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POUGHKEEPSIE SEMI-WEEKLT EAGLE. MABOH 27, iBPg S^T H E YELLOW L A B E L .^ The date on the yellow label on your paper is supposed to mean the lime to which you have paid. While generally correct, it is not infalliable\; mistakes will occur. If the correction Is not made by the next week after paying, you may take it for granted that we have made a mistake, and we will be obliged if you will drop us a card calling attention to ihatfact,asitisa good deal easier to make the correction then than after it has run along tor a while. Just look at the yellow label now and see If It is correct, and if it should so happen that the time has expired, send us the money necessary to keep it coming along. T he R a il w a y s a k d t h e B k i d g e —Some days ago our people were mystified by a dispatch from Wiimington, followed by another from Philadelphia, stating that a new railroad company had been incorpo rated by the Legislature of Delaware which was to consolidate the Poughkeep sie Bridge and the Hudson Connecting, Poughkeepsie and Connecticut and Hart ford and Connecticut Western Railroads. How a bill passed in Delaware could-con- Bolidale railroads in New York and Con necticut was not exactly clear to any one familiar with legal matters, but as the dispatch came from Philadelphia, the headquarters of the association of capital ists who furnished the money for building the Bridge and railroads, and contained the names of several gentlemen who are well known to be connected with the en terprise, it hftd & gemblaac? oi authority that gave it apparent importance. We have since learned, however, that 1^ was incorrect in several essential particu lars. No consolidation of the railroads and the bridge is contemplated, or ever has been, for the very good reason that the Bridge Company is incorporated under a special charter, and must always remain an independent company, being expressly forbidden even to make an exclusive con tract with any railroad company, or to give one such company preference over another ia the use of its bridge. No new railroad company has been Incorporated in Delaware having any connection with the Bridge, and if the railroad companies desire to consolidate they can do SO with out difiBculty under the laws of this state. The sole foundation for the dispatch is the fact that as the same men are princi pal owners of the Bridge and the railways named, they intend to operate them to gether by means of a business alliance ^'auch as is not uncommon on through lines, thus saving expense of administration and greatly facilitating contracts for transpor tation with: other roads. The new line will be'absolutely neutral, and all rumors that it is to be controlled by the Philadelphia and Reading, or the Pennsylvania R. R., or the Lehigh Val ley, or any company, are untrue. Its re, latioDS are friendly with all these, as we believe them to be also with all others in' coanection with which it is likely to come. The Western terminus will be at Campbell Hall, and the eastern at Hartford and Bpringfield, and these points are J ^ e d be cause there i§ Bo oilier road connecting them, and therefore the line thus far does not come into competition with any in terest whatever, except such\ as compete with the bridge itself. Beyond these points, in both directions, are many roads, having a well established business, and large and varied interests dependent upon them, which the new line does not pro pose to interfere with or antagonize in any manner. So far as they are con cerned the effect is as if the bridge were lengthened out, so as to reach from Camp bell Hall to the Connecticut River, and they are all invited to use it on fair and equal terms. Arrangements for through passenger and freight service are in progress, but it is the intention of the di rectors to get everything in perfect order before they make any special effort to de velop business. We have always been very sanguine as to the prospects of the Bridge line, but the indications now are that Its traffic will exceed all the expecta-’ lions of its friends. No date has yet been fixed for the opening, hut the day is not far distant when all will be in full run ning order. President Harrison is early in his ad ministration called upon to fill a vacancy iu the United States Supreme Court, Hon. Stanley jJlatthewa having died at Washing ton on Friday. He had been sick for some lime, and his death was not un expected. Justice Matthews was born at Cincinnati. Ohio, July 21, 1824. Qradua. ting from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, he entered upon the study of law, and was admitted to the bar. He settled in Tennessee, but remained in that state only a short time, and he returned to his native state, taking an active part in the anti-slavery