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^T'J' *-~ : \j\\. \ '-• \Hero Shall the Press the People's Bights Maintain, XJnawed by In^nenc© and Unbribed by Gain.\ VOL. XX. your hair split at the end? Can you puil out a _ handful UAItt by run- jri#%ifl ning your fingers through it? Does it seem dry and lifeless? Give your hair a chance. Feed it The roots are not dead; they are weak because they are starved—tbt&JdL--. MALONE; N. Y M WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1900. The best hair food is — If you don't want your hair to die use Ayer's Hair Vigor once a day. It makes the hair grow, stops falling, and cures dan- druff. It always restores color to gray or faded hair; it never fails. $1.00 « feettU. AH drujjUt*. \On© boifctle of Ayei-'s Hair Vigor stopped my hair from falling out, and started it to grow again nicely.\ jCLits Winr, March 28,1899. Oanova, 8. Dftfc. \Aver* Hair Vigor coaapletsiy cured me from dandruff, with which I was greatly afflicted. The growth of my hair since it* use has been iome- tmng wonderful.\ LEKA G. GBEESB, '•> April 13, 1896. New York, N.T, If yoa do not obtain all the benefit* you expected from the us* of the Hair vigor, write the Doctor abeut it. D*. J. C. AYEK, Lowell, Mus. OT It CELEBRATION. IWaloiie and Neighboring Towns Patriotic. Malone's celebration was an exception- ally good one this year and was a financial success also, which reflects much credit on the committee having the details ia charge. These were Walter J.Mallon,H. A. rray and J. A. Flanagan. They adver- tised well, and, considering that there were celebrations all around us succeeded in bringing a large crowd to Malone. The town was prettily decorated in flags and bunting and the morning trains brought several bands and many excur- sionists, the representation of visitors from Canada being particularly large. Two lodges of Maccabees came up from the Dominion with a band. They were met at the station bythe Roases Point band and Malone Maccabees and' were entertained at the headquarters of the Malone Tent in Cherrier's block. AH tbe forenoon merriment and music prevailed, rhile the visitors strolled about 1 town. The sports at the fair ground in the afternoon were excellent and the grand stand was well filled. The interest centered largely on a game of ball be- tween the amateur champions of Canada and the Malone team. The former were jrejnforced by some crack players, par- [tidularly an expert pitcher,off from whom, notwithstanding the hardest kind of work, the Maiones only secured two hits. Oar boys played magnificently, but played against lack aud were beaten by a score of five to one. A more complete account of tbe game will be found under our base ball notes. The bicycle races were well contested and good time was made. Langlois, of Plattsburgh, won them both, time in the longer race 2:25. J. F. Whitefield, of Friendship, N. Y., won the 100 yard dash. For those who like a good lacrosse game there was plenty of sport, the Valleyfield and St. Regis teams being so evenly matched that the game resulted in a tie. The following is a summary of the horseraces; 8:80 CLASS, TROTTEKS AND PACERS-PURS2 1200. Jessie W.. b. m.. P. J. Hurley 1 2 2 13 1 Little Darkey,bjk,g., A. B.Paine.,2 14 8 13 Ambert. ch. s,,WTH. Comstock...3 3 12 2 2 Bicbard C. br. s.. P. Daly, Jr. 4 4 3 4 dr Dexter Traffic, A. Whipple 5 5 dr Time, fc*3&, 8:8% 2:383-2. 2:28^, 8:80*6, 2&14. LUNGS NATURALLY WEAK, Longs sore of weakened by the grip, or by pneu- monia or successive colds, and throats raw or in- flamed from colds and coughing, need tbe balmy Bootbing and healing inflnence\of TOLUIA EMULSION. It is grand for the children, it is grand for the grown folks. It is very palatable, and as harm- less as honey. A bottle of this fine preparation has often saved a child's life by obviating the conditions leading to croap and diphtheria, while for adults it is a great protector against Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Consumption. Even where the latter diseases are chronic T0I*UIA KMti I*SI©JV -will give more of relief and com- f ort than any other remedy. It is guaranteed to j?ive benefit \or your money is returned for the asking. C. W, HYDE, Druggist, K. Y. J) For Miles Around Feed sold by us is giving satisfac- tion to every purchaser. The uniformly higlt % quality of our Grain, Mill Feed, Bay, Salt, Etc., ir appreciated and those who buy once are almost certain to buy again. Ourafm is to sell the best feed stuffs obtainable. The ^markets offer no bet- ter or cheaper ) goods than these. •• LAWRENCE & TAYLOR, East Main Street. Mrs, is the florist to go to when in need of floral decorations or funeral designs. Orders taken at Stiekjtey's Pharmacy. Telephone ifr-2. Nothing equals the \ Pennant\ school shoe lor children. They are made for service and will stand tb« hardships of the summer vacation. HoiT & H^SKILL, Yeur Sfro» Men, Maione, N. Y. A SAD TRAGEDY. Eusebe Lalime, formerly one of the best known and most respected citizens of i Malone. met a violent death at Parkers- j Jf a ! on ' hurg,*'West Virginia, on the morning of j pg •July 4th, with six other persons from tbe j GouverneuriJ explosion of an oil tank, resulting from 2:19 CLASS, TROTTJBRS AND PACERS—PUKSE $800, -,€ppy Weather, b. m.. W. H. Comstock...l 1 1 Darkey, blk. g. Jas. Leonard .2 a 2 Time, 2:25, 230*4, 2:29. The fireworks in the evening were among the finest ever seen in Malone. Tee display was not extensive, but very choice, the rockets, mines and bombs being the best made, rising high above the town and exploding in beautiful colors. •' AH were well satisfied with the day's experience. The weather was clear and cool and adcR53 much to its enjoyment. After paying all expenses the com- mittee finds that it has $280.14 left in its hands, which will be kept as a fund for future celebrations of Independence Day. The following is a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures. Received on subscription........ $ 5S40O *-> \' for privileges J??0 for entries to races.... from gate receipts... from grand stand Paid Farmer Gazette., Palladium R.C.Wilson... H. A. Gray, exp, aeet Roby & Hardy J. A. Flanagan, aeet L.L.Memoe S. J. & J. A. Flanagan....:. John Soper , Fred H. Cramer..\ C. E.Perkins.. $1,511 31 -. . 5-00-j Frank Tobey , police and gate keepers, etc J. W. Massey baseball.. -. lacrosse horse races footraces bicycle races. fire works. Montreal Band Yaileyfield Baud Rouses Point Band $1,281 17 Cash on hand in People's National Bank tobaiance. 28014 $1,51131 Tupper Lake village celebrated en- thusiastically and the place was fall of visitors from all parts of the Adirondacka. The S&ranac Lake and, St. Regis Falls bands furnished most excellent music and l J ° the sports were good, as was also the pa-1 be l d i h i hit t ildd rade in the morning, which 1 included nu merous floats and horribles prepared^by the employes of Sisson's mill and the Sarr anac Lake and Piercefleld hose companies. In the first bicycle race there was a gen- eral tumble near the end of the stretch, bat no one was hurt. In the center of the village were lunch tents* merry-go- round and the usual accompaniments of a crowd and a holiday. H. D. Stevens de- livered the address from a stand erected in the middle of the street and the crowd was attentive and respectful, He was in- troduced by C. H. Slsson, manager of the A. Sherman Lumber Co., and held the boards for 30 minutes .preceding the sports, dwelling at length on oar present policy in China and to* Philippines. The crowd which gathered in Burke exceeded all expectations, The sports were good and everybody enjoyed them, particularly the bait game between the Burke and Chateaugay clubs, which re- sulted in a score of 9 to 5 for Burke. Tbe management netted about $178 to apply on the new Odd Fellows' Hall, where dinners were served. The address by Rev. P. A. Walker is said to have been one of I the best ever delivered in that town. Tfee Appetite of a €k»at Is envied by all whose stomach and liver is out of order. But such should know that Dr. King's New Life Pills gVve a splendid appetite, sound digestion and a regular bodily habit that insures perfect health and great energy. Only 25c at C. W. Breed & £o.'s and C. W. Hyde's drag Two bolts of lightning struck ti e Statue of Liberty in New York harbor the 4th of July, bat, as it is lightning rods by the finest njodamagecame to it. BAS£ BAIL LEAGUE STANDING. Played. Won. Lost. _ht train through an open swith in the yard of the Ohio River Railroad at that place. The train when It left the track struck the tank car, con- taining 6,000 gallons of oil and tore a hole In the