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k- W : \. THE 'WHITE PLAINS ARGUS. Published Every Tuesday. Subscription, $1.1)0 per y^ar, in advance. . * . Single copies, 8 cents. /JOHN t : rehill , . Eklitor and Proprietdr. ADVKHTTSINO BATXS OK APPLICATION. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1896. SALUTATORY. :> •} With this issue-The Whit^„ Plains , Argn s makes its ifiitial.bow to the citl- : rzens.of White Plains ahd vicTnity. It is not onr purpose to apologize for! its size dr its make-up. Let it bo sufficient to say,'that we hope to improve it as time rolls on, so that it will bo an ‘ acceptable weekly visitor in every household. > • We have often felt that the village should have a mid-week newspaper — one that,will till the void between each , BUCceodirig Saturday, aiid at the same - , time be jin to date, progressive and , newsy. This we will strive to make • v. The Argtis. , - — • Its aim and purpose, will be to tell the ' 1 news as it is and not as we would like to mould it for our own particular aggrandizement or selfish ends. We have no other purpose in View except to publish a newspaper that will meet-tho approbation and support of . the people in all'that goes to advance the interest of/White Plains and attract ^ to it a desirable class of residents. If '■ this policy is pursued, we are confident that deserved^ public support will follow. - - ' • v- “ ' :v ’ We ate conscious of the fact that . White Plains has three local weeklies ana that they are well supported. All that we ask Is the consideration and good will of tho people. The remainder tpj win - in i honorable competition. • * v The'Afgtis first, last and all the time will be open to the oritioisms of the people concerning local questions. It will. , bo its aim to give space on all occasions to honest expressions from the public. Residents who have grievances caused by public officials, actual pr imaginary, and who wish to express their thoughts/through the columns of The Argus in all masters not personal, . can find ample'space in its columns to ’ * make their grievances known, . addition-to local matter, we wilh . strive to make its columns up to date in county briefs'; 1 „ The Argus will bo independent in its ideas,. It will be anti-trust and anti- ! v, • monopoly/ We believe the great over powering curse Of this country to-day is .*•' . ■ centered in corporate greed, as it. finds ' 'expression in,.trusts and combinations; ‘ thatW as exemplified in the combina tion of coal barons, the paper trust and the water company consolidations. » - p The. men who are-in these unjust com- v i. , ;{i. btoations are the Anarchists and Revo- Argus at all times and,on.^all occasions i--t hopes to ohatripioiLthe peopled cause as • agairist snch greed and mammon. ^ i. IAa word, it will be its ain? to Speak plainly, and unreservedly Its sentiments ;«pbi<)h' wiH v tend to the •! v...puWip»ood- * T waupum Street hUl and flooding the lot In tho rear ;.of his property, A by means of a convenient sluice-way built by the .village officials at the corner of Ora waupum street and Fisher ave nue. The Roads and Bridges Commit tee was empowered to abate the nuis ance. . ‘ Wilson Brown, Esq., also appeared before, the Board in the interest of D. P. Sweeney, , who .claimed $J50(); dam ages to his property by a change of grade in Martine avenue several years ago. He was allowed $100 by-Messrs. Long and Rehill, but this his counsel will not accept,'he says; hence a suit will follow. Trustee Thompson reported in favor of allowing Patrick Farrell $75 and. $16 costs for damages caused by workmen filling up the culverts in Martine ave nue preceding a heavy rain and flooding his barn, drowning chickens, etc. The settlement is satisfactory. William McNeilly received the con-, tract for grading Fisher avenue, for $887, and John Lennon was the success ful bidder for the work uf rebuilding culvert across Lexington avenue near the Post road. .His price is $219. Other bids were as f<511ows: FISHER AVENUE GRADING. Morris Loopor .................................... iM-TO 00 •George Coombs,-..... ........... ,3S7 00. Irving Carpenter: ....... . . .. . ..................... 