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T u if<turf ..f Pr. Coleman of Troy in II • M K ri.tirrb transept last Monday t \> r. r.g <.n ' lb vine Providence in Ameri-i -,T Jln.|..r\" » a s heard by a good audi-< r.i f wti.i wi n well repaid for attendance. Tru I) i t . r sttti-d in bis introduction that t.i w ««. • ri"t a lecturer but a preachei" ai.'l later .-n it full} appeared that be was a preacher i>f muscular rather than es-!h. iir i.r effete Christianity by the manner in whu b be

"With ap.isUillf Wows and knocks'' p.iirideil the current evils of the times, fn m re ligous bigotry, political corruption, ami intemperance, to Chinese persecution, with many others interspersed. Dr. Cole­man's work is marked with a strong in­dividuality of its own, and, whether you agree with his conclusions or not, you cannot help ail miring; the earnestness and

HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT. IContribution* relating to tht earljthittorf of

Gtta.iv>* (JouHty and the Champlain f'allef are to-iciteii.]

An Old Jloasf and Inr Gentlefolk Who

Lived There in .

II. A few- words of reference must be giyen

to the gentlefolk who were first propri­etors of the ancient hostelrie in quegtion. They were both of respectable Quaker an­tecedents,born and reared in Dutchess Co., N. Y. , residing in Poughkeepsie, where they joined the colony of pioneers who left that county near the close of the cen­tury for the wilderness of Lake Cham-plain. The town established by Ibcsc emigrants, on the western shore, at once received the name of P i t t s b u r g h , in honor of Zephaniah Piatt, and his two brothers, Charles and Nathaniel. There is an impression of so much worth and beauty of character in the memory left of

vigor with which he "goes for" things my grandmother, nee Sarah Deane, that and makes his points. We hop" to hear one so partial otisrht not perhaps to be

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him in Plattsburgh again.

T H E management of Plattsburgh City

Band and Orchestra may well be proud

of their successful concert in Academy Ha.ll o n WcdnesdA-y e v e n i n g of t h i s w e e k .

This is the first time that Mons. Lejeune

her biographer. To those, however, who remember her in all the nobility and lovely patience manifest in her laborious and self renunciating life, no eulogy of mme win seem exaggerated. There was s w e e t n e s s o f t e m p e r , a l l i ed t o pract ica l

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litis appeared before a Plattsburgh audieece sense and bright intelligence—an "all pcr-as snln violinist and the manner in which vading motherliness," as one has express-he acquitted himself more than justified the ed it, which, in an exceptional degree, high expectations which had been raised, fitted her for the hard duties of a pioneer. His intonation is very near perfection, his in an almost wilderness. She came, as I tones are pure and well sustained and the said, of a goodly race, as did also the fa'ility with which he masters difficulties grandfather, both holding fast by the ten-shows the effret of careful training and ets of George Fox . Of my grandfather, great work. Plattsburgh may well be Israel Greene, I recollect the reputed say-proiid of such an artist, and it is to be ing of a man critical in judgment that "It hoped that he may be heard often. The takes a gentleman to keep a country inn, cornet solo playing of M J U ? . Marrie was and Friend Greene was the very than for

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most excellent, and the Tromblee Quar­tette covered themselves with glory as they always do. The Orchestra played two numbers in a style which opens up grand possibilities for its future, indicating that if our m >st worthy City B.ind is sustained as it ought to be we need not go away from home for either band or orchestral music.

PERSONAL.

it." If to be of refined exterior, digniSed

and courteous—unflinchingly honest and

honorable, as also of excellent repute

among his fellow men, constitutes "a

gentleman of the old school," then this

grandsire of mine has won the epithet.

He was tall and spare of form, his hair

from my earliest remembrance, white as

silver, having an un-Quaker-ltke wave all

over his head. Of neryous temperament,

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Mr. G. F. UutebiDSon is going to dis­pose of bis Champlain Yalley stables on Oak street.

Mr. Patrick McKeefe returned home on Wednesday evening of this week from St. Pett-i's Hospital in Albany where he has

been undergoing medical treatment for several months.

Mr. Walter C. Hagar, who has been taking a course in the commercial work of the High School Business department, left for St. Louis last Thursday to accept an important position with the Western Iron and Supply Company of that city. Mr. Hagar is a thorough, sober and tru-t-wortby young man. He will deserves so excellent position.

Mr. J. H. Moore, Ellenburgh Centre, has been attending the meeting of tbe State Patrons of Industry in Ballston this w ick as delegate of the Clinton county division, ef which he is also President.

He reports a large and enthusiastic meet­ing.

Mr. W. K. Cowan of this village goes to Buffalo next Monday to attend tbe annual convention of the Grand Lodge of the In-tiependent Order of United Workmen, as delegate from Lake Champlain Lodge :;ts of this village.

R. R. Y. M. C. A. The library was use 1 more the last two

m mths than any month-? previous. Any p.-rsm may become a library member by p i_v lug .*1.UU a year in advance.

Ad men are invited to attend the meet-inr Sunday afternoon at four o'clock.

The third entertainment in the Star C .nrse last Tuesday evening was a com-p'et. success. All who attended were much pl.-tsed sis proven by the encores given to Mr. Beard. The last member in the Course will be the Boston Ideal Banjo, Mamiolin and Guitar c'ub. This combina-t, n a'e having unparalted s u c c e s s They visit many places for the fifth and sixth time and always draw full houses.

The convention of Young Mens' Chris­tian Associations held at Aub.irn, Feb. IS to 21, wab one of the largest and most en-

• t ins i i s t ie ever held in this State. The r -ports showed a large Increase in all de-piriments of work. Many associations

i r.-p.-rteit buiidinsrs about to be erected or • completed. One town of 2,500 inhabi-I lants have a building w hich is thoroughly ! e j , pp.-.l an-1 a good work being done in ' i'. When will Plattsburgh have a build-

ir. c? Killed on the Chateaugay Rai lroad.