top of the tank so that the oil ignited. General Superintendent Ham- ilton, Master Mechanic Latime and others attempted by various means to get the burning tank off tbe track, but failed. Suddenly there was a a c explosion, the tank parted and went in two direc- tions. The story was told that one end traversed a space of 200 yards and fell near the shops, killing Messrs. Ham- ilton and Lalime instantly, together with Charles Mohler, yard master, G. O. Shan- non, extra train dispatcher, and Bradley Reeves, a brakeman. Two fireman were 6b badly injured that they died and more than 50 other persons were injured mofe or less seriously by the, explosion. Per- sons standing near the tank were seem- ingly unaffected, but they saw the bodies of men flying in the air and others knocked to the ground by the concussion as the tank went through the air/* pro- pelled by the terrific force of the explo- sion of pent up gas which had collected from tbeimrning oil. Mr. Lalime, until his removal to West Virginia a little over two j ear* ago, had been a resident of Malone for many years. He was recognized as one of the best ma- chinists in Northern New York and held a very responsible.position in the O, & L. C. shops here until John Hurd engaged his services as master mechanic of the Northern Adirondack road at Santa Clara. He was associated with Mr. Hamilton as superintendent of the Northern Adiron- dack and followed him to West Vir- ginia to enter the service of the Ohio River road. During all the time of his service at Santa Clara he continued to re- side in Malone. Mr. Lalime was a level- headed, industrious man, honest, upright, and thorough-going in whatever he under- took. Everybodyfhad confidence in him. and everybody was his friend. He leaves his wife surviving and five children. His remains were brought to Malone and in- terred here Saturday. The family, who have hosts of sy m pathetic friends here, may conclude to return to Malone to reside. The above is the account of the accident as told by several of the daily papers and it is substantially correct, but we learn from the family that there are some mis- statements in the general dispatches. Messrs. Hamilton and Lalime stood only a hundred feet or so from the oil tank car when it exploded. It was filled with- naptba instead of petroleum and had been burning for some time. It was located so that it blocked the main line and as it did not burn out fast enough to warrant leaving it where it was,a chain was hitch- ed to it which was connected with a shift- ing engine by which it was pulled over on one s'ide to get it out of the way. As it toppled over it exploded and enveloped the whole place in a huge cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared away it was seen that the men killed had been knock- ed down and mutilated by the force of the concussion. The sight wasj^ghastly one. The section of the tank which was thrown so far did not eause the fatalities. It was the terrific force of the explosion, which was like the setting off of a ten of dyna- mite. Mr. Lalime was never afterwards seen by his family. It is only a couple of weeks since he visited all his old friends in this county. His son was here at the time and his daughter, Ola,returned with him. Hej5ras^58 j^arsjoJd andJaad seork^ ed«ln the O. & L. C. shops here for S3 years, having been foreman under Master Mechanics Klohs and Shorty and for a few months near the close of his service^} with this road himself acting as master mechanic. He first entered the service of the road as a fireman at the age of 14 un- der Engineer Collopy. It is \seven years since he went to Santa Clara, making bis continuous term as a railroad machinist about 40 years, except when he was serv- ing his country in the* Civil War. He enlisted in the famous 16th, the first regi- ment which went out from Northern New York, and afterwards re-enlisted in the 98th. He was wounded in the side at (iaines' Mill. As a citizen Mr. Lalime was quiet and unostentatious, the soul of P. c. 1.000 1.000 000 coo Malone was defeated in a well played game July 4th by Montreal, whose pitcher, lampeau. a left-hander, crowned himself with glory and incidentally lowered the batting average of a number of tbe local team. . Wilder twirled for Maione and pitched game that proved him reliable in every