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V . krtiii nt0it. YOL. XYI. No. ir.2. P O R T J E R Y I 8 , O R A N G K C O U N T Y , N . Y . , W E J D N E S DA.Y E V E N I N G , J U L Y 1 1 , 1 8 8 8 . P R I C E T H R E E C E N T S OUR TILLAGE FATHERS. T H E Y H E I .H AN IM P O R T A N T M E E T IN G EA S T N I G H T . T lio N e w Stveet R a ilw a y a n d W h e r e it W ill R u n —I*ogs M u s t b e M u z z led —M r. Sea r les A p i>ointed S p e e ial P o l i c e —E ire D e p a r t m e n t M a tt e r s . A special meeting of the Board of Trus tees was held at the Corporation Rooms, Tuesday evening, July 10th. There were present, President Shimer, Trustees Oak ley, Colgan, Boyd, Muuuich. Lyons and Corwin. President Shimer stated that the meet ing had been called for the jrarpose of acting upon the petition of ULr. A. B. Goodale for permission to lay and operate a street railway and to transact important liusiness. Chief Engineer Terwilliger was present and stated that he had been requested by Delaware Hose Company to ask the Board for permission to increase the member ship of said company from 40 to 60. He also asked the Board to set a day. for the annual parade and suggested the 13th day of September as a day]agreeable to the fire department. The Corporation Counsel stated that the Village Charter limited the membership of hose companies to 40 and that it could not be increased without amending the charter. Trustee Boyd moved that the 13th of September be appointed for the annual parale of the Fire Department as per request of the Chief Engineer. Car ried. President Shimer appointed John Searles a special police at the request of parties residing at the corner of Ball and Owen streets. On motion of Trustee Lyons the appointment was confirmed by the Board. The President stated that a number of complaints had been made in regard to dogs running at large in the streets of the village unmuzzled. Trustee Corwin moved that a notice be published in the Village papers requiring all owners of dogs to have said dogs properly muz zled within five days from this date, and that after the expiration of said five days that all dogs then found on the public, streets un nizzled be shot by a person to be appointea for that purpose. Carried. Trustee Colgan then moved that the President be empowered to employ a man to kill said unmuzzled dogs at 50 cents each. Carried. The special committee to whom was referred the application of A. B. Good- ale and others for permission to build and operate a street railroad, reported in favor and recommended granting permission to said parties to construct and operate a street railroad on Pike street from Main to Front street, oown Front street to Jersey avenue, down Jersey avenue to Main street, and down Main street to the Neversink bridge. Trustee Lyons moved that the report be received and filed and the recommendations of the committee be adopted. Motion carried by the fol- fowing vote: A y s — Trustees Colgan, Lyons, Munnich, Boyd and Oakley, Noes Trustee Colgan moved that the matter of building an extension and making re pairs to Escclsior Hose Company as recommended by the Fire Department Commute at a previous meeting, be left with the Fire Department Committee with power to jct. Carried. On motion of Trustee Colgan member ship certificates were granted to Howard McAllister and F. L, Peltou of Excelsior Hose Company and to Ed. Courvoisier and Will J, Raymond of Delaware Hose Company and a discharge certificate to Fred Kimmel of Deleware Hose Company. On motion Board adjourned. D E A T H IN G O S H E N . The boshen correspondent of the Mid dletown A rgus thus feelingly mentions the death of little Susie Meyers of the former village: I am compelled to re cord, to-day, the death of Susie, the little daughter of Charles Meyers of the Bmfl- crat office, who died, last night, of cholera morbus. She was a bright and interest ing child, SIX years of age, and unusual sympathy is felt for the bereaved par- D E S E R T I N G F R E E T R A D E . C liostev’s D e m o c r a t ic F a v o r i t e a \Worker for H a r r ison anti M o r ton. Dr. J. L. Forwood, President of the Board of Trade at Chester, Pa., and the acknowledged leader of the Democracy in Delaware county for the last 20 years, has swung loose from the party of disloyalty during the war, the stumbling block to every measure of progress since that time and now of free trade. His popularity in the community of Chester, a city of 500 Republican majority, is evidenced by bis election of Mayor for 12 out of the last 15 At the meeting of the Chester Republi can Club, held Saturday night to ratify the Chicago nominations, the following letter was read by the chairman of the meeting: H. V. Smith, esq . Ohaimnaib