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VOL. XXII. MALONE, N. Y.v WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,1902. NO. 10.«HOOTI!Tfi AT SARANAC L4 K E .

Two Prominent Citizens Wounded.At a joint meeting of the village board

of trustees and tlie Saranac Lake board ofhealth Friday night, John Lapan, thetormer chief of police of the village, whohad presented his refiignation, whippedout a revolver and deliberately shot Dr.Russell, the village president, twice atclose range. One bullet entered the right-wrist of the doctor and the other struckhlH watch and dropped down his pant legto the floor. A third shot passed throughthe right pant leg of Dr. C. F. Wicker, whowas in attendance at the' meeting. Drs.Kussell and Wicker are among SaranacLake's best-known citizens and both ofthem successful practiciag physicians ofthe place. Dr. Wicker has for some yearsbeen physician at the Adirondack Sani-larium.

Lapan had been drinking heavily ofl.tte. and. neglecting his duty, tfad "prac-tically lost his job. He had been threaten-ing pubpcly for a week to kill Dt Russell,,bat hife threats, so publicly aside, were

* not considered seriously except by some ofhis most intimate friends. It is said thatsome of his people took his revolver awayfrom him and that he went to Utica aad}»>ught another, returning only on vthe< vening of the shooting. Neither of thevictims of the shooting are seriously in-jtyed. but the fact that Dr. Rus^ll's lifewas saved only by his watch is almost amiracle. After the people in the roomrecovered from their surprise the assailantwas overpowered and his-revolver takenaway. Then it was that he declared hehad swallowed four ounces of laudanumbefore the shooting, evidently expectingto make a clean job -of it. A physicianv orked over him " nearly all night andfinally pronounced him out of danger. Thedistrict attorney was sent for and wentto Saranac Lake on the train Saturdaymorning. Saturday evening Sheriff Doug-lass started for the same place in responseto # message summoning him there.

I japan is said for two years to havecarried around silently an imaginarygrudge against Dr. Russell and attemptedto wreak vengeance upon him when hisniind was crazed with drink. He is aman of good appearance and for years hadthe reputation of being a superb officer.His splendid physique and courage madehim a terror to law-breakers and a valu-able man in preser^ug the peace. He waswell-liked by his acqaintances and wasr.ot considered a bad fellow. His fatheris one of the best-known and most re-specked citizens of Ellen burgh. The affairis a most unfortunate one. and can prob-ably be charged up wholly to too muchindulgence in drink.

Lapan was arrested and held for theErrand jury Saturday night and lodged in.Maione jail Monday morning. Domestictroubles ai"e alleged by him to lie at thebottom of the shooting. The bullet which

-^is supposed to have struck Dr. Russell'swatch is said to have beeu found by thedistrict attorney in the bottom of his vest:another cut his watch chain, went through

his clothes and plowed a furrow in theft^h over the abdomen, btrt did not gointo the body. The bullet which struckDr. Wicker was a spent ball which wasshot at Russell and it grazed the calf • ofDr. Wicker's leg. The meeting was heldto arrange for the establishment of. a pesthonse at SSaranac Lake and Lapan camein and asked Dr. Wicker to give him apowder. As Wicker stepped aside to com-ply with his request Lapan pulled out therevolver and began shooting at Russell.It was a sell-cocking gun of 32 calibre andwas discharged rapidly three times. ..La-pan had taken but one ounce of laudanum,but it was with*-4ifflculty that physicianssaved his life. Lapan is a married manfifty-eight years of age. and has a fam-ily of five children.

\OTAR1KS P I B L H .