respect. His clean three-base hit and a wild tfaroW by Campau secured the sole tally obtained by tbe local team. Features of tbe game were the batting of Mclntyre, the battery work of both teams and Belding's work at first base. honor and rectitude. His funeral was 'Id from St. Joseph's church, the St. Jean t it dd B P f Bapttste society an Brennan Post, of which he was a member, attending in a body together with the* railroad men of the N. Y. & O. R. K. and the employes of the O. & L. C. shops, where he was so long fore- man. His family were all present at the last sad rites and remained here until Tuesday. Tbe flowers contributed by sorrowing friends for the funeral were magnificent. Cannot b« Cared. by local applications m they cannot reach the diseased portioa of the ear. There is only one way tooure deafness, and that k by constitu- tional remedies. Deafness is cauaed by as in- flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachlan Tube. When th h mbli is cauaed by as in mucous lining of the this tub* is Inflamed ift hi oat and this tube restored to its normal coudi tiou, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous We will fflve One Hundred DoUars for any < of Deafraes {p&ttaed by Catarrh) that cannot be eared by Hall's Catarrh Core. Send for circulars. free. Sol S. 3, CHBNBY & CO., Toledo, O. rtets 75c. ajre the best. Tike A.. 9. Cbase Piano Is without doubt one of the very Snest made in material, workmanship, tone and touch. People whf> were fortnnate enough to attend the Remeuyi Concert at the Baptist church recently and listen to the beautiful playing of M& Beigel on the Chaw piaao could deeire'flothing more in tone effects. Such delicate effects oan be produced only fipm a perfect scale and aettom Tfetofcragtitft said they had used at several concerts with the ifi d l p aettom. T the Chase al greatest satisfaction, Mid were always pleased to get one, You oan see and hear one aft any time at Slaaon's Motto Store. M Sfcisoir ttdto N Y l Mto M. Sfcisoir, ttidotoe, N. M ALONE. R. H. W. Gray. ' iV.Y..'.'. Prouse. 3 b Whittemore,c... Wilder, p Douglass. ]. f W. Belding. lb.. . G. Grav, c. f F. fielding, r.f.... MONTREAL. R. H. P. O. 1 0 0 eyeykf St. John.r. f O'Keefe. Ib...... LaBouff, 2 b McCausrhan. c. f.. Bobtliard, 3 b Gosselm. c Campeau, p 1 ... A. 2 27 4 5 6 ' OF LOCAL INTEREST . Bishop Gabriels expects to start on, nis return trip from Belgium about July 20. The Chateaugay Record estimates that under the new census tbe population of hat town and village will fall short of the census of £890 by over 200. Lightning struck the house of Edward Cameron a mile from Pptadam, Friday night, and instantly killed him. A child lying beside him and his wife,* who had arisen to close a window, were unharmed. A young lady of Syracuse was struck by lightning at Cazenovia Lake the other day and rendered unconscious for an hour. The bolt was attracted by ttfe steel rod of an umbrella which she carried. Her hair was considerably barised. Mrst Hugh Bowden, a lady of 77 years, who resides at Lisbon, was knocked down by one of her horses whilst leading the animal through the door into the stable. Her hip was broken and she was otherwise injured seriously. Thousand Island Park is to have a mammoth DBW JhjoteLnext season, to be erected on the site now occupied by tbe New England Kitchen. It will accommo- date 250 guests. WoriJHm the. building will probably begin the coming fall. A lawn social will be held by the Y. P. S. C. E. of the Baptist church at the home of Mrs. Robert Moore on hashing! street Thursday afternoon ah^eveni Ice cream and cake will be servedt ^15 cents. A cordial invitation is given to all. Dr. Herbert W. Stoughton, of Chateau- . ro; o ; o \ o [o] o f 11 o \ o j i ' ; o'i 0T2T1 'RToTo! 01 oTB Home run. Mclntyre. Three base hits, Wilder, Melntyre, Gosselin. Struck oat. Montreal 10, Malone 7. Bases on balls, by Gampeau 7, by Wilder 4. MAJLONE 5, POTSDAM 4. 12 INNINGS.