oj^ the Con. mitiee Yming Men's Republican Club: D b a k S ir —I thank you for the invita tion to attend the ratification meeting to night. Unavoidable circumstances will prevent my attendance. I am in full sympathy with your declaration of princi ples of protection to American industries. Yours respectfully, J. L. F orw ood . The reading of this letter provoked the wildest enthusiasm among the Republi cans and has spread consternation among the Democrats. No man in either party has a larger personal following than Dr. Forwood. Free trade is working out its good work and among other Democrats of Chester, who, it is reported, will support Harrison and Morton, their country and their homes, are Joseph Messich and Peter Mundy, the first a manufacturer employ ing a number of hands, and the latter a well known and prosperous business man of Chester city. The signs of the times are bright for the Republican party. F E B S O N A I .. Miss Isadora Wells left town this morn ing for Milford, where she will spend part of her vacation. Mrs. Howell and her daughter Ada, of 167 Ann Street, Newburg, are visiting at Benj, Whiting’s. Misses Flora Shimer and Nellie Farnnm, left town this noon for Monticello, where they will remain for two or three weeks. Mrs. Lauren Kellogg and son and Mrs. E. H. Fish of Amsterdam, will spend two or three weeks visiting with Mrs. P. Mon- Dr, Payne returned to this village to day, after a two weeks vacation among the Oatskill mountains, and at his home in Waverly. Sheriff Slauson and wife of Gosheu and Mrs. John Monell of Orange Farm were in town, Monday, on a brief visit to Mrs. E. P. Masterson’s on Elizabeth street. The family of Mr. Wm. H. Davenport, conductor of the Orange County Express of Port Jervis, have been spending a few days visiting relatives in this city.—ilfzV?- dleteyion Press. Mr. J. L. Barker, piymaster for the Delaware and Hudson Canal company, passed through this place about noon, en- route to Honeadale. The steam yacht was a great attraction for the people liv ing near the canal. John H. Baird, the pushing agent of the Dixon Crucible Co. of Jersey City, spent a few days in this locality, last week,with family who are rusticating in tiiis vicinity. Mr. Baird is now at Scranton circulating the Dixon goods with his usual celerity. _____ _____ EC ON OM Y IS W E A E T H . The above is an old adage, but never* tbeless true. The application in the care of the parer and slicer fits exactly. The most economical Potato Parer, Slicer and Apple Corer ever invented. One given away to every purchaser to introduce our new Crop Teas, Pure Coffees and A, and P. Baking Powder. We commence Tuesday and continue for three days. A parer, slicer and corer should be in every house. No kitchen is complete without one. Remember, you get your checks as usual. The parer, slicer and corer is an extra gift to every purchaser of our world renowned goods. They can only be obtained from our wagon this week. The Great A. and P. Tea Co.—d3t. Sweet as the sweetest flower—pure as the morning dew of heaven—Tulip Soap \ Z As a rule the Presidential contest has ittlc interest lor the Old World. On present occasion, however, an issue is involved ■which very closely concerns Euroiie, more particularly Great Britain. Mr. CLEVELAND has taken his stand on free trade, and, al though his party managers have considerably planed down his i>latform, he is universally recognized in the States as pledged to initiate a new departure in fiscal policy. Now can there be any doubt tliat he would net up to this understanding were he elected. The central issue of the contest lies between the maintenance of the present liscal system ntaet and its modillcations in the direction of free trade. And on that T)road <iuestion Mr.CLE\VE- LAND’S candidature naturally and neces sarily carries English sympathies.—ZZe/iondom SU M M E R N I G H T ’S F E S T I V A L at Kirk’s grove, W ednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Music by Emmet band.- - d 2 t . —Do not be induced to take some otlier preparation when you call for Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Be sure to get Hood’s, which is peculiar. —The best 50c. corsets in town at G. Ury’s; also have in stock afullaesortraent of Madam Warren dress form, S. C. and other well known corsets. —Decorated bone dishes 15 cents, at Hoagland’s crockery bazar, O F F I C E S TO R E N T . One or two nice rooms over Lea & Mason’s drug store are for rent, singly or “ ' ■ \the e '—' ison’s di ---------- together. The location is one of th nest in town for any kind of office bnsines.i. Rent low to a good tenant. Apply to | Geoge Lea.