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THE WATERTOWN HERALD. $1.50 In Advance. WATEETOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, N. Y., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1886. Vol. I. No. 19. KING CRCESUS. \KW YORK CITY'S RETIRING MAYOR. »'l See More In My Property Now Than Any Living Man Possesses"— How Mayor Graee Became a Million- aire and Secured Office. NEW YORK, NOV. 5.— The election is over and Abram S. Hewitt is to be our next mayor. He is a different man in many respects from his predecessor. Let me picture to the HERALD readers the biggest millionaire of twenty years hence. His stature is low. he has no port whatever, and hiss face is not strong enough to dominate the glasses which straddle his nose. He used to be pointed out in the down-town district of ship- ping and importing business as one pos- sessing three millions. Fifty years ago wiich a comment would have command- ed instant, wide-mouthed attention to the subject of it, for in this whole land only John Jacob Astor had acquired so much wealth as that; but in these times of King Crcesus the millionairs have multiplied until, it is to be apprehended we will goon come to look on them as no better than other people. Therefoie, when any bpdy said, "There goes Bill Grace—he's worth $3.000;000." the re- ply, accompanied by a careless look at the man, was apt to be, "Ah! how did he make it?" It would then be explain- ed that he was engaged in the South American shipping trade, at which he had been successful, as the head of the firm of William J. Grace & Co. He had spent most of his time for the past 15 years in Brazil, and that was why New Yorkers knew nothing of him. One municipal campaign Tammany wished to nominate- a *olid business man for mayor. John Kelly said that none of the^politicians would answer the pur- pose. Grace was mentioned as availa- ble. A committee was sent to him. He answered that above all things he would be delighted to be mayor of New York, but he would take a nomination only under the positive understanding that he should not be bound to do anything for politics or politicians if elected. That was the kind of talk which Kelly liked •to have the public hear. He did not for an instant imagine that it meant any thing mor& ~ Grace was put up. He 1 spent more money than any candidate for the same office had ever before dis-, bursed. But the strikers and heelers got I very little of it. The euormousexpenses I were mostly those of mass meetings,' banners, circulars mailed to every resi- dence in town and column after column in the advertising space of newspapers. All those judiciously-bought facilities for reaching.the minds of thoughtful voters were utilized to the utmost. They proved potent, too, and Grace became mayor. Then he astounded Tammany by sticking to his word in the matter of patronage. At this time his office was hampered by the common council, and he could accomplish no more than to convince the public that he would re- form things if he could. He is now ending his second term with a new law afford- ing him almost unlimited powers. The curious point is that Grace is a cold- blooded, intriguing, remorseless, heart-, less fellow, - 'without, the forensic ability to make a 10-minute speech except from manuscript, nor a jot of magnetic com- panionship; but he seems to have made up his mind to get a good name as may- or, and he has succeeded. Your readers probably have heard of Mayor Grace's last venture in tbemoney makmg lins. I mean his purchase ol the South American railroad, fatuous for its zig zag climbing of the Andes in defiance of engineering difficulties, and for having been built for the Brazilian government by Harry Meggs, the noted Calfomia venturer. This will make Grace a rival of the Vauderbilts in fortune within 20 years. He gets the completed portion of the line, together with a tract of the richest, silver traci in the w rid, for nothingat|ijl provided he will complete the line to that region. The property has already e<-yt $27,000.