Niagara County News, 1885-02-06

              NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS. Vol. 4. YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y., FEBRUARY 6, 1885. No. 50. THE WEEKS RECORD. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. f..i. Fx plosion at Pittsburg I'lTTumuo, Feb. 2.—An explosion of ai tiflciul gas in the cellar of Walker & Won' paper box manufacturing company to-daj shattered every window of tliu building aw aet flro to the woodwork. Tho llamas wen extinguished witliout much damage. Tin ooncusslon shook the buildings in the vicin ity and created intense excitement. Ton FenWl for Vitriol Throning. Nkwahk, N. J., Fob. 2. - Mary McUee, whr threw vitriol upon Wm. Clark, supeiinten iluut Of the (lurk Thread works, was to da} sentenced to tun years' imprisonment. The judge said persons who threw vitriol were a* .limguroinyis those who threw dynamite, and must expect to be punished to tho full ox tent of the law. An Expensive Prisoner. . Joi.iktt, 111., Fob. 3.—Win. Russell, aged twenty four, who lost both legs and one mm in a railroad accident, was placed in tho penitentiary (Saturday to servo a year at hard labor for stealing a boat In Kendal. County. Tho sheriir had to carry Kussel] into the Jail on his baok. It will rocpiire the services of an able-bodied man to take caro of the convict iu prison. They Failed to Pass. Davthv, i ).. Feb. 3.—Two freight trains of the Lake Krio & Western Railroad collld«d near Kent yestor.lay, demolishing both engines ami telescoping and burning a number of cars, destroying much merchandise ami killing a number of cattle. The engineers anil firemen jumped from the trains without injury. Tho caboose, In which wore sorernl owners of freight and trainmen, was detached in time to save them from tho wreck. The cattle trniu was running without orders. Broka His Neok hy n Pull. Johnstown, Fob. 1.-Poter Noonas, a woll known butuher, while coming out of the Open house lust evening, fell down the stair* and broke his neck. Jle was somewhat under tho influence of liquor. Accidentally Shot. Nicw YoitK, Feb. 1. Miss Georgia Bono*dk't, aged two.ity nine, of this city, accidentally shot herself la tho abdomen in the Oriental Hotel, Brooklyn, to-night, while re. moving a revolver from her dressing-case. A mule companion who shared Miss Benedict's room disappeared nftur tho shooting and cunnut bo found. The girl cat not recover.lie Played Polo on Hollers. Binuiiamiton, Feb. 1.- Chittenden Roger*, mi expert bicyclist and noted polo playor, while engaged in a game of polo nt the I'iotteor Hink here Inst evening, fell with such force that he died from his injuries beforo morning. The young mnu was a son of a retired merchant, and WH himself a prominent manufacturer in this city. V Peifeel Death Trap. Wasmi.mjtun, Feb. >.—Surgoon-deneral Hamilton has received private information from Panama that 10!) persona died iu the canal hospital in November. Ail information as to deaths occurring on the isthmus is concealed, us, if it were known abroad that] the mortality on the isthmus is alarmingly great, it would probably check tho flow of laborers, contractors, tourists, and others. I'oopla die daily of yellow and pernicious malarial fever. In the new cemetery at Panama iu July lust there are already more than 1,000 graves. There are five cemeteries in tho neighborhood of the city. The correspondent says he has no doubt 3,400 I persons were buried in Panama iu 18S4. The ! drat h rat.' at Colon and along the line has ' been very heavy. 1' 1 1 With a Hrakeinail. Hckantiin, i'a , Feb. 1. I.lziie H. Bogart, uged eighteen, only child of Assistant Super intendent Bogart of the I.ackir.vnnua road,i waa quietly married here on Friday evening to I reOTge J. Fowler, a brakemaii on a passenger train running between Binghumpton and New York. The ceremony VII | I I formed in the oillce of Alderman Puller, Fowler's sister being the only witness. Tho i couple fell In love ■ ith each other while frequenting a skating rink, and Miss Uo gait, fearing her father's disapproval of tho | match, consented to a hasty marriage and elopement. The couple will live at Binghnmpton.