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( ~ '\/ --, ~I '\ ( ' ,. I ~~ ... ,_~~~~-~ .... ~~ ~'''!\.lV,?, ~--- • r~ -\' ., \\' j -{:; .' ,.. .,. ;;rrp, ,~ 4 Ezekiel S Elting ao~h9o: \W~e>kly Freeman.Estabhshed 1959 ) Xln&ston Jouruh.~.Establlshed 1840. \ CITY OF KINGSTON (RONDOUTP. 0.) N.Y., THURSDAY, MAY !l9, 1890. NEW SERIES VOL. X.-NO. 20. FROM MILTON VILLAGE AND VICINIIV. DOWN IN MAltL BOROUGH. WHEKECOOLBREEZESBLOW THE THRIFTY VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND. Notes Tbat Were Taken in a Vllla,;e Where Busl11esSis Brisk and New~J Fl~nty. NEWS FROM MANY POINTS. NEWS FllO}l THE ODTSKiltTS PULSATIONS IN THE ARTERIES OF UL- STER'S METROPOLIS. Floating P••TR2'Tftl)bS 'l'hat are S.PO.SODa.ble Picked U1> and CJondensed. Frmtgrower~ fear 11 June frost A BUDGET OF NEWS FROM THAT THRIV- ING VILLAGE. $l! WHAT IS GOING ON AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE CATSKILLS. The business offices and stores fn this vii· !age will be closed on Decoration Day. WHAT l$ GOING ON ALONG THE HUD- SON AND INLAND. The Record of \I.a~tt>l\ p,n<l Aojoioiug CoUlltaes-Letters About J:iaru\l anJ ll'he- 8tde-Ptlrsoual Mentloo-CountrJ'sido Chat, Gosstp. Etc Frederick Eme1y has a pos!t~on JD Pough keepSIC. The railroad crossing ut the landmg ought to be p1otected by gates Mr\ W H To\ n\< ncl and daughter huve be~n VlSJting in New York city Stunrnary of Doin:t:s m the Bu.nner 'Long Shore Ulster Town South of .Kingst6n Citv-So~ne Persollal Notes, Gossip and Chat by the Way, Etc. Busy Tim~es at Hunter-The Elka 'Club's New HoUfJe a.t Ta.nnersviUe to be :11Rild- soml6y Fumlahed-Largn Number or Board~ ors at Ploe Hill, Etc. Local shad fishermen sav that the present season has been anything but satillfactbry. '!'he Rev. H. Hunt will preach a memorial sermon on Friday night in theM. E. church. John Thompsen and family, of New York city, are occupying their summer home here. The Hudson Y. JtL c. A. Celebrates Its Twent$-Fou.rtb Annlver5ary-A Fire CoDI- pa.ny Preseo'ted With a Bull Terrier- Bavaa:es ot Apple Tree Worms, Etc. Corre-pondcnts of this JOUl nal m near by locahtres sent interesting budgets of news to day. Their letters are annexed TnE FJ<EE,H:>; uesnes to muke thiS depll.l\tmcnt as c&mpletc and comprehensive as possible, nne! to th.s end mVJtcs Its rer~dcrs m places not represented hy regular correspou<lents to pwmptly cummunicute by leUCJ or postttl card events and happenings The oflicmls of All Saints Episc')pal chmch are negotmtmg for the pmchnse of a ptpe or· gan. The G. A R Drum Corps will pm ticipate In the Memonul Day parade at Highland on Fndu) i\IISS l\la1y Dul:k>is I< Ill Km!! street bus lxen 1epaiied The Patchin Pout.! pwperty has been im· 11[any street repairs are in progress at Andea. Thomas Ford's house at Hunter is 1!earl,y completed. Tbe members of Zeno Lodge, Knight!! of Pythins, are an enterprising lot of society men Mrs J.ohn L Pratt and daughter left town on Thursday, last week, to visit friends in Cimada. A new iron bridge at Cairo will cost $6 000. Apple tree worms are making sad havoc in Columbia county. '!'he Re'\ E S Bishoo preached a mPmO· rial sermon in the 1\I. E Church on Sunda} morm og. Ma \ 25 proved ll'11ss Jessie B10nson !Jus l!Pul vi;Illlll-' In The-milk of 475 cows is dn!ly delivered at the Hoxbmlf cheese factory. Noah Deyo, of Los Angeles, California, is vistting hi:; brother and otber relatives in tb!S village Dr. W. B. Bradner, of Warwick, has been stri~e~ v.ith pural ysis. An iee machine bas been put in position at the Fishkill cre~~mery. Philadelphm .\lrs .John EallCJ JS rdmii<hng her res1 Ex Ro 1d Commissioner Alonzo Wood was severely inJme•l one day last wceli tlucwg the constmc\lon nt a sca!Iolrl The ch1ldrc·n of the 111 E Church a1e re bearsmg a mus1ca1 programme to be given 1n tb.1t chur<h on Children s Dav den< eon .\lain stret I. 