movement, then assuming shape, In 1851 he became judge of the court of Common Pleas of Hanover Co., and in 1855 was elected to the state senate. In 1857 he was chosen district attorney for the southern district of Ohio, which position he held until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion in 1861, which event changed the current! of many lives. In March of that year, feeling that his country needed his services, he entered the army, receiv ing the commission of Lieutenant-Colonel of the 22d Ohio Regiment, participating in a number of engagements In October of the same year he became Colonel of the 57th Ohio Regiment, and performed good service in the Army of the Cumber land. His army career ended in 180:3, when he became Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. He was Presiden tial elector on the Republican ticket in 1S64, and again 1868. He ran for Congress in 1876,. but was de feated. He was one of the prin cipal counsel on the Republican side before the ^electoral commission iu 1877, Xu that same year Senator John Sherman resigned his seat in thei U. S. Senate, and Mr. Matthews was chosen to fill the vacancy. He was appointed As sociate Justice of the United States S«' prerae Court in 1881. He always stood high in the counsels of the Republican party, and was considered brlllianii. His death at this time will secure a Republi can succession on the Supreme Bench. The last appointment on the Bench was made by President Cleveland in the fourth year of his administration, when he ap pointed L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, who is the only southerner on the Bench, except Hon John M Harlan, of Ken- tacky. It is not at all unlikely that Presi. dent Harrison will have the ap- porluniiy to make two, and possibly three appointments during his administration. Hon. Samuel F. Miller, of Iowa, was made associate justice in 1862 —twenty- seven years ago. He is seventy-three years of age, and has passed the allotted span of human life, and ia the natural course cannot much longer endure. The next oldest in the service is Hon. Stephen J. Field, of California. He was appoint ed in 1863. He is the same age with Mr. Miller. Either or both of these justices are liable to drop out during Mr. Harri son’s administration. Each of these jus tices was eight years the senior of Mr. Matthews when he died. The Democratic majority in Maryland has of late years been growing beautifully less, and it has approached that stage of diminution which makes that State de batable ground between the Republican and Democratic parties. The Democratic majority last year was only 6,182, against 12,416 in 1887 and 11.184 in 1884, and there is reasonable ground for Republican hope that the party may carry the State nest fall. It Is even thought possible to carry the city of Baltimore, through which, at one lime, as is well remembered, loyal regiments on their way to the front had to march with loaded .muskets. From “My Maryland” to “Our Maryland” is quite a change, but its. seems to be com ing. ___________________ yVfaat’s in a name? A white man named Cheek has been arrested in Rorth Caro lina for inducing colored men to emis:rate from that state. He was overtaken by Mial planter at Greensborough at the head of sixty negroes whom he was taking to Mississippi, was arrested and taken back to Raleigh, tried on a charge of enticing away hands on contract t'o work for year, was of course found guilty and in default of bail \|jas lodged in jail. The negroes were left to shift for themselves. Oheek may get out of jail by putting a little brass ia his face. West Virginia is giving us a new \wrinkle” in trial by jury. Justice is having a pretty long holiday down there In the United states Court at Wheeling.- Oh Thursday, a remarkable occurence took place, which showed the impossibili ty of securing a conviction down there on election cases. One Williem Meyers was on trial for voting under age. The jury came iu and said there was no possibility of agreeing. When the court threatened to send the jury back for further delibera tion the foreman said that some of the jury were willing to convict if they knew in advance what the punishment wouia be. The court sharply reproved the jury for this attempt to compromise the case, whereupon the jury retired and in five minutes returned a verdict of not guilty. Here is suggested quite a unique way of disposing of certain cases, and shows the Southern mind to be rich in expedients to circumvent the blind goddess. We have had the Mississippi plan, the Louisiana plan, the Arkansas plan, and various other Southern makeshifts to dispose of trouble some political questions in the easiest and most effectual way, but the West Virginia way of dealing with political offenders is the latest and the most novel. We take off our hats to West