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THE BBOOIGLTnsr DAILY EAGLE SUKD ATT, AUGUST 25, 1895. II their respects to Mr. A. Dougherty, but were LATEST LONG ISLAND NEWS. A DAY WITH THE BLUE FISH, NORTON'S POINT BREAKWATER HISTORIC OLD HEMPSTEAD.

boards and in one of them a largely party can safely go to sea in quest of blueflsh. If the winds comes up suddenly their large beam and the big centorboard will keep! thom straight before any kind of a breeze. Beside that the masters of the craft are careful men, well versed in sailing lore and will take no chances. The Jamaica Bay Yacht club has a fine Jersey and Judge J. A.

'Whittaker of Irving ton. X. J. Strange to say there are no regular sum nier hotels or large boarding houses in that vicinity. Many of the farmers keep boanloi during the summer months, and usually have all the guests they cau accommodate during the season.

With thetu the vleinty of Horton's Point Is a favori flsh ing ground where all kinds of flsh are caught in their season. Tbe light house Is in charge of George S. Prince who has been its kee; er for upward of twenty years. The only wreck within the memory of the is that of the steamer Commodore twon ty llvn yeur ujn. People of Southold are as a rule comfortably well off.

and the villaKe is one of the ne atest and cleanest to be found any when'. It is one of the oldest towns on i Lonir Islarol having been seulcu in by a mlory of thirteen people who came over from Plymouth, England. The old llorten house, which was torn down a few years uo. duted hack almost to tbe first set lenient, ami many o'her houses still standing are very old. frightened off before they obtained much plunder.

The great wealth of the people own ing places at Lawrence makes the village an attractive one for the knights of the Jimmy and dark lantern, and it Is notable that a well organized gang is at work In the vicinity of Lawrence and Far Rockaway. PATCHOGUE CHURCH NOTES Patchogue, L. August 24 The newly elected officers of the Y. P. S.

C. E. of the Congregational church are: President, Howard S. Conklln; vice president. Miss Grace Stevens; secretary.

Miss M. Edith Brundage; treasurer, Benjamin Knox; corresponding secretary. Miss A. E. Col ton; missionary secretary.

Dr. Frank Overton. St. Paul's Episcopal Sunday school held its annual picnic on Wednesday on the steamer Curiosity to Smith's Point. The women of St.

Paul's parish will hold a promenade concert at the parish house next "Wednesday. The annual reception of the women of the Congregational church was held on Wednesday in the church parlors and about $200 was realized. The Rev. Dr. A.

A. E. Taylor, ex president of Wooster college, at present pastor of a Columbus, church, will preach at the Congregational church at Patchogue to morrow morning and evening. The Patchogue Epworth League held a lawn party on Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.

L. B. Thurber, on Bay avenue. Extensive lawns were Illuminated with Chinese lanterns and the parlors of the house were decorated with bunting and flags. The receipts were $50.

The annual East bay Kail of the official board of the M. E. church of Patchogue was held on Thursday in the sloop yacht Twin Brothers, Captains Charles and James Drayton. PREFERRED WATER TO AIR. Greenport, L.

August 24 The complaint of Diver O'Brien against Matthew Jackson of the Ross Iron works of this city for assault, win be heard before Justice Terry at Green port, September 9. The Ross iron works, of which Mr. Jackson is president, had taken a contract to float the stranded iron ship Olindo. which went ashore on Fisher's island. Mr.

Jackson engaged O'Brien in Brooklyn to come to this place and place a number of barrelB filled with, compressed air in the vessel's hold to lighten her. In an inspection of the progress of the work Mr. Jackson discovered that about twenty of the barrels were filled with water Instead of air. In the altercation that ensued O'Brien charges that Jack sou struck him. This the latter denies.

A NEW RAILROAD ORDER. Patchogue, L. August 24 The Long Island Railroad company has issued a new order, which went into effect yesterday, that the entire station yard be fenced in and at each end of the platform gates will be erected. A new exit will be made on Ocean avenue for the use of passengers, who are required to show their tickets before boarding a train. I.

B. Moore, who has been succeeded as freight agent by F. S. Clock of Islip, is stationed as the new ticket puncher. The railroad company is arranging the depot yards at Babylon and other large stations along the road in the same manner.

The new order does not please the people, but it Is in line with the advance of the road and will save the company money and perhaps save some rash people's lives. HOW HE PUT OFF HIS CREDITOR. Jamaica, L. August 24 Felix Bogue was sentenced by Police Justice Detherldge this afternoon to pay a fine of $3 for pounding Daniel J. Ryder with his fists and blacking up his eyes.

Ryder is an employe of John P. Smith, a farmer south of this village. It was brought out on the trial that Bogue, who Is a peddler of oil and corn and other necessaries of life, got a lot of corn of Ryder, and when Ryder went to collect the money for It he refused to pay him, claiming that "Ryder was drunk and he never paid money to a drunken man." Ryder then pressed him for the money, and Bogue thought the quickest way to get rid of his Importunate creditor was to give him a pummellng, which he did. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH. South Jamesport, L.

August 24 One of the pleasantest entertainments of ihe season was given at the Great Peconic Bay house here this evening. It was a concert for the benefit of the local Methodist Episcopal church and was largely attended. The following participated: Soprnos, Miss N. Paine, New York; Miss Addle Chrisholm, Brooklyn; contralto, Mrs. W.

