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J l THE WHITE PLAINS ARGUS. TUESDAY t DECEMBER 22, 1896. ..Th^ public school closes to-day until January 4. Dancing at the Worthington Arinfc, Elmsford, every Wednesday and Friday. Ex-County Clerk John M, Digney, . Esq. , is building up quite a legal prac tice. , Mr. Edwin McChain is again with H. A. Casear & (20.^ dealers in woolen . cloths. ; ; ; , The Stfar bowlers of this village in a Series of two games are 40 points behind the Tarrytown team. Dr. McChesney ‘ Christmas:' sermon evening. ill deliver his usual me?:t-/ Sunday The public schools closed for thediol-- TTfday vacation to-day. Miss ' Strecker ’ s school closed last Friday, for the holiday vacation, with -appropriate exercises by the primary ' dopattihent.\ ' X ' '•. Public dances are held every Thurs- ’ day and Saturday evenings at the Worthington Arms Hotel, Elmsford. The prisoner was defended by David Hunt. Esq, The.-.prosecutor was Dis? trict Attorney Andrews and; his aseist- iint-FredericlrWeekB: ^ ;; ‘ r The- panel of 150 extra jurors drawn last week was not exhausted when the •necessary, number was secured.\'-Albert Acker, Wesley Hughes and Irving' Car penter,, all-of this village, were,excused. The jury was made up as follows : SpfnigBteel, Nathaniel..' ’ __ „ — A subscription dance will be given Now Year ’ s night, in the AuditOrium-by some of the young ladies of th6 “ 4002 ’ The “ Other Girl ” will be the. next attraction at the Auditorium to-morrow night. Misa'Florence Handy is a light in the company. The young men of this village are contemplating,organizing an Ice Polo and.Hockey team. _, ^ . The Mt. Kisco Bank has bOgrih . its second year with $208,400 on deposit. Reynolds, the butcher, has estab lished a market in Mq maron eck. Dr. H. E. Schmid will represent our Board of Education in the State Assooi- ^^ atidh of School Boards at Buffalo next month. ______ _ • - The regular- Christmas exercises of the Episcipal Sunday-school will . be held ’ in the Auditorium, Monday even ing, December 28. A vefcy interesting programme is promised, after which v \'--' 7 ' tho usual diRtvibutiqn of giftSj.eto. T will • ll be made. ' , • , \ . Mrs. David McAndless and two of her children were thrown out of her sleigh at the corner of Grove street and Rail- . road avenue , last Friday,--but — escaped uninjured; . Commander Henry E. Rhoades, of — -. — 2 Farnsworth Post, Mt. Vernon, and his staff, inspected . Cromwell Post last Thursday. Comrade Rhoades Jyas fonnerly a U- S. Navy officerlincT was with Perry in his-Artie explorations. 4 The nuptials of Dr. D. Austin Sniffin and Miss Helen Farley will be cele- ■■ - .brated ..to-morrow. „ in __ the.J)ntch_Re- formed Church at Fort Plain, N. Y. JFfarrington M. Thompson and Irving N.-Tompkihs. Esqs. , \yill act as ushers. Messrs. Whittaker; SpiHer, Squire, Czerni and Me Wes, in conjunction with the Bloomingdale orchestra, rendered'ah entertaining programme at Blopming- ^ 7 -^dale-Friday night.. - ----- 2 ------ — * BARKER GUILTY OP MURDER. Convicted This Afternoon and Taken to Sing Sing. To be Electrocuted The First Week: in Febjruary. The trial of John Henry Barker, the colored man who in August, 1895, shot and killed\ hia wife .in ‘ ‘ The Hills,\ a negro, settlement in the town of Harri son, several miles from this village, be gan , yesterday morning in the Court House -before Judge Gaynor, ami a ver dict of guilty of-murder in the first de- i was.reached shortly after noon to day. The jury was out twenty-eight minutes. Judge Gaynor ’ immediately sentenced the prisoner to be electrocuted-the first NVeek in February in Sing Sing Prison. Sheriff Johnson delivered him over tp. the Warden of Sing Sing to-day Muimis, William M.. JftHiclb..;... Martin T... ArClieiv Fordlmm Mille: H.Tkor. Sylv . .Cortlandt .. lied ford .. Vorktown ..North Salem . .