'flw Hev. Chnrles E. Bronson will return from Saratr,ga thB we( k Tlw Sea1les house, occupied hy Hudson The Hobart Water Company will declare a 3 per cent. dividend on June 1 John Kniskern, of Hobart, has a storm king fushia With 151 flowers on it The Tillson buildinfl, when completed, will coutam 24 rooms, many of whJCh wtll be used for offices. Aaron Rhoades is among the largest fruit- e;rowers along the Hudson rivct. His farm IS a sight to see St. Hemy. The DJ,tnct Scilool 1s agru.n open. }[ts J teolo Smith, of Wallkill, hilS been vismng m t;t Rem> W1lham Hoo\'a ~has placed a neat wire fenf'e 10 front of ln:s residence 1\brenu< Van Kelllen hus Art imr ConocJ. ly's mw re<tdenc~ ue•uly cumpktell 1II1s ( t 1reoce FrePr and a lady fnend from :Xew Y0rk Vl•ited here la•t week Gra~s and _gra1n looks fine but vt>getablPs are geUin~ along- ~]o\vly owmg io the cool nights. Tlle tent cat~rp1llar 1s ven nume1 ous tln• season It JS ,1lmtt~t 1m possible tu keep them out of tlle trmt tretB, The Itev. Joseph l\Itllet, wbo preuched bere recently and was wlll hked, vnll be mvtted to e;reach nPxt Sunday The steam yacht Charles T Coutant, which broke a belt h't Monday, lard at the dock at John 8 Roosa's EtldyvJlle, several davs \a1tmQ: for the ens! in!! Wesley V au A. kens horse, \lnle m play last Thursday. klcked Stanley Frost m the face. He ~us cut above the eye, a bone in his nose .ond two fingers broken Georl!e F ShJ'ltJo ~turrustus York I\lrs. Georl!t F Shulti,, )hs Augustus Ymk and Mrs George W ~utton wt•nt tu Pout.:hkeep s1e last )ionrl.n to ,,!tend the funeml of :ro!Iss Juhu A Butt· l'iew Paltz. V1llage lots are m demand at fair pnces The street about the rarlroud stahon hHs been 1epaireti. The Lake 1\fohonk ::IIounta in House will be opened 1n June. Dr J H Blauvelt Hnd wife of Walden. have been vbmog m the nllaf!:C. Charles Slat< r has secured a positwn a; forem.ln in the Gard•rwr Weekly office Herman Kn>m \as burned about the face !.~':; e:~l~~o~~f tJ ~reh ~ne to1gbt ~last '!'he metnbas of Eltin\\ Post, G. A. R., at- tended service in the rtl. 'E. church on Sun· day morning>, M•Y 25. The following teachPrs have resi)!\ned their poslt1ons in the -Normal School M1.ses Wit ter. Denm .. m, Arrow, Squires and Vau Valen A Vvallklll Vlllley freight 1rain was de railed ntar tht• North Front streE:t cro'\stn~ on Wedo~s<bv, last W< ek Trams were not de laved lly the obstna twn ·The manager. of the ~outhern C\lste1 Hor tlcultural Soocty \Ill urrane:e to hold the annual PxhtlntiOn of the \OCiet) io tlns vtl ]age, if proper support 1S utven by f•trmers m thts vtctulty P V L Purdv and George Anderson wert instructed in the m' steries of Pytluamsm at 1.-Iarlborough on Fnde) evening Aln) 23 The Cbr1stiun Endeavor :;ocrety of the Frtends' Church IS ooing a _good work here. The society IS rapidly gaming- In memtJer- slnp The Hev IV G Wt <tervelt bus r{'turnrd from Saratoga, \here he has hcen as a dele !!ate to the Gener.tl A.o\embly of the P1csby lenan Churt'h Will Jam H Goeb1 mger of Pourrhk<epsw, formerly nn active bu,me~\ mao at 1rlarlhol oue:h. has been visiting v>tth bios son, \\V A Goehringer Oeorg;e gtrlekland who wng gtrt'ek 11:1' II West Sbo>e Railro11d trsin near ]\;p\ burg·lt n month ae:o. JS yet suffermg from tl!e inJunes recetved at th~t t1me Fm1t grower; ant1doate a succes,ful sea· son StraightJ,ine furmcrs are hopeful Corn plunting- is well advanced and the seed 1s germmatlng- The gt>nerul distnbution of mmsture has impwved the outlook fur a b'lunt1ful harvest The members of the Clmstian Temperai.ce Union passPd tbP follo'\m_g Jesolutwns at a meetmg held on Fr'day ..1fterooon, May 9 'VHEREAS. For tbe :first tune, death ha~ invaded our rank::. and taken from our m1dst our beloved ~ter, Mrs James R Clarl{e; m order that we may testify our respect for the deceased, Resolved. That tn the death of our s1~ter, our UoJOn bas 1o~t a most valuable membet and the commumty and Cbnstlan C'hurch one whose act1v1'Y was everywhere felt and acknowledged~ Renolved, That we extend to the husband and famtlv our deep and heartfelt s:vrnpathy Resolved, That these resolutions be entered on the mmures of our Union, a.ud a copy sent to the husband of the deceased, and tba; they be pub llsbed lD THlii WEEKLY lC':aEEMA..N DnBms hns been repllired John Bussey has taken possession of the >>w,pect ::.venue has lJeen repniicrl It is Benvenue house on the Summit at Pine Hill. one of the pnttv street• m tb1s v1lla~e The fir,t slnpment [){ •truWhL•trJ~s Will be Many iq1provements have been made to the made hom tins place on Memot'JUl Duy road bed Of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad. ~ew hullwrds \l'fC nut on the Liberty S. P, lllf4 :{:I. Van Loan will manage the Squure tlug-pole on I hursday .tftcrnoon. R1p Van Wlil'i<le House at Ptue Hill this sea ~irs. F D Rode:crs, of Cia I k s J\11lls has son. ht•en a guest at th~ restJ.