- 000, and is worth, or wi)l*be when the entire route is done. He will have to invest 110,000,000 in the additional work, and this he can do without letting in any partners, 1 asked him how much he expected to profit by his schemes of working the abandoned mines which he getss with the road and which require only the improved machinery of present mining to yield enormously. "There will be no stock company, and no shares to sell," he replied; "and so it • can't interest the public, nor help me to give the figures publication." But he added, under my pvrt.inacity: "1 more in my property than any living man now possesses." What to do with wealth of the one's got it? That ii serious question. I saw a young woman who was about to start for a tour in Texas and Mexico. She wished to take plenty of money along to those re- gions of highwaymen, and in a way which would baffle them. So she had a traveling dress trimmed lavishly with buttons costing from $5 to $100 each. Tne cheaper ones contained gold pieces neatly laid between the wooden moulds, which were covered with cloth in the usual fashion. The costlier buttons were similarly stuffed with United States notes. As fast as she requires cash she will clip off those adornments, replacing them with ordinary ones of the same outward pattern. SUICIDE 'AT DEXTER. An Estimable Citizen, While i n a State of Frenzy With. Pain, Ends His Life. DEXTER, Nov. 5.—There was great ex- citement in our usually quiet village on Monday morning last when the sad news was given that James Frost, an old and highly respected citizen, had hung himself in his barn. Mr. Frost awoke at 4 o'clock in the morning and complained to his wife that his limbs pained him. After asking if there wasn't something she could do to relieve him, and receiving an answer that there wan not. fell asleep again. When she awoke it was 5 o'clock, and Mr. Frost had arisen. Getting her breakfast ready and supposing Mr. Frost was at the barn doing the chores, she went to the out- side door and called him. Not receiv- ing any answer she went out to the barn and found he had put up the cows, but did not find Mr. Frost in the stable. She went to the large barn door. She open - ed the small pass door, and the sight that met her eyes was terrible. Mr. Frost was hanging by the neck dead. Her cries attracted George Hazel wood, a near neighbor who ran to her assist ance. He cut the rope and placed the body upon the floor. It was found that Mr. Frost had thrown down the hay to, the cows, after which he fastened the | rope over the large beam, stood upon i the mow,tied the noose around his neck, I a slip knot, and then making a half- hitch with the end of the rope below the knot, let himself slide off the edge of the bay. There was a small pile of cabbage on the floor and found his knees were resting on them. Mr. Frost was 62 years of age. He came to Dexter in I83fi: has always lived here, excepting five years when in business with his brother, John Frost, in the village of Antwerp. Mr. Frost at one time carried on the sash, door and blind business, now owned by Binninger & Strainge. Frost Bros. sold to the former firm and James continued in business here, running a large sa w- mill John Frost went to Watertown and is still in business there. Mr. Frost was beloved by all who knew him, kind- hearted and generous, ever ready to do a kind act and help the poor. His sad death will be regretted by all who knew htm. He leaves a wife and daughter to mourn their loss. They have the sym- pathy of many kind friends and neigh- bors. -* V;^,,, The BelleJptltCBell. CLAYTON, Nov. 5.-<-The last hope for the safety of the Clayton schooner Belle Mitchell or any of her crew, perished when the body of Mrs. Dicks, sister of Captain Rusho the master of the vessel, was found on the shore near Ere, Pcnn., last Wednesday. The remains were immediately identified by the clothing and sent to her late home, arriving at this place yesterday, A. M., and the funeral will be held from the lower district school house, on Grindstone Is land, next Sunday at 2 p M. A large portion of the craft has been driven into Erie by the wind. The fishermen at that place are on the lookout for the re- maind^ of the crew. They expect that the remainder of the bodies will be found in a short time. The crew was compos nd of Oapt. Truman G. Rusho, David Dicks. the husband of the woman already found, James Dicks. Geo. Brophry and Henry Colon, all of this place, John Calldeck and another Rea- man name unknown. The wreck of the Mitchell lies about tweuty miles W. S.W. from Long Point, Lake Erie. The schooner must be fast breaking upas the great amount of wreck- age found would indicate. It is hoped that all of the bodies may be recovered so as to relieve the oppressive anxiety which hangs over the families of the unfortu- nate crew who have found a watery grave. Prefers Death. LOVVVILLE, Nov. 5.—A man by the name of McHale, an inmate of the county house, went to Greeley's landing, Sun- day afternoon, and, filling his pockets with stones, jumped into the river. He was rescued, however, by some men who happened to be near by. McHale says the next opportunity he gets he will try jumping in front of a locomotive, as he prefers dying to living in a poor-house. Maiming; Men. PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 5.