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Uiini ntait VOL. XVI. No. 132. NEWS FROM NEIGHBORS PORT JERVIS, ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y., WEDNES DAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1888. H E M S OF INTEREST FROM THE FN- lO N’S LIVE CORRESPONDENTS. t o : m q f x c k e a s t n i g h t . Finnl Performance* t>y the Eocn.1 Com pany at the Opera House. At the final representat ion of Tom Quick by the present company at the Opera House, From Bar-ryville-Funeral of J . H . D a ily, ^ auclicnce, aud A M ail on No. 8 from the W e .st-The the players kept all pleased from the be- Red Men to Build a H a ll o f their Own. A Conga^egational Minister T iying +<> n,. , , , , . There had been some change in the personnel of the company, but this seemed to make no particular change in the en livening manner in -which the play was put on the stage. The scenery,being, like the dramatization itself, the work of our ingenious townsman Judge Allerton, aided very much in making the perform ance still more entertaining and more realistic. Not the least attractive features of the exhibition was the appearance of the suit worn by Black Hawk which, clothing the form of Muskwink, made the latter look as savage-like as could have been desired. Copies of the dramatized story have been printed, and a number were last night sold in the audience. Organize a Clin cli. B aeettillb , N. Y,, May 22. —The body of J. Harold Daily, who was killed by the cars at Deposit on Friday last, was brought from Port Jervis on No, 1 Sunday, to Shohola, where it was met by friends of the deceased with a hearse and several carriages, and taken to the cemetejy at Eldred, where it was in terred under the auspices of the Good Templars, several of which accompanied the remains from Port Jervis. There was a large assemblage of friends and relatives at the cemetery awaiting the procession. Our enterprising merchant, A. Osier, has bought a span of §300 colts to deliver goods, as his orders are so heavy that he cannot get along with his old hag. A ne-w arrangement has been made so we can get the western mail on No. 8, delivered here the same night, which is a great convenience. Mrs. Jane Fuller *of Binghamton, is visiting her old friends and neighbors in this place and at Eldred. The Bed Men of this place have bought a building lot of Mrs. N. B. Johnston on River street near the suspension bridge, and intend erecting a hall theron during the present summer, Mrs. Herdman has rented her house and lot to Wra. Turner, who will take posses sion this week. A Congregational* minister by the name of Monroe from Syracuse, N. T., has been preaching some trial sermons through this locality with a view of set tling permanently if agreeable. We are not advised as to whether he has secured a position, but we believe his chances are favorable. School commenced yesterday after a two weeks vacation on account of the measles. Some have had them lightly, others have been very sick with them, but I believe all are out of danger at present. There are several who have not had them yet, but I presume there are enough to go around. Gardens are very backward on account of bad weather and heavy frost. —C eua , YOFNGSTIEEE ITEMS. Change in Business—A Young Man Goes ■West—Saloon Keepers Do not H eed. Y'onxGjTn.LE, N. Y., May 22.—Miss Whyman, who died on the 18lh, was buried Sunday, Siie was the mother of Mrs. H. Holmes of this place. Julius Krengar takes his brother Adolpll’s mill and will run it hereafter. Adolph goes west, we understand. J. H. La rrence is putting up a slaugh ter house. The saloon keepers of this place have been torbidden to let a certain individual of this place have anything to drink, yet we see him v^at.:.iftcn intoxicated. The guilty parties may yet be found out. ITEMS FROM FOND EDDY. The License and No-License Pcoi>le—A Cow K illed by the Cars. PoKi> E d d y , May 22 —The town of Lumberiand is now a no-license town, the new Board of Excise having refused to grant licenses. For a number of years there have been from three to four licensed hotels at this place. At the last town- meeting there was considerable strife be tween the two parties. The no-licence candidates were elected by quite a large majority, and consequently the thirsty Pond Eddyman will have to content him self with the milder beverages. The ef fect of the change on the general business of the place remains to he