-Mt PlouBant .North Castle .. NO w itocliello ..Mt^Pleaa District Attorney Andrews opened tin ..... by stating that the prosecution would prove that Barker deliberately shot his wife down. He called as Ids llrst witness Elsie Hobby, a sister of the prisoner. She swore that.on the. UOtli day of August she culled at a tneighbor named Mrs. Brooks and there mot Mrs. Hen rietta Barker, tho murdered .woman. She coming from the Brooks ’ hpih irderod woman. Judge Gaynor: “ Where Answer, vl llrst saw hei outside thp house. 1 him raise it. going there from about fifteen feet away. John Henry was about live feet from me. Neither said anything. 1 don ’ t remember testifying before'the Grand Jury that Mrs. Barker said “ Oil don ’ t. ” Barker was alongside of me wheil she grabbed mo about the waist. J was told John Henry was In Brooks' house before I left home, Caroline Sutton was also there. William Sutton, a twelve-yeur-old colored boy. was next called. He is a cousin of the- prisoner. He testified that he wont up to where Mrs. Barker was lyinir after, the slioot- J ng-.a mUsaw.-.lQlmJlmucy 4 * tri ' * \ \ i told me she had .been shot, hniaclior. an eigl s with a baker named AARON ODELL INSANE. Sent to the Poughkeepsie Asylum. Aaron Odell, a well known carpenter hereabouts, residing at Greenville, was adjudged insane by Dr.' Charles E. Birch, of this village, and Dr. Todd, of Dobbs Ferry, hist week, and ho was ■committed to the Poughkeepsie Insane Asylum.. . „ .. . • . . Ho was suffering from paresis, and iinngined that he was to build trolley roads, extensive hotels, etc. \ “ Bob\ Blake Entertains the Prank ■Medium Club. .Kbbert-'Blfike;' tlio Weii-kuown hotel man, .entertained the Frank Medi um Club at the new hotel Which ho has just opened at the big. oak Iree junction north of tiie Rural Cemetery this week. A sn pft er. was se rved the club and every. - thing Was in season. ' Mr. Blake cannoF be beat with his Welsh: Rure-blta:; I\Iu- sic and song followed 1 ’ the reiiast. f oresters' Elootx Officers. White Plains Court has elected the following officers : Chief Ranger, E. J. Wilson ; Bub-Chief Ranger, John Gy Brown ; Financial Secretary, George E. Davis ; Treasurer, Charles A. Matthies; Senior Woodward, James Blake ; Junior Woodward, Francis J. Boyle ; Senior ’ Beadle, Jaines Murphy; Junior Beadle, John J. Reilly; Trustee, three years, David L. Martin. Tiie .Druggist, Physi- and recordin g se cyetaiy Will bo elected at the next meeting? Mrs. William M. Decker Dies SucUlenly. Mrs. William. M. Decker, who was a resident of White Plains duririg last Sumnier, staying at Mr. Gilbert ’ s, in Mamaronecklivenue, and also at the Carlyon Arms Hotel, died suddenly, ill New York last Wednesday. She was an attractive woman, about thirty-five years of age, and was esteemed by the many friends she made during her brief visit in town. Mrs. Decker ’ s maiden name was Gipsy Wyles. Her body was interred at Brimfield, Mass., on Saturday last. JAMES.-PERRIS ’ S BROTHER BURNED TO DEATH. Fatal Jersey City Fire. Thomas Ferris, a brother of James M-- Ferris, of Hamilton a venue, an employee at the Grand Central Depot, was burned to death in his home at Jersey City Inst Thursday night by the explosion of a lamp. He was alone in the house at the tiiqe of the accident. After the fire de partment had conquered the Haines Mr. Ferris was round on an upper floor in an unconscious condition. ' Funeral services wore heldbii Sunday. The sympathy of Mr. James Ferris ’ s many friends in White Plains go out to him in his affliction. The Bride and Groom Surprised. . Mr. George W. Brown and bri de rere given a most agreeable surprise Sunday evening, at the residence! of Pr. O. D..Kings ley, in,Broadway, by Mr ., Brown ’ s fellow teachers and \Officers of tliq Presbyterian Sunday School. , Mr. Brown was presented With a very handsome set of china dishes of over, ii hundred and fifty pieces, as a remem brance for his kind and faithful services in tlie church and Sunday-school. He has, for a number of years ’ , been - very active in all church affairs, and is highly esteemed by those who know him, Ho is the committee of Y. M. O. A., and is ; } of the leaders who hope to make the-Young Men ’ s Christian Association White Plains a success. ’ The presentation speech was made in behalf of 'the Sunday-school by , Mr. Henry O. Sniffin, editor of tho Mt.. Yemon Aryu.s, Mr. Brown responded' in ,a few well chosen words and thanked his friends for their kindness and good will toward him. say. y after tho' shooting. CarOllifts Hutld After John Ho. ho .went in.tho out. Ho was., thing, but: I do tit ....... — -- ----- \ thoui , coming She sulci : ho slops and sho started Ho Mr: __ _ _ _ Bu rk or ; sho lmcl hold of li lm; site wanted him to stop; she Htid lihii by the left arm; ho waa trying to get away. Gain- line Sutton was ulopgsldu of Mrs. Barker, she had hold of him unci in comparty with an other wyman was trying to get her away. The Helping Huud Circle Passed Sympathetic Resolutions. White Plains; N< Y. , Now 27th, 1896. At a regular-stated meeting of the Helping Hand Circle, No. 888, Com panions of the Forest, held on Friday evening, November 27th, 1896, Mrs. J. J. Haley, Chief . Companion, presiding, tiie following resolutions were adopted: ' Whefeak; ‘ It 'liiis ' pleaMed Almighty God in hia infinite wisdom to remove from our midst the beloved wife of our thy and faithful companion,' George E. Davis. ( . Resolved,' That this circle express their deepest sympathy for the grief- stricken family in this, their hour of bereavement, and extend their heart felt condolence in their sorrow, in the hope that knowledge of others sharing their sorrow 1 'may , in some degree, tend to lighteii the iiffijction under Which the family are now. suffering. Also, Resolved, That a copy of ‘ these reso lutions be sent to the family of tho de ceased and spread upon the minutes .. of the meeting and in all tlie local papers. ..-A, L.-HOPKINS. Recording Secretary. “ Mrs; — Reynal — Sends — Hope — Engl ne Gonipuny M^ Reynal has sent Hope Engine Company a check for $25 ■ for respond ing to a fire alarm at ’ her , county seat recently. ______ - ' You can get Beadleston ’ s & Woerz ’ s ex- 'tra dark beer, especially brewed for the holiday trade, at Franz ’ s bottling works, Grove street. ' _ ' : Santa Claus is .at the New York Dry Goods Co.'s with a stock of dry goods as this town.-has ever before seen. Quan tity is not its only charm; style and cheapness, all combined make it a col lection of goods that appeal to the mind, the eye and the pocket. The store is a 'veritable treasure house. Gifts orna mental, gifts useful, or gifts, that are both at prices startling fronvjbhe unit of value up. to hundreds of dollars.-- - 7 CHRISTMAS AT ST. JOHN ’ S. AT ST. JOHN ’ S CHURCH. On-Xmas nioraing the masses will be as follows: The first mass, a high mass, will be sung by Father Mac- Arau at 4:80. - The second mass will be at' 6, the third at 7, the fourth at 8.80, and at 10.80 a solemn high mass will be sung by Father Kelly, assisted by dea con and sub-deacon. Short ..sermons 'will he preached at all the masses. The • sermon \ at the late mass :.will he de livered by Rev. P. H. Casey, S. J. , of Woodstock, Md.,, an eloquent preacher • of the Jesuit Order, who has beeu.es- pecially engaged by Father Kelly for the occasion. Under the direction of Prof. Carpen ter the members of St. John ’ s choir, are making elaborate'-preparations for the festival-of the- Nativity,- and; judging from the