Alexander Darrab was killed on the (half auiray railroad last Saturday, a short d:stati<e east of tfaranac station. He was lumbering on the Hartwell lumber job on Johnson mountain, and while driving his team with a load of logs across the track w is smirk 1\ the train going west and i' ihred so that Le only lived a few hours. He was to years old, and leaves a widow and six ehildrt-u. Another mar r-n the load jumped, escaping with a few tni ises .

learning and jurisprudence on every hand

therein. J«at across the narrow corridor,

a stair case to an unfinished attic, with

ODC FELLOWS' COMER.

closed door. On the lower platform of consumed by fire, so complete in its de-

stairs, one step raised, stood two skele- struction. that only a heap of dust and

"De Lord's." J

On December 27, 18BS, the dwelling r i r e p t w I l t t w , w ^ , m u « ^ f r , w

hcreiu mapped out from memory was the pf>nn(Lei?t> Hunt, tt teaches n* itist wp _ i , a i . „ : _ ; . » ,\a mns» lf>vp the Vwlr>ie,t»f»rore the lore e>f, t h e

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tons, one in armor of dark red arteries, and bright scarlet veins, the other a stark curio of naked bones. These were sub­jects turned over to Dr. Beaumont by Judge Ambrose Spencer, as anatomical studies, and of which the late Mr. John

ashes remained to mark the spot where this most ancient of landmarks, in the Ti l lage o n c e s t o o d . E . S . M .

The Arnold Hill Calamity.

A disaster so appalling as that which n ., . , . . , . . occurred last Wednesday at Arnold Hill Bailey published a notice some years ago . n a t u r a l w f o m s t h e a b s 0 r b i n g topic of in the Plattsburgh KtrroucAS, as having conversation throughout the entire com-ftec-n kept in the Doctor's office, while he munity and deserves a more complete ac-still remained a resident of the village in ', , c o u n , 1 , 0 l > e tfj™ )n print than those 1 U 1 . . . . . . . . . . . | hastily written dispatches that were sent 1815. Whatever they may have been in i n U m c f o r p u o i i c ! i t i o n ,„ ] a s t week's

trast to his gentle companion, they Were yet in complete and harmonious unity at all times; each imbued with a Christian charity, that never (lagged through the tips and downs of a long life. The one died at Plattsburgh in 1831, aged ninety-on« years, while the other lies buried in a far-off cemetery in Wisconsin.

It may be admissible to add here that despite the halo of non-combative and gentle peace principles brooding over the Quaker homestead, the two daughters, Deborah and Anna, went out from thence, each as the wife of an army officer, w h o had borne well his part in the battles of 1812-14, Dr. William Beaumont, Surgeon, and Col. Melancton Smith, U. S. A . The younger of two sons, Piatt Rogers, also drifted away nearly at the same time, as Lieutenant, to join the American force at Sacketl's Harbor, a benediction from father and mother following after and abiding with the trio.

In the sketch lately gone before, we had 1 think just opened the double-leaVed assembly room door, always bright and cheery with its half score of windows, that gave suggestion of a charming good­will and hospitality. The genuine assem­bly days were already past and gone, and with them the stately minuet and Roger. de-Coverley. Yet there took place an oc­casional dance, improvised in honor of some village' guest, by the exclusives, whose decrees as to etiquette and social 6tatus were as stringent, and included a social element of refinement, as outcome of gentle birth in ancestry, far more worthy than the greenback aristocracy patronized by a Ward McAllister. Folded away in perfumed box lies one of the dainty gowns made of filmiest lace, soft and mellow in color from its long years of disuse, that belonged to a long past generation. An old fashioned little costume, once white, striped lengthwise on the skirt, with mul­titudinous rows of narrowest satin rib­bon, waist three inches in length, and skirt of such supreme scantiness, that one is amazed to know it belonged to an adult, the short skirt, >&c., & c , &c., loop­ed up around its base with tiny pink rose­buds. There are none left who knew or can remember the attractive wearer of this antique gown at the grand assembly ball, accorded to Commodore Macdon-ough in 1814. We will not name her here. In tbe oldest portion of Piatt8-burgh's most ancient burying ground, her name stands, cut in marble more than seventy years ago, when my own life had just begun.

I still hold an Invitation of most unique calibre, to a dance given in 1814. Writing piper must have been nt a premium, tr H>yle greatly in ascendant, for tba 'invite1 is printed in old English text, on the reverse side of an ordinary playing card, tbe Queen of Diamonds, and reads :

'•Tour company is requested on 'Thursday evening., the twenty-fourth

"instant, at a Ball, to be given "at Israel Green's Hotel.

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Crabtree Hill, Beekrnantown were arrest-e I last Saturday night for drunkenness and fast driving. John was fined $3.00 by the Recorder and went home, but Den-[i s staid in durance vile until Monday niorriititr, »Ueu he was fined §5 by the H i - c r i e r "nd released.

Fra-ik l.Ioa< was locked up, Feb. 24th for drunkenness. Sentence suspended.

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The Board of Auditors of the town of of Plattsburgh, adjourned nine die Feb. 24th, l s l i i . They report in the hands of the town officials the following amounts:

M. Lee Kockwell,

..r.h.a! rt-replion and ball of <«j.rr.?..ii !<•-'. Mohdiy C-vett-.t - ,ie ess u, every respect.

'i-Tnl.d V ilct'irttled with .! other < iiihU-uis of war,

• \ohd praise, and over :r. ; i 'j'.plis ti.joye-d the dancing. n ?.:!».r w,.s curried out in a it,*' [ n - v i s great success for f ' .us o r j a h / i t i o h .

Vt z understand that iLe State game K A « hr<- being violated by poachers on Itah 1 If ill — that three deer have been x B . V M » red hlncL- the shooting season e .M d aad that hares and partridges are r,.rt bunted without regard to the 'aw. The penalties against these of-f. j . . m are very severe, and the names of ii.- .,utlaw.» are in the hands of Chief ' f i iut Protector Pond. A word to the wise IH s-ufliaent. Stop it, boys, or you "*. i certainly ge l into trouble.

