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CP MRS 40 PI UP - ame ; The Commercial Advertiser, .\ WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, | t$° Be sure and send in yofur name for the ADVERTISER before Monday, that we may be ablé to regulate our next issue. 7 a Local, a - The water in the Saratoga Lake is very low. ‘ The happy man-he who advertises with us. A society has been formed in Albany in the interest of the Anti-Renters of Ire-! land. - | Thanksgiving sermon to-morrow even- ing by C. D. Kellogg, in the Presbyterian | Church. . A shoot comes off to-day at the canal, grocery of John Harford, near Smith's Basin. - The Californian Minstrels give their first performance at Bradley's Opera House this evening. I I It is reported that the Fort Edward! Reform Club has disbanded. This'is: ~discreditable to its members * The general term of Supreme Court,! Judge Potter presiding, convenes at this| place on Monday next. t Our citizens should keep in mind the! village laws in regard to keeping their' sidewalks cleaf of snow. The second trial of Jesse Billings Jr..} will commence at Ballston Jan. 19th.,' Judge Potter of Whitehall presiding. A new counterfeit $50 bill on the Na- tional Broadway Bank of New York is in' circulation. We have not received any | yet. (the Advertiser and hopes for it a fair office of Fort Eowarp N:; Y., Nov. 26, 12.15 Fort Ann. M.-Milliman's steam saw and grist mill|l The winter term of our school som- fire, but thought to be under controll, menced November 24th, Under the mam' 0 ipsurance. Damage by fire and|agement of Prof, Dye, our school has water considerable. become very interesting and successful. file dela m this week Mr. Bejaxpfn Bro‘wu, an aged and much is owin ff; \th blzi Ca {01} ms week respected citizen died at his residence in owing e bad working order in west Fort Ann, on Wednesday of last which our new press has been in. “ve’week. trust to be able in the future to issuc| - On the 15th. day of November, Josiah with prontptness. Wood, on employe in the Kane's Falls Woolen Mill, lost his pocketbook con- , taining about $25. A Liberal reward is - -=- offered by the owner for its return to | --] ~coUuNtY ITERus, oun Kingébury Street. - . | - \Kingsbury ;street makes its best bow to Among numerous aspirants to the | deputy sherriff, we notice the, following names; A. A. 'Budd, the pres:' ent incumbent, D. H. Rice, D. H. Emp- ey, Nathan Sheldon, and last but not least, Sloan G:Hett wuo laugh and grows fat as the canvass goes on. These are all good men, and if appointed will make it warm for criminals and greenbackers. Mrs. Leroy Lamb, bas returned home 1 from her western trip. I Our school, uuder the charge of Dick. Last week there was a three day's deer Vaughn, opened last Monday. Vaught hunt in the northern part of our town. is an expert at teaching and will, we Allen E. Benton, Edward Bulitou andl doubt not, give general satisfaction. - He Allen Plue killed four of these much; will find @¥most pressing need for the souglit-after animals. One of them was | school master here. dressed and placed in the market of Ed. Hitcheock is very busy at present Demorest & Haskin, and sold for 15 fitting up the New Hall for the campaign. cents per pound. f We understand that he comtemplate | further improvements in shape of c check and suppers rooms. A walking match is the next thfng in, evening of last week. the Hall. The,Smith Basin boys have, - The ladies of the Baptist church will; arranged a match between McSheen and'hflve their annual thanksgiving dinner, share of prosberity and success, Old winter has \cast the snow over the landscape\ a little to soon for our far- mers. - Belated fields of corn are still in sight while the dry weather which pre- vailed through the early fall ha« s:0; ped the ploughing until too late for copletion, whic't will give a light crop from all regions of heavy soil next year. | loak , preached a very able and mstructive ser-; f- H' - - Rip Van Winkle was presented to our| Glen's Falls. L L 20s citizens laft Saturday and Monday eve-; - Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. will leéture at nings by. Mr. Juscph Sufbufi; und it is net tilifl. fGLPn'R Falls Opera House December necessary to say that it was admirably} the 8th. acted, and thoiofiglfly appreciated ° b§|HThe 19; tutre'hdelivered in th‘; (firm the large audiance who witnessed it. House, last Tuesday evening by Hon. among whom we noticed several Sandy , Wi. Parsons was not very largely atten- Hill people. In this connection it is| 464+ % proper to say that the Bradley OperuT Rip Van VVirfklp was played here last House is at present fitted up in a nice: Thuréday evening by Mr. Joseph Sefton. and more cqnvenient manner than any * large and apprecistive audience was Opera House outside of the cities. There, Present. has been lately built four large and com- The liuiic‘s of the West street B‘Timiun modious dressing rooms making eight in if?