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YOLUME 1. CHATHAM, COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y., FBIDAY, NOYEMBER 5, 1886. NUMBER 4. THE CHATHAM REPUBLICAN. PuMsM every Friday at CMtliai, CoimMa Co, The Chatham Publishing Company. Wm.RQGOWSKl TERMS: — SI. 50 per Year in Advance, if Raid at end of Year. Advertising cation. Rates Furnisiied on Appli- Traveller ’ s Guide. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. Boston & Albany. Going East, trains leave this station at 3:10, 7:55 and 10:46 A. M.; 3:29, 5:56 and 9:3 o P. m . Going AVest, at 12:57 and 8:16 a . m .; 1»:10, 2:0S, 6:08 and 9:01 P. H. Hudson & Cliatiiam. Leave Chatham 8:20 A. m .; 12:10, 2:10 and 6:10 Arrive at Chatham 7:47 and 10:40 A. M.; 1:49 3:21 and 5:42 p. M. Sew Yorh & Harlem. Leave Chatham 5:50 A. si.; 12:25 and 4:00 p. M. Sunday special 3:00. Arrive at Chatham 8:05 a . m .; Sunday special 2:30 p . h . 3:05 and 8:30 P. M. Rev/ York, Rutland & Montreal. Trains arrive at Chatham at 11:25 A. si.; 12:05 and 9:10 p. 51. „ „ o- o ™ Trains leave Chatham 8:20 A. 5 i.; o:oo and 6.-0 P. M. Village Directory. POST.OFFICE. MAILS CLOSE. [ MAILS ARRIVE. Stocks throughout our large store have never been so well assorted as now in every depart ment. ’ are selling this season lower on, an average than any previous year with us. We therefore can only say that our, customers should, surely not fail to call at the popular , LADIES ’ BAZAAR -FOR- iGLOAKS: of all kinds from §4 up, and for children from §2.50 up. 'CLOAKINGS: from SI per yard up. :SHAWLS: Double Shawls from §3 up. BLANKETS: 3.30 p. i. and New York, 8.20 a. m.-From New York, 8.00 3.45 and 8.40 p. m. | and 11.00 a. m., 3.1o East, 7.30 a. *n., 3.00 p. and 9.00 p. m. m jWest, 8.00 a. m Hudson, 8.20 a. m., 5.30; m. m p jp . Hudson, o.OO a. West, 11.45 a. m., 5.30! 1.35 and 3.30 P- m. p. ;East, 8.00 a. m., 1-.10 p. North, 3.05 p. m. | South, 3.45 and 8.40 p.Fforth, 13.10 p.m. m . : South, 3.1a and 9.00 p. Speneertown, Auster-j m. . . - litz and Green River, Speneertown, Auster- S.'iS p. m. 1 litz and Green River, Red Eoek, Tuesdays,! 11.00 a.m. Thursdays and Satur-iRed Rock, inesuays, days, 1.0 ‘ D. i Thursdays and Satur- | days, 11.30 a. m. geo . mcclellan , p . m . THE CHURCHES. R eformed . — Rev. Theodore S. Brown, Pastor. Sabbath services at 10:30 A. m . and r.oO p . m . Sahhath school at 12 m . Prayer meeting Thursday evening, 7:30. Young peoples meeting Sunday evening 6:30. M ethodist E piscopal . — Rev . Wilhur F . Brush, Pastor. Sabbath services at 10:o0 A. M. ana 7:30 p. M. Sabbath school at 12 M. Churcn prayer meeting Thursday evening. E maxuel E vangelical L utheran — Rev. J. Frank Hartman, Pastor. Sabbath services; Preaching at 3 p . m ,: prayer meetmg at cdO; Sunday scho'd at 2 p . m . Church prayer meeting on Thursday evening. Seats free; all weleeme. -S t . L uke ’ s C hapel . — Rev. J. D. Kennedy, Rec- • tor. Services every - Sunday at uo.) P. h . Sunday school at 3 p, m . .... • S t . PY trick ’ s . — Rev: Louis GriifRi Rector, High yiass at 10:30 a . m . every Sunday of each month; first mass at 8:30 A. m . and late mass •. at 10:30 A. m . Vespers and benediction 7 p. h : ‘ Sunday school at 3 p . m . From §1 per pair up. :COMFORTABLES= From 75 cents up. Special drives in DRESS GOODS: 42 inch Flannels at 25 cents. 36 inch All-wool, Homespuns at 40 cents. 54 inch All-wool Ladies ’ Cloth at 6234 cents. And a great many others at POPULAR PRICES. Silks and Yelvsts. Our line of these goods will compare favor ably for variety of style and low prices with any. Columbia County a Firm Adherent to ' Republican A Glean Sweep and Phenom- inal Majorities, RECAPITULATION. Charles Daniels, Judge Court Appeals. 833 Alton B. Parker, Sup. Court Judge __ no op John H.Ketcham, Member of Congress. 