0 VV". CooriAtK, of West Chazy, is at w. rk on an invention designed to do a»u.y with the necessity of the cuinber-k. K.e v-nis in potato »Urch nakoufacture. i t (untUt» of a circular, complicated, revolving cylinder aeive about five fe t t c i g wLieh drivt i the pumice i>os»c WO teet back and forth by i u own aaotioa, t S i d i u g a couipUt* separation of lb* kurch »itli a iiiii.il ataouui of water. Tkw

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Special revival serv ces will begin in the M. E. church, of Peru, Sunday morn­ing, Feb. 28, and continuing each evening until further notice is given. THe meet­ings will be in charge of tbe pastor. Rev. A. O. Spoor, assisted by Kev. H. H. Perry ana wife, evangelists. A cordial and earnest invitation is hereby extended to the membership and congregation of our sister churches, and to all olnera de­siring to do and to get good, to unite with us in these services.

A. O. SrooB, Pastor of tbe M. £ . Church.

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Tbe loniaa Society of Bat* B e e k a a a -towa will bold a F C M U I Social aad talcr-laiaaMat u l b * M. K. cbntcb. March 4 . 18M. All w h o t a j o y baviaf a good I U M sbould aot fail to b a j w i a t .

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"MajfijLo "CapaWees , "John Itleeclcer, ," "K. H. W a l w o r t h , )

"Plat tsburi ih , F e b . 19.1814.

At each extremity of the room in ques­tion, were fire-places, and in the north­east corner toward the mill, a high, in­closed box platform for musicians, the number rsrely exceeding two. The chief fiddler, Moses Soper, a respectable Creole, ha 1 a chronic somnolent failing, of nid-noddinc over bis violin, often in tbe mer­riest part of 'Fisher's Hornpipe,' or 'Pad­dy Cary,' when tbe stentorian voice of tbe leader would echo through the long room, accompanied by a sharp clap of hands, ''Wake up Soper! Wake u p m y good fellow !" which, for tbe nonce, brought the 'fiddle and tbe bow' into action, when the dance went gaily on . There must have been an excellent joy in the modest cotillion and exhilarating con-cantre dame of that era, as tbe lady and gentleman, in the latter dance, went spin­ning down and up the centre, betwixt t w o well dressed lines of belles and l e a u x , waiting, in jubilant expression, tbeir turn. Permanent bench seats extended on each aide, and entire lenitth of room U rettt for dancers and spectators. Tin sconcea, or other metal reflectors, holding t w o or more candles, were also ranged along tbe wall, which lit up the spartroent In fair brilliance. Who in tbe village baa ever forgotten that prince among master;, aad politest of Frenchmen, Monsieur de Pro-vondier, w h o gave us , of another genera-ation, our first lessons in Terpsichoreaa art? The perfect grace of bis alight figure, hie supple movement, which hla pupils in vain straggled to imitate, aeeoav paayiag tbe lesson in deft handling o f hi t violin, the whole, like some sweet , musi­cal chord, must ever be Memory to the pupils who frtqueeied this o ld ball room, wbea Benjamin GUssaa was at iM host of Israel Oreeae's " A M M B I Homw by the River."

A html of aate-ebamber separated this p o n k m of Mm bulMmg from a

life, I cannot tell, scarecrows they were to children and servants for a full decade.

This remembrance brings up another

weird incident of not many years a g o :

Visiting an aged friend, once a beauti­ful and fascinating woman, whose early life had been passed in Plattsburgh, and who had ever been tainted by the insan­ity of collecting curios and antiques, she opened a little casket, where her chief treasures were stored. This contained an odd assortment, and among the mass she drew out a piece of cuticle, well tanned and properly dressed, as if for some des­tined use, banding it to me, which I de­clined to touch. Then adding, "You need not b e afraid of it, although it be a piece of human tkin ! Yes; it belonged to the body of a woman who was sen­tenced by Judge Reuben Walworth to be hung, ana who was hung for child mur­der in 1825, at Plattsburgh. Her name, Peggy Facto.!!"

Beyond all this roomy stretch, as herein given, at tbe very southern end of the ancient dwelling, one came upon the studio of an artist, a Mr. Stevens; agentle , sedentary man long since forgotten in the village where he found an amiable wife, and where bis two children, Juliana and George, were born. His portraits are scattered far and wide, among Platts-burghians, wherever they may have emi­grated, and have been made the gibe and jest of certain critics, even among the artist's friends. And y e t , when a trio of bis portraits was sent to Mr. Chester Harding, of St. Louis , an intimate asso­ciate and compeer of both Gilbert Stuart and John Vanderlyn, himself an artist of fair reputation, for repairs in soiled can­vas, be pronounced tbem (then sixty years old) fine specimena of realistic portraiture, having a delicacy, yet permanency of coloring quite remarkable. Mr. Stevens' likenesses in oil of my two grandpa­rents, in their plain Quaker garb, are still pleasant to look upon, and vividly recall tbe kindly pair, as they were in life. This old friend of my childhood, did he follow after the only son whose ill fortune and unstable ways he always hoped to cor­rect, or did be die in the same village where he lost his fragile wife, a daughter of Dr. llerrick ? I know nothing of the closing years of either life. I need only add, that the old dancing hall and apart­ments contiguous were never empty of delightful guests under its latest and most unpretentious regime of the Greens.

It was the borne of Gen. and Mrs. Car-los Waite, when first on furlough from Fort Niagara, after their marriage at the latter post. Mrs. Margaret Cady came there as a bride in 1829, and the univer­sally beloved Mrs. Major Piatt, with her young son Samuel Keyes took a turn at light housekeeping in the long bright room. These were ail near relatives of Mrs. Thomas Greene, nee Elizabeth Piatt, d a u g h t e r o f T b e o d o f u s a n d g r a n d d a u g h t e r

of Zephaniah Piatt.

