THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1897.
The Weekly GMmiele.
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Commissioner
Assessor
Surveyor
Superintendent of Public 8chool...C.U Gilbert
Coroner...
W. H. Buttg
STATE OFFICIALS.
ejyernoi . . . W. P. Ixrd
Bee rotary or State H B Kincaid
Treasurer ...... .-. . . . ...Phillip MetschaD
Bnpt.of Publio Instruction,. ....G-. M. Irwin
' Attorney-General .......C. V. Idlemau
, ' i G. W. UeBride
nator. ......... j. HV Mitchell
. - jb Hermann
ongresamen k. w R EUig
State Printer ....W. H. Leedi
Weekly ClobblDj Bate.
Chronicle and Oregonian. $2 25
Chronicle and Examiner. 2-25
Chronicle and Tribnue'. : .'. 1 75
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SPEAKER REED OK HARD TIMES
Breadth of - vie.w. and a fai-i eacb
ing pbilcsopby mark an article writ
ten by Speaker Thomas B. Reed on
recurring periods of business de
pression. His method is not to ex
amine tbe features of one such season,
but to take it in relation to tbe re ,
peated ebb and flow in the tide of
industry and commerce. He finds
in history a clear defined alternation
of good times and bard times, and
in regard to the latter is disposed to
believe with one of Shakespeare's
English kings, that "There is some
soul of goodness in things evil would
men observingly distill it out" Mr.
Reed argues that as long as nature
remains unchanged waves of pros
perity mus5 come and recede. Man.
kind is averse to monotony, and
needs periodically a time for fallow
ing. "Were tbe continuance of tbe
feeling of confidence prolonged, un
broken, for even a single century,"
says the speaker, am persuaded
that all the wealth of the world would
be dissipated, au.l nc should be a
naked as .Adam aud Eve came into
the world." If tbe United States
reaches a higher prosperity than other
nations it feels more than others tbe
running of business currents in the
contrary direction.
When times are flush in America,
as Mr. Reed views the case, the peo
ple are wasteful with their abund
ance, and spend capital which they
mistake for income. Presently a
general settlement is demanded, a
liquidation of debt. This is a com
plex operation the world over, and
it takes time to tell who owns the
property. As the source of profits
grows narrower the greatest ingenu
ity is applied to reduce the cost of
conducting business. Production in
mills and factories is made cheaper,
freight cars are enlarged into "small
barns," and locomotives are carried
forward and are an element in the
next season good times. In- general
the drift is toward higher prosperity
and civilization.
Mr. Reed makes no reference to
the political aspect of the case, but
be could write interestingly and in
structively on the extent to which
bard times can be tempered by the
intelligent and unremitting attention
of the people to public affairs. If
prosperity runs into wild speculation
that should be checked, and there
should be no waste even when the
born of plenty is overflowing. In
periods of liquidation a spirit of po
litical recklessness lurks at tbe door,
and t lie demagogue finds listeners
for bis cant and fallacies at every
street corner. We had prosperity in
1892. and it was lost through inat
tention to political duty. Tbe last
five years have not made up an era
of depression in other countries.
Brili.-h revenues, for instance, have
been favorable and tbe surplus un
usually large. Our latest visitation
of hard times was largely political in
its origin, and was therefore largely
preventible. Statesman.
It can easily he seen that the men
who decided to wait till the spring
opening of tbe Ynkon before at
tempting to reach tbe Klondike, had
the calmest 'judgment. ' This mad
rush for the frozen gold fields-has
never an equal in the history of
mining, and emphasizes . how
grinding the times have been the
last four years. Men who bad lost
property and employment through
the closing of industries and shrink
age of values, were willing to risk
their personal comfort and hold life
at a cheap Bgare if afaly- they could
obtain a portion of the bidden wealth;
What disappointments are n store,
time alone can tell, though even now,
they are 'easily pictured. . wuvn, one
- jDialim Ibagqard face will tell of deep-seated
:".:.?jBl.lKit'carc and worry af ter vealth,. At" the
, renditions are of re-
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lentless severity, and witb the pros
pect of food being scarce at Dawson,
tbe: situation is alarming. All re
ports confirm the possible famine,
and those whose friends are trudging
the weary pass may weft hope that
they will . turn hack to the coast,
where at least relief can reach, them.