\ Long Life Fniled. Utica, Feb. 1. Dr. Jean Baptiste Marrbi■l died here this afternoon, lie was born at j I'ariuagnota, Piedmont, Italy 1759. He was attached to tho army of Napoleon tho I treat {■ the march over the pass of the great St .Bernard, when evtiy soldier was given a piece of bread and cheese aud a sip of wine. Marchisi was afterward captured by tho Kuglieh aud sent to Gibraltar and thenco to Canada, where ho worked in the quarter- i master's department. He was well known j as a manufacturer of proprietary medicines, 1 and at the time of his death waa the oldest person living here. Damages For Discrimination. IUt.TiMORB, Md., Feb 2 -Judge Morris of the i'nlted States District Court to-day reu- i dered a decision iu tho case of Martha Stew ait and three others, colored, against the Baltimore, Chesapeake, & Richmond Steamboat Company. The libeltant* purchased first-class tickets on the steamboat Rue, after having been told they would not be ad i mitted to the sleeping apartments occupied by white female*. The suit wa» brought to - recoTer f-VX) damages each for excluticn : from that apartment. The Judge said it era* the right of a conimou carrier cf pas- ' Ito make regulations for the tepara different classes of passengers, bu ire no right to make any differenc comfort in, I convenience of thos r equal fare. The forward cabin, af to colored females, was not in a Able condition ae that assignod !■ emalei, aod he therefore awarder $10u to each of the libellants. Notice of ap peal was given. Irnu Inn Shot. ay evening, O'Donovan Itossa, wai Now York by a woman namei The wound isuot serious, owe. Feb. 3.—At a late bour las A. C IJutt* of Morrisania visits, nlloy at tlie station-house. Amonj. ies uflout is one that Mis. Dudley'! IP- is Mrs, Garrahy, and that slu wife of O'Donnell, or (iarrahy win ;uted for the murder of iuformei Carey. Thero doos not appear to be any foundation for this. KiiiflniitTs Snvy Thrcnt'Mctl. CbIOAOO, Feb. 3.—A proininuut Irishmarj states that Kossa is about to be deposed from the leadership of the dynamite faction. Judge John llrennan of Sioux City will suo ced him. It is proposed to reorganise the Bpurty on the land league planavis, a dynamiter of the first water, of uk the bead of the Franco-Irish lie revolutionary body under the Kugliind'B public buildings will be :ier navey will bo destroyed. New York, Feb. (,—When tho attention of i'atrick Joyce was called to the übove statements he said thero was nothing in tbem; that when Hossn's death was reported it would be time enough to talk of appointing MURDEROUS DEEDS. of shoors in tho head and left breu -t. tho ii\- strumont penetrating tho heart. Williams died soon nit.'i Evans surrendered. The psrties ore colorod. Detroit, Mich., Feb. I.—ln a drunken fight in a saloon known as "Dynamite Hall'' i'li'..i Culhuno, a laborer, was horribly cut in the head und region of the heurt by er-coiiviot named .Michael Horrigun. Culhane died in a few minutes. Tho saloonkoeper barred tho doors, keeping out the j>o_ lice. The murderer escaped. hYNCununo, Vs., Feb. I.—Tho body of a man, supposed to be nn unknown peddler, was found last night on Cove Mountain with a bullet holo In his forehead, the body riddled, and the clothes stripped off. It is supposed that tho doud was tho work of an organized band who have committed Humorous crimes in that vicinity recently. Di hand, Wis., Feb. I.—Henry Colenhauser killed his wife last Sunday while tho remainder of tho family were at church. The crime was discovered yesterday by the finding of her body in tho coller in an improvisoil grave. Her head was battered almost to a jell}', (,'olenhauser hinged himself lust night. Domestic troubles wero the cause uf the murder. Vincknnks, lnd., Feb. 3.