~ncc of .Bg:bert E There k;..oe already a 1arO'e number of Carr hnarders at the Mountain Vie~ House Pine A V,mHeuscn. of Spiin~I!i<·ld, )f.J'\ has Hill. ' becu vtstllnu; at the rc<Hlence of l'lt ruenc~ The intf!rior of the Munroe House at Lex Wt~a~corge t;mith, furmcrlJ of Marlbor ington i~ beiDg painted and otherwise lm· ough, 1s u~0 ot the leading physicmos in proved. Brooklyn H F.~aker, Qf the Hotel Ulster, Pine The Lultmtown BIIPliSt church is increas Hill, hns en makmg many improvements :ng In stJ englh undo!' the m!OJS!raUon of the to that p ular house. Rev J I Gum lev The veneruole Joel Keator, of fioxtJury, Ketcham Post, G A R , \Ill d( corate tl1e <loes llH own carpentenng w1th a saw used !:!TdVt'S of thelr ft->llow com rude-; '-\ 1th hot by h1s great-grandfather house flowers and flai-R \V. 0. Aikman, of Roxbury, lost his hair The members of Gnitlm,.: t>tar I,od<.>:\ and heard while li~hting a fire with kero- ~m3hts of Pythtl,S 1 are det j,tlU~ the adv1s t t'i~ne oil one day recently. Uihtv of bwldtog- a new hall 1 'j be roembe1s of the :Mogul Base B 1ll ClulJ James Kissock, of Roxbury, hatl. his left wrll plav a match game of ball on Decura leg- frnc•tured while putting a monument in tion l),,_y with an out·of town club position in the cem~tery there. The Hev J F Mee fmmerlv prie~t in Thomas Hill, Jr., of the Ackerlv House, clunp;e of bt l\Iarv's parish, deht'er~d ll stlrr. Mar_g!lretville) will 500n luy oul another wg lectme in the Catholic church on Sunday tenms court in the park opposite the bouse. cvurinp May 23 Baldwin Post, of Hunter, will observe The Rev • .J W A Dodg-e preached an m Decoratiou.Dav. Addresses will be delivered terestinp: sermon m the i\1 E rlmrcl1 on Su hy the Rev. Messrs R. H. Kelley and Hugh day evenmg, on the words \ile Not Deeeivt.:J, O'Niel. God is Not Mocked\ The members o! tile Soc1etv of Cb1htJ 1.1 Endeavor ~11l hold tbP.tr 1tgula1' con~etl(l t\On meetmg in tlle chapel of ttle Presbytenun church on :::.uoday evemn!': The ruem hers c,f Omrlmg Stnr Lod~e. H D. Dewitt, \ New York lawyer, has purchased the B. G. Morss homestead prop- erty at Prattsville and will occupy it as a summer Jilstdence. Knights of Pvthm•. and of Advance Lodge Sau~ertles. of Odd Fellowg v;Ill JJarane with the army ll'lany t!J:ousands of doUars are paid to farmers at1the Roxbury creamery, Six thous- and quart~ of milk ore delivered daily and a half-ton of pot-cheese is made every day. The >Vasbburo conservatory has been veternns on Fnduy afternoon. lea~erl to a Nyack party. The Rev. Dr. Osbome of the Brooklyn Th PI<'D ~~th~e~jj~;~~::~~~;~~~'~jJ,,~~;l;;! Tra\9}qg Sc!J.ool, will, with a r• >~ ~=-•• •• \\ ~'\'~ '\'\~ \?t.~l>M '\'l''''\'r:.':'i~ \7~\' \\'.,. \\~ ...... .:-~:l'.n-..\' of • Lei..,. oil ... Williams .. _,.. ~ Y oun!l\ Society of M.. E. Church, will render the cantata \Under the Palms\ on the evening of 1\lemorial Day. The Hudson River 111Ioisterial A•sociauon will meet m the Cong:regatronal Church on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 24 and 25 The cantata \Under !be Palms, or tlJe Flower Feast,\ 'i\111 be rendered hy the mem· ber' of the Young People's A.,so~intJon of the M E Church on the evening of Fnday, lllny 30 John E La•ber nnrl \\Jfe Wll\, in n few daH, stmt for Alaska hv the XortlJern Pac1fic ru1lroud, and 1\lll he allsPnt thnc montlls The Rev. Lei.thton Williams, of New York erected citv .. was in this villugP nn Tuesday last week A Rondout firm has secured the contract makmg arrangements for the occupancy of to furnish the new club house at Tannersville bJs ;~ummer .home on ~w~h\\: street . for the Elka Club, of New York. The furni 1 he Helpmg Hand 8oc~ety 1 ~ an orgamz 1 tme Will be of handsome desurn and of the twn true t<J Its name The ladies of the \' latest modero patterns and will cost a large c~etv ~til £end lJOXt s of cut ll<>wer\ to tl>< sum of money. The same finn will al5o fur :;'olQw l t<J(( Ctl) ho~pllal> thr01~gbout the su.