A FEW BRYAN FALSEHOODS.
. The people who listened to Bryan
in St Louis heard a strange medley
of irrelevancies, of misinterpretations
ot conditions and of misstatements
of assertions, that is ' to say, which
had no application to tbe things
which he was talking about, of 'con
fusion of mind as to the meaning of
these things, and of falseboods. The
first and second classes of' Bryan's
obliquities are too numerous to be
mentioned here, saj-s the Globe Dem
ocrat, but we will touch on a few of
the third class. "Tbe idle roan,'
says Bryan, "is the menace to the
man who has employment, and the
number of idle men must necessarily
Increase if we have a money system
which constantly raises the value of
tbe dollar and constantly lowers tbe
market of the products of labor."
There is a triple falsehood here,
for Bryan, of course,, intended those
words to apply to existing condi
tions. Tbe number of idle men is
smaller than it was four months ago,
or four years ago. Everybody,in
cluding Bryan, knows this. Our
money system docs not constantly
raise tbe value of the dollar. Tbe
dollar will not buy as much labor,
skilled or unskilled, as it did fifteen
or twenty j'ears ago, or in more re-"
cent times. Here is something
which every workmgman has to sell.
This tiling will command more dol
lars than it did in 1873, when silver
was demonetized. It will command
more than it did in 1879 when gold
payments by the government were
restored. The prices of the products
of labor are not getting lower. They
are geti ing higher. Wheat is seventy
or eighty per cent higher than it was
when Bryan was running for presi
dent, mid when, for a time, there
seemed to be some danger that be
would be elected. Pork, corn, oats,
11.13-, and three-fourths of the other
products are higher than they were
then, nnd are steadily advancing.
Every mechanic or worker of any
sort who heard Bryan ' knew he was
telling a falsehood when he insinu
ated that wages were going down.
Everybody knew Bryan's insinua
tion about tbe decline in products to
be false. Bryan himself knew both
insinuations to be false. ,
Injunctions, says Bryan, are "gen
erally 'sought by employers who,
after combining among themselves,
endeavor to prevent co-operation
among their employes." This asser
tion, too, Bryan knows to be untrue.
Not a single instance in tbe whole
history of the labor disturbances of
1894 or 1897 can be cited in which
an employer bas obtained an injunc
tion to prevent the formation of
labor societies, or to stop any other
sort of legitimate combination among
employes. No injunction for any
such purpose has ever been asked by
ai.y one. No judge , of any court,
state or federal, in the United States,
would grant an injunction on any
such plea. Injunctions have been
granted to prevent workmen ' who
wanted, to work from being mal
1
treated or intimidated, to protect
tbe persons or property of employers
that were in danger, and to prevent
strikers and agitators from commit
ting crime for which they would be
punished. For these reasons, and
only for these, as Bryan is well
aware, have injunctions been issued.
"During the last campaign," de
clares Bryan, "an attempt was made
to rob the Australian ballot of much
of its usefulness. So-called 'sound
money clubs' were organized by em
ployers among their employes. Men
working for wages were compelled to
announce their position upon tbe
issue then paramount, and in some
instances were given to understand
that they were expected to vote with
their employers 6r risk the loss of
employment" Ignorant as the coiin
try believes Brvan -to be, nobody be
lieves be thinks this assertion is true,
Bryan knows that the" Australian
ballot prevails in nearly every state
in the union; he knows the employer
would not use a pressure which could
accomplish nothing. .
Every assertion which Bryan made
that bas a direct bearing on tbe situ
ation of 1896 or 1897 is a falsehood,
and known . to be such by himself,
Every sane person who heard Bryan
in St, Louis, 01 who reads bim, will
be profoundly grateful that the
United Slates bas been forever saved
from the humiliation ot having such
a shallow trickster and proven and
persistent falsifier in the chair of
Washington and Lincoln.'
OREGON'S MINES.
Time immemorial men have gone
wild in the pursuit of gold. When
Solomon's ships came back from
Ophir with ' their golden freight,
though sacred history does not
chronicle the fast, there was undoubt
edly a big rush across the Dyea pass
ot those days for the new gold fields.
