( Press l-JJt MP" 1 M1LK0KI), riKE COUNTY. PA., F 11 1 DAY, SKPTEMBEli 10, 181)7. VOI, 2. X0. J5. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. A T,iu'v;o id I lively Attuul- Sfilrdi'il III,-, n-.imt met- tlt Scir It'O,' M !) Ar.; .ill VoUm A ihiplfj Nollton.tl "I .Inrv ('torn iflliMlfi ,lln.l. In pursnr-ree ( t;e county i")iivciiii"ii to pit inniion ii cueihiinle for 'I'll i'U 11 ,Cl! IH ll'.'ttl- jury com mbsioner tho deleuiites cb"-l -d ns- j nembled n( Hi..' C.;ail House hi Mil fori September Jiid.anl were railed tooiderat o "clock p. in. by ihair man of the County (.'oinniit'oo Win. Angle, with O. K. I.uiibshiiv. secre tary, mid Leroy Kipp and Kenneth I MeOhirg, tellers. Tim following j appeared, presented their credentials and took seats, Ile'io I .ring no con tests: Blooming til ovcv Not represented. Delaware .1. I J. Hhmmmkcr, Wm. Duseiiboiry, Dr. W. Kenworthy ami G. V. (.'nmi'. Dinginan James Buist, dr. ami Julius W. Koiscl. Greene iiinuol Hopps, 2 votes ; Kdward P. Huberl'ng, 3 votes; a delegate mul proxy for (1. .1. Hcber ling and V. S. Hupps. Lai kuwaxon C. C. Shannon, Au gust Borttcher, C. W. fchannun, V. R. Shannon, iV J. Wood, G. J. Kiernan and C. A. Giiiett,. Lehman John Whitmore, Frank Walters and Frank Bensley. Miilord Borough -Edgar Pinehot, 1 vote ; W. T. St ruble, ; C. O. Armstrong, ; A. T. Seeloy, .., ; Milton Armstrong, , J. H. Van Etten, . Milford Township W. 11. (. tidde Lack. Palmyra E. KnnUt; j J. A. Kipp, proxy fur A.J. Kimble. Porter Not represented. Shuhola E. It. Kulbfus nnd Dr. N. B. Johnson. Wostiall (4. II. Langton, Al. Marvin, Fred Thurling, C. F. Lang toii, E. Coykondall, B. V. Durant, Richard Jeffries, (). K. Laubshire, J. H. Van Etten was duly dented chairman, and Lou's Davey and Leroy Kipp, seeretaries. ('hurled A. UiUett and EiUvaril 1' HelKirliiij;, of (iroone, woro duly nominated for jury eoniini ssioner nnd on counting the ballots the former was declared duly nomin ated. The question of new rules for the government of tho party was then called up by Hon. F.. riuchot, which rnlesapp'ar on another page, and were presented to the convention. Tin? committeeto draft the same wiw appointed ai a convention held in lS'Ji) and not, being ready to report in lHUli, was continued until tms meeting of delegates. It was sug gested by Han. E. Pinehot nnd agived to that the clause regarding altonttions and amendments should bo changed ho that, they should be votedonntn primary election, and this change was accordingly made. Tho time ot closing tho polls wa-8 also changed so as to l-ead 7 p. m. at the suggestion of Al. Marvin, Esq. Mr. Pinehot then offered a resolu tion that the rules bo printed in the PltKssand lie ovtir until tho next. an nual convention. lie subsequently offered ns an uniendmimt that they bo acted on ftt u adjourned conven tion of delegates to lk) held at Octo ber form of court. Hon. John A. Kipp offered an amendment which was duly seconded, "That tho rules as prosontod bo adopted subject to amendment and ultorutiou ftt nil ad journed convention of the dolegiftes to this convention to bo held at the Court House in Milfurd, Tuesday evening, October 19, 187." This resolution was carried by a vote of twenty-one in favor nnd thirteen against. Tho convention was then adjourned until Tuesday evening, Oct. iy, ilia 7. A mass convention was then con vened mul the same oflieers elected to prooi.ie. No nominations were made for County comntitti-O ort-ato deletrato hut on counting tho ballots the following named received -16 votes for County committee : J B. bh K'inaker, E. Pincbot, ( '. O. Arm strong, Aaron C'ouili ight, Alfred B: ilma n, O. K. laubshire and Ed. Hobei'hr.g. No ballots weiv counted for rtidfgiitrt to the Suite convention, nor was any separate ballot bad. The. nuts convention then dissolved. hornet m,' new, sprui X tooth , -yracuse i iU iuors j harrow 1 p!.iA.s a:.d lit W. iV C mi v.l.mls. : 1 'l.iiicf. Jr.'' c. v ; -V ".I .,. Wjs'.eti turn Sim ! people u-e their wn v that. wi-d"s t h" '.' energies m ter pi ft ii'i'itations. and foolish i of them i ve.'