1,3 75 John C. Hogehoom, Mem. of Assembly. 831 AaronB. Gardenier, Bist. Attorney... 1,115 Nicholas Rohison, Justice of Sessions. .1,020 Frank C. Maxon, Coroner ............ . 768 Daniel H. Link, Coroner ................... .. 181 SILKTELfffi, B sa a from $1.00 ns. MSS SILKS, ta cK ma frn 65c, up. HOSIERY THE LODGES. C olumbia L odge No. 98, -F. & A. M. Stated Communications on the first and third Fridays of each month, at 7 o ’ clock, n. m. C harity C hapter No. 47, Order of Eastern Star. Second and fourth Fridays of each month 7 p. in, C hatham L odge N o . 141, Knights of Pythias, Every Wednesday evening at 7 o ’ clsek. C hatham P ost N o . 539, G. A. R., meets sec ond and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Pythian Hall. -AND- UftSDERWEAR, VILLAGE TRUSTEES. Trustees of village meet on first Tuesday evening of each month. FIRE COMPANIES. Ocean Engine and Hose Company No. 1 meet the first Monday evening of each month. I ..... . ^ I At S. W. GOTT ’ S NEWS OFFICE WILL BE FOUND Ladies ’ fine Merino Vests and Pants from 35 cents up. Men ’ s undershirts and Drawers from 25 cents up. Children ’ s Vests and Pants from 20 cents up. Hosiery at equally low prices. We conclude by drawing attention again to our Millinery Department which we find ourselves is some stocked -with .hand- T rimmed H ats just now. Call and look at them, large variety of Also to our m CMTIi OF ALL KINDS. SCHOOL BOOKS and SCHOOL SUPPLIES. ALSO A FINE LINE OF STATIONERY, TOYS, BOLLS, EXPRESS TV AGO NS, VELOCIPEDES, CARTS, &C. Harmonicas and Yiolin - Strings. Tissue Paper and Material for Making Paper Flowers. TKUITS, SJUTS, AND A CHOICE LINE OF CONFECTIONERY. Goods on sale by the Ladies ’ Aid Society of the M. E. Church. Wm.RQSOWSKI, Mam St., CkatlLam, N.TT, JSir'Agent for Butterick ’ s Patterns. E, P. Allen, Prop ’ iv First class Machinery and facilities for turning out All Kinds of .Laundry Work at short notice and at reasonable rates. Office and buildings on LOWER MAIN STREET, Chatham, N. IT. KEELER ’ S I AM A GENT FOR THE Bemorest $19.50 Sewing Machine Warranted to give satisfaction or money re funded after 30 days ’ trial. Agent for Mme. Beniorest aud Harper Ba zaar Patterns. ' S. W. GOTT, CHATHAM, N. Y. 56 STATE STREET, AXJBAJVY. First-class in every Everytiii in Its: Season at loierate THE MAJORITIES. The Republicans of Columbia county have no occasion to feel otherwise than jubilant over the result of the election, for they have made a clean sweep from the top to the bottom of the ticket, the majorities for some of the candidates being unprece dented. No one could reasonably find fault with the-weather clerk. The clear sky and genial rays of Old Sol made Tuesday one of the loveliest days of the year. Not withstanding the favorable condition of the weather, the poll lists of nearly every dis trict m the county footed up! smaller totals than they usually do. The voting was, marked by no disturbances of a serious character ; fewer drunken or boisterous men were observed around-the polling places than usual, and it was altogether a ‘ ‘ quiet ” election. The contest was, however, a desperate one on the part of the Democracy. Little . “ Sammy ” Tllden, the alleged Democratic “ boss, ” had pledged himself to secure, at every hazard, the election of a Democratic assemblyman. The leaders of the anti- Tilden faction pocketed all their grievan ces and rushed to his aid, and the little handful of prohibitionists agreed to con tribute their assistance towards sending a Democratic liquor seller to the legislature. Democratic “ boodle ” flowed through the county like water. Never before have they handled so large a corruption fund The Democratic state committee sent i large sum of money into the district, and, in order to fill the “ hogshead, ” every