—Herman Husouitiiin and Otto (Iraffonstoiu arrived from Cincinnati on Saturday en route for California. Oriiffenstein, under the pretext of taking Musemann to see his undo, led him to a swamp, where ho shot him three times, rob bed him, and covered him up with snow. Ilusomann revived and found hia way to a colored man's houso. He may recover. One Day's Crime in Paris. I ''i 1 iv nli ill.» tin ln» thnnfnur ilnannrntn nt oumiiij itionc iiu loio iuhii tuur uospuruio attempts at murder and ono suspected rrimo wcro recorded by tho metropolitan and su. iin '. hi police. lu tho Huo Bsint Honoro a quarrel broko out between two women nam eil l/oyal and Levvonski. The latter getting tlie worst of ths quarrel, called lier, " protector" to bar assistance. Tho man was sitting in a wim-shop at the timo. Hushing out, with a still.'lo in hia hand, ho plunged it three times Into the Lreast of the woman Loyal, who fell bleeding on tho pavement. The rulllan iiniiiediately ran off, but his mis. 'i .i:n arrested by tho police. The girl Loyal wus taken into a chemist shop, where her wounds were temporarily staunched. Hho was ih. 11 convoyed to the Hotel Dien. A woman named Martin, employed in a perfumery establishment, carried out a strange plan of revenging herself on a rival. Having procured a quantity of chalk aud a loaded cane, she wotted the former, and waited Inside the entrance of tho court for her unsuspecting victim. As the latter passed by, going to her work, Martin threw the chalk in her face, so as to blind her, ami then beat her brutally on the head with the loaded cane. The unfortunate crei.ture fell senseless in the roadway, ami was taken up by the passers by in an alarming condition- The woman Martin was arrested. At St. Denis an engine fitter who owing to bis cruelty, had compelled bit wife to seek the shelter of ber mother's house went to endeavor to bring tho woman back to ber home. The man was half drunk at the time, and, as his mother-in-law tried to pac ify him, he took a revolver out of his pocket and fired at her. Tho bullet, however, missed his mark, but the man, thinking that he bad murdered bis wife's mother, turned tbe revolver toward himself, and discharged on* of the barrels into his brain, the bullet entering the left eve. He died in tho hospital, after several hours of intense torture. Another atiocious deed was that of a fishwife at tbe Central Market, who beat a little boy of twelve, whom she met on the stairs of ber house and caused bin) to fall down several tights of steps. The boy wss serious I lv injured. It appears that tho routhful vie- OUR EXPOSITION LETTER. liEW UnLEANo, 1.A., rCL). w, In'Sl. To give your roaders an impression of the f- • :.ngs of tbe press, which is represented from every part of the world, and especially the Status and Territories, made fioin personal observation, we give the following oxtract from a report prepared by the World's Exposition Pratt Association: The reports which are and have been pro- Talent throughout tho world concerning the magnitude, extent and comprehension of the World'! Exposition are fully sustained by the evidences here, \\ blob cannot I tlotied by nny truthful ob-crver. Thai In every department tho idea of magnitude and a wide and thorough comprehension of lubj eti predominates. That in the display of the niilural resources of tho country and j products of tho soil, forest and mine, as I shown in the government building, no other Exposition within our knowledge hatapproached in miigniliccnce, extent and Compleb less. Thai in tho genoral exhibits and machinery display localud in tho Main Huilding, and machinery >\ tension, ■ unhesitatingly assert thut no reasonable (n, Whatever hit expectation, can in nny ree bo disappointed iu his observation I investigation, aking tho Exposition in its entirety, we | can unhesitatingly assert that in magnitude and interest it should command tho unstinted recognition and patronage of the people universally. That iu