WHITE PLAINS.

»SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE BAND.

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?????G? ACTnp.s APPKAItKl) TO THK RF.fT??-

VAXTAOE.THI COMINO CONCKUT OF THK

??G???? SOC1KTY OTlll'.R LOCAL

?KAYS UK 1NTKHKST.

The Auditorium was crowded to the doors onTuesday night, the secasion of the benefit entertain«mpnt for the White PUlna Itimi A fasliimiat>:··audiene«·· was present, whloh manifested it;' appre¬ciation of the «ffiirts of the amateur actor? by fre¬

quent hearty applause Th»· enterranm**nt lia«! «Ven

one of the leading topi** of conversation fot twoweeks, and everybody Intl reited in the social

affairs

of the village was ther- Tw«> short playa, a complyand a «terca, wore presented. It w.i« one of th«? mostsuccessful affaira of the klr.l ever given In WhitePlains, ani was entirely free from annoying w.lit¬er hitches. Mi«- Chartott« ?. Lansing made

the

hit «if the evening a.« Ruth Cerey In "Ruth'a Ro¬manci*." lier woik w.i« remark.l».y clever Inthi*» play Kt»»··* ?? ?*. «Squire and Robert E «Farleyepp«?are«l. The farce. "A Cure for lhe Wdgets," fol-lowed, in which Mr. Su lira )ia«i the leading part

In

this rn

May M glvei promise of being a most enjoyable af¬fair. Th» main feature will be Mendelaaobn'i Forty-second psalm The remainder of the programmewill be miscellaneous The soprano si'K.itM will beMiss Ida M Hubbel, sololsl »if the Church of St.

Mary the Virgin. New-York, who was hear! recentlyBt Mr. Seymour's lecture on mni«.c. Mrs II A.Robinson wl? be the salo planist Clarence E.TUynolds, organist of Memorial Methodist Kpi«oop.*lchurch, and Miss Corinne Flint, solo violinist,will also take part. Tickets an* now on «-ale

ani

tnay be had of the members or at Staff«"rd's.

Viola M. Cromwell, daughter of William A Crom¬well, of Flsher-ave., died on Thursday morning after

an Illness ».»f three weeks. She was eight yea·The funeral will )»« h»-ld at her ifame, Fisher undTtbbltts ave?., to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.The burial arili be In Kenslco Cemetery.Oeorge H Payne, of Cleveland, Ohio, father of

llr.-. Tracy Cowen, of Hamlllon-avt·.. will here.if:»·wake White Plain« his home. II«· has rented

the

Jüykman 1????f V-1 work.Miss Florence .1. Persons, th«· superimeli lent, re¬

ported f eight at the meeting«. Eight¬een K.rls entered the writing class, of which

l*n

». ..· entire .ours, of ien lesaona The millinery

.lass was smsll, onlj -ix entering an.l recel, ngeigtu lessons in dressmaking lh« advanced classreceived tw·«» courses . ten lesson« es ?>, end twen¬ty suns were nia«l«·: in ih.· day classe«

t.'ti lesson*

were given for ten girls, who mad.· ten garment!, jIn the employment bureau Ihere were nineteen sp«pllcsnts for work, and eighteen received employ¬ment; in the housework brsnch IM women appliedfor work bj the day. ani ? for work by the monthAlmut hai* the number obtained altustiona Theorders received at the bureau aggregated M7, a lar««.·pi rtion «if whii-h were filled. Mrs. Oeorge

v\'.

Houghton reported for the Penny Provident BtampBiatlon. Of the 471 depositors, 81 were boys, 1*1 giri«and 17 adults. The deposits amounted to WI M, theaverage deposit being SO cents. When tb Is ssvedthe person is urged to place it in a saving« bsnk.Mrs. William H. S.miniali reported foi lheLeague. Two important things I"»'! been BC.om-pllshi in lh«· vear. she said, through the ftoris

of

the lean.be appointment of an acnt from th.-Sorietv for tiu· Prevention f Cruelty to Animalsand the «ecuting of th.· appolntmenl by the Board..? health of Miss Lena Leeds as u tenement-hou«eInapector. Miss Harriet A. Butler, the

t r.-iisurer.

read her report. It «howed the institute to be In agood llnanrlal condition.The Orand Army Memorial r«immlt:«>e. of which