The following notaries have been ap-pointed for Fiairklin couuty:

Thomas Adams, Maione: Edwin S. Al-drich, St. Regis Falls: William Peasleeledger, Maione; Henry M. Bero, Hog-ans-burgh; Bertram Went worth Berry, Ma-lone; John S. Bizel, Maione: Miss AnnaCk Bristow, Maione: Silas Brooks, Ma-lone; Milton Henry ?Brown. Burke: Wil-liam J. Bulger, Maione: Frederick PhilipCalkins, Saranac Lake: James Carney,Bloomingdale: Robert Clark, WestvilleCenter: Herbert Philip Coates* .SaranacLake: Willard Leslie Collins, Chateaugay;Andrew B. Cooney, Chateaugay: LouisDe Laucett. Tupper Lake: Edwarcl P.Deming, Burke-: Cornelius Dewey, Bloom-ingdale": David D. D. Dewey, Moira: MaryTheresa Dorey, Gabriels: Edwin ThomasDunn. Bombay: Ophir C. Earle, Maione:William H. Foster, Jr.. West Bellnaout:Richard S. Gile, Moody: Hiram J. Hatha-way, Verm«ntville; Willie M. Jlinman,Bangor; Edgar R. Hoit, Maione: WilliamH. Kin near, Tupper Lake: John SmithKirby, Chateaugay Lake: WilFE. La-Fonntain, Tupper Lake: M. Eugene Mc-Clary, Maione; Michael F. McGarrahan,Maione: Miss Anna Gertrude McGrath,Ma-kme: Hugh P. McKillip, Goldsmith: Alex-ander Macdonald, St. Regis Falls: WalterJ. Mears. Maione: Adelbert Hogle Merritt,Maione: Robert McC. Miller, Maione: MissMila Adele O'Brian, Saranac Lake: Wil-liam O'Neii, Maione; Nelson WarrenPorter. Maione; Calvin Joseph Prarie*Derrick; James Edward Price. Maione.Joseph S. Quian, Brush ton; Matt C. Ran-som. Maione: Matthew J. Reynolds. Brain-

} arrisville: Charles J. Riley, Gabriels:J Augustus W." SheaWs, Brushton: Samuelt B. Skinner, Maione: Warren J. Slater.! Saranac.Lake: Jacob I. Talln5an, St. RegisI Falls: William S. Wade. Tupper Lake:i Charles H. Wardner.Coreys: Cass Wilson.\ Owl's Head.i ^^*——j A bill to incorporate the villages of Ful-j ton and Oswego Falls as a city has beenj introduced in the legislature,, and amongthe names mentioned for city judge under

j the new charter is Herbert J. Wilson,well known in Maione as a first-class lawyer and an all-round good/fellow. He is ason of R. C. Wilson, of East Constable.

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OP LOCAL INTEREST.

The average temperature for Februarywas 20 degrees against 13 last year.

Sheriff Douglass has appointed PrattHill, of Chateaugay Lake, one of hisdeputies.

T he village school in Champlain hasbeen closed by the board of health as aprecaution -against the spread of small-pox.

Its up-to"tbe person who makes a habitof borrowing their ^neighbor's paper.When they ask you for The Farmer, justtell them its Lent.

A petition is being circulated in Platts-bnrgh praying Gov. Odell to veto the pro-posed city char ters Plattsburgh unle&s aprovision is inserted allowing women tax-payers to vote on questions of taxation.

The postoffice and L. A. Porters hlockin Crown Point were totally-destroyed byflre the other day. and only a small portionof the contents was.saved, includiug thefixtures, mail, stamps, &c, in the post-office.

b* highest price ever offered for ahorse in this section was that received byThomas Hutebins and Frank Fritz, ofCarthage, last week for Royal Victor. 2:-OS_a4. wh|n they refused $30,000 for him.The offer is a genuine one and came fromthe owner of a well known stock -farm inthis state.

A firm of ice dealers at Rouses Pointba» completed a contract to furnish theRutland railroad with oyer one hundredtons of ice and between six and seven hun-dred tons to the Central Vermont road.The ice is 26 inches thick and very clear.Two trains of from 35 to 4o cars are beingshipped daily.

A notice in The Farmer last week announcing the marriage of Elbert Magoon.of Reynoldston, proved to be withoutfoundation. Some person, evidently fora joke, telephoned it to our office oneevening, and the facts, given in detail,were taken down by an employe wlvhappened to be ID. Mr. Magoon ian estimable young man and theperson who sent the notice should, if cujaMe of learning, be taught that such prcceedings are not easily condoned.

