Niagara County News, 1883-12-21

              NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y., DECEMBER 21, 1883. No. 43. Vol. 3. TOPICS OF THE WEEK. " — Mrs. x-uetary 1.ii..(.1n Is in pool health, tad will not enter society ttiii winter. — Kngll.-h society ladies are trylag t( find out what kind of a bed the QoMt sleeps 'mi. P —Senor Sagasta lias been el. etc president of tlio Spanish Chamber o Deputies. '• —The Crown Prince is in Rome, bu whether ha a ill make her howl reuiaim 1. to lie Ken. Queen Victories Balmoral estnti ' covers 2.">..'1J0 acres, and hi of the frost i. annual ml if 119,000. i- — "Grace Greenwood '" (Mrs. I.ippiu cott). who Is in Paris, lias given up 11»* idea of returning to Atnerkt, f —Poele, the murderer of Kennv, ex plated his crime iii Dublin Tuesday. Earl Bpenoer having refused to grant ; reprieve. —Idem. Barber, of the United states navy, has reached Irkutsk with th< bodies of the unfortunate Del.oiig ant 4his companions. —Chippendale, an American actor, foi many years connected with the Loodoi Hay market, haa been sent toalunatU asylum, lie is aged H3. —John 15ri^rht makes notes and headings of his speeches, and with great can writes don ii and coiniii Is to memory nil the iiupoi taul passage*. . —A foreigner has been arrested in Barcelona for Inciting hostile demonstrationa agninat the Crown Prluce of Germany, and will probably be expelled from Spain. -The Fenians of New York have passed a resolution pledslna theiueelvea to avenge the death of O'Dnnnell. The liisi step will probably be the raieingoi another fund. —The Khedive bus confessed bis inability to rope with the Houdan rebellion without assistance, and it is therefore believed that n strong British force will be at once -,nt to Egypt. —The recall of M. Audrlenx, the French Hmhaaaadortn Madrid, will pro■ | luddy be demanded by the Bpanlsh Government in consequence of ids ha\iug Insulted railway officials al Iran. --Thomas Harrison, the "boy preacher," «ui in- married In dune nexl to Jolne Griffith, B young lady of Indianapolis. Mi-s Griffith is a graduate of the Boston School of i Iratory. Miss Eleanor Butcher aged twenty, of Louisville, Ky., mairled Edward Briefly, aged seventy, and rich, but she mode him give her n house and lot before slie would consent, to tin- union. —General Jamea Lnngatrcct sayali Is not his emotion which pauses him to i leak down when he nits to make n speech, but a bullet which is lodged In hit throat, and which was added to him in the Willicit:, is, — Wade has been sentenced to be hanged in Dublin on the Kith of January for the murder ofQulon at Rathfarnham. The prisoner declared that he obeyed the orders of a secret society oi n bleh be was :i member —General Pryor, who has returned t.\ ! New York, expresses the opinion that O'Donnell had a perfectly fair trial, though he takes exception to the direction given to the jury by the judge or the question of manslaughter. —The employee of the Metropolltai Underground Railway In London, replying to Mr. Lowell'l letter dcnyiujj the existence of any evidence of com , plicity op the part of Americans in tin j recent explosions, asset t that the llouii Office bad information that the out rages were planned iii New York, auc i they give evidence that they were concocted in America, —O'Donnell suffered the extreme penalty of the law- Monday morning at !