Alderman Abrsm H. Tompklns I« .haltmin. benIssued sn appeal for funds t.» carry out the properobservance of Memorial Dsy.An adjourned meet ins of the Seventh Wsrd Tax·

payers' Association will be held thl* evening TheNew-York and Putnam Railroad Company haa pulIts Waiting-room at DunWOOdle Bl the disposal o?the BBsoclation, in which to hold its meeting« »1th. meeting to-night h constitution and bylaws willbe submitted by th. committee for adoption Theassoi Istlon l. growing in membership, and expectsto become a power for g«>o.i in ;¦» locality.Monda? of next week Is lhe last day r.n whh-h

applications mav be tiled with Becretsry lh 1, of theYonkers branch of the Posts! Civil Service, by thosewho wish to :ake th» examination for clerk and car¬rier, which Is t > ho held In the postofllce building«m .lune ß. Application win be received till lhe rli*·of business hours ..n MondayCaptain Mangln, of the Yonker« police, has flxel

this afternoon at .'. o'clock as th«· time for the an¬nual spring Inspection »>f tb« members «>f ths forre.Th«- men will appear In summer helmets, «Ir««« cost«and liions«·-»The l.ea Association is now fairly settled In Its

new room« In the M ''ant·, building, Warburton-ave.The Nominating Committee has posted this ticket tohe voted for a: the annual meeting next month: Forpresident. Edward 1. Renahan; rot vice-president,Thomas Rowan, for recording secretary, D. A.Cooper; for financial secretary, William Le Baille).for treasurer. Michael J. Walsh, for librarian,William Boyle: for trustees. Thomas Rolllnson, A.P. Maho.iy. Edward Donoghue and Peter McOowsn.A special meeting of the Palisad« il'.at Club ha»

been caned for 'his evening to act on a number ofpi .; »sed amen.im·'tits to lh« constitution

Theweekly howling games for the medal have heen die·continned for the season. J. U A. Johnson, havingWon the trophy the greatest number of times, willhold It until it I« wrest.··! from him The pool tour¬nament ami individuai bowling tournament haveonly tWO weeks· longer t 1 run. C. C. Rosslrs leadsIn the bottle-i«·-Sutherland, Henry Gaul, ? Alexander Houston andI'.re Commissioner Mulcabey.Th«· members of Irving Hose Company gave a

«llnner on Thursday night In the carriage-house, InNorth Broadway, to the women who took charge forthem of a table at the fair of the Exempt Firemen'sHenevolent Association, held recently In the hall ofthe Teiitonla Society.

? ATi »NAH. .

The water pipes are being laid In the new villageibis weak.

It has finally been decided by the parenis of theUve boye charged by a. f. Avery with taking lens.-sfrom th«· optical works In the old Village, bestdeidamaging some machinery there, tu s.-itle th«· CS Iby paying to Mr. Av.-ry the sum of .lío.Mrs. Horses .S«-arlcs entertalne.i e number of her

friend« at a dinner on Thursday, s«>me of the guestsbeing the Hev. I» ? Hanabiirgh and Mr«, Hana-burgh, Mr. and Mrs. Merrllt. Mr. and .Mrs. Fletcherl_ent and Mr. Clark.Romaine Riebet and Frederick Smith have re¬

ceived their awards for their condemned propertyIn "the triangle" this week, but the awards offeredto Lyon brother« and to F. J. Purdy have »fenplaced in ihe Xnv-Yetk Trust Company

* untilaffairs can be arranged more satisfactorily, the pricenot being considered sufficient. Mr. and Mrs.Rockett, Thomas Smith and bis .amili and Dr. A.J. Mayer, who live in that pan of tin· "triangle"nearest the river, have been ordered out by June 1.The building« are then to be torn down, tin· begin¬ning of the end of this attractive old villa«..Next Sunday morning Mi Hanabiirgh will take

as a subject for his morning sermon "Power InLittle Things" m the Methodist Episcopal Churchand In the svenine his fifth "half-hour talk" willb«· on 'Apparent I'«Oline ln the Christian Church."The leap year pany in the leerles Hon..·

Wednesday evening was a pleasant affair, and WSIwell attended. Among the guesrs wre the Misse«Miller. Van TaSSel, Smith. Van AlStyn« .i MerrlttMr«. It. 1». Knapp and Messrs. Averv, William«Knapp, Clark and Benedict.Mrs. Klgar Strakosch, of lialtlmore, is Visiting

wltn her mother. Mrs. Huldah Whltlo.k ,n thlaplace, and M.ss Poe, of .New York, Is the auest OfMr. and Mrs. Flbriilge A. Arnold.