476 00 Cornelius Donovan ....................... 575 00 Irving Poppurd: . .............................. 425 00 Willluni McNeilly ........... ., ....................... 337 00 LEXINGTON AVENUE CULVERT. Peter Mullln.' ......................................... $283 00 “ “ **^244100; Timothy Murphy .............. .. 241 00 John Jackman ................... . . . . ........... 222 60 ■'ox Traub.... ............................................. 245 00 LIVELY DISCUSSION. In moving that a draft be ordered drawn for the above bill, Chairman Long, of the Roads and Bridges Com: mittfse, stated that he knew nothing An'Xfetifege Bpon ,the Taxpayers. EJ! ” '. • ..... tlie-'Bta'ftf ’ ofTrttHtee»pna:the S^Pfsrln- idWBfc^'HIfehWHyBUKotjM Le.rottniUy Mdiriiiea by. tfaS .feiiftyert for the or In whioh.'they^Ssye handled _ ftcflpdftte .thb' past year. Several -tiipiuaiid dollBfa.haye hffh'expended by .. & ..the cjjjma^ittiie over, aaffnmvm all < con- '• .I ttabta, and this.., too, wUhout th^ con- i'.lidWpf'their .ipolieBgnea:.or wlt^ont. so- < >- '.>iafltib8 a btdi/from contraotott.. The Oil h inn ail ofthor.oniiulttoo, Long, 1 » if'Waahes hie hand* oL the Tesjwnjilbility iby-Bayl®*:. “ ^rheothoifellop'#. dli.lt;, V'-Mattolt? MVIpat to way to. 88®. the \• ^-Je.Uor thp Bbard.fffTroBteoa, aever- sg/ : . Committees have no bnslnees Itmge the vUlagel^to,debt. . ■ i ;«onder. : we.,h!tve a hfgb tax rate, The GhMtw Election. ' . / nnneoessary to orltlolse the , personality of the candidates for the ><5^. • tiiSwiftitnuitee. Sevenjoandidetee will tiC'clfesBn on pext.Tnesday. . ‘ 5##'.'Mr. ’ J39hSidilV«gri5n<>h haai no oppo- sttlortmthe Kilst Ward, j , . In-the .Second Ward Messrs. John v . ■ 'Thompffon had 1 Irving Carpenter are /i;),i Vplt^agalhet-Messrs, Stephen C. Smith f f. andyrederielc'Ketohain. 1 . ............. )Ir.'Wlttlftin''Sterling and Mr. Frank ' ■ ' e haetllhg In'the Third-Ward. t of tho'day will probably be _ irtlcWard, where Mesars. A. lews and William Homer are Messrs, Charles P. Sherwood 'it*'.---i ‘ • s «...v S . Charjea DeuteTOjannhss no oppo- \islUdh ln the Fifth ward:' The voters ' are aonnalnted wlth all the candidates aml.we tliitNc 'ail oOmpetent to ihako ;ii . .i w.i th'elr seldhtions Wlthont. any lastrno- \ ' 1 lions' ■' i ’ ■: . Hegartlesa of who the sttocesafnl men maybe, we traat 'they will so conduct i> u i; 'ml iV;..i JiSdS (S' ^ .. - I, oho f f. v -eS** mrte ■Board, of Tfnateja dlrecte and ,, live within; the appropriations. The CountyAgrlonltnral Sooifety J >haB reMMUS«toblftlMM«x. LaetyeaV;the society received J82, 884:09 and expended all but 1818.89; The dtreotors enjoyed a dinner at Doll ’ s after, the annnal ■ meeting. ; i\v . Snpervisor Isaac Pnrvly ’ s right to hold that iHHiltlon for North Salem is being contested by Henry W. Norton, wh6 ’ alleges that Mr. Pnrdy, having been a school trustee at the time of his .election, could not-.qualify Justice .KeOgh will decide the case. , The trolley company ia pushing the work of laying rail s towspj Tgrryfewn. TBU8TEES ’ LIVELY MEETING. The Trolley Pranohisfr eonsideretl. The„P*vlng Ehgltieer ’ * Bill Aadit^d. He Claimed $5,000/ 014(1 la Allowed $450. Contraots Awarded, ’ • Bills Passed, Etc. — Law Suits ‘ Settled and . Others Threatened. / The Village Trustees held a regular monthly meeting . last flight. There was a lull Board in attendance. Village President Miller presided. A number of people were before the Board with grievances. the Harlem Rail road, wfrp Tesides on Batiks street, Coifl^ abotiti-ttr that the work had been ordered done without his consent. Trustee Rehill moved an investiga- tiofl; but a motion to pay the bill but of the ' permanent improvement moneys prevailed. Trustee Thpmpson said he and his colleague, Mr. Young, had $100 worth of the work done, because the Board authorized it. He presumed the Super intendent of Highways ordered the re mainder, which was building