■ o'clock, in-i.ie (fowgate prima. London, heath appealed to be instantaneous. There was a large crowd outside the prlaon, bnl no demonstration of any kind occulted, the Irish element being conspicuous by Its absence, Mutterings of reprisals lire being made by N I w York Fenians w hen opportunity arises. —The French force in Tonquin is to bt raised to sixteen thousand'men by reinforcements as speedily as possible. Si\ thousand men have landed and encamped within seven miles of BOBtajf without molestation or tiring a shot. The assault on tbe town was (0 have been commenced en the 12th Inst., so some (lei hied news may be looked for shortly, as the Manpii- Tseng hi a:i interview at Pai is emphatically declared that t'hina would immediately break ofl olll.ial relations with France should «he take possession of either Sontay or Bacuinh. At the same time he broadly hinted that the way was .still open for the in It-1 von t ion of a disinterested Mead to suggest concessions which neither party were willing to make directly. A Pioneer Cone winu-r for s«;»eral hundred fMtt, proud, seemingly, of its title, as Father of Forest*, and almost inseuaible u> the ever oDward and irresistible raureh of Time, was recently (H Md to yield unto ti e usurping powers of uian, on the | leimitee of D. C Biker. A fuw t>1 irk stick's of the woodman't keen i hlade, wicliled by the biawnv anus of Thus. j i in in- ami ['omul, wire sutll'iftit to lay low a faliric. which bud ibijuilud ceDtuiies I ■ The exact K-nglti fiom l>utt to bimnlj is ■ forty feot, with u dt in t t of about Uv« feet. Fruui a single rut there weiu split < tlireo hundred and twenty-one fence (.takes; the whole trunk will prubably yield eightevu Lundred KtakiK. Thin old P)oB*er hae st"od ruji cted and I'ouilciiiMLil hy bnildeti, us balng nttoily ! useless ten timber, for ovor furty jcais; but on exam imtion wax found aa sound ae a ' dollar, tliiis proving our absolute inability to judge ifiil worth by outward uppeaiauce.Amj.n. New Law. ftftolwcf, Thut tlio iiu'ii'il of Siipervieori I < f Orleani oounty, do enacl m>> follows: No persons iball kill or Mteb any fish, t'Xr i i iii'iimiws for balti in the wiiters of Lake Ontario at any place In ti.e ooanty of Orleant, Ush tbaa two mllai from the south i ilioru of Kuiil lake, nt fitly tiiuo butwt-i'ii I lie , ii:i. until day of April and tbe flfUratb day of I 'I'ci'HibiT, in I'luii year, for ten yean from tbe panaff* «t tbll rNOlnliott, in any way or umiiu. ihi b> any <U>» <•« wbatovfr, except that of angling with ■ hook and line. No icisun sii;ili IcDoiHiiidy wtloi purchatt or iiave iii bii or b»r poi«e««lon,any fhb killiil, or ttiken from iinv hiic'i "iitts contrary to the proTlaloni of this ix-solution. Any pamnvlolatinffan) of tbtprovirioai of iii ■ rWolatlun *ball bt icailti or a mi-du■ nii'.'i. or, mill In addition tlii'ieto (ball b* It I able to a penalty of t *• 'iitviivu d 'Hare for i :i■ h ami every olTfiu'c, to tw IU»(1 for and collected in tiic manner preMiibed b> chapter .Mil of the liiu» of I87w. And all neta, traps, Mlnet, wlrtaorotbw • U-vico forbidden bv tli;i> rwollltlou ai'P bornby ■;..!• in i-,i contraband, nml any penon 11>..l the nnic In auy pi ce forbidden laauthor" I to 'lf.stpoy ifh routriibHii'i H, tioleif aii'l noaetion sliull lie against him for stiul) >le»- j tructlon. It wus i.pnt.'l here that tbe Fllb aed I'l'ttMtiir bad us hiK opinion thut it ■■■.