fit; Wednesday night thieves broke Into the store«of \\ B, Adams ? Son and John W. Sari, s BedfordSta Muí. effe« ting an i-ntrance In both cases Ivbreaking windows. Mr Bsrles was aroused by sn ils.·, and opened a window, which accounts 'forthe thief departing with only a handful of knlve«While In Adams * S«m's nothing was taken Theopening of lb.· money drawer sometimes tings atelephone rear It, and I; Is thought that the noisewas taken for a burglar alarm.around has been t.r«.ken and the foundation for a

new »".us· belonaing t·. Warr.-n Hutchlngs has beenbegun at Bedford station, m xt t«> the public school.A sttawlierry and Ice cream festival will be h«dl

on Tuesday ev« nlng under the auspl.es of thewom«-n of .Monili Zlon's Method »? Fpis.'opal Churchin the hall at Somers Centre.1'reparat?? 1 s are heilig made by the young n*0-tfl

of the l-pworth League .»f the Puni ? Station MeTh-oillat Kplscopal Church for an entertainment to be

?1ven In the church next Wednesday evening' Twoarces, with a number of Vocal and Instrumental«election«, «re to be given.A meeting of the trustee« was held In the library

In this place last Monday to mak«.· arrangementsfor a Sunday-school convention, which will be heldnext Tuesday afternoon and evening In the Meth-csliet Kptsc.ipa! Church. I'urdy Station.

-a..I'F.LHAM MANOR.

Mrs. Rich gave a party In honor of her «laughter*«,birthday last Sunday. Miss F.dna and her youngfriends will long remember this pleasant antilver-sary.John F. Falrchlld and Howard Scrlbner are new-

members of the Felhamville"Relief Hook and Lad-der Company.The dam of the Water Company at Pelhamville,

which wa· washed away In part some week« ago,has been repaired and is in use «sain.

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MOUNT VERNON.G?.ANS FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY BX-

ERCISBfl REINO MADE.

ICROOL llll.flfKN. lifAHfSMI'.N AMD VBTERAMi

TO ???? IAHT IN AN ?1.?.?« :< »KY THKNttW

YORK ???\?·:·:> M.isT gPHDAt *K*M«OOL IN

stipi TB TO iini.i' ITS MEMI ANSVAL

sussi· »N IN WILLARO HALt-Memorial Day exerdsea m Mount Vernon will

be

of exceptions! Interest this year, not alone to theOiand Armj comrades, to the Sons of Veteran«

end

ne National Ouard. but to the clt »ns as s whole.

The Mem.«rial I'ay Committee uf Fat it-worth Post

had nearlj completed ihe programme Frida) ev«ro-Ing, May S, uhm it was proposed b) lhe pupila olth.· public schools Ibsl they ihould give an allegorjof the war under the direction of Professor AlfredHsllam, lhe musical director of tbe Board of «Educa¬tion, snd the conductoi of the Mount Yernon Musi-csl «Society, The proposition siso Included the11th .«..».¡.«.ra·.· rompan) of ihe «Xatloual Ouard,r mmanded by Captain Frederick Schneider, amithe exhibitions will be given in lhe srmory, lh«

largest amphitheatre p th« ll Inasmucn a»Memorial Da) comes on Baturday I: In·« been ar¬ranged to give n»«· alléger) on «Frida) evening.Profefuioi ??.Hi.un ha* arranged the word« and erith»-m to music, »ul is having frequent rehearsalsTh« entertainment will begin with tha march!of the National Ouardsmen, th« Orand Army «¦··..rades and the «Sons of Veterana, the chorus «singing"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, th« Boya ?·"· Marching."beglnnii In a subdued ton« and increaalng the pitchsi the «soldiers and veterani approach. There wlb« represented In the singing the camp, the meet¬ing m battle of Ihe federal snd Confederate troops,the retreat, the victory, etc, A feature In eonneitlon with »·· sbegor) will be an address by theRev. Dr Thomas I. PoulSSn, pastor ! the FirstMethod!«* Episcopal Church, In wiuiamsbrt»!·/·. whowas chaplain of the lai Marylgjtf (Union) Regi¬ment, snd servi throughout the Civli Wer, and Isat presi ni hapl tin «>f 'uster PostTh»· New-York I'nlverealist Sunday School h

