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« a b l e . A p a r t y of field eng ineers -and s u r v e y o r s wi th h e a d q u a r t e r s in ' ' th i s v i l l age h a s been on t h e ground t h e p a s t week and considerable p r o g r e s s h a s a l r eady been accom-

; PUshed p r e l im ina ry to the ea r ly re­s u m p t i o n of p rac t ica l opera t ions . •The eng inee r s r epo r t t h a t t he com­p l e t e d sec t ions of roads he reabou t s n a v e stood t h e t r y ing condi t ions of t h e p a s t w in t e r wel l and t h a t with Dut s l igh t su r face r e p a i r s in a few

-exposed spots t h e y will be fit for a n y t h i n g . T h e excel lence of these sec t ions of road a t th i s t ime, the per iod of the a n n u a l s p r i n g b reak-up •when t h e frost is going out and the o rd ina ry c o u n t r y road is usua l ly all h u t impassab le for days a t a t ime if a n excel lent demons t r a t ion of the

^prac t ica l advan tages of these state r o a d s and is m a k i n g a good impres­s ion genera l ly which wil l undoubted

—ly-gfve t h e work added impetus .

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'-days, a t h t e . f l a n s ' in'';@ia§v§ik* -Mrs . Etiaaifellf EB«}£& of Pari* ave­

n u e is v is i t ing rejjfcltwea in. T u r i n . D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y - *Per ry G. Wil­

l i ams w a s to O g d e n s b u r g Tuesday . Misa Marce l l a Coll igan of C a r t h ­

age is the g u e s t o f Mies V e r n a Ling. Dr. a n d Mrs . E . C h a r l e s H o u g h o f

Li t t le P a l l s passed S u n d a y in town vis i t ing re la t ives .

Mrs . W. J. Ra l s t en i s pass ing a few days w i t h h e r s i s te r , Mrs . E. Cha r l e s Hough , of Li t t le Fa l l s .

G. H u d s o n Gould of Chase ' s Lake h a s gone on a bus iness t r i p to Green­field, Mass., and s o u t h e r n V e r m o n t

J o h n Dence h a s b roken g round for h i s new res idence on S ta te s t r ee t which will be erected immediate ly .

Miss Mary Kir ley en te r t a ined a t br idge wh i s t Tuesday evening, in honor of Miss Eugenie March of New York.

Mr. and Mrs . J a m e s Miller of W a t e r ' s T e r r a c e had as the i r gues t over E a s t e r Miss El izabeth Rohm of Utica.

Miss E the l M. P i t t s left for h e r home in Nassau Tuesday morn ing . She was accompanied by Dr. E. N. K. Mears .

A r t h u r R. Brooks , who h a s been in the wes t for some mo n t h s pas t h a s r e tu rned to his home in Lowville for the summer .

Car l ton Lang , who has been visit­ing friends in th i s place, h a s r e t u r n ­ed to his s tudies a t t he Utica School of Commerce .

Owen Wil l i ams has leased the George Sa l sbury place on P a r k ave­nue , and will remove his family to it abou t May 15.

Mrs. Floyd S. Van Wormer and t i n s b u r g sect ion which extends from j daugh te r , Anna Laura , of Wate r town, t he s o u t h e r n bounda ry of the cor- i a r e t n e S u e s t s ot M i s s S a r a n M o o r e

Martins- i n S ta te s t ree t . po ra t ion to t he vil lage of burg , w a s in town las t week making j a r r a n g e m e n t s for r e s u m i n g opera- I t ions on th i s piece of road a t the ! ea r l i e s t da t e prac t ica l . He says tha t t h e w o r k will be rushed to comple- j t ion as rap id ly as possible and will probably be finished about the 1st \ t o t h e 15th of Ju ly . I n th i s connec- , t ion it may be s ta ted t h a t so far as comple ted th is sect ion of road is |

Drs . H. Ar thu r Basset and E. N. K. Mears have been in a t t endance a t the meet ing of t he Sta te Medical society a t Albany th is week.

Mrs. Edward Br i t t and chi ldren of Car thage a r e pass ing a few days with her pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Pa t r i ck Smith, of this vil lage.

Mrs. C. Puffer and Sunday School class were very p leasan t ly en te r -

cons idered t he bes t so far c o n s t r u c t - i tained by Miss Blanche Ford at her ed in t he s t a t e .

The section of the road extending from the sou the rn boundary of the vi l lage of Mar t i n sbu rg to the Tur in town line about 200 feet beyond what is local ly known as Sheldon's Cor­n e r s is u n d e r con t rac t to Thomas Shaughnessy & Co., of Albany who a r e m a k i n g p lans to r e s u m e opera­t ions o n ' t h i s division very soon. The i r cons t ruc t ion super in tenden t , Mr. Leonard , who like Mr. Gilday, is an experienced and capable road bui lder , was he re las t week making a r r a n g e m e n t s for q u a r t e r s for a large gang of men who will be employed on the job as soon as condit ions per- , mi t and a r e expected to a r r ive about May 1 when opera t ions on the job '

"will immedia te ly re-commence.

Operat ions upon the o ther section

home Monday evening. Leo Smithl ing, who has been pass ­

ing several days here , r e t u r n e d to Utica to r e sume his course at the Utica School of Commerce .

Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Ph ipp in of W a t e r t o w n were the gues t s over Sunday of Mrs. Phippin ' s pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k C. Kieb, on E lm street .

Miss Ka th leen McGovern, Miss Mary McGrath and Miss Ruth Bos-wor th r e tu rned to Po t sdam Normal to r e sume the i r s tudies Monday af­ternoon.

Mrs. Ka the r ine Dunn r e tu rned re ­cently from Wate r town , where s h e has been the gues t of her b ro the r , E d w a r d Doody, and family for sev­eral days .