—ad V. NEW YORK TO MONTANA T H E T H I R D O F AIR. D O T Y ’S IN T E R E S T IN G L E T T E R S . T h e R u le l o C h icago T h e E r ie ’s E x e e llo n l S e r v ice — S t. F a iil and A .tinneapolls. T h e R e d E l v e r C o u n try — T h e B a d L a n d s o f D a k o t a . PROM NEW YORK TO llUTTE. Butte is about 3,600 miles from New York city. It is certainly a ride well worth taking. Train No. Five, the Chi cago and St. Louii Express, is the train to take. It leaves New York at .5.30, and gets to Port Jervis at about 8 p. m. On this elegantly-equipped train one glides along with such rapidty that by morning he is at Corry, Pa., and shortly after 9 o’clock the following night, about 35 hours from Port Jervis, he islanded in Chicago, and without a single change of cars. Train Five is provided with all the con- comintants of ease and comfort in travel ing, and it glides along with such rare ease and speed that I cannot speak too highly of it as a means of getting the travelers from the East to the West quickly and pleasantlv. At Chicago one is transferred to the line that runs to St. Paul, and leaves at 11.45, getting into St. Paul the next afternoon. A ride across Illinois and for several hund red miles along the Mississippi, is a trip worth taking. The landscape is not at all times pleasing, and I would not advise any one to settle there. Nearer the Missis sippi, however, it is prettier ; and some of the views along that river are magnifi cent. Most of the land along it is fertile and there are some pretty towns. La- course, Wis., is a pretty place. So is Prairie dee ehien (meaning the meadow o£ the dogs), and I think the latter one of the most beautiful city sites in the world. Hastings, Minn., looks like a lovely town, as seen from the east side of the Mississippi river. The Bluff many miles below is a most picturesque sight. But the loveliest city or cities of the North west are ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS, with their environments. I cannot speak too highly of them. When I got there, June 13th, I found the markets filled with new apples, new cherries, blackberries, straivberries, rasp berries, peaches, apricots, plumbs, bananas, and I think‘watermelons. And all were very cheap—cheaper than in Port Jervis. To speak in extense ot these two mag nificent and flourishing cities would re quire more space and time than can he spared. Although nominally 11 miles apart, they are almost one city in reality. The newness of Minneapolis is every where apparent. But almost every build ing is substantial and handsome. The family of Mr. Conrad Peeper lives there, and I called on them. Notwithstanding the beauty and thrift of the city, they pre fer the Bast. The ride through the country from Min neapolis to Fergo and Moorehead and the Red River country was made between 4.- 30 p. m. and 4 o’clock the next morning. I had slept very little, and was alert to catch the first glance of the famous RED RIVER MTIEAT BELT. It was toward noon when we got out of the wheat belt. It is a low, somewhat rolling country, a vast prairie, and it is something to be thankful for that wheat willl grow there. But to there and die there!—Well, not any for the subscriber. Here and there at vast intervals one sees things looking like pig sties or bee-hives, about big enough for one man to turn around in. They are houses; yes, houses where Ue great wheat growers live and move, when they get out of door—and then they try and have their being. The whole landscape looks like a toy table with little pegs set here and there, and with a vast perspective. There are but few trees. WORSE AND WORSE. After getting out of the Red River country, and into the interior of the much- vaunted Dakota, one feels like going out ahead of the engine and lying down on the track and taking the blissful conse- iiuences. Suth a country ! It isn’t fit for a n y t h in g b’ut to die in. And i f a person who shufiled off this mortal coil in that country in the most expeditious way pos sible, were not translated straight to Heaven, then there is no use whatever in having a Heaven. Bismarck is the capital of the territory. It is well-named, for like the “ Iron Chancellor,” it is frigidly itself. Still, its better than any of the places further west in Dakota. The country is rolling, with frequent small lakes and marshes in the eastern part, and on these marshes and lakes are innumerable largo and small wild ducks, curlcH, marsh hens, etc. Prairie hens and all such game were plentiful. Hundreds of prairie dogs were seen, and in one lone spot a shaggy coyote was seen staring wildly at the train. Early that night, somewhere west of Bismarck, our train ran into a fierce thunder-storm, whose coming we had watched over the prairies hundreds of miles away. It was fearful. When it dashed against the train the windows had to be