W. Dc3evolse, Brooklyn; tenor, Herbert E. Downs. South Jamesport; basB, Howard H. Downs, South Jamesport; elocutionist.

Miss Mamie Shay, Brooklyn; soubrette. Miss Ida Paine, New York; pianist, Arthur Rowe Pollock, Brooklyn violinist, Edgar Glatz, Brooklyn: banjorine, Mrs. Walter DeBevoise, Brooklyn. AMITYVILLE'S DISINCORPORATION. Amityville, L.

August 24 Seth Piatt Purdy, a prominent and wealthy farmer of this place, who has been instrumental in gaining signatures to the petition asking the trustees of this village to call a special election of the electors to consider the question of village dlslncorporation, this morning formally served the petition on the clerk of the village. It has eighty nine signatures, which is about twenty more than is required by law. President Hlldreth when seen this morning said that the petition would receive the attention of the trustees at their next meeting and that notice of the election would at once be Issued. It will probably be held the latter part of September. ASHE HELD FOR STEALING.

Jamaica, L. August 24 H. P. Ashe, who was charged with stealing manure from John Dangler, at the Aqueduct race course, was arrested and brought before Justice Hendrlck Bon this afternoon. He was held under 5300 ball to appear for trial on Tuesday next.

His wife went "bail for htm. MRS. DECKER SERIOUSLY ILL. Jamaica, L. August 24 The mother of Highway Commissioner Edward Decker lies at the point of death, at the residence of her son, Decker, at Far Rockaway.

She is well known in Jamaica. LONG ISLAND NOTES. The Christian. Endeavor society of the Congr Kationa church and the Epworth league of tha MethodfBt Episcopal church of Babylon went together to Point o' Woods, Chautauqua, yesterday. This la the best season for Spanish mackerel that has been known on Great South Bay.

George E. Coo of Bay Shore, caught tn thlB morning. Fire Island lodge of Bay Shore sent George Blydenburg as a delegate to the Grand lodge of Odd Fellows at Jamestown. N. this week.

Raynor Barto are building a new cottage In Bay Shore for J. R. Howell to be completed by Christmas. The African Methodist Episcopal church of Bay Shore has agreed to give a benefit to Gilbert T. "Waters, an ex pastor, who through sickness has been obliged to give up active work.

An apron social under the auspices of the Islip Church Completion society will be held next Thursday. The Bay Shore Hook and Ladder coraranv decide at their last meeting that they would not diienu tne luurnuanen ui sa.yvi i le in a. ooay Hiss Laura Hendrlckson of Bay Shore, whi le a guest of friends at Sag Harbor, received an electrical shock during the shower of Sunday week, rendering her unconscious for some time, the bolt striking within a few feet of her. The waiters at the Prospect house. Bay Shorv, had an afternoon of races in which the guests at the hotel were very much interested yesterday.

ABOUT LONG ISLANDERS. Mr. and iLra. H. Stromeyer and MLss Brooks of this cty are guests of Mrs.

H. W. Fleming of Rockr Uie Cer.tre. Mr. and Mrs.

J. T. Allen of Roekvllle Centre have reunmed from a vksH to Richmond, Va, James Johjison. with his family, has left East Rockaway tw the CaLskllls. Tbo Rev.

T. S. TO nhrwaite of Eairt Rockaway is enjoyLng a vocation in the Catskllls. ilrs. S.

Lewis of East Rockaway is at Strouda burg. Pa. Sir. and Mrs. Isaac Van Riper.

Miss Riper, Miss Mayme Manirs and Miss H. Smth. of FYeeport, are vlaltlng 'ae different jxtfnts of interest the upper part, of "the staite. itlas G. Hciw of this cifty is a guest at the ho.

ne of Mr. Silas WiUis of Freeport. George Atnon of In. wood has been spending a week's vacation Tvdth friends up the scarte. Mt.

and Mr. Jdhn J. Campbell of Cedar hurst are sojourning in the Oatskllte. T. C.

Rlcherdsoci of Xew York as bought L. T. Mulheam's TuxcVlo cotrtase at Cedarhurst. Mj J. O.

Griffiths is visiting friends at Hutk John E. MLillr, Dr. Wilson and F. K. Walsh of XVwteburtfh ihave spent the week at the Hempstead Bay Yacht elu house on Elder Island.

Br. "Wilson and family of "Wcodsburgh are ent taininc Miss Madallnc Lawrence of this city. awd Mrs. "William H. Bryant of Amityville wlli leave to mcrrow for Boston, to attend the tri cnrrsJ convetrtlon of the Knight Templa r.

Mr. Bryan is past commander of De Witt Clinton commandery. Viltae Trustee Skinner of Amityville la ao timing in the Adirondack. Sare Sport Outside With Old Hank at the Helm. SOME JAMAICA BAY HAUNTS.

Good. Places to Go to for "Weak and Black Fish, Porgies and Flounders Fishing Stations on the Island The Rannt, Goose Creek, the Old Miil, Dutch Island, Pumpkin Patoh, Eam blersville and Creeds. Jamaica bay Is the fishing ground of Brook lynites. Some of them reach it by going to Canarsie and others get to the stretch of water by rail to Rockaway. But they all go there to flsh.

