New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-08
SING SING.
THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND BESIDE
THE RAILROAD TRACK.
ANNUAL SCHOOL ELEcTroNs-Tw CHURCHES TIC

ANNUAL, SCHOOL EIEcTIoNs-Two CHURCHES TO
RE CLOSED ro-DAY-oTHER LOCAL NEWS
The Ossining Electric Railway Company makes
tho gratifying statement that II carried In July
4 9o5 more passengers than II carried for the same
month last year. Since January every succee"-
ing month has shown a steady increase OF DUST
ness over the month OF the year before. be-
ginning with to-day. round-trip tickets Will not ne
sold on any Of the cars until after camp-meeting
closes.
The annual school election OF the camp ground
district of this town held on Tuesday evening. re-
suited in the election OF the following officers for
the year: Trustee. Esmeraldo Purdy: clerk, jacob
Berberch; collector Mrs. Martha Haines; treas
urer Augustus Smith. In the Scarborough district
] Henry Holden elected trustee. and g. car
ence Holden clerk and collector.
Mrs Ballington Booth her little daughter. Theo-
dora and her nurse and Lieutenant Jennie Hughes.
Mrs Booths secretary are the guests OF Colonel
ard Mrs Sage at the prison, where they will re-
main until Monday.
Mrs Paul NJ. Pierson Is visiting friends In Port
land Me
The Rev Dr. Harris, rector Of st. Mary's Church.
Scarborough, is enjoying his usual vacation.
A special business meeting OF the Young Peoples
Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church will be held on
| Tuesday evening The annual moonlight excursion
of the society will take place on August 49,
A company TO engage in the manufacture or
enamelled brick at Croton organized in this
village this week by the election OF the following
officers President. John Gibney vice-presdent Al
bert w Twiggar; secretary. Harry ID. Swain;
treasurer Smith Lent superintendent, Herbert
Morehouse The Board Of Directors consists Of al
the above officers.
The wife and six children CT Louis Gordon, the
New York frebug who is serving out a sentence at
the prison here visited him Thursday. The
children are all small. ranging In size from an in
FAINT to boys nine or ten years old The day was
warm one and the children were hot and fretful
Warden Sage's family. with their accustomed good
ness of heart. took care OF the younger children
while the mother and older boys were talking to
| the husband and father
! Professor and Mrs. Emil Mendel have returned
! home from their European trip arriving in this
! village Thursday last.
Miss Annie Acker and Miss Jennie and May Fisher,
chaperoned by Mrs. Eldredge guests at the Fair
! field Asbury Park. Miss May Sherman is also en-
| joying outing at the same place.
George Ostendorfer starts to-day for vacation
| trip TO Champiain and bicycle tour in Canada. He
will be gone about two weeks.
Village Trustee Z. T James. George Barlow and
T.orin and Leroy Clark following the teachings
of leak Walton at Barnegat
Town Clerk Dennis announces the following vital
statistics for July in this town: One marriage sixteen
deaths and births OF the deaths eight were
males: the youngest person nine days DID, the
oldest eighty-two years: average OF twenty-six
years OF the births eight boys
The recent spe. OF hot weather proved too much
for Commodore Ralph Brandreth and he has again
taken refuge the cool recesses OF the North woods
at Brandreth Lake
The two-act farce entitled "A Box of Monkeys "
will be given at Mount Pleasant Academy. on Wednes-
day evening next, by a number Of young men, some
of whom are residents OF the village and others here
for the season.
George Ellison Is erecting a brick house in State
ST. near the site OF the building known the State
house" which was destroyed by fire February IL.
1850 It was building OF peculiar architectural APP.
nearance TWO stories and basement, and sur
mounted by an octagonal cupola of odd proportions
II was built bv the State the of the agent or
the prison at the time offices OF agent and warden
of that institution were he'd by separate individuals
lanes Kay engineer Of the Ossnning Electric Rail-
way mas been promoted TO the post OF assistant gen.
era manager george IdniHoHu suSS'euH -ii' nay
To hermit OF repairs being made to the interior.
Trinity Episcopal Church Will be closed to.inorIow'
the BAPTIST Church will also be closed on that day
| As the pastor the Rev +. w. Lockwood. Is away on
On account of the extreme heat the foundry at this
Mace was closed several days this week. 49,
The REV Mr.. Harris and his mother ana MISS
Vandewater are visiting Mrs. Thomas NJ SHERWOOD
! near the camp-meeting woods.
| ~ Prison-keeper Irving Jewell yesterday morning
about o'clock found the body Of man lying Deside
the Hudson River Railroad tracks snorI d,s,a, me-
north of the prison Investigation showed mat me
man had been killed by a blow on the neao ana az IL
is supposed that ne fell off freight tram some ,ne
Thursday night or Friday morning ne was md
| bad hack Kid gloves on his hands. In his pockets
were found the mouthpeces OF cornet ana c1rnel
music book: also Key rlh9 Tah eIearapher o.
sraror one Of the mans legs was shorter ihsn the
I other and he wore iron brace on tne leit ies'
! Coroner Anger will hold an inquest to-day