determined. Train No. 4 struck and killed a young COW belonging to Selah Rundle, which happened to stray upon the track a short distance west of Rosas Switch yesterday morning. The Rev. Father Morris of Port Jervis, celebrated mass in the school-house on Sunday last. Pond Eddy is well supplied with fresh meat of all kinds. There are three butch ers engaged in the business at present. The last one to engage in the business is Mr. Merritt of Barryville, who has been a teacher in the county for some time past. We wish him success in his new under taking. —A stump-tailed cow has a hard time of it during fly-time, but not so hard as the laundress who does not use Tulip HOME-GETTING IS TH E THING. No man becomes a real citizen in spirit as well in name, until he becomes the owner of a home of his own. His in terest in the welfare and prosperity of that home is broadened out at once into the interests of village, town and state, and when he casts his vote it is as one who has the general welfare and pros perity of the community at heart. He unconsciously becomes more of a man, and a better citizen. It is among the homeless, propertyless classes that social ism and anarchy flourish. The enemies of government do not live in homes owned and possessed by occupants whose hard-earned dollars have won for them a permanent abode .— Ghatham Courier. SHORTHAND AND TYFE--WBITING. An opportunity will be given the peonle of this place to secure a practical knowl edge of shorthand and type-writing this summer, that they will do well to em- brace. A young lady, graduate of the leading school in Philadelphia, will be here this summer and will teach a limited number in the important branches of shorthand and type-writing. Positions as amanuenses at good salaries can always be obtained by proficient shorthand and t ^ e writers and these can be studied either privately or in a class. Prices and particulars learned by addressing Miss B., 933 North 45th street, Philadelphia, Pa, TH E Y. M. C. A. ENTERTAINMENT The entertainment in Farnum’s Hall, last evening, in aid of the local T. M. 0. A., was largely attended, the room being crowded. Following the entertainment, strawberries and cream were served. The gross receipts were about $65. The en tertainment was carried out according to the program published in T he U nion last Saturday evening, with the exception of the numbers in which Miss Emma Thorpe and Mrs. Church and Miss Marsh were to appear. These ladies, unfortunately, were unable to make their appearance. AN DNFORTTTNATE FAMILY. Margaret Cullen, sister of John Cnllen, the matricide, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, became a raving maniac in Buffalo Saturday and was sent to the insane asylum. The family history is rather a tragic one. The father fell out of his bunk while serving in the war and was killed. The mother’s murder made the son a matricide, and the latter’s sister, the only one of the family, has become a lunatic. HINTS ON PROTECTION. ILLCSTRATION.8 OF IT.S BENEFITS FROM NEAR TROY, N. Y. A M a iuifactniw ’s Opinion of the M ills Tariff B ill and Its Frohable Effect tlie Industrj- of the Country—H ow the Tai’Iff Affects Engrlislt Farmers. From Che New York Press. The following practical tariff talk from Samuel Moran, overseer in the Gable flax mills of Sclmghticoke, near Troy, N. Y., will interest those especially who are en gaged in the linen industry. In reply, to the question, “ What do you think of the Mills tariif bill, and its effect on the linen industryji” Mr. Moran said: “ The bill in its present form, will be most detrimental to the industry here, and beneficial to the foreign manufactur- ers. Some eight years ago when in charge of a spinolng and weaving mill in Scotland, I remember how anxiously we watched the presidential contest, and hoped a President with low-tariff procliv ities would be elected, as any lowering of the tariff would enable us to get rid of ouir surplus stocks and keep our mills running. “ Daring my manufacturing experience on the other side I thought with many Others that free trade had gone far enough, and a society was formed with the object of levying a duty on the goods of nations which levied a duty on our goods, and this society exists at present. When Eng land made go ods for nearly every country in the world and required food in return for manufactured goods ,it was all very well to adopt free trade; but all is now changed. Cotton