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j„ «,* «,«»0J«n«s instituted last weel b ft r e Cr t in rffigg Milton C a r t e r t o i n q i l r p Into the^sah f ty of Ar l ing ton H B v s * t pseudo-phy­s ic ian } r i d ingl n 1 l n e w i t h o u t a licen nd •E-wo ,al o the r things,'' and f p r * i o n e n mh« t , i a t onflned i n t h e Lewis co i t \ j i f t -n a t i n g txjal on indjctment&sfor H*,un>, p e r j u r y a n d v i o l a t l b n f P f th L i u b l t e h e a l t h l aws , t h e coniuffl|lion fcontposed0£ i t e s . C. P. m r l e y t y p ml I I S o n Zlerolshofen and C. E .^Db s ' »^ appo in t ed u n d e r t he S ta tu te t J p x i m i n e Basse t t , a d ­judged t h e U t t | r s 4 n s a n e , t he s e v e r a l phys ic ians unapf t fbusly concu r r i ng in t h i s o p t o l o t e s ' T h e examina t ion w a s t a k e n l a s t ; S a t u r d a y and Monday. At i t s conclus ion^ Basse t t ' s insan i ty w a s complete ly es tabl ished. H e will be commit ted a t .-once to the s t a t e a sy lum a t Mat teawan for t he de ten­t ion of t he c r imina l insane . Dis t r ic t At to rney P e r r y G. Wil l iams, r e p r e ­sen t ing the people, appeared before t he commission, a s did also At torney Wil l iam H. Hi l t s , counsel for Basse t t .

CHARGED W I T H ASSAULT EST T H E SECOND D E G R E E .

SUPERVISORS AND COMMISSION-E E S COMPLY W I T H LAW.

of road begun in th is county last P a r k avenue has been leased by Mrs. s u m m e r be tween he r e and the town ' w'- H - Morr ison, who wil l remove to

-of H a r r i s b u r g , and k n o w n as the t h e s a m e s o o n - M r s - Morr i son ' s s is-Lowvil le-Copenhagen road, will also ' t e r - M r s - Char les Moore, and son, b e resumed a t an ear ly date. The F a ^ Moore, who recen t ly removed to c o n t r a c t for th is section of road is , ihis vi l lage, will reside wi th her. in the hands of J a m e s D. Casey of j Roches te r . Mr. Casey, who gained ! B i r thday R e m e m b r a n c e . m a n y fr iends and much—gepafctr t ty-j—Frgglreem%-8^tais~vfHage"was"fcfae-h e r e l a s t s u m m e r by his unfai l ing j rec ipient of over 100 handsome a n d genia l i ty and p rompt bus iness meth- ; app rop r i a t e post ca rds Tuesday sen t ods, i s expected to a r r ive he r e in a ; h im by his many fr iends and re la -few day3 when p repa ra t ions will be - j t ives, the occasion being his 68th g in immedia te ly t o ru sh the work of b i r thday ann ive r sa ry . Mr. Bence cons t ruc t ion as rapidly as possible, wishes to convey his t h a n k s and ap-a n d it is expected t h a t th is port ion of road will be l ikewise completed ea r ly th is summer .

LOWVILLE A fVUNiNG CENTS

P L A N S FORMULATING P O R EARLY OPERATION O F DUNES.

Wi th in t h e ^ e x t Six ty Days I t I s Expec ted t o Begin Active Work— Loca l Res iden t s Are Deeply In ter* es ted in P r o j e c t s .

Much act ivi ty i s mani fes t t he se nays a m o n g those in te res ted i n t h e gold m i n i n g pro jec t s t h a t h a v e ag i ­t a t ed th i s local i ty for a . c o u p l e of years pas t . N u m e r o u s p r o m o t e r s of t h e scheme for ex t r ac t ing t h e prec ious me ta l from the aur i fe rous sands and the l imes tone fo rma t ions p reva len t in th i s vicinity a r e m u c h in evidence in Lowvil le and al l abou t t h e county j u s t now. One g r o u p h a s es tabl ish­ed h e a d q u a r t e r s and h a s i t s offices a t the Windsor hotel . Others occupy rooms a t The Ba teman and p l ans a r e being m a t u r e d for t he ear ly es tab­l i shment a n d prac t ica l w o r k i n g of a comple te ope ra t ing p lan t in th is vil-lagey Meanwhilej p ro jec tors of t he en te rp r i se a r e busi ly engaged about the county in t he acqu i r emen t of min­ing r igh t s from the f a rmer s and l andowner s of th is section. Many of the l a t t e r have a l r eady executed con­t r ac t s conveying the r igh t s of q u a r r y ­ing s tone and ope ra t ing on the i r premises . These con t rac t s a r e bona fide a r t i c les giving to t he owner of t he land a fair compensa t ion for t he r igh t to en t e r and occupy his p rop­e r ty and a fur ther s t a ted pr ice for every cubic yard of ma te r i a l excavat­ed or mined. Nor is t he re any th ing in these con t rac t s so far as appea r s t h a t can ope ra t e to the d i sadvan tage j of the lessor . At leas t two prom- j inent a t to rneys of this vi l lage, who < are a lso owners of fa rms nearby , a re j said to have executed s imi lar con­t r ac t s cover ing the i r p rope r ty so it is evident t ha t t h e a g r e e m e n t s con­tain no th ing de t r imen ta l to t h e own­e r s of t he land. Much money is be­ing invested in the en te rp r i se by tho3e engaged in it and one of the men la rge ly in te res ted in t he projec t is quoted as hav ing said a t T h e Bate­man the o the r day t h a t t he re would be decisive deve lopments in the bus i ­ness he re soon anad t h a t t he en t i re project would e i ther be abandoned or would be pu t upon a prac t ica l work ing bas i s and opera t ions for

min ing and mil l ing the product o n a ' concur red in by Supervisors Gregg, ; he pursued his mother outside and cons iderable sca le be begun within ] j 0 n a s a n d L o o m i s , which proposed i a t t acked h e r bruta l ly , t he next sixty days . , t-m , fol lowing appor t ionment of t he

ANNOUNCEMENT MADE AT BRIDGE W H I S T PARTY.