Recent developments indicate that thewholesale -smuggling operations whichhave beeu brought to light by the UnitStates revenue officers stationed along t heCanadian border duriug the winter havebeen even more extensive than at firstsupposed. The latest arrest was made afew days ago at Newport, Vt., wheutelegraph lineman named Joseph Cotawas taken, into custody, charged withsmuggling 110 packages ofCAnadikn fursvalued at ~f 10,000. ' " ^ ^

Old Lake Champlain salts are alreadyforecasting the opening of navigation, an<:

some are so bouyantasto prophesy that thesteamer Chateaugay will come across before Easter, while others are just as confident that it she does she wiD come in onrunners. There are other SI.CTS. though.One of our leading fishermen has beenoverhauling his tackle aud setting hishooks__and files .in order—PittsburghRepublican. Robins were seen in Maloueby several parties ou Monday. ;

James Murphy, of Gouverneur, a wellknown mining engineer has l>een sinkinga sh&ft on the Doran farm in Macomb. themm£^Trig&ts7oTwii«*h have been securedby a Gonverneur-syndicate, headed byAinasa Corbin. Mr. Murphy has had fourmen assisting him and they have gonedown thirty-eight feet. A rich vein oflead has been struck and Mr. Murphy isof the opinion thai it will pay to oi>eratea mine. Extensive mining operationswill no doubt begin in the spring if theprospectors continue to meet with goocresults.^

The last boom i« the potato market isbeing experienced this week. Potatoesare o> ruing in from all quarters. On Monda\ t)t this week, as soon as the roads hadbeen opened out. the rush came. At onetime oa Monday 37 loads of potatoes werecounted it-'the yard, and since then ship-pers have been busy taking care of theirstock. There has been tet» carloads ship-ped this week and buyers have three timesthis amount on hand yet. If the weatherholds good for another week the farmerswill have Tinloaded nearly ail of theirstock. The ruling price is one cent perpound.—Chateaugay Journal.

The family of H. 11. York, of Chester-field, Essex county, has been grieviouslyafflicted recently with a disease whiehNatfirst baffled the wits of the local physicians.Finally one of the children died, an au-topsy was had aud microscopic tests made,and it was found that the child died oftriehjnaris, the family having eaten haminfected with trichinae. Mr. York fedhis hogs last summer on refuse frofn thehotel at Ausable Chasm and it was sup-posed that this foot! was responsible forthe origin of the disease. This is the firstcase of thi^"kind ever rvported in this sec-tion;" and isae exhortation that thi? utmostcare be used in the proper cooking of allmeattrdesigned for the table.

Antoiue DeCota, of St. Regis Falls, metwith an unfortunate accident just southof Spring Cove ou the New York & Ottawarailroad Thursday morning which costhim his life. He had been at work in acamp up there and was trying, to drivetbree cows across the track and down tothe farm of Gilbert Perry, when the ex-press from the south came along. One ofthe cows ran up the track and he \v.ent upr«> attempt to get the cow back to the roadahead of The train. There were high snowwaRs\ou either side of the track, and see-ing that the train was about, to overtakehim he attempted to climb up one of thebanks, slipping and falling back acrossthe rails just as the train sped along.Cue leg was severed by the wheels justbelow the knee and his head was badlycut aud bruised. He was taken to hinhome at the Falls and doctors preparedto dress his wounds, but before the workcould b<? undertaken lie expired. DeCotawas 38 years of age and leaves a wife andfive smalt children surviving. One of thecows was killed aud another was injured.

For additional home news and personalssee inside pages.

The new switchboard for the Saranacake Light, Heat & Power Co. has been

placed in position, as has also the largedynamo and water wheels. 3Ehe plgpt

ill be in operation in about two w,eeks.

