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r W ~kly Freeman.~sta.bllshed 1859.) .KingstonJourn~~Ests.bUshed 1840. S CITY OF KINGSTON (RONDOUT P. 0.) • .. , p., .;:-?;_.. • '-'-.,. ~~-!,.$. ·~ ' NEW SE:Q,IES_VOL. X.-NO. 2 L NEWS FlW-M~'IJIE OUTSKIRTS SOME HIGHLAND ITEM3 OF IMTEREST. DOWN IN MARLBOROUGH. W THE DAY AT ST. REMV AND I;DDVVlLLE. (lhild~~n and GrandA~y m;.,n Tu1·n 011t And .Oecorat~ Graves-Addresses, Etc. NEWS FROM MANY POINTS. ·PULSATIONS lN TRE ARTERIES OF UL- STER'S METROPOLIS. 'The !tecord of \Clster nod Aajoiuiug t::onnti~s-Lett:ers A bout Farm an..l Fire- sJde-PE\nonal ::ilentiou-Countl\.lSJde Chat, Gossip, Etc Corre>ponclents of this jomnoJ 1ll near-by localities sent interesting budgets of news to day. Their letters a1·e annexed. TRE FKEEM.A.!\ rlestrcs to make this department as cemplete .tnd comprehensive us possible. aorl to this end lO\ites its readers in places not represented oy regular Cf}rrespondents to promptly communicate l>y letter or postal cart! event- and happenings. Ul ... ter CQuntv~ \Mrs John 1\ Rode dted at Ellenville one dav recPntlv The Ellenvtlle glass factory will start up on September 1. A .. coai and oil ~ompany,\ it is said. will soon begin bonn!! at Walker V •lley. It is said the grape mop in portions of Rochester wtll be a failure this year. 'l'he new store m.d dwelling of F. Ennist at Shokan \\ill he reudy by July 1. A. G. Whipple, a busin<>SS man or ,A.ustra- lia, i':' vis1tmg h1s brother at Rosendale. T,VI!bty new sui1s ':!ave been 01dered for the 'members of Clayton'3 Brass Balld at El- lenville rhe town of Olive Board of Ex()jse will meet on Saturday, June 7. at tbe .l:l;~milton Hotel, Shokan The new factory of John B. Russell, on the Rondout Creek at Napanoch. will cost from $10,000 to $12.000. The annual evening parade of the m!lmhers of Scoresbs Hose Company, of Ellenville, will be held on June 1i. John Fiscber, aP.ed 90, rPsiding 1 , <>n the Greenfield road, near Ellenvllle, wa~ found dead in bed one day recently. 1 • .\ Eddvville. h , , . Miss llinnie Smedes. who is ill, is improv· ID!r l\lrs. James :Busb, of Kingston, visited friends here last week. • Clutr!Ps Rogpkrnns. of New York citv, i~ at his mother's home here. Children's Day services will he held in the l\1. K Church on Sunday. Wbat f.,; Going on In and Aroun<l That Llve]y ' 1 il1age of rtulft and En1erprhw. The frame work is raised for tbe Tillson bu;Jdine:. The fruit prospect in this vicinity is en- couraging. Altred 'fcrpening is suffering with a cun cetous tumor. Mrs. John F Clark bas returned to her borne in Brooklyn. The improvement• to Dr Gause' brick of flee nre about compltted. Mrs. Henry (). Tillson is visiting her parents in C:lmden, N.J. Tue well kept lawns throughout the village attrart the u1ten1ion of strangers Cb•rleS J Ackert and wife. of New Paltz. have h~en visiting in this village. :Mrs DJ: Lamoree and;idau~ters have re- turned from a vistt to New Paltz. J H, DiPIZ and wife, of Philadelpbin,have he<>n guests at the resHlence of !11rs. CJmse. The chiltlreu of the public scbool took an \oulimr\ in Ellinge·s grove one afternoon Just week. G. D. Mackey and family, of Jersey City, have been spem1iug a season with Theodore Hasbrouck. 'l'!Je number of houses opened for the en- tertainment of summer boarders bas been in- CI't'ASfd nearly 75 per cent. over la~t yeur. The sermon preached in the Preshyterian Churcl! on Sundav, May 2!. o.v the Rev. D. U. Nevin, who talked to the army vctcrans,is highly spoken of. The members of the Qnnker churches in the Huctson river valley mncle their bo)lles in this villal(e rluring a Quullerly Convention wbich was held in Poughkeepsie last week The MFmoriul Day SPrvices held in this vil- lage on Friday, Mfly 30, were interesting A panHle of C'iVJC societies and Sunday s~hool children was a feature of the dav's •loings. Philip Eltinge delivered the orution in :Mil- ler's Hnll. The offiCel'!l of the Lloyd Sundnv School and Bible Unlon, met at tlie residPnce uf W. E. Wilcox on Friday evening. May 22. and arranged to canvass the town in the interest of the association. 