Jason went in search of the golden
fleece, not on account of the wool,
but of its quality. Jupiter pene
trated the cave wherein Danae, tbe
beautiful, was imprisoned in the
shape of a shower of gold-dust In
modern days California, Australia,
South Africa' have all set the world
gold crazy, and . the present rush to
the Klondike probably exceeds them
all, for the reason that the yellow
metal lays within the domain of the
ice king. Human ingenuity and en
durance are taxed to wrest from the
grasp of the ice king the yellow
treasure, and yet while the wild tales
of wonderful treasures selJR.be blood
tingling, tbe capitaliels of Oregon, at
least, pass over and by mining possi
bilities which, properly developed,
would start a bigger nnd wilder rush
than the Yukon can boast of.
In Baker and Grant counties is
fabulous wealth. Their mountains
are teeming with the precious rretal,
yet from Baker county have gone
dozens, perhaps, to the unknown
Yukon, to wrestle with the hardships
of an Arctic winter. The Yukon is
undoubtedly rich in gold, yet we
Venture the assertion that inside of
ten years Baker and Grant counties
will produce more gold than Alaska;
more gold than Colorado, California,
Australia or Africa. They will pro
duce more gold in a month than
Rossland will show in ten years, and
yet Oregon capital, and particularly
Portland capital, is blind to its op
portunities and eoes wooing tbe
frosty goddess of fortune who dwells
within the Arctic circle. With a
half dozen little mills the counties
named are now producing $2,000,-
000 a year, and yet the mines are
not even prospected. -. .
The North Pole mine recently de
veloped a pay sti eak eight inches
wide that is worth $12,000 a ton.
Tellnride, worth $50,000 a ton, has
been found in another mine; and yet
while columu after column of the
Portland papers are filled with Klon
dike stories, a - half-inch telegram
suffices for the tale of Oregon's
wealth. Colorado and eastern capi
talists are buying up the mines, and
the wealth of Oregon's mines goes out
of tbe state. Tis true, tis pity.
Pity 'tis, 'tis true.
The Prineville Review is inclined
to say that the visit of Major Covilie,
a commissioner from the interior de
partment, inspecting the forest reset
vation, will be beneficial. Hereto
fore the examination bas been made
in Portland or at some foreign port.
A personal examination is just what
the stockmen wanted. They feel
that an unbiased examination by an
unbiased man will substantiate the
position taken by them that moder
ate grazing does not injure tbe tim
ber growth. This could never be
drilled into the cranium of any one
seated in some palatial cilice hun
dreds of miles from the scene of tbe
pretended examination.
Some of our Democratic exchanges
are finding fault with the improved
business conditions by saying that
McKinley and Republican victory
ftt the polls last year had nothing to
do with it. That may be true, but
the fact that business is improved
exists just the same. It is quite
proper that the people of America
shonld . render unto McKinley , the
things that are McKinley's, and unto
God the things thai are God's. The
trouble with our Democratic contem
poraries is that they deny one with
out giving credit to the other. ,.'
; The Oregonian is determined-to
make a martyr out of President An
drews by abusing bim at every turn.
Such continued tirad ing Is Unseemly.
The roan has committed no crime,
and. his case, although an important
one as illustrating the general prin
cipal of freo speech, has received
notice enough from the public, and
should be allowed to rest.
An eastern man has discovered
a new means of killing rats. . He
cuts cork in small pieces , and min
gles it with a food of peculiar at
traction to tbe rats, but which at the
same time causes a raging thirst.
I be rats eats the cork, drink water,
and burst from tbe swelling of tbe
corks.
Reports from Argentina are to tbe
effect that the wheat prospect is
good, and that 1,500,000 tons will be
available for shipment. As the, har
vest does not begin until January,
tbe guessing is somewhat premature.
Similar reports come from Australia.
Greatly Reduced Bates To rthe Oregon
State Fair. Sept. SO to Oct. 8.
Why not attend the state . fair , when
you can buy a ticket for one fare, round
trip, from any point on the O. K. & N.
Co, line...", . ... 1
The Oregon state fair and industrial
exposition will present unusually fine
exhibits and attractions in addition to
the numerous track features, and excit
iwg running race, with Del . Norte to
lower his record of 2:03 for a pnree ot
$253. Arrangements are being made for
the introduction of many new attrac
tions to interest and please all wbo at
tend. .
