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YOL. XYI. No. 118 . PORT JERVIS, ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y., FRIDAY EVENING, MAT 18 , 1888 . PRICE THREE CENTS A RAID OF BURGLARS. T H E Y BEOTP O P E N TW O SA F E S AT SIO N T IC E E E O E A S T N I G H T . B u t g e t E e s s T h a n F ifte e n U o lla r s for T H E B O A R D O F E D U C A T IO N . T h e Sch o o l B o n d s t o h e o n Sale M a y 3 1 s t . T h e F o r m o f t h e B o n d . A special meeting of tbe Board of Educa tion was held at the Library, Thursday „ ^ , evening at 8 o’clock. There were present: Their Trouble and Eeave Behind a , , , _ ...... -..r . President Oiiddeback, and Messrs. Crane, K i t o f B u s g la r ’s T o o ls W o r th M o re m unw n j-o jo jTerbell, Wells and Brox, and Superin- ' tendent Bolpli and Clerk Elston. T h a n th e M o n e y S t o le n —T h e y E s c a p e on a H a n d -C a r a n d C o n s id e r a t e ly Set it o f f th e Tracfe o u t o f H a r m ’s W a y . Burglars made a raid on Monticello last night, and made a novel and hasty exit from town. First they went to the postoffice which they broke into, and then drilled into the safe, which they succeeded in blowing open. Their reward for their trouble was f2.50 in postage stamps and about f 1 in money. Then they came down to the depot of the,P. & N. Y. railroad, which tney likewise broke into. A hole was drilled and a tremendous explosion fol lowed. The door of the safe was hurled about six feet clear and struck against a partition in the building, which it moved about six inches. The wludows in the room were also broken. They got about $10 in money here. Leaving a kit of burglars’ tools worth more than the money stolen, they took a hand-car with which they made their exit from town. About three o’clock this morning the watchman at Gilmans saw four men go by on the track on a hand- car, and they werq traveling at a rapid gait. This morning this hand-car was found along side the railroad track at Roses’ Point. It had been carefully set away from the rails, apparently to pre vent its hemg struck by the trmn from Monticello, which comes down in the morning. Yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock four men were seen walking up the Monticello railroad track at Hartwood, and at 4 o’clock probably the same men were seen at Bar- num’s, four miles from Monticello. Putting this and that together makes it seem probable that the burglary was com mitted by the four men seen wending their way toward Monticello, and who were later seen rushing through Gilmans at 3 o’clock this morning. It is further pro bable that they were semi-professional burglars, and that they made their escape by walking from Rose’s Point to Guymard and there taking the Erie cars to New York, The President stated that the object of the meeting was to hear a report of the committee to prepare the* form of the bond. Mr. Crane, as a member of the committee, presented the form of bond printed by the Tni SxArKS Printing Com pany, and stated that he had ordered ad ditional work upon the bond and that there would be some additional expense over the $9 as previously reported. Mr. Brox moved that the bond as presented by the committee be adopted by the Board, Carried. Mr. Crane moved that the time and place of the sale of the bonds for the new school buildiug be Thursday, May 31st, 1888, at 2 o’clock p. m., at the office of the Board, of Education, and that the Clerk give a ten days’ notice in both of our village papers of the time and place of such sale. Carried. The Law Committee reported a telegram from the County Clerk, stating that the order denying motion for mandamns was affirmed with costs. motion of Mr. Crane the Board adjourned. A HANDSOME PRESENT. Mr. O. P. Gillson yesterday received by express a neat little box, which, it was found,contained a beautiful gold badge of the Independent Order of Red Men. On the scroll appears the name, \O. P. Gill- son,” and below that, pendant, is the reg ular badge of the order. On the other side of the badge appears the follow ing: » Minisink No. 28, Imp O. R. M.” This beautiful and expensive badge is a gift from the Grand Sachem of the State, S. Harry Waite of Port Crane, N. Y., as a mark of esteem for’the valuable services Mr. Gillson has rendered the order. He and John Hunken of New.York city are the two old chiefs of record in the state. “ O N E H U N D R E D F O R O N E .” On Tuesday evening. May 22d, “ Tom Quick, the Avenger ; or, One Hundred for One ” will be again played at Lea’s Opera House. The play and its surround ings make it of interest to