'l'he work is undenomt- national and Is commended by the religious societies of the village. The question ot incorpomtion was defeated by a large majority at the spectat election held io the town hall on 'rlmrsrluy last_ No steps can be take11 to ctmslrler the scheme ap:ain for t\ o years. Highland is !l prett.y viliage and its residents can see to it that its streets are as perfectly kept as ..,e\1 without as with a. special village government. Clintondale. A BUDGET OF NEWS FROM THAT THRIV- ING VILLAGE. Summary of DoiDJ:S in the Banner 'Long Shore Ulste1• Town South of KinJ:\ston ()ltv-Some Personal Notes, Gossip and Chat by the Way. Etc. John Bucklev. who hn• hcen ill, is hetler. The Alert L~wn TBnn:s Club hilil beet. dis- solved. The M<>gul Base B>tll Club has been re- organized. The post office 1dll be a monev order office nf!Pr July 1 The Lan11in11: street fiat has been top-dresstd with Rravel. Lemuel Wyl!\nnt is building a barn on his Lnltintown farm. Tile llr~t strawberries or tne seaPon will be sln ppfd tins 11 et k Lare:e eels nrc taken from the Jews creek with hook and line. Miss Hut tic Vulentine is seriously ill at her home on Gmnd street. James l Brower, nf Kingston, wns in this village on Mondas. June 2. A stre~t lamp will be put up at the corn('r of Grand and DuBois streets. T\lO new corpmationstreet lumps were put np on Main street last week. Three new corporation street lumps have been put up along Western avenue. J. Elmt•r Birdsall and wife, of Poughkeep- sie. have heen visitmg in this village. P. E. Merritt, the census enumerator for tbi8 district, commenced hislabo1·s on Mon- dav, June 1. Tile ~ervices in tile churches here next Sun- day will he conducted by the l:lunduy School membership. A dock has been built at Boutb l\Jarl horough to accommodate tbe sl:tt~ping frotn Jova's new brick yard. A ferry between this villap:P. and New Ilamburull bas been established. Bonos leave foot of Landing street. Im Staples was taken seriously !II with heart trouble nt the Wbitnev bnsket works on Thursday forenoon. last week. Miss 1\ladaline Holmns w•ll ~tiv~ a concert, assisted by young people of the public S'Chools, dudog the present month. W I Staples, nf New PliliZ, \nd }Jr~. \Bamber of Astori><. have b~ell VIStliDll: at tbe horne of the1r parents on Orunrl slreP.t. 'I' he en!'S!'ement of Miss A he\ E Wyatt. of Yonkers, to John W. BuckmnPIPr .• Jr., 11 former resident ot' thiq villa!!!<, iq nnnounced. rooms at 1\Iargaretville at Onteora Park of Deer Park, at Hunter, 11'lrev,ed. on the Alpine lot at Pine ~emli>ved. have been made to tbe HoUIIe. of Hobart, has set out season. • House, at Hunter, bas 1mpmved. cows Is daily delivered at 'lllh•eese factory. iS\'finished fo,. the new house of at R<l:tbury. of Tnnnersville, is decorat· his honse. Da1es, of Pine Hill, has re- feceut Ulnesa. cottuges are being erected at near Halne,g Falls. npKtrts bas received his commis- on the Summit. hns been repairing his Side. near Hunter. of William Scutt's new mif Gnme is completed. cottages will be erected market 'at Hunter, com~umced on tbtl new Oroolt, near Plne Rill. Va1!ll.i11S 'lhoarding houses Rt Pine IIHI n••en•n11t-t ~n good form for the season of WHAT IS ,GOING ON AI,.ONG THE H-UD- SON At-10 INLAND. Skull8 of Mol}awk Indians Unearthed- Ohara;ed With A~son in the First De!ir<le -Anothftl', Fla&inan Killed-A ll'rei~ht Depot Destro;,:e!l by ll'lre, Etc, Memorial Day was more generally observed in St. Remy and Eddyville than ever before. At about 9 o'clock in the morning the St. Remy schools, accompanied by ti1_e Rifton Band and Grapd -Armv men. marched to Eddyville, where they were welcomed by the schools of that place. With mufHed drums the procession moved on to the c.eB~\~~[~ where exercises took pi~Jce. John J Cli~ries w{ll be scarce in Columbia county. offered a prayer and Miss Jennie Th .,,, cited. While the soldiers' grave• , . .e old ._,orthern Hotel at Poughkeepsie decorated Valentine Freer read a 18 bemg torn down. and the band played a dirge. At the