Virginia It is eu titled to the cake. Joliet, Illinois, furnishes the latest illus tration of the effectiveness of high license. Seven years ago, with a population of fifteen thousand, and a license fee of twenty-five dollars, the city supported 127 saloons which yielded a revenue of $3 175. The high license law raised the fee to 11,000, and this had the effect of reducing the number of saloons to fifty-five, and the revenue from that source was increased to a sum sufificient to support the police, the firemen, all the city officers, and pay the cost of lighting and cleaning the streets Where is the every-ihing or-noiihiDg Pro hibitionist who will say that nothing has been gained in Joliet by high license? The city now has a population of 30,000, and the inhabitants argue that if high license will produce such good re results as above, higher license ought to bring still better results, both in decreas ing the number of saloons and Increasing the revenue; and they are considering the proposition of raising the fee to |5,000. This they think will reduce the saloons to some fifteen, and be the means of in creasing the total revenue at the same time. Isn't it better, says the N. Y. Tri bune, that the saloons should be heavily taxed for the support of government than that they should go scot free, as they do in so many communities under Prohibi tion laws? The next State holiday is Arbor Day, and it occurs this year on Friday, May third. As yet it is to be especially ob served in schools, and Superintendent Draper has issued a circular offering cer tain suggestions as to the manner of its observance. Thus far the law inslilutlng the holiday may be strictly carried out, because the schools, being public institu tions, are easily to be controlled. In a few years the grounds about school houses will be covered with trees, and the practical effect of the law will be that scholars will become acquainted with the subject, and will grow up to take an interest in forest Culture, a subject which has been too long neglected in this country, especially in eastern communities. This will pave the way for a more general observance of the day, and we hope soon to see communi ties, as such, either by town boards or boards of supervisors, making special pro vision for compliance with the law. The result will be a reclothing of the earth with a new tree growth, especially along the highways, and in such spots of terri tory as are not needed for the growing of crops. We think it ia now generally con ceded that shade exerts a great influence on the moisture, temperature and other phenomena of the atmosphere, and that the destruction of forests at the east has had a damaging effect upon the climate here. The obvious duly therefore is to reclothe the earth so soon as can be with the garment which has been ruthlessly torn off. And this is one of the objects sought through the holiday called Arbor Day. We hope the time is not far distant when its general observance in every State will indicate the public awakening on the subject. About the fifteenth of April Superintendent Draper will publish a pro gramme to be followed out by the schools throughout the State. The scholars will enter into the observance of the day with spirit, and the interest will not decrease as they grow up, and thus the influence of the celebration each year will grow until the sentiment in its favor will become uni versal, We hope to see much good result from Arbor Day. Just so long as the course of true love meets parental opposition just so long will there be clandestine meetings and secret marriages, and the late elopement of the daughter of Chief-Justice Fuller with Mr. Aubery shows that the spirit of resistance to parental restraint when directed against the dearest object in life is not confined to anv parlicular class. Love jaughs at lock smiths no more than it laughs at the judicial ermine of the highest court in the land. In this particular case there was no personal objection to the young gentle man who thus dared to defy the Chief- Justice of the United States and run away with his favorite daughter. He has the reputation of being a young man of good family; he bears an unblemished character and possesses good business ability. The fact that the Chief-Justice has sent his blessing to the couple and invited them to his house shows that the opposition to the marriage on .the part of the Chief Jus tice’s family was not of a nature which rendered impossible a condonement of the young couple's “ offence,” and so every thing ia serene all round, and \all’s well that ends well.” The nomination of “ Corporal” James Tanner to be Commissioner of Pensions to succeed John C. Black, is one eminent ly proper to be made. Mr. Tanner has not only got the qualifications necessary to fill the position, but .he Is so much in