In the waters of the bay there are numerous weak, black and blue fish and lots of porgies and flounders. Occasionally there is caught a sheepshead, but this happens rarely, and the man who lands the flsh is proud of his catch. Around about the bay there are numerous fishing stations well known to the habitual fishermen. The Raunt, Goose creek and beach and Bread channel are well known stations. But there are ether spots on tiny islands where the fisherman can get away from the crowd.

These places are fitted up with little houses, which in some cases are built of wrecks of old vessels. One of them is on Dutch island. It is a large schooner, partly hidden in the sands. Plonk Gilson, who has taken possession of tbe WTeck, has made a comfortable home of the place. He has cut holes In the sides and made windows about a foot square.

In fair weather they are always open, and when a storm comes Hank closes them tight and lights his candle. He Is famous among the fishermen of the bay, for he has sailed the waters thereabout for many years, and all the best fishing places are known to him. He is also a master hand at preparing a clambake. He knows Just how to season the chicken and fix tbe lobsters. Old Hank is a queer chap.

There is something about him which makes people treat him with dignity and respect. His hair Is long and hangs about his shoulders in a wild, unkempt manner. His face is covered with a heavy growth of beard which reaches upward to bis eyes. He is, withal, an educated man and well read in all the literature of the day. Bluefishtng outside, with old Hank at the helm, is a very different thing from the tamer occupation of angling In the bay.

As we approach the Inlet, we see the mlstyfog banks and hear the coarse cry of the grulls, as they flit about under the beach. Hank keeps a sharp lookout ahead and sees that everything is taut and firm, his every look and action Indicating the greatest anxiety and conscious ness of ithe responsibility of his position. He will probably tell of the time when the Wanderer was pltchpoled and several of the crew lost and cf the naphtha launches which have "turned turtle" In the break over the bar, and otherwise talk of the dangers of the Inlet and make his patrons wish they had doubled their life insurance before starting. As a rule, the terrors of the Inlet are only imaginary; we go through it "like a top" and are soon tossing on the waters of the broad Atlantic. For the next hour or so Hank watched for the telltale gulls which hover over the schools of flsh.

Soon they began to gather, and Hank gets out his outriggers, one on either side of the boat. The lines are attached to them, having a short line running into the boat. Lines are also thrown directly over the stern. We are ready for the fish. Soon the foamy wake and swashing of the boat, as it dashes into the waves, indicate speed enough to float the squids, and the excitement begins.

At first we think our metal, bone or cedar squids are flsh and keep pulling at our line, but Hank reminds us that we will know it when we hook a flsh. Suddenly there is a flash In the sunlight, a line tautens and everybody yells at once, despite the protest of the skipper, "Pull him In! Pull him in!" and you try to. He seems to weigh at least 100 pounds and the line almost cuts your fingers to the bone; but you pull away, regardless of advice, other lines or anything but the shining streak you are connected with. All at once your line slackens and your heart goes down into your boots. You are bewildered and heartsick, but Hank yells: "Haul In! You've got him; haul in!" You pull in the slack line, wondering what it all means, when all at once the line goes off on a tangent with a zip that almost draws you overboaTd.

The flsh has only run toward you faster than you took up the slack in the line and you again feel that he weighs at least a hundred weight, but you keep tugging until with a mighty effort you swing him over the gun whale into the hold of the boat, and he weighs perhaps four or five pounds. It matters not, it is your first fish. Your fingers are sore, your feet wet and you are as hungry as a bear, but the flsh are biting and are being swished into the boat as fast as they can be hauled in and everything else is forgotten in the excitement and fun of the occasion. There is. however, a limit to human endurance, and about one hour of real lively hlueflshlng, when the large flsh are running, the boat under rapid headway and the flsh gamey, will last the amateur for at least a week.

Thirty or forty fish satisfied the party, and a threatening cloud in the northwest furnished Hank with an excuse for starting homeward. Sore hands and a stiff back are the sad mementoes of the day, but. on the other hand, there is. a string of blue beauties, a body filled with ozone, an appetite like an ostrich's and. altogether, a new lease of life as the result of a day with the blueflsh.

All this sport, however, does not detract from the value of the quaint resorts of Jamaica bay and its quieter enjoyments, its crab fishing and its slow sailing but safe craft The boats that skim the water there are different from all others. There are not manyreal ly fast boats in Jamaica bay. They are made mostly for seaworthiness and durability. They are broad of beam and have largo center L.ndmarks of nn Ancient Long Isl s.vJ Village. LOTA DURING THE REVOLUTION" British Used Its Prnsbyteriaa Char Now the Oldest, America, as Stable How Pastor Hart Tired O'U English Disturbers of Hiii People.

Another of Churches Chartered by Gi. II. Amoiig the many quaint historical and picturesque villages on isia. id. Hempstead holds a prominent plae.v The village was settled in I'M." by a cni.

tiv i New England, the land ho tgariwre Indians by Che Rev. Hubert and John Carman. Christ's First Presbyterian whlcbl to r.V recently celehrar il its ITI'th anniversary aod which is tie oldisst srp teriau church la America, was used "te fore and during tbe revo oittthm by tin Seventeenth Dra.soon as a. stable tor irc'r es. When deserted by the British remained of the but a holl.

