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PefbaniMle ^atotoa PcWa. VOL. XIIL NO-43. MECHANICYILLE, SAKATOGA COUNTY, N* Y., SATUEDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1895. WHOLE NO. 667 iVf o^a the upper Hudson at the month of Tenendaho Creek, the outlet ot i T l c C l l a n i w V l l l W B a l l B t o a Lake and Bound Lake. It is midway between Albany and Saratoga, the political and social capitals of the Bmpire State. It is“twelTe miles from tide-water navigation at Troy and eighteen miles from Schenectady. It is on the line of the Champlain Canal and has railroads diverging in sxvek nirF£R£NT dibections . A street raili't.md extends through the main business portion of the village and reaches Stillwater, three miles up the Hudson. Mechanioville has facilities for passenger and freight transportation that ate Burpaaied by only a few cities. Iha United States census of 1880 gave Meohanioville a population of 1,265. It now has a population of fully 6,000. Its growth hat been rapid and substantial. The Saturday Mercury is Printed ^ A L L AT H O M E .^ Advertisers Appreciate a Home Newspaper. The Same Publisher has Issued this Paper .,-i^Nearly Thirteen Years...^..^ Thi« cannot be said by Any Other Newspaper in Saratog.^ O'c powers on the Hudson River and has one of the 1 T i W v i l c l l l l v V l i l W largest pulp and paper mills in the world. Its other manufacturing enterprises include Fitchburg Bailtond car shop, Delaware & Hudson car chops, three large knitting mills, three sash, blind and door factories, two shirt factories, two brick yards, a factory for elec trical supplies, iron and brass foundries, lime kilns and fertilizer works. Mechanicville has six churches, a new $40,000 ncadeniy and public school building, a fine now opera house, a bank, two telegraph offices and a driving park. The Y. M. 0. i i . maintain a public libi'ary, reading rooms, gymnasium and bath rooms. The village is lighted by electricity and bas unequalled water works, supplying the public with pure spring water by the gravity system. Electric street cars will soon be in use I J. P. He QIRR & CO., P a B E - A V E ., T tlE C H A N rC V IL L E , ' ! ANNOUNCE A BIQ CLOSING OUT SALE of a ll inter Dry Roods JD J J U X N G h T H I S M O N T H . ^ Ladfies’ & Children’s OFFERING!^ ClOakS lowp I ic L NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY A CLOAK. As we don’t propose to carry any over to Next Season. I Everything in Cloaks to be J ^ Closed Out This Month. ] Three new locomotives are being con structed at Scranton for the D, & H. rall- Thc Halfmoon town andltors should In* TCBtlgate the expenditure of highway funds lu thst town. __________ Joseph Sodd has j u s t secured Tillaae waier for his fine brick residence on So. Main-st. He uses a meter, and will re* quire conslderahle water. (Vill J. Steves has secured the contract for Mrs. Underwood’s improvements on vSo, Main-st., and the work of removing the John W. Smith house to a lot at the rear has already begun. R T M N A N T 6 !. AU Remnants of every departo'.eut will bw placed on Ceiitei- Table, marked in plain figure.^. O iO S e d Oat for Ha-lf PriC©- Some v^ry d^^skable Remnants, suitable for Child- dren’s school dresses will be among the assortment. J.P. M cGirr & CO. PRESTOl CHANGBl Watch This Space Every Week- OH! THAT BUNION! If I roald only get a shoe tn flr that bnni-m W t’ve got I t ! WhatT A B U N I O N S H O E Bnnce 4 Cady have opened up a big new stock of paints, oils, brushes, etc., and announce the same in onr advertising columns. They have also engaged a Boston plumber, and are ready to con tract for all kinds of plumbing business. Tb<« supervlsorfa’ pamphlet is being dis tributed. I t was published behind time, but is flUed with Interesting news for taxpayers. I t la a valuable book for per is in search o f small town and county Jobs, and is much studied by that class of The sun is monntlng higher in the sky each week, and the snow is rapidlv dissp pearing. The bills across the river are benoiDing quite bare, and good sleighing about town cannot be found. Wagons came into n«e early this week. The ice the river !