PROMOTED.k, L. Parmerter has

•to Madison Barracksbeen orderedwhere he will -appear before •;of officers to -be examined asfitness for promotion.

Powers was In to who answeredtho descrifptaom perfectly a,n:d inq-•ng if he were not th'e man they v>

•after.On Saturday, Officer Fatfieild.ved from St. Johns, who swore out

a Warrant foir Powers' arrest. OMefWool arrested him .'Saturday <&$Moion, and Hie •was taken before Jus-tice G-illdTaed, who .fixed his hail inthe sum of one thousand dO'llars. and

Tuesday afternoon at two o'clocktoe will be given a hearing. If hewill not consent to go toaok co Cana-da until re'quisati'on papers are firsto'b'Ca-ined, he .will be held here utJhey are received.

Montreal deiteictird is expectedhere 'bhia morning to take charge oi

e ease.It is understood that the -poil*^

•have al! the 'facts in the tfase, andha,t it is known where Powers

•cured the bonds.Powers Is a large, powerfully builtan, and I? what woul'd be term°-

every dry "conversation, a "s'ora'ppAbout three years ago, 'while Chioi at•Police Wool was searching for Mmin the Montgomery House at Roa-isesPoint, he jumped ifrom a thirl -s-torywindow of the hotel to the roof of ashe'd in the reai? of the hotel. It asnow said that he h!ad a "set-to" cotlawg since in a resort near 'this vil-lage with one of OUT local heavyweights in which our local star was"knocked out." He is a "'tougfc" eitl-

^together probable that work wilresumed and the mill be running

at an early day.

BIG FMtE AT

ROUSES POINT.Jan. 14.—-The weather has been quite

warm for the past two days;—Sleighing is good In the village

but very poor outside.—.The dance by Ihe Montgomery

Band was attended by about fiftycouples. They all rfepiorii a very finetime.

—Mr. Jack Sabourin is laid up "witha bad attack of the grip and hearttrouble.

—The grip seems to stay in thl3town. There are more than fifty caae3now.

—The printing office of Phillips &Casey operates three nights Iin theweek, on account of a heavy rush ofbusiness.

—Mr. Mike Canadian, the popularmail clerk, was in town Saturday.

ZEB.

ROBARE BLOCK ENTIRELY DES-TROYED BY FLAMES.

$5,000 Estiimated Loss—Blaze Startedby Incendiaries.

Morrisonville, Jan. 14.—The entireblock of buildings belonging to Mrs.F. Robare was burned this morning,including the house, store, saloon andbarns, which were all connected to-gether, located on the Plattsburgh sidenear the east end of the iron bridge.

The lire was discovered about threeo'clock this morning in the horse barn,which quickly commuflicat'ed with thehay loft, and soon enveloped Ithe wholeupper portion of the block in flames.

A large and valuable horse, whichMrs. Robare hadJohn Sullivan, /wwith all the goods in theajid cellars.

As soon as it was found Ithat thebuildings could not be saved heroic ef-forts were made to save the contents.Most of the goods on the ground floorwere taken out of the store part, andmost of the house furntiiture saved.Mr. Bedor and family, occupying roomson the second floor, lost everythingbut the creches on thetir 'ba'des. Tihefire is t&ougiht to be the work of (in-cendiaries.

The insurance on the buildings lis$3,000, and on the furniture $300, car-ried by Parkhurst & Taylor.

HUB.

'FCIRJEST.Jan. 14.—JE. J. Hubert who is em-

ployed as brakeman, on the 6. & L.C. as home, 'suffering ''from a severeattack of the grip.

—lAnUhur Croft who has been em-ployed as bnklge •bu'i-ld'er nfair Syra-cuse 'arrived ho-nve Thursday for ashort visit With his fato'lly.

—*W. P. Hebert leaves rest weekir I'tiica where he 'has secured em-

ployment iin a 'hardware ©tore in thatcity.

—Among 'the present sufferers of-the grip we notice .toe following:Arthur Croft and son Freddie, ElviraWeilch, NelWe ilelGregw and E. P.Mamley.

ecently purchased ofs burned, together

ement

ANOTHER LBAiD (FT'ND.

WARRE'N COUNTY MAN THINKSHE HAS -STR-UCK OiDD INDIAN

J-IIN-E.Back m the last century the In-

dians who inhabited iNombhem 'NewYork knew of some place in 'Warreacounty where lead eouild b'e oibtiained.Attempts to locate the spat have al-ways been unsuccessful *unitil laitely.A -mineral claim covering tlhe leaddiscovery has now' 'been made by An-drew Lackey, of Johnslburg. Theleiaid is said to be imusuiaMy pure, andto contain nearly enough gold andsilver to pay for worMng it. Mr.Lackey is an expert! imiinera;lo@ist.The .find is in -the .-northwest qu'airiterof township 31 of tlh-e ToiUtenCrosisfieTd purchase.

ain'd

—We regret to record the death ofMrs. Mary Funnell, oif pneumonia, ather home on Margaret street. Mrs.Funnell leaves three daughters andthree sons, Agnes M., Ellen M, Anna,Fred C, George W. and John.

—M. Quinn and Jamies Brown, ofKeeseville, and Samuel Groto, of Kell-er's Bay, were registered at the Ccan-tnereial yesterday.

MiQRlRItSON.VILLE.Jan. 14.—At a reg-ular nueelting of

Ohas. H. B'eotJley Posit No. 659, G-. A.R., held Jan. 4, the following emm-rades were installed a officers forthe year 1899, Post Commander J. H.

id initialling ofgicer: Commander—A. C. lEmefry; S. V. C.—CashmereRussell; J. V. C—<Ljrman Joih'neoir'Surg.—I. M. iHtenry; Chap.—A. J .Vaugfoan; Q. M.—<T. H. Good; Adjt. —N. Ojawlilss; O. D.-^J. 'Redimoad; O.G.—John Terry; Q.M. S.—Levi Ro?J;;S. 'M.—James Keyse*1. Pt>st 'meetingsafe held on the first and rtiMrcl W^d-nesdaya <y£ eatlh month.

—A teimspertance mass 'meriting wvisheld at BroadiweW's HaiHl, Tuesdayevening, Jan. lOtih ound'er the auspice.1?of the three denominations represent-

ihere. 'Rev. S. C. 'Dare, (pastor ofthe Baptist church stated tihe abjetatoi the meeitdng in a very earn'esit andeloquenit apipcial to itthe people to aidall in 'tiheur poweir 'to supipress theliquor traffic tihait is carrded on in.£Ms vi'1'la.ge and loicality. He alsopresented the ifMlowing protest which,•was adoipteid and the secretary wasinstru'cited to haive -tlhe satme iin the 'county papers.

—Our quiet village was 'thrown in-to a state C'f Imtense excitementaibout 3 o'clook this morning by theingling of 'bells 'and the cry of flre.

Mrs. F. Jlabare's fine new Mock, used•as a hoteil, millinery store and gen-eral •merch'a'ndiiise, was 'burned to theground as were also the barn andshed connected. A valuable 'horse/as ibunned. Pa'rt of 'the goods mwl

furmiiture were saved. The loss isestimated at albou't |5,000 partly cov-ered toy insurance, there feeing $2,000on buildings and $1,300 on stock andfurniture. 'Tfae origlin of the flre isunlonown, tail'tihk>u,gh St Us supposed t ohave started in ifche sitable.

—Have you "had 'tihe "grip" is theuBual 'sialuitaWon wihien frtends weei.

—Frank Good of the CommercialHouse, Pittsburgh, was in our 'Yille*lasit evening wailin-g on tala parents.

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