Visitors may prepare to.be royally en
tertained. One fare for the round trip,
and popular admission of 25 cents.
A New Drug- Firm. -
For several days there has been talk
upon the streets of a change in a well
known business bouse, and late yester
day afternoon articles were filed in the
county clerk's office incorporating the
Snipes. Kinersly Drug Co. Tbe incor
porators are T. A. Hudson, B. M. Bt-all
and W. H. Wilson, with a capital stock
of $7500, divided into seventy-five
shares of tbe par value of $100 each.
We are informed that Mr. Kinersly
will be the manager of the hew concern,'
and that the business will be conducted
in the same location.
Returned from Skaguajr.
Mr. John Parrott, whose letters from
Skagaay published in The Chronicle,
were read with great interest, arrived
home last night. He came back simply
because it was a question of wintering
at home or in Alaska. There was no
chance of getting through to Dawson
City, and this being the case the sensible
thing to do was to come home, and this
Mr. Parrott did. Dr. Siddall also re
turned from Alaska, but instead of coin
ing directly home, is at present in El
lensbnrg. He will be home early next
week.
MILLINERY NOTICE.
I wish to announce to the ladies of The
Dalles and vicinity that I have just re
ceived a complete stock of fall and win
ter millinery,' consisting of the latest
styles and lowest prices only. I wonld
be pleased to have the ladies call and ex
amine the same. I am
Respectfully Yours,
Mas. Chas. Pkibako, '
East End Second St.
Good Templirt' irojrram.
. The following is the program for the
Good Templars' entertainment to be
given at their hall Saturday evening:
Vocal Solo Myrtle Lewis
Tableau "Trying; on the Rubber'
Recitation Mr. Linnl Dawson
Vocal Duct. Lota and Lela Ke say
Tableau '-As It Will Be Written".
Vocal Solo '... Mrs. Varney
Tableau If"
Recitation ....... .......
Vocal Solo.....' Dr.
Tableau "A Reverie"
Admission 15 cents.
Lanncrberg
ATTENTION, SHEEPMENI
Do yon want the earliest and best
ranee in Washington, with 640 acres of
deeded land, and. a cnance to raiee un
limited quantities of alfalfa? If you do,
call on or address
J. H. Chadlebacgh, ,
ag21-tf The Dalles, Or.
To Cattlemen, Batcher and Others.
Wanted To pasture for two months,
100 head of stock on tbe overflow bottom
lands at Lyle, Wash. Magnificent feed.
For particulars apply to
T. Balfoue,
spll-tf Lyle, Wash.
Cash In Tour Cheeks.
All county warrants registered prior
to March 12, 1893, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases after Sept. 7,
1897. . ' C L. Phillips,
' County Treasnrer.
- TELEPHONE NEEDED.
Suggestion We Think Worth Con
. ! iderlna ;
The; people of Prineviile ; want "tele1
phonic coininniiication-- with tbe outside
world and sooner or later tbey are going
to get it. Some time ago bo mo of our
enterprising citizens agitated the ques
tion ot building a line to Prineville. bat
nothing came vl tbe effort.., The long
distarjcejine would not handle the jirop
osition.end so the matter wag allowed to
drop. ; Bnt there are more ways to kill a
cat than by feeding it to death and be -
cause one attempt has failed it is no
reason why others should not he
made.
The local telephone company, known
as the Seufert-Coudon line, hive built
and are maintaining a line to Dufnr.
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Tre ao not in wnemer it is a payinu
. .. 1 -u 1 ui.... v j. "uk, vwt aic caiieucu lb IB
a great convenience both to the people j
of Dnfur and The Dalles and much time
and money are saved every day by its
use. If this company conld be induced
to extend its line to Prineville, briild it
by way of Tygh Valley, thiiB tapping
the rich Wamic conntrv and then
branching to Autelope and other pros-
perous settlements, we believe the in-
vestment would be arood one to all
concerned. Probably tbe SeufertiCon -
don people do uotfeel instiCed in stand -
ing the whole expense, and it wonld be
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no more than right !f they were aided
dv a nnemi ivnniw.