the prices of accommodation and entertainment in this city from persona] in vostigat ion, we lind thorn as reasonable as those secured at any prior Exposition in our oxporioneo. TEXAK. Commissioner T. T. (Inrarnagc, of the L,diio K State, kindly piloted your cones; ondivor tho vast spaco assigned him, which litepilly covered with interesting nrti- A fow figures will not bo out of placo lation to the stuto for Inst year's crop: oreals, 77,311,180 bushels; livo stock, 1:1,000,000 head; cotton, l,|»T,K:j5 bales, or about ouo-iiflh of the entire clop in Aincri- Kool, 18,000,000 pounds. In IS7.J the ation was 1,180,818, while in 1884 it had od 8,815,708. In educational mutters j lio richest state in the Union, us ilschool funds ruu up to the hundreds of mil ! lions of dollars. The state's nat ural advan- ' tagos are large and varied. Hesides agri- i culture its livo stock enterprises are tho greatest in tho world. Its building stone is j a feature, while tho coul Holds cover 88,000 square miles. Tho loading attraction is its cotton comparison side by sido with the entire world, as specimens from evory cotton 1 roducing country are here shown. The credit for gathering this display is duo to 11. I'. Atwator and (lustav Toudotise. Texas has raised n great many Angora gonts, j •h furnish a very superior mohair, equal y imported kinds. Truly, Texas It a , rich state, with n fine class of citizens. ARIZONA TBiIRrrORT. For a now country, United States Com-1 missioner P, M. Murphy brings Arizona prominently into competition with nny State or Territory. Its specialty is mineral j in character, consisting <jf gold, silver and copper ores from every county, district and I mine in the territory, comprising some 50,- j 080 specimens. Tho Yvapi county collection contains very rich rock, wherein free gold can be easily seen. The Coventor's copper mine in this county is 0110 of the most vuluabio in tho southwest. in Mojeve ooanty are some sixty mines j displaying fine gold and silver hearing ores. A show case is filled with tM atltifol and rare gems, dust -red in common ttonee, from Yuma county, which win tho admiration of tho public. Apaobe county shows i<] rful pj mid of fine colored petrefaotiona from native wood, which arc tusceptibli of polish. Jilt County's digplny of copper, Id and silver ores, with bullion from tbe old Dominion mine, is unexcelled. Cochise county thov a variety of valuable oret from a hundred mines, together , with bate bullion from Benton Bmelting '. works. Arizona probably stands at tho hoad in j mineral displays in the I nited states. ARKANSAS. Thit state is in charge of J. W. Corcoran ' commissioner. It is very proud of the fruit I display, which carried off the premiums front tho southern district contest Inl-' «rt I The quantity and quality takentogethcr.it has been romarked by many to be the I exhibit of any at tho fair. Wheat, nal . corn, tobacco, sugar-cane and rice at I shown to advantage; clover MTM feel high. timothy five foot, is proof that there is no 1 1 lack for food; of red top grasses thero are 1 100 varieties which decorate one of the ban summer houses. Everybody has heard of ' tho " Arkansas Traveler f': Well, among 1 many curious and amusing specimens of pottery conceived and executed by tho blind 1 children of the state, a model of tho verit- I ; nblo cabin wherein tho old fiddler was play- | I 1 iltg his hurdy-gurdy whon Col, Saw v r , rode up to spend tho night, is seen. The mineral display is fine for an agricultural country. A veiy line hone and <*1 stone it j produced In quantities. In manganese it it I the only state except one iu America that I furnishes this roquisito to manufacture Bessemer steel. Marble and building stone are 1 almost inexhaustible. Arkansas contains over .Vl.oOO acres in coal. The wood inter- , est* are immense, and furnish the raw ma- j ■ terial for large wed turning fiictorios. —Loomij Willard was discharged from tbe ( ' Niagara county jail Wednesday