sheetings are being woven in Belgium, sent to Scotland to be bleached and finished and sold in Man chester cheaper than English goods. Be fore coming here I bought flax and jute yarns in Prance for weaving purposes cheaper than I could in Belfast or Dundee, thus cutting eff home industry. “ India, with its cheap labor, is knock ing the heart out of the Dundee jute industry, and a number of mill owners have removed their machinery from Scot land to India to take advantage of the cheap labor. Numbers of mills in Scotland are silent where the hum of the spindle and loom was heard eight or ten years ago. Shall America follow the example of Eng land and allow the products of cheap labor to come in at a low tariff to shut down our mills and reduce us to starvation ? Rather let us protect our working people from any such degradation. “ If there was more protection to the linen industry here, instead of less, as proposed by the Mills bill, the bulk of the coarse linen goods now imported, sucb as crash towels, table covers, crumb cloth and heavy hnen of all kinds for sheetings, etc,, could be made here just as well as in Europe, and in time we could go into the finer kinds.” In regard to the cost of living Mr. Moran said : My experience is that 1 can live bet ter and cheaper here. Flour, butter, meats and other articles are cheaper here. Some few things are cheaper there, but comparatively few. Clothing for ordinary Ware is cheaper here. Shirts and under clothing are cheaper and better here as are also shoes.” In conclusion Mr. Moran said: “ I am now a citizen of the United States, and wish to enjoy its rights and privileges, and hope these will be preserved by full and adequate protection.” HUNTERS WHO H AD A LITTLE HEART A recent deer hunt near Martin, Tenn„ came to a queer end. After the sporamen had chased the deer for several miles, and the hounds were close at its heels, the frightened animal turned suddenly, and, running up to one of the hunters, tucked its head under his arm, as if forprotectiou. No one had the heart to kill the pleading animal, and the hunt was abandoned. N 9 INCANDE.SCENT LIGHTS YET. The incandescent light will not be ready fir use to-night, owing to the many diffi culties all the time found in the work of completing the circuits. The managers now hope to begin lighting by Saturday night, possibly by Friday. A W E D D ING PARTY’S ACCIDENT. Carriages containing a wedding party on their way to a preacher’s house at Fly- mouth, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., 'Tuesday evening ran over and killed a little girL The whole party was arrested and the larriage did not take place. A Young Men’s Republican Campaign Club of tbe town of Deerpark will be organized Thursday evening, May 24th, at Penney’s Union House. All Republican voters of the town of Deerpark are invited to he present. It is particularly requested that the young men be present on this occasion and join the organization. NOTICE TO FARMERS ALONG TH E R .R Many farmers along the line of the Erie have received notice from the com pany that in future they must maintain tbe fences along the track. It seems that when the company secured the right of way for the road many farmers agreed to maintain the fences, but have failed to do so. The company now proposes that they shall do as agreed or be responsible for all damages. It is quite a serious matter for the farmers interested. STORE AND DW E L L ING PROPERTY. I offer for sale a small store and dwell ing property down town, centrally located and suitable for any businesa It is now doing a good trade. Will sell real estate witb or without stock of goods. This is a bargain. There is no better business pro- f in P<Mt Jervis for the money. D. Jervis for tl t Jervis, N. H IS HEAD CUT OFF W ITH . A .SAW At a saw mill at Hewittville, St. Law rence county, Monday, Horace Ellis, aged eighteen, fell upon the saw. His head was severed from his body and dropped through a hole in the floor into the river. —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 be seen.—ml63w. •—Attention is called to the card of Kadel the shoe dealer on anothar paste. THOSE FAVORITE CORSETS. Another fine line of corsets for 29, 39, 50, and 7.5 cents, also those easy fitting, whalebone corsets for stout built people. Corsetset steels and .staystays in differentfferent sizess — Cor steels and .s m di size the card of and colors, at H. C. Cunningham’s, corner athsr paste. f»ii£e street and Orange Square.