South Side Messenger 19100527

              Freeport Firemen to Parade -Memorial Day
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Man Killed by Train at Bellmore Saturday
SOUTH SIDE M ESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU  COUNTY
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Vol 2, Number 45
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE, N. Y., FRIDAY. MAY 2^. 1910
$1.00 Yearly, Single Copy 5 CenU
Merrick
$30,000 Worth of High¬ way Oil
The rivalry between the two teams of baseballists, the married men vs. the  unnnarried, is bringing out a  rare | WofK   Cost   NaSUU   Gnuty   Large
RMortment of near humor.    Unverified] c..—    M.. W.ll IT...J
report has it that in retaliation for in- I :>Uin-Money Well Used
•inuations of bondage and decrepitude
tbe married men, as evidence of great faith in their prowess and in a sort of burn-your-bridges-behind-yoa spirit which is intended to strike fear to the hearts of the bachelors, have already had the trophy cup inscribed, "Won by the Married Men, 1910.*' i The unmarried men are modest and*are
The oiling of Nassau County high¬ ways, incorporated into the county system, has commenced in the thre« towns—Hempstead. Norih Hempstead and Oyster Bay. The placing of oil on the roada will cost about $30,000 this year. There are about 300 miles to cover, and the best quality of oil ob-
only saying: "Let them rave, the | **'"«^>« ^95,^^^ I'"'"P?«« '!'"''« "^f'^: higher they fly, the further they'll Automfile traffic has had much to fall." The great game comes off Me- ^° ?"*'' *^« "««i?^ placmg oil on the morial Day at 10 a. m. on the old ^ ^'«'^''«yf- W>th.n the past few years grounda which were uaed for a time ! *?« '=°"']*y ""A'l"':',*'^^" Ji^^'fi*'""!*''** laat year on  the property of the Mer¬
rick Ea^tes.
the   autoa,   traveling at high  rate of
I speed, sap the life of highway surfaces
' and also draw heavily on the oil  and
sanded top covering.    The   authorities
now use an oil which  createa a binder
j on the surface of the roads, and makes
Freeport
New   Electric   Engines Tried Out in Tunnels
Mrs. Walter Young and Miss Mattie Bentley   have   returned  to  Vermont. mr    i   * i   .    11
They had been   visiting Mrs.   Bentley i LoCOmotives Wofk Admirably—Are
for the past two weeks.
We received this moming from Jun¬ ius Howe, a former resident of Free-1 port, a letter which we know will be of i interest to our readers. |
The   latter   part of January   Miss j Vivian Howe was attacked  with a dia- j
Capable of High Speed—Trains Make Almost No Noise
Bellmore
The Ladiea Aid Society of the M. E. Church will meet with Mra. Osborne at the home of Mr. W. H. Smith, next Thursday June 2 at 2.80 p. m. All members are requeated to attend. Friends are invited.
Baldwin
Fred Moore was in town this week ring me pasc wees »ev«ra, ox u.e ^jg.^. j^^^^^ and relatives. Mr. electrical engines that   are to be M^ore is employed on one of the large
steamships and  travels    through   all parta of the world.