Dem ocratic official was heavily assessed, the postmasters of some of the larger villages being forced to contribute an Amount equal to one-quarter of their official income, un der pain of removal' if the money was not forthcoming. But despite the most flagrant debauchery of voters, coupled with all the other dis graceful tactics to which the Democracy resorted, the respectable citizens of the county rose up and administered a scathing rebuke to the party which had endeavored to bulldoze them, and literally annihilated the blatant, fat-witted New Lebanon apothecary, who has lately deluded high public officials into the belief that he could direct and control the political action of ,he Democracy in this county. In the first district of Chatham, the Democratic workers were open and shame less in their corrupt practices, and they al lowed no “ doubtful ” voter to reach the ballot box until they had first tried to bull doze or purchase a vote for the Democratic assembly ticket, on which, as in all other districts in the county, all their efforts were concentrated. During the day, 60S votes w:re cast at the .polls in the Barker House. The prohibitionist assemblyman polled 86 votes in the district, most of them coming from Democrats who refused to sanction “ statesmanship ” of the New Lebanon brand. The Republican ticket carried the district by the following plu ralities; Daniels, 186; Ketcham, 201; Hogehoom, 166; Gardenier, 183; Maxon. (oyer Post), 157; Link, (over Kilmer), 179; Robison, 182. The second district polls were held at Old Chatham instead of Malden, this year. The election passed off quietly. There were 308 names on the poll list when the polls closed and the count began; about 100 less than a full vote. The prohibition ist candidates for congress and . for, district attorney secured only four votes, while Phillips, for assembly, obtained 31. In the afternoon a bail game drew away the crowd and the polls were almost deserted. The Republican ticket went out of the district with pluralities as follows : ' Daniels, 46;. Ketcham, 55; Hogehoom, 16; Gardenier, 52; Maxon (over Post), 52; Link (over Kilmer), 53. Majority for con stitutional convention, 143. The political weather that prevailed in Chatham extended throughout the county, the Democratic ring candidate for assembly carrying only, the towns of Aneram, Qler mont, and New Lebanon, and a few odd districts in other localities. In .New Leba non. the home of Sammy ” Tilden, “ Old \Slip” obtained 13 votes less than the Dem ocratic justice of sessions ! In Ghent, the stamping ground of “ Sammy ’ s ” first lieu tenant arid postmaster, 1 ‘ Hank ” ran 23 behind the Democratic candidate for the court of sessions ! The following tables show the majorities obtained in Columbia county by the Repub lican ticket arid the vote cast iri each elec tion district. Republicans will find ample gratification from an examination of the . figures, and Democrats can draw from them all the consolation they afford: A..T. O.P J.SC CONG ’ SS ASSM ’ Y. 0 > C h 0 O a p nr O cr T owns , W ards and ■ n CD 0 to 2. g a a ►d p *-< D a a 0 a p d td' GO » Q w 0 h g a f? ' & O cr a D istricts ! . p B B 1 0 ' S 0 Aneram ........ 135 •177 312 133 177 159 157 Austerlitz ...... . 183 81 264 191 75 161 100 Canaan ...... 166 89 255 202 61 134 96 Chatham. 1st D 409 223 632 417 216 394 228 “ 2d D 174 127 301 179 124 147 129 Claverack 1st D 126 109 244 130 104 124 105 “ , 2 dD 106 108 214 109 105 86 128 “ 33 D 239 200 439 257 192 268 170 Clermont ..... 51 -109 160 60 101 62 99 Copake, 1st D. “ 2d D. 58 36 94 591 37 51 47 188 116 304 02 103 194 110 Gallatin ........ 155 83 238 151 87 140 101 Germantown 165 111 379 172 1\4 .156 120 Ghent — 390 245 63ii 400 239 405 234 Greennort — 160 97 256 160 97 165 94 Hillsdale, 1st D. 148 139 286 155 m 159 134 “ 2d D. 21 42 63| 24 39 16 45 “ 3d D. 19 25 44 19 25 13 31 Hudson — 1st Ward .. 