.ntio ' mis ie'.y i i ,ig pr"i i is!ine.-i. Huri, worry detenui illltli'll kn.-ji tl'i'ui "on-taiilly w t i"in vitality. This f )"1 ! s. l'e j.l.i no n ;. want irritli- r st ; moi' n? ion. V !i'i!i any on, J .J '.:. wnf.ts lest, ivt stimu! Wli oi any one's energies be fl-ig !'!' -iiperati' n, not :rritn; ! is waat'vt. ! I ii"ii i is In 'i 'i ' l.:o 'Ail tin 1 ;i c d a iik"ii i lea ! t-iit,"" men .tier,. laid." ;?o doubt i "'oiile say, A very mi Kuril a one id in need of mvig oration, recupera tion, but not. stimulants. Stimul ants draw upon t lie vigor which one already possi sfies ; they produce no vigor. When one is tired out, nerv ous, w wk and despondent, Pu-ru-ru is what is need" I in the. system. IV ill na invigorates, recuperates, builds up, vltaliy.es, enriches, rein forces. Unlike so many other rem edies, it does not simply irritate nnd timulato Poru-na' is an invig orator to nerve nnd blood. Send for a copy nf Pr. Hiirtman's latest hook. Address Tho Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Ohio. - A Small Fire. Last Friday morning about, 1 o' clock the town was awakened by the ringing of church bells and the cry of fire, which was found to b.) in the bicycle nnd repair shop of P. J. Hutaa on Bioa.l stre.'t. A hntip of rags and waste saturated with oil had been left lying in the rear shop nnd spontnneoiu combustion had ensued, the heat exploded a small can of gasolene nnd this had fired the wholo interior. Mr. liutan wns sleeping over head and w.h noirly suffocated before being nwakened, and finally crawdod out on the poroh. Tho flamos wore subdued, before the arrival of the hose carts, which were promptly on tho spot. .The tiros of four wheels wore meltjd as woro several tiroi him ring on tiie wall. Tue interior of the shop win black ened by Hin.ikj and charred by the burning gasolene, and what might have boon a bad tiro was prevented by its early discovery. We unibA-. stand the w heels were insured In the agency of J. A. Fisher of Port Jer- vis. Ths Borough Bonfli. The bonds offered by the Borough fir tho purchase of the (ilen woro not taken. It seems to bo generally understood that the proceedings upon which they vero based are irregu lar. No provision had been made for raising the amount necessary to supplement the Mini which was agreed to be paid for the part lying in the Borough in order that tho whole glen might bo secured. Then, too, tho meetings lit which tho reso lutions were pnssed over tho Bur gess' veto were not regular but ad journed meetings. The boys have simply scored another tinsco, and hnve amused themselves with 'the idea that they were competent to do business liko men. Tho glen )ma boon ojtn all summer and perhaps that is 80H1U compensation for their antics. i Lyceum Meeting. At various meetings of tho direc tors of the Milford Lyceum Asso ciation, the thanks of the board were voted to the Hon. J. J. Hart for vnluablo contributions of public, documents ; to Miss Eleanor Gallag her, Miss Blanche Bidlack, Mrs. A. E. Lewis, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Alton and Miss Lucy Gordon for books donated to tho librury ; to Mr. J. II. Van Etten for the Pikk County Pkkss, and to Mr. Howard Little for t lie Sussex County Record dur ing the season ; to Dr. W. E. Mose ley, of Baltimore, for an easy chair as woll as books for tho library, and to Mr. W. F. Kimball for painting tho hambionio sign which now hangs in front of tho Lyceum Room. The Association is proud of its long list of friends. They have contributed mateiially to its present prosperity. - . A Curt for Biliout Colic. ItKsoi'RiK, Screven, Co., G.i. I have been subject to attacks of bili ous colio for several years. Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Dmr rUix a Iveuiedy is the only sure re lief. It acta liko a charm. One dose of it gives relief when all other remedies fail. 0. D. ShaKf. For sain by DrUi-'gists and General Mer chants iu I'lke county. Li.- til;. tors nnd the Great Eu.itt is nt W iV: G. Mi'-jhell". BISHOP RIJUSON. Tlii H"iiil of t'i" Kln-"ml C'liurrh In no. ii.. .-4r, smMi iiij- iii )it- i , ., ,uRi,,r,.. i Hue live weens ago five weeks ago he went i abroad to fpena six months tit Manheim, nnd the people of bis dio cese bad no idea that tho news of his d'-ath would be S'i soon brought til etll. " Nelson Sonu-rvill-.' Malison . v-ns b .rn (ii'ty-fi vo yeurs ago at Carthage, N. V., clucit'-d at that place and n'. the (ienial Tiit ol, gienl Somiiiaiy ! New York, whore be graduated in Ififi. He was Deacon at, Vtica, as sistant minister in New York, Hec tor at .ion Church in Morris, N. Y., :y id in ISM founded St. Johns Free church in Jersey City j after seven years lie went, in ff l aui in i icve land, Ohio where he remninod until culled to he assistant. Bishop in lf5-l by the dioctse of Central Pennsyl vania. The arduous duties connec ted with his large field of labor broke his health nnd he went abroad. He was an nttractivo pronc.bor, his nmsicial Voice giving forco to langu age rich in thought, his sermons were forceful in reasoning clear and full of strength, tnder his admini strative .ability the church wns strengthened and aroused to new ."al. His death, will prove a groat loss to the Episcopal church in this diocese. The Bishop was known hero where he has several times ministered. The body will be brought to this country for buriaJ nt South Bethlehem. OBITUARY. FUANC18 KlftKH. Francis Frieh, of Bostou, aged 12 years, a nephew of George A. Frieh, of Milford, was drow.iod in the Charles river Friday, August 27th. Iu company with Bonie companions ho was in bathing and got in deep water. Not being nhio to swim he sank to the bottom, and his body wad not recovered for about thioo hours. Mr. Frieh and wife nttondod the funeral which took jdaco Tues day. MAHY E. I'Alllf. . M uy E. Parr, of Lord's Valley, died at the homo of her mother Monday, August -30, aged 58 yenrs. She was untlinrried. LI.RK'lt TOIH.KU. Ulrica, son of Mr. and Mrs. UP rich To bier, of Greeley, died very suddenly at his homo on Saturday, September 4th, aged eight years. Tho cause of death is not known. He nt tended school on Thursday of the same week. Ho is survived by his father nnd mother nnd one little brother. Tho funeral wns hold nt tho house on Monday at A p. in., Rev. Hanton, of Rowlands officlatod, interment in family plot on the plaeo near homo. M. HAOOT. M. llagot, residing near Milford, died a few days since of athma aged about 78 years. His widow and ono son, Louis, survive him. The intiment was made in the upper cemetery. -- --- When bilious or costive, eat a Cuscaret, candy cathartic, cure gunrenteed, 10c. 25o. list of Uncliimed Letteri. Unclaimed letters remuining in the Post Offio i at Milford, Pa. for tho week ending August 28, 197 : L.UjIks Miss Clara Stockor, Miss Elvina'Kcheitlin, Miss A. . 8. Mars hall, Miss Alice H. Hills, Mrs. John Winsor, Mrs. Robert It. Smith. Genilemkn J. H. Horton. James P. Abel. Persons claiming the above will pleaso say " Advertised " and give date of this list. J.vs. S. Galk, P. M. , A lot of new straw and" felt huts atV.