During the past week  aeveral of the new
uaed by the Long  Island  Railroad and
Pennsylvania in nauling trains through
tresslng throat trouble and Dr. Fletch- i the tunnels under the East and Hudson
er said that ahe  waa   suffering   from [ rivers arrived, and   daily trials are be-
sub-acute catarrhal laryngitis. | ing given.    The officials declared that
The symptoms,   however,   were such  they are more than  pleaaed  with   the \ parents  Mr and Mra. Samuel  Kilpat- as to induce the belief that  there was , results  of  the trials.      The   engines j ^^^^ sr ' something   more   serious   the   matter i have   shqwn that they  are  capable of | with   her  and her father took   her to ' making a''high   rate of apeed,   and the two   throat   experts in Brooklyn   who j tracks are so well ballasted that a note- then gave it aa their   opinion  that she | worthy feature of a ride  through  the waa suffering from laryngeal tubercu- ! tunnela is the abaence of noise,   which
loais.    Thia, of courae,   waa a terrible  is  such a nuisance in   the   Manhattan | ^jth his family as aoon as completed. Servicea at the  Church  of  the  Re-  °°""-" •-'f-"'"¦¦¦»•    -¦"=   °""'"V'-''^° , blow but they accepted  the  diagnosis j suhwaya  and   other   underground sys- deemer Sunday, the flrst after Trinity, ¦¦ "o^^^^e an oil which  createa a binder j ^f theae eminent   men as being beyond ; tems. Gus  Schrieber  had  a very  narrow
at 7:30  and  11   a.   m.   and  8  p.   m. i ?".^^"'"i^'^^°^'^"^/^.•, ^"^ "^r*^  question and it The work of installing the electrical  escape  from   being   killed    Saturday
Celebration of the Holy Communion at 1 ly y°'' ^^'^o^o'^'es to aiteet ^.^ctors have finally  concluded that the  equipment   of   the   tunnels   is   being night, while getting off the 11:05 train,
the early aervice.    At the second ser-!    fj?^''?'"'^°^®'''"^-       ™     .. , diagnosis of Dr. Fletcher was the true  rushed, and within another  month will   Mr. Schreiber jumped from   the  train
vice the Right Rev. Frederick Burgess, ;     witn increasert auto  tramc this sea-; ^ne, and   that   her symptoms,   which ; be completed.    Word has also been re-   before it had  come to a standstill  and D. D., Biahop of thia Diocese of Long i ?°"'.      ",?°. . °   ^"Pf'"^'^°5.^'^ "P"'^:' ^ had mislead  them   ceived   from   the    factories  that the i was  thrown heavily  to   the   ground,
laland,   will  be  pJreaent to administer j''^"^'^^ ..^.'\'"^yf   oDiigea  to oii.^ ^^ gy^h an  extent  that they  believed  steel cars which are   necessary for the ' Had it not been for the efforts of Ed- the ritea of Confirmation.    The Sunday . 5°^^°^JJ^i^^JfJ^f^^,.,^i^^ ^"""^^^ from   the   Great; operation   of the lines of the   Long Is-  ward Gardiner, who   was   there at the
School meeta in  the—iParish   House at 10 a. m.    The lesson study   will be the !
ands of dollara.    The   county' 'authori¬ ties do not consider that the outlay for
Samuel  Kilpatrick,  jr., of  Corona, L. I. waa in town Sunday  visiting  his
j Mr. Jonas, who recently purchased the old achool house on Newbridge road
I is about to have the building remodled into  a   dwelling   and will reside there
conclusion of the review in preparation for the examination upon the laat five numbers of the pamphlet to be held June 5th. The Woman's Auxiliary meets in the Parish House each Thurs¬ day and the Junior Auxiliary each Saturday at 2:30 p. m. A cordial in¬ vitation is extended to all to take ad¬ vantage of the services and privileges of this church. ,'
fall or early  winter, when  the  travel ^ white Plague. land   Road   through   the  tunnels  are
lessens.    If shcR a course be necessary, j     Mr. Howe says:    "Of course  we let! about completed, and will   arrive dur- LlrL*"!f,„__   "^u!"^!""^-?!-^^^^^^ friends in  Freeport  and  the | ing the next   two months.    There will
iw  „.,t surrounding  country   know of the con-: then be ample time to give   them   try-
dition in which we supposed   her to be. • outs and accustom the employes of the
oiling is anything but   beneficial, aa it conveniences all classes of travel.
Now,   that it is absolutely  an  estab-1 road to their new duties.
lished fact that  ahe haa not   and never       At present the employes of the Long
time, he would have wheels of the train.
fallen   under  the
* Peter Johnson is having his house on centre avenue repainted.