Mention of the first course of scientific lectures ever given in Plattsburgh during these years, and in this room, ought not to be omitted. They were delivered by a Mr. Seaver, chiefly on the philosophy of change in certain chemicals, by which a friendly combination took place between very antagonistic forces. Although illus­trated by experiment, all this contained little interest for a small girl. He gave , however, in addition to this, tbe first de­monstration of effect by inhalation of oxygen, called 'laughing gas,' that bad ever been witnessed in the village, and without respect of age or sex, the inhab­itants thereof, were alike electrified by tbe antics perpetrated. T o see a good church deacon executing a -hornpipe, a peace-loving neighbor showing fight as a pugilist, some in wildest frenzy, others in lackadaisical doldrums, preachers and orators galore, wrought up the staid, con­servative little town to fever heat. " A performance not only uncanny, but di-abolic!" as declared the critics. Lecture and experiment over, tbe professor d e . tained his audience by a song or two, in which gift he excelled. This accomplish­ment, supplemented by an exceptionally strong physique and attractive manner, gave him access to several of tbe more prominent families. H e stepped beyond bounds, however, an 3 became a senti­mental adorer of a young bride, one of P i t t sburgh ' s most dignified and scrupu­lously correct, among the high caste ladies in tbe village. So aggressive a type did this devotion assume that it be­came a mooted question in tbe town how to be rid of his presence. This problem arranged itself, as certain other pecca­dillos being brought to the front, he secretly exiled himself, and was beard from no more. I remember tbe village honored him with a French prefix of n o . bility to bis name, converting it to one more suggestive of character, "De-Seaver," which be bore ever afterward.

As for tbe entire appointments of this dwelling, they were of most ordinary calibre, for strangers and family alike. Tbe furniture was plain, rarely in sleep* ing rooms exceeding two or three chairs, a small mirror, and very unadorned toilet service. Lamps for burning whale oil bad just been Introduced, prior to our leave taking, tallow candles being still popular, tbe dipping process of which formed an attraction never to be foregone by children. It was always Watched with intense enjoyment from the first soft cen­tre wick, through tbe various layers of smelted tallow, in the huge kettle aside an immense fire-place, until the long bar sustaining tbe load came out a symmet­rical line of creamy tinted, robust s i ted lighters. F e w rooms were carpeted, no bells, seldom napkias at meals, and aot always ice water, while pure liquors of wine, cider and tau it tit were never lacking if called for. A s tbe old bail room had the honor of entertaining Commodore Macdonougb, after tbe war of 1814 was over, a compliment accorded him by d t i i e n s and soldiers; s o the undecorated and bald dining ball was selected by P i e s -ideat Jaassa Monroe for a dinner party, of limited number, in 1817. Of the uivi-tatioas issued, I have O M still in safe keeping, which hi in striking contrast to those leased in later times by the country's

itlve. I t la a m o d a l aote, o a fair , s imply folded, without a d -

ts thawi " • t . M s j s w s s t M s s s s the

papers. The Vein of ore upon which the south-

mine at Nelson Bush has been made, or­iginally came to the surface and was worked for a distance of fifteen or twenty rods. its direction being nearly north and south. After the ore had been taken out to a considerable depth, perhaps fifty or sixty feet, the entire opening was covered over except a passage at the south end through which the men enter the mine and out of which tbe ore is drawn by steam power in a strong iron-bound box called a skip which has small wheels on which it runs up and down a tramway, or track, like a little car.

The covering of the mine was made by-first placing across the opening twenty or thirty feet below the surface sticks of heavy timber several feet apart with their ends resting upon the solid rock which forms the side walls of the mine, like the siring pieces of a bridge or the sleepers under a floor. Upon these heavy timbers smaller timber called lagging was laid, running length way of the mine like the plank which form the floor of a bridge. Then upon this lagging the broken rock which came out of the mine with the ore was dumped, thus filling the space above tbe timber till there was but little de­pression of the surface.

Tbe reason which miners give for thus covering a mine are several. I t prevents tbe cold of winter from freezing tbe water pipes and everything else in the mine.

It makes it a more comfortable place for tbe miners to work by keeping out tbe beat of summer and cold of winter. It prevents men and animals as weil as stones and other things from falling into tbe mine, and it forms a convenient dump­ing place for the broken rock that would otherwise accumulate on the surface and be much in the way. The miners also say that it makes the mine safe, but after the recent disaster some may feel disposed to doubt that statement.

As the mine becomes deeper other "stalls" as they call those timbersare plac­ed below the first ones until there are sometimes several of those floors, each of which is supposed to make the mine still safer.

This south pit at Nelson Bush had been worked till at tbe north end it was two or t h r e e h u n d r e d f e e t d e e p . S i x o r e i g h t years ago work Was stopped in this mine, probably for tbe reason that ore could be obtained easier or cheaper from the others but last summer it was decided to pump out tbe Water and resume work in the south pit.

The pumps were started in August and in November tbe water was so far lowered that hoisting machinery was put up at the mouth and in December men began to work in tbe mine. The lower or north end was still full of water when drilling and blasting was commenced about 135 feet below the surface and perhaps as far north cf the pit's mouth.

Only a few men could work to advan­tage at first, tbe usual number being six or seven. Two drilling machines were used, each being run by two men while the others were employed in loading the ore and "muck" as they call tbe broken rock, into the skip to send it to the sur­face. At night these men came out and one or two others went in to charge the holes which had been drilled, and then after lighting the fuses they came out and no one went down down again till next morning.

This blasting was done last Monday evening, but for Some reason there was none done Tuesday evening, so all loosen­ed rock had ample time to fail before Wednesday.

A t Seven o'clock last Wednesday morn­ing six men went to work in the mine. Cornelius Dewey, William Nolan, Patrick Dowd and Thomas Russell started tbe two drilling machines while Henry Pat-inode, a boy of sixteen, and Adelbert Baker, aged nineteen, handled the loose ore and rock. At nine o'clock tbe five first mentioned were working close to­gether and Baker was a little nearer tbe mouth of the pit. Suddenly, Without warning, tons of rock and broken timber came down upon those five miners. For­tunately Baker was uninjured and thus able to give tbe alarm- When help ar­rived it was found that Dowd and Russell Were alive, but both held fast by the tim­ber and rock which partly covered them. Dowd was pulled out of bis boots and es­caped with no more serious injury than a a badly cut foot and a cut or bruise on one hand. Russell was held so fast by the weight of the debris, that it was near­ly or quite noon before he could be res­cued. Some of the timbers which lay across him were sawn in two, then a rope was passed under bis arms and be Was pull-en eut . He had been in the cold water so long as to be badly chilled and one hand and wrist was burned, either by his own lamp or that of a companion, but strange So say no bones were broken nor other in­ternal injury sustained.