shut instantly. A few moments later our train stopped, and stood there about half an hour. The next day learned that the storm had dashed in the locomotive head-light. This same storm raised havoc all through northern Dakota and Minnesota, as I afterward saw by the papers. At Bismarck we crossed the Missouri river. The appearance of the country got worse and worse. \Vegetation was scarce, but few inhabitants, and those living in sod houses and eking out an existence working in the occasional lignite coal mines or brick yards, or working for the railroad company or raising cattle. They all looked weary and I sincerely pitied the poor wretches who \were mostly for eigners, and too poor to get away. When \we struck into the Bad Lands, or Pyramid Park, somewhere west of Man- dan, it seemed as though nature were try ing to do her worst. The country is well named. I cannot take time now to de scribe it. A few birds seemed to be stop ping around there among the Alkali mountains and sagebrush struggled to hide the weird deformities of the land scape and the bones and skeletons of the dead animals that were occasionally seen along the trails. TRAIN ROBBERS. We traveled for hours through this waste of land, and then came into Mon tana, and after awhile struck the Yellow stone river and valley. Here the country improved a little. Cattle were grazing, and people were trying also to live. At Big Horn we crossed the Big Horn river. I remember the point because of its association with the massarce of Gen. Custer a few miles below there. And I also now remember the point more particularly because, two nights after I passed through there, the very same train I was on was “ held up ” by masked robbers who went into the train, robbed the passengers and the express messengers, and then rode away. I sup pose you read of the incident in the east ern papers. I have since talked with some of the parties on the train, who live in Butte. ON THE BUTTE, The character of the country changed but little, although for the better. But it was dreary enough. We began to get sight of mountains, after we left the Yel lowstone river, and the Alkali formations became less pronounced. Finally the foothills of the Rockies were made ap parent by an occasional glimpse of a vast snow clad peak. After leaving Helena we rode over the top of the Sierras or the Great Divide, the Mullan Tunnel having caved in. It took three locomotives to drive seven passenger coaches over the divide. The scenery here was grand, and the ride was thus relieved of much of its mo notony. On the west side of the divide the land looked greener and better, and it is better the further west one goes, they siy. Irrigation performs an important part in grazing and the little farming there is done hereabout. w. t . d . T H E T E A C H E r T r e s o l v e . Before the Pennsylvania State Teachers’ Convention, recently in session in Scran ton, adjourned, it adopted resolutions advising temperance work in schools; fav oring free text-hooks and protesting against any change in the present law on the subject. It commended the Legislature for making the minimum school term six months and increasing the state appro priation; It also suggested that the appro- pnatious should be largely used for increasing the teachers’ salaries and rec ognized the Normal schools as essentials to the public school system. The treas urer reported that there are 435 members of the State Association; that there are 291 present at the meeting, of \which 1G5 were from Scranton and 62 from Luzerne county, and that the receipts of the con vention were $473,45 and the expenses 1504 57. Do not marry a girl who does not use Tulip Soap. —Richly decorumd dinner sets 128 pieces, $20.40, at Hoagland’s. —Ask your grocer for “ Puritan” hams. They are very fine. Try them. As a rule the Presidential contest has very little interest for the Old World. On the present occasion, however,an issue is involved which very closely concerns Europe, more particuiarly Great Britain. Air. CLEVELAND has tiiken lii.s stand on free trade,and altliou{?Ii his party managers liavo considerably planed downliis platform, he is universally rc'cog- nized in the States as pledged to imitate a new departure in fiscal policy. Now can there be any doubt tliat lie would act up to this uuder- .staiiding were lie elected. The central issue of the contest between the maintainance o f the present llseal system in tact and its modillcation in the direction of free trade. And on that broad (lucstion Mr. CLE\VE- L AND'S candidature naturally and uccessai carries Eiigli.sli.sympatliics.