sympathy with the country’s creditors— the soldiers,—that there will be no cruel or unnecessary delay in or putting off pensions which are honestly due. The nomination will be generally endorsed and applauded by the Grand Army Tha Albany Medical College celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on Thursday. The same day the alumni association held its sixteenth annual meetiag. The graduating exercises were held in the afternoon, and forty-two new doctors were turned loose upon a suffering community. More Bailroad. Humors. The Boston Journal of Saturday c< n- tained the following: “ Massachusetts railroads will do well to watch the future actions of the capitalists who have invested so many millions in the Poughkeepsie Bridge scheme. About June 1, as the result of their efforts, a new line will be opened direct from the coal regions of Pennsylvania; also, from the Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Lackawanna and Erie roads, to Hartford, and within a few months a direct connection with Springfield will be opened. To stop at these two points for their eastern terminis sim ply means failure for the enterprise Sev eral projects of great importance are like ly to be pushed, as soon as tbe bridge and its immediate conneclions are opened for traffic. One of thoie projects is a new railroad between Hanford and Worcester. The latter city, soon to reach a popula tion of 100,000, is one of the most pro gressive east of the Hudson River. In all probability the route Will take in me rich and populous towns of Leicester, Spencer and East Brook field, then follow the valley from East Brookfield through Sturbridge, Fishdale, Rimfield, Holland, Snawville, Wales, flydeville, Stafford Hollow, Stafford Springs, RocaviUe, to Hartford, Conn., and probably a Connection would be form ed with the large manufacturing towns of Soutbbridge and North Brookfield, it ia claimed that the distance between Worcester and Springfield can be reduced some fifteen miles in com parison with the way via Springfield. Engineers have recently made surveys for still another outlet from Worcester to Bi>s- ton The Hudson scheme is supposed to be in the interest of the Fitchburgh road, while the project last referred to proposes to use the Central Massachusetts; as, start ing from South Sidney, the survey was made via Marlboro and Wesiboro, through Grafton to Worcester.” POLITICAL NOTES. W« predict, that President Harrison’s Cabinet will gain in popular esteem as its members get to working well together.— Mail and Express. A year ago an American humorist nam ed Roger Q. Mills of Texas introduced in congress a Dili proposing to throw down the barriers of Protection in order to per mit Great Brilian to annex the United Stales in a commercial sense. Of course, he was only in fun. Time was hanging heavily on the hands of the House, and so he came to its relief with his side splitting proposal. The Canadian parliament, loo, has a Doesticks, and by a singular coinci dence bis name is Mills Feeling that be owed a duty to the name and the amuse ment of his fellow members, he has intro duced a measure providing for the domin ions’s purchase of New England. If it were not for occasional exhibtions of such Yorickism to relieve the somber average life of legislative bodies, service in them would have to be made compulsory.— Timts. The tone and temper of President Har- risen’s inaugural address are admirable, and the impression of sincerity and mod eration, yet not without clearness of view and vigor of conviction, Is very agreeable. —Harper’s Weekly GENERAL NOTES. Mail is now carried between New York and San Francisco in 113 hours—four days and seventeen hours. Claus Spreckels, the great sugar man, who owns such extensive plantations in the Hawaiian islands, is making important experiments with beet sugar in California It is believed by many that beet growing will soon become one of the chief indus tries of the West and Southwest, unless the result of Mr. Spreckel’s experiments make him over-sanguine. At a recent fashionable wedding in New York the father of the bride wore a broad grin as he walked up the church aisle with his daughter. During the cere mony he chuckled several times and at its close he broke into an unmistakable laugh. As he is a prominent ciiizeu of un impeachable sobriety and is known to have the tenderest regard for his family, and for this daughter in particular, many were somewhat scandalized by such an apparent breach of decorum. At the wed ding reception the good gentleman solved the mystery. He had suddenly remem bered that the last time he had been inside of any church was when he was himself married in that very edifice. Citizenship among any of the five tribes of the Indian nation has a tangible cash value. The Cherokees, of whom there are 20,000 and 