Wantagh
The recent entertainment of the Woman's Auxiliary netted the treasury^ $33.70. Some of the ladies of the Parish are planning to attend a Dioce¬ san meeting in the interest of the United Offering which is to be held in the Cathedral at Garden City on Tues¬ day at 10:30a. m. At that time the offering of the ladies of Long Island, which ia to be aent to the General Con¬ vention at Cincinnati in October will j Freeport and also Odd be presented. It ia requested that | Hempstead, Hicksville, each of the ladiea take a basket lunch. I other   south side villages   attended di
_    . _ J     Henry Brandt has  resigned his posi-
has  had tuberculosis, I think   it would , Island   Road  who   are working in the j tion with Gus Bopp and   will   move to be a relief to her   many friends if you ; transportation department are anxious , Brooklyn next week.
will   make a statement  in your  paper j about their future assignments.   There! —	
covering these facts. are some good positions to be given out |     Eddie Ascoli and Albert  Calcagnino
On Decoration Day the Wantagh Gun | "1 do not want you to get the idea in the new building in Manhattan, and j rode to Shinnecock Hills, L. I., on their Club will hold a clay pigeon ahoot in I that it is my belief that these eminent at stations on Long Island. These po-' wheels Sunday, making the trip in the moming. : men should not have been mislead into I sitiona will carry with them  increased i record time, but returned home on the
^ mistaken   diagnosia, for I am   aware   pay, and be very desirable.    A number j train.
A meeting of the Board of  Truatees | that under certain  conditions these are | of applications for the places have been i 	
of  the   Memorial   Chruch was held   at j the  most   difficult   troubles   known to \ made,   but it is   understood   that  the ' the residence of Mr. Thomas J. Davis on i medicine in regard to an absolute diag- ; best  positions  will   be handed   out by Wedneaday evening. : nosis,   hence I hope   that  no reflection \ the railroad  management  as a reward
will be cast upon men   who  deservedly . of merit.    The  men with  the   longest
and  most  meritorious  records will be considered      first.       However,      the
The new gate at the depot between the tracks is being made this week by carpenters of the Company, and will, be placed in position in a few flays. The gate will be operated by the agent from    inside   the   depot.    The  public
Coffee and tea will be served by the ladies of the Cathedral in the Casino. The train lei^ving Merrick a few min¬ utes before 9 and connecting with the trolley at Freeport, takes one within walking distance  of  the Cathedral.
^ The aad news was telephoned to the village from New York on Wednesday afternoon of the sudden death of Mr. Thomas Carroll from heart disease. Mr. Carroll resided on Hempstead Boulevard, corner Meadowbrook Road. He leaves a wife and small daughter, Helen.
The Memorial Church was filled with  gtand at the absolute head of their pro- a large congregation last Sunday even- i fession
ing,   when   a  numerous  delegation of |     jj^  Fletcher was mv family   physi- Odd  Fellows   from Lodge  No. 600, of ; ^jan  d^ri^g  all   the time of my   resi-
Fellows  from | Jence in Freeport and he impressed me   knowing what their new duties will be. j pleased.
Bellmore  and i as being a man of wonderful  skill, and j     The   new quarters for the   offices of! ^ "
1 would not mind if some tribute might; President   Peters and the other execu-1     Never hit  a man   when   you've  got
changes will mean considerable  shift- i demanded   this  passageway,   they are ing, and so all the men  are desirous of j going to get it and everybody should be
vine serv^e by invitation of the Pas-, ^g paid to him in this instance, it it tive officers of the Long Island Road | eye glasses on, you know he will not tor. Rev. Thomas S. Braihwaitte. The j^gy be done without any slur upon the i in the big terminal building, in Man-! hit back, and shows a cowardly act on body of the church was almost filled by , ^ther doctors." ' hattan, are being put in readiness, for ! your part.    Take 'em off firat.
a goodly company of men   whose  close,   i their offices will be moved  during  the ! 	
attention to   the   service   and   hearty |     Freeport is to be well   decorated for j coming month.    So far  no   announce-|     William   Byrnes is working  for  the singing   impressed   all  present.    The j ^j^^ annual parade and inspection of the ! ment   has   been made of the use   that I L. I. R. R. in one of its signal   towers music   under   the   leadership  of Mrs  ^^.^ ^       ^^g^^j ^^  j^^   ^eld  tomorrow : will be made of the offices in the build-   at Babylon. Rhoda Jackson, was well rendered, and , ^- ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^  department will ' ing at Long Island  City  which will be
included an anthem by the choir, a sex tette by Mesdames J. H. Davis, F. J Cowles, J. J. P^uasell, E. J. Seaman and Misses Laura Cowles and Gertrude Hoppen. A solo was alao effectively aung by Miss Laura T. Cowlea. Be¬ fore the Benediction waa pronounced Archer  B.   Wallace, speaking  for the
Capt. and Mrs. Hubbell, having pur- i fj,*'^'^ ,^/u^"p''V^^^  Freeport  Lodge    j,^i„ ^^^^^^ ^^ Rajiroad avenue, where ».„j  „u„*   :„  u_„„,„ „. !... D„„.=.„ I thanked the Pastor for hia  aermon and L.i,«. t}^„,.< ..* t?;«. n—r^i„cir,^^^„  ™in
be in line, probably -about 150 mem-; vacated. It is thought, however, that bers, with one truck and one engine i the officios who will remain there un- company and three hose companies. ; til the building at Jamakja is complet- The line of march ia given as fol-; ed will be given more commodious lows:    Form on Church street, resting j quarters.
