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YOL. XVI. No. r.9. F O liT J E R V I S , O R A N G E C O U N T Y , N . Y ., T H U R S D A Y EVENING, MARCH 22, 1888, FBICl THREE CENTS THE ICE BANKS UP. 13NX> OFTHE DELAWATlirS ICE GOKOK FOK THE PRESEN T SEASON. A C'liarmol Fonned a1 tlvis Point at O’clock East NigUt -T h e lliTcr Kiaes \'ery Rapidly and to a Very Great Higlvt—The Ice from AUo\c Comes Dovrn at 1 this Morning. The ice in the Delaware river is going Out nicely. A. break was made in the main channel at this point last night at about 10 o’clock, the water having been rising all the time. During the night the ice began to tumble, and residents of the vicinity were somewhat alarmed, a few families moving out. By five o’clock this morning the channel at this point was clear, and the water was moving nicely, showing that a channel below had been formed. The water rose rapidly, and by 7 o’clock this morning the ice from above began to come down. It was brought down by a fearful flood of water, much greater than is usual on such occasions. From 7 o’clock until 10 the sight was a grand ona The river seemed filled with monstrous cakes of ice. trees, logs, stumps, and every variety o f lumber and timber, all o f which rolled and pitched end over end, and crashed against the river banks and the bridge abutments with along, sullen roar. Being so high, the water ran very rapidly, and the huge ice cakes ground each other continually. Shortly after 9 o’clock the water began to fall, and is now slowly receding. At 3 o’clock this afternoon it had fallen about 6 feet since morning, and the river is nearly free of ice. The Neversink was very high early this morning, and flooded m a n y cellars at Car penters Point, but the ice from above has not yet come down. The channel in the Delaware seems cleat its entire length. During the night it &oke at Deposit, and came down with a rush, passing through Narrowsburg be tween 3 and 4 this morning. It passed through Cochecton all right, but the in habitants were ready to move at a moment’s warning, many of them having boats tied at their doors. There was a report that the ice had gorged at Punkey’s island, four miles be low this place, and that the water was running all over the flits, Tnis might have been the case, but it is not likely to cause any damage hereabout, and we doubt the story o f any serious gorge being formed there. niSTRTOT GRAND VIITTEE. Tlie Annual Jlcetins ol’OiUl F o llon s a t IMirt- clletown -RecomiiuMulationB iVIade. A meeting o£ the Grand Committee of Orange district No. 3, I. O. O. P., was held at Middletown, Wednesday.. District Deputy Grand Master Prank E. Piatt of Minisink Lodge No. 444 of Westtown pre sided. All lodges were represented, mak- about 30 Past Grands present. There were present from Dstayantha Lodge 143 of this place Past Grands John Sharp, B. S. Marsh, Floyd Goble, Charles Boyd, David Carr and fl. S. Decker. Prom Neversink Lodge No. 358 of Car penters Point, Past Grands J. B. Roloson, Lowis Morris, Fred Balmos, David Bennet, John S. Fields, James C. Sigler, and Elijah Blythe. The regular routine business was trans acted, The following members were nominated for Graod officers : For Grand Master—Charles Kiehl of No. 333. For Deputy G. M. —George W. Chap man of No. 313. For Grand Warden—W. 11. Spooner of No. 171. For Grand Secretary—James Terwilli- ger of-No. 109. For Grand Treasurer—Sidney L. Row land o f No. 300. For Grand Representative—George W. DUksofNo. 57. Robert Lawrence of Middletown Lodge No. 113 was elected Secretary of the Grand Committee, and Levi Schoonover of the same lodge was recommended for Distric!; Deputy Grand Master. The next annual session will be held In Port Jervis. THE FRAF OF TOM QUICK. When it w ill he Put on the .