—adv. M ARRIED IN TRINITY CHURCH. A Former P ort Jervis Young Lady Married In New YorR City Last Saturday. Miss Nellie E. Ingram was married in New York ciiy on Saturday evening last, at Trinity church, to James Dockham. The bride wore a gown of handsome white brocaded satin with a boquet of roses ; the groom wore the usual evening dress. The bride’s traveling suit is a fine brown cloth. The twain make a months’ tour to Florida and the South. The bride is well known in Port Jervis, where she always lived until recently, and where she still has relatives and many friends, who will hasten to express their congratulations over the matrimonial event. The groom is connected with the Venetian Blind Co., at 1193 Broadway, New York. After their return from their tour, the two will begin housekeeping at No. 225 West 21st street, New York. DOWN THE DELAWARE I N A CANOE. There arrived on train One to-day noon three men and a canoe, the latter from 15 to 20 feet long, the former not quite so large. One of the men took the canoe on his shoulders and, with apparently no in convenience, marched down Pike street to the Delaware river, where he placed the boat in the Delaware. The men then took their dinners at the Delaware house, and at 1.30 all took passage in the canoe- for Philadelphia. They were registered at the Delaware house as H. 0. Francis, Philadelphia; R. B. Lawrence, Boston ; C. Peavy, Maine. FLOWERS AND PLANTS. We are receiving daily potted plants of every description from Belding’s Green house in Middletown, and sell them at same prices, also receive orders for any kind of plants needed, and will deliver them the same day as ordered. Verbena’s received every day and sold at 6 cents each or 50 cents a dozen. Pansies 75 cents a dozen. Funeral designs and bou quets at tWO hours’ notice. Call at Lea & Mason’s drug store for further infor mation. MOB UNREASONABLENESS. About 3,000 persons witnessed a balloon ascension at the Passaic Falls at Paterson, Monday afternoon. Professor E. D. Ho gan of New York, went up about 1,000 feet and then suddenly came down, the gas having escaped from some cause. The aeronaut had a narrow escape from being hurled into the reservoir near the cottage on the cliff. The disappointed crowd hurriedly pursued the professor to bis tav ern, and would have injured him if he had not been protected by the police. W E MUST HAITEJ SEWERS. That our village needs a system of sew age is apparent to all who know anything about the relations between large popula- lations and health. Can the race-way from the canal be longer utilized ? Ob jection is raised to this, and there is ground for opposition, but could not the race be covered over and thus utilized safely? Something ought certainly to be done by the village authorities atjonce, to gire us a system of sewage. PERSONAL. -Dr. Joseph A. Noll, the dentist who left Dr. Barnes’ office several months ago to take charge of the office of the late Dr. Dobbs, in Port Jervis, has returned to Middletown again, and will once more be Dr. Barnes’ assistant. He contemplates taking a course of study m the Baltimore College next fall .—Middletown Press, FELL ON A CIRCULAR SAW, William Lawton of Hope, Hamilton county, slipped and fell on a circular saw m Arnold’s saw mill, and his right arm was taken off a little below the shoulder. He is about 45 years old, and has a wife and seven children dependent on him for support by day labor, A TRAINED NURSE. Miss Olive Bloom, a trained nurse and expert in the administration of Massage, Baths, etc., proffers her services to ladies and children in this village and vicinity. Residence No. 22, Railroad avenue.— THE JU B ILEE MEETINGS. The first one of tbe jubilee meetings was held last night in the M. B. church. Rev. Mr. Ebersole preached. The meet ing was largely attended and was very interesting. To-night Rev. Mr. Russell will preach. The public is invited to all these meetings. —Mrs. Jos. Banks of Wurtsboro, leS cently submitted to tbe operation for the removal of a large cancer from her breast The operation was performed by Dr. Piper of Wurtsboro and Dr. Eager of Middle- town. She is likely to recover. -Bluoatone walks, curbs, sills or stej Jala by <il. W. Hoaglaud, contractor. A CHEEKY BANE THIEF THE HONESDALE BANK ROBBERY OF NINE YEAR4 AGO RECALLED. Teller Gi'ennell’s Crime—H is Bondsman Saves H im from Prison—H o w the T h ief is now Trying