• rotting very rapidly and the water is rising. Dry land must aoon appear. • Tuesday evening, a lamp was turned over in the house on Broadway ooenpied hy Bert M. Hall, and befoire the flames could be subdued considerable damage was done. An alarm was sounded and both hose compauies responded, but no water was thrown from the hvdranii. The LaT)ow hogs br-ys arrived via North- St. and Viall-ave. after a long chase. You rieeil not Isugb; look at that hum''. It will fit yoi every time if you are looking for an easy shoe Hiind Sewed, soft, fiuH stock, made up on a l ast that is eupncially made for it. Made Con- gre3.s <fe lace Come and lo t t k at them It's a feat to fit the feet. PI,m y of Rultb>rs Left Yet at Lowest Prices. Park Avenue Shoe Parlor, NEW GUILD BLOCK. L). O. P r o p r i e t o r . Watch Our Fine Window Display. D. S. DOUGLASS, FIBEond LIFE m V R A S C E , V o t»ry F u b lle and R eal Kstate Ag< nt. Lo«aei promptly aettled. Policlpi written In good eompsoiei; nonn better than those represented at LiTerpooI, ZnglHnd; North British and Mercantile Int.Co., 01 Londonand Edinburgh; Trarelere, of Hartford, Ct. and Mntnal Life Ins. Co. of K. Y. Office, Main Street, Mechanlcnrillej New fork. Mrs. C. O. Barnes, Dry Goods & Fancy Goods Store P A R R AVKNUJE. A good »8sortni,-nt. of Ladles' Under wear, Coraets and Gloves. Unhlt'ached Muslin 4c a yard. Lscesand Harobn gs Carpets and ^Bugs in Lateat Styles, and atlowes MACHINE SHOP. Qeneral machine work dene. All klnda of agri ealtural implementt repaired. Steam fitting and oiping. Gnni, loeke, sewing machines^ bicyelee &c., Ac. Mill work a speeiaity, J £ SMITH. Mill Street, Mechanicrille, N. T . — Ns CUUT^s— Praetwal Horse Shoeing Long Experience. Satiafaetion Gnnrantetd. Uanal-at., Rear Dodd’s Shop.BIeehanlevlIle ist prices. RICE & HOWLAND, bBiunuitx OatSf Hay and Straw, Hard and Soft Wood. A lao A g enU fe r tb e BITCKRVE M O W ^ B Order* may b* left at Sweet A Leighton’s store Btuit Trees & Shrubs- Choicest Variety and True to name, splendid speolroens will be furniahod you by Z. m. B A K E S, Mtchaniovillii, Drop him a Postal Card. All stock guaranteed. Will bo replaced if it does not live. Raw Furs Highest Market Price Palil for nli kinds of Raw Furs. F. J. Bathrick. I f y o n have a n y aklna to set &tmp aae a po*ta). WHIP AND SPUR. Highest o f all in Leavening Potver.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Aepoxt AP&eM)TEg.Y PURE . __ LOCAL L IN E S . One of the best houses on P irk-sve. fs now on the market. See want column. Read Schermerhoru’s new advertiap- ment. It is well fllled with business talk Supeilntendent Spaulding now has 160 lnm :t s In the county poorbouse. The new superintendent will hav<* Pome big bills for taxpayers to aettle. There Is no truth in the report that Lake Champlain haa betin fri. zcit solid to the bott( m, fish and ail, and that the flah are being quairled In cakes of Ice for summer uaS; ________________ District Attoriiey Person hid the mur- der cases o f Catherine W. and Bllaabetb Kolan of Waterford, postponed until the April term of court. Judge Russell aug- geatedthat the district a'torney try to get the governor to call au extraordinary term for the trial of these cases. At a recent meeting of the Saratoga County Agricultural society the date of holding the fair was discussed but not fixed. The date will he selected at the next meeting. 8. I. Stroud, W . W. Worden and Charles D. Sickler were ap pointed a comrol'tee on trotting. W. C. Trtllmailge, Seymour Rowley and Prai k L. Smith were directed to hw e a revision of the premium list made. John C. Baker while driving his yoi ng team, last F riday afternoon, on the irscks laid out on the Hudaon ttiver, broke through the Ice and only the prompt ac tion of bystanders saved him and team from drowning. M '. B<ker was quickly dragged to firm Ice, but it quired half an hour's work to ext Ic^te the horses. The sleigh and robes were swept under the ice. It was a close call. Ice bas been rotting rapidly In the river since the cold wave suhslded. Fro m Sire to S cb !. As a fsmlly medicine Bacon’* Celery King for the nerve-®, passes from sire to aon as a legacy. If you have kidney, liver