199 1.58 aw 206 151 203 151 2d Ward .. 296 240 536 307 227 304 2 ;io 3d Ward .. 219 221 440 2291 211 234 204 4 th Ward .. 158 179 337 172 108 151 188 5th WBrd .. 215 202 417 212 203 205 211 Kinderhook 1 D “ 2D •189 198 387 195 186 199 178 289 229 518 309 201 - 257 257 Livinqston, 225 180 415 24C 168 232 172 New Lebanon, 125 229 354 142 214 157 214 Stockport, 1 D . “ 2 D. 72 111 183 82 10 ( 75 106 81 46 127 81 47 76 51 StuyvesantlD. “ 2D. 81 85 56 80 84 80 85 117 122 131 253 12 ] 132 136 Taghkanic — 148 153 300 148 153 158 146 Total .. 5311 4479 9726 tel 14212 5281 4450 j PIS ATY.SESS'XS | CORONERS. TOWNS.W ’ RDS AND D istricts . & O g a 0 § a O O O a £ p < © *-s P a p g p M O a Aneram .......... 149 162 134 174 134 73 236 177 Austerlitz ...... 187 78 185 SO .178 183 81 83 Canaan... . — 166 88 168 85 163 168 85 35 Chatham 1st D 404 221 406 224 391 399 220 234 “ 2d D 176 124 176 124 75 76 23 ‘ 33 Clavr ’ aek IstD T22 113 132 in 131 134 111 109 “ 2d D 78 136 109 104 106 109 106 106 3d D 226 215 230 214 228 215 214 221 Clermont ...... 53 105 53 107 52 52 105 106 Conake, IstD. 57 37 59 31 40 57 80 34 \ 2d D. 201 101 208 91 198 65 238 100 Gallatin .......... 160 81 158 33 151 99 142 82 Germantown 166 109 169 107 169 169 107 107 Ghent ............. 391 244 394 246 381 391 247 257 Greenport .... 164 94 159 99 155 195 100 59 Hillsdale, IstD 157 131 152 135 152 132 157 133 “ 2dD 21 42 21 42 21 21 21 42 “ 3dD 19 25 19 25 19 19 25 25 Hudson — - ' Tst WardL- 215 140 • 201 155 179 195 180 15; 2d “ .... 31(1 225 302 234 293 298 243 ‘ 334 3d “ .... 248 192 223 22(1 204 216 245 215 4th 11 ID 166 173 166 179 116 151 228 172 5th “ 2D 222 294 215 202 205 206 22f 196 Kinderh ’ k 1 I 223 164 198 UK 191 196 196 193 2 1 394 133 307 217 308 3(6 217 215 Livingston — 112 284 227 18i 234 224 186 181 New Lebanon 138 215 131 131 127 225 221 St ’ kport, 1st I 72 107 75 107 74 75 107 106 2d I 81 46 81 47 82 82 46 46 Stuy ’ ant, IstD 9( 73 85 79 8( 85 81 79 “ 2d I 126 128 12: 132 54 122 19!- 131 Taghkanic. . 151 150 151 147 151 156 152 148 T otal .. 5445 4330! 5415 4395,'5143 5095 4911 4375 Columbia County. VALATIE. AROUND THE COUNTY. — The Hudson annual charter election, will he held on Dec. 7. — Beckwith is to be hanged on a Thurs day instead of Friday. Rev. W. J. Quincy, formerly of Broadalbin, N. Y., is now the pastor of the Hudson Baptist church. . Charles B. Post, who frequently acts as court stenographer at Hudson, is about to remove from Catskill to Kingston. — Hudson people never go but after dark, and accordingly the.storesof that town will close at six p. m ., during the coming win ter. — William Horton, a Hudson undertak er, cut off the ends of two of his. fingers in a hay cutter, Monday. Ail flesh may be grass, but fingers make very poor hay. — William Lewis, of Hollowville, is the champion hunter of this county. The notches on his stick shows 101 grey squirrels killed since about the middle of August. — The Democrats of the Tenth Brooklyn district renominated John B. Longley. formerly district attorney of Columbia county, for member of assembly, He was elected. — William A. Ostrander, of Hudson, who has been a brak'eman on the Hudson river railroad during the past three weeks, was killed at Dobbs Ferry on Monday. He leaves a wife.and one child. — Thomas Sedgwick, who formerly re sided at Stockport, was struck by a loco- iriotive and killed near Stockton, California, recently. Mr. Sedgwick was a deputy- sheriff of this county during the anti-rent troubles and he effected the arrest- of “ Big Thunder ” and “ Little Thunder- and lodged them in jail. He emigrated to Cali fornia in 1849. — Two Catskill men tried to catch a mov ingsouth-bourid