Announcement of the engagement of Van Rensse lae r L. Wate r s , jr., and Miss Nina Sear l of th is place was made Monday evening, the occasion being a br idge whis t given by Miss Eugenie March at the home of he r s is ter , Mrs. MacGregor A. Phi l l ips , on W a t e r s T e r r a c e . Mr. W a t e r s is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Van R e n n e -laer L. W a t e r s and Miss Sear l is a daugh t e r of Mr. and Mrs. Le land B. Searl . T h e families a r e socially p rominen t and a m o n g the older ones of this county and the n a m e s have long been well known in i ts anna l s . Both the young people a r e popu la r wi th a hos t of fr iends who wil l join 4B-££teB&iBg-4&eit-feeOTty~G0B€Hrtula-t ions and fel ici tat ions. The da te of

A F a i r and Equa l DiTision—Super­visors P a s s Resolution Pe t i t ion ing F o r the Construct ion of New Sta te Roads .

The board of supervisors and the two school commiss ioners of t he county met in t h e supervisors rooms at the cour t house in this vi l lage Tuesday morn ing as a body to divide the county into four school supe r ­visory d is t r ic t s in compliance wi th the provis ions of the educat ional law. H e n r y E. Chicker ing of Copenhagen

S t a r t e d a , D i s t u r b a n c e a t H o m e of H i s Mother L a s t Sa tu rday—A Bad Case of " B r a i n S t o r m a n d Squ i r r e l Whiskey . T h e case of J o h n Dicob, w h o w a s

a r r e s t e d in th i s v i l lage by Sheriff Donnel ly l a s t S a t u r d a y af ternoon for s m a s h i n g t h e fu rn i tu re a n d k ick ing u p a genera l d i s tu rbance d u r i n g a d r u n k e n frenzy a t t he home of h i s m o t h e r o n R u r a l avenue , c a m e u p on a second h e a r i n g before Jus t i ce W. E. Egle ton Wednesday mbrn ing . Dicob w a s first a r r a igned l a s t Mon­day m o r n i n g upon a c h a r g e of a s sau l t in t he second degree lodged by h i s mothe r , w h o m he had a t tacked in his i n sane rage . He was t h e n advised of h i s r igh t s to counsel a n d r e m a n d ­ed to t h e cus tody of t h e sheriff upon a n ad jou rnmen t to Wednesday m o r n ­ing a t 10 o'clock, a t which t ime he w a s r e - a r r a igned . He aga in a p ­peared wi thout counsel and upon waiving examina t ion was held to a p ­pear before the g rand jury . Bai l was fixed in t he s u m of $500 and th i s not being furnished t he cu lpr i t was r e ­commit ted to the jai l . The offenae charged is a cr iminal one and Dis t r ic t At to rney P e r r y G. Wil l iams appea r ­ed in t he prosecut ion .

Dicob, though a m a r r i e d man and the fa ther of severa l smal l chi ldren, one of whom is cared for by his mother here , h a s no t lived wi th his family for some t ime pas t and h a s l a t t e r ly been employed on the farm of J a m e s Cannan as a fa rmhand .

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I - P a y E a s e s . A decis ion In favor of t h e de lend-

-ant v i l l age ^ ^ e f t c t i o a of t h e ~p,eantjr - -^S^^'pl^te^- ^ c o i n p ^ :

a g a i n s t < ^ w y l l I g g e y o f JLy(jns_ Pa l l s^ tq r e s t r a i n "the l a t t e r f rom co l lec t ing a

^tax' levied a g a i n s t plaintiff for - con ­s t ruc t i on and maintehMjtie of d e -tendaht's mun ic ipa l worker isystem h a s been h a n d e d d d w n by S u p r e m e C o u r t J u s t i c e t>evehdorf of H e r k i ­m e r : T h e act ion w a s t r i ed a t t h e spec ia l t e r m of t h e s u p r e m e cour t , he ld in Lowvil le l a s t September . T h e plaintiff ' c la imed exempt ion from such t a x a t i o n o n the g round of t he munic ipa l w a t e r w o r k s sys tem being a compet i to r of t h e plaintiff. Jus t ice Devendorf holds t h a t t h e plaintiff is l iable- for such t ax , and o rde r s the compla in t d ismissed on the mer i t s w i th cos ts . T h e decision is t h e re­su l t of iong l i t igat ion be tween t he par t i e s . P roceed ings were commenc­ed in t h e fall of 1908 by the vi l lage of Lyons F a l l s for t h e collect ion of a t ax upon t he Beau ty Spr ing W a t e r company, imposed for t he cons t ruc ­t ion and ma in t enance of t he munic i ­pal wa t e r works sys tem. The ma t ­t e r went to t he cour t of appea ls and t h a t cou r t holding t h a t if the plain­tiff had any remedy as to the im­posit ion of such tax , it was in a court of equity. T h e decision jus t handed down is in the r e s u l t a n t equi ty ac ­tion. H a r r y W. Cox was a t torney for the vi l lage of Lyons Fa l l s , and C. S. Mereness , jr., for the Beauty Spr ings W a t e r company.

FORMER PORT LEYDEN MAN DIES SUDDENLY.

F r a n k W. Hyer Jokingly Predic ted His Dea th Which Came Soon After.

F r a n k W. H y e r died a t his home in He came to th i s vil lage Sa tu rday , Ca r thage about 1 o'clock las t F r i -

m o r n i n g wi th some money and a laudable ambi t ion to get drunk , which ambit ion and himself he fulfilled s imul taneously . He t h e n proceeded to the home of his mother on w h a t is

day morn ing . Death resul ted from apoplexy. Mr. Hyer had but a few hour s previously jes t ing ly predicted his dea th upon the occasion of the visi t of a physician to his house to

Wind and wea the r took a p r o m i ­nen t p a r t in t he E a s t e r pa rade .

