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BRINGS SUOOESS. 1301:! leftri^ 1lm0i? (t# Veislsteat, Advertising Pays. VOL. XVI. No 372. PORT JERVIS, ORANOB OOKJNXY, K. Y., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1888. PRICE TKRBS GENTS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. T H K Y H O L I> A S P E C I A X S E S S I O N EASX NIGHT. H r , Conkling'g P e titio n —Jo h n K a d e l Ke- news H is Com p laint A b o u t W a s h W a te r on M ain S treet—P . E . F a r - n u m Com p lains tlh a t th e Culvert U n d e r Sussex s t r e e t H a s Become Obstructed. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees vras held at the Corporation rooms on Nov. 16, 1888 Present A. Sbimer, President; Trustees Colgan, Mun- nich, Boyd, Corwin, Lyon and Oakley. In the absence o f the clerk, C. E. Cudde- hack was appointed clerk pro tern. The petition of Dr. John Ccnkling re ceived at the last meeting, askiug that a large pipe be laid near h is residence under Main street,so as to prevent the accamula- tion of water after heavy rains and con sequent damage to his property and offer ing to loan the necessary funds to the vil lage without interest until he could be re paid, was taken up and discussed. Trustee Boyd moved a special com mittee o f five be appointed to visit the premises and make personal investigation as to the ground for the complaint. His motion was carried and the President ap pointed Trustees Boyd, Corwin, Colgan, Munnich and Oakley such committee, John Kadel appeared before the Board and renewed his complaint that the waste water from the Mmn street drinking foun tain found Its way to his cesspool, and asked that it be remedied. On motion of Trustee Oakley it was ordered that the water from said fountain be shut off forth with and that the same remain closed until spring. President Shimer reported that contrac tor Nolan had applied for permission to dump into the Delaware river, near the milk house of Wade Buckley, surplus dirt from the excavation for the new Erie switches. It appearin g that the place des ignated was outside the corporate limits, it was agreed that Trustee Colgan should inform Mr. Nolan of that fact. President Shimer reported a complaint from P, E. Earnum that tne culvert under Sussex street had become obstructed and thereby water had been accumulated on his premises. The matter was discussed, but no action taken thereon. Mr. E. G. Geisenheimer appeared be fore the Board and asked that a license be given him for the hall in the Claren don hotel building, for concerts and min strel performances for four months from December 18th next. Granted. The following bills were audited and ordered p a id: C. C. Boyd, street signs.......................... 58 00 ]P. B ums, u se o f horse to Nov. 1st .......... 100 00 On motion meeting adjourned. B O O K S F O R T H E SCHOOL LIBRAHV. ALOMTHE RAIL 1/ouis Noe, laying Sussex S t wall, bal..$163 10 ON THUKSHAY NEXT. We copy from the Evening Telegram the following notice of the play that is to he given at the Opera House on Thurs day: Mr. George C* Boniface’s per formance of Jerry Jummel, “ the cham pion o f the oppressed, devoted to busi- ness,” gave great satisfaction to a large audience last night In the new play of “ Under Cover.” This drama consists of a prologue and three acts, and is highly sensational. Among the characters are some phenomenally good people and some pretematurally bad ones, who pursue with relentless animosity unprotecte l in nocence. Virtue is most liberally re warded and vice punished in a practical and effective manner. L IST O F UNCLAIMEH LEOCTEKS. The following is the list of unclaimed letters In the postoffice at Port Jervis, N. Y., for the week ending Nov. 17tb,1888: lADIES. Miss Addie Adams, Mrs. Debosah, Miss Leanie Dennis, Mrs. John Pingore, Mrs. Edmund Fronde, Mrs. Lydia Hull, Mrs. Bichard Hamilton, Miss Lucy A. Key I Miss Victoria Sullivan, Miss Mai John and Galloway Chadwick, M. C. Douall, John Donelno, G. M. Graim, E. Gadd, Manning P. Jones 2, J. F. Jame son, W. H. Munson, Mose Morris, Alex Stive, Moses Travis, Aaron C. Wood. B, K tau ., J e ., P. M. The gang of laborers who have been working on the approach to the new depot began laying tracks this morning. —Your may be a model husband in every respect; but if you do not furnish your wife with Tulip soap to use, you neglect a big part of your obligation to —B oaedees W anted .—At private house ' either gentlemen or ladies at reasonable rates. Mrs. W. Z. Muir.