After the war tin i repaired the build. ng a.nd forv4eis have been. held there in erruptdoii ever since. The Presbyterian pariotiage ttdjo.iniug the church was used by the British olhe.ers for sleeping apartments. It Is recorded in tha church history ffliat.

during the revolutionary the American cause, pn. ui'hed boldly aga.1n.et the Indifference which c.h.'iTacterJzi! many in tcud. At one rhito, while he w.as preaching, a llri risfii ompany approached and, the captain sta.tlc.it 1 hi men. with the regi uii lund. in fr.

nl of the churrh to distract the hearers and drown the viiee of pre.i her. Mr. asked the to renin In seat. and listen to the After playintt for naif an hour the band became tired anl 1, parted all wing the preacher to finish his Ain.Un of Hempstead's landmarks Is St. ir: e's Episcopal church, which was estafb li.

lieil in l.y the Venvr. i.ble for Propagation r.f th' wpcl. The church was opened on Oe irgc's day. by Gov ern'. Oro and of the province of Ne York.

Tne ivei 1 from she parson attc to ehu' ch i wceu line of military ilia up on either tide of the road. Ourlng th eon monies tlo chiir was presents with a royal charter Fiicried io. II. whieih Is will preserve 1. ,1.

interestini; artlclo I ed l.y St. rge's church and of great i historical value a set of solid i sii. er which is preseuiod by Queen Anne 1tt l.i.n. s.i::ie ooe (jiio Anne presented the church with the royal arms al uir cloth, prayer and Bible. These articles, i with the charier.

re locked up In Ihe re lory safe and aro sold mi shown to visitors. Th inter! of t. ehiiro is of I and i mo: m. The roof I of the ehur is supposed iramnnw pillars of oak. At the i i i the chancel is a large marble table: intainin the names of the clergymen who have b.

tn St. Georj 'e's and the dates of i resignations or deaths. Tho tablet eonuti. the following names: John Thomas. r.n v.

1711:. Sttnoo S. abury. 17C Td Ciirtlni 'Hi mas l.aeib. .1 Il' nrv it 1a n.

S.Th Marl. n. Hall. N. earnil, I 1 1 O.

lr William 11. M' I 1 The present of St. oorge's 1 tha Rev. Creightou Sp. i.

formerly of ChrisL's church. Tarryto N. V. AMERICA'S "MFRALIl ISLE. LONG ISLAND'S MOST PROLIFIC TEAlt 'ip Till OIC.VTI'RY.

The year Is'M Is ron.cinbored a the most unsatisfactory and discoiiraitinu' to the private and inarke' n. ever known on the south side of island. The drought and the ins cts destroyed aimest every sort of M. eetotbci. except roes and sruhs.

and tho frost of fail found little that was worth kllllnc Tills year will Kr history as one of the most prolific of the century. Vette 'atlou of all sorts seems to Iv doing Its best to make up for of las: year, and It is by no UM 1:: li able thru the fertilizers and manures la. i ar ar. still available tor plant drawn upon, and hoc mit in il. eree for the rank of this Tie hie' this year ill corn and 'he i.

bl 1 i and the deiuar. for W'. tcni j.wai.i the coming year tniisr be very much less than the average, Poin ocs are yi, well. Lp unfortunately iia iv lure bc. 1 by ihe blight and some varieties are roitii.g badly.

Vegetables of all sorts an plentiful tb. hardly pay the expense of umbering met marketing 'hem. In a as. li'o. market gardeners, as producers.

people, as consumers, arc piaeeil a a great disadvantage, and suffer loss because ot the diille and c. iponse getting vegetables from i he farms the markets. Ill many cases, fairly good vegetables, such as beans, e.tbbaees. ot. are fed to cattle becauso it.

will not pay in haul them to the city. The scheme for marketing produce by trolley cars would hen great to ihe Long Island farmer and th. "oklvn consume: It now costs abmit to market a 1 of prnduro, while the same produce slwjbl be r. nn trolley cars, in gangs tiams. for or le; 1 priv.

ite gardens to over. flov.i:,;; with all el vegot a les. and nothing like it has vi ituown before, Tin amateur gu rd. v. In, last year threat.

eio to al. anden his country place because lie coui 1 get thing form it. ir now trying to a neighbor v.ho will accept his sur pills Vege ables IIS a 1 ate! luiS all about his rash threats of la;" year. It is ja poor Long Isian.l which will not furnish al! ihe vegetables iv.pCrerl bv even a family, ami in that way pay tlia rental of an aver iKc home. Sunie of v.

le. prophesied last year that Lop.g Is i rapidly becoming a Uoser. are now that it is inn Emerald Isle of Uueriea an.l tie garden sp 'l of the eerth. ant! before the is ov they may be comparing 1: to ilp, original C.arden of IMeu. unless there should be a untimely frost.

THl llRCAN IS PAID FOR. Cay Sh.n e. L. August ill The Ai ac. ciety of the Methodist Kpiscopal church has FUocoodcd in paying for the organ, which was placed in the new church at it? erection, tt last payment having Just been made.

Tho Aid society had nearly toward it ho. fore purchasing; the remainder, amounting to about Si. with the motor, v.uus paid I at regular intervals. The last was prom. I Ised by Mrs.