under tie ' provisions of tho United States statues for the discbarge of poor prisoners held for I •■ COUNTY AND VICINITY. —Forty-nine teachers are employed in i tbe Lockport public schools. —The German Catholics of Lockport are : preparing to build a fine now church as ' soon as weather will permit. —The Afumi.i of the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels have raised *3,000 with which to cornpleto the memorial chapel. —Erastus McKnight of the town of Wilson (Mad suddenly Monday morning. Id- was sixty-two years old. Death was caused by ii paralytic stroke • —Mr. F. It. Clench, photographer, of Lockport, has leased his stadio and will go Ito lowa City next week. If ho likes the place he will make it his future home. —Tbe chief of the Tnscarora Indians on j the Touuwamla reservation wants to take Ml coruot baud to Washington for the in, auguration.—Butptnsion Bridgt Journal. —The German Luthoran church at Sus' pension Bridge announces a fair to be held at. Colt's II ill on tho evenings of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Fcbuary Mb, 10th and 11th. Prof. Kitcbor, of the Seminary of Our Lady-of Angels, has offered to tbe students ; of Church History this term a gold medal valued al- $!■>, for tho best composition on ••Tho Willi before Christ." —Peter Ellis of Darien, N. Y., was before United States Commissioner Pound, Lockport, yesterday for illegal voting. Ho was held to await tho action of the United States Court at Utica. —The elegant residence of tho Hop. Richard Crowley on High Street, Ixickport, is soon to bo sold ori a foreclosure mortgage. Mr. Hliss of New York, of Star route counsel fame, holds the, heaviest mortgage. It is a largo stono dwelling with a fine surrounding lawn. —It has boon rumored for somo time that a Democratic paper was about to be startod at Niagara Kails, and it is now learned that Charles E. Honeywell uf the Wilson Star is to bo its editor and proprietor. Tho first edition will appear in about one month.-- Loalsport Union. —Recent letters from Mrs. I'orter, of Niagara Fulls, widow of the late Hon.'A. 8. Porter, who has been spending soveral years at tho Islo of Wight, state that her health is rapidly failing. She is over eighty years old. Some months ago she had a paralytic attack. Numerous friends would gladly welcome her return to her old home with restored health. — Some ]iOck(>ort buisneis men are talking of building a free roller rink, where all may enjoy tjsoniselves, summer or winter. Hand con -orts and dancing parties will bo given, a permanent orchestra engaged and other attractions secured. A bar and ice cream and refreshment stand will be attach od to tho premises, as well as special police. The refreshment department will bo the only source of revonue. —John A, Graham, a pedestrian and runner of considerable note, succeeded in beat, ing the best four mile running record ou Saturday night at the Central Risk, Lockport. His opponent skated five miles against llrnham, who ran four miles. The latter was victorious in tho remarkable time of 1* .'is, beating tho best previous record that of John White of London, England, for the same distance, —Last year, February 2<>tb, Miss Llzzlo Dempsey dicappi trad from the residence of John Helming, of Wright's Corners, Niagara county, and from that time to this nothing has been hem.l from hor. A report was started In Newfane awhile ago that her people knew whore she was and that her clothes ha 1 been sent to her, all of which is donicd. Her clothing is at Mr. Honning's, and that gentleman baa spent considerable time and money in trying to ascertain what bocame of bar, —Mn, Monro, tho estimable wife of the • --I DeVeaux College, gave a coasting | nrty Saturday to tho cadets and about ihiity Invited guests, the latter for the most i part being young ladies. The coasting be- j gan at four o'clock in Ihi afternoon and i niiimed until six o'clock when tho party repaired to the refectory of the