—lOtd. I t s P a tro n s In v ite d to Offer Suggestions as t o tUe P u rcliase of B o o k s. The Library committee of the Board of Education desires us to state that they are now preparing to purchase books for the 13chool District Library. In order that they may make the library more help ful to the reading public, they invite sug gestions from its patrons and our citizens as to hooks on its shelves. By reference to the minutes of last meet ing o f the Board of Education, published on Monday last, it will be seen that a new supplementary catalogue of the School District Library is now ready for use. These can be purchased of the librarian at 5 cents each, or an old catalogue with supplement for 25 cants. These prices barely cover cost of printing. The library is open four times each week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9, and Saturday morn ing from 9 to 11. It is growing gradually and in time we hope to see it a reference library and reading room, open every day and evening, Duriuc the past year about 150 volumes have been donated to it, and about 250 volumes have he n purchased and placed upon its shelves. There is a prospect for a larger increase in the number of volumes this year. As a result o f the large number o f pupils in our academy, we will receive about f 100 for library purposes. In state distribution of public school monies we are entitled this year to $150 more. Our last annual district meeting voted the accustomed ap- proprialion o f $200 for library purposes. This makes a snug sum with which to replenish our library, and doubtless some books will be donated. We are gkd to know that the Board of Education are offering to the reading public an oppor tunity to name any books desired, and hope our readers will feel free to assist them in this way. A GOOD T HING W liiclr B a ilro a d M en Should Encourage I t by T h e ir P a tronage. One of the institutions of this town which is continually looking after the best interest of the community is the Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association. Its hoard of directors are constantly ou the alert to adopt any new plan which will benefit tut railroad employee, and great credit is due the Erie company for en couraging and more than half supporting an instituvion of this kind. One Oi the latest ventures is the plan of keepinp, tue bath and wash rooms open all night, su that railroad men who are com ing uome off the road at all hours o f the night,may have a chance to wash, and get a bath in a warm place, at any hour of the day or night. This plan will be tried for a month and, if the men show by their patronage that they appreciate it, it will he continued all winter, but if they do not do their part to make it a success, it will discontinued. A monthly fee of 25 cents will entitle every railr.oador to the privileges above mentioned. ANOTHEE, BUKGLABT. N ight P row lers V isit a Saloon in th e Low e r P a r t of t h e V illage. The burglars who have been plying their vocation unmolested in this village during the past few months added to their list of visitations last night. The scene of this latest robbery was the saloon of Charles Northrup on Owen street. The thieves gained entrance to the building through a window, which they pried open. Once ins’de they helped themselves to the contents of the saloon, and carried away about seveu gallons of whiskey, a number of boxes of cigarettes, also some cigars, and a quantity of tobacco. The thieves also thought to set fire to the house by placing a quantity of paper, rags, etc., around the stove which they thought would Ignite after they had got safely away. Their fierdssh plan did not succeed however, as a member of tbe family awokebefore any damage was done. SULLIVAN’S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS The Sullivan County Board of Super visors convened as a Board of County Canvassers on Tuesday. Cnas. R. Roosa of Bethel was made chairman o f the Board Of Canvassers. The Board of Supervis ors organized by the election of Dewitt Knapp of Cochecton as chairman. O-ias. H. Koyce was chosen clerk. —^Tickets are selling I'ke hot cakes for the Stevens entertainment on Monda; —New style o f undressed kid gloves s G. Ury’s. ____ _______ • —For the nicest line o f children’s gar- ^ ments go to G. Dry’s, 119 Pike street. : —Our plush sacques are rich m quality I and low in price. Q. (Try, I l9 Pike St. —The \ Puritan ” ham is fast taking all competitors. Try them. —At Hoagland’s, butter 24 cents, new French prunes, big pickles,celery 10 cents bunch. HOW THEY GET BY T H E TUNNEL ON T H E W EST SHORE. One A rm e d B illy F r a n k l in Superintends th e J o h — A Proposed E x tension o f th e Susquelianna a n d