Itituti s III hold Its errai snn tal -· islon In V.Hail .»n Friday afternoon and evening. In additionto the routine buslne»· and reading ot reports ther«will ?»«· addresses at th« afternoon session b) lheRev. ?- ? Pease, ol Brooklyn, and th« Re*. ? '·'Mason ) Ih« Rei J. «Smith Dodge, »»rSiuiiifur.J. l'unii Dm M I .oui*· Thomas e» presidem of the «Sorosl« «Society, will give a lecture Inth« Fnlversallsi Church on the afternoon »»f M.«\26 sii·· I-. the daughter of Ihe late Judge Palmer,of Pennsylvania, and ahe was married :·· ti»·- Hl»: Abel ·'. Thomas, ·· well-known clergyman ·»'Philadelphia, with whom she travelled eateim Europe She else accompanl» ? Abraham i.ii.Iion h:s ???·:..·« from Springfield, III., :< Washington, in IM??,· Mmir-.t Vernon Public IJbrary wir,· h was

officiali) opened s week ago to-day, b.is been w.-ilpatronised «his week, ai Ii Is In thorough work¬ing order. It ha« S.iaTM ?.ks on It« shelve« andabout WO unbound magaalne* »? tbei literature:.»! the r. «ding ro¡-

lowlng as officer« ol S'ai .»t Hope Lodge, I ·?.lar) Mis* ? Archer, assistant secretar)': LeslieR. Dick·-·».?. treasurer; Ml«* Mar) N'odine, financialsecretary; Frederick Jackson, marshal; Miss AnnieMartin, deputy marshal. Howard Mlehols, guard,and Alexander M>n Thursday ami Frl-dsy.At the annual meeting of rhe HeassntvUle Li¬

brary Assoctstlon Dr. ?. ? Swift was electedprésident: ? Wood Cornell, first vtoe-presld«ntb-ab!. lino' t ? remain for a week or in.Foremen Frederick ? Southard, of Cortlendl Hook

.?· l la.Idei « " .ni;.an> No. I. will send ,¦ it ·.. !.. ,.-« to member« ' lhe r »rnpan) r incoming their

u ;. ·., Klngaion, to 'ak·· perl in th« pared« of theTri-«'., n,··. Fireman's .«societlon nexi Wednesdaymon mg The) wi, leave Peeksklll Tuesday «fter-', I

Th« tri«·.·.« ..f the Peeksklll Savings Rank have..¡...t.-d ihe followlns officer« Fresi.lent. Cristi Hill.

lent, Edward Well« «econd vl.piesl-lent, Fdwli llrlgg« treesurer, J M Shipley, «ecre«

S R KnappPeekaklll >' l he« «-hanged ¡·* name

??- isa been known es the Peeks·rnei Rand foi man) year« It« new name It

m hona il »ms« Plockton, who f ¦¦¦ mai·, year«ha« been ita leedeiTn.:. m >. ,, meeting of the Alumni Association

..: ueksld« School at tne «chooihouss next TuesdsyI

? ? Pi i- Brown I« visiting In l'hlladelphla.ilfth I.¡nn lay if Mrs Philip Smith,

·. ·,: Mr* ll muí Blanchard, ».?« celebra tei.:.\ ? tamil) .- il ??·- home of ber ion-ln-lsw,?? -.«in 11:..r. her·! leput) factory Inspector, In Bor¬

ni .-?.-· evening The following children? ait) were preaeni Mrs Hiram Blanch¬

ard, B.la« v\ Smith. I'tiiHp ll Smith Mr« Jacobllenlke, all of Peeksklll. .ml Mrs Henri Cri

?, Another son. Cspteln Oeorgew Smith, ?« dead, bu; b« wldoa waa preeent An¬

si ion, Sidney Hmlth ..f th.· «iraní Central Sta¬imi Mi" Samuel Basset I of New-Britain,

«...tm. . !· ghler, on ? ? .· be present There·.«··· m m ?· ? Imi. m >. greet-gran«!·

it the gaiTh·· funeral ..f Alexander Vai:, seventy-four

w· lied ."i W·-In·-lav from niinvr, will helay it ? |. m ui hi« home

Mr- M Mel »if·· Hmlth, of N.w-York. will giveeel lire I«. Ihe I« I:. « ..f Peeksklll da)

;. ni .«· Libert) Hall ..? Th.· Mrs Woman."e-

? KV. ??,'????,?.?

