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CATSK NTAIN NEWS. VOL. VIIL—NO. 44. MABGAKETVXLLE, N\ Y., TIIUKSDAY, OCTOBER f), 1902. WHOLE NO., 407. II PACK!\ SAID THE DUCKS. BEN AMD THE FOX. THEY MADE \THE MEWS\ MAM UNCOMFORTABLE. The Story of a Jaunt Over the Hills and Along the Plattekill—Some New Kingston Folks. Since assuming control of this pa.per In Junelabt, a.nd especially In view of the cordial troutuient and geneious suppoit accorded me during Uie three raonthe that It has been under my management, I have had a great detire to gel out and beoome boltw acquainted with tbo terri- tory surrounding Margaretvllle and with the people » hose names are both on and off THE Nitws' subscription list. LftBt week by the aiquireniontof needed help in the office I was enabled to begiu the weukly trips that I hope to continue through the lull and wJut\i\. To the observing one such trips are full of pleasure. The close contact with . nature In its varying moods, the glimpses of heme life on the farm, the hoarse caw of the crow as ho drifts lazily over head, turn mellow note of chanticleer thatconies to you (torn Ike.Hold over on the hillside, all serve to Inspire a fellow and to give hlin IdeuE that never reach him In the pent-up office. The weather on Fiiday morulug was anything but promising, but_ with a de- toradoatlon to \go it, wot or dry,\ 1 turned old \Luce with the doctor's best buggy attached, up Walnut street with New Kingston as my destination, and as I rode along this Fifth avenue of the Pearl of the Oatskllls and saw the beauti- ful homes on tither side I bulged out in all dlreollons with a feeling of pil is thin. collapsed like a paper bag when I ! bought of the aire Stamford puts on. When new the top of the hill I slopped to take a bil'sf look backward and was cn- chauted with the panorama spread before tie'. The villago lay at my feet like a fairy playground, with Pakatakan and Big Indian standing l'ke dumb sen- tries on guard, and tho seeuo preseuted Was too beautiful for descilptlon. After a short ohat with William Alcerly, Whose homestead nestles on tho hillside near by, \Luce\ completed a light lunch by the sldo of tho road and with I ho slant In lior tall favoring tho southeast by a few points took mo ouwaid to tho hand- somo home of W, P, VuuBonsehoton, who pays lib taxes and has money to burn from his sales of cauliflower. His sou, Orson, told uie that this year's crop would amount to between 400 and BOO barrels, which find a ready sale at $4 00 per barrel. Just think of this pickle tim- ber lying around loose up there! jMr. VanBeisehoteu will winter 20 cows, mostly grade Jerseys, IB sheep and four horses. Instead of hauling bis milk to tho oreamory ho converts it Into golden butter that llnds a ready sale In New York al fancy prices. He foods little grain, the cows Uniting sufficient suste- nance and solace In tho trimmings from the cauliflower. As his farm is 2160 foot up In the air his butter Is always cool, As J left the place a glance to the light disclosed something that looked like one of Gerry's couching parties over on tho new load leading to Bull Bun. Thinking I would ilud material for the \personal\ column I drove over to Investigate. What I took for u, tally-ho proved to be one of tho town's road workers with six borsos attached to It aud attended by Robert Scott, Will Seolt, \Ort\ Dolamelor, \Al\ More and Ward Lu.sh.or , all of whom wore engaged lu a noble effort to make the road better. After making another gratifying addi- tion to the subscription list, I again headed for tliu second Kingston that found a place on tho map through tho heroic efforts of the Dutchmen whom tho detested Roduoute drove from the first How a Marauding Reynard Got Pumped Full of Lead. The pelt of a fox swings with the O jfober winds In front of Hardenberg'e feed store on Main street, and thereby hangs a tale and a tall. Attached to the pelt Is a eard bearing this legend: A WEEK IN MARGARETYILLE. I DONE IT. BEIT. Now, Ben, like John Gilpin's good wife, has a \frugal mind,\ Between raising grain In the raw state on his farm on the Beaverklll aDd selling It out at retail In this village lie leads a life that wo:ild