o r blood d iso r d e r do u o t delay, b u t get a free sample package of this remedy at once. If you have indigestion, con stipation, headache, rheumatism, etc, his grand spoqiflc will cure you, 0. M. Whitney, the leading druggist, is sole agent, and is distrlbutlug samples free, to the afflicted. Large pucksges 60o and 35c. Somsthlug Hew. A flah m a rk e t b s s been opened by W. J. Adams in the Adams block ou Msin-st, whore you can find a large vtrleiy of fish to select from. The entering wedge of a fatal com- plaint is often a slight cold, which a dose or two of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral might, bare cured at the commencement. There fore, it is advisable to have this prompt and sure remedy always ou hand to* meet an emergency. LOCAL LlNKt) Charles Lee, the marketman, has just rfceived a fine halibut from Boston, which weighs over 100 pound', Read bis new advertisemedt. The Ballston Journ.al says r It is re ported that twenty-nine cattle in cars standing on the branch of the Fitchburg railroad near Mecbsnlcvllle, perished from the aevere cold and bPazard last week. Workmen froze their face^, hands and feet working to clear the tracks. Ballston Spa residents have lately been complaining of their system of wafer works because village water cannot be secured o» msoy streets, owing to the weak pressure. At the county court house and Jail, water only enters the base ment, and must be carried to the floors The Delaware and Hudson road, to ac commodate those who reside at the Geysers, near Saratoga, haa decided to have four trains atop there daily, and will probably tiao put in a side track for freight cars. The Geysers crossing is two mllea sonth of the passenger depot in Saratoga. A party, with abnadant means is eor- responding with citizens of Sandy Hill with a view to locating glass works there, with a capital of 1150,000. They are^ willing to take g35,000 of the stock, and citizens of Sandy Hill and others the balance. The concern would employ 106 skilled workmen and 50 laborers, and would expend for wages about $12,000 per mouth. Some, of the parties urging this matter are rated at one mUHon dol lars. ________________ T h e H u ll W ill Uase C o m p rem iied. The supreme court ac’lon brought by M. Brittain S-yre of Baltimore. Md. against Willard Lester, executor, etc. and others, to test the sanity of the late A. Gerald Hull, of Hew York and Sarato ga, and the validity of his will, waa brought to a termination hy a compro mise settlement after it had been on trial two weeks before .Tnstlcu Raasell and a jury atBalUton Spa and the evidence had been concluded end summed up by J, 8 L’Amoretux, for the conteatant, and Mat thew Hale was replying for the executor. A proposition was made aud accepted by both parties that be suit should be with drawn without costa to either party if the legatees (Wm M. Stroug, wife and daughter who were respectfully the father, mother aud sister of the testator’s dead wife) would pay the contestant, who was Mr. Hall's conaln and heir-at- law, the sura ot $27,600, which is about one-tenth of the remaining Hull estate. The terms of settlement Included that a verdict should ba directed declaring the instrument in dispute to be the valid last will of A Gerald Hull, It was so ordered and entered and Justice Russell also or dered that the patient Jury should be al lowed double compeu.sation for their serTtces. It has since been ascertained that the ju r y would haye disagreed, with a majority fayorlng the will by declaring Mr. Hull to hayo been \aite when it waa signed and declared. Last season Ramapo won 631,000 in the all aged division. Eugene Leigh 'a Strntlimore, out of Spin away, Is entered In the Epson Derby for John It. Gentry will probably knool: a second or two olf the stallion record in Historlo old Jerom e park has been ac quired by Now York city for reservoir pur Mascot will bo cump.aigned ogain the coming season in the free for all pacing events. “ L ucky” Baldwin says that the horscE he will Bend oast this season aro the best he bas ever shipped. If Alix goes right, she should come very pear being the two minute trotter before another