passenger train, at Hudson, Saturday night. One of them succeeded. The other did some lively dodging around the locomotive of a freight train. He barely escaped being struck by the cow catcher. Then he collided with a water tank and fell on the track between the moving trams. He is now in the doctor ’ s hands, having sustained bad cuts on the head and face. — Timothy Conklin ’ s mare, buggy, har ness and three blankets were stolen from his barn in. Lithgow last week, and have not been found. .' The mare is a sorrel, inclining to chestnut, 1534 to 16 hands high, with stair in her forehead, and twelve years old She has an incision in the front part of one of her fore hoofs made by the cork of the shoe on the other foot. ‘ The harness a light 'one and the buggy a sidebar, - in good condition. It is supposed that the thieves whnt south. — Mrs. W. P. Harvey has gone to Iowa on a four weeks ’ visit. — This election district cast only 526 votes on Tuesday, which was a very light vote. -Hon. Erastus Corning, of Albany, was\ in town, Saturday, as the guest of C. W. Davis. — Reformation day was celebrated ■ last Sunday at the Lutheran church by a Sun day-school concert. -District Attorney Gardenier carried Ibis district by 258 majority; a proof of bis personal popularity. -The town auditing board met at Ihe United States hotel yesterday, and audited the usual amount of bills against the town. — Lafayette Hose company and the' local Knights of Labor organization are each booked for a ball at the Opera House on early dates. -The Chatham Dramatic company will appear at the Opera House, Saturday night, in “ Nevada, or the Lost Mine. ” They will bring with theiri Clark ’ s orchestra arid the Chatham hand. -The Yan Connie Glee club will sing at the Opera House on Nov. 16, for the benefit of the M. E. church. A largeaudi- ence is looked for, as there is already a brisk demand for reserved'seats. — Friendship Lodge I. O. G. T. has chosen the following officers : P. W. C. T., the Rev. E. M. Hubler; C. T., P. W. Pul- ver; Y. T., Miss E. Devlin; secretary, B. Reynolds; F. S., Mrs. L. Sniffin; treasur er, Andrew Weaver; chaplain, the Rev. H. K. Walker; M., A. Sheer; G., Mrs. E. Sharp; sentinel, Jarries A. Davis. NIV ERVIL LE. -Charles Kelly has a new boarder. -Archy his Felts came home to attend election, — John Lawrence has moved into new house, — Mr. Shufelt has built a neat piazza in front of bis bouse. — No school next week : the teachers will be in attendance at the institute. — Dog fighting is occasionally attended by unpleasant consequences to those who indulge in it/ . — D. Strain & Bros, do not intend to get wet. They are having their office shingled by Mr. A. New. . Mr. L.- Yandenburg, Mrs. Bell, and Mss Jessie'Raeder are recovering. Mrs. E. Andrews has an attack of sore throat. — Our graded school is progressing finely under the instruction of Mr, Barringer, as principal, arid Miss Fellows, as assistant. — On account of bad weather, “ Good Tidings ” service was postponed until next Sunday afternoon. There will be a general rehearsal at the church, Saturday evening, at 7 o ’ clock. ' — The C. B. L- which held their social at the residence of Mrs. Eli Kipp on Thurs day evening, of last week,, was highly en joyed by all. ' The entertainment consisted of solos, duetts and quartettes, a reading, Piccola ” by Miss Fannie Yan Slyck, and a recitation, “ Sebastian Gomez, ” by Miss Bertha Harrington, which were rendered in a scholarly manner. The solo sung by Miss Harrington in Quaker costume was laughable and amusing. Some of the young men did not did not escape the col lectors, as they were watching for them on every corner and succeeded in getting their dimes. The collection amounted to $6.80. The next social will be held at the residence ot