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rr^s VOLUME i. CHATHAM, COLUMBIA COUNTY, N. Y., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1886. NUMBER 9. Business Cards. Chas. E. Barrett, A TTORNEY and Counselor, East Chatham, A N. Y. N. S. Post. A TTORNEY at Law and Notary Public, Mam street. F. I. Park, GENERAL Insurance Ag-ent, Masonic Build- ing. Park Row. A. S. Ford. OOAL and Wood of the best grades; also L-\ Baled Hay and Straw. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Barrett, TTLECTROPATHIC Physicians. No. 18 Park Timar. OnnKuIfcations free. G. K. Daley, ATTORNEY and Counselor at Law, and civil Justice, Main street. Wm. C. Daley, A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law, Office -fA. i n Morris block. Main street. C. M. Harmon, ■pvENTlST. Examinations free. Masonic 1 — * Building, Room No. L Park Row. Cornelius Shufelt, A TTORNEY and Counselor and Notary Pub lic. Office iu Cadman Building, Main street. ______ McClellan & Brown, A TTORNEYS and Counselors at Law. Office *A- jjj Masonic Building, Park Row. Joseph Summer ISSUES tickets to\and from Europe for $15. Now is the time to send for your friends from all parts of Europe. P. H. Garrity; -pvEALER in all kinds of Flour, Feed, Seeds, J-J Grain, Hay, Salt, etc. Masonic Building. Next door to A. J. Fellows ’ drug store. Azro Chace Hanor, T 3 HYSICIAN. Office — Room No. 7, Masonic Building. Hours, S to 10 A-. si., 3 to 5 p . ; m . Telephone In Fellows ’ drug - store connects with residence on Payn Avenue. ... F. E. Allen,. N 7ERM0NT Marble Works, opposite Masonic V Building. Chatham. Granite and Marble Monuments, Headstones, Coping and Cemetery work of all kinds. . Stanwix Hall, A>TAIN street, Chatham, M. A. Harding, pro- -1V-L prietor. Free ’ Bus to and from all trains. Particular attention paid to commercial men. Live ry connected with house . ________________ Chas. Smith & Co., ''SO HATH AM Marble Works, manufacturers of ; every description of Marble and. Granite Cemetery Work. Best of goods guaranteed at reasonable prices. Austerlifz street, near B. & A. R. R. ’ crossing, Chatham, N. Y. _______ Dr- A- M- Calkins, CURGEON. Dentist. OiBce next door to ‘ U > Hawlev ’ s hardware store, Main street, Chatham. ‘ All work guaranteed cs 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. Parties in want of a Parlor, Cook Stove OR- JEi. J&. KT C3, E j Will find if to their interest to postpone buying until they have inspected the . BEAD THE m PRESS M3 MICKERBOCKEI T E3C El Union Cash Store Has just received, tire Largest and most Complete Btock: of Carpets aid Moor Oil Clotlis, Consisting of 3,000 Yards of All-Wool Ingrains, At 60* 65 and 70 Cts* per Yard. TAPESTRY BRESSELLS At from 50c* a Yard up. eon ON AND WOOL INGRAINS, 25, 30, 35 and 40 Cents a Yard. Look before buying elsewhere. qjoo Yards of Oil Cloths . Of every description from 25 cents a yard up. RUGS! RUGS! RUGS! CHAIRMAN BARNES ’ SPEECH BEFORE THE BOARD VISORS. OF SUPER- POPULAR PRICES NOW BEING EXHIBITED AT HAWLEY ’ S HARDWARE and &T0YE STORE MAIN ST., - - CHATHAM, N.Y. SUNDAY PRESS. THEY ARE PURE, HIGH-TONED AND IN DEPENDENT. THE POPULAR NEWS PAPERS AT THE CAPITAL OF THE EMPIRE STATE. ALL THE NEWS, BOTH ASSOCI ATED PRESS DISPATCHES AND SPECIALS. CO if PL ETE if A R EET REP OR TS. DAILY, by maU, WEEKLY PRESS, SUNDAY PRESS, - §6 per j T ear. $1 per ytar. $2 per year. SPECIMEN COPIES SENT FREE. These papers arc printed, folded and counted on a Web Perfecting Press, at the rate of 30,000 an hour. The Press buildings are lighted with the Edison Electric Light. The Daily Press -office is one of the most complete Newspaper -offices in the world. THE PRESS CO., IS Beaver St., Albany, 1ST. Y, IF YOU WANT TOILET PAPERS, CARPET, -OR — WRAPPING PAPERS OF ANY KIND, BAGS, TWINE, PAPER, &(!. At New York prices, go to GEORGE TOMPKINS ’ MAN UFA CT URING S UPPL TSTORE, MAIN ST., - - CHATHAM, N.Y. The Best A_ssortmeiTt for tlae Least Money. OWE. FAX*!