to Repay H im . H is W ife Gives H is Insurance Policy to til© Bondsman, hut now Talces it. A dispatch from Honesdale, Pa,, says that in 1879 Frank W. Grennell, teller of the Honesdale N ational bank, embezzled some thou sand of dollars and also misap propriated money raised on a note for $30,- 000, endorsed by R. J. Menner.his bonds man. Mr. Menner made good the amount Grennell stole from the bank and also paid the note, A paid-up policy for $50,000 on Gren- nell’s life in the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company which Grennell had assigned to his wife in 1870, was assigned by the wife to Mr.Menner and immediately afterwards Grinnell left the state, going first to Canada and^ next to Bay City, Mich,, where he still lives. Mrs. Grennel subsequently repudiated tbe assignment and Mr. Menner, to test the matter,brought suit against the company for the dividends declared on the policy. On the trial Mrs. Grennel testified that the attorney for the bondsman had given her to understand that her husband would be sent to the pen itentiary if she refused to assign the policy, and that she did not sign it voluntarily, but to save her husband. On this defense the jury found the assignment void. It is quite probable that Grennell wiB now be brought back and tried for his crime, as an indictment was found against him soon after he left. A Young Men’s Republican Campaign Club of the town of Deerpark will be organized Thursday evening, May 24th, at Penney’s Union House. All Republican voters of the town of Deerpark are invited to be present. It is particularly requested that the young men be present on this occasion and join this organization. LIBERAL METHODISTS. That Methodists are liberal givers for all kinds of devotional work is shown by the following table, compiled from reliable sources, and giving the amounts raised an nually for tbe purposes specified : Support of elders,pastors and bishops $7,792,407 yidows and orphans 180,C Aged ministers, widows and o; Building churches,pa; ling w( ! societ 3^^779 Missions, including women's societies 1,500,000 American bible society ........................ 89,511 Tract society and Sunday school union 30,725 Current expenses o f 19,700 churches. 3,500,(X Freedmen’s aid society .......................... 181,500 i o f 19,700 Church extension, special aid, etc. Taylor’s missions ................. Publications........................................... 1,613,! Grand total ............................... $20,^,235 EVEN PRIESTS STRIKE. The Roman Catholic priests of the Ar gentine Republic are said to be on a strike. The government issued an order lowering the rales for masses, marriages, ' burials and other ecclesiastical functions, aud the priests determined to resist this encroachment upon their income and pre rogatives, SO the ehurches all through the republic are closed, and even the ringing of the bells is stopped. The Doctors w ill Rem ain One D a y Longer Not having been able to wait upon all who have visited them they will remain at the Fowler house until Thursday even ing. Positively, they will examine no new patients after 12 o’clock to-morrow. DEAD FROM D R INK AT IS^YEARS. Patrick Reilley, aged 15, died at New- burg Tuesday of alcoholism. He had been on a two days’ spree. —Those who imagine that the climate is changing and that the spring months are much colder than they formerly were, will be interested in the fact recalled by some one that on the 14th of May, 1834, a foot of snow fell in the eastern states, while ice in some places formed an inch thick. The total cost of the new St. Joseph’ Roman Catholic church, now in process of erection in Paterson, will be about $75,000. This is exclusive of the spire, the erection of which will be deferred till later. The Jews of Paterson have filed a cer tificate of incorporation as a cemetery as sociation and have purchased ground for cemetery purposes on the north bank of the river, not far from the city. The name of the cemetery is Bual Israel. —Children should learn to use Tulip soap before they learn to chew the navy plug of progressive civilization. —Garden seeds by measure. Cut cash prices at floagland’9. W ITH PEN AND SCISSORS. Item s of a M ore or Less Local Nature Con densed for th is Column. —Girl Wanted. Inquire at this office. —2t. —It is understood that Wallkill’s Ex cise Commissioners have not been in dicted by the present grand jury. —The members of the Port Jervis Ama teur Opera company are requested to meet at Farnum’s Hall on Friday evening (May 25th) at 8 o’clock. —There is a grand success of the bargain sales at the New York store, this week. Everybody is pleased, because all are get ting their money’s worth. —A Montana miner who couldn't pay a debt of $48, offered to let his creditor shoot at him twice with a pistol at a dis tance of 200 feet. He was wounded both times, but not seriously. —Marvin Kimball of Matamora°, is agent for the Perfect Pillow bham Holder in Port Jervis and vicinity. Any one wanting an article of that kind by drop ping a line in the postofflee will have im mediate attention.