-4tejre-The Reserved .Seat Chart. “ Tom Qaick the Avenger, or One Hundred for Cue,” will be put on the stage for the first time on next Thursday evening, March 39 .h. Everything in connection with the play is entirely orig inal, even to the writing of it. The cast of characters, whieU has al ready been published m T he U nion , is composed of the best amateur talent in this vicinity. The play has been thor oughly and carefully rehearsed by the company. The author, Mr. Allerton,will spare no pains or expense to make it a success. The play from a liistorical Standpoint is deserving the patronage of our town folks. The reserved seat chart will be open on Monday at Lea’s drug store. The prices of admission are 75, 50 and 35 cent«. Don’t forget the dale, March 29 di. NEW RAIRWAV ROUTE. The Route o f the Erie and Central New York to Traverse Broome Conuty. A special dispatch to the Binghamton It^ubUcan from Albany, March 21, says that the bill introduced by Tisdale of Cortland, to extend for five years the life of the Erie and Central New York rail road company was passed in the Assembly Wednesday. ’The road referred to is one that was started some years ago to be Imilt from Cortland through Chenango county to Deposit. The present bill allows the company to change its route so as to run through the towns of Insle, Xanticoke and Maine in Broome ciunty to make connection with Ihe Erie road at Union. BAD FOR THE BIRD.S. The Rate Storm Probably Destroyed Thous ands of the Feathered Trlhe. It is predicted by those familiar with the subject, that the storm of last week killed nearly all the quail, grouse, and other game birds, which many hunting as- soqiations in this state and New Jersey had been at much expense to secure, aud which they had released in the hope that they would increase and multiply., The circumstances attending the storm were those most calculated to be fatal to the birds. First there came a cold, soak ing rain which wet the birds to the skin, and before they could dry a feather the snow began to fall and the wind to pile it into such drifts as no bird in this state or New Jersey ever saw before. There was scarcely a place left out of doors where the birds could find shelter, and old hunters say that the cold, wet, be draggled birds must have perished by the thousands. A BOY DROWNED. Severe Flood in th e Creek W h ich R u n s by New Milford, Pa. A dispatch from Nsw Milford, Susque hanna county. Pa., to the Binghamton Rpublican, says that our town was visited by a flood Wednesday. Two bridges wei'e washed away and considerable dam age done to property. The stream rose rapidly, owing to the great amount of snow on the hills, and when the ice broke aud came sweeping down it carried every thing before it. Snch a flood in so short a time has not been seen in many years, Willie Haynes, a thirteen-year old son of William Haynes o f New Milford, fell in the creek in the rear of his father’s bouse in the afternoon and was drowned A large party is now in search of his IN FAVOR OF VETERANS. The State Assembly, Tuesday, by a vote of 113 to 5, passed Saxton’s bill providing that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors .shall not be removed from places in city or country governments except for cause. Those who voted against the bill were Crosby, Piatt, Shea, T. D. Sullivan and Brennan. N OMIN ATION S CONFIRMED. The following nominees sent in by the Governor last week were confirmed by the State Senate, Wednesday : Beebe, Com- rnissioner of Claims ; William Townsend, manager o f the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, and Theodore M. Basselin, Forest Commissioner. WORTH ROOKING AT. A dwelling of 11 rooms on a lot 100x140 location uptown, near chur* Useful Recipes. L obstbk C boquettes . —'fo a preserved lobster, chopped fine, f per, salt, and powdoreil mace. Mix w these one fourth as much bread crumbs as you have meat, work in two tablespoon fuls ot melted butter, and make into egg- Roll these ii and fry in Serve dry and hot with cresses or parsley laid around them. If after eating the above you happen to be troubled with indigestion take a dose of Steele’s Little Bile Pills, which you can buy for 25 cents per bottle of 8. St. John, E. T. Laidley and T, R. Anderson, Peters' Restaurant and Oyster Parlors, We offer special inducements to the traveling public in the way of hot meals and lunches at all houi‘S,at slion notice and moderate prices. We will also keep oysters constantly on hand and supply them to parties, festivals, balls, etc. A Cull line of clioice fruits, confectiom and cigars. Fresh sbelle( clams opened ilioice fruits, confectionery Fresh shelled oysters and 1 to order. C'.it B'. D. Peters, 139 Pike street. Port .Tervis. FROM THE COAL REGIONS FURTHER FROB.IBIRITIEN OF 'I'KE NEW RO.I l D b e