COI~CIIa· The early closing movement is favored by sion of the service the schools and old NewbW\gh merchants. ans paid a visit to the St. Remv c 1 ~~:~~~;~tl~~~ in Columbia county is heavv and where a like service was performed, down in many plnc<JS. • which the chapel g1;ounds were Medical Society will vaded and refreshments were meet' in' on June 11. There were about a thousand people , Greene County Lodge, I. 0. G. T., will George Shultis, Superintendent of ~et at Hnn\er on June 11 and 12. Remy Sunday school, In.ade a praver:, wa• followed by singing by a choir, the Mr. Bpnlding, of ·l:icbodack, will addre;;o Eli Quick delivered an address fitting the oc- the Faflllers' Alliance at Athens this week. casion; Miss Mamie Krom recited; Albeit A :llagman was killed lit tl:le Garrison tun· Cooper made a few timely remarks; Miss QJl the Hudson River Railroad on Satur- Jennie Davis sang a solo and recitations were given by li'Iiss Stella VanWagner, Miss .Msud Atkins, Miss ElOora Barnard, Miss Kate McCreary and RoscoeYanWa~<ner. At this time General Grant Post of Rondout and Pratt Post of Kingston arrived. when there was more speech making, Professor Bunten, the Hon. Jacob Rice, the Hev. Eli Quick and Aaron Stocks took part. M.llton. R. U. Stone is one of the oldest resldeut.sin Boutbern Ulster. , Communion 5ervices wero held in the Pres- byterian Church on Snnoay, Dr. E. W. Cahart took several photoaraphs of the Memorial Day parsde'!!t Marlborough on Friday, last week. The members of the Order of Odd FeUows are considerinv the question of the aniza· tion of a lodge of that order In this William A. Goebringer has hou~r ll; u d- Ing lot on Sands avenue upon which 1le will build a house from plans now bein~ dl'llwn by a Poughkeepsie architect. The meeting of the Town Boa ~ week was somewhat stormy. '.rhe trou rred over au appropriation of money, fol' b' Road Commissioner McMullen. repair brid5es and roads. The annual Ann'lndale Flower Show will be held on June 19. It promises to be a tine aifnir. ~ '!'here were 26 fire alarm• in Albanv during May and $3,694.31 worth of prop.;-rty' was destroyed. The injured eye of Dr. E. H. Parker; of Pougbl!:eepsie, was removed on Sunday by Dr. J obii Kinkead. , A firemen's tournam~nt-,;will be held at Troy on June 24, under the auspices of Eddy Steamer Company. ' The freiaht depot of the- Hodson Ri ~Tel' Railroad Company ljt Pe~kill was destroyed by fire on Monday nfterno~;>n. Poughkeepsie firemlln have decided to llavo one d>ty of inspection and oue of tournament during the first w~ek In O'iolier. . The competitive exarmtmtion for stal.e scholarship will be h~, at the Greene ,county court house on So,~ay. Catskill- has no Boar~f Excise. The Comm~ioners are disq1111~ed bv being ill tereated m the sale of beer;,JJiid rum. The Rev. Father Boyle, of Poughkeep.sie, COlldemns in stroll){ language the attend.mce- of young women at moonlight picnics. • Thl! Gl!l'man Lndies' Humane Somety will hold a strawberry festival at Germanin Han. Poughkeepsie, on Wednesday, June 11. Calvin Depc\' and wift', of Creek Locks, visited Mrs, Luther Tucker on Sunday last. .Miss Grace DuriJam and Miss Hattie Styles. of New York city, ate visiting M.rs, John J. Baisden Hallock W. Sutton has been making im- provements to h1s property. Ftank Wardell and wife. of New York city, have been visiting in this vi!la~~:e. W. W. Mackey had 11 sbeeo killed by doJ!S !'arly Oil Thursday for!'noon. The loss will be made goorl by the tux pay~rs of the to* The Ladies' Atd Society of the Presbyte- Cburch met at the residence of Mrs. W'illi>llill R. Swart's hBnqso~e residence on ~~~~~street, Pine llill; ~as been newly 'l'he arm of G<;or\e Strickland, who w!l!! struck by a West Sl;ore train a .lnC.IIth Ago, was amputated by Drs. Parker,' ~1 )?odp:h- keepsie, and Dr. E. W. Cahart oti ·'lill(t.ttrday a week ago. Strickland is recovering :from the ini,uries sustained. - - members of Osborn Hos!l Company,of ,._\. .... , are of nttendmg the State They will have new Mrs, Catherine A.lliger. who has been vis- ill~! friends at Clintondale, has returned home aga:m. Abran; D1:Gralf apd wife, of Bloomingdale, were tl:e gue•ts or W tlham H. T~rt>~~h and wife last week. An infant child of Frank Terhune was buried on Wednesday afternoon last week. The membeftl of the Christian El1de:av•or Society \'lold interestin!!; meetings ~.V'S\' nun. . ' '' Eltinge·s Crosoio~g has bt'en made •n re11u· Bailey on Wednesday afternoon, :May Ch<U\les has hee~f~in~!.