W e stern to Newton, N . J . —W ork on t h e M o n ticello E x te n sion Insi>ected hy th e D irectors and O thers. The running of the through trains of the West Shore Railroad over the line of the Erie, between Newburgh and Wee- hawken, N. J., the eastern terminus of the road—something that takes place be cause of the blocking o f the West Shore by the caving-in of the West Point tunnel —has caused an abnormal state o^^ allairs at Newburgh, About 45 trainmen, espec ially detailed for the purpose, and mostly from the main line of the road, are now engaged in “piloting’’ the West Shore trains over the Erie’s track. These men are divided into crews of three each—an engineer, a flagman and a brakeman who does duty at the head of the train, all other necessary work along the road being done by the West Shore men of each train, whose crews are kept up to the maximum number. NewSurgh is made the headquarters for the Etile employes as the “round trips” bring them there. Some of the boys re ceive large, well-filled pails of “grub” from their respective homes, and lodge in a comfortable passenger coacb, placed at a convenient point on a side switch in the Newburgh yard, while others have sscured boarding places about town. “ Billy ” Franklin, an old railroader who is minus an arm, which he lost in an accident, and who has been for several years a “caller” in Port Jervis, has been assigned to duty there as “caller” and general overseer of the Erie contingent, and right well does he perform his duties. Wb at with the presencs of the Erie and West Shore “boys,” their trainmasters and yardimasters, dispatchers and telegraph operators, who all may be seen in and around the Erie dispatchers’ office at Newburgh almost constantly, day and night, it can readily be conceived that a busy, hustling scene is ever present there these days. A SEEIOtr^ AOOIDBNX AVERTED. What might have been a very serious accident occurred at 1,30 o’clock this morning, just west of Parker’s Glen. About that hour, while A. Dilger’s extra eastbound freight train with engine 680, Shay engineer, was bowling along be tween Shohola and Parker’s Glen, an axle under one of the cars broke and the car left the track. It ran along for some distance on the ties before the engineer could be signaled and the train brought to a sta dstill. This was hardly done when number 29, laden with emigrant paasengers, shot by the wreck, barely shaving the derailed car, which projected out towards'the west bound track. Had the freight train run along for an other minute, more cars would have left the track, and before train 29 could be signaled, she would, in aU probability, have run into the wreck, and a more serious wreck than the one which hap pened at Shohola, some time ago, would have been the result, as at the point where the accident occurred there is a very steep embankment, similar to the one near Shohola. ANOTHER PROPOSED EXTENSION. The proposition of building a branch from the Susquehanna and Western rail road to Newton is received with much favor by the citizens and business men of that place, who see that the village could be benefited by a new line to New York. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD BBAKEMEN. The cash received by the Brotherhood of Brakemen during the past year will amount to $145,405. Of this amount over $123,000 was expended for benefl cent purposes. A large number of new lodges were organized. The general out look is veiY encouraging, as year by year the organiz ition is steadily growing and large numbers of new members are being added to the ranks. WORK ON THE MONTIOELLO EXTENSION. The Wurtsboro dispatch says several of the officers and directors of the P. J., M. & N. Y. R. R. inspected the work done on this end of the road Thursday. The party included President P. E. Far- num. Vice President Wade Buckley, Treasurer Oi P. Howell and Directors William Norris, Sol. Van Etten and 0. G. Bennett, The party was accompanied by contractors Hardenburgh and Ford. They rode on the engine from here to Sammitville and returned, and were well satisfied ivith the condition of the road. NOTES. The Poughkeepsie bridge was visited IN T H E CHURCHES TO-MORROW. Services iu th e V a rious H o u ses of W or ship in P o r t J e rvis. At tbe Reformed church, Sunday school at 9 .30 a. m , public worship at 11 a. m,, young people’s meeting at 6.15 p, m., evangelistic service at 7 p. m. At the evening service the pastor will deliver the first o f five lectures on “ John Baptist, Preacher.” Rev. Joseph Millett of Montague will preach in the chapel at Carpenters Point at 3 o’clock. There will be no preaching at the Bap tist Church to-morrow. A special praise service will be held at 11 o’clock, to which all are invited. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Young Peoples meeting at 6:15 p. m., led by Emmet Morris, subject: “Is a Christian Life Worth Its Price.” Wed nesday evening’prayer meeting at 7:30. Grace church, 25th Sunday after Trinity. Services at 11 a. m and 4 p, m. Sunday school 3 p. m. Rev. E S. Cross of Mil ford will conduct the morning service. Methodist Episcopal church. Sunday NEWS FROM SULLIVAN CO- School 9.30 a. m. Preaching services at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Young people’s meeting 6 p. m. Wm. Weber, leader. The men’s meeting at three o’clock in the Y. M. 0. A. rooms to-morrow after noon will be led by Chas. Penney. Sub je c t : “ Not atraid to stand alone.” Every man is invited to attend this ser- At the Presbyterian church services at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Young people’s meeting 6,15, PERSONAL. W. Hankins, Erie train dispatcher at Susquehanna, was in town to-day on a short visit. Mrs. Elizi Doimelly and daughter Maiy of Danbury, Coim., are visiting relatives in town. Dewitt Knapp, Esa., proprietor of Knapp’s Hotel, Cochecton, N. Y., was in town to-day. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lebar left town yes terday on train 80 for Sloatsburg to attend the wedding of Mrs, Lebar’s brother James B. Taynton. Mrs. Palmer, wife of engineer Palmer of Port Jervis, and daughter Nannie, are Stopping at the Western hotel in this vil lage.—Callicoon Echo, A party of about twentv-five friends of Miss Lillian Courtright, gave that young lady a very pleasant surprise at her resi dence in Matamoras last evening. A very pleasant time was had by all present. Miss Helen Manion, who has charge of a large district school, near Cochecton, is hom eoua brief visit. She will attend the Teachers’ Institute, which will be held at Monticello, during the coming One of the Susquehanna exchanges says that Mr. William Hull, a veteran Erie engineer, lies dangerously ill with throat and lung difficulty at bis home on Grand Street, Susquehanna. Onlhursday, how- ever, his condition was slightly improved and hopes are entertained of his recovery. T H E P I K E STR E E T CROSSING AGAIN. A queer incident happened this morning at the Erie crossing on Pike street, A man was crossing the tracks at this place, with a horse and wagon and following in the rear was another horse attached to the wagon by means o f a halter. While they were going across the track, the rear horse becime frightened by the whistling and hissing of locomotives and sprang forward projec ting his body over the wagon ahead. He became tangled between the wheel and body of the wagon and in his effort to ex tricate himself from this position, one of his legs slipped in between the spokes or the wheel, in such a way that it became impossible for the animal to extricate himself. Whereupon the driver stopped and unharnessed the front horse and by turning the wagon over succeeded in get ting the wheel in such a position that the horse could withdraw his leg. H E FOUND BA IL. In the case of the People vs. Jas, Bu chanan, arrested on the charge of man slaughter, of whom mention was made in our issue of yesterday, we are pleased to state that Buchanan through the efforts of his counsel Wilton Bennett esq.,- sue ceeded in procuring the necessary bail late yesterday afternoon and is now with his family. The examination on the 21st will be watched by considerable interest by railroad men who are at any time liable to occupy Mr. Buchanan’s position. N IN E HU NDRED L IV ES LOST. A dispatch from Bombay, dated Nov. 16, says: The coasting steamer Voetarna which left Dutch India for Bombay with nine hundred natives on board, is a week overdue. It is supposed she foundered in that all hands are a recent cyclone i ) —The ' the lead ^ What is “White Satin?” It is positively the Best Brand of Flour in the market. Manufactured at the Cataract Mills, Min neapolis, Minnesota. TOYS, DOLLS, ETC. A fine lino of new toys, at Sudderly's, 121 Pike street, at bottom prices.