* BTOOK OF Offering Reasons wliy the Suit against Ex-Superintendent' Niver should he Discontinued. PAPER HANGINGS lias just ariived, and we are now prepared, to siiow tine Best and most Complete Stock ever shown in Oolnrkbia County. , ' CHQCKEHY t Parties wishing to. purchase anything in this line can save 20 per cent, by buying of ns. We will call your at- ■ tention to our stock of Hanging and Stand tamps which we think will please any desiring to purchase. Below we pave vo u few of the many bargains in GROCERIES And our conscience permits us to Undersell All in spite of the signals of distress raised . by inferior Canal Grocers, Standard Granulated Sugar, 16 lbs for $1. Standard A Sugar, 16 lbs for $1. Standard C Sugar, 17 lbs for $1. Babbitt ’ s Best Soap, 22 bars, $1. Best Laundry Starch, 20 lbs $1. Best Syrup, 2 gallons for $1. Bure Maple Syrup, 1 gallon, $1. 1 lbs Best Boneless Pork, $1. SpengleUs Buckwheat Flour 65c. Pet Sack. Pillsbury ’ s Best Flour, $5.75 bbl Christian ’ s Superlative, 5.75 Hubbard ’ s Superlative; Wonderful Patent, Best St, Louis, 5.25 Bolted Corn Meal, 2c lb Oat Meal, 5 cents per pound. We Sell the Best TEA Eyer Offered for 40 Cents, 5.75 5.75 25 cents per lb; Cinnamon, 25 cts; 35 cts; Ginger, 20 cts; Dwight ’ s Saler- Pure Pepper for only Cloves, 30 cts; Mustard, atus, 6 cts; Corn Starch, 8 cts; Cleveland ’ s Baking Powder, 40 cts; First Class Honey 12 1-2 cts; New. Crop Mixed Nuts, I5cts. Tlie Best WHIP Yota Eves* Ssnw: Foi'75ets* W. V. Reynolds & Co., Alain fcifc l OKATIIAM, TV- Y. (C ontinued from 1 st page .) What is the cry, now ? Why, “ punish his bail ! ” Not that it is expected that any thin? will be recovered from them — but that the actions of the board may be vindi cated ! Vou say, “ punish his bail ! ” One has already glided down the dark waters of the river of Death ! You cannot punish him ! But the cry goes on, “ well, punish the other one ! ” And for what ? Is it because he was on Niver ’ s bond ? No, not much ! What then ? Simply because he happens to he on the wrong side of the Democratic household ! Mr. Chairman, this suit has passed to the hands of a referee, for trial. Has any gen tleman present lived long enough to ever have seen the termination of a civil suit before a referee, unless both parties had become insolvent or the referee been re moved by death ? I believe not. I believe it to be a well-established principle in law that no suit before a reteree can end except by death of- the court, or by both parlies becoming bankrupt. There is another legal fact that is well established ; that no lawyer ever, dies as long as his client has money. Well, now, the county is one of the clients in this case and might be able by great effort to keep up the fight for fifteen or twenty years, and possibly by that time the referee might see- fit to die and per chance the suit would end. Is there not some reason to punish past boards of supervisors, gentlemen? Was there any power vested anywhere to ex amine the books and vouchers of the su perintendent of poor save the board? Certainly not. Has not a committee been sent out ever} 7 year, for six years and more to make such examination, and have they not reported all correct? The last com mittee sent to make such examination was headed by the Hon, gentleman from New Lebanon, and he, under his official oath, declared that he had : performed the duty assigned him and found the inmates of the poor house well cared for, well fed and clothed ; everything in and about the house neat and in good order, and the farm under a good state of cultivation, showing good management ; that he had also examined the books, papers and vouchers and found; them correct in every particular; also that the books were so neally and plainly kept that anyone could understand them. Now, gentlemen, assurance has gone out from the board, year after year, to Mr. Niver ’ s hail that all was right. Consequently his bondsmen haye rested perfectly contented, never for a moment thinking that the Com mittee on Superintendent ’ s Accounts were making false reports to them. Yet, at the end of six years it is alleged to be all wrong, and, to excuse themselves, this committee claim they did not see the cash hook! Mr. Chairman, that is too thin! Just think of the absurdity of a committee of intelligent gentlemen going out to the county house, examining books and accounts and undertaking to strike a balance sheet without the cash hook! Tne prosecution