—Z’/ic London (lloVe. FIRE IN PATERSON A F I R E T H A T D E S T R O Y E D P R O P E R T Y B Y T H E A C R E . A IV lio le C orner S w e p t A w a y —L o s s e s Su s ta in e d b y A tany P e o p le —C o n f lagration in a T e n d e r B o x . One of the most extensive fires that has visited Paterson city in a long time broke out on the corner of Ramapo avenue and Market street, about 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. Just what caused the fire is not known. It started in the rear part of Scott’s stables, a place filled with hay and other very inflammable material. Some pre sume that it was started from some paints and oils which were being used there; others attribute it to some light which had been made in the hay loft. The flames shot upwards aud extended to both sides and soon people were running in every direction. The total loss by the fire is almost im possible to form any idea of. There were scores of losers, men and women running small stores or occupying portions of the buildings as tenements. There seemed to be an unusual number of women, and of these many were well known to the police. Professional street walkers seemed to abound, aud numbers of these were seen carrying their few articles of clothing into places of safety. The sidewalks on the opposite side of the streets were soon littered with furniture aud all kinds of stuff taken from the stores and tenements. The buildings were for the most part wooden structures, and built so close to gether that it was for some time impossi ble for the firemen to get a stream o f water where they wanted it. The fire dep a r t m e n t W as o u t in fu l l fo r c e , h o w ever, and at 11 o’clock the fire was under con t r o l. The result of the fire is the destruction of property extending from No. 10 Ram apo avenue to No. 286 Market street, all the buildings there being either partially or wholly destroyed. The fronts of the corner propeity and of the property along Market street were saved, but there is verv little left but the front elevations* The losses, though amounting to a great deal in the aggregate, was not severe on any one person, as it included so mauy individuals. Most of the buildings were covered by insurance, but there will be considerable loss in furniture and goods by the small shop keepers. N E X T S U N D A Y * ^ E X C U R S IO N . At 85 cents for the round trip to New York, the Erie expects to empty Port JcTvis of its population on Sunday, July 15 th, and doubtless the excursion mentioned will be the most successful of the season. The attractions of the metropolis are multitudinous and com bined with its many summer day resorts, which are located near at hand, otters more recreation and amusement to the square inch than any two places in Amer ica. Let everybody go and enjoy a day of rare pleasure. Low rates of fare pre vail everywhere and the expense addi tional lo the rou'ad trip of 85 cents will be slight. Special train will leave Port Jer vis at 7 a. m. and arrive in New York at 9.87 a. m. Returning this train will leave New York at 8.25 p. m., reaching Port Jervis about 11 p. m. For further par ticulars inquire at any Erie agent or see advertising matter. F O U N D D E A D N E A R W A R W I C K . A man named Finnigan, aged about 60 years, was found dead in a field near Dur- land’s crossing of the L. & H. R. R., 3 miles north of Warwick, Tuesday morn- iug. He was m the employ of John C Benedict, a farmer, and started to drive the cows to pasture, Tuesday morning, apparently in good health, but as he did not return, search was made for him and his dead body was found as stated. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death. It is understood that he had a family. Coroner DeGraw of Middletown, was notified of the finding of the body and started on train 6 Tuesday afternoon to hold an inquest. A N O U T IN G P A R T Y . A pleasant party left town this morn ing for a four days’ outing at York Pond where they will catch fish and indulge in other rural sports. The party consisted of Messrs. Engineer S. S. Walker, Abe Shimer, H. E. Stewart, Houston Walker, Will McKechnie, and Misses Ida Walker, Ida Beavans, Gr-ice Simpson, Minnie Garabrant and Carrie Baird. H Y M E N E A L . Miss Anna Beekman, daughter of Rev. and Mrs, GoynTalmage was married Tues day, July lOtb, to Mr. John Henry Nie - Kyer, at the residence of the bride’s pa ints at Somerville, N. J. The congratu From every section of the country \ iceive unlimited praise of Tulip Soap. —Choice celery plants for sale, all trans- lanted. Hosea Hammond, 48 Ball street. irily planted. lo —3td3w. IT W I L L B E A T SARATOGA.