&U. Miteholl's. m The Auembly Ball. Monday night was a gala time for ' the young people of Milford, and to entrancing muoic they tripped the hours away until fur into Tuesday hiorning. Tho attendanoo was largo the Hall handsomely decora ted, the refreshments excellent and under the patronage of Mesdames Frank Crissmnn, J. H. Van Etten, C. VanViK'uUn, E. J. Baker. CP. Mutt, C. W. Bull and J. D. Biddis I the merry dancers xi.ssed a most de n Fer. i iiLjhUul tiineund fittingly close.l a ' aeon of feuvety in Milford. PERSONAL, Hon John A. Kipp returned to jsew i oi k Monday. f.r. W. Kcnwoithy, of Dingmans, wnnnt Milford on Monday ...... . , ...... i,i i o,,.,,ii,, Hill IJI.1I III" 1C r,.. .....iii, ...... ernl days in the (..atskill mountain Miss Blanche Cross returned to Blair Flail wbive she is n student, Tuesday. Theodore F. P iker l cttu ned to his infer work in school nt Moncluir, N. J., to-dny. Willie Weir, of New York, is vis it ing the family of J. C. Onismuk uu Harford strwt. Mrs. M. A. Nyco and daughter, Mra. Charles 11. Moore, are visiting relatives iu Port Jervis. Alono Kline, who is in the em ploy of Mr. Joniiings, of New York, is visiting friends in Milford., S. A. Clarke and wife, of Passinc, N. J., nro visiting their daughter, Mrs. . It. Noft on Ann street. Air. and Mrs. Burr W. Kimball, ofTrov, N. Y., nre visiting nt the home of Mr. Marvin Kimball, in Mataiuovas. Mrs. Dr. Reed is iu Brooklyn, su perintending pricking of her furni ture tor its removal to the uew homo near town. Fraley Baker whil hns passe lAho summer vacation at Milford re turned to Stevens Institute, Ilobo ken, yesterday. Isaac N. Foster, President of the Wnyno County Savings Bank, died nt lloiiesdale Saturday night, Sept. 4th, aged 73 years. Christian Lehde wns in town this week with some fine snniplos of Ida ho peaches. They aro free stono and of excollent flavor. Congressman Kirkpatriek, with his family, has returned to Flaston from the Delaware Water Gap whero ho spent several weeks. Ed. Crissmnn, of New York, is visiting his mother and sisters, Mrs. Goorge Mitchell and Mis. Jose phine Bonsell on Ann street. John J. Hoaly, a visitor at the High Falls Hotel at Dingmans, was taken to tho Port Jervis Hospital Monday suffering with paralysis of his lower limbs. Mrs. M.L.Boyd of Washington, mother and Miss Bessie Boyd sister of Mrs. Thos. Nichols who have been visiting at the Manse returned homo this weok. Mrs. Martha Nyco has rented five rooms of her house on Broad street to Mrs. Henrietta Wilson, formerly Haggerty, who will come hero soon to reside. . j A coaching party consisting of J. "V. MacBride and wife, of Now York, and William H. Porter and wife, of Philadelphia, spent Wednes day uiglit at the Hotel JMinchere. Sherwood D. Van Cam pen, a suc cessful business man in Dockortown, N. J., is with his wife and visiting nt the home of C. W. Bull, Esq., on Harford stroct for a few days. Joseph and Edith Nyce. and Nor man Guillot, of Bushkill, visited friends in Milford last, Saturday. Miss Edith remained over to attend the Assembly ball which took place Monday evening. Frank Hn.on, of Noteh, was bit ten on tho ankle last week by a rat tlesnake. Ho succeeded in sucking tho poison from the wound, and also imbibed freoly of whiskey and will recover. (4a lie Razor, with his wife., left this morning for Sing Sing, N. Y. to work for Thos. Armstrong who ' is building ft lnrgo residence at that place. Ho drove Hortou's team of grey horses. Mrs Carrie Wilkes, Miss Addio Scott, Gns. Wells, Leroy Kirkman. E. J. Collins and Harry Denton, of Port Jervis, by their presence lent additional eclat to the Assembly liaji iioiulay evening. The condition of J. J. Healy, who wns taken to the Port Jervis Hospi tal Monday from the High Falls Ho tel at Dingmuns where he had been sending the summer, is very criti cal and his recovery is not expected. Rev. H. II. Spoer will preach his farewell sormons next Sabbath, at HaiuesvilW at 10.30 and at Monta guo at 3.30 p. in. After spending a few days visiting ho will resume his studios ntRutgor's Theological Semi nary. Martin Westbrook and wife, of Montague, separated Wednesday . Jas. B. Fuller, Esq. and G. N. Cort right were the appraisers to make the division of property. Mrs.