~ msh the private cottages for meml:.ers of the mer mont lis Club, among them being the President of the .J .J Jova burn«l ·1 kiln of IJrick 1 '\t week SoCiety. The Ulub baa purchased a large wllh pt•trolenm, ','cder the <tirecnon ot P J tract olland at Tannersville and will coove1t OunJc•o of Port E\en 1\IJO \·the llr\c:Jtor it into a bt•autiful park Durmg the season ot tlJe ml hurmn; p1oce-s T~> stJtli th, test hops w1ll be giVen nt the clubhouse v; B\- s tll.;:f lCtory . The officiab ot the \Ve't Sbore Hrdhoad 111auy Improvements are bemg ma;Je l? ha 7 c ()n:en perru 1 ~.::.ion to the lm ... lO{ss men nouses and streets at Hunter. H. 'B Cara 1s and p~ope 1 tv holder\ w the villa!!<' to tnke as removing th~ 1ubbish from the West End murtJ grlvcl a• muy Lc wanted to top dJess I\TUU?ds and rmprovmg that handsome plOp tl!c strcc.s and \ulk< erty ID many ways A new steos ~as been Fruit-growers are spending much time and monev spraying grape vines wtth tiCid and saltpetre or something like it. A lJorse owned by A. V. N. Eltinge, of New Paltz, ran away on Friday mght last week, seriously IOJUring a boy named Car- roll G T. Greeker, of the .Al&any }j}vening Journal, has heen,nrran~ng for a daily dis tributmg service for that newspaper m this village. <'• The ferry-boat Dot'lghty has been moo~ed to the ferry dock here for a Jon!! time. In its coat of colors It is a pretty fine lookmg transfer. 'l'hl! young m@n nre endeavoring to organ· ize a Young Men'sChristlan ASQOCtntJOnhere. The State ExecutiTc Committee have been asked for instructions covering the local or- gllnization of an associ&tion Ethel, a daughter of Ira Shafer, fell into a cistern while at play in the yard ef a neigh- bor and narrowly escaped drowning. on Wednesday forenoon, last week Tho child w\s rescued by George Stone. When t11.ken out of the water the girl was much exhausted. Ltvery stable men in this village have heen imposed upon by youn~: men from Pough- keepsie who engage horses on Sunday A lawsuit abou~ to be commenced, to force a settlament for carrmge hire, Will put a stop to the business. Fourth Blunewater. ¥Iss Laura Freer ie ill with fever. Charles Coddingtou has returned home PineBusb. are being caught out of the St7SSOD. s~!d~~;si~O: da,~!(hter, of High Falls, ment. BurnetG Freer is the owner of a young; chicken that has but one eye and its beak is crossed 1\Iiss Katie llonser and sister, of Wilbur, spent Sunday with thetr brother at Binne· wa.ter Susie Simpson has gone to Lake :Mohonk for the summer season as book keeper for Mr. Smiley The funeral of Mrs Julia Deits took place in Binnewater chapel on May 25. Interment in Hurley cemetery Temperance lectures were given iu Bmne· water chapel on Friday and Saturda:r,: even ing of last week by F S Davis, of West V1rgima. A Good Templar lotl.ge was re orgamzed wrth a membership of 25 Picturesque Shokan. A Luquer, of Montgomery, has set out 1,000 sweet potato plants thJs sprmg. Mrs. Mary Phillips, of Rhinecliff, died re- cently of consumption, aged 80 vears. The Pastime Club. of Poughkeepie, will picnic at Fallk!ll Park on 1rlemonal Day. The twenty-fourth anniversary of the Hud- son Y. M. C. A. was celebrated Monday. A party of gypsies attempled to kidnap two little girls at Poughkeepsie one day re- cently. A bull tcrrir.r ha5 been presented to Davy Crockett Hook and Ladder Company, of Poughkeepsie. A Fourth of July celebration at Washing· ton's Headquarters, Newburgh, is among the probabilities City Attorney William R Woodin, of Poughkeepsie, will be married on June 28 to Mts9 Nettle Cartwright The Poughkeepsie nuthor!ties have re- solved to prevent Sunday excurswns from New York to land there. There was a slight frost at Durham, Greene cou11ty, on !tlav 21, milking 10 frosts during the month in tbat locahty. The Coxsackie fire companies have en- gaged tbe Albany City Band of 18 pieces and a Drum !t1ajor for July 30. This evening Hudson ladies will inspect the new parlors of C II Evang Hook nnd Ladder Company in that city. Gideon 11!11, formerly of Newburgh, is President of the Board of Trade at Harri· mans, Tennessee. 1\'Iarks Murray, of Hudson, has been ar· rested charged with robbiag -the money drawer of Charles Gardner. Martin Filkins, of Hudson, had his right arm broken and crushed while coupling care; at Clavemck one day recently. JllJileS of Roberts, of Po<uJ!;h\WeeJJSiE• \Dtiallle'- three circuits of the Driving with a Hcycle on Saturday in nine minutes and 46 seconds. Mrs Sarah Myers, widow of the late Sam- uel H Miller, tiied Sunday at her residence, 61 South Clover street, Poughkeepsie, aged 71 years The case of Theodore 1\lowatt has been ad- JOUrned owing to the absence of Judge Bar- nard from Poughkeepsie. 