season closes. There are only 30 nominations for the Brooklyn Handicap of 1805, about one- half the usual number. The first authorized shop for the aalo of horse moat was in Paris and waa opened to the publio on July 0, I860. Gorman oavalry horses are being shod with abocs made of compressed paper. (They are oomonted to the hoof. During the siege of Paris In 1870-1 the ponsuinptlon of borsoflosh reached 64,363 horses, 636 asses and three mules. Joseph Seagram, ‘ o,” heads the list r 1894, bis string ] „ . , Robert J, if he can stand the i training that is, of course, absolutely neo- essary, should bo the two m inute pacer of The man who owns the great pacer Sal- adin, 2:06^, is a very modest gentleman and declines to be recognized as a horse man. He has bought Trainer Green’s in terest in tho horse.—Horseman. THE SOCIAL ARBITER. Ward MoAllistor, the first of America’s society autocrats, is also the last, and this is more thon immortality.—New York He gave distinction to his mission, at as it was, and bla name will bo remem bered long after many other members of tho Four Hundred aro forgotten.—Indian apolis Journal. Ward McAllister was one of the oharao- tora of this generation. His name will be remembered as long as the aooial history of the country is written and preserved. --Baltlmoio American. Altogether he showed himself a shrewd obMrver of human nature and a firm be liever in Barnum'a famous dictum that the American people like to be humbugged. —Philadelphia Bulletin. Hla only regret npon leaviiig this life probably waa that he oould not take his oardoaso with him and would bo under At Massey's they have 300 boys’ cape overcoats which he vrill sell at twenty per cent, less than cost to clear them ofi*. Also 500 pairs of boys’ pants, good stock, winter weight, for 60 cents to $1.86 to clear them olT. Bstimates on the cost o f putting Plum brook water in your house can be had at J. S. Safford A Son'8 hardware store. Sanitary plumblflV of all klndsi at reason- able prices. Gall and sue ns, Use Wells’ Lauudry Blue, the best blu ing for laundry use. Each package makea two quarts, 15 cents. Sold by B. H. Hall. A large assortment of Palmer’s per fumes in fancy boxes at the Gem Fbar- Take \44\ for your cough. It works ilka a charm. Gena Pharmacy. Photo albums a t the Gem Pfatrmaay. On* W »y *o b« H appy, Is at all times to attend to the com fort of yonit family. Should any one of them catch a alight cold or cough, pre pare yourself and call at once on Q. H. Whitney, sole agent, and got a trial bot tle of Otto’s Cure, the great German rem edy, free. We give it away to prove that we have a sure cure for cougba, colds, asthma, consumption and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Large sizes 60c and 3Sc. That the blood should perform vital functions, it is absolutely necesaary It should not only bo pure but rich in life giving elementa. These results are best effected by the use of the well-known standard blood purifier, Ayer’s Sarsapa rilla. Bunco A Cady have just received palnti, oils and brashes lady large stock of p which they prices. selling at reasonable Wallace A Co’s, most excellent choco lates atid bun bong at the Gem Pharmacy Tho best is tho best. Best market price paid for rye, at Rice A Howland’e. Go to G. H. Whitney’s for a hot beef sardoaao with him and would bo m bbo painful necessity of entering hea unlntrodnoed.—Buffalo Enquirer. Ho did his part well. He has made wealth in New York oity more worth while and has given hundreds of the wives of rich men a wholesome diversion and an honorable ambition.—Philadelphia In- No buyer in tho world knew more abou. wines than Ward MoAllliter. And, thon, his dtnnerst They were perfect in every detail and tho delight of bon vlvantc. Tho blttoroat enemy ho had- In tho world once said of him, “ Well, be can give dinners.\ —Boston Herald. CURRENT COMMENT. The now Inoomo tax blanks aro being generally distributed by mail. Don’t bo offended If you do not got one.—Sonior- vllle Journal. It Is aafo to say that never again will any person be so foolish as to take any pains to save tho life of Millionaire Rus sell Sage.