As has been already printed the body of D e w e y was soon recovered, but Nolan and Patinode were coyered so deeply that no one can tell when they will be found. The miners of Arnold ' Hill acted like heroes and did not hesitate to expose their own lives while their comrades were in peril, but when those Who were alive were rescued it was not thought best to continue the work while the still falling rock rendered the situation dangerous.

It was decided that the safest way was to remove the covering from that part of tbe mine that was directly over the bodies, then replace the broken stalls after which the debris Could be sent up in the skip. At this time there was no indication of the surface caving in and it Was supposed that tbe upper covering was intact and that only tbe lower stalls were broken. A bard frozen snow drift covered the part of the mine above the break, and on Thursday morning the men began tbe wo ik of removing it, preparatory to un­covering the mine. Several men were at work upon the drift when a hole was dug through it, and to their horror it was dis­covered that there was no stone or tim­ber there. Nothing but the frozen snow supported their weight and kept them from falling a hundred or more feet upon

the mass of rock and timber which killed tbeir fellow workmen.

Blasting was commenced to loosen tbe frozen snow and by Friday afternoon tbe break was uncovered and found to be about 40 feet long and perhaps twenty feet wide. This opening is six or eight rods north of the regular mouth of the pit and as much as 15 or 20 rods south of the en­gine house. It is not more tban twenty feet west of tbe railroad track.

Heavy Norway timbers were then plac­ed across tbe opening on which was laid a floor of 3 inch piank and then tbe work of lowering shorter timbers into tbe chasm to replace the broken stalls was begun. It is thought that- by working all day Sun­day the break can be covered on Monday and then when all is considered safe tbe work of removing the debris will be be­gun. It may not take more tban a week t o find the bodies but some say it will take a month which does not seem likely.

All that is known concerning tbe cause of the disaster is that the timbers gave away. Whether they broke or not is, a s Patrick Dowd told me Saturday, impossi­ble to prove until they are uncovered. Some think that they bad become rotten with age, but experienced miners say that such Umbers in a mine where they are a!-waya wet will not decay for ages. Another theory M that water had found its way into a crevice of the rock and was frozen by tbe extreme cold of Tuesday and Wed­nesday. I t s expansion may have split off the portion of rock which supported one • n d of the upper stalls or sleepers and tbe weight of rock falling with irresistible force upon the lower stalls broke them also and want to the bottom.

It la by n o means certain that if a ttorough inspection of the mine had been eaade that morning the danger would have nana rHaoavsiad. It would he ex

.Aisor B K N APiravM. "Abou Hen Jtelhetn rniay hi* tr ibe |ticr*»*<?'. Awnl i f o n e n i g h t from a d e e p dream of p e a c e . A n d s a w wi th in t h e m o o n l ight In his r o e m MaVlnft It r l cn . and l i k e a Illy In W.K>m, An ange l wr i t ing tn a book of gold. fcxceettlnp peace hart m a d e B e n Ai lhem lx>ld. And %o the p r e s e n c e i « the rex>tvi h e sa l . l , " What wrttest t h o u ? " The vis ion raised i ts

heael. And wi th a look m a d e of all s w e e t a e c o n l , A n s w e f d , "The n a m e s of t h o s e w h o l o v e the

Lore!." "Ani l Is m i n e o n e ? " said A b o u . " X i y not

»o ." Keptted the a n g e l . Ab.m s p o k e more low,. . But e h e e r l y s t i l l , a n d sa id , ' I pray t h e e ,

t h e n , Write m « a s o n e t h a t l o v e s h i s f e l l o w - m e n . " The a n g e l wrote a n d v a n l s h ' d .

The n e * t n i g h t I t c a r a e » r » l n wi th a (treat w a k e n t n c l i g h t , And s h o w e d t h e names w h o m love of (}od

had b l e s t , And l o t Ben A d h e m ' s n a m e le-.l a l l t h e

rest.''

T h e r e i s no a r i s t o c r a c y i n O d d F e l l o w s h i p u n l e s s i t b e a n a r i s t o c r a c y b a s e d o n m e r i t and s e r v i c e . N o i n s t i t u t i o n i s m o r e t h o r ­o u g h l y d e m o c r a t i c t h a n o u r s . M e n of all classes, all ranks and conditions, meet on a level, sharing in a close and powerful fellowship. If there arc assuming breth­ren, laying claim to the uppermost places and holding themselves aloof from the majority, such exclusive ones need to be rebuked for their unbrotherly pretensions.

There seems to be considerable interest and activity in Macdonougb Lodee. N o . 549 ,1 . O. O. F. That is one of the live institutions of Plattsburgh. Their beau­tiful rooms must be an attraction, eh ?

VETEIINARY I E P A R T M E N T . B J J . A. M C C K A S K , D. A*. 8 .

All c o m m u n i c a t i o n s to t h i s d e p a r t m e n t shou ld be addressed J . A. McCrank, D . V . S . , 10 Trinity Square , P la t t sburgh . X . V.

Q u e s t i o n s m a y bear o n t h e care a n d treat -m e a t of a l l a n i m a l s . The s t a t e m e n t of a c a s e s h o u l d be full enough to e n a b l e us to c o m e to a correct d i a g n o s i s .

Euqutrers s h o u l d s i g n t h e i r o w n n a m e in ful l , a c c o m p a n i e d w i t h t h e i r Horn (tejtlunte (as "Z," " V , " e i c . ) Persons w i s h i n g for a pr iva te rep ly s h o u l d e n c l o s e $1.00.

1 will report a case which came under my notice some time ago. This may be of some interest to the readers and at the same time may be the means of saving the life of some valuable animal which seems beyond the aid of scientific know­ledge.