1tlowatt rs still in the Dutchess county Jail. James Freil, employed us a brakeman in the Ene yard at Newburgh, was badly hurt on Saturday by being thrown from a car and being struck by an engine The anmo:em< nt\ fM the proper celebm tion of ?IIemOJHI D 15' havl' been completed All the bU:-.I!H:SS plar e~ tn the vtllage Will be closed at noon, uud the rlay generally\ Ill be observed m pu; wg tnlmte to the count!y's dead West Hurley. Tile new ltw ncce'ss1t 1t0:s tlle IClnodelmg .of tlw ~-.:hclJOn disntcls in this to\ n The r>o-ln:!i< e he c w\11 he dosed on Dt co ratwu Day from lU o'c:ccll. A ~I to 2 o'clock P.M The funcrol of F :lie Cauhff took place on Il!onda\ at :ot .Jolln s chureb .toll was largely attended Inspectnr Lt ~ 1 Roo•a, nccompanied h) George \l B1mk ot Kml:!stcn Uzt:y, Vl\ttcd and lD'\\ptcttd lht:: G A H. Post llme on Fn day of l11•t \eek Commaw.lf r J) .T Fr.mce lh!S, hv gener !1 order, made flt tmls tor d~.:corn.tlcg the graves of dead ,oJdtt rs at seven dt!Ierl nt grounds on Decnr.1twu Day and for public lxert bt::; at the .\1 E chnrc h .1t 10 ilO o\clock A M VonHen,s<·ller Post, G A H, attended tbe Rt fcarmed chun_h o~ Sunday evening by IDVllutwn The H.l:'v ~Ir ~tanbrouQ\h prcncbed to the Pnst and c0ngregat10n an ID tereBtlDg- mewonal sermon At the close of tbei i5effllQO :4.\'I~: ;::,tunbtougll presented to each membel of the Pust present a copy of his new book entnled. 'TllC bcriptural View of Dinne Grace \ At a mectwg of tllc Offici.tl Ro•rcl o! the Y )I C A li\eld lM<t evenmg. A B Chides ter \'\.~,;;:, reh: l-..ed H~ G Dttal bl:Ctetarv to tnk~ pfl'ect .J unP 1 1_ lus at tton lH came ~necl ssurv throu)!;h the fin tnrtal conditiOn of the A>X>o CJalinn -fiaJtqfl tws Pust. The Rev .J X Hamsev, Pa,tm of the )I E Church \rll dt•lner hb lecture An 01 ;t ntal Out1ng,\ 1n the .\I E church hall, at ~oodstock, on\\ cdncsday cvcmug, June 4. The corner ~1m1e for the n(\\ '\1 I~ <hurfh '\\:.t-; nnnuiactmed ~1t the ~orth H1v<r Blue Stone Works rt Mnlrleu lt 1• bandsomt ly cu+ out of u sohd block nf L1ne stone \ith a nuptade for do( ument.B, 4Dd Will ue l.11d \\lth .1ppropnate ccremOlllC' EdthVIllE\. Mi-s Idn Sh1pmun \\CJie<l fuemls at Tion clout hst \\eel-. :\ltroonal ;:,Cn:ices \! re he1U 1n the )I E church he1 e on Sumluj n.ornmg l\11'\ ~l!nnte D.1vts, of Kwe;oton VillS the gw Rt of friend-.; herC\ on Sunduy Ll~t llh-. l\losrs V.mKuren and M1s Flenrj Haj mu 'I> II< rl fnends at Kmgston last\ eek A !urge mncs of ro1•ks h10ke away from Haber's Hrll una. fellm tbe Lowe\ Creek lust week Tl e voung people's pra) Cl meeting at the 11[ £ Church on Sunday evemn!l: was lrd by Prank llurf!:er '!'he Ep\ ot th League meetmr; on Tuesday evt:ntng of last week was In charge of the Rev Eh Qutck Das•· ball entl!usm-ts \Ill wrtne'' the )III bmlt on the verandah of VanPelt sHunter too Poughkreps!P g.rme winch v. 1 ll bepl 1 yed lloose. Hon John H. Burtis bas. Ins large at Mllton 011 nccorat,on o. 11 1 he v.mning new burn neurly_completed. David Bullock team 1 o 1 n col it ct a piu•e of $100 fiom tlJC has been 1mprovmg hts lawn and has set out treusulel ut ''lund sub,cnbccl ior tile VIC mme maple !rees. John Da~son has put down a uew sidewalk There IS much bmltl tors \\'1th the .. clrltwn of neath· 100 <'\II IJovcs to the postoflite hrtlttic' c mws tlre nn nouncrment that ou nnn all< 1 Jul.) 1, a morocy order dq'lrtment \\Ill lte nrltltd J lle olltcc \\lll ~oon come v nlnn tHe ltoe uf P~c:-;Hltn l!.tl ,tppOIUllUCDlo. From t11c nun.JJu of InU1, 1 8Tl rn\ he Hl~ made ot t1Plt, tound on th.! '- hns\JliJ Utll\ piOpC'r!J, pf J'iono.; tntt>n-stC>d 111 lu, U'Y P.le lt. d to illlli.