organ rehearsals of the. past moutli, there is good and sufficient rea- son tq,believe t^iiit. a musical treat is in store for the faithful, at Xmas.' St. Clak ’ s* mass in rendered. . On Sunday, December 27, the church celebrates-the feast of St--John, aposr- tle and evangelist. This being the pU- tronal feast of St John ’ s, special-ser^ vices will mark the day. ..The music of Xmas, presided over by Prof. Caiqien- ter, will be repeated. The late mass, a solemn high muss, will be sung bj r Rev. Father Kelly,, who will-be , assisted by the usual number df clergymen The sermon will bo delivered by Rev. Father Livingstone, of the Seminary, one of the ablest preachers in the archdiocese Engineer Hartman has engaged coun- sel to begin a suit against the village to recover moneys alleged to be due on his engineering services in Railroad avenue paving contract. He wants $5,0.00. . Messrs. Long, Miller and Thompson say • ho is entitled to $400. In New York City, Engineer Hartman is said to have neglected his work on Hawthorne street, absenting himself for six weeks. He is to be investigated. iired. .... . ........... . women.separated fn iired. - John Ben j. Hobby in part:: ..A fter i ‘ Murphy ’ s. He ilon \ lie raised the gun tlie Mrs. Barker and lie rroborated the witness n shnottmr lio wo nt to Mrs., oard his mother'Shy ‘ \Oli tied a ed...................... had n v wounds. '> Deeoas four Incho of tlie ‘ jeveiitli mid jf tlio rib was exhlb- ... . .ound over right eye and contused wound on side of Head. Tlie shot in back had made a hole thr and carried away eighth yib. A port itod in- court. ’ , Priscilla Brooks, aged 73 year, said she ad vised driving John lien. Barker out of the house when sho saw him going in. John Henry and Ids wife hud often hud spats. ••That's nothing uncommon in 'The HHlsGfor husband and wife to quarrel, is it?\ quexlod Lawyer Hunt. • “ Nothing •whorei\ - * 3 r ' Charles Brown, an old-time Harlem Railroad employe, who years ago had charge of the White Plains section ’ of _ . . .. that linerhas beeii secured Yark and ElmsfordcRailrond-people-to take charge of the trolley extensions and generalimproveinent of the road. Mr. Brown resides, with Mr, V Anthony Daly, of William street. —Mr. William Wallace and the Misses Wallace, who have-- been board ers at the Carlyori Arms the past several season#, wjll, spend the Winter at New York a nd Boston. u details. llozeklah Hobby swore ho saw. Barker re turn to ids own house.after being at Brooks’ , and return with a gun. Thereafter lie heard a scutllo in Brooks' and then Mr. Burkercamo out. Barker grabbed Ids wife aud asked Ii to go home. - Mrs. Hobby rim between\ ’ ana asked thorn to stop.- Mrs. Barker When twenty feet away slid was shot. I hoard Barker say, “ 1 kilfod her and am glad of it. ” He said ho would kill hrinsolf. He urged Mrs. Barker to go home. He said their baby was crying. After tlie shooting he, got me to got tlio baby's bottle und-ilx -it. I-saw. a razor dii ids hand. He felt of Ids throat and threatened..to kill himselfi Before tlie shooting I was given a gun and told not to let Barker in Mrs. Brooks ’ house. • Geo. Blessing, a baker at Silver Lake, swore Barker tiireatened to kill “ him when he tried to raise Mrs. Barker after the shooting. James Murphy saw the prisoner smoking and . unconcerned after killing. Squire Archer, of Kensico, told how Barker threatened to kill him the Sun day previous when he was about to take his wife home. > Nyack officers then swore as toarrest- ing the prisoner. \ The pris&her ’ s defense was accidental shooting. This morning tlie case was gummed up by District . Attorney Andrews and David Hunt, Esq. Justice Gaynor,then defined the, law, and after a brief al.)Hem;e Jjie jury.