catch- basins, laying drain Mper-etb.,'corner of Lafayette street and Fisher avenue. No bidaiwere.reoeivedvfox.itheiWOEk- Here the attention of the Board was called to the fact that the chairman of the committee, Mr. Long, had stated at a previous meeting that Tie knew noth ing ' about a pay-roll of over $800 for work done on roads, yet he ordered a draft to be drawn to pay the bills, and he Also held a bill for $875, claimed by R. Young <5tf Bra, . for material fur nished npoii roads, which .he qlsodenied any ' knowledge ofc- As iheT.bilUhad- never been - audited, Mr. >Rehill asked that it be -investigated. .ThetPresident appointed th^Rbads and.'Bridges Com- mittee (to ,:wpbrt. These 1 :bills ate out- aide the anhnal $4,200 contracts and are also additional to permanent Improve' ment cdnfcracts ordered by the Board. ENGINEER HARTMAN AND CONTRACTOR NEAGLE. Messrs. Long, Thompson and Miller* reported In favor of allowing Engineer Hartman $450 and the paving con tractors $186,10 extra for work done on Railroad avenue. The committee ar- ■rLcedL at. their, . cancXuaiona . after-coru. versing with ex-President Cromwell were aroused from their slumbers impression was formed that a serious fire waa In progress. — - Although the * Fire ' Department re:, sponded promptly, the bam was a total wreck when the flames were subdued. The residents of dwellings in the vi cinity for a time ware greatly . alanned. The Independent Engine Company was first upon the scene, and a well- directed stream under the orders of Foreman Matthies made the assistance of other organizations unnecessary. Foreman Paulding, of Union Hook and Ladder Company; and / Foreman Donovan; of Hope Engine Company, nevertheless were present ^ with their commands and ready for duty if neces sity- required it. The Fire Patrol, un der command of Sergeant Birmingham, also made a fine showing. ^ Sergeant Birmingham, who lives nearby the burned building, says the fire must have been caused by chicken thieves, as Mr. Fowler, the tenant, who recently moved, here from Pleasant- ville, - missed a number of chickens lately from the bam, and only a few nights previous had removed the fowls to , safer quarters. It is surmised that the thieves were searching the bam for a chicken for their Sunday dinner; and that in their search a match waa . care lessly dropped upon the bam floor; hence the fire. Carpenters James Hyatt and Fred Stevens, who had been at work in the vicinity, lost about $85 worth of tools in the flames; as they had placed them therejon Baturday for safe keeping. Mr. Hyatt is \ congratulating himself; i 'h6^v- ever, that his loss, is not greater than it is, as he contemplated stabling his horse and wagon in\ the bam * on Saturday, but was delayed on account of hay which he had ordered not reaching the place.' . ..• , , • _»• '■ .i,-)! Tho loss will not exceed three hun dred dollars. Instrumental in securing Engineer ____ man's services. Messrs. Cromwell and /Young ’ s opinions are backed by a letter written by Mr. Hartman, the commit tee reports. Ae to the pavigg eon tractors' extras for work in removing gas and water pipes the committee are of the opinion that the work was de manded by the contract. Nothing was allowed the contractors for the delay occasioned by $he Board ’ s vacillating polioy In the efforts made to widen Railroad avenne. \ George F. Coombs waa allowed $88.40 for relaying the sidewalk fronting *the Gillender property on Railroad avenne, which amount was made an assessment against the property. Thomas F. Hart was also allowed $45 for relaying culvert in William street and $15 for relaying sidewalks fronting Mr. Blade ’ s property. GREENRIDGE AND PARK AVENUES SEWER ASSESSMENT CONFIRMED. The lateral sewer assessment! ' -' -Parlr^aVenw»' GreeriridS^ 1 confirmed. *' ^ : CROSSWALKS. The Clerk was directed to notify Thomas F. Hart to lay crosswalks on Quarroppas street, over Grahd street, and alao on Martine avenne, between Ora waupum street and the depot. Tlie Westchester 'County Water. Works Company w/as ordered