* • • • The social season of t he boa rd of

superv isors in th i s vi l lage th i s week proved a g r e a t success a s usua l . T h e county Solons a r e decidedly a bunch of good fellowB and they have a r igh t good t i m e every t ime they get t o ­ge ther . Somehow too, they a lways find t ime to do wha tever of the coun­ty 's bus iness comes before them to be done. P e r h a p s the busies t m a n of all is the jovial d i spenser of exuber ­an t hospi ta l i ty and good cheer w h o a p p e a r s on the rol ls aa clerk.

* * * • The vi l lage au thor i t i es a r e t o be

commended for the i r p romptness in having the s t ree t s tidied up and the accumula t ions of the win te r c leared away. The gangs of men at work about the corporat ion for several days pas t unde r the supervis ion of St ree t Commiss ioner Moren - have accom­plished wonders and t h e vi l lage is rapidly acqu i r ing an aspect of im-macu la t enes s of which its ci t izens may well be proud.

* • * * T h e division of the county into

school superv i sory dis t r ic ts as a l ­lot ted this week by the board of

officially des ignated as R u r a l avenue was made cha i rman . Mr. Chicker ing j bu t more popula r ly known as Valley appointed Hon. Rober t E. Gregg of i s t reet , decidedly "in l iquor" and a night . At this t ime Mr. Hyer jok-Pinckney , Clark S. Loomis of Leyden, | f rame of mind to " s t a r t someth ing ." ] ingly r emarked to the doctor tha t he Ches ter A. Lonas of Greig, and the , He succeeded beyond his fondest ex- ; supposed he was l iable to die him-two commiss ioners , H a r r y J. H e n r y | pectatidns. . E n t e r i n g t he house he j self. The words came t rue much of Copenhagen and Daniel J. O'Brien j engaged in a violent qua r r e l with his \ sooner than he had expected. The ' a t poli t ical ge r rymande r ing or quib-

a t tend his mother , for whom one was I superv i sors and school commiss ioners called d u r i n g preceding Wednesday : ac t ing toge ther in compliance with

tfie educat ion law is an eminent ly fair and logical appor t ionment and does credi t to those having it in charge . T h a t t h e r e was no a t t empt

of Po r t Leyden a commit tee to draft i mothe r and dr iv ing he r into t h e s t reet a t en ta t ive plan for appor t ionment to j demolished considerable of the furni-be submit ted to t he body. Th i s com- , t u r e and t h r e w the wreckage th rough mi t tee r e tu rned a major i ty repor t , i the windows. Not satisfied with th is

physician had left the house but a shor t t ime when Mr. Hyer was s t r icken . He immediate ly lapsed into unconsc iousness , from which he never emerged, the seizure proving fatal wi th in about 48 hours .

b l ing over detai ls was also to the i r credit .

La rge Gradua t ing Class. The g radua t ing class at t he Low­

ville Academy is unusua l ly la rge this

the wedding is no t yet annaunced . Those enjoying the favor of Miss

March ' s hospi ta l i ty w e r e : Miss Nina Sear l , Mrs. Leroy W. A r t h u r , Miss Helen Fowler , Miss Cora Fowler ,

precia t ion to his fr iends for the i r I Miss H o r t e n s e Fowler , Miss Marga re t

county into the several supervisory d i s t r i c t s :

1st d i s t r ic t : Croghan, Diana, New Bremen and Wat son ; 2nd d is t r ic t : Denmark , Ha r r i sbu rg , Montague, Lowville and Pinckney; 3d d i s t r i c t : Greig, Mar t insburg , Lyonsdale and T u r i n ; 4th d is t r ic t : H i g h m a r k e t , Lewis, Leyden, Osceola and Wes t Tur in .

A minor i ty r epor t was submit ted by Commiss ioners O'Brien and H e n r y favoring a s imi lar division of the first two dis t r ic ts but t r anspos ing Leyden and Lyonsdale in the 3d and 4th d is t r ic ts .

The major i ty repor t however was a d o p t e d by the meet ing and the divi­s ion is m a d e upon; na tu r a l t e r r i t o r i a l condi t ions a n d accord ing t o t he con­t igui ty of the''-IjiSeraT t o w n s and is probably a s fa i r ;«Bd equal a s any tha t could have befce. devised. The r iver divides the d is t r ic t s no r th and south and the two dis t r ic ts on ei ther

At th i s j u n c t u r e Phi l ip Fl int , a neighbor , interfered and a t t empted to r e s t r a in Dicob, a t which the la t te r t u rned upon him furiously. In the ; a n u m b e r of years but for the last following melee F l in t ' s ank le was i two years had conducted a saloon on kicked or became twis ted in such a j Sta te s t reet . He is survived by his m a n n e r tha t both bones were broken ; mother , Mrs. Sa rah H y e r ; one sister ,

Mr. Hye r came to Ca r thage from j year, twenty-five of t he s tuden t s ex-P o r t Leyden about ten years ago. He pect ing to receive honors . Those en-was employed in the paper mills for I tered in the class are as follows:

j Academic : W. Ear l Archer , S tan-

and the now thorough ly infuriated Dicob a t t acked the p r o s t r a t e man viciously and might have much more ser ious ly injured him had it not been for Amazonian in tervent ion re- in-forced by a goodly s take . The s t ake coming into con tac t with Dicob's head wi th cons iderable force qui te d iss ipated t h e ba t t l e ins t inc t tem­porar i ly a t leas t and before the red lus t could become p redominan t again Sheriff Donnel ly , who had been has t ­ily summoned , a r r ived a t the sea t of host i l i t ies sho r t of b r e a t h bu t ready for ac t ion and cap tu red t he bel l iger­e n t By t h e t ime t h e sheriff could a r r ive t he en t i re ne ighborhood had become more or less embroi led in the fracas and Dicob, who is somewha t

I Mrs. Hersey Thor ton of Wate r town, and a bro ther , John Hyer , of Mon­t rea l .