~~~~i~~u th<:lu<'rtssarp a1·rary:ements of the Buckley mansion month1. of, .S. , P. .Scott is water from lta.ines John 8. Roosa and son, William, who have been visiting friends at New York city, have returned home. lar stop for all trains on the Central & New England Railroad. Miss Clemence Ellis has closed lJer school, at Sylva, for the season and has returned to her home in this village. A young woman, a resident of this villaf!c hns issued a housekeeper's truct ~ntitled \1'< n Reasons Why 1 l:lhoulu Be a Good House- keeper.'' house ground at ~{.~n:~u~i~1~: n~~~::; has been graded and the c The young people'• praser meeting at the JIL E. Chnrch on 8unday evening was led by Schuyler Schultls, 'l'he Lawrence Cement Company are build- ing a boat to transfer bull< cement from their new mill here to the Esopus mill. The W. T. Wilbs ijOd wife celebrated the thirty-seventh anniversary of their wedding day at tneir home on Wed~esday, :May 28. The monthly meeting of tile Societv of Friends was largdv attended last week. \The members of tbe Society were cnterlained by the local church people in Andrew's Hall The second and third ranks werP. conferred upon a canJid•te hv the officers of Guiding ~'!•r L,.dge, Knights uf Pythins, on Friday Dl)!ht, May 30 The Sunday schools of thb villat;e will ob- serve Children's Day'. 'fhe Methodist and Ptesbvterinn schools are rehearsing an elubo· rate programme. Miss Carrie Osterhoudt. Miss Minnie Davi•, Miss AgnPS Ferguson, Miss Flora Rouse nod 1tlrs. Frank Regendahl, uf Kingston, were bere h 1 St week 'I he scholars of the public schnol of this place have umcbased a large 1la!! and staff The polB was placed on the C'npola of the school houoe last week. The flag is raised every morning. Flat bush. Chilclrcn's DaY, Sunday rooming,, June 8. At commumoD services Sundav three \ere added to the church • :!!Irs Wt!hs Burhaus and family have re- turned from ~ev. York. )Villlam I3Jrllans aut! wife, nf f'augerttes, were guests of )!I8. Edmund O>tcrhondt S•mday. A lecture ~fl\' c;ivcn in the South Flathush f'Cllool hou~e T~~.:sday evening by the Rev R~ De~ Itt Clarence II<·lldricks and wife, of East Kwgslon. werP guest~ of :tlrs Lawrence Os- terhoudt !'>unda}. lln Thur•d JV evPninR. June 5, a lawn pa . in •llcl .,f the Rl'formed Church will be ltelu nt .\u lr~w Bnnt:s .lllouutam View Furm Charlo; :Sic:hols and wtfe, John De witt. n~nry. Ann utnd Thendore Brink, Joel. lda, Emma \nd Miss Eumce Phtlhps. and the Mtss~.; ,Jennie and Kate Bowilson were ~ruests of )irs. T G Burhans on Decoration Day. Mrs. W, Phillip• gave u pleasant nicnic last 'l'hursday ron Alonzo Hose's hrickyard dock. Tho,e who were present were ~[rs. Alonzo Rose. lllrs. frving Rose, Miss Veme Degroat, of Rondout, J. F. Wilkins. 1\[rs. Henry Cooper, Fannie Cooper, of Haverstraw, .lllr and Mrs. Garrison, .of }iongaup; Samuel Call, George Bowen, -of l/or:c.wall. :l'lrs. W. PbtlHps, Emma. JIIamie, :Murid, Frederick. George and Tillie Burhans, Jame> Burhans, J>.lrs. T. G Bur- hans. Milton. Ground has been broken for the new resi- dence of >Y. H. To'\·nsend, Jr. Communion servtces were held in the Pre=;- byterian Church on Sunday morning, June 1. The Milton members of the ord~r of Odd Fellow~ are arranging for a memorial service. The children of the M. E. Sunday School nre arranging a :programme for Children's Day. , Isaac Fergusoi\ was taken ill on Thursdav with a disease from which he only recently Iecovere!L l\Irs. John L. Westervelt, of Newburgh, visited her son at the Presbyterian parsonage one day Jnst week. l\liss Carrie Arnold, of Rondout, _gave ex- cellent svJisfaction as teacher at the Milton school. The school bas been closed early on account of the berry interEsts. Miss Arnold carried to her home several tokens of appre- ciation from her pupils. Sangertles. 