Mr. Coffee who resides in the immediate vicinity of Plattsburgh, the possessor of a large stock of fine milch cows , had one of the number so badly torn by her mate as to allow the fteces to pass by the opening. I was called in and on my arrival found the cow so bloated as to move with great pain; head down, breathing very difficult, pulse feeble. On examination I found tbe hide, muscles, peritoneum and rumen torn and on tbe other cow's born I found fteces and fragments of tbe omentum. I said there was a slight chance for her by an operation, but advised immediate slaughter. Being a valuable milch cow t h e p r o p r i e t o r i n s i s t e d u p o n h a v i n g h e r operated upon.

We cast her, inserted a trochar and canula to allow the escape of gas, next enlarged the opening in the muscles, washed edges of wound, put two stitches in the walls of the rumen, then sewed in turn the peritoneum muscles and the hide. She was then left with her owner; now she roams the yard with the rest of the flock and Mr. Coffee may well be proud of the result of his treatment for be has proved himself the possessor of good common sense, and to be an incessant

laborer. VKT. K. L . I have a mare which has the

heaves. I cannot tell how long she hits been so troubled. I s there any cure? If so give me a course of treatment.

Ass .—Heaves or asthma is an affection of tbe nerve supply to the lungs and there is no permanent cure. Many receipts may be given to allay the spasms for a few weeks or days, but these cures are only used to make the animal seem sound until tbe owner gets him off his hands and cheats bis neighbor in a trade. But it is beneath the dignity of any profes­sional man to so endanger his name or his trust as to give such receipts. There­fore I decline. Confer with some horse trader. ^ ^

Excursion to Washington. In order that the excursion to Washing­

ton on March 1st may be made as pleasant as possible, the Passenger Department of tbe " D . & H." R. R., have introduced a n e w feature which will be warmly appre­ciated by those who have not previously visited tbe Capital City. The excursion will be personally conducted by Capt. £ . S. Harris, whose services have been en­gaged by the " D . & H." for this purpose. His intimate knowledge of Washington and vicinity will be at the service of the excursionists and he will leave nothing undone to promote their comfort. He will be glad to furnish any information desired and to give them all possible as­sistance. Capt. Harris will personally take the party to the famous points of in­terest, among which may be mentioned the Capitol Building, White House, the various Departments of Government, Washington Monument, Corcoran Art Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Botanical Gardens, etc., etc. This is a good time to visit the National Capital, as Congress is now in session and the City is seen at its gayest and best.

Washington is conceded to be the most beautiful city in the world and all who have not been there should avail them­selves of the exceedingly low rates of fare offered by the "D. & H" on this occasion. Tickets are limited to ten days, with privi­lege of stopping at Baltimore, Philadel­phia, N e w York and Albany on tbe return journey. Train will leave Plattsburgh at 11.10 A. v . Fare from Plattsburgh to Washington and return $12.00.

The Bulls Arrive.

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' JV. 'b Pro.nil. .d St Pv . ' . I.- 1 n. . • RntT«rinE with the- grip, ent h * v\'» • I tbr.'at. kilting her. Feb. i s .

The divorce "on* of Mr* .Tinn» «, Blaine, j r . acun*t. l o r i >i-Mn i f •- i. sirtion. and failure t> p r ^ i b * f t ' . r was ilce-i.ii-.l at IVilw,>,-.1. S P i t ' i. Frh. 20. Tt iccvi . l ince <!. t'A. 1 tli it Mr< Maine, 8< n.. the nr'lht r in ! i a . w e < m i U opposed t ' the mitch. fr.mi tin th^i. i" 1 that she did lirr It "t after tbe nnrr o »•' effect a *• partih'Tl. T h e .bcree i f t l . e court was that V'-ing Air B'ame ^'; i'1 pay the plaintiff. -fl.eHHl «nit n v n . v . en.I ?4'il attoruej'* fee-;, and that he <)». uM ,al<» pay her *100 per m n*h f o r H e s - i p P"rt of herself and child until further order of the c u r t .

Two workmen in the o-spabrnok iron works, Prussia, throw imr of t lmr o -m rades into a seething furnace, Feb I s-Ltewas h'Wrof both their wive*.

Eel. Coy, colonel , was burntd at the stake by a mob at Tcxarkann, Ark., Feb 20, in the presence of ."5,mm people. Mrs. Jewell, the victim of his a^ault, apphe d the torch,

Mrs. M. S. Burge of Muskegon, Shell . aged 81, was building a tire, Feb. 20, when her clothes caught tire and she was fatally burned".

Rev. Asa Robinson, aged HO, baptiz. d 1? c a n d i d a t e s iu a mi l l ponel nt P a c k e r s -viiic, Conn., Feb. 20. A hide had to l>e cut through ice a fi>ot thick and a storm prevailed during the exercise.

The traiu known as the American ex­press train on the Central Hudson system consisting of 8 express cars and one d IV coach was boarded by a robber, prediahly at Syracuse, Feb. 21, who entered the money car and nearly killed ti e messen­ger iu charge of it, named Meluerny, The robber escaped from the tram at Port Byron, and being pursued got upon an engine and attempted to run away with it, but officials followed on another engine overhauled him but he got away to the woods when a large force of farmers turning out he was captured, and awaits hi3 trial. He is supposed to be the same man who robbed an cxptcss train near Ctica last fall.

Edward Parker Deacon, a citizen of the Uuited States, living at Camus, Ameri­can colony, France, found a Frenchman named Abedle with his wife in her boel-room, Feb. 17, and shot him dead. Mr. and Mrs. Deacon were leaders in society and the event caused a great sensation, public sympathy being in favor of the husband. Mr. Deacon was formerly of Boston, and his wife is a daughter of the late Admiral Baldwin, of Newport. They were married 12 years ago, and have four children. Mrs. Deacon is 13 years young­er than her husband.

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Naming Dr. Gabriels Bishop of Ogdeas-burg—Regarding His Consecration.