look well on the first page of tho Lkitmfry (knlkmvm wMi a border aiouod It- Ben spent last week on his farm help- ing the boy cut corn, and while the rhoumatWtn pianoed up and down his aiiaeand through his joints ho delved among the golden ears and watched tho squirrels steal his crop of butternuts or heard tho boy tell of the cunning old fox that was trying to- make an anie- morhmi dinner off the prize turkey that was I oiug especially fattened for the Ilardenburg thunksglvlng. The harder Ben worked tho more was he exasperated by the conviction that while he was trying to savo at the bung- hole the squirrels and the fox were hold- ing high carulva.1 at tho epiggot, and with coal going up and oats coming dow n lie BIG AND LITTLE EVENTS OF SEVEN DAYS THAT ARE GONE. Inter Red Cross Auxiliary to Meet- An national Money Order Office. Local Cliit Chat. Eells would like to do job printing. Saturday, October 11 is the first regis- tration day. Don't forget it. Take Turn NEWS and New York Thrlce- a-Weak World— both one year for jfd.CB. Frank Edwards billed a line black squirrel near the Kaufman place Monday morning. Henry O miter has the now pitusza on the front of Don L. Stewart's house well under way. The hallway of the engine house Is be- ing decorated by Homer Shaver aud as- sistants. George II. Hewitt is having anew foundation constructed under his barn on Ballroad avenue The oondltion of Miss Anna Dickson, who lias been 111 for so long a llme.sbows slight improvement. Liouis Kaduis, clerk at the Halperu store, loaves to-morrow for Now York to remain over Sunday. George Gillespie has resigned his posi- tion as clerk at the Bouton House aud Is succeeded by H. T. Becker. A horse belouglug to Dr. O. 8. Allaben died on Thursday night and now sleeps with a long Hue of speedy ancestors. Neil Muiin and Samuel Bartow went to PERSONAL MENTION. Weekly NOTES FROM TWIN VILLAGES. foil that something must be done. , Walu>n on Sttt(U . da y to 8ponu tho weeU Beginning with the squirrels heslaugh- tered three like a Comanche Indian going through a band of home missionaries. The next day he started for Iteynard. The dog ran him awhile, but tho wily fox \doubled\ on his pursuers and got away. He was started again the following morn- ing, but lu jumping the wrong way ho ran up against a speedy finish. Leaving the trull at a fatal moment he bounded over a brush fence Into an open field and almost landed in Ben's arms. Tho litter was overcome with astonish- ment, but promptly recovering he brought the old family blunderbus (of the vintage of 1701) to bear and put Reynard's hind end out of commission, though his powers of navigation were not wholly Impaired. With the aid of what legs he had left lie sought a moro retired position and pliyed \Sweet Marie\ with his ore paws on his nose, while Ben pumped three more Invoices of load iuto him. And being a fox with nothing particularly abnormal about him he died on the spot. Ben says he doesn't know yet whether ha will have the pelt made Into a boa for his mother-in-law or use It for a ool- lender, for which it seems best adapted. THE DEATH RECORD. one. Just over the hill I met Mr. A. J, Olds- holra, who was jogging contentedly along on his way to Margarotvlllcv Ho had heard of Tun Niaws and was ready to ad- mit that it was all right, but lie said he had never tuken any of tho county papers beoauso he had heard that one could never got thorn stopped. When ho became oonvlnood that he could slop Turn NBWH without tho aid of a orowbur he joined the throng of happy subscribers und passed along with the air of a man who had gono down Into tho jawB of death und got back. The next man 1 met was John Elliott, u staunoh frlond of Tun Nmwa and one of Now Kingston's foremost farmers. Au I hud the doctor's rig I felt somewhat em- harassed by tho ruckut that oniuuatod from tho tail-enil of John's wagon, but I j'nll. boiler when lie told mo that he was fjrily tailing soum Foklu ducks to market Jqr'hla Ifltlo apn, llnlo G. The bid, who lit only til yours old, ruined 70 of theso b)rds lust summer, most of which he sold lu Griffin Corners at 14 cents per pound, ami the iwuiuotls represent a sub- stantial addition to the little fellow's bunk account. Mr, Elliott keeps a largo Hock of buns, and he says they paid bettor the past summer thii.ii his cows. Ho paid a dollar lu advance for his Nuv'M with the remark that lie didn't see how the mil lor could curry a thousand or two rtiilif.ioi•Ilium on ills list and wall a year for his pay, John can udo tut i a gun barrel if tho primer la plugged up I My next oiicoiuiinr was at thu uoisy little IMW.II ! of Robert Dlukinrui, who rali a ii.