—20td. GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF T H E COUNTY. A W olf SUot N e a r M o n ticello—Conjjreas- m a n Stivers Visits Sullivan—P a t L ana- Uan Shoots a W ild Cat and Gets the Boanty. James Huntington shot a wolf near Monticello last week. It had escaped from Towner s menagerie and was prowl ing around the country at daylight when it came within range of Jim’s unerring rifle. On Friday last Rev. G. T. Galbraith left Liberty for H.dley, N. Y., where he has accepted a call. Mr. Galbraith has been stationed at Liberty for the past three years, and it is with regrA that the people witness his departure. The total school tax for the Monticello district this year is $1,700-$!.600 to pay teachers and $100 for repairs. $1,100 had been paid on Thursday. The Gallic Don Echo saysW . V. Staib of New York, widely known throughout this part of the country, has been en gaged to manage the Delaware house in that village. Rev. Thos. F. McGare o f New York is the priest in charge of St. Peter’s church, Monticello. Rev. Peter McNamee re turned to the city after a brief residence. A note from Commissiontr Westfall states that Prof. Albro, having resigned from the lastitute faculty, H. R. Sanford, A. M., is assigned by the department to take charge of the Institute at Monticello next week. Congressman-elect Moses D. Stivers paid Monticello a visit on Monday last to assist iu the jollification o f the republi cans. He said in conversation that ap plications for official patronage and certain postoffices had already reached him. He spoke with feeling of the pleasant and courteous manner in which he had been treated by his competitor during the can- Hiram Towner is repairing the old resi dence of the family, on the turnpike east of Monticello, by the addition of an other Story in the Gothic style. H. M. Krum of Liberty was in Monti cello Monday, and there Ed. Cantrell, whom he had not seen since they paid a little visit to Peach Tree Creek, Ga., in 1862, where Ed. left one of his arms in the excitement that took place there. N. F, Green showed the light of his countenance in Monticello Monday. He didn’t seem to feel very badly over Cleve land’s prospective return to private life. And people generally manifest a spirit of resignation in the same direction, which is in the highest degree commendable. Pat Lanahan brought a good.sized wild cat to the County Treasurer on Wednes day, and was paid the bounty—$1.50. The animal presented anything but an in- vUing appearance. Pat’s hound had been running a fox part o f the forenoon, but finally struck the trail o f the cat which had probably been prowling around for a Thanksgiving turkey. The animal was found in a spruce tree in the edge of the swamp back of the Carman place; and one discharge from Pat’s unfailing gun brought it down stone dead. Samuel Brome died at his late residence near Hurleyville, Oct. 80, 1888, at the age of 81 years and 6 months. John F. Sherwood, the proprietor oi the turning works at Livingston Manor, has commenced work on an addition to his factory, the size of the addition being 20 by 100 feet and two stories high. The new creamery at Hurleyville is nearly completed and will be one of the largest and best on the O. & W. The wood turning business of Sullivan and Delaware counties were never brisker than now. All the shops are overrun with orders that will take months to fill, and the outlook is encouraging far into the future. The gloom that for years hung over the infant industry has passed away for good. -Two dollars will unite a couple for life, but five cents will marry a woman to Tulip soap, so she will use no other. NEXT W E E K ’S AMUSEMENTS. On Thursday next one of the best at tractions that has been seen at the Opera Mousse this season will be given by Geo. . Boniface and his dramatic company, in —For vour fine millinery, go to G Ury’a. —Railroad men, try our $2 line of R. stitched, extension edge, I t Kadel’s, 100 Pike street. O. Boniface and his dramatic company, in which Mr. Boniface takes tbe character oi “ Jerry Jummel a commercial tiaveiec,” in Chas. Foster’s new play “ Under Cover.’’ The New York Clipper says: In Charles Poster’s “ Under Cover” which made a week’s stand at the Windsor, George 0 . Boniface clearly has a melo- diama tuat must prove of value to him, intelligently and energeticilly handled. The story is interesting anl easily fol lowed ; the language is direct and forcible, and the climaxes are quite strong. Mr.. Boniface’s work as Jerry Jummel, the good angel in drummer’s clothes, was in bis usual easy and unctuous vein. On Saturday afternoon and evening we will have Mra. Gen. Tom Thumb company and Prof. Hurlbuu’s Hippocyrnagon.—adv. —New stock o f furs and mufts at G, Ury’s. W IT H PE N AND SCISSORS. I4« to 8 o f a M ore o r Less L o c a l N a tu r e Con. densed for t h i s Colanm . —Wake up, and get your tickets for Monday night or you will “ get left.” —Bargains pertaining to “ warm win ter wear, that will do your pocket good, ” are offered in the Boston Store’s adver tisement to day. —$1,250 will buy a perfect gem of a house, first class condition, good location and on easy terms, Jno. L. Bonnell.