1\1. L Hull of this place, and 1\Iiss Ardell, a daughter of Benjamin Emerick, of Catsban, were married on Wednesday. The Saugerties ball club will plav a match game with the Hudson club at Hudson on Saturday aft~rnoon. Henry C. l\lyer expects to pick from 7,000 to 8,000 quart8 of strawberries this season. All the growers report a favorable outlook. Justice Hall heard evidence on Saturday. i\lav 31. in a case at law brought by Mrs. David Relyea, a)!;ainst a H1ghlnnd !tote! kt eper for sellin!!: her hushand liquor when he was In a condition of semi ic:toxication. A. J_ Ackhart l1.1s found n clue which, be savs, may lead to tbe arrest of the thieves \ho broke iuto his residence a week or more ago The same ~rane: of burglars plundered the out buildings of Godfrey \Vg!ven and M. J Ranch on Fuday of last week. Hunter. City people are beginmng to arrive hete. Mr~. R. 11. Kelly is Vlsitiug fliend\ in New York c11y. Mrs. Ed~anl Lane, of Lanesville, is visit· ing 1\lrs .J C Hundell A lecture room will be added to the l\I. E. Clmrch io the ue\r futm c Prepamtions are bewg made t1J observe Clnldten's Day in the J\.L E Chnrclt The foundatton of tiJe new hu1dware store is being luid at the foot of Breeze Lawn f!tll. • 0 B. Le'i\is met ~ith an accident at the cbnir factory oue clay last week llt! lost 1\. t::.ngcr. l\li»S Lavina Green has secured the position as book-keeper at the chair lactory of J. W. l\la•on & Corn11any The Ep~ orth L~:: ague prayer meel i n~s are held every Huudny in the }1. E Church at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Fourth Binnewater. George LawrE>nce is painting his housP. Benjamin Stokes hns recovered from an ill- ness. Geor~re Lawrence and family spent Sun- day ~t Whiteport Dubois Stokes and George Deits spent Sunday at Olive City, Luther Lawrence and wife. of Kingston Ctty, spent Sunday here. F1ve new members were taken into Eureka Lodge on Friday evening. tlilas Stokes and Nelson Stokes spent Sun- day with friends at Hil'h Falls. Daniel Houser, of Wilbur. spent Saturday and Sunday with his son at Binnewater. The Gleaner Sunday School observed Dec- oration Day. tiuperintendent Freer had charge at the Hurley Cemetery and Pratt Post Drmn Corps furnished music. Katrine. There will be a sociable and lawn party at \~fountain V1ew,\ the home of Andrew Bnnk, near Lake Katrine station, on Thurs- day evenine:, June 5, for the benefit of the Flatbush Reformed Church. The distance from Kingston city is just enough to make a pleasant drive and doubtless many young people will go out. If stormy on Thursday it will be held on Friday evening. Port Jackson. The store of William Haines has bee• neatlv painted. A strawberry festival will be held at the M. E. Pursonageon Tuesday evening, JuneS. Rosendale. The re!l:ulur monthly coo~ecratioo meeting of the Clmstmn Enrteavor ::;ociety \as held in the chapel of the Ptesbylerian Church on Sunday evening. May 25 The funeral services of I he lute ~Irs. Sands Haviland were largely atter.ded In the 11'1. E. Church on Thursday afternoon Interment in the Cedar Htll Cemeterv. Seven persons \ere received into full mem- bership with the Presbytennn Church on Sun- day, June 1-six on confes~ion of fruth and one by letter from nnother cl!utch Tbe roof of the r~stdence of George Mil- d~n was on fire earlv Thurs<lav evemn[, lust week. A timely crlscovery prevented wllat might have been a senous confla)!l'atioo. Cornelius Wy!?;ant, one of the pioneer truit- gwwers of Ulster countv, w\s in tbis villa!re on Wedne:sday. He is livmg ..,.itb hi.,. son~in law, C 'V Lockwood, llPar ~liddlelwpe Roar! Commis•ioner :McMullen h•s sur- veyed a space in Cmnmercial Squ1ue which wtll be fenced in for a pulJlic pat k. A flag- pole will he set in the center of the park and the grounds beautilltd wil h flowers. Tho demand ft>r sulphate of copper in the fmit rhstncts bas wcreased raeart;r 100 per cent. during the