-Westbrook has gono to live with her son William. Ch..ar. c-i-. j r The Sheriff will sell at the Court j House to-day a valuable property in Lickawaxen and October 4th ho will sell tho hotel at Lucka waxou known as tho New York Hotel, and also a tract of land in Greene and a house and lot in tho Borough of Milford. Evenrl.oiijr Baj So. Cancureu Cuutv Callianic, tbe mot woa- dm il IlllMUul 111 ITV l.l t.1,1, u.... uU'U. aut uml mlrnainn,.' to the lasle. u , l guUy ai:u (Hiaiuv.-ty on kKUievs, liver and bi.vvtiU, CiUUlMinr U,0 eiltlUi jsU-lU, UlHOtl ciiil, cuie luu,lmii,e, leivr. Immiual ciiiiHlhiultliu ami biuuusiu'sn 1'iiuMo t;iy ami try a In. or (J. ;. i;. iu-t,iv; m, m.i i-uiiu. boiUaatl gHUIduttld to tale Hil lil"llt'gll. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Ilrrnnlt.il In Mm niBre of the lt..,i,r,li r Mncp Our l.ilt luiie. Dingmaii, Louis .1. Chattillou, et. iu., to lieitiy J. Case, dated Aug. 20th, 208 acres, part of lot 137, con. :!00, ent'd Sept. 4th. Westfall. Frank X. Reilly to Digby Smith, dated Feb Rth, lot BH, j con. fit), ent'd Sept 4th. j Westfall. Kathariuo J. Cook, ct. lal., to Joseph A. Wilkins, dak'd S"pt 4th. lots 920 and 922, con. ,220, ent'd Sept. 7th. Palmyra. Joseph Atkinson, et. al., to John W. Brink nnd Jennie E. Brink, his wife, tinted Aug. 2ath. lot on Big Pond, con $1,500, ent'd Kept. 7th. Lehman. John M. Hoffman, Sheriff, to Charles A. Bensley, dated May U, 1HS8, 29 acres, pnrt of Levi Ladlee, con. 40, ent'd Sept. Kth. Assignment of above dated Sept. 1st, to John M. Heater and Mary H. Hunter, con. .:j0, ent 'd same day. DRIF.F MENTION. Vote for Charles A. Gillett Read the now rules carefully. The Erio handled 42,000 bicycles during August, nnd all without damages.- The Milford Golf Club hns an nounced to its friends that it will re ceive Thursday afternoons during tho month of September. Tho Milford base ballists went to Dingmnns last Monday to play a game with a nine from that plnca. Tho result was a defeat for our team by a sooro of 9 to 6. About sixty members of a Brooklyn Sangerbund came up on Saturday to spend Labor day at Conashaugh. No doubt they had a jolly time at that comfortable re sort. The Republicans of this county will in future control their own af fairs, and every one will have due notice of the time nnd place of vot ing and can express his preference by a fair ballot. Tho commissioners last weok contracted the building of the stone work for the Deep Hollow bridge in Dolawaro to James Depue for 90 and also lot tho iron structnro to the Penn Bridge Company for 325. The regular meetings of the i County Commissioners aro hold on the first Monday of each month. All having business with those offi cials will know from this when they may meet tho board in regular ses sion. Observe tho " ad " of the New Y'ork Furniture store in another ool- fumjjyjumn. Those housekeepers wishing io reiurmsn or miu to i ne arrraouve ness of their rooms will find a stock at this popular house which cannot bo surpassed for stylo ond price. The Indies of tho Roformod Church at Montague have done a highly commendable work in pay- I ing oft tho indebtedness and having !a nice balance on hand. It onlv proves what effort and enorgy will do in a civise when tho ladies will it shall bo done. Judge E. N. Willard, of the Su preme Court, has resigned his posi tion to take effect on the appoint ment of his successor. The vacancy wUl be