- ren •dered tlie'verdict a# a bove g iven. Blake ’ s NeW Hotel. The many friends of Robert Blake, ai: bid-time\Irarpisit' U i.^ a-host of friends hereabouts, will be pleased to le; he has established a .road-house at .the end of'Broadway, near the Old Oak tree. Mr. Blake no doubt will make his enterprise a ‘ success. He is. a land 40 rd who believes in:a well-kept, • or derly hofjterly, just what wayfarers want when out for an evening's aniuse ment or a chat by the way. f Inlhe Rosedale Chapel last Sundds', ai Eiiglish missionary, the Rev. Mr. Miner, officiated. Later he visited the prisoners in tho County Jail, ^ . The Rye praying band conducted the exercises in the Lake Street Chapel on Sunday. ____ j . ______ • Brother D. II. Smith will lead the meeting to-morrow (Wednesday) even ing, at the' mission over Hopper ’ s gro cery store. A cordial invitation is giveii to all. ' • . ■ - - . The Water Works telephone is now tested three timesfylaily. PERSONAL ITEMS. MissQuirilan, of ' Hoosick Falls', j£f» spendfufl ^two weeks' vacation at John RAjveeny ’ s, Railroad Aye. -I.) Rev -Father Albinger was the guest of Mrs. George Franz and other White -PlainrfHehds yesterday. — Miss Bina Actqn$pf . William_Street, will spend the holidays with friends in Boston. Miss Kittie Welsh, of Grove Street, has returned from a visit.to'Jcity friends. — Rev. Wm. Livingstone will preach at the 10:30 b ’ clock mass in St. John ’ sCli ’ ch. . Harry Comstock entertained the members of the Terpsichorean Club ,at his home on Cottage place, Tuesday evening, — Mrs. H. T. Montgomery is fast re covering froifi her long illness: — — r — Mr. Ed>va\*d. Townsend, the local Indian hunter and scout, who belongs to the school-ship St. Mary, was in town Sunday. — Mrs. John C. Verplffnck has returned from her visit among friends BfonxviUe. f ' — Miss Maud Le Valley has gone to spend the holidays with friends Staten Island. ' -Mr. William Coates, of local foot ball fame, has again taken-up liis i deuce in White Plains. — Mr. John A. Rend, of Broadway home for the holidays. — Mi-. Alexander Henderson is attend ing one of the New .York Military Schools. — The following, who. are attending the numerous colleges, have returned to gpelid the holidays:' Albert Comstock, Princeton; Charles' Kingsley, West' Jersey Academy; Chester Cromwell, New York Military AcHdemy-; Emmet .Digney and Eugene Curtis; Andover. - ' IN THE SUPREME COURT. Ill an action brought by Peter Mc Curdy, against Peter Reilly, to recover $297 for hotel interests at Pleasantville, the jury rendered a verdict, for $336.32 counter-claim for six months ’ ^C services. William Popham Platt rep resented the defendant. The jury found a verdict for $50 against L&vorjonan. Arickson, of Ma- maronepk, because he kept a horse owned by Philo W ; Bates, of Nonvalk^ wiiich-had been left at Ariekson ’ s stable by a man nnmecl Ross; who was sell ing tomb-stories for the plaintiff. • Felix \Murray vs. Delia Healey arid nno., of /Yonkers. Action on a note. Verdicts for. plaintiff for the full amount, $117.46. v Delia Cuinniings.ra servant, girl , \ylm sued Amirintiia Merritt, of ' MuiiYaro- fieck, her employer, for assault follow ing discharge, was allowed $10.- - - In action brought by Janies H. Casey gainst Herbert T. Jonnings r t-n recover for work done on houses for - one Yarn- all, at Mt. Vernon, who abandoned tho work, a vefdict was given for the de fendant. Citptain Clinchy, of Harrison, .got . a judgment pf $470.22 against the Con- necticu.t Indemnity Company. He was insured for $1,000, ancFftnder the policy he had a fight to withdraw and got a rebate. William A. ' Woodworth rep resented the company and Willianr P. iero, Captain Clinchy. Alice A. 8inith-roceiv ed a ve rdict for $3,075 against the Supreme Council Royal Arcanum. Hoi- husband, who was insured for $3,000, was sent to an insane asylum and died The com pany claimed ho lot the insurance pay ments lapse. She proved she called re peatedly at the collector's office to pay. For being thrown from a furniture orassing- ihe — Westchpater Electri c Rai lway: Company trafeks at:;: Willininsbridge, Lawrence McDonald received a verdict of $850. Michael Fealey •received $750. Thej' were rnn into by ad/rolioy nar. Trains Not Running. ’ Christmas and New Year's the follow ing trains .will not run between New York and White Plains: From New York 7*. 