past 10 days. Fruit growers are doing cverythml! In their power to pre- serve and save, if possible, this season's grape crop. Th~ Farmer B~•e Ball team, ot Middle- hope, crossed bats with the ll!ogul Jr. club, on the school bouse grounds, on Fridav~ lVIn.y 30_ T be game was interesting only to the local players, who outplayed the visitors at everv point The public school grounds have been graded and a base ball park laid out.. The monev was contributed by citizens who want to show their appreciation of a well organ- ized base ball club The park will be, when completed, creditable to the village. The members of Gmding t>tar Lodge, Kmghts of Pythias. are considering the ad- visability of muking an arrangement for a new m~eting room. The lodge room now occupied by the society is one of the cosiest in Ulster county. A man named Relvea died tn one of the Brower houses ou ·wednesday forenoon of consumption. He, with his wife and son started to drive to their home in Co>.sackie on Saturday, May 23, from Newburgh. When they reached th.is village the man was too ill to he taken anv further, and temporary quarters were secured. He grew worse from over exertion nntil Wednesday. Poormaster Moorhead took charge of the burial which occurred on Thursday afternoon, :May 29. About 2,500 people witnessed the Memorial Dav parade here. Early in the day the vil- lage wore a holiday appearance, and, as the old veterans moved about they felt that their services were appreciated by the losal men and woman who were present to do honor to them and to their fallen comrades. .The moved a.way. The members of tbe Pine Hill Cornet Band ar~ cng_ae;e~ in activ~ practice these days. Tbey Wlll gtve open·1nr concerts durin~~; this summer. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Margnr~t ville a resolution WllB adopted ap- propriating $2'10 for purcliasing a hook and Jadcter truck. The, people at Hunter, Tannersville and vicmity are busy making ready to recetve the many boarders and tourists who are al- ready arriving. TheJe will be a business meeting of the members of the Margaretville Dramatic Club at tbe club rooms Wednesday evening, June 4, at 8 o'clock. A constitution and by-laws has been adopted for the Margaretville Fire Depart- ment, and Amos Allison, Thom!l8 Hill and W. A. Laidlow elected trustees. John M. Dudley, of Roxbury, •bot at a c\t one day recently. He hit and \reeked a blind of his parlor window, broke a pane of glass and spoilell a lace curtain, The Ulster & Delaware passenger trains daily contain trout fishermen, who visit the moun tam streams in search of fish and a. good time. Some lar~;e trout have been caught lately hy experts. TIIe Orientul House. at Hunter, has in- creased tts capacity durin!> the past two sea- sons until now the house IS capable of enter- taining double the number that were accom· modated formerly, The brge annex to Dr. Cilurchill's board- ing bouse at Btamford is a model structure. A fire escape IS located in the rear of the builain~~:, and there are manv very tine sleep· ing apartments on each floor. Louis Schutt, who for so manv years has been identified with tbe Laurel House, since taking np his residence in Tanneroville, bas built an addition to his house, a new barn, and made many other changes about the place. The dates of the Hobart fair have been cbanged to August ~1, ~~ and ~3. The aoso- ciation are layin!!.' out new grounds and ex pect to have one of the best half-mile tracks in the State. The Hobart fair for 1890 will be one of the bes1 ever held. Th~ Germania boardine; house, at Hunter, of wjlich resort Christian Ott is proprietor bids fair to have even a more succes~ful sea: son than ever before, having had many ap- plications for board from people who have passed a season at the Germania. The Plaaterkill Mountain House, Platte Clove, under the management of its husthng proprietor, Harry Leaycraft, has been receiv- ine: many improvements. This bouse now has a cottage connected with it and is located at the entrance of the Overlook Park. Elkn Park club house is