i n g BIHRT. WImt is Said of the Projected Lehl.I 5 1 & Basteru Road at rhiladeli>lila— Wliat Hastened the Purchase of the Old Chartei' and Route. A special dispatch from Pniladelplna, to the 2’ribune to-day, declares that prom inent railroad men said yesterday that the recent purchase by a syndicate of capitalists from Philadelphia and the interior of the state, Of the Lehigh and Eastern Railroad, was part of a scheme for a direct route from the coal and lumber regions of Pennsylvania to Boston and Central New England by w-ay of the new Poughkeepsie Bridge, and that the syndicate will con struct a railroad from Sudbury, Northamp ton county, eastward acros.s the country, and then southward to Hazleton, from which point it will enter the Delaware valley at Stroudsburg, It will proceed hence up the valley to Port Jervis, a distance of 130 mile.s. The purchase was hastened by the recent purchase by State Senator H, R. Low of Middletowm, N. Y., and other New York capitalists, of the Port Jervis and Monti- Cello Railroad, and the formation by them Of the Poughkeepsie and Delaware Val ley Railroad Company. Ot course all these stories may be set afloat for some other purpose than that indicated in them, but it seems more prob able that the real intention is to build this road from the coal fields to Boston. PERSONAL. —Will Miller Pavnum, late of Louise P'omeroy’s support, and at present leading man with the Wallace Villa Company, contemplates starting the ensuing season, supported by a well-known leading lady aud company under the management of Charles E. Sim ms .—Boston Globe, March mh. —Washington Burt, born in Warwick, N. Y., August 3, 1813; emigrated to Ohio in 1833 ; he married Georgia Fisk, daugh ter of Jonathan Fisk of Goshen, in 1835 ; died on his farm near Columbus, Ohio, March 15, leaving a wife, three sons, seven daughters, 24 grand-children, and one great-grand child. Sylvia Dubois, a colored woman who lived on Sourland mountains, back of Hopewell, Mercer county, N. J., is dead. She is believed by many of her neighbors to be 120 years old. A short time ago she walked a long distance across the moun tain. She was born a slave. She had has been married several times, and sh e leaves a large family. —William A. Baldwin, who had been Collector of the Port of Newark since 1871, died Sunday at hts home in Wood- side, agerl S4. He was born in Newton, N. J., and removed to Newark in 1821, engaging in the leather business. He served a term as Sheriff when Essex county included Union and a part of Pas saic. His wife died in 1871 and he leaves a daughter. Mr. Baldwin was widely known. In politics he was a Republican. ■We have received fromE. H. Bots- ford, Principal o f the high school of the town o f Williamatown, Mass., the annual report of the school committee. Mr. Botsford is well known in Port Jervis, and the following reference to him in this report will be interesting : mperintendency of the graded scho! lake great pleasure in printing his portjboth for his sake and that of the town. It testifies to his ability and fidelity, and also gives great encouragement to the friends of this school and to the town which sup ports it. * * It may be truly said that this school deserves “ booming.\ The written examinations have exhibited a high per cent., and the oral examinations have for excellency, rapidity o f work, and exhibi tion of a thorough knowledge of the studies, never been excelled in the history of the school. The training class is in- i can of structed, not theoretically but practically, add pep- methods of teaching, and will, in a Mix with Bttle time, furnish the town with thor- ’ ’ equippr^ — oughly THE ‘MAIL AND EXFBES.S. Elliott F. Shepard has purchased the Now York Mail and Exprm of Cyrus W. Field, the transfer being made on Tues day. It is understood the price was f 500,- 000. Mr. Shepard denies that the paper is to be in the interest of Depew or any one else. Francis B. Mitchell remains as publisher, and Major J. M. Bundy as editor, and Foster Ooate editor. Mr. Shepard was dent of the New York Sti tlon. He married a daughter of the late William H. Vanderbilt. Assocls the lal AN EA.STER MODE OF It-ASTINO. It is queer how lime and usige change the meaning o f words. When the gover nor of Massachusetts appoints a day for public “ fasting, humiliation aud prayer ’’ the practical meaning nowadays is tha the people are to prepare for an extra din ner, a day o f rest and recreation. And who shall say that the new style is not an Improvement on the old ?