nearly every body in this vicinity, because the turbu lent life of Tom is familiar to nearly every one in this vicniity, while it was dramatized by an old and honored citizen and played by a company composed of home talent. To those who saw it the first time, it will stand seeing again. To those who did not see it the first time go and see it, and pass a pleasant evening with our home talent. Chart now open at Lea & Mason’s drug store. Prices of admission 50, 35 and 25 cents. Y E S , T H E F E N C E M U S T GO. To the remark m the Middletown Press that “ the custom is getting popular in Warwick of removing fences in front of residences,” the Port Jervis fJ/w’on. adds ; “ Yes; the removal of fences is getting to be popular everywhere where they are not needed to fence out street cattle. Scarcely a fence is to be seen on Euclid avenue, Cleveland, one o f the prettiest streets in the world. People of taste are generally taking down the old stockades and letting them stay down too.” Just so, neighbors; Euclid avenue leads the world and War wick cuts the pattern *tn this section the country .— Warwieh Advertiser, D E H O R N T H E C A T T E E . Mrs. Wm. MeWorter, over 80 years old, ■who resides near Co]denham,-was gored by a Vicious cow, Friday, and very seriously injured. Her flesh was badly torn and a rib was broken by one of the cow’s horns entering her side. Considering her age, it is feared her injuries will prove fatal. BUN ATVAT TO JOIN A SHOW. Beulah Speers, aged 15 years, and Mamie Leonard, aged 18 years, followed a circus from Allentown, Pa., to Easton with the purpose of joining the show. They were pursued by officers, who ap prehended them on the exhibition grounds and took them back home Tuesday even • iug. —The genius who invents a flying ma chine may expect to see some fellow wh 5 cannot construct a saw buck, step up and claim the credit. Its just so with Tulip —Garden seeds by measure, Cut cash at Hoagland’s. T H R E E A C C ID E N T S , T W O F A T A L A N D T H E O T H E R N E A R E T E A T A E . Brnkenian James H. Daly Squeezed to D e a t li T>y t l i e C a rs a t D e p o s it , E a s t Night—Dying Three Hours after the A e o id e n t . James H. Daly, a brakeman on conduc tor P. Jeffrey’s train 85, was squeezed while making a coupling in the Deposit yard last night, at about 11 o’clock and only lived three hours. He resided at No. 59 Franklin street, this village, and leaves an invalid wife and no children. One brother survives him, who is also a brake- man on the Delaware division. Mr. Daly was a member o f Mount W il liam council No. 61, R. T. of T., in which organization he was insured for $2,000. He is very higuly spoken of as an excel lent citizen and a devoted husband. His enfeebled wife has the sympathy of the community. The body was brought to this place on train 30, this afternoon. The funeral will probably take place Sunday from the house, No. 59 Franklin street, and the re- maiins will be taken to Eldred, Sullivan county, for interment. FEEL A THOUSAND FEET. Thomas Rhone, aged 40 years, for lany years employed as head man at the South Wilkesbarre, Pa., shaft of the Le high and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, leaned against a gate placed around the shaft to guard the opening. Not being locked it gave way and he fell headlong down the shaft, a distance of over 1,000 feet, into a sump of water some 50 feet deep. In the fall both arms, by striking against the timbers, were severed from his body. His remains still lay in the sump, and it may be several days before they can be found. « PATTI SWINDLER” KIEES HIMSEEF George alias Harry Benson, the “ Patti ticket swindler,” who was in Ludlow Street jail awaiting extradition to Mexico, committed suicide in New York, Wednes day night, by throwing himself from the upper tier of the prison. Benson, in No vember, 1886, visited the city of Mexico, and by representing himself to be the ad vance agent of Henry B. Abbey, who had arranged for a series of concerts by Patti, sold forged tickets of admission to the amount of $26,400. He fled and was arrested in New York city in January last. ANOTHER FATAL INJURY. HoUesdalo Brakeman Injured Near P o r t J e r v is a n d D ie s . Frank Kane, a brakeman on conductor Knapp’s Honesdale coal train, \was run over while coupling cars at the coal switch, about 3 miles west of this place, this morning at 2 o’clock. Just how he was caught is not known. His right leg was crushed from the ankle to the knee, the right arm was crushed close to the body, and he was severely injured internally. He was brought to this village and Dr. Hunt