\ finkl‘llg a;’_?;‘g9m9m5 for a christmas all, which are handsomely | furnished tree for the children. and carpeted, each room hazing a stove: _ About four inthes of snow fell here last and all the necessury adjuncts of a firstlfidtm‘luy night and on Sunday mening class building. | There has been pui a rear quitza large;j number of cutters were seen entrance, which makes the building per. | On the streets, fectly safe, as by aid of tlwt\\uswir.gczlmes| A large number of our sporting men the hall could in case of a fire, be emptied attended the walking contest that t gun in a very few minutes, at Saratoga, Monday evening. Our sharpshooters are on the strike,; The saw mills were obl'ged to shut According - to their story, John Case down Morday morning on account of got up a turkey shoot, the boys went upanchor ice. It was soon cleared when and shot off the turkeys so fast thatthe sun came out, and they again re- John would not set up any more, and sumed operation. finally did not give them those that they | - Everett Family are advertised to ap- did shoot, pear at the (Glen's Falls Opera House on Messrs. Durkee & Co., brewers are al (Thursday and Friday evenings, Now. 27 ways on the lookout for improvments. and 2th. Thursday evening will be pre- They recently put in three mammoth sented Mrs, Jennie Everett's sensational tubs, into which, the ale is drawn pre- entitled, \Neola the Gipsy vious to being \racked\, and a few dayleuct-n.“ and on Friday evening, the The Rev, Mr. Walker of Sandy Hill, 28° put in a boiler or heater whose (up'pw‘tnrul drama by Chas. Reade, entitled pacity is 125 barrels. These improviments| \Driven from Heme. or the Heart of pmon in the M. E. Church on Monday |**® all done under the supervision of the[ Stone.\ As this is a local company, they companies brewer, Win. F. Ball, who is a| will probably draw and immense house, gentleman of refininenut, and a first class' A gang of about forty men are em- brewer, his ale having faken the first ployed dirging for a foundation to the Dorlssy to take place next Friday /and supper on the afternoon and eveniugll‘“\“;u\' a the Cet tennial at Philadel- {new pottery. It is to be by a ning. Contest to last four hours. Purse of the 2;th. $50. o phis, over a great number of competi- firm from Ottawa, Canada. They evi- dently mean business. We have been favored with a look at _ three Tuesday morning, Less $2,200, In- Rev. A. A. Wait united with the M.! E. Church of Fort Edward, last Sabbath! Evening. at which time he preached his' first Sermon. the architect's drawing for the design of the new Club House. If the predictions of some of our choice spirits are to be believed Morrissey's Club House will be It is mmored that there. is to be a wed {nowhere. Engineers are at work find- ding in towir to-morrow. Should this bi 'ing the summit of the yalley for the the case we will give the particulars in site, as a dry spot will be necessary to our next issue. agree with the tone of the patrons Rev. A. A. Waite will hold services in throats. The vast block of Carrara mar- the basement of the M. E. Church, Fort ble which is to adorn the entrance will Edward every evening next week com-. be carved into a inammoth statue of mencing with Sabbath evening. , Bachus. - Ben. Hart has the order, and it Seneca IfIall, who has been sojourning! is said will go to Italy this {finger to com- in the west for the past month, arrived plete the work. Its estimated cost will home Monday evening, highly pleased | be about $25,000. with that part of the country. __ *~ I I 1 I amounts to $3,888,556 and the warrants who has been sojourning in the West for Miss. Ruth Day, daughter of the Rev. tore. jA. J. Day, is in town visiting her many ; [friedds. 1 expert, recently | tested some specimens | The soical party held at the Hariss + Halt last Friday evening, wis one of the attended. There were present about The first skating of the season at this tplace was enjoyed at the rink on the 5. P. Pike, Esq., with the aid of anlplxusantmt parties that the writer ever grounds of the Driving Park Association last Saturday. j of edal taken from lus farm. The speci-, f'm'ty “‘“_P'“~ among‘them. several from Ffartford. men wis so smail that it did not provelSan-ly Hill and Glen's Falls, and alt felt an entire success, but both agreed that if they had a larger specimen so they could iget’more liaise-115011 on it, theft. theyhmrty‘ dvm’rv'e the thanks of 111.1 present.