*” T lie K e iniljlioan.s W i l l N o m in a t e th e N e x t G o v e r n o r T liere. A u g u s t 88 t li. The Republican State Committee met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at 11 o’clock, yesterday morning, and organized by electing Cornelius N. Bliss chairman, John N. Knapp, vice chairman, Frank S. Smith and John W. Vroom, secretaries, and Congressman S. V. White treasurer. There was little dispute about the place of holding the State Convention. Hen dricks Of Syracuse was anxious to secure the convention for that city, but finding that the feeling was strong for Saratoga, he relinguished his claim, and on motion Saratoga was unanimous y adopted as the place to nominate the next Governor. August the 38 th was decided upon as the date for holding the convention. The cfficial call for holding the State Convention was issued last night. It reads as follows; Headquarters Republican State Uommittee. )f the State ot New York and all others vho may desire to unite with them in up- lolding the principles of the Republican party, as declared in the platform adopted by the last National Convention, are hereby requested to send delegates to a State Convention to be held at Saratoga Springs, on Tuesday, the 38th of August, 1888, at 13 o’clock noon, for the purpose of nominating candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and a Judge of the Court of Appeals; also for the transac tions of such other business as may prop erly come before the convention. Each Assembly district in the state will be en titled to representation in accordance with the t J. N . K n a p p , Chairman Pro. Tern. F r a n k S. S m it h , c ) upr.rptarie« J o h n W . V eo o m a n . JT s e c r e t a r i e s . The National Republican Committee meets at New York to-day to organize for the important work of the campaign. The members were nearly all on the ground last night, but there was no defi nite conclusion in regard to the organ iza- _____ ___ iccordanci the basis established by the State Co tion of 1885, and upon wb' conventions have been hel( tion of 1885, and W E S T IN D I A N S I N T R O U B L E . A n E m p l o y m e n t A g e n c y Send s th e m to P o r t J e r v is. Last Saturday morning two worthy col ored men from the West Indies landed in New York, determined to make the United States their home, expecting as soon as a position was secured and a little money earned to send for their respective wives and families which had been left at home. These men gave what money they had left to an Employment agent in New York who was to furnish them with work. The agent at once sent the men to Port Jervis, where they arrived Saturday evening, with the promise of a situation, but there was some misunderstanding, and the expected position was not secured. Whether the agent purposely deceived the men or whether the men did not under stand the case is not known, but had not kind friends been found, the men would have been penniless in the street. The Y. M. O. A. has been caring for them for a few days, and trying to secure work for them. They are carpenters by trade, are'sober industrious men, willing to do anything to make a living, both seem to he Christian men bringing church re commendations with them, and come well recommended, one man being an Odd Fellow and a colored Mason. Any per son wishing to employ such men may apply to the Secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Any kind of work will be acceptable to them. \WITH P E N A N D SC ISSO R S . Item s o f a M o r e or L e s s L o c a l N a tu r e C o n d e n s e d f o r t h i s C o lum n . —The Ene band will give another of its pleasant free concerts on Orange square to-morrow evening. The people gener ally are invited. —Attention is called to the display advertisement of 0. E. Barkmanin an other column to-day. Mr. Barkman keeps a choice line of goods in his line, and his customers will find goods choice and fresh. T H E LIT T L E SU F F E R E R R E L IEV E D . Katie the 6 year-old little daughter of Thomas Padien, who was injured on No. 3 bridge Saturday night, died about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon at Mill Rift, Pa. She was brought to her parents home in Germantown this morning. The fun eral will be held to-morrow at 3 o’clock, at the house, and at 3.30 at St. Mary’s church. All the children of St. Mary’s Sodality are requested to meet at the house at 3 o’clock. .SAM U EL J. R A N D A L L SE R IO U S L Y IL L A despatch from Washington, D, 0., states that Samuel J. Randall was taken seriously ill Monday night, and for a time was said to be in imminent danger. It was stated Tuesday afternoon, however, that while he was very weak, he was rest ing quietly, the acute phase of his trouble having been brought under control. YIELDING ONE POINT. T H E E R I E D E L I V E R I N G L O A D E D CARS TO T H E M O N T IC E L L O . R e c e d in g F r o m Its . U n t e n a b le P o s it io n . L ia b le for D a m a g e s —H o p e th a t A m ic a