was summoned, but he expired at 5 o’clock. He was a young man of excellent habits and resided with his widowed mother at Honesdale. The remains was taken to Honesdale to-day. Kane was aged 22 years, and he was the main support of a widowed mother. He was injured at 2.50 this morning, and died at 5.45. The remains were taken to Honesdale on Train One to day by his half brother. An inquest was held by Coroner Marsh, the verdict of the jury being in accordance with the facts here given. L I G H T N I N G R A I S E S H O E . The dwelling house of Frederick Kat- zaman of Myerstown, Pa., was struck by lightning and the family had a thrilling escape from death. The electricity tore off one o f Mr. Katzaman’s shoes and ren dered him unconscious for a long time. It was thought at first that he was killed. Several of the children were badly scorched and all the members of the family were shocked by the electric crash. T H E F R O S T I N T H E SO U T H . Information comes from the tobacco growing counties of western North Caro lina that two-thirds or more of the young plants were killed by recent frosts. Veg etables and wheat were greatly damaged at numerous points in the mountains. The mercury went below thirty and in one instance to twenty-five degrees above. At Galveston, Texas, Will H. Willis was aroused early, Wednesday morning, by a noise. Supposing that burglars had broken in he seized a pistol, and in de scending the stairway slipped on a banana peel. la falling he struck his pistol arm, and sent a bullet through the base ot his skull. He died. T H O S E F A V O R I T E C O R S E T S . Another fine line of corsets for 29, nd 75 cents, also those easy fitting, for stout built people. ffialebc prices —The are now latest summer styles in millinery displayed at G. Uury’s. if corsets for 29, 39, 0 those easy fitting, whalebone corsets for stout built peopli Corset steels and stays in different slz( and colors, at H. C. Cunninghai Pike street and Orange Square.- —For a handsome line of cream Jerseys go to G. Ury’s. corner RAILROAD CASUALTIES. A TR A C K M A N ’S B A D IN J U R I E S . A R a il F a l l s U p o n H i m an d B r e a k s a L e g a n d In j ii r e s H i s B a c k . Albert Campbell, track laborer under foreman Sweeney o f the Delaware divi sion, was severely injured, Thursday after noon, while loading rails at the coal switch. The men had to work between two trains, cars o f which were so close that the men badl no room to work safely and their re quest that one train he moved, was gruffly refused. While Campbell and the others were thro\wing a rail on a car, one end of the rail was swung around and fell back to the ground. The men tried to get out of its way, and all would have done so had not the cars on the other track interfered. The rail fell upon Campbell, striking him on the hack and on the legs, one of the latter being broken. R U I N ” W R O U G H T B Y P R O T E C T IO N . In his late free trade speech Congress man Wm. L. Scott drew a melancholy picture o f a farmer at Braddock, Pa., sell ing his wheat at 90 cents a bushel on land for which he had paid $100 an acre, and ng inconsequence to “ make both ends meet.” Braddock is in the neighborhood of the Edgar Thompson steel works, and the Pittsburg Dispatch sent out a reporter to hunt up the unhappy former. He was not there, neither was there any $100 land. The Thompson and Carnegie works had raised the land to $2,000 an acre, at Which price Mr. Carnegie had bought a large tract fifteen years ago. Not a grain of wheat had been sown in Braddock for thirty years. The farmers in the vicinity had! turned their lands into gardens or building lots and no longer look upon even $2,000 an acre as a tempting price. This is the sort o f “ ruin ” that protection brings to the former. HIGH LICENSE MADE HIM INSANE. Louis H. Bush, a saloon keeper at 691 Summit avenue, Jersey City, became violently insane on the subj.ct of high license Wednesday, and was taken to the county jail. He deliberately took five canary birds belonging to his wife and wrung their necks. Afterward he caught hold of the hand of a lady, a neighbor, and hit a finger nearly off. —A hoy fell into a well the other day when his mother -with great presence of mind threw in a piece of Tulip soap and he was immediately washed out. T H E N E W T I M E T A B L E . Som e o f t h e M o r e Im p o r t a n t C h a n g e s to ta k e P la c e on th e E r ie N e x t S u n d a y . On Sunday, May 20th, the summer schedule o f the Erie railway goes into ef fect and with the extension of certain trains and placing o f new ones in the ser vice the