~Ve that the spol \ !S th .. ( ttnpltlg gtouud ot the l.Jnsttle 1.i.lhlst lflt ffifl3\,;,:1CJ(d so ru.un of the eurh settle1-; ILlC iu 1Ct)2, '83 and 64 • Tile Women s Anx!ll!arv 1hssion\rv So uit tv of Chn>t <.:burch ' •'\ orgamzed on lllonday afternoon, lllay lU The followwg were elPf tPd offiters 1\irs. Maitland. Arm::;trong Mr& C Moore Itll::>S I'lolal'\gUrt!t Ann-..trong Pres dent , Yloe-Pr~Ill~nt :secretary The socJCty \Ill rot et quarterly IDE; bemg done near the ra1lro!ld d< pot •rtwmas li'ord~s new thrce-storv boarding hou.;:e in the upper part of the vilhute is com- pleted, us is also the new residence of W1lhum Chicbeste1 H E Biddcll has laid a new sidewalk. A new lecture room will be added to the M E church Peter Connerty will suon move into hts new house. The lawns about the Hunter House and t11e West End a1e lookmg tine. J H Burtis is lay1ngla mile of pipe from bls lake m Scnbner Hol- low to the Breeze Lawn reecrvo1r Ulster County. A Prohibition tent wtll soon he raised at 1\'lettacahonts. Tile paper mill. at Wallkill is being ex- tensively repaired. Six bo:el and tht;,ee store licenses have been granted m the town of Roclllster. Ellenvtlle hils 20 hotels, five saloons and one store lwensed to all mtoxtci.mts. The Ulster County Branch of the Farmers' League will meet at Accord on June 7. A resident of this county, who, after an absence of some years, recently VISited Shokan, says he was sm prised at the beauty of the place The present season ig the most dehghtful of the year and the 'Illage no doubt shows at its best, but there were evi dences of a cbaoge for the better io tts gen era! appearance. The grounds of the res1 drnces showed neatness and cleanlmess The Joadway was well cared for Just above vo here the big hotel stood, is now a church parsona\e 'fhe tannPry and mill me gone Tlus opens up n v1ew over the H tsland\ with its trees covered with green foilage Tnere is a picturesque roadwav anrl a bur water wheel stands alone, tb~ sole remnant of the gnst mill On \ the hill \ a short walk from the two churches and school house, is a cqmparattvely new cemetery. It is a sightly location From it the eye can sweep over a wide range of country and mtm:v of the loftiest peaks of the Ulster CatskillS are iu plain VIew. The grounds are pnnmpally owned by two ladieS, ana its owners are dolo$ a great des.! towards tmprovtng the same In llme this cemetet•y Will he one Of the roost beautiful in the county A partv of Poughkeepsians will enjoy a. moonlight sail on the Hudson tll1s evenmg. They have chartered the L. D Black and Will sail to Newburgh und return. The books of the late Samu~l J Tilden <bow tbat he expended in all berween $800,- 000 and $900,000 on Greystone, his summer residence on the H ndson Phamix Engine Company, of :Middletown, bave presenttd a handsome siver water ser- VICe vulued at $100 to Chapman Hose Com- pany, No 4, of Newburgh 1l11ss Esther B. Howell, formerly (}f Bloom- ine; Grove, tl1ed at the Old Ladies' Home at lll1ddletown on Saturday aged 72 Hers was the first death since the home was established. By the fa1lurc of the late George A. Bech. of !>utchess county, to make a will a fortune of several hundred thousand dollars w1ll re- vert to his sisters. His personal estate will not exceed $50,000. The Germania Singing Society, of Pough- keepsJe, has purchased of 'l'nstram Coffin. 14 feet on Mam street, ad]oimng their recent purch\se of the U mversahst church. Pnce stated, lj;1,400 A large 1ce house is to he erected a sho,.t distance above the Rittenhouse at llambnrgh, by the McCabe brothers, A foundation of s[nles filled In With ~ton~ LS now betnfl put down for that purpose and the necessary dock. Clintondale. J J Hull has completed a wagon bouse l\lark Ruger has lCSigned his positwn at Walrlen Sylvanus CQutant has built an additiOn to his re,idence JHm tha Ilea ton has improved the appear ance of her resi<lcnce. Andrew DuBois was inJured >'hilc mak;ng repairs to a Larn owned by Mrs Henry De yo The scholars of the 11 E Sunday School arc p1eparmg a programme for Clttldren's Day ~crvice A straw berry festiVal \IV! II be 11eld 1D tbe lecture room of the 111 E church here on Wednesday evcmnl!\. J A. Bo\ den,of Elsworth, 1\'l:aine,captnin of the schooner Adam Bowbly, arnved m this port wrth a cargo of 12,000 bunches of sta¥es and received 1,310 barrels of cement. The V>ork uf disclrarg1ng and rcc~Jvmg these ear go~s was done m 17 hours -- Glasco. A new roof of metal slates is bcmg put on the 1 esirlcncc of L S Hommel ln the 60 clwelling houses at Kerhonkson can be found 26 cabinet organs and 11 pmnos The Ellenville base ball club went to Walden one day Iecently. The Waldens \ shut them out\ and made 21 runs. The road plough and scraper 1s at work on the road between this c1tv and Saugertres in the town of Ulster It IS intendetl. to make a crown m the road bed and then top dress with broken stone • Kf'IJhonkson. 