25,000, possess 11,000,000 acres of land, worth from $5 to $15 an acre, and have $2,500 000 in the hands of the United Slates government, from which they drew $142,000 a year, besides a rental of $200,000 from the cattle companies. When a surplus accumulates It is divided among the citizens. About half the Cher okees are full-blooded, while the rest are of mixed Scotch and Irish blood, but white men cannot acquire citizenship now by simply marrying a Cherokee woman, as formerly. Sam Houston married a Cherokee: so did John Sevier, and so did numbers of Adamses, Rosses and other leading families of the South. A Suggestion. Theodore B. Timby, pf Washington, D. C., says in the Albany Evening Jour nal that his attention has been called to the justice of some national acknowledg ment to the memory of Capt. John Erics son, for the service he rendered the gov ernment in building the Monitor and other kindred batteries. He would sug gest’ a monument as durable as the hills, erected by what should be a grateful peo ple, to this distinguished engineer. As a private citizen he will contribute $100 to a fund for such a memorial. He would also approve the naming of one of our government iron clads after Capt Erics son. Further, he will contribute $500 to a fund for the erection of a broader ^ud a higher monument to three others, great er heroes of the late war, namely, the H od John F. Winslow, of Poughkeepsie, N Y.; the Hon. C. b. Bushnell, of New Haven, Conn ; and the late Hon. John A. Griswpld, of Troy, N. Y , for their caur- age, patriotism and liberally in pouring out ther millions of gold (at their risk) for the construction of the original Monitor and ©ther kindred vessels in the perilous early days of the rebellion.- Had it not been for these heroes, says Mr. Timby, it ia not likely the Monitor or turret ships of any kind would have ever seen the light of day. He would also suggest the nam ing of turreted ships after these patriots and heroes _____ Don’t Bo It. The Hudson Republican of Saturday gives the text of a proposed bill submitted by the taxpayers’ committee. It creates a non-partisan board of street commissioners to keep she highways of the city in suit able condition, and our Hudson contemp orary calls it, in large letters, “For the city’s welfare.” Now our advise is, Don’t. Before our up-the-river neighbors create a nOD-parlisan board—even one—let them appoint a committee to visit Poughkeep sie to stay here a day Of SO, and WSlCh the operations of our non partisan boards, 80-Called, ot which w e . have several. Whatever you do, don’t make the board non-partisan, unless you want a perpetual dead lock from the very start. We wish our sister city every success in her efforts to improve her streets, but we hope she won't make the mistake at the beginning of appointing a non-partisan board. Olsirvoyaut JBxsnunauona Free. Dr. Butterfield’s next visit to Po keepsie will be at the Morgan House, Thursday, March 28ih, fox one day only, at 10 a.' m. The doctor will give any one suffering from any disease no matter how long standing, a clear, pointed and correct diagnosis of his condition, without asking any questions or having any previous knowledge of the case, point out the cause of your disease, and prescribe remedies appropriate to your cure. We especially ask those to call who are given up by other physicians as incurable, as there is si til hope for-cure, the true cause of the diaeaae is Teached. wStdlO. latest Eeports Strengthen the Bar- lief That She is Lost. MORE WRECKAGE FOUD. A Steamship Picks Up Marked “Oon-’' Post DEFIIITE EEWS LOOSED FOB. N ew Y oek . March 25—The following des- patcli from Boston was received at the New York Maritime exchange this morning:— “Tho steamer Crate City from Savannah re ports that on March 23, at 11.30 A. M., in lati- uide 38 11, longitude 7'G 30, she passed one metrdlio life boat and one lap-streak boat, ihe latter newly painted white. The first three letters of the name on the large boat ;n the same vicinity a sofa an( ity pasi d othen* ‘ 1 furni ture and jointerwork, the latter painted white. The wreckage:age apparently came ’ from a ig in V\’henthe officersrs ot thee excha!hange apparently ■tcamer and had not been long in the water.” received as Strom \\ lien the office ot th exc the above message they regarded it a evidence that the wreckage belonged to the guubviat Conserva, the vessel which had so .mum trouble gettingaway from this port, be cause she was suspected of being intended tor the Haytian insurgents. Superintendent Haughton, of the Maritime •ixcliauge, thought the probability was that '.he Conserva was lost, but he did not wish to exj.u'ess himself as being too certain in the matter until he could obtain further infor mation upon which to base his opinion. For the present he preferred that people.read the .ispatch