—>L LONE -WINS THE FIRST LEAGUE GAME AT MALONE. It is to be regretted that the threatening weather detained so many from seeing the opening league game at Malone, Friday, as the game resulted in probably the hardest fought and most brilliant contests ever seen here. The game simmered down in- to a pitcher's battle after Malone had tied the score for the last time in the 9th inning, with the odds in favor of Wash- burn,he proving the steadier over Russell, Potsdam's promising young pitcher. Too much cannot be said of the battery work of Washburn and Whittemore; Wash- burn's control of the ball being remarka- ble for a left-handed pitcher and resulting in but one Potsdam player ''walking.' The representatives of the \Student' town did not attempt to steal second dur- ing the game, which is sufficient comment on \Buck's\ backstop work. The field- ing of the home team was excellent, bril- liant catches being made in the outfield by Wilder and Gray. Potsdam held the lead for but one-half of an inning, the seventh, the score was then tied on Geo. Gray's clean single, scoring Wilder. Both teams drew blanks until the twelfth in- ning, when, after Potsdam had been re- tired in short order, Malone scored the winning run on W. Gray's base on balls and Wilder's \corking\ three-base-hit over the right fielder's head, the crowd going wild over the finish and carrying Malone's modest pitcher off the field. The clubs in the league seem remarkably evenly matched and there is promise of plenty of base ball fun this sanamer. Following is the score in detaii: MALONE. A. B. R. 1 B. P. O. A. Wilder,\ r. f Wnittearore, c.:... W. Belding. lb.... Washburn, p Prouse, 8 b Douglass, 1. f. .. G. Gray, c, f... Totals Cfreney, r. f Cota. o \E. Tilton, c. f.. Palmer, 3 b...... Quifley.Lf ^Duquette, 1 b.. Russell,'p..\ 4* 5 POTSDAM. A. B. E. 1 B. P. O. A. E. C 0 0 1 6 0 0 15 2 0 1 l 0 11 1 4 0 2 1 0 34 15 .;. 9 10 11 12 Potsdam. JJ IJLLUijoiomoiojomigs j d 'j 615 fil 81 n o i o i o i o i or o 14 Two base hit. Proj»e.iThree base hit. Wilder. Struck oat, by Russell 15,\>rWasbtra«ri3;'\Base« on balls, by Washburn 1, by Russell 9. Left on bases, Maione 16, Potsdam 7. Passed balls, Whittemore 1, Cota 4. Umpire, Hodge. NOTES. The first league game at Ogdensburg, Friday last, resulted in a victory over Gouvemeur by a score of 5 to 4. Malone plays this week, Ogdensburg at Ogdensburg Tuesday; Potsdam at Pots- dam Wednesday; Ogdensburg at Maloae Friday: Valleyfield at Valley field, Satur- day. The game at Valieyfield is one of two exhibition games to be played with that team; the other will be played in Maloae. The Potsdam game for Wednesday is league game to decide tbe tie game played there June 29th. Beldiog aad Gray, Pattee and Prouse are playing a great infield game these days. It is expeet«d that another game with Montreal will be secured shortly. Potsdam defeated Gouveraenr July 4th in an exhibition game; score 3 to 2, Remember the Ogdensburg—Malone league ball game Friday. Ladies will hereafter be charged Id oenta admission to the game. Ogdenstrarg defeated Gouverneur again Saturday by a score of 5 to 2. Johnnie Masters, a little boy of Gonver- neur, was seriously injured tbe 4th by a giant fiw crackerwhich fatted to go off •ad which he picked up and blew to set going again. The cracker exploded In ; his faoe, and it-was aj am feared that he' would lose the eight of both eyes. Tbere 1» hope now of saving »&e sight of en* NO 28. Ice cream and cake will h Frank White's Friday evening, July 13, for the benefit of West Bellmont church. All are invited. Barney S. Q'Neil, a well-known at- torney of Massena, was married to Misa Margaret H. Traver, of Canton, recently. Both are\raduates of St. Lawrence Uni- versity. \~~j J. H. Enright, of Mo!rs, who is ft great admirer of W! J. Bryan, attended the Democratic National Convention at Kansas City, accompanying C. A. Burke, one of the delegates to the convention. Father Saurel, of North Lawrence, ao- companied by his parents, departed for Europe on Saturday last. They will visit the Paris exposition and also spend some timeat'Nimes, France,'|<heir old home. Noel Bessette* formerly of Malone, has sold but the American House, which he h^as been conducting at Plat taburgh, to Zeph Hapgood, recently of Essex Junc- tion, Vt. He is an experienced hotel man. Plans are now being made by Super- visor LaFountain, of Tupper Lake,for the expenditure of the $3,000 appropriation for the removal of dead and rotten timber from Racket Pond at Tupper Lake. The expenditure will be made by the Depart- ment of Public Works under the advice of the town board of Altamont. F. E. Brand, of Grand Island, Nebraska, writes the Farmer under date of July 4tb # that