1riis James Lounsbery IS seriously ill Robms That Nested A;:a1n. The next meeting of the Dutchess and U1 sler Farmers' Club Will be beld m Poug-h- keepsre on Tuesday, June 3, at 10 A. M The sul.Jject of \Co operative Farming, will be considered, polttrcally, commercially and SO· ciully. Work was commenced on Satmday !liSt on the final additwn to tile Wh1teh1ll .Milchine Shop and Foundry at Newburgh The bmld- ings are to be two full stones with a base· ment, 192x60 on Edward street, and 200xi'i0 on Lafayette street. When these are com· pleted the works will occupy the entire square, bounded by South Wllham, Edward, J ohnes and Lata:l ette stJ eets The u a ins on the Bridge R Iilroltcl now stop at Eltmg-e'\ Cros•qng A statwn wtll be lJullt there to accommodate tbe patrons of the road in thl' 'uli\V One of tbe natural curio<tes of l\Iulbcrry sheet m an Italian IJoy \nth stx toes on one fuot A s!Iawbern and icc cr!'am festival \\Ill be held m the basement \of the !!I E churcll on :Saturdar evemng Mr8 John .Luley hns ncuved fwm ber hu~b!lnd wlJo 1~ now m tiamotl, u copy of The TvneB a ne10 spa per pnnte!l m thut counlly, evidently by a hustlmg Yankee Among the proclamations of the Kmg, pub· ]!shed m the paper, is t11e followmg cast Iron ordtuance \No spintuous, vinous or f~r mented liquors, or intoxicating drinks, what ever shRII lle sold, gwen, or offered to or bought, or bartered by any native Samoan or Pacific Islander res1dent m Samoa to be taken as a beverage Anyone who will be found guilty of the violation of tins provision shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100, and 6 montl!s Impnsonment or by bolh fine and tmorisonment, and the liquor not yet consumed shall be confiscated \ The King makes other proclamations through tlre col- umns of the paper \h1ch make it an official organ of the Kingdom The Jt'lurnal IS pnnted weekly in\ Yankee English,\ pme ancl simple, and co>ls 20 cents a number or $10 per) en1 Tbc death of l\:Irs eands Haviland, an nounced m a IJnef dispatch in THE FREEMAN on Tuesd,ty, h \S causer! a gloom to >ettle over tlns commurnty }fJ s Haviland was taken v. 1th n. ..::l1ght attark of pleurisy on Sat urday night l\L1y 17 During last week the dJ<ea-e developed 10to a pneumonic uttack which gave her fncnds alarm TbJouo-hout Sunday her ph\'swions ent~1 tumed hop~s for her 1ecovery Lnte on Sunday mght the dis- ease seemecl to break out afresu, together 'i\llh a comphcatwn of other diseases, ren· rle1mg her uocon~cious until her death, whrch occuncd about 11 o'clock Tuesday fore noon Mrs Haviland was the dr.u,.hter of W1lbm Busl!nell, a well to do farmei\' in the central part of the state She leaves a fami lv of nne daughter and two sons, aged 15 and four years respectively who with thetr father have the sympathy of a large cncle of fncnds. 1\'Irs. Haviland was a kmtl hearted, Chnsti~n woman who never tired of domg good among her acquaintances. The unsel fish and uopretendmg elements of her char- acter attracted the admiratiOn of a host of fnends who regret her demiSe The funeral set v1ces Will lJe held m the M. E. church on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clocll:. Inter· went in the Cedar. Hill Cemetery. l\1rs J H Decker and family have gone to New York Albert Flukiger and son Rpeut a fe'A days VISltmg fliends here the past week Tile Literary, Mu<rr.tll and Dramatic So- ciety is wcreas1ng rapidly 1n numbers This sprmg two robins decided to build a nest over the front door of the residence of D B. Deyo on Pearl street They carried thew twigs, straws, pieces of cotton, rags, etc., material for the nest, and as they dropped more or less of it upon the door stone an attempt was made to drive them away. The nest was broken uo several times The buds, however. seemed deter nuned They would fly furiously at any per son who came near and soon as one nest was destroyed would go tO' worK to build another. Their persistence finally con· quered. Thcv were allowed to remam In course of time eggs were la1d The birds grew qmte tame At first when toe door \as opened, the robm on the nest would fly off hut after a time findmg no harm came, \'onld remain The eggs were hatched and three little buds demanded so much food the parent bird was kept busy supplymg rt. It \as mterestmg to watch the movements of the b1rds, and the ne1gbuors often came to look at them. One day recently the nest was vacant. the robms havmg flown away, taking their young w1th them. The Walden people me about to put np in the public square of the town a monument to the Umon soldiers. It IS to be 40 feet in height It wtll cost $3,000 and Will bear the followmg mscnotton \Erected by the town in honor of the men who fought and to the memorv of those who died m the war for the unt!y of the Republic.