fr om Boston and make up their own minds in the matter. Assistant Superintendent Y'oung was of the same mind with Mr. Houghton. If the Con- mrva had really gone down' more w-reckage may bo found or she may have been in a sinking condition by some other vessel. It is Vvell known that the Conserva must have been caught in the severe storm Avhich ^wept the Atlantic last week. The published report that the steamer Col orado, which arrived at her pier here yester day, passed steamship wreckage off the Yii- ginian coast and picked up the bodies of two dead sailors which were on a raft is regarded .t.s strongly confirmatory of the suspicion that the Conserva is lost. The life raft had a small steel p ate on which was inscribed, “Captain •Jonaihan Cone, builder, Wilmington, Del.”- It JS hoped that it can be ascertained if the maker ever sold a raft to be put aboard the Conserva. The Conserva, it will be romembored,cleared ror Siiu D o m ingo. A t t h e office o f th e D o m iri- leim consul in this city no information later I ban the message from Boston had been re ceived today. At the office of Kunhardt & Go., the agents who had full charge of the fitting out of the Conserva, a reporter was informed that there were many vessels, the names of .vhich began with “Con.” Therefore, it was aot best to be too hasty in concluding that the Conserva was lost. • ^ Later Mr. Julia, the Dominican consul, ;^aid he did not think the Conserva had met with disaster; “The storm is a heavy one it is true,” said ae, “but the steamer Avas perfectly seaworthy. She had the regalar life rafts aboard, of course, but none such as are described as passed by the Colorado. The description of the steamer in distress sighted by the Plam- oorough does not agree with that of the Con serva at all.” The FO R E IGN MARKETS. T2ie Credit Fancier lists Passed tw o Weelt’s Pressure. L o :^ don , March 25th.—The markets to-day- are quiet ; little or nothing is doing. Advices from abroad are passable; and foreign secur ities are steady. It looks as if the conti- !eut:d houses have all recovered from the effects of the recent crisis in Paris. Tne gen eral effect has been minisized by the joint fforts of bankers and capitalists; only indi vidual speculators are the sufferers. The Credit Foncier, against which there were whispers of weakness last night, passed triumphantly through the tremendous pres sure of the last two weeks, and has come out s;ronger than ever, having gained by the disturbance. The Bauque de Paris has also held its own, although it was somewhat interested in the speculation and felt slightly the collapse. The bank of Franco has not been disturbed by the large advahees it made to save the moneyed institutions, having been amply se cured, so the crisis has passed off • without disaster. ____________ x a E r i t e r s r a d l y b i t t e n . Iv e l l a m a n d H i s S o n K o u t a Coivardly White Cap Band. O nancock , March 25,—A band of White Caps went to the home ot William E . Kellam, near Locustville, Saturday and informed him thaflhey had come to horsewhip him. Without making any oral reply Keilam rushed upon the leader knocked him down. of the gan; Kellam’s sou, wh a short distance from the house, ran up, and together with his father drubbed the regula tors, who finally turned tail and fled as fast as their legs could carry them. Kellam has been in receipt of White Cap notices for the p*hst three weeks. _____________ Losses Ly Fire, P hiladelphia , March 25.—A lira broke out about midnight last night in the fourth story of the building at No. 118 Chestnut street, occupied on the upper floors by E. A. Wright, engraver and printer. The damage, princi pally by wat'ii’, amounts to 83,ooo. The Stocs of J. H. Blohelderf.er, dealer in men’s furnishings, on the first floor, waS slightly damaged by water. 8KOWHEGAN, M6i, March 25.-01d Point hali, with three stores on the first floor. Good Templars’ hall in the third stoiy and one dwelling, were burned at Madison, Me., Sun day. The fire caught in Good Templars’ hall. Insurance on th e building, §2,000; on goods, §4:, 500. Considerable merchandise was saved. Loss not yet known. C incinnati , March 25.-The rectifying ng to the Dodsworth distillery, in the northwestern part of the city, was burned this morning. The firemen suGceetted in saving other parts of the distillery. The loss is estim a ted at §15,000; fully insured. KoCKViLLE, Conn., March 25.—A building occupied by Chauncey T. Chapman as grocery store, was burned last night. $3,000; insurance-, $1,000. ‘ He Broke AIcHonald’s S outh B end ] Ind,, March 25.