college, where rafraafcaaanti were sorvod, after '. Which dancing \\a- indulged in for a short, time, when the party resumed tho sport of J OOaaMng "by the light of tho moon," and j diipenad at ton o'clock. A meeting was hold at the American j • aturday afternoon, and attended by ■boot thirty persons, the majority of whom - were opposed ae the bill to raise money to build a now city and county building In Lookport, <-co. H. Uradlo? of Somerset ; was made chairman to and John L. Chaso of Hartiand, Secretary, Amotion prevail ed for tbo chairman to ask tbo Supervisors of the several towns to obtain an expression of tha taxpayers of their lespective towns, and report to a meeting to be held ut tbe ! Aintiieaii Hotel. Ixjckport Feb 7th, at 3 o'clock P M It Is understood that Judge Davis will head a committee to appear before tho Governor asking him not to sign tbe bill. LEWISTON. The sleigh-bells have jingled merrily all tbo week, making the streets very lively. Hairy Hull has returned from his Canadian trip. We are glad to weicomo him bark. Mrs. A. Davy, of Niagara Falls, was in town last Saturday, visiting her sister, Mrs. Fendergast. A H. .Millar went to Lockport to-day. He Is preparing to ship a carload of apples to Chicago. Tbe Episcopal Society are to give a dramatic entertainment to-morrow eveuing.- Sama.ntiia. I.swiston, Feb. 4th, 1885. NIAGARA, Ont. a Tin' good sleighing up to Wednesday mado tho streets look pretty lively, e Rev. D. Mann will preach in St. Andrew's s (Presbyterian) church Sunday next. We hope the Council will do something in r regard to covering the opening of that dome h in Music Hall. Many complaints are being mado (>f par I ties neglecting to clean tno snow from their ;. sidewalks. ■ Our Amateur Dramatic Company will soon present in tho Music Hall, the play of f "Tho Hidden Hand." 3 Our old friend, H. J. Watts, we ara in-0 formed, has been awarded tho contract for numbering the houses iu Lockport. > In publishing the list of subscribers to the 9 International (amp scheme last week, we - omitted the name of Mr. H. Woodington. Mr. Woodington subscribed $300. We are pleased to state that Clarry Walsh, i who was so badly wounded some time ago , by tho accidental discharge of a shot-gun, ii 1 rapidly recovering, and expocts to make bis reappearance on the streets in a few days. r Mr. Win. Locke hus opcued a general ) blacksmith nnd horseshoeing shop in the I old Monro shop. Ho is prepared to do all i kinds of work In his Hue in a good, workmanlike manner, and at reasonable price*. , (live him a call. On Tuesday last a shooting match took i place between Mr. W. Lansing and Chas. i i'.i.lt..n on one side, and C. Milloy nnd It. Bishop on tbo other, for $30, at 21 birds. Lnnsiug and Hold .it won. Lansing killed 18, Bolton 14, Hishop 15, and Milloy 14. The regular monthly meeting of tho Town Council took place Tuesday evening last, I lis Worship, Mayor Garrett, in the chair. All tbo members were present, with the exception of Councillor It. Itest. Outside of the general routino of business, nothing was done. Our well-known scenic and portrait artist, ' Mr. F. H. (Irnngor, has painted a handsome ' window curtniu which he intends presenting I to tho Niagara Fire Co. this (Friday) even- ' ing. The painting represents firemen in tho act of rescuing a child from a burning building, and is a haudsorao piece of work. ! Mil- Mnllicilliunl desires to inform the public that she hus received an addition to ber stock of millinery, silks, satins, velvets, ' shirtings, winceys, dress linens, all colors Angering wool, &c. Best Canadian yarn at 50 cents per pound. Twenty-five yards ' wincey for one dollar, and the same of cot- ' ton. Call and inspect before purchasing ' elsewhere. A Church of Knglnnd Temperance Bo clety was Inaugurated hero on Tuesday ov- ' enlng, January 37th, when twenty-tight ' persons became members of the order. It is their Intention to meet thu third Tuesday of ovory month, a 8 o'clock