home grown corn is for sale on the streets, and asks if Malone can come up to this. Welt, hardly. The season was unusually late here this year and corn is not modriEnore than knee high. The crop outlook in Nebraska is good, and at gay, has decided to locate at Chateaugay-^resent prices ought to annihilate Nebras- Lake which has had no phsii i * * \ j, which has had no physician since Dr. Gehring died, and has opened an office in the C. O. & I. Co.'s store at that point. He is a young man of ability and \Fill succeed Robert McGowan and his son Frank j 14 years old, were fishing at Lake Placid one day last week when a hurricane which blew down great forest trees struck them and overturned their boat. Both were good swimmers and they reached Pulpit Rock Island, where they remained till rescued by a searching party. Charles Gowan, Jr., who resides near the Chateaugay High Falls pulp mill aW is a son of the foreman, fell through trestle near the mill one night last week while walking home on the track from Chateaagay. He received a broken arm and a bad cut on the head, besides being otherw^ise bruised. The trestle is 25 feet above the ground. Delegates from the different G. A, posts in Franklin and St. Lawrence coun- ties will meet at Brush ton on Friday of this week to perfect a permanent organi zation comprising all the posts in the two counties. Thos. Denio and F. H. Cramer are tbe delegates from Brennan Post and it is now expected that a reunion will be held in the Brushton grove August 14. As Jo. Oaks, a well-known young St Regi»lndian,was stealing a ride to Lynn, Canada, to pick berries, he- fell from t. midnight express near Prescott and waa afterwards found mangled and uncon scious. His left arm was severed at the elbow, right hand cut off, collar bone broken, toes of one foot cut off and his head and body were badly cut. The Massena Forum, in a double head ed editori&LsEUh big display head, print! an interview with T. A. Gillespie who ii doing the work on the big canal,deelaring ihatLiiLJsill he practically completed this fall, night and day shifts being worked so far as possible. The power house will be at^ once finished so as to develop 35,000 Horse power, the work of setting the ma- chinery to begin Sept. 1st. - Frank S. Leonard, son of M. A. Leon- ard, of this village, and Miss Elizabeth Farrington Ames, of Saranac Lake, were married June 23th. Ouly the immediate friends of the couple were present but the wedding was a very pretty one. The hap- py couple are now visiting relatives in the West,-ao4jEill return via Niagara Falls,\ the Thousand Islands and Montreal. They will reside at Lake Placid, where Mri' Leonard conducts a large dry goods store. The daily papers Thursday were full o'i the usual Fourth of July accidents. Most of the accidents were from burning pow der and giant fire crackers. One of thjE. saddest was caused by a colored boy who 4 fired a shot into a lot of fireworks and many children in the Italian quarter -jf*t Philadelphia were killed and Injured. The greatest fatality came from a trolley car accident, at Tacoma. Tbe car was filled with 104 holiday excursionists and jump- ed over a precipice down a distance of ISO feet, killing 35 men, women and children, and injuring 18 others, nine of them fatal- ly. The number of casualties in thisjooun- try July 4th from explosions has been figured out by the Chicago Tribune as 30 dead and 1,325 injured. Nathan Strauss, ex-miuieter to Turkey, had his forehead badly cut and braised by the explosion of a giant fire cracker in bis face at his home at Alexandria Bay. Speaking of one of the recent thunder storms the Courier & Freeman says that the residence of Mrs, James O'Brien to Potsdam was struck, and* adds tbe fol towing carious details,- \The bolt first struck the chimney and threw the bricks in all directions, some of them .going through the windows of the next house, owned by Ed. Ke*fe< 6n entering the upper rooms of the O'Brien ifbose the bolt seemed to explode, filling the rooms with plaster and pai»r and bursting out the clapboards- The lightning then descended to th« first floor, wrecking plaster,' paper and, window shades. One of it* Atrange freaks was to tear up'a rag which w**taek4d to the floor, roil it Into ahaUand throw it-under the b«J occu- pied by Mr*. O'Brien's tiater, MissMary