—Hudson Begi$. ITEMS FROM GLEN SFEY. DeatU of a W ell-Known Lady—A H and some Patchwork Quilt—Personal. G i . bn S pkx ,- N. Y., March 20.—Mrs-. Jane Morrison, aged G4 years, died at her home in Bethel on the 3d inst., of kidney disease. Mrs, Morrison was a sister of Thomas Martin of 550 West 46th street. New York city, ant ot Mrs. Thomas Wheeldon of this place. She was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and came to this country 42 years ago. Shortly after her arrival at Glen Spey, she married Andrew Morrison, a promising young Scotchman, an employe of Thomas Martin, who then resided at Long Pond, and at which place she afterwards spent 40 happy years. While at this place she formed many ac quaintances, and many words of regret were uttered by the people of the com munity, when .slie left her quiet liome at Long Pond for a more sightly and promis ing one ill the town of Bethel. She was a' member of the Congregational church of this place. Deceased leaves a husband and three children : Robert of New York city and Mary J. and Thomas A. at home. The funeral services took place Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Pfc^by- terian church, after wliicli the remains were interred in the Bethel cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dunn, who have been spending a few mouths-with friends in Jersey City, have returned to their mountain cottage at this place. The many friends o f James Taylor were pleased to receive a call from him last A young lady residing near this place has made a handsome patchwork quilt since the first of January, and she is working at another which, when com pleted, will contain 3,003 pieces. We are tempted to believe that the young lady is contemplating matrimony, although she assures ns that nothing excepting mere industry compels her to be so diligent. A PA S T O R ’S SUDDEN D E A T H . R e v . M ilo C o a c h m a n E x p ires w h ile R id ing: In H is Sleigh. The Warwick Dispatch says that at about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon Rev. Milo Couchman, Pastor of Edeaville M. B. church, died suddenly of apoplexy or heart disease while riding in his sleigh, near the residence of A. J. Williams. He was doing pastoral work previous to Con ference, when death overtook him. One of the family ot Mr. Williams saw Mr. Couchman fall from his sleigh and im mediately went to his assistance. Mr. Couchman leaves a family—a wife and several children ; his age was 85 years, 11 months and 13 days. The funeral will take place on Sunday at 3 p, m., at Edenville church ; interment at Catskill, N. Y., on Monday. DRO W N E D IN T H E CISTERN. Mrs. George A. Truex of Newton, Sus sex county, was found dead by her hus band on Saturday morning in the cistern of their house. Mrs. Truex was tlic first to rise in the morning, as her husband was not feeling well. When he came down to. the kitchen he missed his wife. Mr. Truex noticed that the carpet cover ing the cistern was laid back and the trap door was open. Thns it was that he made the frightful discovery. They were an aged couple and lived very happily together. It is thought that Mrs. Truex was insane, as she often acted in a queer manner. H IS FAMILY THOUGHT HIM KILLED. Mrs. C. C. Shurter of Newburg, left Wednesday night for Chicago to meet her father, whom she had supposed to be dead fifty years. .Her father was a member of the United States Army at the time of the Seminole war in Florida and was reported killed. His wife and children left their homo and settled in New York. The father, it seems, was wounded, but recov ered, and on his return home could find no trace of his family, and moved West to Chicago, He has lived there since and prospered, and is now 87 years old and hale and hearty. A NOVEL HARNESS, A resident of Eddyville, Ulster county, has invented a patent harness that has no traces, breeching or backing straps. The drawing aud backing by the horses is all done with a double neck-yoke which is strapped fast to the pole of the wagon. The harness was originally invented for plowing. —Everybody speaks well of Tulip THE NET PROCEEDS. 