New-York tribune., 1895-10-19
VBSqCHESTER.
WHITE PLAINS.
.cmvrTY IN SOCIAL. CHURCH AND CHAR
TABLE MATTERS.
..on PROSPECTS FOR A LECTURE couRsE-lTEMs

..on PROSPECTS FOR LECTURE CouRsE-lTEMs
or INTEREST FROM THE COUNTY SEAT
Amid the political fight which Is gong on In all
s,ns OF the country. but more particularly In ana
sst the county seat. the good people OF TINS place
s.va by no means cast aside their oohsauons 10
ss,cb and society. This does not imply that these
mia are indifferent as TO who their representa-
- .hall be but it means that in their chosen field
:. ,shor--in the lecture room. In league work. In
.,.,itahle work-they are as earnest as ever, not
.athstandng the canvass politically On Thursday
evening last DR.. II. E. Schmid. well-known local
ohvscian delivered fine address on Java: It's
rustoms and Its People" In the Auditorium The
,..,prs was well attended. and given primarily
a. help along the White Plains Hospital fund. The
Aoe.or years spent some months in Jaws anu
.,oselv observed its geography, climate, physical
FEATURES the people its social conditions, etc. and
these in simple and pure English, were TOLD ad-
rirably TO the audience. The lecturer was nperauv
app.auded. Several evenings before the women OF
,be First Baptist Church threw open the doors OF
lafayette Hall to the public and exhibited sn inter-
ssttng collection OF historical relics. In ST. johns
Hall all this week the women OF the parish nave
been diligently catering the large number OF peo-
ps who have crossed the threshold TO see what the
managers had to display at the church fair which
hss been in progress since Monday. and which Will
b prolonged for several days. Among those who
are laboring 10 make ii success are Mrs. Paul g.
Tbebaud, Mrs. Tone. Mrs Sedgwick the Misses
Acton the Misses Stoddard. the Misses Refill the
Misses Ryan Miss Nora Walsh. Miss Agnes lyman,
Mss Harmon and a bevy Of bright schoolgirls.
Coming affairs are also interesting another body
sfworkers on Tuesday evening next the Fire De-
oartment will have its annual parade and iuspec-
don The department numbers $50 men. two hook
and ladder trucks two engines. two hose carriages
and three jumpers. Following the march through
ne village streets there will be the usual dinner in
Union Hall.
Then again the women Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union not TO he outdone In getting
In the field early for exhibit for they announce
q chrysanthemum show in Lafayette Hall on the
evenings of November and I. And what TO many
Is even pleasant news is the announcement
University Extension Centre has decided to give
q course Of lectures this season The lecturer Will
proper financial support is given the committee, viii
Be called upon 10 deliver course OF ten lectures
tween WHITE 'fs Pans and Eod the
electric company began preparations for extending
managers are Confident every obstacle will be re-
moved from the path OF the road 10 silver Lake
Chester e Rye Harrison @ and White Plains Electric
hallway Companys line built between ;he points
change in Wes;chester County in the next few
;hsr next meeting will consider the application of
the latter company favorably. The managers Of The
Sop15' john Merritt uGi M William Ryan Hanford NJ Her:
derson William l.. Ward, John W. McCarty, OF
Port Chester: John Duffy Frank g. Schirmer ana
OF Harrison.
Eugene Halpn. the proprietor Of the METROPOLITAN
Hotel who shot last week by German farm
hand. named Hermann Haas; OF Elmsford, 10 sun
confined to mis- bed bu, DIR. Masness. the attending
in the county jail awaiting the action Of the Grand
Jury.
John oszine the tax collector has collected $500
1 s 1s tax & thus ae with or
ness and satisfaction than formerly.
In the Presbyterian Chapel on November IL the
women OF the church will hold sunf1ower bazaar.
The pupils in the Union Free School District No
] have organized football team TO compete VII, with
lie schools In the county
Richard Van Tassel. the Rev De Loss Iul, the
have been spending several weeks on Long Island:
have returned home. They had an abundance OF
success
morrow evening the Rev Dr. McChesney will speak
on present Day Sunday Questions.
One OF the social incidents of the week the
marriage OF William Read. second assistant CHIEF
engineer Of the Fire Department. and Miss Joseph
Inc Nehr. daughter OF William Nehr; OF me ne Excel
deacon Van Kleeck in Grace Episcopal Church on
Tuesday evening
Monday last. Cromwell Post, G A. r., and the
in a body Archdeacon Van Kleeck ofticated The
burial In the Rural Cemetery.
Supervisor James p. Teed. OF Somers who is
chairman OF the Committee Supplies OF the Board
OF Supervisors. has recovered from a severe Illness
ana was at the County Courthouse this week attend
ing 10 business.
Union Hook and Ladder Company No. /. Of the
Fire Department. took part in the nremen,s pa
profuse in their praise OF the manner in which the
Yonkers fremen entertained the party.
The fare on the trolley line between White Plains
the franchise the Eimsford Company could charge
10 cents.