'?.·· 1*1 ?', flub will give a concert In the parishii·· -¦· Tuesday evening, Mey .'? ·:....I pro¬li « -un .· ?- being proper·TI ma« Towndroe who haa reported Westchester

»un« f ·? man) \ «era te enti) el«·· - eighty-sixth birthday, «nd hopes to see

... ??.

Tn·· alarm given b) tie Fit·· Commissioners oftTurad«) evening »ounded 16." mid brought thsvarious rómpanle« io Main it ami l_ocust-Sve.,»?.·'.· .-'· John'« Church «tend« Th« llrst t.. «»·-p»·· w th» Belief Uose Compsny, which wa.« onih«· scene In ..ne minute hi. I thlftj si. seconds afterthe slarm ».n given The Huguenot ungine Com-¡.a:i\ aa« Hi·· tir«; of that .-lass to atri.·· Alt..-gftthei ? ·· t «ponae wae creditable, und. io quoteWilliam ?.·· .'.Mint.· "Ther« wasn't four minutée'difference between at» ..r Meni."

.lesender n Marvin ·,« ..n.· of the four substi¬tut.« .f the Val·· I'nlverslty crew that will row inlhe regatta at Henle* this summerTh.· bond of J A MehlRtedt, the village treasurer,

.·« filed .»nd approvi ?. we- fot __ß,_?Fren ?« Wilson'* home, The Orchard, never looked

more stira ¦¦ than :· doe* at this seas,m of ihs(rear, wit! the apple trees in blossomThe will ..f Sarah \ Vence, wh.» left all her pio;.

. in to bet brother,

property, Is nearlng completionii.ury Btoddard, ihe phoiogr.ipher of "The Cos¬

mopolitan" stuff, li suffering from an sbscess of? lie ¦ .u

?? ?« .aid that lh- Tiffany esta'e will shortlv heplaced upon mi·· market, cui up imo building lota

TARRYTOWN'Ph.· Rev Dr Roderick T.rry and Mrs Terry, also

Mr. mi.I Mrs John T. Terry, Jr., un- vtiltlng theirparent«, Mr nnd Mis John ? Terry, at I'.nkston«.Mr« Aneo« c Phelpa ras returned from New-

v.»rk to h»r estate. This property is bounded so thenorth by Rockwood Hal!, the «Mints of WilliamRockefeller, uni on th«· south by the estate of Mr«Munto Th,· Munro place was formerly the home.·; Oeneral \. el»t», and .luring the sixties that of11. iti FremutiRobert S· well. Samuel H rVhieffeltn. C.eorge I.egg

who recently bought the «state «>f th.· late RobertHoe; John Mrlaane, Mra T. c EQsetmen, Joneph11.istillali and M S ''lark, all of New-York, uri· OC«tipylng their countt » placesMrs. Chirles.), liou'id gave SS Informili dan.» ou

Monda., \ hingTh. funeral of Mrs l.llr.a I. Ani Inrliis. widow of

Andrew M .\t ciilariiis und .taiighlei «,f th,. |U|,.Nathaniel Bsltonstall, «>f N«-w -London. '.-> 11 p svasconducted on Tues lav l.y ih- R,.\· Seiden Spencerreii.tr of Christ i'hiit.h, ut the home of the familyin Broadway. Tt:«· burial was in Qreenwood Cerne·terv. Ml«. An iilarui.« was ulnet \-four veurs oldand had lived In Tarrytown for uboiit twenly-flveyears.The marriage of M.ss Klla. the on ? surviving

child of t»if lite l»r. James W Bcrlbner. to HheMonHopkins, son of Colonel vYoolsey R. Hopkins, ofBh'.ppan Point, Stamford, Conn., was celebrated atth.· h..in.· of the bride's mother In Washlngton-siTarrytown, on Saturday ev.-niiig !usi at ?!:!.) o'chn-k? reception follow.,I the ceremony, which was per¬form..! by the R»-v. I>r. John Knox Allen pastorof the Firs; Reformed Church. The maid of honorw.i« MISS Sella M Rogue, of Monlcla r, N J thebest man. Archibald A. McOlMhan, of New-YorkTha bride was gowned In white silk und chiffon andher ornamenti wer.· diamond« and piaris. Th.· ?. ?w.i« fas -n.d by a «unburst of diamonds, the giftof the bridegroom The hoinjuet was Miles of thevalley and roses. The house was decorsied prin¬cipally with dOWWOOd blossoms. Tiie gne«i« wereprominent people from Tarrvtown, Orange ? JNew-York and other i»lac«s. Dr. Scrlbner thefather of the bride, died more than ten years agoHi« patients and fr'ends were so numerous in West¬chester County that « great many of them wereobliged to stand ? the ground« of the chi>r«»h wherethe funeral service« were held. Mr and Mr«. Hop-kin« are to «all for Europe next week, to remainther« for ««versi month«.