Almedrt Whitman of Bay Shoro, and this, with the sum netted by the. recent i.iu puny, euaoieu tne women to clear Fruitful Fields and Plentiful Crops, but No Money THIS TEAR FOB THE FARMERS. They Do Not Blame the Rot or the Weather or the Jack Rabbits, but They Say the Markets Are So Glutted That It Scarcely Pays to Harvest Crops. Potatoes, Cauliflowers and Strawberries Sold at a Lose. (Special to the Eagle.) Filverhekd, L.

August 24 The farmers hereabout say that it is not the rot, the weather, the Jack rabbits, the bugs, nor the insects that most troubles the farmer of Long Island at present, but that it is the money question: The farms on this part of the island never looked better, crops are abundant, but the produce brings little return in the city market, and thus far the farmers have all lost money. Last year there was a drought, and for six weeks not a drop of rain fell. The farmers of Rlverhead town bad an old time fast day, according to the customs of their forefathers, and while gathered In the old steeple church at Aquebogue, which had been selected for that purpose, and engaged in prayer for rain, there came a terrific thunder shower and the rain came down In torrents. The meeting was suddenly changed to one of thanksgiving. The farmers were joyful for the rest of the season.

Their crops were saved, the yield was good and the prices not to be complained of. This season there has been plenty of rain, but the crops are likely to rot and go to waste. Hundreds bushels of strawberries, the first crop of the Long Island farmer, rotted on the ground. They were not worth picking, and many who shipped strawberries to the city markets had to pay the freight for the privilege. Strawberries a few years ago was one of the chief crops of the farmers here.

As high as 1,400 baskets have been shipped from this station to Boston in a single day. It afforded ready money for the farmer In the spring. The girls, too, miss the strawberry crop. Hundreds from the villages went into the fanning district and picked the berries. They received 2 cents per quart for the work and many earned $2 per day.

The merchants and all branches of business profited. This season the crop failed. Large fields have been plowed up and the strawberry business Is a thing of the past. Then casne the potatoes. Same fields were damaged by the rot and the storjes of the great rot in potatoe fields on Long Island has hurt the market.

But as is always the case there is more or less rot among the early potatoes. An Eagle reporter Interviewed a prominent farmer and one who has thirty acres In potatoes. He said that there would be a fair yield of potatoes this year. He also said that the rot was common among the early potatoes and in might In some places be a little worse than common this year. Suffolk county raises more potatoes by far than any other two counties In the state.

It Is the chief crop. It Is time that the potatoes were dug. The market seems glutted. There are no buyers and the potatoes are not sought after at 35 cents per bushel. This discouraging.

For the farmer to make a potato crop pay he must receive 50 cents per bushel as they are taken the. field. Many are holding off hbptngfor an advance in price, but there is little prospect. At this time of year potatoes should be worth 50 to 60 cents per bushel. Such low prices for this crop were never known before.

Mow come the cauliflowers, which, with potatoes, furnish the principal income for the farmer. As high as 1,000 barrels of flowers are shipped in a day from stations like Mattituck and RIverhead. The fields of cauliflower never looked better. The yields this year is large. Hundreds and hundreds of acres are cultivated in this and Southold towns.

A special train has been run this week to carry the flowers wbtch are being shipped by express into the city market. This is the early crop. Over three hundred barrels were forwarded from here by express on iMondav. The Drice is about one third that of former years. The returns say that they sell for $1 per barrel in the city mar ket.

Hallock P. Luce, one of the largest and most exoerlenced farmers on Long Island, told an Eagle reporter this morning that It costs 53 cents to get a barrel on the market in New York, aside from the expense of rais ing thecm. At $1 per barrel the farmer is the loser and gets nothing for his work. Mr. Luce will stop cutting until the prices advance and so will many other large growers.

Senator Edward Hawkins of JameBport is a larze and successful grower of flowers. He has shipped ninety barrels this week of the early flowers to New York and Brook Jyn markets. He will cut no more unl 1 the prices advance'. No one seems able to account for the low rtces of Long Island farm produce. Unless it be that the market Is flooded.

As farming is the chief occupation In Sufiolk county suca ruinous prices mean hard times in eastern Long Island. CELEBRATED PAFF'S DEFEAT. Union Vale, L. August 24 The special school meeting appointed to take place Wednesday night in school district No. 2.

Uniondale, to elect a trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Trustee George N. Pali, was a lively affair. It was thought when Mr. Paff handed in bis resignation to the chairman of the board of true tees, G. B.

Colier, that he had permanently retired from all sohool affairs. Upon the special meeting being called to order Mr. Edward Ashdown rose and said that he had been authorized by Mr. Paff to propose his name as a candidate for re election as trustee of the school. Alvln G.

Smith, a civil engineer, was also nominated and wben the ballots were counted the result was, George N. Paff. 24: Alvln G. Smith, 27. Upon this announcement a number of the young men present rang the school house bell to celebrate Pali's defeat.

As the bell Is used at night oniy as a fire alarm It aroused the surrounding country ana tne people Has tened to the school house to learn the where abouts of the Are but instead were Informed that Mr. Smith was the school trustee for the ensuing year. GAMES OF THE MERRICK SOCIAL UNION Merrick, L. August 24 A novel enter tainment took place to night in the pavilion of the Merrick camp grounds. The pro gramme consisted of several vocal solos by the young women of the camp, after which there was a hat trimming contest by the young men summering at the ground.