filled by the Governor and tho appointee will hold office until Janua ry 1, 18S'9. . His successor will 1)0 elected at the general election held in 1898. We rosumo this week the Wash ington letter which had been tem porarily suspended while our cor respondent was taking a brief vac v- ition. These letters are of interest by reason of the readable anrt con cise manner in which they present the current news from the seat of Government. Som) miscrennt, a few nights ago, broke the lock on the wood shed of J. G. Grasmuk, and stole a wheel belonging to Mr. Turner. There is no trace of the thief, who neglected to leave his name not nec essary, of course, for publication but as evidence of good faith in his success. Requet to Pirentt. Paronts who intend to send chil dren to tho High School or Inter ediato Department, are urged to do so as early as they can, conveni ently. . The course of study and various classes are so arranged as to give little opportunity to recover lost work during school hours ; and pupils entering behind their classes will be expected to do this at home. Juo. C. Watson, Bayard Nichols, It Sivet tho Croupy Children. Seavikw.Vb. Wo have a splendid salo on CuuniberlAiu'a Cough Remedy, and our cus' wners coming ! from far and near, speak of it in ' the highest terms. M my have said I ,i. .i ,1. .1- nl,il.l.an w. ,,,1,1 huvailiiil iniiv moii wiiiuiu" .....u.i. , - of crimp if Chamberlain's Cough R )iii 5dy had not been given. Kkl H M Ockkkn . The 25 and 50 cent st for salo by Diugist and (ion end Merchants iu Tik j county. HYMENEAL. Att.MSlll iS'l-GALLAOIiKK. A very quiet home wedding took place yesterday Thursday Sept 9 at half past nine, nt the bjme of Mis. W. V. UiUinrd, a sister of the bride, on Broad street, the contracting parties being William Hamilton Armstrong, Esq., of Washington, I). C, and Miss Eleanor Barton Gallagher of New York. The groom is well known hero nnd nlso in the city whero the greater portion of his life bus been passed and where for many years he held a very im portant position in the Internal Re. von lie Department. Tho bride is a lady of engaging presence, winning manners and of highly cnltnred poetical tastes. Only the immediate family of the brido and n few rein tivos of the groom were present. The brido was tastefully attired in her traveling suit, and after an ela borate wedding breakfast the happy couple proceeded on n wedding tour, driving to the Delaware Water Gap, trom whence tliey will visit Phila delphia, Wushington and other points. After tin absence of some weeks they will return to their beau tiful house in Milford for tho autumn when a largo homo reception will bo held, after which they will spend the winter in Washington. The Pkess extends cordial congra tulations, and with many friends wishes for them a serene and cloud less sRy, and that the bow of prom ise may ever span their pathwny without fading color. Susaox Atseisors. Xkwton, X. J., Sept. 7th 1W. The Sussox County Board of A nsuswini met In tho Court House to-day nt 11 o' clock with every mumncr present na ful lows: 1. i, 3. 4. 5. 6 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. l'i. l.i. 14. 15. in. Andover Wrecn (' (look. Lyriini Kdwiuil O. Ynli'iitiuH. I)ickertown Frank Adams. Kimikford Geo. Phillips Greeu Moses Nortlirup. Hiunp'oii Krank Kunming. Huruystou Smith Simpson. Lnfayotte John Demurest Montague (.reo. N. Colo. iewtu!i Geo Hardin. Sniidyslon John .f. Van Sickle Stillwater Anrun C. HufT. Sparta Sidney liyrmn. Yui non Abrani Van Winkle. Walpack Cornelius l. (xiinn. WnntrtKO Simeou Pureoll Oa ortfimuiiiR John J. Van Sickle was Hevlo Chairman; Go. Hardin, Seo'y and Green C. Cook, Assistant Sjo'y. The ohnirman called the attention of tho Board to tho great importance of a proper