-Engine No. 10 going north over the U. &. B. R. RR. lest the track in the cut between Sand and Main streets, dragging the cars with it, Tuesday. Someone left the switch open. A brakeman on No. 3, going north on the R. W. & O., had his finger smashed while coupling cars Monday night. ++. One of Life's Change*. LAFARGEVILLE, NOV. 5.—The LaFarge- ville gristmill which has been run by the late James Kilborn for a good many seasons and given the best of satisfac- tion to the farmer, will continue to run under the management of his son, H. J. Kilborn, who, with good help, will try to serve his customers to the best of his ability. , +_» A Curious Disease. I PALMEL, Mass., Nov. 5.—Deacon Amos P. Kendall, of this place, has just died j of a cu.iious disease that had caused the • death of his grandfather, father and two brothers. In effect it was paralysis, and yet it came on very gradually without any shock. Less than a year ago deacon Kendall noticed a lame- ness in a finger on his left hand. The disorder developed gradually, un- til about five months ago the left hand became helpless and dangled from the wrist. Next the calves of his legs were attacked, and in a couple of months more he was forced to stop walking, and soon after he was unable to move the left leg at all. His rnouth and throat were then approached, the muscles controlling the salivary, glands weaken- ed, which caused a cease- less flow of saliva. After that the progress of the disease was rapid, and at the time of his death he had lost his speech save a few gutteral sounds, was unable to swallow or to move any j ly refusing to serve another term* the member save one arm slightly and turn his head somewhat. The paralyzed por- tions retained the sense of touch and his mind was perfectly clear to the last. -—• -•-*- •— A Clergyman Sold. WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 5.—A colored Baptist church in New-Bradford, having advertised for a minister, received word from one in NewYork that he would be on hand Sunday night. A committee was at the station to meet him and was astonished to find a white man. The stranger, who had not supposed that his future parishioners were colored, was equally astonished. He preached for them on Sunday, however, and was sent away with the proceeds of a collection. A Remarkable Escape. CATSKILL, Nov/5. —Arthur Story, while delivering a barrel of flour at a house which is built on a cliff 100 feet high, near the Catskill creek, was precipitated with a horse and wagon over the brink. After falling about 50 feet the wagon was caught by the limbs of a tree, the horse hanging head downward suspended in the air. The driver, who bad held on to the wagon, descended the tree, and the horse, by its struggles, broke the harness, and, rolling over several times, brought up against the stump of another tree on a narrow ledge of rock. It was brought down with considerable difficulty. Be- yond some rather severe cuts and bruises, no injury was suffered by either man or beast. A Serious mine Fire. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Nov. 5.—The fire at the Standard mjnes near Mount Pleasant, which originated Sunday afternoou, is still raging and is hourly gaining headway. Flame and smoke, driven by a strong cut rent of air, leaped from the mouth of the she,ft to the hight of 100 feet above the ground. All efforts to check the fire have been of no avail. The work of flooding the mine began at once. This will require several months. It is thought that nearly three acres of coal are now ablaze. The amount of loss can not be estimated for the entire plant will have to suspend operatiops for several months, thus throwing 600 men out of employment. The daily output was 1.500 tons, and consequence of its being idle, it will re- sult in the closiug down of 500 coke ovens or one twentieth of the whole Conuelisville region. The Denmark War. Our Denmark correspondent has kept our readers pretty thoroughly posted in the movements that have been made for reseating the rising generation, or rather reseating the Denmark schools. In sev- eral districts in that town the plan of adjustable iron seats has found favor among some patrons, and the arts of the school district worker have been brought forth to put the scheme through. On the other hand, those who think seats that they used are good enough for the present