admits to us, Mr. Chair man, that they only expect to recover a nominal sum. If such is the case, then why in the name of common sense and decency do they try to force the county to continue this vexatious lawsuit, which can only eud in defeat and entail a cost upon the public of thousands of dollars? But the gentlemen say that the great prime object of this projected expenditure of the public money is — what? The vin dication of the action of the last hoard of supervisors! Now when you ask a man for money to vindicate another you will be likely to receive an answer more em phatic than polite. And I think the pub lic, when asked for an appropriation of .$6,000 or $7,000 to vindicate the last hoard of supervisors would be quite ready to an swer with an emphatic — “ No! ” Gentlemen of the prosecution claim that they are great Reformers, and those of us who may chance to differ with them, no matter how sincere we may he in our con victions, must be classed as thieves or, at least, as aiders and abetters in covering up corruption and wrong! Otherwise, we are “ in the ring ” — and dare not have the light of day shine upon our actions and trans actions in county matters! Now, you may concentrate all the rays of all the lumi naries in God ’ s universe upon all the trans actions I ever had with any official of this or any other county, and I am . ready to face it now and here, or at any time and place desired. Mr. Chairman, if the resolution offered by the gentleman from Hillsdale to-night is carried, which I believe it- should be, it carries with it no condqnement of irregular ities or wrongs; but will he the result of honest conviction that dismissal of this suit will be for the very best possible: interest for the county and reduce taxation, so op pressive particularly on its agricultural in terests. Let us act fearlessly and conscien tiously in the settlement of this question. I am quite certain that if we do our duty to-night we shall pass this resolution r dis charge the committee and stop all tufther expense. Mr. Chairman, I'have no ill will toward nor disrespect for'gentlemen who have honestly and earnestly labored to push foward this investigation, thinking it was for the county ’ s best interests. They have shown an amount of zeal, persistency, and perseverance that would have carried Arctic explorers to the “ land of the midnight sun ” long ago. If they had only turned their acknowledged ability in that direction, we should now he reading about the open Fo-. lar sea. Yes, gentlemen, they would have hung their banner of reform on the Pole itself if it had a material existence, long before this time. One word, Mr. Chairman, in conclusion. My esteemed friend from Chatham has consumed considerable time and a good deal of eloquence in trying to prove to this hoard that I lacked fealty in my devotion to the great Republican party. Now, for the life of me I am unable to see what Re- puplicanism or Democracy has to do with the resolution under consideration. I had supposed that we were considering the question of what was for the best interest of our over-burdened tax payers in regard to this supervisors ’ suit — this elephant now on our hands. Whether the county shall continue to carry it on for an indefinite number of years only to meet ignominious defeat in the end or whether it shall.be dis continued now and here. But my friend, with his characteristic ingenuity, has endeavored to make this party question germane to the subject be fore the hoard. I wish to state here, dis tinctly and emphatically, that I never have wavered in my loyalty to the grand old party to which I heloug. I was in at its birth, was present at its christening, and have assisted in holding aloft its proud old banner for more than thirty years. I have never faltered in keeping step to its niusic, nor turned aside to go after Mugwumpism or any other “ ism. ” I never have forgotten the great principles that un derlie its enduring and everlasting founda tion-liberty, justice and loyalty to my government. I never have been wanting when help was necessary to push to the front those great principles upon which the old party has always' stood. And I sta.nd here to night ready to