interests of its patrons are better served than heretofore. For the informa tion of our readers we give some of the most important changes : A new train will leave Chamber street daily, except Sunday, at 4 a. m., running as far as Greycourt. This train is put on for the special accommodation of those whose vocations require night service. Trains 42 and 33 have been extended to Goiffien. The latter will leave New York 1 p. m. arrive at Goshen at 3.21, while the former -will leave Goshen at 3.58 p. m. ar rive at New York at 6,15 p. m. A new train known as No. 11 having Pullman drawing room car attached will leave N ew York 10.30 a. m., make principal stops, and arrive Corning 9.30 p. m. The 4 p. Bof. train heretofore run to Goshen, will be changed to Newhurg. The 5.30 p. m. train has been extended to Middle- town, running as Express to Paterson, and local beyond. Train leaving New York 7.80 p. m., has been extended to Fort Jer vis, arriving 11.28j>. m. Middleto-wn has a new train leaving at 6.20 a. m., making all stops to Paterson, running as Expr^s from there and reaching New York at 8.- 45. Prom Tuxedo a n ew train leaves at 8 20 a. m. arriving New York 9 25 a. m. The Orange County will leave Port Jer vis 6.20 a. m., Middletown 7, arrive New York 9.15 a. m. ten minutes earlier than now. The “ Mountain Express ” will run to Deposit Wednesdays and Sundays, bal ance of week to Callicoon. iL new train to be known as No. 10 will will leave Homellsville at 6.15 a. m. ar rive New York 4.59 p. m. making princi pal stops. A Parlor car is attached to this train. With regards to through service Train 1 wiUleavcNewTork 9 a. m. daily ;Trains4 and 5 in addition topresent equipments will have a Cleveland car; Train 4 will leave Port Jervis §.10 a. m., arrive N ew York noon, making principal stops on Eastern division; No. 12 will arrive N ew York 7 a. m. an hour earlier than n o w ; Train 8 at 10.20 p. m. Train 3 has been changed to 9 p. m. instead of 11.30. A Sunday special w ill leave New York at 8 30 a. m., mak ing all local stops to Port Jervis. A R E A L L Y GOOD C O M P A N Y . The Phosa McAllister company played Taken from Life ” to a fair-sized aud ience, at the Opera House last night. The play was well put on the stage, with a change o f scenery, and the acting was all of a commendable character, eliciting rounds of deserved applause. This deserv ing company remain here this week, and ought to be well patronized. To-night “ The Strategist,” a humorous piece will be played. CRCBSUS G I R D E D W I T H A SW O R D Mr. Vanderbilt was there in eveniug Court dress, wearing a sword, which, it was marked, he bore with the greatest . The Court Chamberlain rigidly en forces the rule that no married American or other foreign lady shall be presented unless she be accompanied by her hus band .— and Hapress. B A S E B A L L . The championship games yesterday re sulted as follows : Baltimore, 9, Athletic 1. Brooklyn 15, Cleveland 0. Pittsburg 4, New York 4. Detroit 7, Washington 1. Chicago 9, Boston 2. R E L I C S O F T H E IN D I A N W A R S . Judge Allerton has placed on exhibition in Van Patten’s show window the. suit worn by the Indian Chief Black Hawk when he was taken prisoner in 1832. The gun carried by Tom Quick is also on ex hibition at the same place. D B . A P P L E T ’S S U D D E N D E A T H . The Honesdale Oitiem says that Dr. Theron Appley of Damascus was taken suddenly ill, on Friday, while talking to a friend, and exclaiming, “ Catch me,” ex pired soon after. He was about 65 years of age, and one of the ablest physicians In the country. A R A R E C H A N C E . The house and grounds now occupied by Rev. Dr. Talmage will be for rent from June 1st. For further particulars apply to P. E. Farnum.—ml6dlw. —Now is the timie G. Ury’^’s l to think of gauz p is the place to bu; —Attention Is calilled wiel the shoe dealeiir to the card of on another paxe. ST O R E A N D D W E L L I N G P R O P E R T Y . I offer for sale a small store and dwell ing property do-wn town, centrally located and suitable for any business. It is u( doing a good trade. Will sell real esti ■with or -without stock of good& This i- _ bargain. There is no better business pro perty in Port Jervis for the money. D. Holbrook, Port Jervis, N. Y. KILLED IK A QUARRY- A B I G P O W D E R E X P L O S IO N N E A R STOCKTO N, N E W .TERSEV. Two Hundred Kegs Go Up in the Pratts- v illo B r o w n s t o n e Quarrs' a s a R e s u lt of Cai’elessnesB—The Shock Felt for M a n y M iles A b o u t. Another big powder explosion occurred in New Jersey Thursday morning, killing four men and seriously injuring