- nnlnwfiil lo M-h wltli giil n«tl ■By Wbere between Juniiai v 1st iinilJum 1 t The Falls Commission. [liiifTalo KxpttMt} President AmNrsoti nf I!' (In stiT Uuiver-:i v, ami a member of tlio MagM* !'nlle Commission, hue given an outline of the meeting lu'Ul by tbe Comnlnionerf at New York, on December Stb, which hlmwn tlint they are at hail < i■ > i something towanit aLoiit the much denned State puirlia-e uf (ho I'u In mnl vicinity. Mr. KverkUkI ns in attendance, and presented the iiiH|s (if thi, rt'si. rviitinii, uliicli wm laoeptfil and ordered M edi Tbe ninpn covered about 118 acre*, the traot lying from tbe m< * •utptntion bridge up (treaio, loolodtng ProfpjMt l'uik, ami mltniUm ilnnj Paint •triMl to tbe smooth water above tbe rapldt. Hi is Including (icwi Island, aid ttx eii.a l«r lalanda in tlio rapidn A reeolBtton wai paui ii ordering the ooumel for the < mnmig -inn to take itepi toward) oondemntng n.<< Inn.I and pufohadi g It for the state. The fortboumlng report to tbe Leglalature will nivf tbe coat of the Intnl. and reo nnneod in appropriation to bo m ■;■ fur purcaailng It. If (ho uiiterpriso is tukon up by the Stul ■ the tniliK mi uml near the Itlandi will not bo ■i iiii a oil to dhflgur* tiio liinil cupf. and every' thing along tbe water win be, as far »« po§- i ilbU, restored to its nataral Mate. It is pro" poled to drop off tlio Wish elmrj;i> imposed ! tin every inn who visits the hill-, M that people n'-ed uot bereaJtar egnfiai to bavlon Visited the spot half a (l(izt)ii times without bavlng gone to Ooat [staad. That Is to say tbe State la tobeaskedtortmovatbitirrand- Ml bit of -lent ry ill the world from the podtlon i.f a luxury, nml makuitoncu morn a popularreaort forallcUuM's. I'lcsideut \nderaon tbii ks teat ae soon at tbe State deternilaes to purehaes the property tleCanaili.ns Hill also move towards a niniilui pur■ !n i' oil the opposite Kliorp. Did they Blow Out the Gas? [1.oik port I'nion.) A newly nmrriud couple from the country arrived in town Hfttunliiy owning 00 the r ; wedding tour ami engaged the b, id .1 chamber at lh" Niagara House. Owing to tbf i-xcii. inmit of Hi' day and fatigue of the long JonrMy fmui the town of Haitland, Mr. and Kn C A. rC.'nyon retired at 7 1 o'clock in the evening. Moon aftor one of the. 1 li.ui.l" i in ills in panting Hirnugli the tiall discovered gee escupini; f;om the bridsl I'li.iini • 1 The party in1 iilu fulling to respond 1 to the ch.'inilM'i niaid'n inquiry Baking fur information about tlio gae, notified the Ian 1- liT I vbo I iii'd admittance to the room nfici considerable difficulty. The young man wtio «u up 111 til ow csindles and keronne oil, wae audly deflriont in the management of gar, an I iftur turning the light off turned ou the flow of gr > again, and sought bia downy couch. When the landlord wa* talking about gaa, I •» f. m. thought be said J glaM, and mi very indignant in b*'Dg disturbed, and anid bo could sleep if tbera vru not a kIbhs iu the bono*. —In tlireo days before Thankagivlng Washington market. In New York, destroyed several tons of turkeys and cuickens, mostly from Michigan, which bad spoiled. — Peter Doyle, who was Secretary of Stat* in WttctiDsiu under Fnrnier Taylor, and afterwn-d took a two years' course in Yale law school. 11 going to practice in Milwauke* COUNTY AND VICINITY , I —Erie county, it ii now thought, will nol I J divide. Tie Universalist fair at Lockport ImI ' 1 week wee a success. —Oeo. W. Weaver, a druggist at Lock-1 port, bai opened a .lam-in,; icbool. —Kearns won the walking match at Lockpoit last week. —The lip wtifch leadi to the canal at Tonuwanda qas been enlarged. — I,"cU|.iirt |< irtii--: are hunting rabbits i with • ferret west of the city. —George K. Smith of Middleport has secured a patent on a '•oop Inn.linn roarlilnu. — The DeVeaux College Cbrlstma* exhibttion took plucu \Vf.