-—St. Paul Call. Tho rumor that Colonel Robert Q. In- getsoll was dead may have been started by some enterprising speculator who was long on brimstone.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Bomobody suggests that a new cup de fender who will show her heels might be named Trilby. But such a boat would be handicapped In stays.—New York World. A Cohoes minister, in a recent address, SMted that \40 barrels of rum are sent to Africa for each missionary. ” It is di£Q- oult to understand why each missionary wants so much rum .—Albany Argus. It Is noted that Colorado Is probably tho only state In tho Union where tho reports of tho proceedings of tbo loglslature are read with honest Interest by ordinary women. “ They contain detailed doaorlp- tlons of tho different coitumoi worn from day to day by tho female mombera.’’- Waterbury Amorloun. She has Just read “ Trilby” aud has tho courage to toll Just what she thinks of it. She goes to tho open while tbo muslo is goii She goes to the matinee and is not dis turbed by other women’s costumes. She removes her hat at tho theater as i matter of principle, not because it is i gaining “ fad.\ She does not consider every man a boor who does not offer her his seat In a orowd- Sbe believes that the best women of to day and of days past will rank quite high In the world’s history and affootlc I any \coming woman.” a mind v winning. Who is she?—New York World. West Virginia's legislators ate to wrestle with the lubjool! of woman suffrage. We will now soon dlioovor who builds tho fires to that state.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The lyooums, young men’s debating clubs and literary sooiettos aro all debat ing woman suffrage this winter. This question never attracted eo much atten tion in this state before.—Lewiston Jour nal. Women are able now to exert a strong influence upon publio thought and publio affairs, and to take the ground that they need the ballot as a defense against men Is to nn^ermto one sex and vilify tho n .—RestaB Jenrasl. rames O’Neill, tho tragedian and ro mantic star, was born in Ireland Nor. 16, Delia F< I will begin her second starring tour in a now comic opera at Palmer’s theater, N-JW York, on Sept. 2. Mary Hampton ha? made suoh a suc cess in “ Sowing tl)o Wind” that Charles Frohman will scud heron tour next season in tho same piece. Mario Jansen woman known ti All tho sweets that her go to her maid. During Marie W ainwrlght’s recent en gagement in New Orleans a number of her admirers in that city gave her a superb gold sword h air ornament. John Glendennlng has closed his season ns leading man of \Tho Power of the FresB\ and has bought from Auguatut Pltou tho English rights to the piece, William Castleinan, tho now baritone of the Bostonians, began his oareoi in 1893. Ho was picked up from behind the desk of a liotol olfico by Alexander Spencer. Mrs. Thomas Q. Seabrooke(Etyla Croix) has retired from the support of hor tlUR- band, tho comio opera star, on account of illness, and Irene Murphy takes her place. erbohm Tree, Mr. 1 Mrs. Kendal, ty Girls companies and i two Cissies—Loftus and Fitzgerald—i with us. Harry B. Smith says, “ Tho new opera npon which Reginald De Koven and I are now a t work, and which Lillian Bussell will produce in May, bas Russia for its locality.” WONDERS OF THE SEA. ' One very common species of ocean in fusoria is shaped like a boll. In a cubic meter of limestone Orblgny found 8,000,000,000 soashells. In a cubic foot of phosphorescent sea water there have bwn found 35,000 living oroaturoB. Many kinds of tea worms ate eaten by the people along tho coasts of Italy, France and Spain. ' Tho water of tho Mediterranean con tains a greater proportion of salt than that of tho ocean, Tbo coral insects ore said to consumo prodigious quantities of worms, small fish and other living creatures. A colony ot inodusm has been compared to a collection of muslin sunbonnets float ing right side up In the water. The ocean hydras have no heart, lungs, no liver, no brains, no nervous sys tem, no organs save mouth and skin. If it were not for the salts of the ocean, tho whole sea would soon become a mass of corruption, owing to the decay of the organlo matter it ooutains. The “ bulldog sounding machine” con tain! a couple of scoops closing against each other and bringing up a consider ' quantity of soil from the bottom. imes It rises a depth of work of coral insects. I almost perpendicularly 1,300 fathoms. The ocean hydra multiplies by budding, tho parent finds too many chil- and when tho par . dren on her back she reaches up her arms md twists a few of them off. Naturalists many chi ip her arn e seen a dozen thus evlc r.