Tableaux and theatricals followed. After this another interesting contest took place be tween the young women of the camp attired In evening dress. This was a potato race. The Saturday evening entertainments are held under the supervision of the Merrick Social union, which is composed of women well known in Brooklyn society. The enter tainment committe of the society consists of Miss Alice Murphy, jsaward Sperry, Mlsa Minnie Gordan, Alfred Lubrecht, Miss Hettle Cameron.

Miss Emma May TV'illson was in charge of the refreshments and Miss Mamie Saanaman naa cnarge oi me games. MR. DEMPSEY'S SONG RECITAL. Patchogue, L. I August 2i The Methodist church was crowded with a fashionable aiu dience' last evening at John C.

song recital. Mr. Dempsey was assisted by Mme. Rosa Llnde, contralto; Master Vincent Fanelli, harp soloist; Dr. Crowe of St.

Agnes Catholic church. Brooklyn, at the organ, and Slgnor Fanelli, harp soloist. Mr. Dempsey received an overwhelming ovation when he appeared on the platform. He was in excellent voice and his baritone solos were faultlessly given.

The proceeds of the recital were for the benefit of the new church organ. BURGLARS AT THE SEASIDE. Lawrence, L. August 24 The wealthy residents of this pretty village are seriously alarmed at the many bold attempts at burglary made during the last few days. Mr.

Frederick Almy's handsome residence was the object of the cracksmen's attention no less than five times during the last week. Mr. Altoy engaged detectives, who surprised two thieves on the premises the other night. The thieves got away after exchanging several shots with the detectives. Unwelcome midnight visitors also paid A Big Iron Pier and a Sound Steamboat Line PROPOSED BY EAST ENDERS.

No Harbor on the Sound Bet ween Port Jefferson and Orient Point Farmers Think a Breakwater at Horton's Feasible They Want a Water Route to Reach the Brooklyn and New York Markets. Southold has awakened to the fact that people are talking about her and folks there have become rasseBsed with tho idea that a boom is on and that Southold will be heard of more In future. This is causod by a project to build a breakwater at Horton's Point, on the sound shore, and extending an iron plrr for the landing of freight and passengers. The project Is feasible and the advantages to be derived from it and the low expenditure necessary have made people here interest themselves In the movement. The advantages of having; a.

line of steamboats to ply from a point on Long Island sound to the city are obvious. The steamboats belonging to the Montauk Steamboat company make daily trips between Sag Harbor and New York, with a stop at tho town dock at the foot of Town Harbor lane. Tbe boats leave New York at 5 o'clock in tho afternoon and their arriving time at Southold is 6 o'clock tbe next morning; but they are often delayed by tbe fogs, and especially have they been so troubled this spring and summer. There is no harbor for boats on the sound shore between Port Jefferson and Orient Point, and from Old Field Point light, near Sotauket, Horton's Point light Js the next and only light tin Orient Point in reached. There has been much talk of organizing a line of steamboats for freight aud pasengers to ply between some point on tho north shore uf Eastern Ijong Island and New York.

North ville was strongly talked of, but capitalists who were interested found tho building of an iron pier there too expensive. Mattituck creek was next spoken of. and the scheme to dredge out Mattituck creek for navigation purposes was revived. Finally, it Is said. Horton's Point haB boen decided upon.

That place has many advantages over tin; other locations along the sound shore. The light house is an attraction and tbe water there is so Seep as not to necessitate the building of a long iron pier. The point projects a short distance out into the sound, ami It Is proposed to build the breakwater and an Iron pier on the east side of the light house, where there is a natural bar by which the expense of building tbe breakwater, experts say, would be greatly lightened. Horton's Point Is only five miles from the Village of Green port and less than a mile and a half from Town Harbor dock. Southold.

where the New York boats now land their passengers and frplsrht. Bv landing at Horton's Point tho steamers would save more than forty miles. The distance from Horton's Point to New York by water Is about ninety miles, and passengers could be transferred there for Sag Harbor and Qreenport. going across the bay either from Southold or Greenport to Sag Harbor bv the ferry. As the boats now run, leaving New York at PJtOrOSKD STEAMBOAT 5 P.

passengers could be landed at Horton's Point at 11 o'clock tbe same night, instead of tho folowlng morning. The amount of farm produce now sent to market from this section of the Island Is something enormous aud the plan of operating a line of steamers Is heartily endorsed by the farmers wiir, are now compelled to send their produce to market by rail. Believing that the day was near at hand when such a project would become a reality the farmers living on the north road in that vicinity have opened and dedicated a four rod road now known as Sound View avenue, which runs along the sound shore 200 feet freirt the water's from the north main road at ArshmoDque lo Horton's point light. It commands a magnificent view. Nowhere along the north shore is ihe country more hfnutlful and picturesque than about South old, and the many pleasures to be found there have within the past few years brought many city visitors to that part of the island.

The soil is fertile and the farms which extend from the north country road hack to the sound are rich and beautiful. The section is much in favor with people living In Brooklyn who desire .1 quiet country residence and within the past year several cottages have been built upon the bluffs overlooking the Long Island sound. Among those owning country residence in the vicinity ot tbe proposed steamboat landing are Dr. J. H.