SUPERVISOR MURPHY GIYEN POST CARD SHOWER.

J o h n P . Murphy of H a r r i s b r u g r e ­cent ly had new reason to felicitate himself upon t he mani fes t in teres t and n u m b e r of h is friends. Eas t e r Sunday was Mr. Murphy ' s b i r t hday a n n i v e r s a r y and in recogni t ion of th i s event he was t he m u c h pleased r e ­cipient of over 100 h a n d s o m e post ca rds sen t h im by his f r iends in r e ­m e m b r a n c e of the occasion and tes t i ­fying to the w a r m rega rd and esteem in which he is held by them. He

ton D. Austin, Ear l B. Bar re t t , S tewar t Glenn, Ger t rude Hough, Ethel Loiselle, Harold Lewis, Ger­t rude McGrath, Mabel Milks, Beulah Mider, Myron McOmber, Merle Puf­fer, Clara Ross, Madeline Rieffan-nacht , Dorothy C. K. Snyder, Chr i s ­t ina Virkler .

College A r t s : Dorothy A r t h u r , E the l Breen, Wi lhe lmina L. Dekin, Alice Hal l , Wil l iam Manville J o h n ­son.

College Science: F a r n a m J. Bow-en, Ethe l Brownel l , H a r r y Holt , May Welch.

Grange P r o g r a m . The following p r o g r a m is a r r a n g e d

for t he r e g u l a r mee t ing of the Low­ville Grange , P. of H., t o m o r r o w : "How do cows compare wi th sheep

thoughtful k indness .

C E L E B R A T E T H E I R F O R T I E T H ANNIVERSARY.

Odd Fel lows Dance. The danc ing pa r ty given by Low­

ville Lodge, No. 759, I. O. O. F., last Mr. and Mrs. Wil l iam H. Rich of Monday evening was la rge ly a t t end-

S t e w a r t s t ree t were given a p leasant ed by member s of the f ra te rn i ty and s u r p r i s e by members of the i r family the i r fr iends who were fo r tuna te l a s t Wednesday evening, the occa- enough to receive invi ta t ions . Ex-s i o n being the for t ie th ann ive r sa ry cel lent music was furnished for the of their mar i r age . All the i r chi ldren ; danc ing and an enjoyable evening were p resen t and a delightful even- j w a-s passed by those present . i n g was passed by the uni ted family. '

prac t icable . j This division as confirmed gives , the Democra t s a major i ty on the ! boards of t he school d i rec to rs as ! elected a t t he las t election in the i first and the four th d is t r ic t s respec-

The gues t s were served wi th a de- | t i v e , w W ) e t h e Republ icans have lightful luncheon, dur ing which the ; c o n t r o , i n t h e s e c o n d a n d t h i r d d i s . announcemen t was made , and the event was one of marked social sue-

_ _ _ . _ _ _ S8.vs his on© 1*0 e r s t "W8.S t.LTS.'fc YIG • s i d T a r V a s nea r ly e q u a l " i n " a r e a ~ a s ! given to b r a in - s to rms , had manifes t - I c o u l ( J n o t m e e t a„ t h e g e n d e r 8 p e r . ! f inancial ly?" genera l d iscuss ,on .

Boshar t , Miss K a t h e r i n e Boshar t , Miss Mary Gleason, Miss E the l Wat ­ers, Miss Vera L. Bush and Miss Olive March.

ly succeeded in ge t t ing up more of ] gonally""" " " """ ~~ "^ I " W h a t can be done to improve t h e a flurry than the snow squal l had oc- j qual i ty of milk from a san i t a ry cur red M r - Murphy is the p resen t supe r -} p o m t ? " L H. B o s h a r t and Elijah'

' v isor from the town of H a r r i s b u r g j s t r a d e r . Reci ta t ion by Char les M. C-VRNEGIE MEDAL (?) | a n d w a s former ly sheriff of th is ! Basset t .

county. His repeated elect ion to of- | fice on the Democra t ic t i cke t in th is P a s t o r Visits Nat ion 's CapitoL s t rongly Republ ican county is ample

FOR HARRISVILLE HERO.

cess.

Mr. and Mrs. Rich were presented by the i r chi ldren and g randch i ld ren wi th a handsome clock in memory of the event. A bountiful supper was

MISS GERTRUDE M. DEAN IS TENDERED SURPRISE.

The ann ive r sa ry of Miss Ger t rude

served. Those p resen t were Mr. and suffered some years ago, has recent -Mrs. G. H a r r y Rich and son J a m e s ! ly been s t r icken aga in and his con-

Local Res iden t Ser iously IIL Thaddeus Sutphen of th is place, ; M - D e a n ot Dayan s t r ee t w a s made

who for a long t ime has been in ill j * e occasion of a delightful su rp r i se hea l th as a -consequence of shock ! g l v e n h e r h? a n u m b e r of her fr iends

' last evening. A da in ty luncheon b rough t by Miss Dean ' s vis i t ing

of Wate r town, Mr. and Mrs. Duet t R o h r of Deer River, Mr. and Mrs. H e n r y C. Rich, Miss Mabel Rich and Char les Rich of th i s place.

dit ion is now very ser ious .

T H E STAGE.