'I’ho net proceeds of the old folks’ con cert, given by the Ladies Aid Society 5>f the Presbyterian church on Tuesday even ing, were .f84.50. This was doing re markably well. DAMAGED BY THE FLOOD I'lVO BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY BY THE ICE IN SHOHOLA CREEK. The lee Gorge at. Hanilsome Eddy this Morning—Damming Bnek and Badly Damaging Bridges. vSuoHOiA, Pa., March 23.—The ice in Bhobola creek went out this morning, carrrying away two bridge.s, one in Sho- bola Gien, and one near the railroad cul- The ioo in the Delaware river broke up at 5 o'clock this morning. The ice being sola I at Handsome Eddy, one mile below Birryville, it dammed back for a few moments before giving way, and the water rose rapidly, completely surround ing M. Quick’s barn, and St. J. Gardner’s saw and planing mil). The saw and planing mill are a complete wreck. One end of (Jzenburgh and Covart’s barn was stove in by the ice. The ice was three hours in passing. The river is now clear and all further danger paf^sed. TROUBLE AT MILFORD. The Ice Stuck on B e ll’s Island — T he Water Backs up this Afternoon, (By Telephone to the Union.) M ilvoed , Mar. 33, 3 p. m.—At about 10 o’clock this morning the ice stuck on Bell's Island, three miles below Milford, and the water commenced to back up and oveifliw its banks. At 3 o’clock this af ternoon it had reached the first floor of the grist mill and spoke factory at the mouth of the creek, just below here. The Delaware bridge is partly under water. Several families on the flat are preparing to move out. On the other side of the Half-way House between here and Port Jervis the water overflows the. high way and cakes of ice are on the highway. WASH-OUT ON THE MIDLAND, Ovei- a.'JO Feet of Track Swept Into the Beaverklll at Cook’s F a lls. The upper waters o f the Delaware were very high this morning, and much damage has been done. The West Branch of the Delaware was never known to be as high as it was this morning. On the East Branch the river was very high, as it also was on the Beaverkill. On the latter stream the water flooded the track of the O. & W. road, and be tween East Branch and Rockland several wash-outs occurred this morning. Several sections of the track were washed away, one of 60 feet, and number of lesser ones, and are one 250 feet. At one point the track and ice were carried by the stream three quarters of a mile, and now lie in the river 8 or 10 feet under The damage is a very disastrous one to the Midland company, which has already begun repairs. For the present the com pany will run trains to the washed-out points, and transfer passengers and bag- FLOWERS AND FUNERAL DESIGNS. If you wish cut flowers, funeral or wed ding designs, plants, bulbs or any article in the florists l i s t ; we can supply you at one hour’s notice from the extensive hot house nurseries of the Belding florist com pany’s gardens, Middletown. Agent for Port Jervis, Lea’s Drug store, who will sell you at the same prices and deliver them at any house.—adv. ANOTHER COLD WAVE, The Storm passed over last night, and was followed by slightly cooler weather to-day. About 11 o’clock this forenoon there was a light “ Jiurry ’’ of snow. There is a severe cold wave approaching, temperature in the Northwest having fal len very ranch. Cold fair weather is probable for the coming 48 hours. SHOHOLA’S CALICO HOP. The calico hop, given at Shohola Hotel, Tuesday, March 30th, was a success. The popular landlord, Fred .Schlund, under stands how to cater to the public, and gave all a general good time. Good music was furnished from Port Jervis. EAS'JNER CARDS AT LEA’S. If you are looking for someting flue aud arti.«itic—something worth preserving at the same time at reasonable price—just take a peep at Lea’s drug store windows and then go inside and you can purchase an Easter card from one cent to $5. Re member L.;a’s drug .store.—adv, —In these days of adulteration, we think it Is good policy to use that which yon know to be strictly pure. Therefore u e Tulip soap, the beat in use. To tlie Keaclera of tliiB Paper. years. It is nply hero as a reminder to you that if you should ever be so unfortunate as to i.ave a cold or anj- lung trouble Kemp’s Balsam is tlie best cough cure. At all drug stores. Large bottles \50 cents and $1. W IT H PE N AND .SCIS.SOBS. Item s Ufa More or Less Local Nature Con- deusecl for this Columu. —Easter cards at Decker’s. —tf. —The Erie paymaster arrived m town to-day. —Supper, home made candy au'^ other delicaci.