defend it from secret foes or open enemies. It ill becomes the gentlemen lo intimate upon this floor, or question at any time or place, , my devo tion to the old flag under which I have marched so many years. I am ready and willing to have my political rec ord laid open to the light of noonday and if it can be found that I have ever strayed from its ranks or flagged in my de votion to its interest, then will I admit that l am not true or loyal to my paity. Mr. Chairman, I beg pardon of gentle men for saying so much upon a subject that is not interesting or proper, and should not so far have forgotten the place and occasion had not my friend in his remarks intimated my lack of fealty to the Republican party. Thanking you, gentlemen, for listening to my rambling remarks with so much patience, I will no longer trespass upon your valuable time. Rensselaer County. MUITZESKILL. — At present most of the sleighing is in the ditches. — The annual donation visit was held at the parsouage last night. — The barge J. R. Baldwin left her dock at noon last Friday, being in tow of the Adriatic. — Huss A Bro. are to build a cider mill next season so as to be iu readiness for apples next fall. Folmsbee & Knapp are to do the carpenter work. The building will be 84x101 feet on the ground, with IS feet posts. — Quite a number of the young gentle men of this locality take their best girls over to see how good a hall Mr. Kingman, of North Chalhrm. can give and they all vote him as the best of landlords and say •they are going to the next one. Massachusetts Notes. HANCOCK. — Mr. Rodman Hazard, of this place, aged 87, died on Monday night. — Miss Sarah J. Wells is attending Miss Salisbury ’ s school at Pittsfield, Mass. — Miss Nettie Crandell is attending the High school at Pittsfield, this winter. — Fre'd. Gardner, of Stephentown, N. Y., is teaching the Gorten school this winter. — The village school commenced its win ter term on Monday last, with Ernest Cran dell as teacher. — The school in Goodrich Hollow, taught by Miss Genevieve Goold, closed its fall term last week. — Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lapham returned home, Monday. They have been absent severaL weeks visiting relatives in New Jersey. t — Miss H. Louse Gardner and Miss Nel lie Shumway, after a vacation of two weeks, which they have been spending at their homes, return to their studies, at the Wesleyan academy, Wilbraham, Mass. — The Woodworth dramatic club, of this place, held one of their charming entertain ments at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Osgood, on Friday evening last. The program consisted of a drama, entitled: “ Out in the Streets, ” which was rendered admirably. Especial credit was due .the Misses Morey and Van De'Warker and the Messrs. Pease and Corey. The recitation by Mjss Louise Gardner was excellent. The evening ’ s eniertainmeut closed with a farce entiiled : •Too Much of a Good Thing, ” which we regret to say, was almost a fail ure. RENSSELAER GLEANINGS. — John Fisher, of Schaghticoke, has been sent to the Albany penitentiary for 90 days, for larceny. — G, Hazard, aged 67, of Brunswick, has walked 1,350 miles in eight months for pastime and to promote health. — The Union medical association, of Al bany, Rensselaer, Warren and Washington counties, held its ninety-first meeting, in Cohoes, Tuesday. — An operative in a Troy collar factory stooped downfio put on her rubbers, Friday evening, and her hair caught in a pulley of a machine. Her scalp was torn and she would have been killed had not a compan ion quickly cut off her hair. — The annual report of the superintend- Y ent of the house of industry, as presented to the board of supervisors, last week, showed expenditures amounting to $41,- 341.10 as the cost of support of inmates. The average cost per week for each inmate was $1.38. The total number of inmates dur ing the year was 794, of whom 516 were males and 259 were born in the United States. — David P. and Frank S. Witbeck un dertook, on Monday, to pass through Jacob Sharp ’ s grove at North Greenbush. Sharp ordered them off. Not going,, he struck David with a club. The boys, reported the act to their father who visited Sharp ’ s house. It