p.m. Tbo fol- I lowing officers were appointed: President, ' Archdeacon McMurray; Vice President, the ' Ciirnto, Hov. Mr. Jones; Secretary, Capt. Wilkinson; Treasurer, Mrs. Morson. We ' wish the Society every success. i The Canadian Chautauqua institution at Paradise Grove, in old Niagara, is meeting Willi a grand success. Tho citizens of Niagara appear lo realize tlio importance and lieuclit of such nu institution in their com- ' munity, and oro going into the stock with a ' vim, which means success. Homo twenty th-lii-.'iii.l dollars has been secured already. ' It is to be hoped thut our Youngstown neighbors will become fully alive to their ' interests also, uud join with us in niuking It ' a grand success. Send iu your subscriptions ' while Jon have a chance to becotno one with us. Tho roller skating rink in Rogers' Block, under tli > management of Ifaatrl. Gutchell ft Richardson, li a gnat attraction la MB jnmag pen; 1,., and older ones, too. These gentlemen conduct the rink in first-class stylo. Wednesday night of last woek, a three minute raco took plaoe between Mr. Hugh Watt and Mr. W. Long, Mr. Watt I giving Mr. Long one and a half taps start; Mr. I en. won the race by a quarter of a lip. Monday night of this week tho managers offered a prize of fifty pounds of Hoar for a three minute race between gentlemen \\ In. Ii nl nover had roller skates on before; ' there were only two entries, A. Davey and ' J. Warrs, Mr. Davoy winning the prize. Tuesday night a three minute race took I place between Mr. A. Rowland and Mr. F. i Best; Rowland made 20} laps and Best IH| laps. This (Friday) evening, a prize of a handsome photograph album is offered for tbe best lady skater. Thero should bo a good attondance, as there is likely to be some nice skating done. , A grand skating carnival took nlace Friday evening on tbo Niagara curling rink, i near tho wharf, formerly the car-works I building. There were about 150 present, all i appearing to onjoy themselves. Tbe ice was in excellent condition, and tho building I ! was brilliantly illuminated with Chinese | lanterns of every color aud shape. Alio, the street lamps, once intended to "on- I ' lighten " our town, were used, and when I we looked at them we could not from our hearts say " well done, thou good and I faithful servants,'' for thsy have never don* < their duty, and this is the first time, we 1,. I Have, that they have been put to any good use, and from disuse they appeared like i FalstafT* brigade—no two alike, some in i l full dreii, others in undress, that is some ' wib glass in them and other* In a orippled condition, with no glass or even glass in In- I stalments We understand it is tbe intention of the proprietor* of tbe fink to have ' , tbe building supplied with better light, so | , that spectator* can better observe tbe move- c I ments of the skater*. During the evening i ] the Niagara Brass Band, under tbe leader- 1 ship of Prof. McKlo, discoursed some ex- j < : oellent music. We feci confident that the .' enterprise will be a financial success, for a i place of healthy recreation and pleasure li something tliat haa long been needed in thli old town. We wish it every »uc, eas. This (Friday) evening the rink will be againopen for skating, and on Friday evening of next week a grand masquerade carnival wifl be I held, when Mr. McCoomb, of Wolland, will be on hand with ooatumes for hire. A good time is looked forward to. For tbe benefit of our Presbyterian friendi we publish the following statement of St 1 Andrew's church, in account with T. P. Main, Treasurer, which waa received and adopted at the annual meeting on Jnnu ary 31st: 1884, Feb. 12, Balance on hand, * 7.8# Heat of (Hebe, 82.00 Pew Kent*, «lnA4O. Collections & Knvulope*, HsVOt. 488.M Thank offering from a member . 