assess ment on ttie Zinc Mines and plants in H.irdyston townstitp, to the fiiets ttiat th je ciinpuules had In a leg it contest laid their valuation at 80 millions of dol lars, that the Farmers Loan and Trust C impanyof New York , has a mortgage of 41 ,7i,CkK on the prdperty placed within the yearand recorded in the Sussex County Clerks omee That thero is a further royalty on oros equaling tho interest on W),(XU tints making the Incumbrance virtually 3 millions of dollars. Ho. there for.) suggested that the Itonrd appoint a committee of three to confer with tho Hoard of Freeholders in May next and ask an appropriation to carry tho case up to the Court of hut resort in oase the State Board of Tatntiou should not sustain the HartlvHton assessor In laying a nominal assessment on these properties next year of nay a,000,ono Tho Board was slow in getti ng to tho point hut after considerable filibustering the vote was taken on the motion to appoint the Committer aud re sulted ill 8 yens and 6 nays Hardin pass ing his vote, and Phillips being absent. Tho chairman appolntod Simeon Pnrcell, A brain Van Winkle, and Geo. Hardin as the" commitroe, good business men, and all alive to the situation. Tho usual routine of business then followed until tho chairman called attention to a resolu tion in hand which ho read as follows: "Whereas, tho opinton has become goneral that, as the property in tho boro.igh of Oookertown has been steadily adv auc'.!i: in value, while the assessm int has re m lined about the same, and not in pro portion to the farm lands in tlr.i County, lie It. R isolvtd, that, the chairman of thU Board appoint a committee of three to in vestigate and compare thu duplicate of rhe borough of Dockortown with 'booth. t duplicates and report the result of their investigations to this Board for their final disposal. While tho resolution win under oonn'.d'-ration Gun. Phillips suggested a reduction of 10$ on lands In all the Town ships; dilTiTent assessors called attention to the gnat depreciation of farm lauds in their resiieotivo townships a shown by re cent sales. Pnrcell of Wantaga claimed his Townspip was asscabud 1100,000 too much. Many case were cited by tho Chairman and others of properties In New ton and Deckortown both that trv assessed at but 10 to t)0"c of their value The in dications are this (Wednesday) morning that the resolution will pass to day and commit-Wse be appointed to investigate the assessments of both Dockortown and Newton. Interesting developments are expected, and the results will be found in next week Pin ss. A Rare Flower. A number of people assembled at the home of Mrs. Rusling DoWitthist Tuesday night to observe a night blooming cereus. At midnight the flower fully unfolded and was a fine specimen, being over eight inches in diameter. It then began closing and by morning its petals) were all folded. 'Ihoro are two more blos soms on the plant, whi ti has been seven years in maturing these flowers. WASHINGTON LETTER. The Right to Remove cials, 091- Ttie I rene li Want itrtlilrrri llullp. -Sell ing KYnTiiltmtiiitM -Hie Indiana tiHe liiiiki'tl. Other officials are just as del pi.. -interested in the suit brought, against Postmaster General Gaiy nnd First Assistant Heath, by John G. Woods, Snpt. of Mail- :i the I. mlsville, Ky. Post Office, to de termino the right heads of depart ments have to remove ofiic.inls in the classified civil service, ns nre the gentlemen directly concerned . A temporary restraining order, for biddir.ii the removal of Wood was granted returnable last Saturday, and directing the Postmaster Gen eral and his first assistant? to show cause why it should not bo made perpetual. The hearing was post poned one week from that date. A te.st case is to be made as both sides wish to have the matter definitely settled by a decision of tho Unite. 