—A terrific prize fight for a $500 purse took place here yesterday between Jack Burgess, of Boston, who once whipped Lo Blanche, “The Ma rine,” and Tom McDonald, of Elkhart, Ind., and was w(m by Burgees in eight rounds. McDonald’s jaw was broken in the last xound. lu m l Item s. ISTew A d v e r t is e m e n t B , Spectacle notice, Btrlckler & Schwartz. Farm in Pleasant Valley to rent. ^ Flouncings and edgings, Luchey, Platt & Co. To See the Opera. A company of ten ladies and gentlemen came from Rhinebeck on Thursday even ing to wiioees the opera of II Trovatore at the Opera House. They returned on the 12:10 a. m. train. Death of a Former JPoiaghltoepsiaii. Francis J. Albert, a well-known former Foughkeepsian, who conducted a saloon in Garden street for a long time, died at the residence of his daughter in New York on Thursday, in the 85ih year of his age. He was of a kind, genial dis position, and had many friends here. Peter M, Baum’s Case. Mr. Walter^lFarrington, referee in the matter of the charges against Peter M. Baum, will sit again in hearing of the matter at the Court House on Tuesday next. If Baum does not appear, and it is • believed he will not, the referee will re port the situation to the General Term and. ask for further instructions. Mail Agent Appointed. George R Fitcheti has been appointed Railroad Postal Clerk on the N. Y. & Mass. Railroad. The appointment is a good one, and Mr. Fitchett will fill the position, we have no doubt, to the satis faction of all his patrons. It also indicates the fact that Gen. Ketcham is still in Washington. Board ot Trade. An adjourned meeting of the Board o f Trade will be held this evening at its rooms in the Post Office building, for the purpose of meeting the members of the Home Co-operative Savings and Loan As sociation, and discussing the question. What can we do to benefit Poughkeepsie? ^ T h e Board is now fully organized, hav ing its special committees all formed, and in working order, and we hope it will be able to show some results. A Jury Trial. Wm. Fitzgerald was tried before Re corder Borland and a jury on Thursday afternoon on the charge of selling liquor with only a beer license^. He keeps a saloon at No. 64 Dutchess avenue. After the examination of a number of witnesses the case was submitted to the jury, which failed to agree, standing four for convic tion and two for acquittal. To ExtiBguisli Fires Take twenty pounds of common salt and ten pounds of sal ammoniac (muriate af ammonia, to be had of any druggist), and dissolve in seven gallons of water. When dissolved it can be bottled and kept in each room in the house to be used in an emergency. This, according to a con tributor to the Atlanta Constitution, Is the genuine recipe for the solution used in the • hand grenade bottles made to extinguish fires. ______ 1 Memorial Day. Lt.-Colonel John A. Van Keuren, of Hamilton Post No. 20. has been tendered the position of grand marshal of the pa rade on May 30th. ThejMemorial Day committee is as fol- H. E. Murray, chairman; William E, Guerney, vice chairman; J. B. Dixon, treasurer; W. F. Boshart, secretary; G. E. Coutant, assistant secretary; John H,. Ketcham; A. B. Smith, H. E. Loeee, W. R. Woodin, R. K Tuthill, John A. Van Keuren, Derrick Brown, William L. De- Lacey, J. Ransom, L. Lindsley, I. G. Manning; P. H. Whalen, M. Tuill. W. Ackermam _______ At Last. The girl Sarah McCauley, who came ia possession f of^about $3,000 through the death of a relative, has at last succeeded ia getting married, if a certificate of the marriage shown by George Corwin is true. It shows that she married George McCool, of Poughkeepsie, March l8th, in Jersey City, Justice of the Peace W. D. Con nell performing the ceremony, and Joseph F. McCoolery and Timothy Sheenen sign ing as witnesses. Thus did she flit from Charles Hilliker to J. Marshall Elli son, and finally landed in Jersey City with George McCool. On Thursday she gave birth to a child. This is a case that has been before the courts so many times that it is becoming wearisome, and it is to be hoped that this will be the end of it, un less perhaps the authorities may request George Corwin to jise and explain some things needing the sun light of publicity. An Elegant Sign. Some time ago a small gale came sweep ing along Main street, and taking the long sign from over the entrances to Donald, Converse & Maynard’s dry goods estab lishment, at 3 ^ and 335 Main street, dashed it to pieces on the sidewalk. The sign has been replaced by a new one, which was placed in position Thursday after‘n003„and it is the. handsomest and most elegant Ihing of Ihe kind in this city. Like the other, it extends over both entrances to the immense establishment. The name of the firm is in raised gilt let ters, set against a black wire ground work, with just enough ornamentation to relieve the plainness of ,the frame. The work was done by Charles Dougan, and- it cer tainly reflects great credit on his skill as a sign painter, while, it adds to the attract- iYeness of the exterior of th o above well known eatablishifient.