Tbe papal bull naming Very Rev . Henry Gabriels, D. D. , bishop of the Ogdens-burg diocese were received from Rome ibis morning by Dr. Gabriels. The bulls em­power hi n to take possession of the dio­cese upon presentation of the papers to the present diocesan administrator, Rev. Thomas E. Walsh. They also confer the title of bishop and all the powers of the office, except that of confirming and or­daining, upon Dr. Gabriels without wait­ing for his consecration. .The power of confirming will come only with the conse­cration. The date for this ceremony has not been set, although Dr. Gabriels stated this morning that the service would proba­bly be held during the first week in May. The consecration - will be performed by Archbishop Corrigan at Albany. Until his consecration the newly elected bishop will remain at tbe head of St. Joseph's seminary and tbe offices of the diocese will continue to be administered under bis direction by Rev. Father Walsh of Plattsburgh. It will be twenty years on May 5 since Bishop Wadhams, the first b i s h o p of t h e O g d e n s b u r g d i o c e s e w a s

consecrated.—Troy P/e*i, Feb. 22.

THE WEEK.

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VICINITY HEWS. Tbe gas well at Schroon Lake has been

sunk 280 feet and indications are said to be favorable.

There was an explosiou in Sheldon's drug store at YVillsboro last Saturday af­ternoon which demolished things pretty generally and injured Elbert Smith aud Hiram Jones, but not fatally. The cause seems to be a mystery.

Kate Joyce of Mineville, daughter of Patrick Joyce of that place, was found drowned in a well near their resideuce Saturday. It was evident she had com­mitted suicide, as she had acted strangely for some time.

tieasely uajoat to aay that aay one was to-Maaaa for the disaster. If it ooeurrwd tswvsjffe tlw ntfitet of nnjr person or per-SOM that fast is as* yet appsreat.

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QEMEIAl NEWS. George Grumbbling, a prominent busi­

ness man of Nineveh, Pa., rose from his bed while suffering from grip, Feb. 18, and broke a pane of glass from the win­dow and then placing his neck over tbe broken part deliberately sawed his throat on the glass, severing tbe arteries. The wound was sewed up, but he tore out the stitches and bled to death.

Rev. B. Tbecord, late Methodist pastor at Bethel, Me., was tried last week for in­cest and acquitted.

Eighteen sailors out 0136 were drowned in the wreck of tbe whaling bark Tower-lane off the rocks of Puna in the Pacinc ocean, Feb. S. Tbe ve«ael was built in Maine and had 115 barrels of oil on board.

There i s trouble ia the Episcopal church of the Messiah at Detroit, Mich., on ac­count of aa cntertainmeut which the young people got up, a prominent feature of which was a shirt dance with high hick-iaC by a young lady. The pastor protests hut the youag foias Insist it Is ail right, sa the h>iy kicks with her back to the au-

l l l l l S T I l U ANI lUSIHSS. Great Britain has 774 blast furnaces,

380 of which are idle. A Philadelphia inventor has perfected

an ice-harvester, which runs by electric power. It grooves the ice through al­most to the water, and its lightness allows the cutting of thinner ice than can be cut with a team.

The postal card factory in Connecticut turns o u t 2,500,000 cards a day.

Tbe manufacture of aluminum is at present confined to four factories, one in Germany, one in England and two in this country, the producf of the four amount­ing to about 2.C00 pounds daily. About a year ago the price of American alumi-num was #2.00 a pound, but it has been greatly reduced, having been sold as low as 05 cents a pound for quantities of not less than a ton.

Tanning hides by electricity bids fair to supplant all other processes.

It is said that an English syndicate backed by §3,000,000 of capital are mak­ing efforts to secure and consolidate all the tanneries in this country.

The State of Washington will exhibit a t the World's Fair methods by which the Makau Indians catch salmon and other fish.

The cattle foot and mouth disease has spread to 19 districts in Schleswig l lo l -stein. I t is thought, to have been propa­gated through manure.

A syndicate of Cauadians and Pennsyl-vanians is boring for natural gas seven miles from Toronto, at Mitnico, and it is reported that gas has been struck iu great volumes.

A Montana man has invented a ranch snow plow for scraping snow off the ranges, so that cattle can get tbe grass and save themselves from starving, as they often do after deep snows.

The Gulf of Georgia is almost choked with schools of herring and Washington and British Columbia fishermen are catch­ing them by the ton.

The winter in Southern Idaho is report­ed to be the severest ever known, and many cattle are dying.

An Austro-Huugarian chemist proposes to waterproof leather aud raw hides by imprcgnating them with a solution of water, 1200 parts, gelatine, 15 parts, po­tassium bichromate, 5 parts.

Pennsylvania produced 519,000 tons less of pig iron iu 1S91 than iu 18110, and Ohio produced 230,000 tons less than, while the Southern States, except West Virginia, produced more iron in 1891 than ever be­fore.

It is proposed to buy a cotton milt at Fail River or New Bedford, Mass., fur the exclusive purpose of employing f igi-tive Russian Jews, but the scheme will be opposed by labor organizations.

RAILRO*TllOTEr Rapid transit has been proposed between

Buda-Pesth antl Vienna. The distance is 150 miles, and the t ime75 minutes. There will be two main power stations antl 100 sub-stations .but only three or four stop­ping places. Each car will be 13 feet long, and poiuted at each end so that the resist­ance will be reduced to its miuimuiiis. An electric motor at each end of the cur will pick up the current of electricity from the rails through contact wheels.

It is announced that the Canadian Pa­cific will shortly double track their liue from Winnipeg to Fort William on Lake Superior, ou accouut of the great increase ia the grain traile from the Northwest.

The Union Pacific Railroad company cleans the dust out of i u passenger e-ars by blowiug a strong bhibt of compressed air through tbem.

An electrical device has been invented which gives warning of a hot bearing. When a certain temperature is reached a mercury contact closes au electric circuit and lings a bell.

WOMEN. Senator Reiniger introduced in the L>\va

Senate, on Feb. 11, a petition sixty-two feet long, asking for woman suffrage.

Women are now employed as stenogra­phers iei the Parliaui.-ul al Copenhagen for the first time,

A Working Women's Association in Vienna lately celebrated its twenty.tifih anniversary. It has now over l.oUU pupils a year in various classes.

It is an ecouragiug sign lhat a bill is be­fore the Ohio Legislature to remedy some of the abomiuatious of the old coiuiu.'ti law iu its treatment of women.