|:i •sMny —Prof. T. B. Pates and Mian M. Albertlne ! Howes will be inurried at Touawsuda t» —Rer. Wil ■ on A. Gay, of Tonawanda. '. I n« invented a hoop wbicb jingles a tune aa it rollt. —Middleport want* flre protection. It* J fiit•■! [ i-iMiiii; citizens will purchase a hand j engiuo. — A choice circulating library Iim been started in the Hiulge Opera House block at liiickport. —Tbo ii-iuMcd valuation of real estate, and i .'i -i.i.ill property in Loekport i* i W,"7i),028. —Lewiston will pay state, county and I school titv< s In tbe amount, of $lU,il47.~r>. ; The rute is (i57.'>| per $1(X). —Tb« Niagai a County Hhioting Club of Lorkpoit talk of having a turkey stioot on J tbe Fair Oioui (Iβ, < hriitmas. —The Wilson Mar mini aniiotmcvs a total i celipse next week. Muy it lUu ug.iu with a,l tbe splendor iuinginuble. — A I...■ l>;. it clergyman refuses to j>erj form ih" im:u 11U..I' eeruiaony uiiUiki the ! brid*(rooa lit»t sign* a temperance pledge. —Tbe lTniver»ity of Rochester Glee Club gave ft concert «t tbe Bodgt Opvru House, Lockport, Wednesday night. -The Maguio Cornet Kami (if LnSalle sni DOMMN itH third aimuul ball in \ Li 11 i[ Hull, in Hint viilun", on New Year's era. —The Xtitijurii Iirtnttcrttt it- to be enhiiga.l one-third, eofBaradBji with the N«w v. m . and the subscription price redii'ed to i: J'> per year. —The doi'ation Tmit to lie*. 1C I'. Marvin last Tiiur«(luy evening w»» largely attended mi.1 the amount ni-'ou thu pMU>f wi.a about : HO,).—[Lockpoj t Union. --Dr. F. J. Mojrarof LniekpOrt and (Jeorge I '.-Li ker of I.»" m I!,- u ill choct i> inutrh for •*. I ailda, M1U0 clajr pigaoBi, on the ground* of the Niagara Uivei Sunoiing < Inl> to .'ay. l'l.U'i t r-.iin'e'u eomotn ut the Bedga Oprnn Hotieo, Lookport, Monday i.iubt, wax ii v> i v ciedital.le iilTnii an.l thoroughly en- J..M-.1 by tbo 8inu I but appreciative audicnoe.—A Lookport phyblcinn of prominence i lins been I iiiilu.l ovei tie couls by t chiiirh i .i. iv for l.illiiir.ls He plavsbil- Imi .1- for ii!iMi»'ineiit and ohju(;ts to their I fanatlcixm. —The H. \V. & O. riiilrna.l hmnot ntnpped i iii.iiiiig itH train* from LcwiKOII to Niugara I KalUon the Cent al llmieou road. It in ex| peeled it »ill sborllv do ho und utilize its I o»n road tram L nlitun to the- Uridge. —NiagaraFrontitr Lodge, 7.and A. M., ' will give a grand i.ill at the Spencer House, I Niagara Falls, OB the Mb Of January. An : elegant Mippt-r will be Btrvad and i'logttad's hand will fniiii.'li the music. —(Jen. W. Iturgestt, who swindled the Fmt Nutionul I'vnk of boekport out of ! > $175, went to Auburn Moiidny with Deputy | Si ei iir.li'lin D. Htainthorpx, for an extend ed visit of two yearn nnd n ha f. -The comrades of I)<>-.nelly Pout, Suspension Iliiilgi', art having considerable fun at Major .Tames l/ow's expnusn. At the rer.M.t election of the l'ost Mr. Low was chocen smgeon, und n> w tbe boys ad.iress tb« gnllant Major as lio^tor. —Among the recent real transfers recorded at the County Clerk's office is , James Vedder to Martin V. I'imisom. Bm> pension Bridge, f I IK). Tbe| property con vayed i - the beautiful site on the bunk of Niagara Hiver adjoining Mrx. UrifUu's <• t tage.