—St. Louis Qlobo-DoE Naturalis in half a WINDY CITY WHIRLS. A Ghiongo grand jury has decided that a man's shoes aro deadly weapons. But, then. It was Chicago.—New York Press. Chicago girls are oultivating the Trilby foot. Chicago Is gradually drifting away from tbo notion that quantity is tho sine qua non of the no plus ultra.—Detroit Tribune. Dr. Parkhurst seconds tho motion of John Burns as to tho moral status of Chi- oaga If Stead, Burns and Parkhurst axe reliable commentators, the Windy City is almost within speaking distance of hades. —Boston Globe. way of inflating their Imag now we know how they do it. No worn they imagine Cbioogo to bo a great oi —New York World. Chicago is making suoh an ado over t possession of a poet who has written a prize cigarette advertisement that it la evident that tho Windy City not only oon- sldors herself a literary “ oontor,\ but has hopes of becoming a literary two-for-a- oentor.—Louisville Journal. Japanese ofllccra aro more like tho French than tlio Gorman typo. Their dis cipline is kindly, and they live on familiar terms with tholr muu. Jopan is almost tlio only instanoo known of an arlstoorntlo government deliberately overturning its cboxlshod institutions and forming a modern limited monarchy, Above tbo doorway of tho Gankiro mu sic hall, in Yokohama, years ago, was printed in English: “ For tho amusement of foreigners. No dogs or Chinamen ad mitted.” Tho Japanese trace descent only from the father. Thus when an aristocrat mar rles a plebeian wife their children aro hii equals and quite hor superiors and art apt to look down upon her. lor sail- a-, open sterns so that they oould not go far to sea. This wag to pre vent intercourse with other nations. T* Chinese have always been good seamen. New York Recorder. BUSINESS APHORISMS. Big debts come from big promises. Little ideas and big bucocbsos never go together. A careless merchant will have oarolcis oUBtomoTB. Leaks in business arc like gimlet holes 111 a barrel. A neat store and neatly printed station ery go together. If exrusos had a money value, some men would be wealthy, Suoceii Is very coy and will remain only when treated well. Place your confidence upon actual cash, and you don’t misplace it. Some oloiks cultivate their mustaobei more carefully than they do busini —Shoe aud Laatbor Facts. Saved His Life BY USING AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL “When my adopt- q cd son was seven o years of ago, ho had 2 as severe a cough 2 -- 1 ever knew any-o ■I to suffer from,m, o to suffer fro coughed Iiices- itly,tly, andnd spitpl up a . san a s L blood. I tried ei id. I tried every- o 10 -1 could think ® he constant- o little fellow would surely die. At last, gave him Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, bell feared the poor q . At last, I o lerry Pectoral, being ® ly grew worse, and g I feared the poor q iramended to do so by the physician, o ledlclne gave the child speedy re- O Received Highest Awards | AT THE WORLD'S FAIR g Id speedy re- O , Texas. o Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral I Choke New Building Lots ON THE MARKET, 50 UOTS On Broadway and Chestnut-sts,, Immediately Southwest of Unloit'Depot. _ Ground, DoliKlitfu) Location, Choice Keish.- borbood. Of MechKlo- ville. Lola aure to ateaUlly Advance in Vmlna. 