Mr. D. Hobbs,. Thurs day, Nov. 11, where refreshments will be served. An entertainment will also be given. Gentlemen, look out for youf best girls. MIKADO. KIND ERHO OK. 0. Sweet is having his store — John painted. — Hon. Francis . Silvester was in town over election; also James Lathrop of'Cana- joharie, . — The delegates from the W. C. T, unions of this county will hold their quar terly convention in the Village Hall on Nov. 16. — Dr. Balis of Chatham has several work meri engaged in repairing and improving . the house he recently purchased from Mrs E. A. Sutherland STUYVESANT FALLS. — Mr. Charles Frisbee, has notified the hands employed in the cotton mills here that he will advance their wages 10 per cent, from -last Monday, - This voluntary concession attests that Mir.--Frisbee is large hearted employer arid it strengthens the bonds of fidelity and. esteem on the part of the three hundred employes, who are of course overjoyed at their good for tune which was entirely unexpected. NORTH CHATHAM. EAST CHATHAM: — Mrs. C. C. Campbell, of Chester, Mass., is visiting friends in town'. . — Lincoln Emerson was in . town-,-Wed nesday, calling on his friends. — W. Childs, of Kinderhook, is moving here to his new residence on the hill. — The Ladies ’ Aid Society met this week at the residence of Mrs. Zimri Palmer. — Miss Mary E. Sherman, a teacher at Claverack College, gave an address on temperance at the Methodist church on Monday evening. — Mr. Albert Hilton, of : Albany, has moved to this place, in a part of S. Beck with ’ s house. — John Wadsworth has commenced moving into his new house; which is nearly completed. — Horace Hamm, of Chatham, has started a branch, uridertaking establishment here at H. C. Hamm ’ s. - — A small son of Benjamin Hilton broke his collar-bone while at play on-Satur day. — The Baptist Church Society hold their first sociable at the residence of Frank S. Hall next Tuesday evening. . , — The Republicans of this place , are quite jubilant since election, and the Dem- ociats look very blue, also the prohibition- ists. WEST LEBANON. of -C. L. S. C.- to-night in the parlors A. Traver, — Herbert Peck is studying law in Al bany. ' ' -Mrs. Henry Fale's, of New York, has sold her farm to her brother-in-law, Justus Walker. — Justus Walker has sold the Dumphy place to John Drew, who is giving it a general overhauling. — It will be soon enough to believe that the mill property is sold when we hear the fumbling of the water wheel. -A good many people get wonderfully mixed up looking at our cross-road guide hoards, as they often point right across the fields or towards the woods, leading people to believe they are in some wild country. They come to the village to enquire the way to Nassau, saying the guide board reads Nas sau and points directly at the grave yard between two roads so as to make theiri believe Nassau a dead city, and they don ’ t like to go among the dead bodies and dry bones to make inquiry about what the town paid to enlighten people when they look at these guide-board sentinels. — Mr. and Mrs. John G. Budd look well and hearty after their western sojourn. -George Graw has given his sidewalk a regular city touch. \ — We have a lovely set of girls here with good voices, so we hope they won ’ t become liable-to a fine by adorning their hats with singing birds. They are just nice enough without. - — There was a whole car load of common sense in the first\ half-column of the “ Curb stone Crayons ” m the C hatham R epub lican , last week. — Some, young ladies from Nassau were in the place this week hunting for cos tumes. — What a load must have been on the conscience of that petty thief eating his last Sunday dinner from two pounds of sausage stolen from Traver ’ s store on Saturday night ! . •• ■ •• ■. — Stephen Mesick