-s at the M. E. church this even ing. Admission and supper only 25 cents.—dlk —Miss Sangbleu findignantly)- “Waiter, you’ve put your thumb in ray s o u p G r e e n waiter (assuringly) —“No matter, miss; it is’nt hot enough to burn me.”—Hcmard Lampoon. —Acitiizen of Newcastle, Pa., dreamed that he was fighting with a neighbor and kicked him violently. The next instant he awoke with a howl, for he had splint ered the footboard and broken his big toe. —The following order was received by a grocer in Kentucky: “ Pleas send me by the barrar Stt>3. of coffey, Iff), sliooger, a pint ol whiskey & a box of tax. My wife had a baby last night, also a ff>. of nails Sc a munkey rench.’’ —^Mr. George Dixon, the Carpenters Point blacksmith, has added to his usual line o f busmess a full line of farming im plements. Mr. Dixon is a wide-awake, industrious and honest man, and is sure to come to the front. —Arthur Dale, a young lad >bout 10 years of age, got in the way of Arthur Mesler’s delivery wagon on the corner of Pike street aud Railroad avenue, this after noon, and received some bruises in the right side. The injury, however, is not considered serious. —The Library Magazine for March comes out in a new dress which is highly creditable to the high-class literature which it embodies. It is certainly a very extra ordinary dollar's worth of literature, the nearly 3,500 pages per annum which this magazine gives to its subscribers. Those who see it are not surprised at such very emphatic endorsements as given, for ample, by Prof. Perry of Williams Col lege, in a recent letter to the publisher “ I do not know when my subscription to the Library Magaaine expires. Please re new it. I do not intend it shall expire at all so long as I am able to read.’’ M R . UBY’S OPENING. G. Ury announces his spring opening in our columns to-day. Mr. Ury states that he has, this year, surpassed all former efforts to open with large collec tions and fine quality of goods. Besides his novelties and ladles’ wear of all kinds, he is prepared to suit his old patrons with the latest styles and best quality and finish of millinery goods. Miss Collins, who comes highly recommended from first- class houses in New York city, has been engaged at a large salary to take charge of this department, and her large experi- ence will undoubtedly enable her to suit the most fastidious tastes. THE FIRST COHYICTION. W ANTED FO R T H E LATEST M U R DER Morris Nolan of Plainfield, N. J., is wanted for the murder of Farmer William Race of Belle Meade. Nolan lived atone not far fro n the barn where Race was found dead Sunday. Nolan was seen by a friend, and his appearance was ruffled and his face scratched. He made a con- fused explanation about getting tangled up with some blackberry bushes. The hour that Nolan was missing is the same at which Race is supposed to have been murdered. Race had considerable money about his person. There was only ^34 in his pockets when found dead. T H E F I R E T H I S * AFTERNOON. An alarm of fire at about 3 o’clock this afternoon brought out the department. The fire proved to be in the house of Au gust Fenner in Germantown, A number of children playing in a bedroom set fire to some bed clothing. The flames were quenched by neighbors before the firemen arrived on the scene. WE W ISH THEM JOY. Lewis J. Leland and Miss Mary Outwin, both of Port Jervis, were married this moi-ning at the residence of the Rev. Calvin A. Haro, in this place. A few friends of the couple witnessed the cere- THE LAMP UPSET. A lamp upset in one of AL D. Graham’s buildings at 98 Ball street, night before last, and set fire to the surroundings, but, after considerable efforts, the flames were extinguished before serious damage was —Pecuniary soap is very effective in political campaign, and Tulip soap is J ast as effective in washing (iay campaigns. «35 SAVED. The Deniorest sewing machine at $19 50, New York office price. These machines are sold in Mme. Demorest’s one thousand pattern agencies ail over this gl( ‘ goes with them. Call for a pattern sheet that tells all about them. At H. 0 . Oua- ningham’s, Pike street.