New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-05

RrnGp am as !" d the aevsOp the Ssh
est type of American womanhood' :, ,,,,,,
DR. Cooks school for girls is located IN Wlhdis
park. and oyerlooks the river George '" COOK Is
The irving Institute, Of which T rn aapon Il
the located and home for
the boys u during ef abroad M Furman
Competent corps OF assistants and the school begins
t,s forteth wear September 10. with the ihuorse
ment OF hundreds who have made OF its advan-
iages. ., ana - Tho most
,mnortant of Tarrytown's schools. 1t Is boarding
and day school for girls In which S srbool IS
ana C5H Sppssp ,he ed Hrnsea
FOR boqsders N semnary for girls presided over
,y n Miss 'I H. L. Buckley and Miss F. c. Pumley It
"a also a school Of acknowledged excellence. and Is
recommended by men of repute in all parts OF the
country.
IRyINGTON, AND DOBBS FERRY.
lexington lies midway between Dobbs Ferry and
Tarrytown The village is unpretentous' ha'hs
the usual shops stores and Offices OF set'ienei.
~ its SIZE But the village is the least part OF
Irvnrton and the people who 70 to and from the
n,ace who crowd It's pretty railroad station twice
daily have their homes the beautiful hill sides
ard nic,uresoue river banks near the place The
,lIaee was incorporated In 1872 and mas us Puohc
schooI a free circulating library and It's own water
works and all the accessories of a well-conducted'
prosperous village. ~,
Do,bs Ferry nineteen and half miles from the
Grand Central Station Is described as an incor-
porated village. nearly square IN iorm us pouho'y
lines being a trfe In excess or mile IN iehgth oh
.och Of it's four sides 1t covers the ridge lying De-
tween the Saw Mil and the Hudson rivers, ana
It's boundaries touch the waters OF both streams.
ID ogden Bradley In a history of the village, says
.The first white settlers found here a large popu-
| latiou family OF Indians were then living on inc
hanks OF the fresh brook. which einpties INTO
the Hudson near the present northeriy boundary
line of the village. These Indians were attracted 10
the spot by the fact that the In the ridge whch
separates the Saw Mil River Valley from the HUI
son enabled them to get to their hunting grounds IN
the interior OF the country footpaths OF iight
| and easy grades" These Indians were part oil
| the Great Mohegan tribe. and called the place
| "Weecquaesquck" by which name they became
known. 49, -, .
| During the Revolutionary War Dobbs Ferry was
n place OF considerable prominence. and the MIS-
,orlan saws that the district ra!ded. tormented
| and pundered during the entire revolutionary
| peroi by the cowboys" and the "skinncrs. the
:'bummers'' of both armies. Residents OF Dobbs
Ferry point a Large frame house which stands In
| broadway and before which commemorative stone
has been erected the birthplace OF the United
States IL IL related that In this bulding-the Van
! Rrugh Livingston house-Genera Washington. Sir
| Guy Carleton-then the commander-in-chief of the
1 british Army-and Governor Clinton met on May
8. 1888. after hostes had been suspended and tina,
then and there the terms for the DISARMAMENT OF the
| two armies were agreed upon. 1T was the grand