"Dr . Jeky l l and Mr. Hyde . " One of the most th r i l l ing plays and

a t the same t ime the mos t in te res t ­ing and amus ing is "Dr. Jekyl l and Mr. Hyde," which will in t roduce the of Miss Cora Morr is of

Silver and Gold Medal Contests. Silver and Gold Medal prize speak­

ing contes ts will be held Wednesday evening, May 3, and F r iday evening, May 5, respect ively, a t tbje Methodist Episcopal church in this vil lage un­der the auspices of the Woman ' s Chi rs t ian T e m p e r a n c e Union. The contes ts will be u n d e r the direct ion

th i s place,

fr iends was served and a p leasan t social evening passed by all . As a m a r k of the i r apprec ia t ion and es­teem and as a r e m e m b r a n c e of the occasion, Miss Dean ' s fr iends p r e ­sented he r wi th a handsomely bound volume of Kipl ing.

e m i n e n t Engl i sh actor, Edward i w h o is supe r in t enden t of t he medal W a l d m a n n and his company in the above play a t the opera house, Tues ­day n ight , Apri l 25., where Mr. Wald­m a n n has been selected as the spec­ial a t t rac t ion . Al though he has ap­peared in all the g r e a t Shakespearean plays , Mr. W a l d m a n n ' s g r ea t e s t suc-

contes ts of t he society. These con­tes t s a r e given by the organiza t ion to p romote and d i s semina te the ideals and sen t iments to which it is devoted and pa r t i cu la r ly to encourage these in the young people. On Wednesday evening a si lver medal will be a w a r d -

cess , especial ly in the l a rge cities, I ed to the successful con tes tan t and h a s been a t t a ined in the i n t e r p r e t a - j a gold one will be s imi la r ly awarded t ion of t he dua l ro le of the th r i l l ing F r i d a y evening. d rama , "Dr. Jekyl l and Mr. Hyde . " !

E n c h e r P a r t y . The eucher p a r t y given by mem­

bers of the choir of St. Pe te r ' s chu rch Tuesday evening a t Windsor hal l , for t he benefit of t he church , proved a very enjoyable affair. Nine­t een t ab les of p rogress ive eucher w e r e played, t h e favors be ing award ­ed t o Mrs . J o h n Dence and Carl Niebergal l .

" I n a P e r s i a n Garden . " Paul ine Clarke Birrkley, r e p r e s e n t ­

i n g t h e E d w a r d El l io t t Concer t Di­rec t ion of Utica, wil l b e in Lowvil le in a few days t o m a k e a canvass for t h e sale of t icke ts for t he p r e sen t a ­t ion of the beautiful song-cycle en­t i t led " i n a Pers ion Garden ." The w o r d s of th i s w o r k a r e selected from t h e Ruba iya t of O m a r K h a y y a m and t h e musica l s e t t i ng is by Liza Leh-m a n n . A p r o g r a m m e of misce l lan­e o u s select ions by t h e qu in t e t com­posed of May Cox, s o p r a n o ; F l o r en ce Debbold, c o n t r a l t o ; E v e r a r d CaA-t h r o p , t e n o r ; H a r r y Rowley, ba r i ­t one , and E d w a r d El l iot t , p ian is t , wil l p r e c e d e t he " P e r s i a n Garden . " Th i s wHl be a r a r e t r e a t a n d shou ld mee t w i t h gene rous s u p p o r t f rom ou r cit­i z e n s .

OTIE CASE REPORTED IK COUKTY COURT.

The calendar of county court, which - convenes here Monday, April 24, con­

tains out one case, namely the People -„_ iMC&Ute State of New York vs. Frank-

'•'?>.^. *% & Jaycox, indicted for burglary yjn83fe^ third degree, after conviction «f felony and grand larceny, second

"•';o,tf*»te5—A good girl for general toiise^jlfc Ss.fuira.o2 Elm. Efr S. K. a£Mrel2,'-C0JllEa-SirS£4, LowsiHs.

Death of Mrs. Elmer Stanford. Mrs. E l m e r Stanford, whose maiden

n a m e w a s Alice M. Gaylord, died a t h e r h o m e in W e s t Lowvil le Monday morn ing . Mrs . S tanford w a s 43 y e a r s of age and is surv ived by h e r husband . F u n e r a l serv ices w e r e held Wednesday a t 1 o 'clock from h e r l a t e home.

R u m m a g e a n d Food Sa le . T h e ladies of t h e Amer i can W o ­

m a n ' s l e a g u e wi l l hold a r u m m a g e a n d b a k e d food s a l e in t h e B o s h a r t b lock n e a r t h e depot , F r i d a y a n d Sa t ­u r d a y of t h i s week. A n y dona t ion wi l l b e thankfu l ly received by t h e

for t h i s s a l e .

Mrs. J o h n P o r t e r Improv ing . Mrs. J ohn P o r t e r of th is vil lage,

who severa l mon ths ago suffered an unusua l ly bad f rac tu re of t he thigh, and who for a n u m b e r of weeks past has been in a hospi ta l in Brooklyn undergo ing t r e a t m e n t for the injury, is m u c h improved. Mr3. P o r t e r ' s in­j u r y w a s of a ve ry complicated n a ­t u r e and for a t ime it was grea t ly feared she would neve r rega in the use of t he in jured member . She is now, however , ab le to walk about qui te freely a n d is expected h o m e about t h e first of the coming month . I t is expected t h a t she will be qui te res tored to t h e use of h e r l imbs.

i t r ic t s . When t he bus iness of dividing the

county in to supervisory d is t r ic t s was completed, and this be ing all the bus iness t h a t was t o come before the meet ing, the session was adjourned without day.

Wednesday morn ing the super ­visors convened as a board of super ­visors for the t r ansac t ion of r e g u l a r bus iness . The only m a t t e r s to come before t he board were in re la t ion to the cons t ruc t ion of s t a t e roads . A resolut ion introduced by Mr. Chick-

Ex-Superv i so r Aust in H a r r i s warded F o r Bravery .