- [Su«p. Bridge Journal. —Tbe M Iv church at Pendleton Center, having been extensively repaired nn<l mod- , ■■i in/" I wfll lie re-openeil nn Thursday, Dec. U7tb, 188!i. Rev. A. N. Fisher, Presiding Elderof the Huffdo Hi«tr ct, will prearh at II I a m , and liev. O. W. Chandler, of Lockport. at 7 p.m.. —A singular wagor has been road* between Thomas (r'ynn anil William Burk* of Ix>ckport. They each bet th it they can | produce a man that run sit down on a chair . longer than any other man. The principals will probably be "Crow" Morris barked by Burke and U. Murphy, backed by Glynn. —Dec. 14, tbo Niagara Musical Union, which has been in session at Charlotte elected tbs following officers: President, It, L. Lanb, Ransouiville; Secretary, ('. 8., j Brace, North Ki.ige; Treasurer, Eustao* Swtck, Wilson; Vice frc-ideiit. J A. Pool, ( Cambria; Directors, D. Brooklns, A. Flanders, Jas. Townsend, J. A. Jeffrey, A. Hewett, and N. Burns —The Wilson .Star man has kept tbe death racket in view, and i«-, ■ i- tbet tbe follow. Ing persons buried in Greenwood < em«tery, that place, this yeai, died of the ditwaaes etd. Consumption 7, asthma 1, pneua 5, paralysis 2. dropsy 2, iuflsmm .tory mutism 1, malarial few 1, inflammation of bowels 2. black erysiplas 1, scarlet fever 1, liu 3, old age \ djasnUrr 1- To NIAGARA. Ont. A merry Christ mis to all The NHtfara Football Club intend giving a minstrel show some time after Christmas. Don't fail to see " The Octoroon," in Music Hall this (Friday| evening. Admission only fifteen cents. The Musical and Literary Society hold tbeir weekly meetings In the High School every Wednesday evening. A number of our citizeus went to the Falls yesterday (Thursday) to see the EnAml op en ug of the new cantilever biidge. Mr. George Marskell is constructing in the steel works here a boiler thai will bum its own smoke, wbicb will answer all purposes , of fuel. We are gad to see tbut Mrs. M A. Blalu ■ has opened out a line stock of dry goods in the store formerly occupied by ber husband, Mr. T. P. Brain. Tuesday last Rob*. Reid, Sr., was charged at the police court with using abusive and insulting language to Jas. B. McMillan. He ploaiied guilty, and wis fined (8 00. The congregation of St. Mark's church i complained of the cold during the service : Sun.lay morulas last. There's lots of heat in those new furnaces if they will only ! i Turn'er ou. John I) Servos is selling first-class groceries mid liquors, at D. McMillan's old stand. Give him a trial for your Christmas gioceries and liquors. See advertisement iu an other column. If some enterprising person or persons would rent the luge dock building known as the coal shed, awd convert it into a skuting rink, they would reap uutny shekels from it this winter. The tliiug could be i doue at a small cost. In the police court Monday last Frank AI drich, of this place, charged W. P. Soiilh of the township, with using alaiMve let guoge towards him la B» Catharines on Friday last. Tae case was proven against Sintlli. and bo accordingly paid f(J .V) inlo i , the town treasury for his pains. Mr. Willard Piatt, of the Johnston street ca'riage works, would like he gentleiuun who borrowed the inch and u half uujjer three weeks ago to return it, and as Mr : , I'l.ili has forgotten who toe gonllaiu in is to whom be loaned it, tile return of the same will be considered an act of supreme lionesty. . Bible* and Testaments,superior workmanship, suitable for Christmas and New Years i presents, at the Depository of the lintisli IL I . Foreign Bible Society, who sell their hookslielow cost, which 11, .s are enabled to ilo from their immense income being nearly | $1,500,000 from sules, donations and subscriptions during the past year. 41 3t William Keniuh, Depositary. COOMER. K Brett, of WiHinmson, Michigan, i» here *isitln|( h<8 sinter, Mir Is-win V. I'aiK'iim. H Wnrri'M InMv sold hogs, weigbn.: I'M. hi in>• (■!