-. the oholcout vegetables for the Mai'imrotvlllo uiiukut and smokes his pipe lu unruffled meditation while the .vJwIU'M Mi /toii'tt Jtwi/Hi Those Who Have Answered the Reaper's Final Summons, Mrs. Anna G. Paddock died in Boston Thursday, October ii, and her remains were brought to Do hi for interment In Wood lawn Cemetery beside her husband. Mrs. Paddock was a sister of George Gordon of Delhi, aud speut tho sum- mer at the Gordou residence there. Archibald Aimstrong, aged 78 years, died at Delhi September 28. Ho was born in Gllbou, Bcliohuilo County, and wont to Walton with his parents when a mere child. Ills mother died u few years later and ho made his homo with his brother, Robert, aud remained In the family up to his death. \Archie as he wus familiarly known, was a bachelor, and a carpenter by trade. Ho went to California in 1851 and acquired a compe- tency In gold mining, He was a man of sterling Integrity and worth, a firm fi land, a safe counselor, always roady to assist In tho growth aud development of Delhi, lie had been a great sufferer from asthmii, and suffered from Internal injuries re- ceived by the fall of a tree. An attack of acute Blight's disease mimed his death. The funeral took place at tho residence.of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert Armstrong, Dr, F. H. Seeloy of the Sec- ond Prosbylorluu Church, oillclatlng, Now Advertisements. Halporn Brothers have another Inter- esting luinouiiocmont this week, whleli will be found on thu fourlh pane. Samuel Koni of Arkvlllo has just re- turned from New York with a big stock of winter clothing, felts, rubber goods, dry goods, hosiery, undcrwoar, olo, He utirrles u Hue of thu bust groom ion and says they cuunot be bouton. Boooud page. K. U. Dickson of Arena cults attention to a full and ooiriplolo Bloalc of gonoral mcrohuudlno. Just now tho domaud is for rubber goods and shoes, Ho carries a stock of llto best mado. His groceries uro tlie bust Unit money can buy. Cull uud make an Inspection. Sooond page, 8. T. Whipple of Arkvlllo tulles about air-light stoves In ills now udv, on the third pngo tills week., Coal Issuiircio and muuy will hnvu to bum wood thin winter, Tliniio stoves will be found \Jmil. thu ticket\ for burning the big chunks anil kcuplug a lire all night. Mention this paper when calling. WHERE THE STORK HAS BEEN, Olive Branches Dropped hi Varlotm Places by This (Joint Nulured Bird. At I heir home on lluokloberry Hill oil' Monday, October 0,a duugliber was born to Mr. and Min, Heth Tu.lt , in delivering Munu pianos sold lo parties In that seel Ion. The Halporn Brothers have sold tho horse owned by them for several years past and purchased a fine roador from Jerome Dickson. The regular monthly mooting of the Red Cross Auxiliary will be held at the homo of Mrs. O. J. Dickson on Tuesday ovenlng, October 14, at 7,30. On account of the Jewish Atonement Day tho clothing store of Joe Silbert will bo closed from 6 p, ra. on Friday to 0. p. m. on Saturday of this week. Ii. M. Dolameter has on hand anew supply of Persian paste cream for chap- ped hands and faces. .Mo sells It In quantities to suit or applies it when ho shaves you. Howard Hewitt has commenced au apprenticeship in the jowolry store of G, W. Stewart, under whose tutelage he will In course of time become a full- Hedged watch maker. Wo are pleased to announce that Will- iam Muuglo, Jr., has sufficiently recov- ered from his reoeut long-continued at- tack of rheumatism to bo ublo to attend to business In his oflloo. Dignities uro being heaped thick and fust upon the Margarolville post office. Iu addition to being classed lu tho third grade, It was recently made au interna- tional money order olllce. A coaching party made up of Robert Uorry and friends passed through Mar- garolville on Friday en route to Lake Delaware, where they arrived about 0.80 p, in., having driven from Klngalon. A largo Installment of pipe has arrived for the now gus plant und tho work of plplug buildings for tho introduction of the now illumiuaut goes merrily on, The People's Dank Is to bo lighted by It. Mr. Fi lsbee of the Arkvlllo add factory has purchased a fine hay hoi no of John T. McDonald of Delhi, which was deliver- ed on Tuesday. Tho horse is 10 hands high and weighs about 1,600 pounds. 