Fifteen teams employed by the MooseRiver Lumber Co. »t camp Ko. 1, ©nEagle Bay, average 17 markets to a loadover roads on which there are several steephills. Fred Merrm. of Skerry, employedhere, drew one loacf that scaled 22 mar-kets. Joseph Prosper is foreman of thecamp.

Hon A. S. Matthews, of Fort- Coving-:on, treated about 200 school children ofthat village to a sleigh ride on Washing-ton's hirthday. Eleven rigs were requiredand the youngsters greatly enjoyed theevent. A large pail of candy passedaround among the different loads was alsoa pleasant feature that Mr. Matthews didnot forget.

A dispatch from Ottawa says that*W.E. West, from Dr. Seward Webb's farmat Shelburne.Vt., has been in that city ar-ranging for the transportation of the fourbeautiful bay horses purchased by Dr.Webb from Lord Minto, Governor-Generalof Canada. - These are the horses thatwere especially secured at great expenseto draw the royal carriage used during therecent visit to Canada of the Prince andPrincess of Wales.... ^ ^

The Norwood Manufacturing Companyof the village of Norwood, St. Lawrencecounty, recently 'filed with the secretaryof State a certificate changing its princi-pal business office from that village to thevillage of Tupper Lake, Franklin county.The certificate is signed by the following:WilHan McEchron and George S. Kaley,of Glens Falls: Ira B. Hasley. of TupperLake; and Henry H. Day. Henry Ashleyand Leslie Ashley, of Norwood.

A new roundhouse is to be built at theR. W. & O. yards in Ogdensburg thecoming spring. The new division super-intendent was in that city a week agowith blue prints showing the lay of therailroad grounds, and was lookingthe grounds and proposed work. Thepresent roundhouse has fallen into almostentire disuse. It being too small to admitmost of the engines running there, so thatthey are of necessity left standing iu thyard.

The firm of M. A. Leonard & Co , ofSaranac Lake will dissolve by mutual con-sent March 1st, anil a new firm will be or-ganized, consisting of W. C. Leonard audE. J.* Kennedy. Mr. W. C. Leonard hashad charge of the business there for thepast eight years and has won a large andprofitable trade by honest and square deal-ing. Mr. Kennedy who comes into the newfirm has been with rfae old firm for a yearand was for twelve years previous associated with J. G. Cooke at Potsdam. Theyoung men are both energetic, carefulbusiness men aud are sure to succeed.

John Tebo. formerly of Maldhe, whohas recently worked in a cigar factory atTnpper Lake has got himself into troubleby passing spurious .checks. One of £2was passed on John Guff some time ago.and another more recently for ^ ! s wascashed at Leonard's store in Lake Placid.Tebo has been, arrested aud held for ex-amination at Lake Placid. He claims tok&v - received the checks- from «- roan-inDeuesha's saloon at Tupper Lake in ex-change for a set of harness aud two blan-kets and that he' was innocent of the factthat there, was no money in bank to meetthem. ^

School authorities have been somewhatderelict iu their observance of the law per-taining to the purchase and display of theUnited States iiag, therefore an order liasbeen issued by Superintendent Charles R.Skjjuiei; upon about 275 school districts inthe state, that they, without unnecessarydelay, purchase a United Stales flag,flag staff and the necessary appliancestherefor, and display such iiag upon ornear the school house in the district duringschool hours, and at "such other times asmay be directed and the regulations of thedepartment may require.. When theweather shall not permit it to be otherwisedisplayed, it shall be placed conspicuouslyin the principal rotom of the school house.A willful neglect to obey the provisions ofthe. laws of 1895 and 1898 requiting suchdisplay, and this order, will render theschool authorities liable to removal fromoffice, and any share of the..public moneyof the state "apportioned'_ to the districtmay be withheld.