— dlf. —Thanksgiving day is approaching. Hoagland will be ready to cater to you m providing a good turkey dinner. See his advertisement. —The residents o f Berme street would like to know why there has been no street sign placed on that street as on all the other streets in the village. —The Stevens Entertainment on Mon day night is to be made still more at tractive by the Ede Band. Tickets, re served seat, 50 cents. General admission 10, 20 and 35 cents. —Bargains in dress goods, wraps, un derwear, blankets, comfortables, and all other seasonable goods every way you look at Westbrook & Stoll’s. Books of all kinds and prices are offered. —Lost on election day on Pike street or in the rooms of Neversink Hose Co. a gold padlock locket. The owner prizes it for ita associations. The finder will confer a favor by leaving it at this office. —Mary Fitzgerald, aged 80, was ar rested at New York W tduesdiy for steal ing. She has spent nearly 60 years in prison for theft, and is the oldest profes sional thief in the country. —Detective John Semion having sold out his interest in the Troy House,Pough keepsie, is also about to sell his cabinet or Rogue’s gallery containing pict-res ol over 700 notorious characters. -Alward, the Pike street butcher, lost a very valuable black mare, on Thursday evening, of colic, after a sickness of bui two hours’ duration. Mr. Alward priztd the mare very highly, as she was one of a black team. —The latest designs in stationery can be found at the Postofflee Pharmacy ol H. H. Mondon. School writing pads ana tablets. The prescription department is m charge of a competent druggist. See the new advertisement. —The city of Middletown, after this year, will have four Supervisors, and the Town o f Wallkill, of which Middletown was formerly a part, will have one Super visor. Newburgh, with a population at least twice as large as that o f Middletown, will have but four Supervisors, and Port Jervis, with a population about as large as Middletown, will have only one Super- BUBGLAR8 AT GODEFFBOY. T h e H o u se of H a r r y K e n n e d y E n tered a n d H is D a u g h ter Chloroformed. G oddefnboy , N ov . 16,— Last night or early this morning, the old Stone House Standing on the premises of A. E. Gode- ffroy, esq., and occupied by his teamster, Harry Kennedy, was broken into by bur- glaiB, who ransaefeed the house but, being disturbed, left most of their booty strewn around the place and decamped undis- covereJ. Kennedy, his wife and daughter retired as usual at an early hour and extinguished all lights. At 5 o’clock Friday morning Mrs. Kennedy got up and called herdaugh- ter, and receiving no answer went to her bedroom and found tbe girl in an uncon scious cOLdition, the room smelling strongly of chloroform, a trunk open and ita contents strewn about the room, and a satchel packed with small articles of jewelery and dress, which the thieves had evidently abandoned in their hasty flight. Down stairs evidences were everywhere visible of the character of the intruders. Bureau drawers were pulled out and emp- tied on the floor, burnt matches lay in every corner and articles o f clothing scat tered in all directions, Mrs. Kennedy’s daughter, Grace, recovered consciousness with great difficulty but remembers noth ing and is greatly prostrated from the ef fects o f the drug. So far, all that is discovered to be miss ing are three gold rings, but the outrage is one that demands the attention of the people and I trust the publicity given to it through the medium of your columns will be the means of bringing the mis creants to justice or at least preventing a recurrence of it. N. M. . neighbor infon er knewV a quietuiet night a q n until the doctor oresciibed Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup for her little one. At druggists. 25 cents. Old as I am 1 don’t care to spend the sw more years allotted m e in i at hand, le fam( few more ye: and vomiting. Well I’m si a certain cure is rii not when Wby don’t i us that his wife ;ht until tl I retching :rtain cure is right a1 by don’ you take Laxador, the imach regulator? It costs —An elegant newmarket at $6.50 at ( day display of g( atin vase [oods at Hoagland’s attic THE NEXT CONGEESS. DEMOCRATS MAKING EFFORTS TO SECURE A MAJORITY. Cliansingr SoutUem R e tu r n s —C h a lrm a ii Quay Sure of a M a jority of Five In tire N e x t H o u s e —Tire D istricts In D o u b t Axe Chiefly i n th e South. A determined effort is being made by the Democratic leaders, inspired hy Sena tor