0, D, Sanford of Railroad avenue, who has long Buffered with rhoumullsiu, con- templates a visit to u suullui'lum lu the hope of securing relief, He has not de- cided where ho will go. Mrs, Sanford will iiocompiiiiy hi in. Nell Munu last week sold a lino Munu piano to S. F. Dexter of Frauklln, the latlcr apparently acting on the theory that, as Ills wife Is a Murgarolvlllo lady, nothing but an Instrument of home pro- duction was good enough for lior. Mis, Hattle Show entorlalned a num- ber of friends at her pleasant homo, Arkvlllo, Monday ovonlng. Diuiulng was tho order of the evening. Street's or- chestra furnish oil the musle, A num- ber from Marguirolvlllo was lu attend aiioe. A strange dog about tho slzo of a Jersey oalf made his appourunuo on our streets Sunday, but after a • br(ef luterviow with I'Duutly'' Allaben (about as big as a elilua toiippi) ho lit out for the Plattekill like a ward boss gnlng to a Donioorutlo ouu- aus, wiioroupon \Dandy\ sloped forhouio with tho consciousness of a duty well done, Charles Gorsoh lo showing some hand- some urlotypos at his store on Main street that will prove a trout to lovers of art. ''The Horse Fair,\ \Tho Kiilurn from tlio Fair,\ from Rosa Bouiiour'o fumotis ptvlullngB, and \Iu a Fix\ aro plotui'os that everybody will want to have framed aud hung on tho parlor wn.il . <h> and look at thom. Mlso Nell Gorsuli lu In New York tills week to buy now liulis, trimmings, oto., tot' Mrs. 'M, Youtigiuun, thu Walnut utrent milliner. Mm. Youitginun,owing topoor hnullh, in oloslug out lior stock of milli- nery and other goods at pi Icon lb at n.i'o very nUraotlvu to those who call and I unpen it, and lu order to keep lier stock moving Mho ourrlni! everything that In latest und bent In hot' lino, Record of Those Who Come and Go. —A. S. Scott was at Griffin Corners on Saturday. —C. W. Jenkins of Denver was In town on Saturday. —Dr. J. W. Telford was in New King-1 ston on Friday. —T. O Banker of Griffin Corners was iu Margaretvllle on Wednesday. —Jay Hawver of Andes was a social visitor from Andes on Fiiday. —E. E. Hastings of Bovine was a guest at the Ackerly on Sunday. --Justice Hubbell of Kelly Oorneis was a caller in town on Saturday. —John M. Bllsh of Flolshmaniis was a business caller in town on Tuesday. —Mrs. John Street returned from a visit with Deposit friends on Monday. —Joshua Kelley and lady of Beaverklll registered at the Ackerly on Saturday. —Mr. and Mrs. James Mungle aro vis- iting friends at Mt. Upton and Edmeston. —B. F. Hardenburgh spout a portion of last week al his home on tho Beaver- klll. —Rev. James W. Cox of Bovlna Centre was registered a t tho Ackerly on Mon- day. —Mrs. J. E. B. Hill and sou, T. B. HIU, speut Sunday among friends luShan- daken, —James Avery of Dry Brook was among the out-of-town people here o:i Monday. —G. C aud Augusta Ballard of Hal- oottvllle were registered at Hotel Bouton Tuesday. —Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Roberts of Denver called on Margaretvllle friends on Tuesday. —Attorneys M. H. Dean and W. H. Allaben scrutinized titles along Mill Brook on Friday. • —Mrs. Agnes Shaver of Shavertown was a guest of her sister,' Mrs. C. J. Dickson, on Monday. —John Elliott of Now King (ton was among out-of-town business callers in Margaretvllle on Friday. WHAT IS GOING ON AT FLEISCH- MANNS AND GRIFFIN CORNERS. Recovering -Plaintiff Wins -Masons' Ef- forts to Have a Home Lodge. \ Recollections.