•!.i- iiri i iiiinii. u\. 't . ' i Hubert Brown, nf North Coomer, Intely b'.ucM some i-Bttie at llulfalo for winter Our Idit i-wiiil win well hi tended, u ruin «ii» fiilliiiK, •( the lioune of Oliver Out watri Itctwi'-n |7 Htiil tH in* wcie tukoD, mill a k I tuiiu won bud. VmitiiiK uii'l KiuK>i>K lillud up Ibo time, mid a MppW » us pruvidvd, such as our iwople knuw m> w«!l IiiiW to provide, mid tbU tin.■■>■'■ i , were added to the t>111 <if faro. Onr Kabbuth Kcbuol Btill rotitiiiticn with niacb Inti-reitt, and It h:is Uh-ii d> • i.li I u> hold ' in i-1 in.*- ixerciituB, with n tree, to take elTuct the uvenitii; of Dec. ■-.'■'>. at our school In ii-c Thin In n m*w dnparture, a* I i-t vim ovaH Hi ■ liii-t ouu that waneri-r i;ot ton up. Here all did their pnrU w«|l at that Mum, and the MM in exp< ctiii thin year. Invilatinn* ure out for tbo niarriaice of Mi--, -mull I., w - and Lli-iii v B. Miller, to take place quite noon. A few of our young people attended the muKical convention beld at CbarlolU, laot vii-rK. and report »n ezcullunt time, and roucl. to be Iearn,,d.-W. A. D. EAST PORTER. man have bueti vlaititi<{ fi inula in Loakport the past wmk. Ira Wilcnx hat no far rccoveied from bi* late >llne»», at to tie alile to I ide out ivuln. Mr. 8. B. Clark ia retailing out bn pigi at bottom price*. Funnels wishing to liny anything in title line, would do u>11 to give Mr Clark a call before puirhasliiK tlfcuwliere, Tbere is a certuln voting man In tbitvicin. .!>, that ban become ••> deeply in love witb a mi-utIi-iI woman of this lorality, that b« to likely to Lrc k up tbe fimiily They ba»e become ao com:>lotely unot««'rvaiil of Ibe Public, at to ca'e about th* tcanditl which tbey are creating, tbe excu»e ot botb b« inj< love at flrtt (iybt. Meeari. Kimmona & Krasiogtoo liave Rot their bee hive njanufuctoiy about e<jmplete<1, witb tbe exception of • | iu t of tie ma c-biuery. which, in btiug maile by Win. lUp hid & tton, of Y< ungKtowu. A auit vii biougbt b«fsrc. £tquJr» Waid, l«it Friday. by Mattb»w Hraillny, to recover payment on a nut* of (150. and inter««t, given la*t April, bf Cbihtopber H-ifflti, a (UermaA,) for an old. t»a<n of boraei, which resulted iu rvduciiuj tbe note from iU full face down u> $e0. Uenry Uavi«v of Wil- H>a, »ip*we«i a« oounaei lot tbi; » i.t!fT. aDd tba bnnorabl* & Park Bft k»r, V.-q of YcuogstoWn, to: tk* defendant. NEWFANE STATION 1 Editor Siagai-a County MM Business oil tbe I-ake Shore Railroad la more than usually lively, and kcisi to be Improving. Shaw & Coates are doing a go k! tmaiuoat in their grocery store. The Van Horn [bothers.in connection « ith then fruit and coal trade, are shipping ccrduood to UuiTulo. Arrowsmith & Dm hj hare succeeded iu holding the water Iu the.r in II dam, and after being idle all s miner, are now running They also are starting their pulp mill, giving i mplni MM |.. ijuite ii number of hands. They get their timber from tbe East by raft Thii beina a sin iil citv, and nary a saloon or lnviiii t.i degrade our ciliacns. or beggar our families; w.< are under tbe MM% of turniug oui eyes northward for news And ercltement No one ran deny, Mr » ill attempt to prove, that the) huve not n village of aa good n Ml of Inhabitants, and are an hightoned thnt labor us haid f. r tbe moral tone of ita inhabitants as other towns. That they have another claw there also, in erjuully true. These ure tfce lawless, ami violator* of law, tint oust a blight, not on v iu that! vil-1 igo, but «•heivMH'vor they exist: foremost ■■nuing them Hie those in the liquor traffic. For MOM) lliey sacriUce honor, and every principle dear t<. man; misery, suffering and want llnd no |■ In ■.