on Pine, west on Pine to Ocean,   South j .	
on  Ocean   to  Merrick  Road,   East on j «     •,¦     (H       «       ,i
Merrick Road to Main street. North on | OnUtuyille    dOUtu
B. P. Wing will move out from Brooklyn Saturday for the summer.
James Edwards and family have moved from Samuel Wilson's cottage on Wilson avenue to C. E. Edwards' cottage on St. Mark's avenue.
chased what is known as the Powers Place on Camp avenue, "west of Mer¬ rick avenue, have taken up their resi¬ dence there.
the choir   for  their   excellent
the Board of Fire Commissioners  will „,       ,       , ,      - ,„    ,    , "I?!"*!' ' inspect the department.    The   citizens
The church people of Wantagh think i are requested to decorate and iUumin- it was a service long to be remem- ^^^ ^^,^5,. residences along the line of bered.
Wilbur Hubbel haa started for Mon¬ ticello where he will join his wife for a few days and then accompany her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawmaster are spending a short vacation at Rockaway Beach.
Miss Abbie Smith  of Brooklyn has been  the guest of Mr. and Mra. James
Mr. George Tallman, a former resi¬ dent of  Merrick,   but now residing in            _	
Marion,   Mass,, was a gueat this week ,' MT'seaman for severai days! of Capt.  David Lawson with whom he served  long   comradeship   upon /the Brooklyn police force.
Harold   Kropp has been confined  to his home for over a week with illness.
Mr. and Mrs. H.   H.   Cammann and son,   Mr.   Schuyler  Cammann, sail on
Mrs.   Warren James entertained the members of the King's Daughters  So- th"e'4th of June'on the White Star Line  c'ety on Tuesday afternoon, for a trip abroad, first visiting Liver¬ pool.    Mr. and Mrs. Cammann  will be absent for  about   10  weeks and  Mr.
march. The parade will start prompt-1 Miss Jeannette Purdy, who was tak- ly at 7.45. ! en ill while   visiting  friends in Brook-
Saturday   aftemoon     shortly  after j lyn laat week, has   resigned  her posi- three o'clock, a'arm 63 was blown, call- j tion  as teacher in the local   school  on ing the fire department to the Imperial: account of her illness, for'a drill.    There were horses in some j ,
of the houses when the alarm waa giv- i Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Kilpatrick were en and quick times were made. Ever | the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wood Ready Hose Company making   the run ; Sunday.
in two and a half minutes,  followed at ^ 	
six minutes by the other companies, | Mrs. William Frisch, who underwent all about the same time. '   ] an  operation  last week  in the   South
There waa aome practice   work with I Shore   Hospital of Hempatead,    is re-
A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Bellmore Presbyterian Church will be held in the church on Bell¬ more avenue to night, Friday, when important business will be   transacted.
Schuyler about a month.
Mrs. William Rhame, the wife of Dr. Rhame of Wantagh, who has been in the Hempstead Hospital for the last fortnis^ht recovering from an operation for appendicitis, retumed to her home on Wednesday.
Ernest Haines was one of the par¬ ticipants this week in Shakespeare's "As You Like It," given by the boys of Riverdale School in a woodland set¬ ting on the school grounds at Riverdale- om Hudson. A report says that prac¬ tically the whole play was presented, only those parts being on^itted in which the love making is too violent for the boys to take it otherwise than facetiously.
A 60 foot extension ladder has ar¬ rived for the inspection of the fire company.