\ MrP. Sldcl left for the city en Tuesday morning. Postmaster Mayes was lu Margaret- ville on Monday. Lawyer Howe is In Schoharie County J Mrs. T. B. Hill 1 left towu on Satur- day for a visit of two weeks or more among friends In Danbury, Conn. —Miss Nellie Colo of New York Is spending her vacation with hor parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cole, of this village. —Miss Alum Loudon, one of the faculty of the Grlfilu C>rnoia school, was tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Muuglc over Suuday, —Miss Edith Henderson, who Is em- ployed at the Edgorton House, Delhi, visited her parents lu this villago during the past week. —Miss May Barnum, who has been employed at Munn's music store during the past summer, last week returned to her home lu Ollvera. —T. O. Gilchrist, Oharlos Ferguson uud John MeSpIrlt, Wcatoru Uuiou line- men, wore In to,vu this wook making repairs to tho company's property In this vicinity. —James F. Dwyor, managor of the Downs House lu Downsvllle, was a guest at tho Aokoily ou Sunday aud Monday uud shook hands with many old friends and well wishers. —A, J. Osboru, who has been absent at North Tarrytowu during tho past six months, bus returned to Margaretvllle and will spend tho winter with us, —Justice D. W. Shaw of Delhi, with his brother, R, L. Shaw of Ilamdou, were lu town on Saturday, tho former uotlug as auctioneer at Austin's stile of horses on that day. —David Moro of Bangor, Pouua.; Mrs. O. M. Preston ot Kingston, and Mrs, Ella Rose uud son, Charlos It., of liock Island, III, brother, sisters and uopliow of Mrs. G. G. Decker, have beau guests at her ploasaut homo lu this vil- lago during tho past wook, —Frank Gladstone of Andes was lu Margiirotvllio on Tuesday ou Ids way to Northport, L, I., where he assumos an editorial position with the Ed Thomson Law Publishing Cdmpany. Mr. Glad- stone graduated from tho Albany Law School last June with the degree of LL.D. this week attending county court. Work has commenced on the frame for John Green's new hou e. Olem Wilson left on Tuesday for Sbo- IIMI, where he will spend the winter. When finished tho now collage of Prank Van will be one of the finest iu this vi- cinity. The cottages, we are Informed by Su- perintendent Bllsh, are all rented for next, summer. Attorney J. L. Koator returned home last week after au absence of several days on legal business. Rev. Mr. Vaughn was In Kingston during the week iu attendance upon the dlstiict conference. 'Squire TenBroeck will harvest about 35 bushels of choice apples grown ou his place lu this village. The now Iron bridge for the crossing near the Flelschmanus hotel has arrived and will be put up at ouco. On Monday Superintendent Blish in- jured a valuable hor^o while al woik ou the foundation of Elmer Jenkins' house. D. Slover spent several days last, wook iu Poughkoepsle, whore he was a former resident during a peiiod of twelve years. The suit between George Hunt, plain- tiff, and J. L. Todd, defendant, before W. A. TenBroeck, Esq., resulted lu a verdict for the plaintiff. Mrs. J. M. Hicks is remodeling her store and making many Improvements. Cicsby Kelly Is doing the carpenter work and B. Mayes the painting. A \poem\ ou our third page to-day tolls about a call made by two young gentlemen iu Grlfilu Corners. During the latter part of tho winter Dr. O. J. Hlllls will bo absent from tho village about six weeks In Baltimore, Md., whore ho will take a course of lect- ures in the Johns Hopkins University. Among the guests still rusticating hi tho mountains are tho Mioses Hattle Kahu aud Rise Waller, both of New York. They aro soon to depart for their city homos. Thoy have hud a pleasant time ut the Craudall hoinoslead. The oondltion of Samuel Woolheater, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, is very gratifying to his physl dans and friends, und a com- plete recovery Is assured. The stitches were removed from the wound yesterday. One of our shrewd residents thinks ho has secured four tous ot opal for winter use. It will cost him a goodly figure uud he will have to pay tho added ex- pense of hauling It from a distant lowu. Still, he says ho might better do this than freeze to death, Efforts aro being made to establish a Masonic lodge at the Corners. From thirty to forty of tho present members of the Margiirotvllio lodge who llvo In this end of the town are lu favor of such a