several others. The disaster was at 7.30 o’clock, in the powder house of the Prattsville brownstone quarry, near Stockton, on the Belvidere and Delaware railroad, in Hun terdon county. The quarry is owned by Twining Broth ers, and the explosion took place shortly after business had been begun for the day. The shock was a terrific one, being felt for many miles in all directions. A num ber o f houses in the vicinity were wrecked and considerable other property destroyed. Two hundred kegs o f powder exploded as the result o f a workman’s carelessness. People living at a distance imagined, as usual that an earthquake had arrived, and left their homes in alarm. At New Brunswick, which is thirty-six miles away, the shock was very perceptible, as well as at Milltown,Little Washington, Sayreville and other places. A yawning gulf ouly appears where the powder house stood. The exact blunder which caused the explosion is not stated. It is known, that James Wafer was blown to pieces and that James Dean and Thomas Lawter were seriously injured. Y O UNG S H A D F O R T H E D E L A W A R E . O n e M illio n an d a H a l f o f F r y A r r ive in P o r t J e r v is th i s M o r n in g . Mr. F. D. Donnelly, agent of the U. S. Fish Commission, reached here this noon on train one in a combination postal and baggage car of the P. W. «& B. R, R. Co, He had VTith him 50 cans containing 1,- 500,000 young shad to be placed in the Delaware at this point. They came from the U. S. fish steamer Fish Hawk now at Gloucester, N. J., where they have 13,000,000 eggs to be hatched for the Delaware river. Mr. Donnelly says that it will be three years before these shad reach maturity. Mr. Donnelly and his two assistants left Gloucester last night. P E R S O N A L . —Mrs. Thomas Carlyle of Brooklyn is spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Schoon maker of this place. -At Honesdale, P a , May 8th died Al bert Litts, aged seventy-five year& The deceased was formerly of Sussex county, N. J., and was a brother of Rev. Henry Litts of Vernon, N. J., and of Mrs, Sarah Warner of Sandyston, N. J. He leaves a wife and three sons and four daughters. —Among the candidates admitted to the bar at Pokeepsie on Thursday was Samuel f. Conkling, son of S. A. J. Conkling. Mr. Conkling has been in the office of L. E. Carr, esq , for several years, since graduating from Columbia Law School. He is a bright young man and T h e H h ion believes that a prosperous career awaits him. L A W Y E R S A N D DOC T O R S W I L L P L A Y . Nine of the Rockland county lavfyers have issued a challenge to the physicians of the county to play them a game of base ball in Nyack, May 21. Their challenge concludes as follow s: “ Should you ac cept this challenge we would suggest that you provide yourselves with an ambulance and an efficient surgeon to be in attend ance upon you during the progress of the game, as we expect to paraljze you.” THE OFFICER DIES. A dispatch from Meadville, Pa,, says that Officer George Williams, who was shot while arresting tramps, last Friday, died Wednesday night. He absolved Officer Blystone, who fired the shot, from all blame. — L ost . — “ I don’t know where, I can’t tell -when, 1 don’t sec how—something of great value to me, and for the return of which I shall be truly thankful, viz.: a )od appetite.” F ound .—“ Health and strength, pure ood, an appetite like that of a wolf, regular digestion, all by taking that popu lar and peculiar medicine. Hood’s Sarsa- rilla. I want everybody to try it tnis season.” It is sold by all druggists. One hundred doses one dollar. ON L Y lO, ftO A N D 30 CEN T S . The performance at the Opera House o-night will be well worth attending. :he play is a very fine one and the com pany is first-class in every particular, and just as good a show as you will pay 75 cents to see. You can go to the McAllis ter performance and get a reserved seat in the gallery for 20 cents or y o u j ^ get a reserved seat down stairs for 30/cents or if you want a cushioned opera chair you can secure one for 50 cents. Admission he gallery is only 10 cents.—adv. ■P aeasols , P aeasous , P aeasom . D o not buy any before you have seen the line that G. Dry is displaying. He is selling them at very reasonable prices. W I T H P E N A N D SC ISSO R S . Ite m s o f a M o r e or L e s s L o c a l N a tu r e C o n d e n s e d for t h i s C o lnm n . —W anted —T wo good journeymen painters. Apply at shop or store. Wm. Blanford.