—3t. —The sale of the Lawrence O’Connell property by the Mutual Life Insurance company, takes place„:'at the Delaware house in this place, Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock. The property is on Thompon and Water streets. •On the works of the New York Knife Company at Walden there floats a streamer bearing the name of James G. Blaine. It was placed there early last winter, at about the time Blaine’s interview on Cleveland’s free trade message was pub lished. Of the 281,800 persons engaged in the coal mining business in this country, 162,- 000 are in the state of Pennsylvania. Of the 120,146,738 tons of coal produced in the United States, Pennsylvania produces 63,641,017 tons, or more than one half the entire product of the nation. —Newburg’s spasm of virtue, which took tbe form of closing all drinking places on Sunday, seems to be spending its force, for although last Suutiay was supposed to be “ dry ” the presence on the streets of some of the old rounders, trying to carry heavy loads of beer, showed that there must have been a leak somewhere, even if the police could not find it. •The total number of applications for licenses of all kinds in Newburg during the month was 162. The Board of Ex cise has granted 78 licenses of all kinds, embracing 7 hotels, 23 stores and 48 ale and beer licenses. Newburg, with an estimated population of about 20,000 has seven hotels while Middletown with a population of about 10,000 has 45. —The Newburg Press notes a rumor in New York political and journalistic cir cles that Deputy Collector John A. Mason of Newburg, was recently tendered the editorship of the New York St<vr, the leading and only straight-out Democratic newspaper of the metropolis. Mr. Mason declined the honor, it is further reported, as it is said that the President has higher honors in store for the young man from Newburg. —A skeleton in one of the Vanderbilt’s closets has just been unearthed. A New York justice has granted a divorce to the wife o f a cousin o f the late William H. Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt in question has an income o f several thousand dollars a year; but feanng his revenue would cease when his marriage with a poor but respectable girl was discovered he deserted her. He was too lazy to work and too witless to live by his wits. The court gave the wronged wife alimony and read the riot act to the husband. —Charles S. Pierce, who has been in Milford some months engaged in compil ing part of the proposed Appleton diction ary, a work three or four times larger than Webster’s and designed to be the most valuable of its kind, last week pur chased Eleanor Quick’s property on the river road midway between Milford and Port Jervis, for a little more than $2,600. His purchase includes the lands along the river, 52 acres in all, and the saw mill property, containing 80 acres. Mrs. Quick retains the house and a few acres on the upper side of the road as long as she lives. —Miybrd Dispatch. —A Russian official now in this country says that another attempt to find Noah’s Ark is about to be made by a company of Russian explorers. After the deluge re corded in Genesis, the ark in which the human race was saved rested upon the mountains of Ararat,one of the two peaks of which is in the Russian territory, and is the great landmark between Russia, Turkey and the Black Sea. The summit is more than 17,000 feet above the sea level, and is constantly covered with snow and ice. Hxty years ago the apex of Great Ararat was visited by an explorer, but Noah’s Ark was not seen, nor has it been seen since then. JACK ALLEN IN THE DUMPS. Tne Sullivan County Murderer Planning an Insanity Dodgre. Jack Allen, the murderer of Mrs. Ulrich, who is confined in the Monticello jail awaiting his