w r as closed. On demanding ad mission, a shot from inside struck the elder Witbeck in the face under the eye inflict ing a painful wound. — The town of Greenbush has lately been a paradise for paupers. The overseers of the poor have paid out $6,500 for relief dur ing the past year. Some of the poor orders have been traded off by the recipients for oysters and Worcestershire sauce. One wo man obtained an order for coal and when a dealer took it to her house he found no place in which it could be stored; because her'bins were already full. — A tablet hearing the following inscrip, tion has been placed on the old Van Rens selaer manor house at Greenbush: “ Sup- - posed to he the oldest building 1 in the United States, and to have been erected in 1642 as a manor house and place of-defense; known as Fort G ’ rtilo. General Abercrom bie ’ s headquarters while marching to at tack Fort Ticonderoga in -1758, where,, it is said, that at the cantonment east of this house, near the old mill, the army surgeon, R.'Sbuckburg., composed the popular song of “ Yankee Doodle. ” — At the conclusion of a recent Sunday morning service at the VTest Sand lake Lutheran church, says the Troy Times, among those who went to the horse shed to get their conveyances were the wife of a deacon of the church and a piominent elder, who, it is claimed, fell to kissing each other as soon as the shed was reached. Members who witnessed the osculatory pro cess were indignant and called a meeting and preferred charges against the couple. The trial occurred at a private residence at West Sandlake last Friday night and it is said the couple have consented to withdraw from the church. SOUTH SCHODACK. — G. M. Dawson talks of selling his milk route. — Miss M. Higgins is confined to the- house with measles. — W. J. Miller and family expect lo re-- turn to Rhinebeck next month. — J. W. Mesick has employed Levi Link,- of Ghent, to doctor his horse, which lias- poll evil. — The Van Wormer ’ s have threshed over- 26, 000 bushels of oats this fall besides thrashing rye. A pretty good season ’ s work for one machine. — Rev. Allen Campbell, of Castleton, walked out to the brick school house last Sunday. There was only a small congre gation, as no one expected him through the storm. — The Bello Horton took the passengers off of the City of Troy at New- Baltimore and brought them, up to Castleton last Sat urday; then returned and helped the “ City ” down to Kingston, as she was dis abled by the ice. — At the last meeting of the Blower Club the law on fishing with dynamite was the subject for discussion. Merchant Will thought the law would reach anyone who used dynamite to catch fish if any one took it up. Blacksmith Ed. jumped up and said the state law did not cover creeks and ponds and with “ What I know I know. ” took his seat. Farmer Ward did not know the law but thought it covered creeks and ponds. Carpenter Jake said he knew the law, for after getting kicked in the mouth by a muJe in the army and loosing his beef steak tooth he had to eat more or less fish, and a man could use. dynamite in creeks. Dynamite Charley said ail the matter was he had not given anyone a mess of fish; if he had there would not be so much Biow- ing aqout the law. Deputy Charles looked wise as he went in to supper, so the club adjourned for one week to look up the law. Will the C hatham R epublican please give us the law on this subject ? T he C hatham R epublican comes to the front in favor of Hon. John C Hoge- hoom of that county for Speaker of the Assembly. There is no objection persor- ally to Mr, Hogehoom, and his 'qualifica tions for that important trust are all that could be desired Eeeninri Post. CASTLETON. — J. N. Cutler will spend the winter in Albany. — C, Van Vranken had, the misfortune to break an ankle, recently. — A toboggan club has been organized here. H. A. Ten Eyck is president; Miss. Blanche Scott, vice-president, and F. H. Downer, secretary-treasurer. . — Mrs. Annette Folmsbee was united in marriage, last week, to Section-boss W . L. Whitbeck of the Hudson River railroad. At the conclusion of their wedding tour, they will take-up their residence at Green- hush. ■ Y.U : (Continued on flth Page.)