generation, have been as vigor- ously opposing the new scheme, to the exclusion of all political matters, state or national. The final battle has been fought, and the jack-knife engraved seats of the past are to be retained. Peace once more reigns in Denmark,and the people will hereafter get their HER- ALDS on Saturdays. [.Subject of Illustration. I DEW ITT C. MIDDLETON. Dewitt C. Middleton is one of the sev. eral young men who have come from the country to this city, and who have built up solid and lasting reputa- tions because of their success in whatev- er place of honor and trust their calling placed them. When Hon. A. C. Middle- ton represented this district in tha sen- ate at Albany in 1874-5, his son, Dewitt C, remained with him sufficiently long to get acquainted with manners and leading men of the city, irrespect of pa*- ty, honored him with a token of tftelr esteem and pronounced his work wtfsx- celled by any of his predecessors. ; j. Mr. Middleton's business caree* has been as successful as his public life, Tea or twelve years ago, he became the jo&r ior partner of the firm of Heath & 'Mid* dleton, but after the death of bjs^rt- ner he took the entire business £» Ms own hands and lias since conduct!*! & Today he has the finest boot and >shee store in the city. We know n£&ang equal to it in Syracuse or Utica, In politics, Mr. Middleton has always been a firm republican and is respected knewspapar by his opponents because he never in- trudes Ids views or thinks a Jnam uo-fito worthy of honor because he is a demo- * * crat. Two years ago many leading re- publicans tried to get him to allow tws name to be used as a candidate for the assembly. Their entreaties wtfte m vain. He is a young man of bwns, pluck and energy; a thorough business man and a thorough^entleman. DEXTER, Nov. 5.—There jf n«t any ducks in the bay this fall.- *jp JT Dr Doulass has returned. ' J^» , Binninger & Strainge have contracts for building and house furnishing that will keep their full force of hands at work all winter. James Curran has bought the Bowers farm near our village; consideration $2,000. Mr. Curran will continue in the butcher business. Patrick's blacksmith shop caught fire Sunday morning. After very prompt and active work on the part of our citizens it was got under control. Mrs. Seth Kimball and daughter of Appalachicola, ^Fla.. are the guest of Mrs. J. B. Kimball, The gift social given by the ladies of the univei'salist church at Woods hall on Thursday evening was a very plesant affair. Charles Reeves, who has been in ill health for the last year has been obliged to give up and is confined to the house. There is a call for a meeting at the Underwood house on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of organiz- ing a fire department. Mr. Underwood, our president, has called the meeting. There are young men enough in the village to fill three companies. All One Way. LOWVILLE, Nov. 5.—The republicans made a clean sweep in this county, Tuesday, electing every man on their county ticket, re-electing Mr. Rea to the assembly, and contributing materially to the vote which defeated Mr. Spriggs for congress. They could not have accom- plished this had there not been a bad feeling in the democratic ranks. Mr. Basselin assumed to boss, and did. The democrats were opposed to Spriggs and sent delegates against him, but Basselin cast the whole vote in his favor. This made the democrats so angry that they voted the republican ticket -from begin- ning to end. A Good Plaee i • W o r k . ONEIDA, NOV. 5.—The millinery estab- lishment of White & Crandall has a hap- py way of losing its assistants. One of the proprietors says: " We have lost eight of our girls within the space of three years and a half. We no sooner get one girl well established with us be- fore some gentleman walks in and asks her to preside over his establishment. Eight girls have been married out of our store in less than four years, and so far as we can learn,all are happily married." Small Incomes. WASHINGTON, NOV. 5.