entertained company from'Schodack last Saturday, and V . B. Yan Yalkenburh had guests from Old Chat ham. Mrs. Yan Valkenburgh rode out to church, Sunday, for the first in'about four months. — Boss Ririg has a good job of carpenter work on a residence in Kinderhook. — JohnPulver, of Hiilsdale, should learn To take a bicycle when he goes after sheep, as he found out a few days since that after walking 150 miles with a drove, his legs became wonderfully tired. ; — A year or two ago Judsbn Drew shot the end of his finger off playing with a lit tie hoy ’ s spring, gun arid one day this-week, pretending to know how to drive a nail, he clipped the end of his thumb off with a hammer. — B. Burr Nichols and Henry N. Smith have made a great improyemont in the appearance of their residences by removirig the front fences., ;, ! — Mr.. L. Eastman visited his sister, Mrs D. J. Drew this week. . — A. L. Sherman will return to Union College this week. ./ — Chautauqua Circle met at Benoni Sher man ’ s, Tuesday evening. — Elbert Davis, of Williamstown Mass... was in the place over Sunday. — Mrs. E. Hotahng has returned frons Albany with a stockfnillinery goods. — Miss Nellie Owens, of Lebanon Springs^ is teaching the winter school in the Hand district. — The lecture upon Geology at the M. E. church, last Sunday evening, was well worth hearing. — The iron bridge near the Adams cross ing is nearly completed and some . of the men have been sent to Texas. — The severe thunder storm last Saturday morning was accompanied by hail in con siderable quantities in West Stephentown, and about “ Stephentown City. ” . — The unusually pleasant day\brought out a goodly number of voters, Tuesday. Yotes were worth to the Democratic party, five dollars in the morning, hut later in the day they dropped to one dollar. JR. CHATHAM CENTRE. — John McLoughlin, who has been working with the telegraph boys the past summer, is home in very feeble health. — School Commissioner Peter-Silver nail, visited our school, Wednesday. — Mrs. Voas, widow of the late Michael Yoas, the Waterloo veteran, has gone to pass the remainder of her days in the Catholic Institution known as the “ Little Sisters, ” in Albany, her step-daughter, Mary, being taken to Ghent. They have been cared for for years by tbis : commu nity with help from the town, arid it was thought a more sure and comfortable sup port would be guaranteed them in insti tutions having as their sole object the care of unfortunate and afflicted ones. — The national government may change ; the state even weaken, but old Columbia is still solid, — the “ Gem of the .Ocean. ” — The Bloomington, Illinois PantagrapTi . says that Miss Effie Benjanuri, a niece of Judge Benjamin, has been nominated for school superintendent of Clark county, Dakota, where she has recently been teach- . ing, and iri Which she has entered land and owns a tree claim. The news contained, in the item quoted will be of interest here abouts, as Judge Benjamin was formerly a resident of this town, and his wife a daugh ter of our old school commissioner, the late David G. Woodin. Miss Benjamin was also a- granddaughter of the the late < R. A. Bullis, of this village: . eagle . RAYVILLE. — We are pleased to note the presence of ■ Henry A. Yah Alstyne, of North Chatham, as teacher at the Ashley hill school, , . — Everybody goes to see the steam shovel now being erected below the depot. — Frank Barnes and daughter will make ■ ' a trip to New York this week.) — Silas Perkins . has taken, the Peter - Rogers farm, and will remove, there, in the spring. . ■, — -The quarterly meeting of the society of Friends, will be held at their meeting house, next week Friday. — The farmers in this section have nearly all their crops gathered, and are about ready for winter. ' ' #1® ^