ScJfiff. T>« botae was as badly d«- morated M though a western cyclone passed throaghlt, but strange to say B of the ooeapaate were, injurtd in the ka's free silver vagaries. Oscar Knowlton, who resided in Gouv- erneur,.N. Y., till he was 21, was mur- dered near Esson, Missouri, last week Tuesday. Tbe wifes of the victim and the murderer were at the bottom of the difficulty. The murderer clubbed Knowl- fcon, then took to his heels with Knowttoa after him. Seeing tbaVhe would be over- taken Knowlton's assailant turned and fired three shots, killing him instantly. F.W. Mabie,aPullman agent stationed at Clayton, N. Y., found a wallet con- taining diamonds worth $10,000 under a mattress in the stateroom of a Pullman car the other day. He soon learned that the owner was W. L. Morgan, a wealthy banker of New York, who has a cottage on the river four mHes above, Mr. Ma- bie rowed to the cottage aud delivered the diamonds personally. He was liberally rewarded, regular meeting'of Adirondack ReSpfah Lodge, No. 89, L O. O. F., to be held Friday e?e, July 13, the secret work; will be examplifled and tbe degree worked on two applicants. Tbe D. D. G. M. of this district will be present. This being the annual meeting to recommend a D. D. G. M., a good attendance w desired. It is expected that the representative to the Grand Lodge lately held in Rome will be present. At the close of the meeting a banquet will be served. & *^> Tbe steamer Spartan, with 60 passengers and a big cargo of freight on board, was struck by a hurricane one evening about a week ago as she was entering Lac nine Rapids, and heeled over out of her coarse A sharp turn at the helm was made neces- sary to bring her back out of danger of submerged rocks, and the rudder chain* kparted. Tbe steamer then turned at right angles in the current and was rapid- ly drifting to destruction, notwithstand- ing that the tiller at tbe stern was man- ned by three or four me\h. The captain saw tbe impossibility of going through safely so ran the steamer toward the north shore and beached her on a shoaL Some of the passengers were at once rowed ashore but most of them stayed on the boat till the next morniug, tbe anchors baving-been put oat to prevent the boat from being swept off the ledge again into the rapids. The State board of tax commissioners hasJUed its assesment of franchises in Malone with* tbe board of There are several errors in the list of as- sessments but it is said to be too late to correct them this year. Tbe assessments include all water pipes, gas pipes and electric wires in the streets, but not wires along the railroads or on other private * roperty. Tb« list is as follow^yj—Malone rater Co., $40,0(H>; Northern N. Y. Tele- phone Co., |2.2OO; Franklin County Tele- phone Co. ,f 1,500; Malone Light and Power Co., |8,000; Commercial Cable Telegraph Co., $900: Reynoldston Telegraph Co., $100; St. Lawrenee Telephone Co., $250; Lake Meacham and Maloae Telephone Co,, $600; A. R, Fuller, $300; Great North- western Telegraph Co., $35; O. & U C. Railway Co., f?5; Mobawfc & Malone Railway, $75; St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railway, $75. The last three assessments are for crossings, of which the St Law- rence & Adirondack road has H m Maloae, the Mohawk & Makme 5* and the O. & L. C, 11. Evidently tbe intent was to assess them all $50 par crowing, hot an three were carried out tin same as tbe St. L. & A. at $75, which tea oae and a half crojsaiagjL Th«r» is no M«ach am & Maim Telephone Co. aed A. R- Faller owns no telegraph m tatepbooe wires in<Uv«hally. Tl* Great North- western Tel««r«ptr Go. has no wires 1B the streetseacotpt frojBtbastatic© '~~ offide. — ** ' — tofoT* The'Mafaaa Water Co. [$75,000 on its entire plant by tfe» Uxati IWIII.I*, and, sinoe tbe State boftr* haa fixed U» mmmmmmt far F^IM itt tbe stvwta aad street and highway privfage* at $40,000. ts« result wtfl gadaaUsdly be a material redaction of Uwir total *wmmm*oi. M tb« reservoir «t»* Motiving bavin aad small aaxmnt of ptpe Ott private property will hardly i ' ©p U» «xtr* $85,000 Tbe i hway cosing*. It seems to us, < _ t to b* made at all, as the? are a psal s*ttte rather than a benefit tetfctn*!- roads. The error in the MaJoa* « meat & the State board Ins th*tt obe*p, bowwwr. this year tfcat \k*f WlU doubtless make no protest