The people of Tnpper Lake village areconsidering the question' of incorporationand a hearing was had under authority ofthe town officials at the town hall lastWednesday to consider the matter. Apublic meeting was then organized andthe question was argued pro and eon, themajority' of the people at the meeting ap-pearing to favor the proposition. An ad-journment wa.s. however, taken till Mon-day night of this week when there wasfurther discussion. In the meantime thosefor and those opposed to incorporation looked up the question of bow taxation with-in tb e proposysKi-w eorporated limits wouldbe affected by the eh&uge. The matter inone which rests solely with the people ofTupper Lake to decide, being purely a lo-cal question. Now a large amount >¥valuable wild land in the town contributesits share toward all the expenses of thevillage. If the village is incorporated- itwill lose some of the taxes now applicableto its highways aud other purposes, but itis argued on the other hand that this willbe offset by the. increased value of propertywithin the village. This depends entirelyupon what the village tax rate is likely tobe after incorporation. If exorbitantlyhigh, this would depreciate village valuesand work constantly to bring the tax rateup. If the tax rate after incorporationwould not be exorbitant the ease withwhich the public "business of the placecould be transacted would be quite anitem. The matter is one which needsery careful consideration on the part of

the Tupper Lake taxpayers and whichrest^entirely upon themselves for solu-tion.

REPUBLICAN VILLAGK CAUCUS.

There was a large attendance at the Re-publican village caucus Monday afternoonand organization was effected by nomina-ting Tho». Adams chairman and J. S.Bizel secretary. The chair appointed Dr.E. Larocque, R. McC. Miller and <i. H.Mulholland tellers. Wm. H. Flack wasthe unanimous choice for president, noother name having been presented and hewas nominated by the secretary castingthe ballot. S. C. Paddock, & present trus-tee, was also nominated in tne same way

succeed himself. E. ,\. Wood andFrank A. Eldredge were nominated fortrustees on the West side to succeed Geo.H. Xickelson in district number three andFred Bodah and F. G. Paddock to succeedDaniel Clark as trustee in district numberfour. There were also two candidates for.collector—Oliver Cardinal and Wm. S.rravell. For treasurer Henry Baker and

L R. Rushford contested for the Tionor.Police justice I^arle was re-nominatedwithout Opposition. The polls were openfrom two to seven P. M. aud the votingproceeded very "quietly. The result ofthe contests was asfollows:

F. A. Eldredge 29*E . J . Wood 23(F. %i. Paddock . . ! . . . . . . _ mFred Bodah 13]Oliver Cardinal 33?Wm. S. «ravell WHenry Baker ,.J* — ....2WL; K. Rushfdrd _ T....-&The* ticket is au adtm'ratue one from top

to bottom a ^ should receive the cordialsupport of every Republican. Mr. Flackis the present county clerk and we are notsurprised that he was the unanimouschoic« of the caucus. He has served astrustee for the past year and holds theconfidence of his colleagues and every oneof his constituents. Both Mr. Eldcedgeand Mr. F. G. Paddock are excellent bus-iness men and will make first-class trus-tees. Mr. Eldredge has filled the positionVefore as well as that of president of thevillage. Mr. S. C Paddock has made amost competent official aud can always herelied upon to safeguard the interests ofevery taxpayer, The other candidates areall capable citizens and will not be foundwanting in their respective capacities..

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

The Democratic caueugjsyas. held Monday evening and was also fairly well at-,tended. They organized by electing JohnKelley .chairman and W. J. Bftlger secre-tary. The following ticket was placed

j nomination:For president. E. H. Ladd; for trustee

to succeed S. C. Paddock, Charles A.Cant well: for trustee to succeed Geo. HNickeisoB, O. W. Vaughan: for trustee ttsucceed Daniel Chirk. Thomas Hinds: foicollector. Moses Bessette: for treasurer.J. E. Cooney: for police justice, A. H.Merritt.

A resolution was also adopted urgingthe trustees to use all honorable means t<secure municipal ownership of water amlighting privileges in Maione village. Thiresolution developed considerable opposition and the chair found it necessary t<divide the house to determine the resultIt was declared adopted.