b le R e la tio n s w i l l b e R e s t o r e d B e tw e e n th e T w o R a ilw a y s . The Erie has receded from the position taken last week when it refused to deliver to the Port Jervis and Monticello Railway Co., car load lots of freight,and yesterday the cars consigned to points upon that road were delivered at the Monticello junction. There were 7 cars several having been un loaded at the crossing. This change in their orders however, does not effect the coal yards situated on the lin e o f t h e M o n t icello , as th e Erie yet refuses to deliver cars consigned to Rob ertson’s and Williams’ coal yards. The cars are not blled to any point on the line of the Monticello, only to Port Jervis, and the Erie will no doubt claim a perform ance of their contract by delivering the goods at such points as they may select. The reasons for the change in the policy of the Erie are unknown, but there can be no doubt but that the position assumed by \ them was untenable and a refusal to com ply with a proper demand for these cars would have resulted in an application to the State Railway Commissioners, who in similar cases have held that railway companies were obliged to make transfers of car load lots. It is also beUeved that the Brie would have been liable for dam ages for ja failure on their part to make de liveries within a reasonable time. It would seem from the action of the Erie in refer ence to delivering coal at the coal yards, that there is no change of heart upon their part and the new policy is inaugurated to avoid suits for damages or comply with the requirements of the law as it has-here- tofore been defined in similar instances of a lisagreement between warring companies. The public will very generally rejoice at this improvement in the situation. The inconvenience to shippers was very great and the Monticello road was of course greatly crippled by this action on the part of the Erie. We trust that the Erie officials will now go one step further and restore the terminal facilities heretofore enjoyed by the Monticello road. They are not helping their own road in their efforts to break down the Monticello, in fact they are losing money daily, botu in passenger and freight traffic and a further loss of money formerly received for rental of ter minal facilities. Besides this they are alienating the business community and creating a dissatisfaction which will be to the direct disadvantage of the Erie in the future. The Erie has no reason to fear a rival line in Port Jervis. Our prosperity depends upon having additional freight accommodations with competing rates. We may talk about the needs of our vil lage in the way of additional manufactur ing industries but they \will not come un til we offer better freight facilities. The extension of the new road to the On tario and Western is a necessity for our future growth. Every businessman and every property owner is interested in it, and we sincerely hope that all the encouragement possible will be given the management of the Monticello road in their efforts to complete the com peting line. With such competition our village would take a rapid stride ffiiead and the Brie by reason of our growth would perhaps enjoy as much local busi ness as they do at this time. We hope that the Erie management will carefully reconsider their former ac tion in denying the Monticello road ter minal facilities and that they will arrive at a proper understanding with the mana gers of that road. This unpleasantness ns altogether unnecessary. It will only result in injury to the Erie. “ It heads all others for purity and economy’’said a chemist in speaking of Tulip Soap. -AX Louis Schenemann’s cigar store, 103 Pike street, you w ill find the best 5 cent cigars. Cal! for the “ Melitta” or the “ Spanish M ackerel.”—j3 6w. -Elegant extension hall lamps, colored globes, $3 45 up, at Hoagland’s. —The “ Puritan” ham is fast taking the lead over all competitors. Try them* As a rule the Presidential contest has very little interest for the Old \World. On the present occasion, however,an issue is involved which A-ery closely concerns Europe, more particularly Great Britain. Mr. CLEVELAND has taken his stand on free trade.and although his party managers ha\’e considerably planed down his platform, he is universally recog nized in the States as pledged to initiate a n ew departure in fiscal policy. Now can there be any doubt that he would act up to this under standing were he elected. The central issue of the contest lies between the maintainance of the present fiscal system intact and in its modifications in the direction of free trade. And on that broad question Mr. CLEVE- LAND’S candidature naturally and necessarily carries English sympathies.—Lond'Vi GMe, u