move. Should the charier be grunted tho sum of about $1100 will at once bo fortheoming to furnish and equip a lodge room, BO tliut uo dobt would be Incurred In tho bogliiulug. One member hue offered to contribute ifltll) toward the fund. POST OFFICE THIEVES. They Visit Hancock and Secure $1,200 Worth of Plunder. The po3t olllce at Hancock was robbed on Wednesday night and the burglars secured $1,000 worth of stamps and $200 In cash. The authorities have no clew as to who the burglars are, but It is thought that they are the same cues who entered the post office at Stamford some lime ago. The burglars first broke Into a barn belonging to a man named Wheeler, near tho post office, and secured fifteen horse FROMALLABOUTTHECOUNTY MINOR ITEMS THAT ARK GLEANED FROM OUR EXCHANGES. blankets. They then went to tho post f office and forced open the fi out door. They bored holes into the door or the large steel safe and blew It open with nitroglycerine. Tho blankets they hud takeu from tho Wheeler barn wore used to deaden the sound of the explosion and the door was blown to fragments. After securing the stamps aud money that wore lu tho safe the burglars returned the blankets to the Wheeler barn aud made their escape. The people lu the vicinity of the post offloq hoard nothing of the explosion and nothing was known of the robbery until tho next morning at about 7 o'clock, when tho postal clerk, Paul Givern, went to open the office. He then found the front door open and the safe ruiued. He at once notified Postmaster Williiun Hall, who iu turn notified the police. The authorities lu Washington were also notified. The gang consisted of lour, three young men aud one older of stocky build. All wore dark clothes. Thoy c.ime to Cadosia on train 1 from Walton Tuesday after- noon, paying faro ou the train. Hero thoy hung around until about 7.30, when thoy wont to the village. During their stay at Cadosia Ticket Agent Charles L Read cashed their drawbacks, only one man coming Into the depot. At 8 30 one of the parly bought a bicy- cle lamp of E. B. Taibox, J.\ at the hardware store of McGlbbou &, Tarbox ; this was since found ut the Oadoaia yards. Tho fore part of the ulghl they ooncoalod thomselves in a box car near theEiin depot, whore the paper box was found which had contained the bicyclo lamp; 11 Now York Cjutral Railroad timetable; also throe New York daily papers were found lu tho cur. VILLAGE MATTERS. -Bills HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. Cniclest Shooting. Ouo day lust wo*k while CophUfl Yun- Alkon was oatlug his dlnuorho was Btait- lod by hourlng the report of a gun and a crash against the sldo of tho building, Mr. YunAlkon occupies tho tool houso on tho road abovo Akorly's gravel bank. Simon Dlnglo was passing the building ou his way to the woods lu search of gnmo aud thought ho would tost his skill as a marksman, u.tlng tho tool house for a target, Fortunately for Ouptius the boards on tho side of tho building were ot sulUolunt thloitnoso to prevout the charge of shot from going through and he escaped Injury, Firing at suppoBiid vu- uunt buildings lo. a uommoii pruotioo among some hunlors and Is a most dnug- uroitu one. II uiuy not bo generally kuowu, but tho law provides a heavy lino to bo imposed em any one oouvlotud of sucli gross enroll wan 01111. luiit.ully Killed. Albert Thomsoi, who was employed as Ilrn11111.11 in tho iloscou Mauufaului'lug Company'B mill, wan Instantly killed Thursday uiorulili by coming l,u oontaut with a largo llylhoul, horrUny mutllat- lug bin body, lils ri,ght arm was torn away, uud uvory I It of olothjug wua torn from him. Ho wua 8!j| yours 01 ugo und an oxoninlury yet tg man. Sparks from tlto Field of Battle Where Young Ideas Loam to Shoot. Miss Douglus, assistant Primary teach- er, was 111 lust week. We are glad lo see Mlua Kuto Swart in sohool again, Miss Mabol Morse spent Suuday with her parents at Deuver, Severn! children in the pilmiiry room wore 111 with tho mumps last wook. Two now scholars entered school last wook—the Mlssos Gregory, formerly of Arena. Ambition Is not lucking among some of the students at least. Lust wook two of our young men drove oloveu miles every night