" T H E OLD A B B E T . »

The following is the cast nf the enter-tainment to be given Monday evening.March l?th. (St. Patrick\s night) by thtyoung people of St. Joseph's ch<ar for thipurpose of furnishing a memorial wimloiby TlJaTllepartment oT the ehurcn~7>rganzation:<;eraW Grafton. who s'rnr-k oil in America. <Silas isinart, nn American detective. f

F. G. ShufeRiiluli Thornton, a Mack-hearted Irish landlord.

Fred Mu!hoHacRiley. an accomplice of Thornton..M. T. KissanShriHn Mcfiown, tj half-witte'd Irish boy. and b

dosj an<;.o E. I). liullamO'Hanlon. m the power of Thornton.

J. E. COHarold Grafton. the custodian of the Treasue.

Bernavd MartiNora O'Hanlon. who rejects the love of Thorn

i on. . .i. ' >1 iss Anna FinsMr?, urafron. theivffp pi HaroM.

., " " •' . Mrs. E. D..Hollan<Tessie. a -servant. -,JHK...... Mrs, M. T Ki..(.7eorgiaQfi,Th'>riit.in'«au?'if..Miss • jrues Keuned

sheriffs. Soldiers.. Villagers;. Etc.

SOME I\TKBESTIN(r FIGf RES.

During, the year 1901 we kept" an accurate acctrunt of the weekly, circulatioiof The Farmer aud find it averaged 2,?o<papers per week for the entire year. If a'the copies printed for that period could beplaced side by side they would makepaper sidewalk a little over 97 miles longIf spread out they would cover a far]something over 29 acres. The present circulation is 2,800, and as a competent au-thority estimates that each paper is reacon the average by at least five persons.means a reading constituency of 14.000That's a pretty fair audience though w<have an ambition to make it 20,<>00 ampropose to do so by furnishing a'brightdean, newsy, up-to-date local paper, filLwith happenines of interest to people inFranklin county. -.

Hon. John I, Gilbert was in AlliarnThursday evening to meet with the comtnittee of ."iO appointed by the New YorktState Bar Association to take up the ques-! ion of further statutory revision, he beinga member of the comiiiittee. When theroniBiinee convened it made Mr. Gilber;chairman and the matter was discussedii? all its bearings. It was decided not toattempt any revision to be acted- upon byihe present legislature, because of the factthat, au adjournment i likely to be hadby-the fivnt of April. Whatever work isundertaken will probably now be complet-ed for the actiou of the legislature of 1 DOS'.

G THE KXTKNSION OFBOWABD STBKET.

The argument advanced one year agoy the attorney for the Railroad Company

against the extension of Edward Streetwas that it would have a tendency to re-

from Maione a number of workmennd practically close the shops if the tax-

payers voted for the extension. The Rut-[ndi Company cares but little for the con-sderation of the taxpayer*} of Maione orhe interest that Maione has in th«<fcail-•oad, as will be seen by an article pub-shed in the New York Sun. The article

states that new Rtfops are to be" built inRutland and the repair shops removedfrom Maione to that city. If this ig *true;he argument of one year ago will have10 bearing on the question this year. An-ither important reason fo> the proposed•xtension this year that did not exist last

the substantial improvements beingnade on the east side of the village. The

plant built the past year by .Messrs. J*~i3.Ballard & Co., costing $50,000 or more, isbut a small part of what the east side ofhe village eventually will be, as .therowth is certain to go in that direction ifue consideration is given the subject byhe taxpayers. Another important fact is

the amount called for by the trustees thisyear of $2,500 as against $5,000 last y?ar.Mr. R. M. Moore informs me that afterthe excavation is made and the abutments>uilt, ©f which the railroad company will

have to pay one-half the expense, the rail-road, too, must furnish the bridge and putit in. If this be so,the cost to the corpora-tion will not reach the sum of $1,500—asum less than it cost to construct Badorestreet on the west side of the river.