Gorman, to secure control of the next House of Representatives, by having cer tificates of election made out in favor of Democrats in close districts where such certificates can be signed by Democratic state officials. If a Democratic majority of even two or three can be secured upon the organization of the next Congress election contests afterward brought before the House can he passed upon by the Democratic House and the majority in creased. The importance of the scheme can not be overestimated, for if it succeeds a Re publican tax-reduction bill will be im- possib.e for at least two years, and none of tbe Republican territories can become states to give the Republicans increased representation in the Senate House and Electoral College. It is believed that the scheme can not succeed. It is, hewever, the l -si hope of the Democratic managers, and Senator Gorman's intent is shown m the sudden discovery of alleged errors in the counts in several district ^ where Republicans nad previously been declared elected by small majorities. There are nine dis tricts now m doubt and six of these are in the Sjuih, where the election officials who wi 1 make out certificates of election are sjiidiy Deiucciatic. A week ago, for instance, the Demo- ctaiic fcltate Committee of West Virginia CO needed tne eleetlon of two Republican cotgressmen. Since then the Republicans iliege that the plan of “counting in” the Democratic Governor has been oegun and It is certain that the Democrats now claim to have elected every congressman in the state. Thursday night Representa tive Thompson, Secretary of the Demo cratic Congressional Committee, claims a Democratic majority o f one or three in the next House as a result of their work. He counts, however, on the election of Fisher, in Michigan, and Simmons, m North Carolina. The defeat of either of them would make the House Republican, and Fisher is undoubtedly defeated ac cording to despatches to the Philadelphia § I I K P fl .rhansas ....... California ...... Colorado ......... Connecticut.. Delaware. ...... Florida .......... Dlinim ...... Indiana ......... “.ansas ........... _Ientucky. __ Louisiana ....... Maine ........... Maryland ........ M a ssachusetts :l5 Mississippi . ......................... . Missouri................. . ........... . Nebraska .......... . .................... . ........ Nevada.............................................. 1 •• .. New Hampshire ............................... 8 .. .. New Jersey ..................................... 4 S .. New York ......................................... 19 15 .. North Carolina................................ 1 6 2 Ohio .................................................... 16 5 .. Oregon.............................................. 1 .. .. Pennsylvania ..................................... 21 7 R..ode Island..................................... 2 .. South Carolina... ................................ 7 .. 'Tennessee ............................ . . . . . . . 3 7 . . Texas........................................ .r. ........ 11 .. Vermont.......................................•••• 2 .. .. Virginia ..................... : 2 7 1 West Virginia .................................. 1 2 1 Wisconsin ......................................... 7 2 . . Sdcretary McPherson’s estimate differs from tbe fort going estimate m counting as surely republican three congressmen from Connecticut, two from Maryland, five from New Jersey and one from West Virginia. His returns are not as complete as the above. Secretary McPherson says ; ‘ Tbe republicans will have 163 and the democrats 159 m the next house. The districts still remaining in the doubtful list are the First California, in which Thompson (Dem.) claims to be elected ; the Second North Carolina, claimed by Simmons (D m ) and the Fourth West Virginia district, where Jacksen (Dem.) claims the certificate,” If Secretary Mc Pherson’s table IS correct there will be a republican majority of one, even if the dtimocrats should carry all three of the present doubtful districts. Chairman Quay counts on a republican majority of live, and says there will not be less than ■The worst feature about catarrh is iti dangerous tendency to consumption. ’Tiiod’s Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by puri fying the blood. Where can I buy “ White Satiu ?” [f your Grocer does not keep it go to Horn- beck & Bonnell’s,who have the agency for it. Always ask for and insist on having “ White Satin ” thus insure getting the veiy best Flour made. —For seasonable and reasonable milli* nery in latest styles and lowest prices cal at Miiss Shay’s.