uud morning to get to school. luspcotor Clemens of the regents board visited tho school last week, Ho gavo a vory good report of the oondltion of the school and also tho work clone by both pupils any touchers, A junior gradual lug class will bo organized this week consisting of seven members: Messrs. GUI, Minimi, Todd, George und Hui'dcuburg, and Missus Mungle and llowltt. This uluss will graduate June, '01, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Roxbury Boy Attempts to Jump into thu North Rivor. Bi'iioo E. Dullard of Roxbury, u young man who is being oduuutud ut Now York University through the generosity of Miss Hol,cn M. Gould, attempted to drown hluiuell' on Saturday by Jumping iuto the North River from tlml'crry boat, midland of Wouhuwkmi. He was naught lu Ii In 11 nl, pinned under arrest., and taken to HOOFJOVOII, Hospital, as bin mlmt In evidently iiffnutud. Young Hullurd Is niiii.rooly UO yearn of ago, Is good lucking, unit no reason Is given fur Ills act, Meeting of the Board of Trustees Audited. The regulur monthly mooting of tho Board of Trustees wus held at their 11 oms in Vlll'jgo Hal! on Monday ovon- lng, Dr. S. W. Reed presiding. Bills to the amount 0! $100 08 were presoutod and approved by the Board aud ordered paid. Of this amount $136.32 was for damage Incurred by the flood of last July. Street C •mralssloner Kelley tendered his resig- nation to tako egect immediately and it was accepted by the Board. Orlando Wiuu was appointed lo succeed Mr. Kelley. Alter tho regular routine of business was gone through with aud at the request of Charles J. Dickson of Dickson &, Squire, permission was grant- ed this ilrin for the laying of a gus pipe one uud u half Inches lu diameter from Spoiling & Akorley's block on Main street to tho Loot building. Work will be ooniinoiicod at ouco. Among the other matters brought before tho Board was tho mutter of poll tux delinquents. Thoro uro u number who have not us yet paid fholr poll tax and the Board do- ubled to leave the mattor opeu until October VI, when each parly eo indebted will bo sued lu Justine Court and tho tax will bo collected. The mooting room of the Board has boon uowly papered and other Improvements will be made. Clerk O. M. ltaoo can now justly foul proud of his olllce. NOTES OF THE CHURCHES. How the Work of tho Master Is Being Done in tho Busy Vineyard, Throe persons wore admitted to mem- bership In the Prcsbyterluu Church on Sunday, The proceeds of the 6 o'olook toa at Mrs, O, J, Dickson's on Friday amounted to $17.55. The Ladles' Aid of the Prcubytoriuu Church will moot with Mrs, N. It. Osboru on Thursday, October t). A large nudtenoe gathered at tho union services ut tho Prosbylorluu (Jliuroh 011 Sunday evening. The Rev. A, A. Walker piouuhod a most Interesting sui 111011, und the singing by Mr. Ralph Ives was en- joyed by all. High School Lecture Course, Tickets for the High School lecture course uro ready for the subscribers and will bo delivered duilug thu next two weeks, l'leiuio huve your money rnudy. Tho Urol ontni'tiiliitiionl, Wagner llnrp Orchestra uud Omeorl Company, will occur November 11. This is n high UIUBH oiitiniiilnmuiil lu uvory putlculiu.'uud It In hoped Unit iioiiu of the people of this vicinity will fall to be prosoUli at this llnllul number of the High Suhool luoture course, Muruly Completing Cunlracts, Joe, Tnm OATsiuni, MOUNTAIN NMWS pro- poses to discard mcclbial uotluuu an oh- Jootlonal uiul.liu'i but while Uiuy run them we notion they urn given ns niuiih prom- inence uu any of lis liiiporluul. mutter— leaded like louals, There's u place for miulluut notices, but they should bodln- llngiibiliud from othur matter, so the milder can dluoilmlnate,—ifYaitWrn Daivy- tlitoVi Pith of the News in the Various Towns Penciled, Scissored and Pasted for Rapid Reading. Alfred Ledbury, who has for several years been clerk at the American House, Delhi, has accepted a position in Plain. fluid, N J. The closing of tho co operative cream- ery lu Walton has had tho effect of In- creasing tho milk supply at the Bor- den condonsery. The chimneys ou the court house ut Delhi aro being built throe or four feet higher to prevent the smoking of tho