I repeat what 1 said a year ago. namely:The two main thoroughfares runningeast of the village are Main street, run-ning past the fair grounds, and Elm streetto the Junction. The travel to the June-ion on Elm street is as great, if not great-

er, than on Main street. Between thesetwo thoroughfaren tknere is no outlet fromMorton street to Cemetery street, a dis-tance of one-half a mile. No such stateof affairs exists iu any other section of thevillage.

Another important fact is that the con-nection of Elm street with Edward streetwould give the people from north of thevillage a chance to %8 and come from thefair or a circus that is held on the fairground without crossing th-e railroadtrack. A funeral coming from this sec-tion of the town of Mal'.ne tf the Protest-ant or the French cemeteries would belikewise benefited.

Anothei important fact is a sewer fromthe Junction to the Salmon river. Itsooner or later must corne. When it doesit must go under the railroad, throughEdward street to the river. There is noother way to furnish sewerage for themany lots lying on Elra street towards theJuaction, which eventually will be built

g j^ f these lots would containdwelling nouses today if a way «,f sewer-age had beeu provided years ago.

The argument advanced by some willbe th'a: Hawley is the « iy one whowants the proposed exfensio%^iiade, as heowns the hop yard and he wil |^^tre onemust benefited. I think m..st people willtake a sensible view of the situation as itexists and will not be deterred from vot-ing for the extension by an argument ofthis kind. When the new railroad wasbuilt I did not at the time own a foot ofreal estate in theto\yn of Maione. I havealways taken a great pride in my native

n. aud nave always contriirated myaud I think more to its prosperity

than most others, according to %uy finan-cial standing. I gave to the -constructionof the new railroad *20o. I will deed tothe corporation a road three yards widethrough the center of the hop yard with-out compensation if the extension isjnade.

I could advance a number of other sub-stantial reasons why the extension shouldbe made, but space forbids. l.'nflrrUdnil, .the opposition to the proposed extensioncomi'Mfrom the railroad company rhroughits attorney. ' Whatever in tht future-issirid'''">r .published against the extension nfKtltvnrrT street will be from this source.

C- H. H. HAWLF.Y,'

SPORTING NEWS.

Dillon, Cantons catcher of 1901. hasbeen signed by Rochester.

Base ball enthusiasts are beginning towake up. as the sun gets hlizher andwarmer, and, according to present indica-tions, enthusiasm will be sizzling hot longbefore the summer solstice.

All interested in a base ball team for1V>* "- are requesred to meet at K. M.Moore's-office next Saturday evening todiscuss* th*.1 situation. The -treasurer's re-port of 1001 will be read. Meetiim at8:«H) o'clock.

'It is safe to say that those interested inba>e ball in Northern New .York this yearwill nor tumble over themselves to securecollege players at fancy salaries. There is

question but that the salaries paidmany of the players in the league last sea-son were in excess of those paid the bestof the players in the -Eastern League.Players who are capable of putting up asgood an article of ball at one-half thecost of money of the talent hired iastw»asou can be secured and if ba.«e balls to be marie anywhere near a succe:*.** in

the future, the salaries paid will be large-y red&ced. The suggestiou that nil teamsn the league be required to include iu thi!

roster £t least three or four local players isa good one and should the league be re-vived this coining season a resolution tothe above effect all believe would carry.

The postmaster of Jasper. Mo., announeed some time ago that he would nolonger deliver mail between 4 and 4:30 P.M. to children going home from schoolbecause of the disturbance and disorder < e'very'oa«e of'e.atarrii'resulting from a concerted descent of the j the use <rf HALL'S'CAT•kids'" upon the postoffice. One pai-ent

took exception to the ruling and com-plained to the department at Washington,in tne hope of compelling the postmaster | -) -~*— tio set it aside. The postmaster-general,) H^n^oatHrvh OUJV i< tnk«-«i intt-rr*however, upheld his local representative. ' directly orfTfoo Mood ancV tmi<-oil* InThe ruling having beeu officially sanction- I system. Send for testimonials, free>d atjaeadquarters. will be permanently j sold bv dni<'ci.4s<*'14f ^^^ & C>>

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