to lower the*water pipe in Bpring; btreet within five days, on motion of Mr.'Long, other wise the Board would do it and dednet expense from netehydrantrental. The Board has-been ch^ngingHthejglcade^afld the company Is 6f the oplnion^ that the village should pay the bilr. All claims . amiinst the village were ordered to be p resented on Friday, the 18 th ftifatit- ... J — : LEXINGTON AVENUE^fRADE. The long disputed jpMo on Lexing ton avenge, between/fne Post road and Prospect street, waj/adopted. A number of bilMagainat the ' Roads and Bridges Accountkwere audited. The sum of $2,000 was transferred to thegas light account. - ,r William'Hamlett was granted a fire certificate.- -' Thomas F.Hart woS paid $1,000 on ac count of laying sidewalks on the Post road. Spring street and William street. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FOIE. A Chatterton Hill Barn Burned. Was Probably- Caused by Chicken Thieves. The fire alarm rang ont sharply on the air at 8 o ’ clock^ Sunday, morning last, and Box No. 87 pealed fprth a call fpr the Fire Department to hasten to the vicinity of Central and Battle avenues, west of the Bronx River,-where a bam on the premises occupied by William Fowler, on the Mill Lane road, ^vaa dis covered to be In flames. / The alarm was rung in by Thomas Feeney, .a . Harlem Railroad employee, who is on night duty at the Harlem Railroad round-house, north of Hamil, station, over-looking the lake, and have already started work on a foundation for a handsome church. Archbishop Corrigan has sanctioned tho project. ton avenne. Feeney, who is a member of the -Independent Engine Company, when he first observed the flames, .. was under the impression tfiat Becker ’ s fine hotel property,at the foot of Chatterton Hill was ablaze. The flames cast a bright red-glow over the sky, and by many^persons who — Miss Nora Welsh, of Grove street, contemplates a month ’ s sojourn with Washington friends. She expects to leave/Jbefore Christmas-tide. nknickP. Sweeney, the propri- the Martine Avenue Hotel, cor- Martine avenue and Grove street, s been confined to his home the -eral weeks suffering with the \ is mendi ng rapidl y. Mr. etor c Sweeirey has shown commendable en- terprisfe during the past year by erecting a thregrstory brick building on the lot adjoin|ng his hotel property. He is fitting she^ upper floors into apartments and ’ ere long liopes to make his enter prise a(rpaying Anton Heintz, an esteemed res ident olKensico avenne, near Harrison avenno,|lias been confined to his home recentmWfforing from a severe sick ness, winch stubbornly resists all medi cal - treamientV Mr. Heintz is one of our respeMed citizens and has a host of acquaintances who hope for a speedy return to Health and vigor. — Dr. H. \E. Schmid -will deliver an historical address at the Coiinty Med ical Society centennial flext May. Trustee Miller had great luck on his Southern hunting trip. ' Mr. and Mrs. James vCallan, of New York, and Mrs. Willid\n Verrill, of New Rochelle, were the \giieflts of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rehill \the past week. - i Will, Say Mass, Next Sundtyjk., The many frienda.of St. John ’ s Church riecfcor, the Rev. Father Kelly, will be pleased to know that he has recovered sufficiently to be about again'. ' He w ; ill celebrate mass next Sunday. ' FORTY HOURS ’ DEVOTION,:: IN ST. JOHN ’ S CHURCH. Maifir ComnMnioants Attended. ., UUULB WACLUiBC! which .Commenced in St. John ’ s/ (R. C. Church .on Sunday terminated with a high mass'cit 9 o ’ clock, at^ which 1m- pregaljs ; c®remonj9a' ‘ tookv.^arai. i 'pja. celebrant pf_fhe ma^ Wa» >>a Father from She^nan Parky- ErceUerit choir mnsic was renderedjiffider thc rdi- rectiqn of Miss Roby. ! Ohb of the.r im pressive features b'f the morning device was a procession •df-soiilie forty vjaltikr boys through the aisles Of the cUlifCh^n honor of the ’ . 1,1033*1 ^shfeihMnefit^'A'A' 'largonumber of th^bliflfch; coiflintini- gatod in the devotional exei^ 6f ths \At the Sunday , .motniflg ______ _ Dominican Father asaisted Father; Mac Aran, the a ssistant rector . Many oom- during Sunday and Monday atflbattetid- ed mass at 6 and 9 a.