—adv. EXCISE COMMISSIONERS FOUND GUILTY IN DUTCHESS COUNTY. Charged w ith Granting lU e g a l Licenses at Wappinger’s F a lls-B e in g the First Offense, the Commissioners w ill he The first conviction o f a Board of Ex cise in the state o f NewTork on an mdict- ment for granting an illegal hotel license was secured at Poughkeepsie, Wednesday, before Judge Barnard. It was the board of Excise o f Wappingers Falls, consisting of Commissioners Moore, Owens and Worsley. Augustus Coulter applied to the board for a hotel license. The board simply- asked Mm if he had the necessary accom modations and he replied in the affirmative, and on that they granted his license. It was proven that he kept a saloon with nothing in it indicating that it was a hotel except three or four cots up stairs in a room, and what meals were served were cooked in another building across the street. His stable was a quarter of a mile The jury remained out only five minutes, returning with the verdict : “ Guilty as indicted.’’ Judge Barnard denied a motion for a stay of proceedings, but let the Commissioners go to their homes on bail, intimating that their sentence will be a fine instead of imprisonment, it being their first offense. Counsel for the Commissioners will appeal to the General Term. SUSSEX COUNTY ITEMS. Two Deaths—Township’s ElectionB—The V ery Liglit^Vote. Mrs. Sarah A., wife of Charles Ayers, died al the home of her parenis, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Ooykendall, iuDeckertown, on the lOtb inst., aged 19 years. She had ceen married only a year. Ellen, wife ot the late John B, Martin, died at the home o l her daughter, Mrs. John Morgan, in Newaik, on the 9fch inst. She resided in Deckertown until last fall. She was aged about 65 years, and leaves a family of grown children, most of whom reside in the vicinity of Beckertown. Mrs. Margaret D. Ooolbaugh, an aged lady, for the past nine years a resident of Deckertown, died on the 10th inst., at the residence of Mr. J. H. Dunning, in the 89th year of her age. Her husband died 59 years ago at Shawnee, Monroe county, Pa , to which place her remains were taken. She was a mother of Susan V. Talley and grandmother of A. C. Tal ley and M t 3. J. H. Dunning of Decker- Only thirty-eight votes were cast at town meeting ir. Yemen, Tuesday. Her man Yanzer, one of the town clerks, was in Warwick with one of the keys of the combination oallot-box in his pocket. The other town clerks. Ora Simpson and Stephen Wright were also absent. An old cigar-box was used for a ballot-box. The stump ticket was elected. For Justice Wm. Bassett over Theodore Drew, For Collector A. 0. Blanchard over Wisner Houston. There is consider able dissatisfaction among the defeated candidates, who claim the swearing in of clerks was irregular. But 184 of 900 voters in Wantage town ship exercised the right of suffrage Tues day. The following, the candidates on the citizens’ ticket, were elected: Town Clerk, Humphrey Martin; Judges of Election, William S, Little, Amzi Par- sell : Inspectors, Thomas J. Kyte, Frank Armstrong; Assessor, Newman H a ll; Collector, Samuel Dsnms ; Chosen Free holder, Brice P. Walling; Town Com mittee, Simeon Parcell; Surveyors of Highways, M. Fillmore Goldsmith, Wil liam Cox; Commissioners of Appeal, John Butler, William Dewitt, Jacob Sv/artwout, George Shephard; Overseer Poor, Jetur E. Fredericks; Justice of Peace, Orson Hockenberry. The follow ing appropriation were voted: Road money, $4,000; school money, $1,500 ; town money, $1,000; snow money, $500. AX SURROGATE’S COURT. The last w'ill and testament has been admitted to probate of James Westbrook, late of Deerpark, with Phehe E. Bennet, Maria Corwin and Sarah J. St. John ex ecutrices. Letters of administration have been granted on the estate of James C. Debevoice, late of Greenville, to James 0. Debevoice, a son. And decrees have been entered in the matter of the judicial accounting of Charles St. John and George W. Terwilliger, executors of Hiranr Terwilliger, Deerpark. Jay Gould’s wonderful, new yacht was, it is said, most completely and elegantly furnished. Among other useful and in dispensable things ordered for