nearing mmple- tion and when finishei will be a very hand- some and convenient building for the pur- pose it is intended for. In addition to the club bouse about 21'i cottages will be built this summer at this place and roads and walks laid out over the entire park. Smith's Landini:'. Miss Jane Emerick is ~pending a few days in Catskill. Tbe proceeds of the late concert and sup- per at West Camp were about $40. :Mrs. Helen Dederick and family have been spending a few days in Newburgh. cert this Tbe~~ 1 ~~~~~j~:~~r~~! moved and re\Jnilt ll5 a residence School jamtor. The total amount of village incorporation tax to be C'ollected this year is $1,976.36. The tax is about 50 per cent. greater than the amount levied last year. Senator Jobn J. Linson will address the p:raduating class in the Normal School on Tuesday evemng, June 24_ The exercises will be held in the Refcrmed Church. Kerhonkson. Mrs. James Lounsbery is convalescing. Mrs. James 0. tichoonmaker is on the sick list. Rumor says there i~ to be a wedding here in the near future. MrR. Hiram Schoonmaker, of Ellenville, spent a short time with friends here recently. E. D Louosbery and wife are spending a short time visiting friends at Rockvtlle, Con- necticut. 'l'here were communion services in the Re- formed Church June 1, conducted by the Rev. Hendrickson. of Ellenville. There were three new members taken in, Alden Frost, Edward Sherman and Mrs. lllartha Palmer. Hurley. The grass crops are floe in this vicinity. Charles Dumond has been improving: hig res1rlence. Mrs. Derick C. Wynkoop, of :New York city, is visiting friends here. An entertainment was given in the church on Friday evening last bv Miss Lucie Patti- son, of Hondout. On Wednesday last Jacob Rosa received by express a fine Jersey calf from the well- known stock farm of F. D. Curtis, Charlton, Saratoga county, N.Y. New Re~~:i•tration Days. V\ nder the new election law, in all cities except New York and Brooklyn, t'here will be four days for registration. 'l\his yca1· the ree:istration days will be : First day-Saturday. October 4. Second day-Saturday, October 11. 'l'hh·d day-Samrday, October 18 Fourth dav-Snturday, October 25. In towns, villages and rural districts, there will ho three regiStration days, as follows: First day-Saturday, October 18. Second day-Saturday, October 25. Third day-Friday, October 31. Electwn districts must be divided in all nlaces before :Monday, September 1. Polling places must be designated on Monday, Sep- tember 1. Iu cities inspectors in new election dis- tricts must be appointed before Saturday, October 4, and outside of cities before Satur- day, October 18. Fate of a Peddler. Mrs. Ho!Der Russell, of Saugerties, is spending a few days with John Foland. Miss Katie Rosen burger. of Newburgh. bas been spending a few days with Miss Julia Dederick. sion. Thomas O'BrieB, formerly of Baltimore, attempted to walk 35 miles in seven consecu- tive hours at Fishkill Landing on Friday. He left the track after making 32 miles and tht-ee laps. The Rev. W. S. Gallaway has been invited by Rockland Lodge, F. & A M.. to preach the annual St. John's Day sermon to the Lodge, on Sunday evening, June 29, in ~St. Panl's M. E. Church at 1)\yaek. Ground was broken for an electric street railway in Hudson, Saturday. and it is ex- Rected it will be m operatton in six weeks. roe road will run from the Hudson River Railroad station through Front and Warren streets to the cemetery entrance on Columbia street. Considerable ualavorahle comment is made over tbe fact that the Sixteenth Separate Company went out to fu;eir lifle range on Me- morial Dav instead of taking part in the pa- rade. A hope is expressed tiJat on the next lllemorial Day t:l!ey will parade with the Grand Army men, as it seems proper they should do.-Calskill Mail. On l\londny while men were grading the new ground of the Laurette Club in Trov two well preserved skuils were found about four feet below the surface on the bank of the river. Yesterdav mornimr another sk>Jil was found. It is beli~ved the bunal place of the old Mohawk Indians has been uncovered. Twenty years a!!;O several feet noxrth of this spot were found the bones of sevel.