® in; each day. Father Hugo, from Sherman Park, aided-the rector,' --- t r-;N* r Sella Hia Hote4v Ed. Charbonneau, who tor the/ . year or^ more has condtidte^ W/Hiytel' . fft ’ the junction of Spring street ^W^ the proposed extension qf Barker avenue, has disposed of his interest in the same to DeLos Hyatt and brother, Vvhft' hOe lived for some time hear Rye L&ker < in the town of Harrison. We 'understand that Mr. Hyatt has secured a • lehsa of the place,for one year at a - retttel of $860 per annum. .a - \ ‘ 'Moneys raised fbr pera^anent .im provement of Highways ^ouli^/be ’ mP pended only /on work ordered.. .by the Board of Trustees. Pr(wi4ent* ' Milteg should see te- this. The Board of Trus tees have so ordered in open -meeting, yet the meh Who vote for snob, methods on th e outside do'aa'they pl^e. ^ Stepl -Are We 'to; Have a Large Factor^ ? . It is rumored that a large chair factory is to be located along the Marlem' Railroad, south of Waite & 'Vermett ’ s mill. Surveyors have been at work in that vicinity. It is under stood that the Harlem -Railroad Com pany is in, some way intesested in the transaction. The Committee on Printing of the Board of Supervisors will receive bids for the printing of 2,000 Copies of the proceedings of the Board. Subsorlbe for the A rgus . It will be up to date and newsy. Leave your order at the A rgus , office, in the 41- bro building. The Port Chester Praying Baud held : services at the Lake Street Chapel last Sunday. ■ -------- . CATHOLIC CHURCH AT EENSICO. Dominioan Fathers in Control. The Dominican Fathers at Sherman Park havepurchasedfive lotaat Keusico Wll I We HiiTe Aia JGlcn trie Railway to Me. Vernon Next Summer? To be Complete Within Six. Months.' ITEMS. Messrs. Rehill, Harmon and Young, the committee appointed some months ago by President Miller to report on a franchise .for a trolley lino on Lexing ton'avenue* and the New York Post road to the villageline, whic.h ulti mately will be connected with a similar line from Mt. Yernon, submitted a, re port last evening to the. Board of Trustees, — -- ---------- L The committee for the first time failed ’ .to. unanimously agree their recommendations to the board as to what particular company should re ceive the franchise. Messrs. Harmon and Young favored the franchise being granted to the North Mt. Yernon Com pany, while their colleague, Mr. Rehill, favored the application of the New York, Elmsford and White Plains Electric Railway Company, which now operates the present eleptric railway be tween Silver Lake in Harrison and the New York and Northern Railroad at Elmsford. While the committee differs relative to the company to be extended the favor of being permitted to con- d, it Js ‘ unanimous, as te Fire Patrol ElectrOglcers. The White Plains Fire 'Pattol has elected officers as follower- Captain, Robert Bromm r 1st Sergeant, |Feltns Pullen; 2d Setgeant, Thomas Birming ham; Secretary, Howard Brubdage; Treasurer, Richard Powers; Steward, By. Walrath ; cook and caterer of good things, Charles N. No will. , l; 1 The Patrol will be put through a drill this Winter by Captain Brotomj St. John ’ s Hall wifi be used. '\\ \ struct the road, the conditions to be exacted. \ ’ It will be remembered that some six months ago the North Mt. Vernon Railway people and the Elmsford ; and White Plains company applied to v the board for the franchise now 'reported. InJhe formers ’ application, permission was asked for the right to lay single or double tracksbn the streets in ques tion, the motive power being horse or electricity. The latter company pro- JUDGE GAYN0R PRESIDES At the Deoember Circuit — 156 Cases on the Calendar. Brooklyn ’ s chief reformer, JusM William J. Gaynor, is presiding ’ at tl trial terin and'SpeCial Tbfm bf the\Su\ at the Court House in this village and which will undoubtedly continue in ses sion for several weeks, as there are 156 cases on the calendar, and the greater