46 LUX'S f o r sale In tn e B e a u tiful Urov* know n ns P l e n a ^ e P a r k . Tree* already l9 ’'Prices Ixiw and terma very reasonable. Call on or addresa, HOWLAND BAKER. Business Cards- Fresh Candy Chewing Gum, Pine To bacco Cigars^ Pipes and Smokers’ Supplies, Play ing Oard«, Chips, Games of All Kinds. Come and look a t our aisortmeut. L>;ave your o rd-rs for magazines and newspapers. Fresh peanuts always on hand, a t BUFFINTON’S, Po\.r«ce I t t & U R K I N i Leading livery, hoarding and SALE STABLE. h up, we can, ti ia the family, li ihaeltni ____ oantry, forest c 1 suit 'yond no earn here iad ajlfl^ wUlbe Leo & LarMni Cor. Broadway Clement-ave. Near depot, Mocbaulcvllle E j D. j . b u s h , Ko S4 H ucl-st,, MecbanicTiUeiN. T. Geafiial T ra il ftliiery Baggage Sxpreta, Stored. Slagle Honiebold Good* Moved and t Double Ki Itders promptly S, ARNOLD; Liverg & Boarding Stable OppotlU rjirk^ETo. Op^ni MechanlcTliltif Nevr Vorii:* ELMERiE. WOOD, GEMRAl TRUCKING, le And sand for aain »ad dellrerod at rca^oua- ratca. Office mid reddenco. No. 12 Broadway. w. J. ST5Yf.S, Contractor and Builder PJ mis and apecifleationa drawn. KaUmatea fur- niahed on all kinda of work. Plumbing and steam fitting a tpeeUlty. Address, peitoffice bpx 090, M€>oliaxiioTille OVEROCKKR BROS., Contractors d Builders^ Bnaign Avenue- (jorsline & Strang, Contractors & Builders, Plana drawn aud estlmalea glvan ou all klnda of wood and brick conitructlou. liuildlngt moved and made modem lu architecture. Address Box, TO, Meohamevllle, N. Y. W. D. 0RYAR. Painter d Paper Hanger Orders may be left at Safford’a liardware store, Kalsomining, Whitening, 5. A. STARKS. AND DEALER IN FURNITURE. JOHN 5. THOMSON, Jeweler. Watohmaker and Optician. Agent of all tha leading itsawahip oompaniea. Tick eta to Bnropa at the lowest ratal. Donnelly Building. MeohaaicvlU* Beal Estate Lots for Sale. Six Desirable Building Lots fur Sale, pu south side of North-st. Apply to T. L. Pratt, Agt. Building Lots For Sale! A Chaiee Bloch o f Building Lots, Comprising Six Acres of Land imme diately north of the Union Depot, Mechanicville, N. Y., is now in the market f o r sale at very reasonaUe prices. LoU ^ h tin g KaUroad.it., ViiU^ir#. lad Hound Lake-ave., all have electric lights and -^Isge water, and are near the new knitting mill, the door, s u h and blind fac tory, and tlie railroad freight yardi. I b i property la fast rising in value and now U tbe time to buy. Inquire of Mrs. F, Jennie Bonteedu, OPFOSXTK DEPOT Fine Biiilg Lots For Sale. -O P P O S I T E - Pnlp Mill. MeokaiiioYille- This property is high ground and Is lo cated Immediately north of the railroad shops and directly opposite the big miUs of the Hudson Rive; 'Vater Power Com pany. It is the best location to be found for the homes of the hundreds of work- ^ men employed in the big mille. Call oh or address, Mrs. Ezra Swartout, Mechanicrille, N. Y. Buildinsr Lots for Sale! On the beautiful bluffs In the north part of ^the >ok the Hnd< a short distance from the center of the yUlige, id freight vUlage of Mechanicville, which overlook the Hw :e village, 40 choice building the market. The location if only and near the railroad ahopa, pulp mill and freight yardi. Pure air, fine drainage and dry aoSl for . cellars, are among the attractloni offered. Lota liars, are among t ly be purchased ot ndaome .dwolltnga Strerti will be graded this iprlng and ildiwalki be laid. . may be purchased on the inatallmont plan. Bix handaome .dwolltnga have already been erected. Fti will be grided t MYRON HUUN; MccbsnlcvIUc, N. T. Do You Know? Why Our Photographs are so Much Admired. Children’s Photos A SPECIALTY. Don’t neglect the^ little ones but taka H I B B A R d T a L L E N ; Main Street, McchanlOTilli, N. Y [f You Want Crayons or Photographs Come at onco and give me tlm* to fill your orders. SIPPESLY, ruo'iTAS.'f?««». Fish for Lent. Duiiug the Lcnttn Season, Fresh and Salt Fish of all kinds miy be fonnd at Lee’s Paik-ave. market. Choice Veal Can now be ordered at Lee’s makot. It is fine. Try i t Lee’s Market IS\ NEW, NEAT AND CLEAN. A. McQTJEEN, Kcbuyler, Saritoga county. New York. Who b it a powerfol horse power drilling machine with wbleh he la able to drill walla In all kind* of soil, gnnlte, limiatoni, Oliy, grayil, qnlckiiad or rook on ihort notice Drink pure water from a vein in the solid rock andglviupyourlurfM i wafer poeli. For par- Oysters Served in all stylos Choiao Lnuohes. Candy ill Every Variety. Papers and Magfazices ou Sale Cigars & Smokers' Supplies, at Mawbey’s GnanA Csntral MuM Blook.