•al persons and a number of arrow-heads. At Troy on Monday. in the Court of Oyel' and Terminer. J nuge Fursman held Peter Curry to hail in the sum of $6,000, on an in- dictment for arson in the first deyr.ee,cbarged to lmve been committed at Bchoaaek Land- ing in Mny. On motion of the prisoner's counsel the Court directed District Attorney Kelly to furnish the prisoner's counsel with a copy of the testimony t~ken before tbe Grand Jurv, and sent the case to the Court of Ses- sions, which convenes on June 16, for trial. It is alleged that Curry tired his brother's house in the night time. The crime alleged is one ot the most serious known to law, and conviction may be followed by imprisoment for life. uoemsu from the \Southern Ulster. H The following paragraphs are \culled from a late issue of the Southern Vl.ster, pub- lished at Highland: \ll'fondav raining all day, and most of the night then-Tuesday mormng verv hard.\ \A. D. Lent has got a very good law office plenty of room be appears to do sortl_c, four or five at a time I see/' \Where is Phil gone. who knows is he lost or run away maby gone with the:n jipseyes to Utica it ;s very strange we all know, but 'he aint here.\ \The Southern mster was to work with all bis forse Monday, geting out job w3rk that bad to be done, I am .!roing to stop advertise- ing fer a spell to get a little rest.\ ''I know one thing them dont spend nothing, will have it that is sartain For a short time being then same one steps in.\ Among the notices which are characterized bY the editor as \particular Notices,\ is this: \Anoymouse c;omunications will not be pub- lished.\ The sum of $836 64 is n•cessary to carry on the work of the Young Men's Christian .Association here dnriog the present year pro- -vided the serv1ces of a Geuer!ll Secretary are ~:etained. The Reformed Church Sunday school will obserVe Children's Day on Sunday, June 8. There will he attractive exercises both morn- jug and evening. High Itlount. High Mount is the name of the new post· •l!l.ce e~tablillbed at :Pille Rill !Summit. Presbyterian Church was crowded when Car- roll Whitaker, of Saugerties, was introduced as orator of tbe day. Mr. Whitaker's ad- dress was interesting and contained matter which bas not yet been given a pla:ce In historical publications. After the addre~s a parade wns made through the principal thoroughfares of the village to the Riverview Cemetery where the graves of soldiers decorated. The members of the l?_m~Jla.y Schools, the members of Guiding Star t..o,oge, Knie:bts of Pythias, and a committee zens Joined in the line of ~~~~cb-(, 1 ll~l~~~:~ the Ketcham Post Band. The offi- ces and stores were clll'led throughout the ctay. The Death Scat • A pet cat of John H. Kemble, of Sauger- ties, aged 15 years, died one dRY recently. While J. Scrambling, a Delaware county farmer, was walkmg, Sunday afternoon, Mav 25, on his farm, on the line betw~en the towns of Franklin and :Meredith, he found the skeleton of a man lying by a log. The body had evidently been there a long time for the flesh had disappeared from the bones. Near by was a pair of boots and a bundle of clothing The authorities were notified and the body identified by J'apers in the nockets of the roll of clothing as that of Reed Ho- taling, a well known peddler, who had been missing for some time. Eight $5 gold pieces and a dollar in sliver were found in one of the b0ots. Not far away was a bottle whlch had contained poison. and there was every evidence that the man had. sought tbe lonely spot. undressed himself, taken the fatal dose aud laid down to \lie, The following editorial comment on vil- lli!(e improvements is reproduced: \The yard is bept in first class order * * * 11 brick building opset of his house that he is having a addition made OR to it for his palace of business it will mak a neat office and it lays right on turn of the corner of two streets and \\ ,&ood NCk. .fouP.dati9n, nice 110d dry place.'~