number of lawyers interested announced their readiness to proceed with the trial of the cases in which they had been re tained. The court room was crowded ryith lawyers from all sections of the .county, when Judge Gaynor ascended the bench. The Judge is an agreeable looking man, of sharp, well-cut; features, and im presses one at-a glance that great deci sion of chareotorHa his. His well-cut beard is streaked with silvery linings, which shows that age is making head way notwithstanding that his frame is -stillrvigoronS. - - — Ip his brief .address to the members of the Bar, the lawyers were told that he would insist upon „ promptness in the trial of causes, and a failure ,t 0 answer when calied womd fesuli; in the casr going over for the term. The calendar for.each.day he purposes announcing at ireceding the day when the ^ will be; tried. ret cafe-on the calendar called ,f 6?. ’ /trial: was maKpf Minnie Noble, of ( i,'* who as administratrix of the ___ te of her huaband, Thomas M. Npbto, la suing'theNew 'York Central and- Hudaqu River Railroad Company for flbQQO damages fqV hia death, caused by beihg torn dowuat Ashtray ten, ave nue crosaing in that city bn November 2^1895,bt, ^oblock in thebyenih^^r eriton ^id Frank L^mis repre^nt the jrailroad and Arthur J. Burns, of Ypnk- erSi the plaintiff/ The plaintiff ’ s coun- sel clatnjed that on . aeoonnt of an .ob' straction near the railroad ’ the deceased conld not see the express approachi n g at the rate of seventy feet per Second. Garrett ‘ Dykman, the engineer of the express, said he did not know the .de ceased: bad been killed untilupon the artjlyaiof the train in New 1 Yotk, when a-br ’ oken lamp belonging to the engine, with J the number gone, was found by ^.fireman. The broken number was totken ..from Noble ’ s breast when / his f^Gdy. was .discovered, , ^ j-The^imj gave Mrs. Noble- a verdict second case on 'the calendar is .that, of Henrietta de Vries against. How . William P. Fiero, Stephen ehall, Platt & Thompson, Wilson Brown. Jr., Robert* E. Farley, Charles A. Dryer, Frederick S. Baranm, Fred W: \Aark, John M. Digney and Alonzo J. Harfc, all pf the White Plains Bar, have immetous cases upon the calendar. IN THB BUILDING lilNE. -^Mr. Howardi Schermerhorn odntem plates erecting in the Sprang two more find cottages on-Central avenue.. .His brother, William, will also invest? more money in that locality when the Old Dobba Ferry road is graded. — Charles G. Schwartz has broken ground for a .$5,000 house iu Warren street, which will contain ail the up-to- date improvements. He has ateaseveral others in completion. Oliver A. Hyatt will remodel the Carpenter Bros ’ : blacksmith shop in Grove street. Frank Horton Brown lias prepared plans to make it a hand some -three-story -frame building. ^ — Mr. William Sterling has started on Dr: Birch's improvement on the La fayette Hall site. The old hall will be cut in two and transformed into a barn. A handsome residence will follow. — On Oakley avenue, east of Broad way, Louis Jensen, painter, will erect a $2,000 cottaj The Sons of Veterans will conduct a. concert and dance in St. John ’ s Hall on December 21st, „ :X ; / / ; , TROLLEY TO MOUNT VERNON. The. Committee Divided. 4 EPW0RTH LEAGUE Ll A Forfeit of $2,000 Demanded. posed the-use of eloctrioity tmty. - When the report of the committee waa presented, Mr. ’ Rehill moved to substitute the name of the local com pany in the franchise instead of i. that of the North Mt. Vernon Company. Mr. Long objected to the considera tion of the franchise at the meeting and favored, a delay. He said the local company had evaded many conditions imposed; namely, failing to pay for the two feet of brick paving on either side of the tracks. Mr. Rehill retorted that the com pany conld not pay any assessment until the committee, of which Mr. Long w ^ b chairman, reported relative to the amount duo' the paving contractors; then a legal assessment coqld be made. \A;t .this juncture — ^ — — — x, — /kransolGlark; resented, with _ ____ ____ __ ____ non