\ In l!ddttton 1t wtll bctu the names of a dozen memomble hattles m w!JJCh the volunteers of the town took honorable part. Hc,Hlcnh nre mme careful than the} have l)een In the· b0ltmg\ und \barrmg\ of thelf home' '\o clue ha.s becndJocmcrul that \\Ill lead 1o the npprehen'<wn of the tlueves who broke mto .\.ckert's sto1e. Modena. :Mh< (' £ Dusenberre, of RosoVlll~. lias been v1-..11 mg 1n thi$ villag:e Clnldrr n', Day will be oboerved m the llr E chulcl1 on >-Iunday, June 8 The lout! 'oc1ety of Christian Endeavor are hol<lm~ mterestmg mcetmgs The Hcv ,J ::\lcCutchen preached a me moria! sermon m the iH E church on Sun day mmmno: 'lfny 2.\5 The memh• rs of Eltin,.e Post, G A H will decorate rhc <.>:raves ~t olrl soldiCrs rn the Rural Cemcterv, on Friday mmmn:.r 9harles Utmwater, a former resulent of thJS VIllage rilr·d qt hts !lome at New Hurley on Frida.f :!>Jay 16, aged about 60 years South Flatbusl\l .. On 11 'tlne'dny a Btrawberry and ice cream festival \\ 11l be held on the grountis surround ing the sclwol house The proceeds will be for the benefit of the Sunday School. Jll!os U1.1ce Hommel lS 'ISrl!ng her home here havmg IJ<en m Brooklyn for some time for lllc beoent of her health. The S( IV!l cs of Officer A bee! were m de mand ag nn Saturday rl1£\ht and Sunday, to suppreso the vwleuce of the \drunk and dis orde!ly •• Thomas Conners, a Urick moulder on VVasLburdfs yards, had one of ht8 hands torn to piece• Saturday by getting; it caught in a maclune Stona Ridll:\ Dr Levi Louusbery, a ptominent cilizer; and at one time a Supe•visur of the towr:. of l\larbletowo, dwd on Wednesday lust He had been an Jnvahd for several .l e,us lie was a son of Phrhp Lounsbery, and was born near Alhgerv1llc He was graduated from a medical s~hool m Michigan, and subsequently located at Stone Ridge where he had a large practice until his health failed. He was about 62 years of age Greene County. A cough distemper is afflicting horses at Wmdham. L. C . .Mtller and w1fe, of Port Den, spent :Sunday at tile house of Samuel Munson Webb Depey, of New York city, and Miss Depey, of New P•ltz, spent 8und:w here There will he services in the Heformed church on Friday evening Tlfay 30, con due ted by the Rev J. Hendrickson, of Ellen ville --- Hn~lt Falls~ A steel roof is bemg placed on the house of W 0. Church The foundation for the new Episcopal par· sonage is bemg excavated. The High Falls Band will play for the Odd Fellows at Rosendale on Memonal Day. There are two lines of stae:es connPcting this village With the Wall kill Valley Ra1lr oad at Rosendale Port EWen. Tbe pupils of the two schools here and the school at South Rondout will assist in deco rating the graves of dead soldiers on Memorial Day. Died Without; a Struggle. Died Without a struggle-the great rmhoad excrtement. It probably took cold by being exposed to so many surveys Its sad, tmt yet such IS ]!!e. It bloomet'l m the morning, and IS cut do Vi n like a \et hen's tail a night What route next?-Catsk!ll Mail. Delaware County. A meetine: of the Delaware County Medi <'al SoCiety will be held at Delhi on 'l'uesday, June 3. There is a marvelous growth of grass in Delaware county and the butter protluct Wlll be large, Celeb••atiou of Children's Day. Arrangements are hemg made for the eele· hration of Children's Day at Elmendorf Street Presbytenan church the second Sunday in June At the morning service the Sunday School child1en Wlll assemble in the chapel and march in the audrtorium singing as they enter. A programme of smgmg-, declr.ma· tions, etc., will be rendered by tbe c)nldren. There w11l be an exercise entitled \ The Christian Soldier \ A man will ascend the platf(l]m and then be presented with urmor representing that of a l{op:Jan soldier He will, buckle on the armor and deliver an ad· dress on the duty of the \Christian Soldier.\ The church will be decorated with bird cage:& containing birds, and with Jl.ower~. • - --......,...'
