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YOLUME 1. . CHATHAM,. COLUMBIA COUNTY, -N. Y., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1-886, NUMBER 2. Business Cards. Chas. E. Barrett, A TTORNEY and Counselor, East Chatham, A N. Y. ‘ N. S. Post. . A TTOKNEY ' at Law and Notary Mam street. Public, F. I. Park, . /\lENERAL Insurance Agent, Masonic Build- v — r ing. Park Row. A. S. Ford, C'OA'L and -\V\oocl of the best grades; also TSnl — Baled Hay and Straw. - G. K. Daley, A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law, and Wm. C. Daley, A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Office in Morris block. Main street- C. M. Harmon. jQENTlST. Examinations free. Masonic Building, Room No. 1, Park Row. Cornelius Sliufelt, A TTORNEY and Counselor and Notary Pub- lie. Office in Cadman Building, Mam street. McClellan & Brown, A TTORNEYS and <&unseiors.at Law. in Masonic Building, Park Row. Office Joseph. Summer ISSUES tickets to and from Europe for 815. 1 Now is the time to send for your friends from all parts of Europe. P. H. G-arrity, TNEALER in all kinds of Flour, Feed, Seeds, TD Grain, Hay, Salt, etc. Masonic Building. Next door to A. J. Fellows 1 drug store. Azro Chace Hanor, IDHYSICIAN. Office — Room No. 7, Masonic Buildinsr. Hours, S to 10 A. 3i., 3 to o P. m Telephone in Fellows ’ drug store connects with Ittl.ttt W.'-V. Reynolds & Co. TO SMASH TILDEN ’ S WILL. THE DOCUMENT PROBATED AND THE EXECUTORS SUED. extensive scale, but this venture proved a CAHPETS, GAHPETS Choicest Q olleetion ^^hatham ^J ontains. residence on Payn Avenue. F- B. Allen, N VERMONT Marble \Works opposite Masonic * Building. Chatham. Granite and Marble Monuments. Headstones, Coping and Cemetery work of all kinds. Stanwix Hall, tv / ta IN street, Chatham, M. A. Harding, pro- iVx prietor. Free ’ Bus to and from all trains. Particular attention paid to commercial men. Livery conn ectod with house. Chas- Smith & Co., CHATHAM Marble Works, manufacturers of every description of Marble and Granite Cemetery Work. Best of proods guaranteed at reasenable prices. Austerlitz street, near B. oc A. R, R. crossing. Chatham, N. Y. Dr- A- M- Calkins, OURGEON Dentist. O Hawley ’ s hardware store, Mam street, Chatham. r All work guaranteed as repre sented. A. J- Fellows- D RUGS and Medicines. A full line of every thing belonging to a first-class drug store at popular prices. A share of the public pat ronage solicited. Prescriptions prepared care fully at the Chatham Pharmacy, Masonic Building. Bought direct from Manufacturers for SPOT CASH; therefore we can and do U nderse ’ i A ll C ompetition . The will of Samuel J. Tilden was ad mitted to probate on Wednesday m the Surrogate ’ s court at White Plains, without opposition, and the executors and trustees at once qualified. Immediately afterward counsel for Sam uel J. Tiiden, Jr., and George H. Tildeu, served a summons upon counsel for the executors of the will, requiring them to have the executors appear in the supreme court on ISTov. 9, to answer a suit brought by George H. Tilden and others against the executors and legatees under the will. The summons does not state the nature of the action, but there is no doubt that suit has been instituted to test the validity of the last clause of the will. The case will probably not come to actual trial for sev eral months. George H. Tildeu claims that the estate is worth §15,000,000. OIL CLOTHS, OIL Parties in want of a Parlor, Cook Stove OR- a . to ' a m 4.000 YARDS in all Widths, Lengths, and Colors. ~ ■ Finest Assortment m town, at bottom prices.- Wili find it to their interest to postpone buying until they have inspected the POPULAR 7\'' PRICES Patterns in all Sizes and Colors. NOW BEING EHHIBITED AT /\ Good Set of Single Harness Only $6.00. HAWLEY ’ S HARDWARE and .STOLE STORE MAIN ST., CHATHAM, N. Y. 8. & J, W, BQBIGHT, Lumber and Timber Merchants. LVe are constantly adding to our Crockery Department AND DEALERS IN SASH, BLINDS, D00BS, GLASS. LIME, CEMENT, &e. CHATHAM, - - - - - Opposite B, & A. R. R. Depot N. Y and intend to make it the Best in the County. GLOVES AN© MITTENS J., W. A. ELLIOTT, SCHOOL ST., - - CHATHAM, N. Y., Pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE for ¥ 031 , [pBpO \m 0 lis D at), Agricultural <fe Cattle Salt, Sole Leather, Soft Soap, etc. Soap kixclianged for Grease. Sole Leather cut in quantities to suit purchasers IF YOU WANT toilet papers , T, Our stock in this line is just immense, and when > * , * ■' the figures they will please you. you ss We contimie to lead in CARP — OR — WEAPPHW PAPERS lo H OF AN Al-i KIND, fflll, FIFM, (SI). E ,«T At New York prices, go to GEORGE TOMPKINS 5 ' MANUFACTURING.SUPPLY STORE, , MAIN ST., - - CHATHAM, N. Y. ofii 0 coilsciezi-CJs per Malts'ras to tlja<iea;*sell ^ l . 