New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-18
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
PEEKSKILI..

After recess extending over period OF SIX
weeks the Board Of Trustees of this village Will
probably hold meeting this evening.
The Board Of Education of Union Free School
District No. 8. Oakside, will meet this evening.
There will be collector Of taxes and truant OIL
Ger appointed II any candidate can be agreed upon
The Board has become Democratic by the election
of Dr. Mason in place Of \. r. Free. at the iast
school meeting. and there is some clashlng over APP
pointmcnts. The present collector is Orrin j. lo-
der and the truant officer Schuyler Lent. both ar
dent Republicans. There is grave question as TO
their reapponment. Eugene Il. Hill, Democrat.
is spoken Of for the collectorshp. and Robert +.
Fox an ex-constable. is the candidate for truant
officer.
Miss Ethel Lent has been re-engaged to teach Tor
another year at school district No. IL.
School Commissioner William G. Barrett Is now
engaged in looking the papers of the persons
examined at Drum Hi School last week. He re-
PORTS that there were thirty-seven candidates for
first grade. fourteen for second grade and ten Tor
third grade certificates 1t will be several weeks
before he will announce the results.
There will be special meeting Of WASHINGTON
Engine Company No . this evening. when hnai
preparations will be made for the company "Trip
10 Lockport attend the State Convention. Ihey
will leave Peokskil tomorrow evening
Ely & Ramsey's foundry resumed work yesterday
after being closed since July l.
Miss Bertha NJ. Hunt. OF Smth-st. has been en-
gagged by Arthur Smith trustee of Distrct NO. H.
10 teach at the Annsvile School in the coming year
The Rev Charles L. Carhart former Peekskiii
resident now of Marlboro, n. Y, has IN the August
number of The Church Union an article on the
subject ''7he Church and the Kingdom
Lewis W. Ames and Herman Goethe nave re-
turned from Saratoga, where they have been IN Al,
tendance upon the annual convention OF the Granu
Lodge of improved order of Red Men OF TINS state;
They represented Bald Eagle Tribe No. 4Oi, OF
Peekskill This local lodge is named after IeIer;l
James W. Hustled the Bald Eagle OF west
chester -, g Coorgo
Francis Heady. the nine-year-old son OF George
Heady was running across the dam OF Iehtlope
Lake Yesterday morning with some companions,
when he fell in The cries OF his playna'es prousnt
TO the scene Frederick Norman. VINO sprang INTO me
water and carried the drowning boy 10 lhe sHOie'
He was still alive but he died in two minutes ps
fore medical aid could reach him. pr r.. II. Al;
ivon and Or. {. {. Knight were called put couiu
not save the boy. This pond is dangerous SSpos,
and there have been many narrow escapes l IVvin
dronrirc there II is used for its ice ny freuerich
Roe Pcekskill Cc-dealer; ,,, . o,a 81
The house OF " illiam II. Belknapp was sola al
foreclosure at the Eagle Hotel on SATURDAY II was
purchased by Criah Hill j., for S'9VV Inc nous55
is fine one in Pauldng st II was o ,,i
and occupied for many years bX Johh ~ @ o
son and sold by him 10 Mr.. Belknapp q year OF 50
ago for $1,000. G. n. Urn was the referee. r.,
Assessors John Mabie, John NJ. IntthlI anu Eu-
GENE Il Hill Will be in the Town clerk oulVs W
Sav and listen TO those taxpayers VINO leel tnelii
selves agereVed in the makeup oil the tssessiieli
hook They will then review the assessment ioli
and make such corrections as they deem proper