»-mam

LONG IISLANI).NOTES FROM TOWNS IN QUEENS AND

SUFFOLK COUNTIES.

IN HEMPSTEAD TOWNSHIPThe Highway Commissioners of the town of

Hempstead will to-day open bids for the construc¬tion of the proposed bridge over Wreck I.ea«l to» nn.·· t the two BSCtlona «»f the roadway leadingfrom the Island to Long Besch The bridge willbe Kit feet long, including the approaches and »IrawThe draw will be a double centre swing with

a

Dngth of 114 fee·. T.ie foundstlOOa »if the bri.Igeare to be tubular Iron piers surTleient'.y etro.i« t.«

»firry a moving weight of fifteen tons. Itis hoped

to have the structure completed in lim»· fOf usethis season. The roa.)way on the Harnntn Islandsl«le of the creek Is nearly completed, an«l all that laneeded to be done on the Long Islsnd Bids I« 'he

building of the approach. Th·* Long BSSCn Assortatlon Is expe'-ied to pay a part of rhe cost of * 1 »? Thursds} evening b) theu.«.tuber» of Ocesn Bids ?/·»·'·»;- 1

«? ?; ? Theaffair marked the re-novel of Mr snd Mrs Flem¬ing who have been prominent In the afTalrs

of lheI.» Ig·· from xtef hone in Bockvlll«. Centre to

their

tiew house In Yalley StreamDr ?, ? I)·»tv. the ll-a!th Officer, ba*

under

his *upervlsl.»n the renovation of the State propert)at Fire Island The Surf Hotel will open ??

Sal

urday -lune tl. The hotel and rottane«wbi ?>·

un.le- the management ot ? ? Wall Amonatl ¦-··

wh.« will sp-i.d Jin. at Fir»· Islan 1 ite Ml«.« Joseph¬ine E Drexol, Judge «Samuel ll Morris end

his fam¬

ily the Hev James F Duffy, Henry ·» Banbornend hi* famiiv s Cantoni« and hi« family,

ani

Cyril» I·: Stapes »nd his famllj

1.1-KAN SI DR.

Mr« Lydia Wright, «rifa of James Wright, wasburled from h-r home yest-nlay. She

was aeventy

alx years old. She hai been Infeeble health of

late, «nt her death occurred withint went·,-four

hour« after the benvy thunder shower onMonday.

Manv of the residente I».heve thatthe ihui lev

haetened her death on account of 'lie wsy lightningand thim.l»r tigured In her life. Thirt\ yrars

ago?h- farmhouee In wh! h sh» «nd her family

lived

waa «truck by lightning ? laughter¦·' Mre

Wright wa« killed bo ¿he ? »*- In bed,end Mis

Wright had hei «hoe*« torn from herfeel and was

otherwise **h·.« ked h*ii .t t· thata ?- etruck by lightning, wtui«· on several o

asi,»?«

? ite., near 'h.· pli. ? red b) lightning\· ,, e».,- time one of their covre waa killed.

Mi«

\\ right nevei recovered from th* .fr··«'* of the.«.no k she received, and thla, together With the

'·

.-nt storm, ?« supposed to have ha ? * fatal rffi ft,

isi.ip vh.i.aoks

A «pe lui m.Ing wa« lei I In 'he I-'lpI'nloi

s.-n....? on Wedneeda) evening toset ,···

or the proposed t: WO addition to the - bo I TheRe. W s C Webster waa cl ilrmari of

the meet¬

ing. Charlea U Sani« ·»·» lecretai? Adam Hill

and «'hail··.·. W, Duryee were lhe teller»Thi

wa« thirty-two in favoi .·;. ? th agalnsiprovemeni l>lip mechanics sill do »ill *l¦l»f of Ihe $7.·**' 11.'"·\ «a« ui> ? ll.·«*» «n nu h« s ?»··.·?? ¡,