Marshall of Brooklyn, Frederick Woodruff, New York; Alexander Denman ot New. club house at Holland's station, Rockaway beach, and tho association boasts ot plenty of good sailors and many pretty boats. Some of tho men are now away on a cruise up the Hudson led by Captain Edgar Allyn. One of the best fishing places and ono but little known is known as Pumpkin Patch, presided over by Captain Charles Davenport. He has a small hut fitted with a lot of bunks.

The interior of the place looks much like the cabin of a boat and there is a sort of forward deck on tho main floor where hammocks are strung. At Ramblesvllle there is a collection of small fishing huts along the shore of the bay near Aqueduct, made up of a cluster of typical fishing houses. Tossod together of all kinds of lumber, weather beaten, and some of them tumbling down, they make resting places for city people who want a day of quiet. They aro the kind of places where ono can spend a day in an easy kind of costume and keep cool whilo your more fashionable friend is sweltering in a stiff shirt at some scasldo resort, where fashion holds sway. Creeds is a better known resort.

It is in Goose Creek, about a milo from the trestle work. There are plenty of fish about both places. Tho resorts of Jamaica bay remain open all tbe year round, for in the winter when there is no fishing there is sure to be good shooting, for wild duck and geese fly over the hay and in the snipe season many of th tse birds aro shoe SUFFOLK COCXTT FAIR. SPECIAL, PREMIUMS OFFERED AT THE coming KXHIBTHOX. RIverhead.

L. I August "4 The Forty third annual exJalhltion of Ore SulfoQ Coira ty AgxlcnlwrzJ society win be heW 1)et on Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thursday, October 2, and 3. Sylvester 11. Foster. Uhe secretary, is jjui ling forth erery effort tD make the fair a success and as he has the oorflial co opEraSion of the other officers of the society it is expected that the lair of will be hLTger and better than ever.

The society is hot clear of debt The grounds and buildings are in a fine condition and everything is being put in readiness as fast as possible. Suffolk county boasts of tho largest and finest agricultural exhibit in the state. The trotting and exhibition of horses this year promise to be a feature, as trotting is fast taking tho lend in attractions and more attention is paid to the horses yearly. Captain Selah S. Brewster of Port Jefferson is superintendent of this class.

Charles A. Willis of Red Bank will be hero again to act as judge Mr. Willis has acted in that capacity here for the association for several years. He is a great favorite with Suffolk county horsemen. A number of special premiums are offered in the different classes this year.

The iol i HAUNTS OF JAMAICA BAY FISHERMEN. lowing aro tho special premiums and tho conditions for horsey: 'All hor.si;H shown must huve bi en ownf In the county thrc munths previous ti tii. hors' aro to be empluyed on a farm and owned by a farmer. The Judges on cattle and hors' shRll not h. hasty, but ciireful unti deliberate.

In awarding premiums, but once a decision is ami lUnceu it is to be considered to be Ilnal. rntntliately nyion awarding the premluma the Judtfeu shall designate the Hame by attaeliinK to such animals as tht shall dern "entitled to the Ilrst premium a blue ribbon and to the second premium a red ribbon. In Judk'inp; of farm horses training Is to be considered. L'nsound horves not entitled to a pr. niium.

Hor. es exhibited in pairs or teams crcr pt In Bpecia! premiums, must have been used together ajid be owned by one person for thirty days previous to the fair. rules will be strictly enforced. Special premium. J50.

colt 3 years old and under. Special premium. colt 4 years old and under. Special premium, $100. horses ow.ieo and bred In the country that have Dver trotu a public race.

In above named colt premiums weight and ais uinc waived. Special premium, $230. single road horse with no better cord than 2:32. Special premium. $200.

slnple road horse wltn ho better record than 2:45. Siwial premium. $100. single road horse with no better record than 2:00. Sjteclal jnilutn.

$4'X), free for all. Specla.1 premium. $200. single road horse with no better record than Special premium. $100.

pair road horses, not necessarilv by one person. Special premium. $135. single road horse, with no better record than 3 minutes. Conditions Th above Bpedal premiums for the 3 vear olds.

4 ye ar minute class. 2:50 class and iaJr of road horses are cinllner to horses that have owned in the county at letist ninety dovs previous to date of entry. The 2:45 cl.lfs. 2:37 class, 2:2 class and free for all are open to all coiners. Records made at Amityville and Mineola fairs not a bar.

Five per cent, entrance fee for all special premiums, to accomiKiny the nominations, and cent. tLddltl. for ail horses wlnnlnit any Tirt of the premiums. Any horse distancing lb tid or anv part thereof entitled to one money only. Five to'enter.

three start. Entries for special pn to be nole to J. Henry Perkins at his officii In the vii: of liiverhead on or before. Stuurdnv. September 11 o'clock p.

bv IncloslnK name, color. sx, idler llf any), class, name of driver, name of owner and entrance fee in sealed Spvcial premiums, mile heats, best thn live to harness, rfpeed to fcovem. Purses divided. RiKht reserved to sandwich races. NiLtlonal TrortinK association rules to govern.

Xo promiscuous drivini: allowed the track. No pool selling to be allowed upon the grounds. The society has oiferetl a gold medal an a first prize and a silver medal as a second prize for a bicycle race, half mile heats, best two in three; five to start. SOCIETY WOMEN" TO Easthampton. L.

August 21 The bowling tournament to be contested by the fair friends of the Maidstone club, on August 30 and 31. will bp an event of much Intere st. William A. Wheolock has offered a loving cJp as the prize. Among those who have the best scores In tho preliminary plays are Mrs.