—One hears of so many men leaving Washington poor, that I imagined it was a costly place to live. It is if you care to spend all you earn and can borrow. But an old friend, J who has been here twenty methods there, with parliamentary rules | years, tells me the national capital is and the manner of dispatching business, j really a place of small incomes and small which was a great help to him and the j outgoes. city when he was chosen mayor. Twice j There is no such thing as extravagance in succession he has been elected to the in Washington—that is, New York or highest office in the gift of the people of even Philadelphia extravagance. Wash this city, and when he retired, positive- ington is a city of small incomes, small outgoes and small econ- omies. Some of the lat- ter are very funny. There is my friend the prosperous lawyer, who pays a hotel news-stand five cents a day for the privilege of reading all the morning newspapers. If he takes one he pays the newsman another nickel. There is my friend, his wife, who always secures a deduc- tion on the medicine she buys by promising to rtturn the bottle, This lady is also one of the number who sell their old dresses and what not of fixings to a shrewd old colored aunty in a smart red and yellow bandana, who in turn sells them "on time" to well to do servants. A prosperous merchant, whom I know, thinks nothing of paying hie own fare when he takes a party of ladies down town in the street car and letting each of his fair companions do the same. A street railway president, so they say, sometimes utilizes his carriage horses on "the line," and the president of a steamboat line did, and I think does, save iiia board by riding up and down toe Potomac on one of his steamers. This is a town where the leaders in politics, finance and journalism lunch ou milk and pie in a dairy, ride in three- cent cars, drink five-cent soda water, and patronize barbers who shave for ten cents, where men of all sorts of prosper- ity dine for a quarter, and refresh their minds in the evening at the hospitable correspondent's offices, which stand open from sunset almost suDrise. I supposed everybody within five hundred miles of Washing- knew all this. COPENHAGEN, COPENHAGEN, Nov. 5.—Dr. Stowell was paid a visit by his brother from Canada, last week. Mrs. Warren Cummings is improving. Mrs. Lewis Weaver is sorely afflicted with rheumatism. The rooms are decidedly pleasant at J the Crowner boose. Miss Nellie Itnowles, of Carthage, is visiting'friends in town. Jason Johnson returned from his trip in the west last week. Mrs. S. S. Hadsall has returned from New York. Mrs. Dr. Stanton left this morning for a week's visit in Sandy Creek. Miss Mina Merriman has returned after a week's visit in Clayton, Lowville and Watertown. Mrs. Eugene Hurd was in Watertown Tuesday, returning with her sister Miss Merriman. Stanton Allen, of Martinsburg, is in town visiting her parents. The New Yorkers have all returned and report a pleasant time. H. P. Burns' house on Main street is nearly completed and the family will move in as soon as possible. " Shoot the man with the white plug hat." was the cry of our small boys last Sunday. Willie Campbell and wife, of Water- town, visited at John Youngs, Monday. Miss Nettie Savage is quite ill at John Goodwin's. There was no school on Tuesday on account of election. All passed off quietly in this place election day, but Copenhagen is always quiet on such a time. Ed Boyd has begun his new house on Main street. Frank Hall is again improving after a severe relapse caused by a chill from sitting up too long. A slight mistake was made in regard to the entertainment. It will be Nov. 9, Tuesday evening at the Davenport house and will be entitled a Japanese Wedding. Theodore Waldo spent several days duck hunting, reporting good success and bringing home several very fine birds. The Misses Cottrel's were in the city Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week ordering goods for the winter trade. Work on the new Congregational church is being hurried as fast as possi- ble. Orders were sent for the carpets this week. Daniel Greig, of Rutland, having bought the house formerly occupied by S. Dagget, is doing some needed repair- ing after which he will move here. Going; to California. DENMARK, NOV. 5.—C. P. Horr has sold his plank road farm to Gordon Sil- ver. He has also sold his dairy farm near Copenhagen where he resides, to New Bremen parties. Mr. Horr and family will move to California about the first of December. MR. PARSONS. TRYING TO KELP HI9ISELF BY CAJOLING WATERTOWN. Asking to Have Bonds Refunded That Are Not Due—Mr. Flower, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Baffler, and Other Gen- tlemen Agree to Disagree. The little sparring which has been go- '• ing on between some of the directors of the Carthage, Watertown and Sackets Harbor railroad, has been unintelligible to the masses of the people who are be- ginning to feel the crushing power of the railroad syndicate which holds the property of Northern New York in a vise-like grip. Hon. George A. Bagley, one of the directors, and an