ItiHe Imwork

will be 1 a'«'. In .Vug ist .»f tin-ear following unni the whole

The folios Ing have '»··· ? le» ted olflcei ? for as · a

in the Young Married People'« Club, Isbp Mr«W Reate, ??·- lentMrs Wilmai! h Haff,The following havi

l_a*.t Isllp Court of I-Kunde; aub-.h'ef. He

Mrs Haleey, vi« e pre«t rea« u etbeen »:»··..· ? offici ?« of the

iresten Chief Banger, Han·.irgi Nelson; l'a-· '· ··:. Bob

«.it Anderson; financial secretary, Joseph itobi·.·«he.'k. recording secretary, * v Bowen» ?rea«???'.-t. ?. W. Brady; Beoloi Woodward, ?·: ? Jeffr.-\ Junior Woodward, Thomae Llerwoo»!; Beilte.idie. j c. Bevan: .Iunior Beadle, Thome« Busiphysician. Dr. W, H Sa\u«;eTh« Hu> Snote Yacht Club has Bled alti le«

'

corporation witn the Secreter) of state. Theli¬

te, s of the club for the flrat \«-ar aie Arthui[jomlny, Josteh it.ihUn*. ? s Moore, .? ?; How»and W. A Hülse, of Hay «Shore.

Saiiii«-« W Finny, of Bayport, found a clueter ftwenty-seven white pearls in a «iam un Tuemlelast it is ragsrded as a must remarkable find inu single i-iaui Mr. Penn) Intende ;.» haw thepearl* set In a I»imo«!i und presemeli to hie laugh-..-I. w ho lives in Brookl) ?

Th,· Sitiiday school ofllcers and teacher« of theCongregational Church at Bayvllle held a social atthe bom»· «»r Paator Powell n Tuesds) eveninglast.William ?« Peck and his family, of New-York, for

mani yea«.« euromei realdents t other churches.

BRA «'UFFTh»· lOung Ladles' Qull4*0f St. Luks'a htir.-h

h.is resrganlsed under a new constitution and by¬law«. The annual election «if officers was h»-bl onTuesday. The guild did HOI su.veed In electing aprealdent, ths nonasroua ballot* taken each resultingIn u tie. The presidimi will be elected at the nextmeeting, Mrs James Kay was elects vh-e-presi-dent and Miss Minnie Alusky secretary and treas-i ter.

Puritan Lodge, I. o. 0r ?;, ?, ),_,» a j,,hi|ee timeon Monday evening Quarterly Instsllatlon of»ifll.er» was held. I'll» lodge wll'. work under (hecredit «yéteme this quarter, Mie« Boss Parisi an,?John C Tale being captain*, and Mrs M II Di',,,I«and Charles H. i.elghton Judg.*«.. The ueùsl pro¬gramme was dispensed with, l'onipaiiy A of lastijuarter, furnishing refreshment« us . pensila forlosing In the oantSSt. Messrs Miller a id Tatefiirnleh-sl «ome excellent mandolin and guitar mueleThe Daughter« of the King of the DtOOSSS of Long«and met he,·« on Wednesday, holding iheir annual meeting and e.ectlon ot offlcer*. The presiding;'?^·?G?.?,^1,? !,,ß ***. Hsorge c «irov.·,. of sèa? iff and the visiting clergy the Hev Dr Bradley Offr.m nt M-e SÏÏÎ**^ I>·'"*».«"·* were present??? ^ ?^G??G_,"'??.??GG?""1: H' Luke's. "Brook-Tlml.·:^'',8" r.lfr· ,,?*1 8' Clsmsefa and Bt.Ärted «Î G _#P"î oflBro««|yn The prmoedlng«Chureh «n

erVlCe 'J1 ,h* ?·0·'"«'·* «' 81. Luke'sChurch, a dinner served by the local chapter, and a