A Har r i sv i l l e Cor responden t wr i t e s : A. G. H a r r i s , jr., is t he first to r e ­ceive a r e w a r d for b rave ry dur ing the recen t fire he re . Mr. H a r r i s h a s received a good sized medal with the p ic ture of Pikes Peak on .one side and t h e inscr ipt ion "To the Braves t " on the other . Toge ther with the medal came a le t te r with Andrew Carnegie ' s superscr ip t ion commending Mr. H a r r i s for h is b rave action in r e scu ing Jay C. Bardo ' s typewr i t e r from the flames. The

***" , t e s t imony to his persona l popular - ! i ity and fitness. j

HORSE F R I G H T E N E D BY AUTOMOBILE.

Mrs.

e r i ng of Denmark providing for the w o r d " t ypewr i t e r " is somet imes used bui ld ing of a h ighway from the n o r t h - ] svnonymously wi th " s t enographe r , " e m line of the town of H a r r i s b u r g to h e n c e t h e deception. Still is it ba re -the Jefferson county l ine was adopt- l y p o s S i b l e t h a t Mr. Ba rdo prefers ed by t he board. Mr. O'Brien of New j t n e former word as a m e a n s of avoid-Bremen then int roduced a resolut ion ; j n g family t roubles .

R e \ . Les ter G. Simon, pas to r of t he Bapt i s t church , is p a s s i n g selverai

! days with friends in Poughkeeps ie ! and will l a t e r go on to Wash in tgon , j D. C , where he will join Mrs. Simon, ' who is visi t ing he r s i s te r in the I capitol city. His pulpi t will be oc-

Rogers Suffered Severe Cuts j c u p { e d nex t Sunday by Rev. E d m u n d s ! and Bru i ses . I Belfort, a na t ive Brazi l ian , and a ; An un fo r tuna t e acc ident involving ! s tuden t at Hami l ton college. In t he I painful injur ies to one of t he vict ims j evening Mr. Belfort will del iver an

occur red be tween th is vi l lage and i address conce rn ing his na t ive coun-Mar t i n sbu rg Wednesday af ternoon. : t r y and dea l ing pa r t i cu la r ly wi th r e -As Miller G. Sherwood and p a r t y of, ligious condi t ions t he re e x i s t e n t th is p lace were enjoying a r ide in i opufTAT X f t T r n ? his recen t ly purchased a u t o m o b i l e ! s r J U i A r . m u i i i - r , . dr iven by I r a D. Gallup, they were | Notice is hereby given tha t un less met by t he ca r r i age of Char les H a r - I the r id ing of bicycles, t r icycles , r i son con ta in ing Mrs. Ha r r i son , Mrs. j velocipedes and coas t ing ca rds on t he Chauncey Rogers and a dr iver , a lso j s idewalks in the vi l lage of Lowvil le , of th is vi l lage. The hor se appea r ing j N. Y., i3 stopped, t he o rd inance p r o -

pet i t ioning for the cons t ruc t ion of a s ta te road between the vi l lages of Croghan and Beaver Fa l l s . Th i s w a s also adopted. The board ad­journed late in the af ternoon.

MATRIMONIAL.

Church Notes . R'jv. Thomas S. Ki l ty of Clark s

Mills will conduc t services a t Tr in i ty church , th i s vi l lage, Sunday, Apri l 23.

A th imble p a r t y was held for the benefit of the P r e s b y t e r i a n Mission­a r y society in t h e chapel Wednesday af ternoon. T h e affair w a s la rge ly a t tended by t h e ladies and a social t ime enjoyed by al l . L igh t re f resh­m e n t s w e r e served.

Dr. King Changes Location. Dr. Leroy W. King has leased the

office fn the Black River National Bank building, formerly occupied by Attorney Jay C. Bardo, end vAU re­move to that taeatien'.Ua? i* o*

THE DELTA GAMMAS WELL ENTERTAIN.

The young ladies of the Delta Gamma sorority give a euchre and dancing party at Virkler hall this evening. This society has enter­tained at similar functions previous­ly the past season, the young ladies proving themselves charming host­esses, and a very enjoyable social af­fair is generally anticipated.

The principal part of every man should be principle.

HIGH GRADE BUILDING MA­TERIAL.

Large stock 18 in. and* 16 in. Cedar Sbinglea, lath, brick, Hme, Portland eewent, plaster board, Amatite fcoo#» ingV prepared plaster, drain tile, ^SL ?§?£J!H fltttogs to all sizes. aEISft ARTHUR GRAIN & C0AI, <30„

PHELPS-GAYNOR. The m a r r i a g e of Gerald Phe ips of

Glenfield and Miss *Jul ia Gaynor of E a s t Mar t in sbu rg w a s ce lebra ted a t the parochia l res idence on Church s t r ee t Wednesday m o r n i n g a t 9 o'clock, Rev. F a t h e r George L. Mur­r a y officiating. T h e br ide and groom w e r e a t tended by Miss Cissy Loftus and E u g e n e Gaynor. A

To Germany to Wed. H. N o r t h a m Habere r , head of the

H a b e r e r F u r n i t u r e . Manufac tu r ing company of th i s vi l lage, left Tuesday evening for New York, f rom which p lace h e sai led T h u r s d a y for Ger­many . Wednesday , May 3, h e wil l un i t e in m a r r i a g e .wi th MiSB Mar-g a r e t a K u n i g e e n d e Tobi , of Zwei-b rucken , d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs . Adam Tobi, prominent residents of that place. Mr. Haberer met his bride-elect about a year ago while on a visit to Germany.. They will re­turn to this village .about May 20, where they will make their future home on Park avenue.

Memorial Daj Address. Rev. J. ^e|tbyi#l||sbl5T, of this

villag© has"'afeggg -JBgr invitation of G. D; &^' ; |p&m5Kft .f l . "•* R.. to dottvWsM^p%Mal. dir'address at the town *iiF.*ifc<

American Woman's League. ... All members ot the LowvlUo chap­

ter'of the American Woman a league are requested to send their nariie,*ad-dress* vime they Joined the league* and amount paid on their membership

to* fuQ tXva^uX^Tjk *w%ih*'qn* o* "nijfaT^L. , . , i ii » i " i . ^ i

A diplomat fs one who foola you ana. betters himaetf. - j

Real E s t a t e T r a n s a c t i o n s . Eve re t t E. Milliard h a s pu rchased

of Char les Sunderhaf t t he house and lot on Shady avenue former ly owned by the la t te r , who h a s also sold his house and lot on t he co rne r of Shady avenue and Church s t r ee t to J. Haro ld Cook.