‘ could make it burn, | At the next tmal, 1, the «delightful manner in give a more favorable re- | port. If it should prove a success, it A {would give employment to at Rast one. jam in hopes to thousand hands. \Fort Edward. I well paid for having attended Messrs. which everything passed off. The Fort Edward Gazette states in its ast issue, that the Reform Club has dis- solved. Such is not the case although they may doso soon. A meeting was held last week, but the meeting was ad- Among the arrivals the pist week we The Rev. A. A, Waite had his second journed until last (Tuesday) evening, evening. These addresses of Mr Waite Up to the time of this writing the re- Durkee & Milliman, who got up theI J. W. Busteed of Whitehall, was in, town several days last week visiting friends. I On Saturday morning Nov. 22nd, Win. H. Armstrong «awed 4 cord of dry 'hard wood three times in one hour and 'five minutes. Brother Couldrich beat that. i_ Geo, A. Norton, son of Aaron Norton of Kentucky, who has been living here |fur the past two years, is about tu leave for his home. Geo. is a fine young man {him vary myth. The school tax of this place this Y°81, notice the familiar face of Lester Elliot challk-talk at the Opera House, SabbatJr! without reaching any determination. and has Qj;:}ziany friends who will miss / for the collection of the same are now in ine past few years. the hands of the collector. with that part of M. J. Nerney, supported by & ©0M-'cpills and fever. , pany from this place, will play the Col-, leen Bawn at the Opera House, Glen's, Falls Thursday evening Dec. 4th. ~ A fair and festival under the auspices of the Ladies' Ard Society of the M. E. Our new merchant, Mr. Jacobie. is so Church, will be given on the eveniggs of crowded with business that it requires 332221,” 4th and 5th, at the Association ; his utmost exertions to attend to his nu- Icean inch thick formed in the canal TOO\ enatomers. at Smith's Basin Friday night, and boats were forced to wait until the next 'day I sea before fighting their way through the ,, frozen barrier. An unoccupied brick house owned by A. H. Miles and situated at the lower end of Ouk street, was entirely destroyed-- ma . , ~by Hre between the huumuff two and platform. We think they: have delayed: ' their efforts a little too long to reap «ue-| ' gess. | He is much pleased the country, baring don and wife, are leaving us to reside at (ilen's Falls, where they are accompa- nied by their daughter. Mrs. John Guy. We understand that the managers of 'the Temperance Club are renewing their' ' efforts for next month, when they intend sured about $1,500. The fire was probablyI . . of incendiary origin, Mr. Catlin recently made his appear- The lecture given by Dr. Wentworth 300° 9h Sut street with a magnificent in the Association Rooms, last Friday bay roadster. Her performance evident. cess. The attendance,!¥ ®Wts Mr. N., for something effects, re g w c Waslm-amd the lecture interesting and, W» like Artemns Wayd-on pri senta- instructive. Dr. Wentworth futends. tion of the immortal \ Twins.\ \He giving another lecture in these rooms in_|la:.4 to <(:t up allfught and laugh]? The, about two weeks upun a similar subject. ”$111.11“! I8 f'pmm'ly W‘fl‘t‘lfy of his par- Saturflay mornits a middle aged man, main}. We are not certain “that‘lwr .h« stopping at the International Hotel Troy, will carpet her stall this winter with and registering as W. W. Beldon, New Wilton or velvet. York, fried to take his life by inhailing Fort Miller. . gas. He was found by the manager in George Nichols, son of A. F. Nichols., an.. nnconsious .conditipn,.. and at. once our popitlar postmaster has heen confined restoratives were administered. After to the house for the past week by a very gaining partical knowledge of his sur- sore arm. roundings, he was asked if he realized) Mrs. Leonard VanDerwerker is seri- that he had nearly killed himself, his an- ously ill and her recovery is very doubt- swer was: \\Why did'nt you let me'ful. Mr. VanDerwerker has our fullest alone?\ (sympathy. ~ But few men have passed from our midst We understand that Geo, W. Seth- v, ho were more umversally beloved than waite has granted the Glen's Falls Novel Two of our old residents, Henry Lang-: He is laying a foun-\ dation for the trade of the ladies hy pro- hibiting all smoking, etc. on his premi~ His efforts deserve support. ' to procure some first class talent fer the: house. The fair and oyster supper given by the Episcopal Church last Thursday was evening were $91.20. _ A large number of desirable articles remain in the hand- of the ladies who intend to sell thm at private sale, Mr. Geo. D. Hains returned Thursday night from an extended trip through properties of great value. Mr. Henry Eldridge, of the Eldridge , House, is erecting a large barn in the luge numai of horses, are very interesting and always fill the sult of last night's meeting was not' The learned. ; Dunham's Basin. At the present our little hamlet is very would be surprised at the amount of bu- siness being done here at the p.esent time. The first thought that would nat- iffefence existing between the Hillers and the Flatters in school district , No, 11 has not yet been settled. Carrigan is sanguine of success, but many think quite successful, as the receipts of the lively; a stranger passing through it he will be left in the cold, A. Maynard has been engaged to teach the school in Ira Warren's district. Al- though this is his first attempt at teach- urally occur to him would be that with, ing we predict for him success, a certain amount of capital, and a proper amount of energy and perseverance, it 'of the Champlain eanal and near the 'railroad. We also have in the Bond Creek a chance for water power, with a ton, jobber in flower, coal, hardware