fireplaces iu the court room, Hou, R. P. C;>rmack of Delhi Is en- gaged lu visiting towns throughout Dela- ware and adjoining counties to Induce families to remove to Delhi to work in the silk mill. O. B. Sloat of Delhi has set out eight hundred ginseng plants and will do a little farming along that lino. The h oath en Chinee still pays big prices for the dried lout of this plant. Plans are on foot for the organization next summer ol a Central New York baseball league, which will Include Sid- ney, Now Berlin, Oneonta, Bafubridge, Norwich, Oxford, Walton and Hobart. They are talking of organizing a water company at South Kortright. The plan Is to build a large reservoir that will supply the residents and the creamery and put iu hydrants for use in case of a fire. Tho Crawford Wagon Company will have an exhibit ut the wagon show in Now York City this week. Superintend- ent Hitchcock and son, Lewis, will bo in attendance aud seven wagons will be exhibited. Delhi members of the National Pro- tective Legion, whoso coupons have matured, received on October 1 the total sum of $1,038.72. This makes a total of over $25,000 distributed lu dividends by this society In Delhi. W. R. Kllpatilek has sold his coal busi- ness in Walton to II. B. Olmstead, pos- session given October 1. On the same date Mr. Olmstead formed a co partner- ship with John Wright for the sale of coal aud mason's materials. Fred Babbitt, formerly of Delhi, a, painter now iu the employ of J. Klein & Compauy at Hancock, hud a narrow escape from being choked to death re- cently. A plooo of boof stuck In his throat while eating his Sunday dinner, Thomas Blonooe of West Davenport, while trying to romove some straw from the cylinder of a threshing machine a fow days ago, caught his left hand In the machine and 11 was so badly lacerated that amputation bolow his elbow was necessary. Tho annual convention for the Six- teenth Mu?oulc District, comprising Delaware and Sullivan couutlos, will be hold in liuncook on November 12 and 18. There aro sixteen lodges la tho district and u huge gathering Is antici- pated. The Co-operative Store Company of Delhi Is to start the eroclion soon of a now bulldkig lu the rear of their store. It is lo bo used as a burn and feud store- room aud will be two stories high, 40x50 foot lu dimension. It will bo completed, It Is expoctod, by Novomber 15. Iivlug Vanlloesou has sold his farm uour South Gllbou to Ambroso Lawrence uud purchased the Diets farm in Sloans- vllle, to which ho will movo soon. Mr. Vuulloeson receives for the place ut South Gllbou $000, besldos the $500 lu- surauoe for the recent loss by llto. The milk from one hundred and forty- two dairies Is now rooolvod at tho Delhi Cn-operutlve Dairy Company's plant, au Increase of six patrons over the number during the past six months, This moons the handling of a vnst amount o( tho luoteul fluid during the Hush season. Tho now boll for tho Hobart Fire Do- pnrlmeiil bus arrived uud will be placed lu position in u short lime. The wolghb of the boll Is 508 pounds und the entire cost with fixtures Is $250. Tho boll Is a lino ouo aud Is u credit to President) Robinson's discrimination and judgment, George Hughes, who has boon In tho employ of his uncle, A brum Hughes, Sr,, for a your or BO, IOUVOJ next week for his native home In England, Ho bus boon residing on the Meeker furm bolow Delhi, which ho lias boon conducting for hla uncle. Mr. Hughes, 8r,, will raovotothi! furm with Ills family from Delhi soon, to manage the sumo himself. Proceedings wore bold before Judge E. D. Wagner au commissioner and a jury Wednesday to Inquire Into tho eunlly aud competency of Mm. Juno Roberts to niiiiingo her Hindis, Jury found Mint by reason of liiuuuy shu was Incompetent and 11 coiuiulttoii will bo appointed by tho Court next Monday, H. J, Hewitt ap- peared for tho petitioner, A StrangO Animal. It lu believed at North Franklin that n lynx Is prowling about. In that locullly, This animal much rusumblcs a cut, but has largo earn ami u shorter tall. Ithasa brilliant oyo uud prowlH ubout nights. Prloo of Milk Goes Up. The Milk. Exuhungu uunouuuuu a raise in the price of milk, to 3 uouls, dating from October I, &