11 im spite of tlie • sig'sxEils ol dListress raised fey- inferioz* •.O ’ .aidt-aiC^-roceysi-y w v( w W. V, REYNOLDS & jMaLra. 5^t a . CO., y ■' I mil Y. The Hew Lebanon firm has evidently in past years used up a very large sum of money. The Hew York World estimates the figures at §700,000 at the time ex-Gov- ernor Tilden called a halt several years ago. This is such a: large sum that hun dreds of people are curious to know how the indebtedness was piled up. The ex planation as given by a special correspond ent of the World is as follows; Henry A. and Moses Y. Tilden, as well as their famous brotber Samuel J., were supposed to be immensly rich. Both of them by the style in which they lived, especially Henry A., whose handsomely furnished residence at Hew Lebanon was the admiration of everybody throughout the county, and whose liberal mode of liv ing dazzed the simpler country folks, 'sus tained tkie reputation. Besides, they were very highly respected throughout the sur rounding country, and were also regarded as men of great businsss sagacity and un varying good luck. Hence whoever wish ed to make an investment consulted the Tildens, and whoever had spare cash to lend pressed them to accept it. It is said that the very employes of the factory at Hew Lebanon m many cases preferred to leave a part of their weekly wages with the firm as a mode of saving, and to take the firm ’ s interest ibearing notes instead of the money. In this way a by up means contem ptib le part of the indebtedness of the firm was contracted. The reputation of the firm also enabled it to give its notes in lieu of money on a large scale for ma terial and obligations of various kinds. Much of this ’ paper was taken m the course of business to the Hational Bank of Kin- derhook, one of the most important finan cial institutions in the county, as was evinced by its cash capital of §250,000. The bank eagerly purchased the Tilden notes, and it is said even sought them out wherever they could be found. The tran sition from the pui chase of Tilden paper to the lending to the firm of large sums of money was easy and natural, and thus the indebtedness of the firm to the bank grew. Hor was that all; old paper was renewed from time to time until the resources of the bank were crippled from actual want of money, and it was forced by the altern ative of being placed in the hands of a receiver to reduce its capital one-half. Where did all of this money go to ? ■ It was not squandered in extravagant living, for although the Tildens lived well they did not live in the style which necessitated the expenditure of such large sums. They did not lose it it the manufacture of chemi cals, because the business has. always been and is still ’ exceedingly profitable. What then became of it ? It appears to have been lost in the unprofitable outside ventures of Henry A. Tilden. Hobody even . at this day supposes that Mr. Tilden meant to injure any one or to waste the money so unstintedly poured into his hands. But he -was undoubtedly a visionary man. A life long friend; of the Governor remarked in speaking, of the matter the other day: “ Gov. Tilden had a very warm affection for his brother Henry, but l 16 hud n0 confi dence in his judgment, and he showed this in making a will, succeeded by the one now offered for probate, by making a provision for him in the form of an income from funds invested so that the principal could not he touched. ” One of Henry A. Tilden ’ s ventures, by which he is said to have been a heavy loser, dates back to . the time of the war; He devised a method for preparing a condensed extract of coffee and obtained a large con tract from the Government to supply the soldiers in the field. By some mismanage ment, the contract was lost and the venture proved a failure after a good deal of money had been invested in it. Afterwards with a view it is said of developing his property 'at Lebanon Springs, he undertook the building of the Lebanon Springs Railroad, now called the Hew York, Rutland and Montreal Railroad, which runs from Chat ham, H. Y., to Bennington, Vt., a distance of fifty-seven miles, and by this also ho is supposed to have lo^ta great deal of money. Last but not least, he became involved with his nephew,- the late William T. Felton, in a scheme to preserve railroad ties by treat ing them with - a - preparation of. creosote. Works were established at Chicago, and preparations ipade for doing business bn an failure and swallowed up more money.' Finally, the World says, the Governor deemed it advisable to call a halt in Henry