Company, said that his com .fly //would accept the franchise as id by the committee. Thompson said he thp.ught the ise should state that the fare _ _n Mt. Vemon and White Plains Id be/five cents. i \Harmon replied the law gave the comjkmy the right to charge five cents in eacb tovtoi. Mr. rJlarlie stated that ho would agree to ten cents) and five cents to Tuckahoe, Here/Mr. Montgomery, of the White Plains Company, arose and said that his Represented money expended in develJblng/the town. He stood ready to. give Ifei'Bqfi'/tb the village tor the franchise^ and forfeit an additional deposit olJlJiOOO If the road should not be built. ffiHisjytoad would carry pass-, engers toWahcf from Tarrytown and Hamaroniw within* a. year for ten '^ Verpon for five cents. u ^iafenDucarred between fp; Montgomery ionedtthe other ’ s g tible flranebise Clark informed Mr. cbnld not get into Mt. Mt .Vernon company $80,000 in their road the key to the Foreman Admiral Dot and William , Armbruster, of the Independent Engine — „______ ex-Corporatioir- ComrtSny, were on deck in response to UlarkroPNow York^whsf^ep.; ^ibs^e-alarm Sunday morning,^ .with Mr. Deering the Mt. Captain Bromm, of the/Fire Patrol, missed his first fire in White Plains op. Sunday. Chiefs Rehill, Doll and Fulle were present at the Mill Lane nre. Tampering with the battery room of the fire alarm system is /complained of! foreman Donovan is investigating the matter/ 1 Mr. Clark andSlade. good faith replied that the , nevertheless, If the _ lontgomi Vernon ; ^ had already k\ and that the; Situation. Mr. Moutgol road would be franchise Wfe Mr. RehiU aj company sh( From the. present Supreme ____ endar he read notice of a suit on , part of the city of Mt. ' Vernon ogainsl the North Mt. Vernon Company. He said' the City Attorney had told him: it was to reoover > $6^00 for paving. tion of the franchise until the 18th inst., and the matter according went over. To-morrow evening, Mr. Joseph H, Lewis, Jr., and Miss Eva E. Tompkins will become one; i Ger» Htr. Williatn Ford and MUs trade F. Smlth Wetf. On Wednesday afternoon last, at the home of the bride, Dr. Van Kfeeck united Mr. William E. Ford, eldest son of the late Henry B. Ford, and/Miss Gertrude F. Smith, daughter of Mr. Stephen W. Smith, - in wedlock. At tired in a handsome traveling gown, the bride looked exceedingly bepomlng. as she was (riven away by her father. Mr. James Ford was grpmnsman. 'Nriffiefbus J jpresehts,\ Congratulations and a collation preceded the bridal trip tor Buffalo and Niagara Falls. On Thursday last Union Hook and Ladder Company and the White Plains Fire F&trol sat down to snpper at Doll ’ s Unlon Hsll Thla waa a sequel to the 1 presentation of resoliitions to the hooks on the part .of .the patrol. The University Extension Lectures, will begin this - evening at the school: house. . Prof. Woodford will V speak' oil “ Practical Economics. ” ary tickets are plentifnL THE CK a S l E. SMITH. — A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jotoph •' Smith, on November 29th. Timely Lines for Timely People. . TABLES BOARD. Persons desiring table board or furnished rooms can bo accommodated by addressing “ Mrs. S,\ Argus office. _ ________ _ _____ by ------- - - -------- widow. Suited for general housework, seamstrees, etc. Address, “ Work,\ Argus The First ffeoture to Be Delivered: To-monow Evening. Under the direction of the Epworth League of the Memorial M. E. Church, of * this village, the first of a series of four entertainments to be given this*; Winter will take plade in the Memorial M E. Church to-morrow (Wednesday) evening.' • • • ■ • - r. . ■; The lecture will be delivered by Col. L. F. Copeland, and his subject will be “ What ’ s to Hinder ? ” / The remaining entertainments \ are announced as follows: V February ,17, 1807 — -Lecture by Col, George W. Bain. \ March 8— Monologue by Alfred JL 4 Pearsall. r March 25 — Concert and readings by the Amphioti Ladies ’ Quartette ai Edith Norton. American ItfeflhAnlcs Sympathize'. 