The following recen t t r ans f e r s of real e s ta te h a v e been recorded in the county clerk '3 office: 3 24-100 ac r e s of land in the town of Lyonsdale from F r e d E. and P a r s o n s E. Inge r -soll of Boonville t o Ross B. Lewis of Lyonsda le by deed dated Apri l 10, 1913. Cons idera t ion $150.

J o h n Connel ly and Cathar ine , h is wife, of W a t e r t o w n , Jefferson coun­ty, to T h o m a s Connel ly of Croghan, 25 a c r e s s i tua ted in t he t own of Croghan , by deed dated Apri l 1, 1911. Cons idera t ion $100.

147 1-2 a c r e s in t h e t o w n of P inck­n e y from F r a n c i s Denn ing of E l l i s -bu rg , J e y e r s o n county , t o A m y P a r ­sons of Bellvl l le , Jefferson county , by deed da ted Apr i l 10, 1911. Consid­e ra t ion n o t named .

225 a c r e s in- W a t s o n W e s t T r i a n g l e from C l a r a Wormwood a n d Wi l l i am Wormwood of Chase's Lake to Leroy Crawford of the same place by deed dated April 13, 1911. Consideration not named.

Two.parcels of 37 and 50 acres re­spectively in the town of Croghan from Frank. Bintz and>Mary J. Bintz, his wife, to George N. Snyder by deed dated March. 7, 1911. Consider­ation $1,325.

If yon would flourish as a prevari­cator cultisate M. %emmj^t Job,

A J#a|% «fc sllosrlgjgft te loot, siiffl-denf isa^'tajejnifr "-•-'•----- -the- atatemenW^t^m> nien* ENGRAVED CARDS iud WEDDINGS

We aaadle » foil Jhie'ot Ingnrred Calling Cards* Engraved Wedding Invitations, etc Can at the, office and see specimens of oar work. ^

HERALD-DEMOCRAT. -

fr ightened t h e c a r w a s a t once guid- > h ib i t ing t he s ame wil l be enforced. ed out of t he roadway and b rough t j Dated, April 18, 1911. l w to a full s top by Mr. Gallup, the motor a lso being s topped. One wheel of the ca r r i age con ta in ing Mrs . H a r ­r i son and Mrs . Rogers , however , was prec ip i ta ted from a smal l br idge a t the p lace of t h e acc ident and ca reen ­ing over t h e occupan t s w e r e all t h r o w n to t he ground . None of them, however , w e r e severe ly h u r t except Mrs . Roger s who suffered severa l cu t s and b ru i ses about t he face. She w a s b r o u g h t to h e r home immedia te ly w h e r e she w a s a t t ended by Dr. C. P . Kir ley.

Bv order of the BOARD OF T R U S T E E S .

HEAR

Appointed New York Teacher . Miss J a n e A r t h u r h a s been appoin t ­

ed by t h e New York board of educa­t ion t o teach in t h e 149th s t r ee t school for g i r l s . Miss A r t h u r , who is a g r a d u a t e of the Lowvil le Acad­emy, passed t he ci ty school exam­inat ion some t ime ago a n d s ince h a s been on t h e l is t of app l i can t s awai t ­ing a vacancy. The posi t ion of t each ­e r i n New York is a luc ra t ive one a n d t he qualif icat ions a r e c o r r e s ­ponding ly high. Miss A r t h u r i s a d a u g h t e r of County T r e a s u r e r Nich­o las A r t h u r .

U S B F E R T I L I Z E R NOW. Fer t i l i ze r shou ld b e u s e d t h i s l a t e

s p r i n g a s It w i l l g ive c r o p s a quick start Our fertilizers have been used here for years? and we nave the best kinds for crops in this section. We have the Agricultural Lime neces­sary for alfalfa. THE ARTHUR GRAIN & COAL, CO.

NOTICE OF MEETING TO COMPLAINTS.

Take no t i ce : The as ses so r s of t he vi l lage of Lowville. N. Y., have p repared the i r a s ses smen t roll for the c u r r e n t y e a r ; t h a t a copy thereof will be deposi ted wi th the vil lage c lerk , a t h is office in such vi l lage, on t h e 26th day of Apri l , 1911, w h e r e i t may be seen and examined by any person unt i l t h e first Tuesday in May, next , (May 2nd) and t h a t on such day, a t t he office of t he sa id vi l lage c lerk , be tween t he h o u r s of one and five in t he af te rnoon t h e said a s se s so r s will m e e t for t h e p u r ­pose of comple t ing s u c h a s s e s s m e n t roll a n d of h e a r i n g and de t e rmin ing compla in t s i n r e l a t i on t he r e to , o n t h e appl ica t ion of a n y pe r son con­ceiving himself aggr ieved the reby .

L E D E T T A. BOSTWICK, MYRON M. LYMAN, H E R B E R T D. F A I R C H I L D , F R A N K J GRIMM,

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The anring bonnets of the ladies are as obvious, as they ara startling tfceserdays.

ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEET­ING. <%•

The annual meeting of the irihaht- «.> tants of Union Free School District'" No. 2 of the town ot Lowville, LafltfS County, N. Y, qualified to Tote, i t ; < school house in said district, on the first Taesdar of Mar"(May 4}^5«fe at TrSO o^ock, p. m., tor the tatot* aclitoit o i lucn business asJ«fauthor­ized by tte consolidated school i « * of 1909 and the acts amendatory :a*r^»\. * * y ?

WILLIAM J. MTLLIGAN, ,

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