If you live within five miles of Smith & Bedell's store make a mental note of their ad this week. It
Rev.  T.   S.   Braithwaite   conducted, the funeral  services over the remaina j the ladders and a practice contest with l ported as improving
of Robert J. Cowood of Bellmore, who  horses attached to hose carts,   running 1 	
was killed  by a train  last Saturday \ &nd drawing the hose   from hydrant to ;     Mike says he is glad that the Comet
'is  gone,   for he has   had   cometitus, rheumatiam   and   every
William Wolf, the new druggist, on Grand avenue, will open his drug atore on Saturday. Mr. Wolf was for six years employed as manager of the Silver Lake Pharmacy at BaWldin, and comea to Bellmore well recommend¬ ed. This will be a decided improve¬ ment to the village, as the public will be able to get anytliing in the line of drugs.
A, W. Heinrich Bros., agent for the Lackawanna marine motors, are giv¬ ing out hhndsome gold coins, to every¬ one interested in Lackawanna motors, with a purchaae value of $2.00 on a Lackawanna motor. These handsome pocket pieces are given free; there are only a limited number, and anybody wanting one, should write at once.    It
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. P. Church will hold a sale of ice cream and cake on the ball grounds on Deco¬ ration Day, in the aftemoon. In the evening they will hold a strawberry festival in the church.
The Antlers Field Club was defeated in a ten inning game with the Baldwin Field Club Saturday by the score of 3 to 2. Tomorrow they Greenpoint Y. M. C. A. will be here for a game, and on Monday Jefferson Field Club of Brooklyn.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. P. Church waa entertained by Mrs. L. W. Gordon Wednesday aftemoon.
Mr. Eben E. Acker is announced to lead the Epworth League meeting on the M E. Church Sunday evening; topic, "The Foreigner." This is the missionary topic.
Regular services in the M. P. Church Sunday morning, preaching by the pas¬ tor. Rev. L. W. Gordon, at 10:30; text, "Kings' Law of Self Denial." Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:45 will be led by Miss Etta Carman, Top¬ ic,. "Is ours a Christian Nation?" In the evening the pastor will preach a aermon suitable to Memorial Day.
Mrs. Oliver Bedell haa been confined to her bed several weeks by illness.
William Wolfe, for several years at the Silver Lake Pharmacy, has opened a drug store at Bellmore.
Stafford Meeson of Freeport will open LePine's Airdrome Monday even¬ ing with moving pictures and vaude¬ ville.
Mrs. Ingram, sister of Mrs. Robbins, has returned to Philadelphia, after a six weeks' viait here.
A boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert T. Davison, Milburn avenue, last week.
William Simons, proprietor of the Star Theatre, will hereafter give his moving picture shows in a tent on Grand avenue.
The M. E. Chruch Ladies' Aid Soci¬ ety will meet with Mrs. Byrnes, Grand avenue, next Tuesday.
John Gifford, F. W. Miller, Mrs. Acker, Mrs. Kellum, Mias Jennie Schu¬ man attended the Epworth League Convetition at Rockville Centre Thurs¬ day as delegates from the local chap¬ ter in the M. E. Church.
i moming.      The funeral was  held  at' the  "fire"   on the roof of the   hotel. [Jamaica  Tnpwlay    morning    and    the j Tht timea were: Ever   Readies 3 min. ! burial was.in Middla Village Lutheran ; 5 sec.; Vigilants,  2:27;   Bay   Views, j I Cemetery. I 2:05; There was also practice with the
  I engine when the ho.se of   the   depart- j
Next Sunday evening the Wantagh ; ment was tested. j
Fire Department will meet at  the fire 	
house at 7:15 and march to the church I     Postmaster   Anderson  has  received when    appropriate    sermon     will    be 1 permission from Washington to put on !
while it was here.
A surprise party was given to Miss Grace Hodgson laat Wednesday even¬ ing. All apparently had an enjoyable time.
Miss Margueretta Macintosh, daugh¬ ter of Mrs. Sarah E. Macintosh, of other thing I this village, died at the home of her sis- j ter, Mrs. Bass, at Brooklyn, Thursday j night after a short illness. Mies Mac- I Intosh resided with her sister, Mrs. j William J. Wallace on Bedford Avenue, 1 for sometime.