10.00 Mrs .Oliver, lloclieater 1.00 Fruit from Munae (lariten 18.57 Receipts from concert, H 75 I-oan from J. I'arnochan 90.00 Festival W9.94 •74301 Pavments: Wood $ 2795 Kxpenaes concert and festival 14.84 T. P. Hlain, advance on organ 37.89 Mrs. Holers, bal. due Mr. Rogers 33 SB Insurance 80.00 Estate of Mr. Boyd, loan 50 00 Paid for supply 874.00 Assembly, Synod uud Pres. Fund A SO J. Carnochau, loan, 90 00 Books for choir 5.00 * Hoard of Ministers... 57.23 Interest on note 4.10 Sexton 45 00 Sundries, coal oil, &c. W. 77 1095.79 Balance on hand 45.99 Niagara, Jan. 19, 1885. VIRGIL, Ont. Niagara Tuwuiliip Council mat on Monday lust After the necessary declaration of office taki'U bj the Heevo, Dopnty Heave and Councillors, that body adjnurndd for dinner, and after supplying the innor man with ail the luxuries supplied by mine host Wood, they appointed the officers for the year. Mr. L I'hillipg met with an nccidout In trying to stop n runaway horse on Batorday, breaking his shoulder-blade. We aro glad to seo that our Reevo baa taken the initiative tu the matter of taking shares in tbo camp ground stock company at Niagara. Wo hope the Deputy Ueevtj and Councillors will follow suit. We are glad to soe our fellow townsman, Mr. David Ooodall, ou tho move again, after being confined to the house for soma days past—Deacon. Virgil, January aOtb, 1885. The representatrvos of the several munlci apalities of tho County of Lincoln mot in the shlro city of St. Catharines on Tuesday last, said assembly known as tho Couuty Council. Tho tli -I business of Importance was to elect Jacob Strong, Ksq., Houve of Uainsborougb, as warden for this year, a gontleman who is well suited to fill tho position, and a suoceasful farmer in his township. The first ap point ment that he was called upon to •nake was an uuditor, mid that oMlce he filled by, oppolnting a guutlenian from tho the city, Slid gentleman being well qualified to fill that position; but 1 think that a person equally quulifled mulii have boon found in tho couuty. This heaping all the ullloes of emolument ou men not paying taxes in tbe county is nothing less than absurd. There could have been at least olio hundred men In the county tit for that ollles; but I supposo tho newly aloctod Warden had forgotten that thoro was any person outside tbo. city. A detachment of tlm Salvation Array paid a visit to this village on Friday evening last. They did not bring their musical instruments with tli. in. Thermometer 'i • below ajaasj this morning.11. H Moyer paid a visit to this placa and Niagara on Saturday last, looking halu mut hearty. The annual mooting of tbe Indo|Hindont llorso Association of this county was buhl at Homer, on the 'iiud Jan., and olectad tbo oil'n-iTs for tbe oiuuing year. They deoldoil to hold their show about the &Ub of May next. There was a large atwudnuru of tbo members.-- Deacon. Virgil, Fob. 2nd, 1886. NORTH RIDGE. Mr. Andrew J.iot nid and Charles Lookwood, of Olcott, were on tbe Kidge Saturday of last week. Kev. (i. Itadumncber, of thli place, wbi called to Buffalo last week, on account ot the sickn< m his daughter Anna, who ia at tending school in that city. (Juurteily mcetiug services were held in tbe M. E. Church, laet Habbath, Iter A, P, WilborofllciatinK. A volimble hone belonging to Mr. Pat. rick Hartnet is very atck. There ia not much kopes of hli recovery. A revolver in tbe hands of Fred Mhurrs, of tbe Town Mne, was accidentally discharged one day laet week, the contents entering hi*) left arm above the elbow. Dr. Wo. C, Wood was called and succeeded iu extract, ing the ball near the shoulder. He ia doing; aa well as could bu expected at the preseot writing. hn. o • .11 Tuesday of last week, at the home of bar daughter, Mrs. Joseph Jenner, at Suspension Bridge, Mrs. Jane Bedford, wife of tbe late Wm. Bedford, of pleuro- I i.•■■iw•!.:.•!. aged 11 years. The funeral wea obsei ved at her late residence In Cambria, on Thursday the SVtb ult. at one o'clock r. at., Kev. D. Clark officiating. Tbe i • mama were interred in the family cemetery in tha North Kidga burial lot.- Becky Sharp North Ridga, Fab. and, 18S5.