Mrs. Dr. W. L. Hall, of rU. J..husbtiry, Vt. , has been awarded the first pri/e of $50 in a conies' with 220 competitors f«>r a^charcoal sketch at the ltuode Island art exhibition at Providence.

Miss Jean Kelson won the first place iu the oratorical contest belli Feb. 12 at De Pauw L'uiversity, which has 1,200 students. She is only nineteen. Her subject was "Industrial Freedom."

Lady l leury Somerset says in a private letter: "There is no day that I more de­sire to see than the day that shall give woman her right to vole. She who is asked to people the worlds houlel be law­giver as well as life-giver."

A number of wealthy citizens of New York city have been seeking to indeiee.-Mrs. Sarah B. Coooer, the successful founder of the kindergarten system of San Francisco, to take up her residence in New i'ork, h.nd organize a similar work for the needy children of that great city. They pledged her #50,000 for the work.

Miss Caroline Muncliaril Ivelley has been for some years the designer for the inte­rior decoration of cars for the rirutof Har­lan i t Uollingsworlh in Wilmington. Del., aud has frequently had eighteen or twenty young women at work under her super­vision. This is one of the oldest aud largest ship and car-building establitik-meuts ia I he country, aud was tbe tirsi to employ women decorators. Miss Ivelley graduated from the Philadelphia School of Design, receiving the first prise, a gold medal.

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lady, aud you can leave any message with me. sir!"

"1 came here, ma'am, to kill him V "Oh, Mr ! please, .sir, please, don't

please.' l i e is behiiul two months" tHiareP" Cry of the "young lambs ot the rt.jek"

—"Lead us to green past»>rs."

"What made Samson weak.-"' asked the Sunday-school teacher.

" A home-made hair cut," promptly re­plied a boy iu the front row.

Spatts tto Miss Muun>—Mabel, love, I de>te npou you wild'y.

Miss Mtinn—ThaPs all right, but don't let Papa know it.

"Why?" "l ie ' s violently opposed to young men's

wild dotes." Teacher of Physiology—"What ingre.

d i e u t w h i c h i s h i g h l v e s s e n t i a l i n t h e comoosition of the human body doe* sugar possess?"

Pupils (.iu one voice)—"Sand." Pink of propriety = Maideu's blush.

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SWEEP-IMS. The elder Baron Rothschild had the

following maxims placarded on the walls of his bank:

Shun strong liquor. Dare to g o forward. Never be discouraged. B e polite to everybody. Employ your time well." Never tell business lies. Pay your debts promptly. Be prompt in everything. Do not reckon upon chance. Be brave iu the struggle of life. Make no useless acquaintance?. Maintain your integrity as a sacred

thing. Take time to consider, and theu decide

quickly. Carefully examine every detail of your

business. Never try to appear something more

thau y o u are. Learn how to risk your money at the

right moment, Then work hard and you will be sure to

succeed!

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CUIItUS FACTS. These are some of the wouders which

modern science expects to achieve: Ar­tificial production of the diamond, pre­vention or cure of epilepsy aud consump­tion; complete combustion of coal, of which only 5 per cent, is now said to be utilized; photography in natural odors; direct utilization of the sun's heat, and harnessing the tides of the ocean for work.

A u effort is beinglmade to secure a par­ade of 24,000 bicyclists at the World's Fair.

Swiss paiuters are painting a panorama of the Bernese Alps for exhibition at the World's fair. It will be 51 feet high and 345 feet long.

A spike maker at St. Cunegonde, Can­ada, named Lawer, recently had three children die, aud burned their bodies iu his cooking stove to save funeral ex­penses. Magistrates were appealed to for his arrest, but they bold thai he hail a right to do as he did.

A new electric boat has been invented by a French engineer, the motive p .mer of which is obtained by a sea water bat­tery, the zinc and copper plates of which can be raised or lowered, serving as keel while driving the boat.

A magnesium light has been devised by a French inventeir which burns 24 hours A pound of magnesium burns lytj hours, giving a light eijtial to Stj pouuds of pe­troleum or 130 pounds uf candles. The present t\,.st of the light is :W el*, an h .nr , but it is expected that this will be grcath reduced with the anticipated reduction in the c»st of magnesium.

It is said that a litlle sug.ir put ..a the hands with soap greatly ihe-reaM «e iM cleansing power, rtnioviiig dirt, chem:. a s t a i n s , e l e , f rom t h e h a n d - .

T h e Ui-w ie-e l u c e . m o l i v i - w es te---te-1 •••i tne Hudson river at New U uutmrgli, Fi !> It). I t is S ft. by 4 a u d 4 I incl , i •, 1,^'h and ni.ti'.e ;i'l mi.'taait tviir, l'nti'u»i_r w.'ii 1*1) pouuds of steam. .Mr. .Mul.t.-j, '.!.. inventor, says lie will li ev.- ..ue r«--.tiy n e \ l winter that will in IM- loo uoka an hour with passe uger *I , } . a'.t u bed.

Pearl Ad ems, <f <.i ii.by. Conn., a g il l U y c a i s old, Ux> ko.i-d -'j f"\. > t i . s w , i -ter by trapping, mar l.i r f itln t s h-'USv.

THE BROTHERHOODS. T h e new u i d F e i n w v 1 e t u p l e - i t t la-

i-ago is to !„• V,ij tVi-l h i g h , au i e J.T .u 1 floor a r e t of 4 i n n I s . j u f , f,,'. 1 t„ r.« will be '20 s t o r e y s in the nreoe - t i u i ' - . t . , and 14 iu Hie t o w e r , wbi . I, w , ; In- \ . » r . • fjtl m i l e s a w a y . Fii>- l! . i s w . . : !.. I Voted to l.., |gV , u . l pe t . . , , i, e. -a i n o u g w h i c h will In .on dr; : r - in w . '. an are-a of ^ OoO ~. | j ir.- !i e-l. I't.i- > r , tiji' Ai.teiiiu ..f Feb. z<<, has v tu„- i. .-tr.iti.iti of Hit- buiMinj , who i, is t , ! e .

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Mild, gentle, so .thing and healing i s Dr. Sage's Catarrh ltctiudy. Only el cedts, by drtigguis.

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