De You Want te Buy er Sell? Everybe#y's Ceiumn.
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preached by the pastor.
Word has been received from Mr, ar.d Mrs. A. J. Haff, who are sojourn¬ ing for a time in Georgia, that they expect to reach home about June first.
A successful strawberry and ice cream festival was held on Wednesday night in the Firemen's Hall.
We are sorry to,hear of the serioua illneas of Charles A. Ward, uncle of Mrs. C. A. Thompson. Mr. Ward haa spent several summers here and made many frienda.
Horton's Banana Ice Cream, made with pure freah fruit, is delicious. 40 cents per quart Da^ilv^'s.
an additional carrier to relieve the con-! gested districta, and  some new  terri-
Mattie   Junior, a freak   chick,  died ^ last week and is now  being stuffed by tory, including the Seaman Avenue sec- i our taxidermist of  Bellmore.    Mattie tion, Woodcieft Beach and the  Onslow | was bom on the 13th   inst.   with  four
Moore property, and t6 give two deliv-1 perfect legs and feet and was owned by j whiTeTn Bellmore's' halTthey'succeeded eries in sections now only receiving i Matt. Corcoran, who is staying with in filling the bases, but could not get a one.    The order provides  further  that; Thomas   Wright   and   family   of this I runner over the "pan."   In the second
Bellmore met and defeated the Hick¬ ory A. C. of Brooklyn, on the local dia¬ mond laat Sunday in the best played game of the season by the close score of 4 to 3.
In the first inning the visitors were disposed of in   one,   two,   three  order
no deliveries shall be made to any house I place. Mr. Corcoran had already made until proper mail receptacles or cut! arrangements to place this curious slots in doors are provided for delivery ! looking little chicken on exhibition and
"I aaw it In the Meaaenflerl"
of mail. 	
The village assessors of the Village of Freeport have prepared their assess¬ ment roll for the current year and a copy is at the Village Clerk's offiice, where it may be seen and examined by any person from June 1 to June 7. On the latter day, at the   Village Clerk's
was going to charge 10 cents a look, but as Matt says, "he was bom on the 13th, ao all was up."
Mesara. Alfred Calcagnino, Andrew EInniea and Eddie Ascoli had a long diatance bicycle ride last Monday to the east end of the Island and back. Great sport all right, but one of them said, '.'Never again."
inning the visitors scored one run hy a batter being hit by a pitched ball, steal¬ ing second, uid scoring from second on poor throwing to bases, although no hits were made in this inking, Bellmore was again shut out in the second and neither side scored in the third. In the foutrh. Hickory succeeded in sending two more runs over the plate, and these looked ' 'as big as a house. "But the home team also "g°ot busy" in this inning and at the end had tied the score, three run¬ ners getting in before the side was re-  1 	
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The funeral of William f/. Stoothoff, aged 82 years, late of the town of Jamaica, was held at the residence of his brother, Wyckoff Stoothoff, on Grand avenue on Monuay afternoon. Rev. Charies Herbert Scholey, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Free- port, oflficiating, assisted by Rev. Wil¬ liam D. Tuckey, pastor of the local M. E. Church. Interment was made in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
YOU HAVE NOTICED ~ In the columns of The Freeport Mes¬ senger, from week to week, the men's and boy's clothing, advertisements of B. Schellenberg & Sons, 99, 101, 103 and 105 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, known far and wide as manufacturers of high grade clothes. Your attention is specially called to their advertise¬ ment in this week's issue. Schellen¬ berg clothes are guaranteed to be sci¬ entifically tailored of strictly all wool fabrics. They sell direct and deliver free throughout Long Island with the guarantee that if goods are not as rep¬ resented or otherwise unsatisfactory, you can return them at their expense and your /noney will be refunded in full. One'trial order will be convinc¬ ing.                   	
Big Auction Sale
The John J. Randall Company is an¬ nouncing an absolute auction sale of reaidential, water front and business lots comprising all their property re¬ maining unsold at "Woodcieft." This is a fine piece of property and will be a good investment for home site or speculation. See their adv. in thia is¬ sue for full particulars.
The splendid assortment of (presents to be given at this sale can be seen at the store on Grove St., uorth  of line.