extensive manufacturer, was called upon by a HERALD reporter and asked to give the facte from his stand-point, as Mr. Phelps had already given his. Mr. Phelps stated that at a meeting of the directors of the Carthage road it was decided to refund the $300,000 bonds now bearing seven per cent into bonds bearing five per cent interest; that the bonds had been sold to Hon. R. P. Flower, and that the company must issue the bonds whether or not the trustees signed them. " It is a long story," said Mr. Bagley, " but it is an important one for the peo- ple of Watertown and Jefferson county. These old bonds become due in a few years. The railroad from Car- thage to Sackets Harbor is mortgaged to pay them. The Rome road people as I understand, have guaranteed their pay- ment as part of the bargain with the Utica company. They have other press ing debts which must be met about the same time. I was informed, by one of the directors, that the Rome road would guarantee the payment of the new bonds and help float them. I attended a meeting of the directors called to look into the matter, when a resolution was offered by Mr. Phelps to the effect that new five per cent bonds be issued for $300,000 to replace the old and addition al bonds to the amount of $80,000 be is- sued to make up the difference in inter- est. This was a new revelation to me. So it wrs to other members of the board. The replacing of $300,000 with $330,- 000 did not appear quite right, in my es- timation. The resolution was lost, but for the purpose of entering into further negotiations with Mr. Parsons and find- ing out exactly what he meant, the mo- tion was reconsidered and passed, but it WBS understood that nothing should be done for theperusal. I voted for the resolution fo* the purpose of ntoviag to reconsider it if necessary. As one of the trustees I told Mr. Phelps that 1 would sign no mortgage until we knew what Mr. Parsons was up to: that we were under the control of the railroad company more than it was for our interest now. I couldn't see why there was any hurry in selling the bonds; didn't see why Mr. Flower should turn over his check for the full amount be- fore even the bonds were issued or the mortgage given." "What mortgage ?" "The mortgage on the road to secure the payment of the bonds which the Borne company was to guarantee. Get a copy of that mortgage from Mr. Phelps, and publish it. Just let the people see how they were to lose every interest they had in the road; how they were to be sold out to Mr. Parsons. I hardly think it would stand, even if signed. But I would not sign it." "What then?" "There was another meeting of the directors called, when those opposed to the refunding scheme were absent. Then the thing was done up slick. The presi- dent, Mr. Phelps, was given power to appoint another trustee in case one re- fused to do the necessary signing. But nothing, in my opinion can now be done until after Mr. Parsons meets the com- mittee, and we learn whether or not Watertown is to be discriminated against. "Were the meetings sulphurious?' "Well, they were somewhat warm oc- casionally, especially about the time Mr, Flower tendered his resignation, and when Mr. Phelps demanded pay for his services." "Where would the harm be in issuing the bonds spoken of?" "There is no reason why the $300,000 seven per cents cannot be replaced by $300,000 five per cents. Then why should we increase our indebtedness $30, 000 more to accommodate Mr. Parsons?' "Is the stock of the Carthage, Water- town and Sackets Harbor road worth anything?" "It certainly would not be under the scheme proposed by Mr. Parsons. The*j earnings of the road, when not discrimi- nated against, made the stock worth at least 25 cents on the dollar before the consolidation. It earned more than enough to pay the interest on its bonded indebtedness." A Small Price. CASTORLAND, Nov. 5.—J. R. Richner is: loading several cars with potatoes tor Mr. Miller, of Lowville. He pays 25c. per bushel delivered on the cars. , What Free Trade Does. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5.