—3t. —A good show at the Opera House to night. T he U nion has no hesitation in commending it to the public. -The announcement is made that the NewhxiigEvening Press,& new Democratic newspaper, will make its first appearance on Saturday. —She may dress in silk or may dress in satin, May know the languages, Greek and Latin, May know fine art, may love and sigh. But she ain’t no good If she can’t bake pie. —Merchant Traveler. —If a man received three dollars every working day, and saved every cent of it, I, 000 years would elapse before he would be master of a million. —Gov. Hill has issued a proclamation, under the pleuro-pneumonia law, quaran- tming the counties of New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond and part of West- chrater. —First class engraving executed on all metals. Monograms and lettering a spec ialty. Orders can be left at Lundelius’s studio, 124 Pike street, where specimens can he seen,—ml 62w. —K little son of J. J. Puller of Jeffer son swallowed two morphine pills, one day recently. His life was saved by not allowing him to sleep until the effects of the drug had passed off. -All members of Mt. Wm. council No. 61 R. T. of T., are requested to meet at their Hall on Saturday evening May 19, at 7 o’clock sharp to make arrangements to attend the funeral of our late brother, J. H. D a ily.-ltd . —Alonzo L. Miller has to day opened at No, 9 Pike street, uptown, a fancy goods and notion store, and will keen a Stock of fine confectionery, cigars, nuts, stationery, magazines, etc. See his ad- vertisement^in another column. -Senator McPherson of New Jersey went to Avon, N. Y., Saturday, to attend the funeral of his eldest brother. Tuesday morning his mother died at the same place. Mr, McPherson is a native of Liv ingston county and resided there till he was twenty-six years old. —One o f the results o f the prosecution of Sunday liquor sellers in Newburg, says the JSews, is that one dealer makes a prac tice o f stocking a bar a short distance out of town every Saturday, and then all day Sunday he coins money by satisfying the appetites o f thirsty men from the city. ■Dr. Tanner o f fasting fame, has es tablished a foundling hospital in New Mexico. It is to be conducted on vege tarian principles and will hold forty in fants. The doctor expects to make good- teinpered children and long-lived ones by feeding them on a vegetable diet and only once a day. —After all the excitement in the village of Wappingers Palls about license matters all but one of the places licensed last year have again received licensea Seven hotels have been found “ necessary,’’although all the business, as relates to keeping travel ers and their horses over night there, could be easily done by one. -The Doctors have moved from the Delaware to the Fowler House, and will remain until Tuesday the 22d. The sjek, who have not been able yet to consult them had best do so at once, as they may not be able to wait upon all who call the last days o f their visit. Office hours from 9 a. m. until 7 p. m. Sundays from 10 a. m, till 4 p. m. -The national convention o f the Equal Rights party met at Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, and nominated Belva A. Lock- wood of Washington for President, and Alfred H, Love of Philadelphia for Vice President. The convention declared in favor o f protection for American indus tries and the repeal o f the internal revenue taxes on whisky and tobacco. —PreJ D. Ellis, business agent of the “ Taken from Life Company,” who called at our office this morning, assures us that in the play to be given to-morrow night, which is a melo-drama, Phosa McAllister will have a superior opportunity for exhibitiDg her powers as an actress. The young lady diaplayed her ability to ad vantage in last night’s play, but to-night and to-morrow night she hopes to acquit herself still more creditably, —Among the cases tried at the recent term o f court in Wayne county. Pa., was that of George W. Storms against the Honesdale Glass company, to recover $637.46 “ back money,” withheld from bis wages, under contract, until the end of his apprenticeship. The point at issue was as to the time when his term of ser vice ended, and the testimony on this point was very conflicting, but the jury gave a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $628 24. C H E E R I N G N E W S F R O M O R E G O N . The report from all points is that the spirit of Republicanism throughout Oregon is higher than it has been at any time dur ing the last twenty years. —Portland Ore gonian (Ind. Rep,) DODUING TEE QUESTION. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS DARE NOT FACE THE BEAL ISSUE. Expressly Refusing to Endorse Cleve land’s Message or tUe Mills BiU— Tlie Platform Nothing but Meaningless Flatitudes. The President’s party in the President’s own state distinctly dodges the President’s tariff policy. The New York Democrats expressly refuse to endorse Cleveland’s message or the Mills bill. The platform contains nothing but empty and meaningless platitudes. It puts forward nothing but those vague and glittering generalities about “ unnecessary taxation being unjust taxation” which politicians employ when they want to avoid an explicit deliverance, and face both ways at the same time. The Ohio Democrats.squarely endorse the Milla bill but the New York Democrats evade aud dodge an expression. Nor is this omission an accident. In the Platform Committee a resolution was offered pledging the De mocratic Congressmen of the state to the measure, and it was defeated by the over whelming vote of 22 to 4. The refusal to endorse the Mills bill was deliberate and emphatic. In other words, the New York Demo crats are afraid to sustain the President’s position openly and squarely. They know that the judgment of the people is against it, and they take shelter under silence. They are less courageous than the Presi dent, but more prudent.— A C O M P L IM E N T TO P O B T J E B T I S . T lie B e t te r A p p r e c ia ted B e c a u s e it C o m e s fro m P a r t ie s who are C a p a b le J u d g e s . In quoting the resisons given by Mr. Fowler for the inability of the Port Jer vis Amateur Opera Company to visit War wick at the courteous request of the A d vertiser, the latter pays this compliment to Port Jervis metnods and talent, which, we are sure our people will fully appre- WMle it is a matter o f regret that selleni jannot conveniently hear the exc( nusic rendered in our sister villag( ■eason of the distance, we wish our Board )f Education would make note o f a reason for so many excellent voices being found lere. As shown in the comparative standing of the! regents schools of ^ e ‘n i the Advertiser last Jervis stands at the Of regents scho( upty (as given i the Adv^ :ek) that of Poi week) that of Port Jervis stands at ' head of the list, and one of the points excellence in her schools, as shown in tl D, is the fact that much is d )ols to develop the voices ol The age at which pupils j ur public schools is just which they should be getting some lar weekly drill in the rudiments of f : It is generally reported that d in the county contains a greatei of good voices, under fair des weekly drill in the rudiments o music. t is generally reported that no -village ' ---- ------- number ilopment found in Port lould be given to that subject here. ■W ONDERFUL P E A R L S . At the magnificent ball given for her daughter in Paris, Vicomtesse de Conrval wore silver gray lampas, with satin flow ers (style Henry IL;, with sleeves slashed at the shoulders and over this her cele brated pearls, unequaled in Europe, even among princesses. These wonderful pearls covered the bodice in close rows, beginning with a dog collar around the throat.and coming down to the waist, fastened at the back of the neck by two long pearl acorns reaching to the waist. Head dress of diamond wheatears. The Yicomtesse stood at the entrance of the first saloon to receive her guests and, to avoid the cold often felt at the beginning of the evening, she wore on her shoulders a little white satin mantelet, with a hood trimmed with old point d’ Angleterre. A MISSING* POSTMASTER. W. B. Weed, postmaster at Harrisville, Lewis county is missing. On Thursday of last week he left the post office In charge o f his son, a lad about twelve years of age, saying he was going to the tannery, since which time nothing has been seen of him. As he has been in the habit oc casionally of going away and staying a day or two at a time nothing strange was thought of his absence for a day or two by his family, but finally they became alarmed and a search was instituted Satur day afternoon. —Rub your duds with Tulip soap. ALL [FOR FIVE CENTS. Commencing next Sunday, May 6th, Moore & Son’s bus will make the follow- i between this place and Laurel cemetery on the following new table: The stage will leave the le at 9,10 and 11. a ing trips Grove < time-tabl postoffice at 9,1( 7.30 p. m. for Laurel Grove, and on re turning -will leave the cemetery at 8 30, 9.30, 10.30 and 11.30 a. m., and 1,30, 2 30, 4.30 and 7 o’clock p. m. The route will he from Laurel Grove cemetery up Main Street to Pike, down Pike street to the postoffice and thence down Ball street to the Point. This will be the time-table for the present until further-notice.—adv. —Bluestone walks, curbs, sills or steps n sale by G. W. Hoagland, contractor,