- in i heir heart. A case in point. Hut ii short time since, ipilto an aged man, (some »ew t\,l MOM to the village on business, or a ill link perhaps both having with him a vming h..ii, a little bov, after spending the a'toi noon in these liquor dem, sturt il botlri at (tink, bul hid gone but n short distance before Im had to lay down by the roadside, unable to, go further. Hera he was found iu the evening with that poor ninoo "I child by MiaJdaV Tlio boy was talc en home by the in n win fouiel thiun and Oaradfir Is that all who sillier from it! This Old Sinner has a wife much younger than hiinselt, with a young family, and to provide fa lleii wants, is obliged to go out among the limners and do a man's work, pulling n .its mid other work far beyond her strength; and no doubt the money thus rung from ho' labor, unit iulo the till of the whiskey seller, llnd they hearls that were susce| tib'e of feeling, they would shako Iu their I ts. and tremble when y. ung man and boys fi.i|ii.ut Hell bur. If (lod Ii ld.i tlieiu lo a strict account for tbe deeds iVuo lull', a fearful iitribiition awaits tiein. May the time lie hastened on, when our borders shull be piuv d from the curse. I. , nt leave so unpleasant n subjocl, and BOflt«ta> plali- Hi at in.no beuiitlful and mole Inviting dim join them thai are seeking to <!> vate and make glad tbe hearts of the people— • how the youth, our young people, t e baao* ties of a i ■ lin.-.l lire, a blessing to the community, and it life til it shall sh.no brighter and brighter, s star of tbe first magnitude, to cany forwuid and encourage this brighter life. The people of Olcntt and vicinity propose lo uu le In a grund display on Christmas ovo—a dlsplii) thai shall be In.Hi useful and heiieliiial. vi/: This will consist 111 part of u full rigged ship laden with the attructive novelties for such occasions. The Methodist, L'niveisiilists, U'c-lnyniis, and the communliy generdly uniting. This magnillcent ship, "The I'nlon," Km Krlngle, master, will Buchni Iu the M. I Church on Christmas eve, and after | full progrim of recitations, readings, Interspersed with singing, er!U pn reed to unload his attractive cargo to the delight of both yi.ting mid old, Everybody ami their families ure expected to help freight the ship. • ..liliiist the t«o above | n'turns, and reflect: "Iftheliord be (lod, serve hiti>;Jf Dual, then sei ve him " Heports say that Olcott has a very fine school toil winter, under the tuition of Mr. Efatrvaj Woods, of llaillaiid, and Miss Klla Matthews, Oloott'l favorite teacher, as as slstant -Hknnet. Ncwfano (Station, li-c 17th, IHHJ. NORTH RIDGE. Mm.K.I K'.-llKk, of i Htubr'a Ontre, 1* •pending*f*W ilii I with her aiittor, Mil. Win. Uiil.y, on tlio Hldge. Mi** Alpha K'ljfer* haa returned boms from Porter, where »ho haa Immju visiting tier ouniii, MI-ji Myrtiu Clup«addle, fora couple of v • eke piwt. Mr. H'tlot Uiett, a rormer rtwidtnt of tbit plaoo, I.ill now of WiiliaratUw, lughain Ub., Mich , ia vixitliig rolutlTji ituil frlundt In thi* vicinity. Mr. 1M. SwBrtoiit, <<! Ur-inloclf I-ufee, Llv. iagMM ''» , thlx s»nU). l> th« guwitof hi* un>•)•■ Hii I aunt, Mr. (reoi'Ke IIihkkm, ami Hn. Kilza OAtington, on the Htiutli iUdge. Vγ Flunk Krockway aturlod iu»t wvek for Dakota, to atUtnd hi* brotbvr Kred, who hud lh« mi«fortuiii> u< Lav* bit leg brokuu by the ki'.U of a lioirno. The fiood T<-irn>)iurK hold a fMtiva) in theip bell on Tuesday evening of lant week. Tb» hall wan crowlod to ov<-rllowiii((. At u»u al the Cambi'a Corn.a Hand wan prnunt, and enu-rt tiii'-'l thu aurliuuce witb •»■>• of their wloct placet. All <"nj'iyed themacW** until a li!