80 a. m. and 4.56 and 5.35 p. un To New York 5.85, ' 6.86, !tM and 8.89 A iietition by Lexington Avenue resi dents remonstrates against theliospital being located tliereon. Youcaaget Beadleston & Woerz ’ s ex tra dark beer, especially brewed for the holiday trade, at Franz ’ s bottling works, Grove Stre et. The Welsh-Beck nuptials at Grace church, New York, January 6th. A True Word Needs . (H Ii GKRAT ReduGtion Sale OM ALI a Winter Clothing, BegintiiHg Saturday, Dec. and ending Jan. 1, Means BARGAINS for YOU. The mild weather has kept many froin purchasing their Wintec Clothing. Cold weather is sure to come and hero -is a Gknd, Op portunity- to;-preparo you'rflolf at LITTLE EXPENSE; .... _ --- -------- - mmm Black Overooat, $3.98. Ulster, $2.90. From Saturday, Dec. 12, : an ^ “ tln ? Jan. 1^, we give you froni out regular One Price, marked plain o^ all Clothing; A Reduction of 10 Per Cent This is no Bankrupt Sale, ConHignmeriTBalGor any other Fake Sale, bub * REAL REDUCTION SALE, to reduce our stock before taking our inventory January 1, 1897. To see these 'goods and prices, .is nll tjmt is necessary to.conr-f' Vince you. \ .. Richard Leary, of Central avenue, has been appointed a fireman on the N. Y. C. & H. Ii. R. R., arid will he located tempo;, jnrily at Albany, N. Y. ' The snow storm of last Tuesday night arid Wednesday was the heaviest in veral years. A New York,Elmsford & Wh ite Plains trolley car jumped the track near the Fair Grounds duririg the storm on Wed nesday: - To LET — Rooms to let in the Tesaoj;q , building, on Rabb it ; street.. C ottage , 8 rooms, all improvements, to let on Grove street. Inquire at . this office. B arn To L et , 3 stalls, fnqure at “ Argns; ’ office , . \-i . - \ r - • MiV» BRADY, of WestchestOi' - ave- nn^ will give lesson# on piano and dancing at her. home or pupil ’ s resi dence. .Terms reasonalile. ■ ' Florence Cave has been discharged from the White Plains Hospital. It will be remembered she was severely burned at her: Mamaroneck' avenue home some months ago, - From Piqua, O., last Thursday, Chns. Weaver; of Spring street, trustee of the Odd Follaws' Mutual Aid and Accident Association,, received $8,000. for Mrs. Frank A. Morrell, death benefit dtie her on deatji of her late husband. Last .. Wednesday evening White Plains Lodge, F.& A. M. ,re-elected Fred erick Ranscht, Master for another year. Later Bro. Samuel C. vMiller presented him with a diamond stud. Mr. Ranscht declining to serve, Ernest B. Prior was elected Master; J CORPORATION NOTICE. ■ Notice is hereby given that the. Board of Trustees of the Village of White Plains have completed their review of the roll of lateral sewer # assessinents for Greenridge avenue and Park avenue sewers, and have .approved and con firmed the same; and that said roll has been delivered to the Village Clerk, and will remain at his offi ce, Railroad ave nue, open for public inspection for fif teen (id) days from December 19th, 1896. Dated White Plains, N. Y., December 12, 189,0. By order of tho Board of Trustees. - ' SAMtjEL C. M iller ,*. . President. w&b B. SUTHEBLAND, Village Clerk. 3w2 t^yA Cheviot Suit, $3.90. Stout Man ’ s Suit, $4.98. Paul Phicus, Opposite Court House, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y,