Waldron, Mrs. Hiss. Mrs. Thomas. Mrs.

Satterlee and the Misses Hubbard, Tyler, Jones and Crosby. PLANS FOR A PARK FENCE. Jamaica. L. August 24 The town board, at its meeting yesterday, examined a number of plans submitted for building an Iron fence and stone coping about the city ball park, and will make their final award Monday.

It will cost about $1,250. Supervisor Evorett was authorized to procure a plan for a steam heating apparatus for the town hall. I A NEGRO CAMP MEETING. BAY SHORE'S COLORED FOLKS HAVE A MONTH OF PRAYER AND SINGING. The negro camp meeting, which has Just come to a close at Bay Shore, furnishes a striking example of tho repressing lnlluer.ee of tha non emotional, cold, calculating North 3: T.V'.,,OTMl.,,m7IT...vN, orner, upon the excitable, hysterical, real Southern negro.

It marked the im au between the shouting aniens and praise the Lords of au ordinary Methodist eamp meeting, and the high of the negro eauqi meeting, way down South In the land of cotton, iiut it was a reat success. The colored people ol' Bay Shore have Just finished a pretty little frame churrh. at the cost of $2,500. which was dedicated on Sunday, July 21. by Bishop B.

T. Taunor, the resident pastor, the Rev. J. D. Jackson, and other good wishers assisting In the religious services of the day.

The first object, of course, was to awaken a spirit of religious fervor, close on the heels of this was the desire to press into the service of the Lord, in a substantial way. the curiosity tu see e. colored camp mooting, of the reslflents summer visitors of liny Shore. There were more white people than colored people at these services. Taking up the collection formed by no means an unimportant part of tho programme.

Rachel Graham icol ored), who Is now a professional list and devotes all her time to thewnrkof leading colored camp meetings and revival services. Is a self made woman. She was formerly a cook in a hotel down South. Hut her talents were above pots and pans. She is nxjkoned.

even by the whites, as a "bang up good leader." Well. Sister Grahuni and Louts Jackson wero tho life and soul of the collections. Sister Graham tood on the platform and sang and exhorted and entertained nnl even amused the audience, while Brother Jackson, not the preacher (this Brother Jackson is a olammer on the shore), "passed the sasser." Then the Rev. J. Williams of Babylon, a good and deservedly popular preacher, gave a short prayer and exhortation, followed by Mrs.

Mary Latnor, another professional evun gellst. the whole congregation led by Mr. James J. Carglll, the chorister of the A. K.

church at Bay Shore, singing. While this was being sung and the chorus repeated over and over, not Infri'tjuen! a perfectly independent side Issue was being led by some colored Improvisator. They had plenty of colored talent at the riay Shore camp meeting. They varied the programme ingeniously and often, and took up collections early and late, realizing about S400 toward paying off the debt on their little church. These revival services lasted four weeks, and were held In the grove.

Just south of the railroad depot afternoon and evening. Trilles light as air were used by the talent to adorn a tale and point a moral. For Instance, an unscrupulous stage driver charged Bishop Tanner 30 cents for carrying hito from the depot to the home of the brother who was going to house the bishop during his Hay. The usual price for any reasonable distance is 10 cents. Tho bishop deemed this extortion little short of highway robbery, but he paid it and confided his grievance to the minister whose guest he was.

His brother espoused his cause and preached a sermon on honesty, in which he dauntlessly told the tale of the extortion practised on the bishop. The camp meeting was most satisfactory to all concerned. The Rev. Dr. Butler's little daughter.

9 years old. sang a solo, "When the Mists Have Rolled Away." greatly to the satisfaction of her audience. Miss Esta Walters, who Is, a teacher In the public school for colored children at Freehold, N. .1.. was their organist whenever she could be spared from the bedside of her father, the Rev.

Mr. Walters, who is very dangerously 111. One after Doon the platform as filled with children, who sang this hymn: While flfrhtinp for niv Saviour hirra. Tho tries hard. He uses all his mlffhty i owcr.

My progress to retar i. He's up to every LAN DINO, i'OINr. Anil yet through all I pr A little t.i Ik V. nil 1S 1 Oh. ao ye An.l thv Sail Yo'I IIS Mlolilm on th.

civitiK Will 1, An.l impels over th rc. i 'IP We v. lav our L.ir.len An.l Ami v.v w.i i th'Tc Among tlie.se children were E.i t'arlll. James Caiyill. Sidney Carlll.

le le rt Jayue. Oracle Jackson, Kmma Jackson Jennie Jackson. For a triumphal march to wind up tin camp meeting the colore, people themselves int" a procession. starting at. th throne, inarched around the orove.

joyt'uliy singing. "Ovir There, Over There." When they rearhofi the throne ac.ain they dispersed. This was the las; of tbe services hi the grove. Later the Rev. Or.

Butler gave a p. mnr.nr.a at the A. M. E. church of 2a" photographs and paintings, subjects taken l'roir, scripture.

American history, civil war In America, world fair. Uncle Tom's cahin. ten nights in a barroom. Pilgrims ProKress. Rip Van Winkle, a host of others and a one hour and a half lecture brimful ot instruction and 1 1 i i I I I I i 1 i I i.