1 The death of Mrs, George i*. Davis, oil Mott street, has caused the following resolution to be adopted by White i Plains Council No;- &0, junior Order 1. United American Mechanics; . / L Whereas, The great Master \\of life and : death has taken to. His boaVemy home ‘ the\ v - wlfe and companion of our brother, George ’ U. Davis, Wo are moved by tho high cohsla- — eration and brotherly regard which wo have • for him arid high admiration of his wIfe, to . mingle our tears with his in deepest sorrow at his great affliction. A model! American • ;hamo him lost Its wife,.and mother. May He , — ho wipes away all tears from otir eyes bo -Ith him and his family In this hour of need, Resolved, That acopy of . these, 'our sent I - nients, be printed in our local papers and tho journals of our order, ahd a copy thereof be sent to our afflicted brother, . ! '. J. H. DINHAM, WM ' M ' B «,„, Recording Secretary. Mrs. Frank Morrell Receives Her /j •' / Insurance., _ \ John A. Daly, of Brookfield street, the treasurer of the White Plains Counc il No 1 . , 445, Catholic Benevolent v Legion, received this week a check in favor of Mrs. Annie E. Morrell, widow of the late Frank A. Morrell, of the; Harlem Cafe in Orawanpnm street, for $500, from the Hamilton . Trust Com- , pany, of Brooklyn, the same being the amount due on the benefit certificate held by her late husband. Mr. Daly has turned the same over to Mrs. Morrell,- who feels very grateful to the officers of the Catholic Benevolent Legion for . the interest they took in • looking after her welfare. FIRE DEPARTMENT JOTTINGS. ELECTION NOTICE. VILLAGE OF WHITE FLAWS, N. Y. To the Voters of the Village of White Plains: Pursuant to pro yislpna ofthe charter of .the village at Whl te/ plalna.- notjce ls hereby glyeuithatr See. 15, 1896, 12 o ’ clock eoos uatll ? p. tu., the annual electloi Trustees In the yarlbu! to flu. vac a by the creat plre December 31, 1896; i * leyear, to All vacancy c; - ----- — id Ward. Hon of a ARD. _A Trustee for two „ _ ./James Youhg, whose term _ . ......... December 31,1896. 'ARD. A trustee for two years, ward 1L Long, whose term ol Messrs, Long Miller and Thompson 1 then favored postponing \the fonBluera ~ by creAt^nof I'ourf k V?ar<fc to l^ VfWancy caused by creation i POLLING PLACES: Thopolllng places have been designated t .WARD. Town Hall, Railroad and Igtoh avenues. )ND WARD, Office of Joseph H. Depot Square. ................. . „ BD WABD. Store In John O ’ Rourke bulmlng. Grove street. FOURTH WARD. Store InSHopklns build- inglHamllton avenue. [ g^TH WARP. Carriage House of Albert J. Young; Stewart Place. *LtO 'OPEN FROM M O'CLOCK NOON UNTIL 7 P. M. WARS BOUNDARIES: FIK8T WAItD. That vortlon o, the Tills ring west of the centre line of/Lexlngt \1 I ........... . ........ ?ut4jiaia r Jl___ and north of mtto “ iTvemie -and the prolongation otvaald ^Ine “ l ylllagelTmlU, i runnlhg through the centre of Rail road, Central Park and Battle avenues, to. thewesterl yl 1 mlta ofthe village. _ ; SBCONP. WARP,/That pOTilon/trfl.he., vil lage vmat of the centre line of Lexington ave- nue.oudlbe.prolongation of sald'llne south to rillageiltmltoliand.-south.of a line running , tbrough-tho centro of Railroad.- Central Park and Battle avenues to the westerly limits of . the village. . .J THIRD WARP; All that portion of; the 1 village lylng ; south of the centro lino of Rail- < road'.avenue, bounded ou the west by the centre line ot Lexington avenue and its pro- . ................. - - bounded centre Mamaronock avenue, to the village limits. FOURTH W ard . All that portion of the/ village lying north of the centre Hub of Rail-, road avenue, bounded on the west by, the centre lino of Lexington avenue and Its pro-/ longatlon to the village Jlmlts, and, bounded * on tne east by the centre Hue of Broadway. :< FIFTH WARD. All that portion of the vfl« lage lying east of a line running through the;: centre of Broadway, Old Post Road and of: Mnm&roneck avenue south of Old Post Road. ; Dated White Plains. N. Y., December l/ mm By order of the Boara of ,Trustees;, mm ’ • ‘ J . ’