and' Win. H. Aumstrong, our wagon maker, has six elegant Portland cutters nearly Ohio, where he has been introducing an- might be made the center around which completed. Parties wishing a first class ore, which the firm of Hains & Son are a large town might be built up, for we cutter should call now mining, and which is said to posess have all the facilities, being on the line guarantees satin ction as to quality of on Mr. A.. as he work and cheapn s of same,. First Lyceum Friday Dee 5. Question, \Resolved that the state of affiir~ in rear of his hotel, which when completed little labor and expense, We havo a this country demands the renomination will give him barn room ma! for 4 grocery store, kept by) George H. New- and election of U. 8. Grant for President in 1880, A war in detate is anticipated The Supervisors of this County mepthwpml other kinds of- merchandise as all of the old and many new debaters 3 b 'in this village Dec. 8. for the first time in a number of years. We are glad of it, and wili try to welcome our county fathers in a becoming pamner~**~ ~The Fort Edward Shirt Co., although but recently organized, is doing quite a business, fnd working behind order® alt the time. They are running four- teen machines in their factory in the Harris Place, and have in their employ twenty-five persons. not counting those who take work to their homes to do. There was in our village a gentleman from the firm of Clapp & Jones of Hud *son, N. Y., introducing a patent nozzle tor use on fire engines. By this nozzle the pipeman can control the stream, and shut it off and let it on at pleasure and can also regulate the size of the stream from the capacity of the nozzle down to a spray. Our Steamer was taken out and this nozzle tried and it worked very Cossey & Newton is the name of a firm' are expected to be present. The Lyceum keeping the dock where they build ard paper will be _§}llt£\iml rueful by Misses. 'repair boats. | We filmampust4sffiw.‘lfimff-?Pzflnn t and Ada Northup. «.. and a blacksmith' shop kept by E. P. Moritison. who dues a, thris ing business, owing perhaps to his ltaying lately joined | himself to one of, Eve's fair daughters. But the greatest of all our industries is the potato market, The past week the tubers have been hauled into market at an average of about a hundred loads per day. There is no monopoly in the traf- fic, and the following are the different firms. J. M. Northup & Co., Ransom Kimeade, Thomas Gilchnst, Newton & Speers, and Kinney & Maynard. The two latter are sending their own and only buying enough to fill out their consign-; inefit. , Some of our swamp neighbors had an, eveiting netion the other day, owing, it appears, to the: too frequent tipping of w hich is immense. +4 s -- Try Leovyp's eld fashion Molasses Can» dy Cream and Taffas +4 * - The Best» cent cigar in Town at 26- i {HRH-ZS FOR ALL! The undersigned having purchased in Cam- bridge N Yo with a sew to locate business there In conection with Ins partner, ®.l sell op all of his new houses w th lats. on cutk street south from Sandy HU1. arnd a'wo lis present resi denee on John street cn said sillage For parc treulars inquire at dfficeof Mearty & Outtersou Sandy Nill. JAS MeCARTY. freshe very day, 26+ .. ° + u Advertise | and thik moore trict nnd n wed The Commeraal Advertiser | Dea. David Hall, who died very sudden § o pia . 'successfully. e understanc hat our . ly on the afternoon of the ”thyimt. Ast ( ‘nnlxpimy TL rlghivtulllmilnuxzialctglfz {mg 'city fathers intend to purchase it. *a man, he was punctiliously upright in Sell his boss trap. ell handled it wil}; «ll his dealings. As a citizen, his unag- prove a bonanza. the little finger and the musealar action of the elbow, indulged in < by some of, The new M. E. Church, which is being them while attending a social partv at! Hub: R loam A P » tha ras ee Wel suming gentle demeanor won the JCS, NX. has severed his C(¥BnPc-;-b«llut. by. the Hall .&u&. of magnxmu as .the 119.1130 of one of t'hgn' clan ; the re‘bupg a on. € ts. pectéofall ; and aaa christian, he ©Mi ion with the (Grist Mill at this place. \WPidly approaching completion, and it of which was a visit to the IJnstice 8) ) FaggltlltxllagggliiggifinBHifimfiligngflf-xgg; Norm's departure is regretted by a multi- is expected that services will be held (lflil‘f‘. Further than that your scribe is * . sll .the welfare of his cfi’xfirch, and for allgtude of friends whose good will he had there next Sabbath, LL ;not mfoimed. I R . within the circle of his acquaintance. | pained by his courtesy. John E. Osgood, of this village, was: The winterterm of our school began While all will miss him. his loss#will he most keenly felt by his church, (Baptist)| where he was tuthful in every gund| word and work. . ing in first class order., and is now ready to do any kind of saw-) Friday at Albany, after gassing the re- !© quired examination. ‘ H. Nichols has overhauled his saw mill admitted to the Bar as Attorney, last last Monday, with Mr. P. Duffy as. eather, % The boats still continue to take on potatoes, PER YEAR.