—The St. Louis sugar refinery, the largest in the west, shut down last night and the firm dis- charged about 125 of its employes. The cause of closing is said to be the same as recently compelled the shutting down of several eastern refineries, inability to compete with Sandwich Island raw sugar, which is admitted into the country free of import duty. The re- finery will start up again should it prove that the new crop of Louisiana raw sugar can be purchased at prices which will yield a profit for refining. THE WEEK'S TOPICS. Prince Napoleon arrived in Washing- ton. Henry Ward Beecher returned from Europe. The public debt during October was re- duced $13,201,519. There is a serious strike of beef packers in Chicago. There is a pork packers' strike in East St. Louis. At Loogootee., Ind., three guests per- ished in a burning hotel. Two were successful candidatse, Tues- day, for auditor and treasurer of Martins county. The republicans elect six congressmen in Virginia. The Vermont assembly has passed a bill granting woman suffrage. There was a heavy snow storm in south-western Montana. The Detroit brewers are dictating terms to their striking employes. James G. Blaine received a number of visitors at the Fifth avenue hotel in New York. Secretary Manning has issued a call for another $10,000,000 of three per cent, bonds. Seven villages were destroyed by a volcanic eruption on one of the Friendly islands. ID the municipal elections in England and Wales, the conservatives make slight gains. The Pavonia, which went on the rocks near Plymouth, Mass., has been towed to Boston. France has received no encouragement from Turkey in its agitation against the British in Egypt. Russia is displeased because the Bul- garian congress was opened, and General Kaulbars will quit Sofia. Mrs. A. T. Stewart's will was filed for probate. It bequeaths large sums to the Protestant Episcopal churches, In Chicago during a fire a roof fell in on six members of the insurance patrol. All were injured and two fatally. Liberty's torch on Bedlow's island was lighted, but the rays did not penetrate far. Thefireworks, however, were elab- orate. The court of appeals has sent back for retrial a case where conviction was se- cured in the lower court under the oleo- margarine law. The annual report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Atkins is made public. The Indian population, exolnsiveof Alas- ka, is 060,000. September 1, New tawrwick, N. J., celehratedi* evtimmmi m unjinai!, Now it is discovered that the city was " incorporated in 1730. • The racing career of the Great English racehorse Oamonde began a year ago. Since then he has won for the Duke of Westminster $108,680. During the first four months of the present fiscal year the government re- ceipts were"$14,168,891 in excess of those during the corresponding year. Since the remains of Mrs. A. T. Stew, art were placed in the crypt under the cathedral at Garden City, a guard has been stationed to watch it day and night. Louis Berial, for twenty-five years an employe in the custom house in New York, shot Surveyor of the Port H. S. Beattie three times. The wounds a*e not considered fatal. William Irwin of Rowlandville, Md., visiting in Lancaster, Pa., blew the gas out on retiring, Friday night, and was found dead in the morning. He was the father of ten children. At Kingston, Pa, William Moses, a mining engineer, when he found that he had killed John Brodda, by suddenly starting a cage, put a revolver to his own head and killed himself. Rev. Mr. Kirby, rector of the Episco- pal church in Potsdam, was elected a bishop at the national Episcopal conven- tion. If he accepts he will probably have the missionary diocese of Utah. Thos. Barley, of Holyoke, Mass. broth- er of F. P. Barley, of Lowville, has per- fected the exchange of his farm of 250 acres in the town of Pinckney, 40 cows, team, hay, etc., with Michael Baker, for his farm of 50 acres in Croghan and $12,000. The greatest outburst of petroleum ever known is reported at Baku, Russia. A fountain commenced playing to the hight of 224 feet and spouting more than 11,000 tons of oil a day. The great Gey- ser of Iceland is a pigmy compared with this wonderful fountain. The village of Potsdam has during the past year had unparalleled growth, over $125,000 having been spent on improve ments. This includes $41,000 spent on the normal school. Add the expenditure on the.streets and parks, including the new sewerage system, and the amount will aggregate adout $17,500. "Red Top" the president's eottage,8ays a Washington writer, will be ready for occupancy before the middle of Novem- ber. Nearly all the furniture has been received. -The grand Stein way piano presented to the president at his mar- riage is at the cottage. Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom make daily visits to the cottage and superintend the prepara- tions going, on. Backed Down. Secretary Manning has instructed Col- lector Anderson to remit the fine of $900 imposed on the British schooner Alba, for entering the port of Portland, Me., without a manifest.