« hn r, when tboy returned u> tb« r l.om"« Hi'll pl«aned witb the evvajag't Mktortitinnient. rn «i»w of ih«. c'lrejuit railMMt the eitVxeiil of arts ngUvtifijf tbo i)U««lioii >if buildJng a f'utilif HaU I'«|wr« »r« In elrcu- IhU'.ii for fi llMk i'rupatiy, the eharo* to b« 0«e dollars i&cb. The tt/>ck ia boing rapidly taken. It i» j«ropot«d to 1ih»i> tbe MMh| f>i occupancy by In* tinvi tb« car* are Tbe next iuov« will be u> bav* the place iuoorporat«d, mA th«u I»ck|-ort will b« left oet in tb* oold -Bktct bbajif- North RWg», J7tb, 1WJ8. WM t- Mel ol I I M, Surgical an I Mi-€.-i,-tn!«-.■« 1 enl .-' IIAdiAHA M 1.1.5,  > c <ii i AKff^— (Opposite l'ii»tulli:i •.) JbE! -—... • Nitron* Olid* Om ii i •' en tor painless exti u< stf f T ril'y i>Mf^o fTT All operations fiRUH I. N. I>. HASKELL, fill iMi lABMI IN HI It AX i: V UV.>'\ In First-class Companies. Hartford Hartford, C Ni-w Bsropthlre Msnchi t« Brltteh America Ton mi i Lion London, Euplani .Star New Vnil I'rovidinre WMllillg'toil I{. Scottish Union and National. . (ila.-^m CHlmm Plttobargl Al»o Washington l.ifi- Insurance I on puny of New Vork. Jos. Thompson MANtIKAOTUIIKK AVII IUCAI.KK I.N HARNESS, SADDLES Bridles, Collars, Whips, Blank ets, &c, also doalor In HOOTS AND SHOES TKPNKM, VAI.NICS <;i,OVKS, MIT TENS, ETC, YOUNCSTOWN, N.Y. HAVINO bum THK OCKTIH BLACKSMITH SHOP Near the It. It. nrosslnfj tor I t.-iui of Minn, inn pn pared to iluall 1.. n.- ■ .f BLACKSMITHTNG A NO  GENERAL REPAIRING tir a shsrs "t tim public patronage Is sol Icltril. .1. 11. BOBERTBON, 3if Banaomi ilia, B. v s d. Mccracken RANSOMVILLE. N. Y., la (•(instniitw receiving additions to R largt and ''inn pit to atoofc "t GROCER] ES, AVliirh lam selling nt pr :• that ilrty oompetl timi. I ion telling BOOTS AM) SHOES, AT »<>( lII.SI I It I'ltlt K.s. In aonneotlon with the itnre Mrs. UeCraoken baa a lull Una of Millinery <»oo<ls, Anong whii'h are all the lateil style* of Pall ami Winter lints nnd Bonnet*, «old at Buffalo and Rochester prices, CytJivc tin-in a rail. :i.'iH7 W\H.H. Ransom & Son General Merchandise. i.JI BBSU 1 Best Assortment, Lovzc:t Prices. Everything Wanted for 411 Season*. SpechUtiea in ill Uaea> Coal, Salt, Agricultural Tools. £»f~ Highest mark.■! price for ull kinds of Kraiu. Wo aolicit n share of your patronage Haimoniviii,-, 00l M, 1888 Nor.B'BBl^ BANK OF NIAGARA, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y CAPITAL, $50,000. OFFICERS. lIKXKV C HOWARD - - • I'KEsinKNT. VVI 1.1.1 AM l' i l IKNUT.I.L, Vh r I'm miu sr HOWARD J. MAI KK.NN V - - Cashikh. DIRECTORS. HHKKM \N S .ll'.U KIT - Hi ITAUL A. M. OHJsHBRODOH - - I.a sai.i k HKNUY 0. HOWARC - NiAUAiiA Kai.i.s IfM.r.OORHWRLL - - - - Hi■►'!•• u.ii. JACOB F. BCHOHUJCOrT - - Ui'kiai... j. k. \v\y-i - - Unm. EH. HOWARD lUkfalo. HSni ( -I |W1 IT --- - HI'FKAU). A SJOHOBLLKOPV • Niaoara Kai.i.s. The hunk i-t.!«|>t-i-tfnllv otter* Its servicer to all classes in this vicinity roiinimin liaßklag facilities. The account* of Merchant*. Miiniit.utnr.i-. etc.. will receive careful attention and ~i..i \ convenience obt .unable will bo extended to customer* on liberal tti in*. Nuerinl Atteiilinti HtVM It Accounts of Kai'inei".. —AND— •AXMSAAVOM IMB vm.kmin i - can be made for interest. whether account* are lai -<• or *mall. Sight Drafts drawn direct on ritie* of Great Kritain and Europe.