A. ’ s operations. He compelled Henry A. and Moses Y, to retire from business and put the sons of the former, George H. and Samuel J. Tilden, Jr., in their places. Then he called a meeting of the largest creditors and proposed to them to waive his own claim against his brother ’ s estate if they would accept notes of the younger men for their claims and agree not to press them, but to let the latter pay them off gradually from the proceeds of the business. With regard to the claim of the Kinderhook hank, as a portion of it consisted of accrued and unpaid interest, he insisted that it should be scaled down from §180,000 to about §140,000. It is claimed by persons interested in the bank that he at tbfi«£ame time made a verbal agreement to guarantee the payment of the claim himself if the boys could not meet it before bis death.' Ex-director William J. Fenoyer, who is now living somewhere in Hew Jersey, is named by these persons as a witness of that agreement. The Tilden hoys themselves are said to claim that the Governor gave them dis tinctly to understand that he would event- ually assist them to pay this load of debt winch he, in fact, made them assume. It is said, indeed, on apparently good au thority, that the hoys, so strong in their conviction on this-point, proposed to the trustees to waive all their rights under the will if the trustees would pay the debts they assumed at their uncle ’ s dictation. The trustees declined to entertain the propo sition. It is on the ground of the alleged verbal agreement of the Governor, referred to above, to take care o^f the Kinderhook Bank claim, that the rumors are founded of an intended effort on the part of the creditors to break the will. One alleged fact that will probably be called into account in the contest of the will is that the Governor had fully made up his mind before he died to make a new will. This fact is alleged to be known to a number of persons, among them J. Edward Simmons, of Hew York city, from whom he asked and obtained consent to act as a trustee, and to James C. Carter, the lawyer who drew the exist ing will and for whom he actually sent to draw the will. But, as claimed, Mr. Car ter was busy with other matters at the time and could not answer the summons. . It is known also, as claimed, to the members of the Governor ’ s household, including Trus tee Smith. In fact the relatives say that there are plentVyOf witnesses to prove that the Governor was prevented from carrying out his intention only by the failure of Mr. Car ter,to respond immediately to the Gov ernor ’ s summons and his subsequent unex pected illness and death. It is said by those who were in a position to know that he made the' existing will, which is dated in 1884, when he was laboring under a temporary irritation, and that he after wards repented of some of its provisions and became disposed to make more liberal allowances to his relatives. His object, it is said, in inducing his nephews to assume their father ’ s obligations was to tie them down to the formation of steady business habits, and, that accomplished, he fully in tended to relieve them of it. On the other hand, it is justly pointed out that the Governor did a great deal for his nephews and -their father ; that he pro vided quite handsomely for all his relatives, and that, as there is ho question of his perfect mental health up to the very day of his death, he certainly was supposed to have intended the disposition of the money he had made himself to he as it was dis posed of. He was not responsible for the existence of his nephews or nieces, hut he did provide for them liberally. ----------- <r ^ > ----- — --- Rensselaer County. GENERA L GL EANINGS. . —A fire burned several buildings on Ri^er street, Troy, Tuesday morning, in cluding the big store of Converse, Collins, „ Merrill & Co. The total losses are esti- mated at $145,000, in most cases covered by insurance. Several firemen had nar row escapes by falling walls. The fire was . of incendiary-origin. . , — The trial of Billy Porter, the Troy burglar has been postponed until De cember. — Barrage, the defaulting deputy post master of Troy, stole even the box rents of the office amounting to §113. — The democratic convention of the Rensselaer-Washmgton district met at Troy, on Tuesday, hut were; unable to make a nomination. — Moved by fear tha,t he would become blind, West M, , Brock, of Petershurgh, committed suicide,, on - SundaiL; by taking a close of .Paris green, j, ; — The republican electors of the third assembly : . district will--.meet: at Gabler ’ s hotel, Sandlake, next: Saturday: at .'noon, to nominate a member of: assembly. — The Rensselaer county republican