buslne«« session In the afternoon Tt,. -the chapters were entouragi", ^_r!-Mrlji«.were made "by the president Mr. V. RrW «*!.«____head; the Rev Mr N'lhol« *lnì?"r?r'i*- ofBtfe·the Rev. Mr. (.rove, Ml.\ r__oV' Dr ?G»_1_5**·and Miss Herrlngton, of Ä0*1·' °· 8?__*Bolos, «nd Miss Batieran, , ^m 'M*v. ifi**officers were elect,· I |'r.-.| | "nr _i *tlon»· »___Hlverhead; vl.e-presl.len.. Ml« B^'WwaÄlyn; treasur-r, Mr« w t «.«,._ oin*· of £___*secretar». Mrs H..|.n , · )n. be, G^; of BrrS*-BlUXOm. Misa King. Mrs ?*^?\^^8^?_\(«love« .nd Mrs w_0»· lin¿«_!_mori than !.. times ,'?,^' *h« ?_2___slon was dispense wiV,n .lÄ",' ****_]attending th«· funer4, ..\,",,.'>¦ _" cl«¡S__tindolence to her rami! we 1 ..¿^Utte^compenloni ur1*" up ¿y JJm»tr£pVSr7h».u?There will b- a b^lne^Ve » .". ' «X?jfand a puhll«· meeting i.i ? cv. ?" ng^Ph»''«^speakers end programme, ,? ,|lnn"* * 'h 'X«£2lo visitors between t|.e two me" ?,_·. *].. ·* «*2held In the Method!-, A.aîA,e7hW· *ÏFerdinand Boudon, .. Lgn___ee___ _·___

{'IW. has .? empl.yel ,öna"v"0«T. ?.G__5 *«*Ing the new station of the |..,n, |s| ..,»'? »«ÌSk.¡.«.r, Co. e. Drives, w.lU- ...^ , ^^»3,«had- tr.es, shrubbery an.l lowerb, .Aft.1· »4the Improvement« *««ww

OI.RÑ CÔVBThe »;ien Cove Wheelmen are makl*

BienU for a p.rade .? Mem, n,| Dai m|!?,e»Ing to Indine the v... n· u «jf »he villas,. ._)__'h'!·*Tl···».· ar.· . ...«,. number of enthusiast.. _?.¦*and women In the nHghborhno.1 and * ???*'*·»I« expected °* *_ßµ

Paul's chapter. Dsughteri »fM faul ß .-hapt-r D...igh-er« ,,f ,habout to ie.ii.,ulsli ?« charter having ...iÍ* l»«I··.':·· is- of membership thr «ugh ren ??.?G^ »>J*f* '¦" A V nn« W,.n,.« FrleM\»b. Sewhas been organised, whh ? .,.,., ,J ****'·¦¦" 1^"" "' ·'" '-hM.ter.? ...w L .¿eS3member«. ,D0«1 Ih»

HICKSVIU.K.The You.g Men's Mutual Improvement g,^Is ?bou l t.. p lhe impr »vement of»!.

and at a meeting held m Iti roe··Thursdsy evening It w.«« d< |, »-?, t h« HoirieHighway Commi«. Id lo more lg tea __then any ,.th.r «et of officer. They di«-i»Jilong i!-t .,: grlevan-es against the' i,or. ?G|»Kallroad, an luggested wayi ·. »M-h ·-/;!?mlsaloners could compel the -ompesy to k_S..Mali, -lungs In ahi ...-. iWieHImprovement wee ? *Prienda of Mr and Mr« .-. leriek K.»t.« g -Hick«», lie, gave t.-m ¦¦ -.·; ? eater «sí

ir) of ·_·-__;lisge After th- «ui;,·!-.· ¦» .,, ,. .T

·.· 'rlend- at h in- a·. 1 .. san ? «t????i«se I. Among : ... ?, _j¡f___Hoben Furl ? Mr ,,..¡ \lr« .'h.rie, Koaehl V

.nd Mr« JoaeDh Ruger Mi and ?? .«_*loseph ?, ttowehl Jo..-,- M

llntiurger. lohn Kesten, William Knit»» H«_r) Bowebl. Krnesi Pram, En. Wtat Sm -· Kmn Ks (et ' .··, Henkert i_Z

tnnle B «arker ?..·?, r'triman 1 Mrs Van Noeti .r .*·

PORT JEPFHUSOS AM» OLD FIELD.Th« prolonged drouth . g -.- ¦.. t_m

to the props planted ejrlv ir. ¦>· I plant» I a month a* Issi There .mnot been on.- rait la) hers «Ines April j T_»r»hav« been severs! showers and ene day «hei |rain· I leverai I ISld« fr.m these rvrryday ha« be.n ,ir\The steamer Nonswsntic began her .r.lr trpi tl

Bridgeport r , Dii««"eMr arid Miss /.h.···;;*·;.,, at «>«'?¦«"/?*'·,·;·*>ear« I)« en summet

res.'· ^ Inuring orcottagi being one of ^1l"»*'TM';.(Va> evening.