trial, which is expected to take place at the next term of court, which begins May 28tb, has experienced another change of heart. For some time past he has professed great interest in religious matters, has gladly received visits from clergymen and others and has professed great friendship for his jailers and much latitude for the kindness with which they nave treated him. Now, however, he will see no one^ is moody and sulky and is angry if any one is allowed to see him. What the fellow’s object is in acting in this way can only be conjectured, but the general belief is that it is part of a carefully thought out plot to Sham insanity in the hope o f escaping the consequences of his crime. — P a KASOLS, PABASOL9, P a BASOXS. not buy any before you have seen tho line that G. Ury is displaying. He is selling them at very reasonable prices. PKIOS THKEE CEECTS SUIT OYER AN OIL FARM CHILDREN WHO DESERTED PA R . ENTS IN THE HOUR OF N E E D . B u t Now, w h en there is Some Valuable Property Found, they are Swarzolns Around Like Rats—They F a ll in their Object, However, tlirough a Sensible Justice. A dispatch from Butler, Pa., says that a famous oil suit has just been ended at Kittanning, after a four days’ trial. The children of Parmer David Burford de serted him in 1878, and in 1879 he and his aged wife gave Franklin Miller a deed for their 86 acres of land, provided he kept them and decently buried them. Mrs. Burford died m 1881 and in 1884 Mr. Burford died, aged 84 years. Soon after oil was discovered on the farm and the Burford heirs promptly en tered suit to eject Miller. During the trial just closed at Kittan ning 28 witnesses were examined. The heirs attempted to prove that David Burford was of unsound mind in 1879, therefore not competent to make a deed. The defense showed that though he was blind and almost deaf his mind was healthy. Judge White instructed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. Over 150,000 barrels of oil have been produced from the old Burford farm, and Franklin Miller has already received $25,- 000 in royalty and the farm yet yields him an income. THE M ISSISSIPPI FLOODS. It is impossible to conceive the misery and suffering of those who have been overwhelmed by the floods. Their exper ience has been frightful, and although, the danger to life is over, they will have to begin anew, almost penniless. In one section of Illinois 250,000 acres of the aest land are under water. The cattle have been drowned, in many cases the house itself has been swept away, children, women and men have died from exposure and exhaustion, and the prospect of a crop is of course gone. These sufferers de serves aid from their more fortunate brethren in the east and as much cash as can be raised. —Hood’s Sarsaparilla is peculiar in i t self and superior to all other preparations in strength, economy and medicinal Hood’s Sarsaparilla is sold by T. R. An- erson, 95 Pike street. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. In order to close up the debts that are due me prior to April 1st, 1888, I re spectfully give such persons notice that their accounts must be settled on or be fore July 15, ’88, after which date the bills will be placed in the hands of an at- No matter whether torney for collection. No matter whether the debt is ten dollars or ten cents, I propose to collect it if possible, and if I in obtaining a judgment I will le of the party and the ■e the name of the party amount due, for sale to the highest bid der. Now don’t get mad and call me hard names, I give you plenty of time to ou have had full pay value for your G borgb L ea , ALL [FOR F IV E CENTS. Commencing next Sunday, May 6th, Moore & Son’s bus will make the follow ing trips between this place and Laurel Grove cemetery on the following new time-table: The stage will leave the !6 at 9,10 and 11. a.m,,2,3,4, 5 and for Laurel Grove, and < postofflee “ 30 p. m. f irning will leave the cemetei itery at 8.80, . 10.30 and 11.30 a. m., and 1.30, 2 30, 4.30 and 7 o’clock p. m. The route will be from Laurel Grove cemetery up Main eettoPike, down Pike street t to the e-table for the present until further notice.—adv. postofflee and thence down Ball stree the Point. This will be the time-table A RARE CHANCE. The house and grounds now occupied by Rev. Dr. Talmage will be for rent from June 1st. For further particulars apply toP. E. Farnum.—ml6dlw. —For a handsome line of cream Jerseys go to G, U^y‘^