con vention was held in Troy on Wednesday. A full delegation was present and a spirit of perfect harmony prevailed during the proceedings, nominations were made as follows: For county clerk, Zeph F. Ma- gill; for coroner, Dr. Russell Bensou, of Troy; for auditing superintendent of the poor, T. B. Cooley, of Hoosick Falls; for justice of sessions, Lewis P. Traver, of East Greenbush. — The Rensselaer democrats at their county convention last week nominated Daniel E. Conway for county clerk, Spen cer C. Brown for auditing superintendent of.the poor, Dennis J. Cummings for cor oner and Paul Springer for justice of ses sions, Conway was beaten by about 700 for the same office three years ago by County Clerk Tappen, and Conway 7 can eb beaten again without much effort. Brown and Cummings are the present in cumbents of the respective offices for which they have been nominated. ■ Xi; SOUTH SCH ODACK. — W. H. Budd and C. M. Dawson are buying apples at Shushan, — R. Ketcham and wife, spent the Sab bath with friends at Hiskayuna. — Carrie Huyck is spending a few days in Hew York, as a guest of barge the “ Har vest Home. ” — Ho. 11 arrived safe and sound at John Harder ’ s, Tuesday. It is a boy and they call it Joseph David. — Farmers have commenced ■ to move their hay. Prices range from 45 cents to 80 cents per hundred pounds. — Charles Vosburgh, of Hew York, was m town, Monday, looking after his interest m the Lent property. — At the regular meeting of the “ Blower club ” Charlie Hotaling and Bill Tnrck took the prize for the best pumpkin story. Bill was speechless when he heard how Charley ’ s uncle lost his cows. — Eugene Bame, Jesse Roraback W. Mesick were delegates from tkhl trict to the republican county convent at Troy, Wednesday. A A SHORTER RO UTE TO MONTREAL. The rumor is revived, this time coming from Montreal, to the effect that the Cana dian Pacific road has completed arrange ments for a direct route from Montreal to Hew York by the acquisition or control of several local roads in Hew England, includ ing-'the old Lebanon Springs road, reorgan ized last year as the Hew York, Rutland and Montreal. It connects on the north with the Bennington and Rutland, and through that with the Central Yermont road, which will soon have two connections w ith Montreal, one over the Grand Trunk at St, Johns and the other over the Can adian Pacific at Lachine. The Central Yermont is at present con trolled by the Grand Trunk company, which holds a large amount of stock; hut a working arrangement may be made with the Canadian Pacific as a smaller evil than forcing- it to build a competing line. The Central Yermont, the Bennington and Rut land and the old Lebanon Springs road would form the northern - sections of this new air line from the chief part of the St. Lawrence to. Hew York. Only ten miles of now road will have to be built, and this is now in .course of con struction, to extend to Lebanon Springs, and the State Line between Massachusetts and Hew York state, where connection may be had with the Housatonic railroad. The idea is to use this road down to Hor- walk, Conn., a distance of full 100- miles, through Connecticut, and from Horwalk to enter Hew York by. the Hew York, Hew Haven and Hartford. BERLIN. — The new store of J. A. Rasico & Son will he opened this week. — The pulpit of the Baptist c supplied by Rev. Mr. Conover. — Gorham Denison is still payiitJJ dollar per barrel for potatoes for thej York market. — A steam saw mill is now being e| by Judson Cowee. It is located all mile north of this place. — J. A. Sleicher of the Albany Etesl Journal, spent several days in town week, shooting partridges. — In the case of J. D, Rogers vsi Williams, on Monday, the jury rends verdict of §29 and costs. The action ' brought on a promissory note. — About 25 hands are now employed at C. Whyland's laundry. The-pay. roll of this concern amounts to upwards Of, §700 per month, most of which is spent at our village stores. ' STEP HENT QWN. John C) Hatch fell from an apple tree last Saturday and was badly injured. -Mrs.- J. C. Hatch has been spending a •' few days at Adams, Mass. , visiting friends. — The school m district Ho. 6 opened- this week- with H. 7H, - Barham; of Hew . Lebanon and Mass Mary Hawley, as teachers. — Henry II. Cranston, formerly a resi dent of this town, in which he was horn sixty-eight years ago, ' died at his hotel in 'West Point on Monday. His remains . were brought here for interment) 7 SCHODACK. — A very pleasant musical enteitainm.ent.- . _ was given by the Capital City Glee club of . : - - ■ ’ ■ ' - ' V- ••SSs® for the benefit of the new Reformed j •ch. i 7 ’ '::. ,7 ; L..77 -- . • I . A ■.■oiA .7- 7-':--; L