1 States Supreme Court, so no matter how the case may be decided, tin appeal will bo taken, and when the case gets on the docket of the Supreme Court, Attorney General McKenmi will move to have it ad vanced or early hearing.. It is also expected that tho wise will be so handled in the Supreme Court ns to get n decision that will cover other points of the civil service low than the one directly presnnt(A by this case. It is highly destrablo that heads of departments should know tho exact extent of their authority over their subordinates. M. Pntenotro, the French Ambas sador, has boon consulting with Sec retary Sherman with a view to so curing a reduction in some of tho duties imposed by the Dingloy tariff upon products of France, by a com mercial agreoment between the tw ) countries. The articles upon which he is especially desirous of getting reduced dntios are brandy, cham pagne, still wine and vermouth, and paintings, drawings mid tho in ductions asked for will average about' 25. f Tho President has authority to grant these reductions without the formality of a tionty, whenever, in his judgment there aro satisfactory reasons for doing so ; all that is needed to put them into effect being a, proclamation by tho President. The Dingley tan it also provides for reciprocity treaties, but, they must ba ratified by the Senate and approved by the House after they are negotiated, before they be come binding. This is the first time that the House of Representatives has been rocogni.ed as a part of the treaty-making machinery of tho government Those who aro offering to sell tho information about examinations etc., which the civil service com mission furnishes to all applicants therefor free, have grown so num erous that the commission has issued an announcement containing the following explicit language : "No person hus any information of im portance to applicants, concerning examiritions which cannot be ob tained without cost from the com mission. All claims to tho con trary, therefore aro misrepresenta tions." Naval Officials believe that tho sending of the battleship Indiana to Hulifox to be clocked, will, after all be a good thing, because they think it will con vine 3 Congress of tho necessity of providing for ample docking faculties of our own. It is hoped that ft will not be necessary to send any more warships to Hali fax to to be docked. In deference to a complaint made to the Swiss minister, Secretary Sherman has written a letter to thu Governor of Iowa, ojioting tho fol lowing provisions from the treaty between tho United States and Switzerland : "No higher impost, under whatever name, shall bo ex acted of the citizens of one of the two countries residing or estab lished in the other than shall bo levied upon the citizens of the coun try in which they reside, for any contribution, wdiatever, to which the latter shall not be liable. Tho Swiss minister claims that Iowa has laid a tax uK)n the premium income of European Insurance Companies greater than the tax imposed upon the premium income of American Insurance Companies, and that tho same is a violation of the treaty rights of Switzerland. Attorney General McKenna will make public his opinion of the con struction that shoidd lie placed upon the clause of the Dingley tariff law, imposing discriminating duties, which Secretary ( iago has asked for, just as soon us lie prepared it. It is uot true that he has deluyed tho opinion to await the return of Presi- j uoutMcKiuley. It is too important a nnftter to be disposed of offhanded, even to stop the senseless clamor for un immediate decision w hiclneertain enemies of tho Dingley luw are mak ing No interests w ill sulfur by a ttlu de'ay.