We are 'soon to be in direct telephonic
communication with Goldendale; there is
now a sort of service between here aud
points in Sherman 'county, though it
does not give the best of satisfaction,
because all messages have to pars
throngh a third party at Grants, still it
is considerably better than nothing.
By identifying itself with these in
terior points, The Dalles can be of ser
vice to them as' well as reaping benefits
itself. The information has been given
ns that poles are on the ground between,
Tygh Valley and Dulnr and thi3 prob
ably meansjthat there is some thought
of extending the line that at present
goes but fifteen miles.
Anybody who has been to the Prine
ville country knows what a rich section
it is. ' We doubt if there is a more pros
perous settlement in the state. Its iu
tereate have heretofore been identical
witb The Dalles and it wonld be better
for all concerned if they were to con
tinue so, but it should be re.i.erubered
that Prineville 19 not absolutely depend
ant upon The Dalles as an outlet for its
products. The building of a 'railroad
from tbe Willamette valley or the mak
ing of good wagon roads wonld divert
much trade from the Columbia river.
But by making our relations steadfast
with this interior country we could bold
its trade and increaee our own commer
cial standing. Tbe building of a tele
phone line wonld be a great step in the
right direction. It is a suggestion
which the citizens of The Dalles can
well consider and be ready to aid should
the opportunity offer.
Market Report.
The Portland market ruled firm dor
ing the past week, and a good amount
of wheat passed into the bands of ex
porters here, Eeceipts have been quite
heavy, averaging 250 cars per dav. Ex
porters' limits are now on a parity with
an export basis, but holders still cling to
hopes of obtaining fancy prices, and
show no willingness to sell anywhere
near the market, and are asking from 3c
to 5c above the true value of wheat. .It
is stated that interior speculators bold
considerable of their early purchases,
and are firm holders. Farmers have
sold sufficient wheat to relieve their
pressing necessities, and are not now
free sellers, expecting to realize stiff
prices on tbe balance of their crops.
Shippers have immediate wants well in
band, and tbe existing demand relates
wholly to provision for future require
ments. Quotations range from 85c to
86c for Walla Walla, 87c to 88c for Blue
stem, and 87c to 88c tor valley per
bushel. Two ships cleared last Satur
day for the U. K., carrying 125,000 cen
tals of wheat, and the first cargo of new
wheat cleared from Puget sound, for tbe
U. K., by Sibson & Kerr, of this city,
last Saturday, carrying 47,471 centals.
Arrivals of vessels have been very light,
and the river at the present time is
cleaned np of disengaged tonnage.
Three more vessels will finish during
the week.
Interior advices to hand say that har
vesting is well under way throughout
Oregon and Washington. Some points
report a great scarcity of machinery, es
pecially of headers and binders. Threeh
ing machines seem to be plentiful
enough to thresh all tbe grain cut, and
are well np with the cutting machines.
A careful estimate places tbe amount of
grain cut at about 50 per cent. Whit
man county, the banner county of Wash
ington, has only threshed about 20 per
cent, of the total crop; CJmatilla county,
Oregon, about 60 per cent. In the vi
cinity of Pullman, Wash., fall grain is
not yielding as well as was expected,
but spring-sown grain promises a large
yield. In the Idaho district, most of the
grain is cut, threshed and marketed.
As has been explained before, America
and Canada can apparently be relied on
for not more than 25,000,000 quarters,
and Russia possibly 14,000,000 quarters,
whilst Roumania, .Bulgaria and Turkey
will be at tbe utmost able to ship only
5,000,000 quarters. These items give a
total of 44,000,000 quarters, and leave
11,000,000 quarters to be supplied by
Australasia and Argentina, whose crops
are four months from the date of har
vest, and from the minor countries, such
as lnlia, Chili,, Froguay and North
Africa. Thoce who seek to foretell the
probable future of wheat have only to
answer the question whether this latter
amount will be forthcoming.
PROVING HIS .POINT,
low - the-- Memneriat Convinced Hta
Audience of His Power.
' Several prominent people were talk-
! I ng' together recently in the' billiard
room of fie principal hotel in a large
provincial town in the north when a
j well-known conjurer and mesmerist
cjme to -eee if the bill poster had left
u:iy of his programmes, says the Scot
tish Nights. Two or three gentlemen
began to poke fun at the professor and
intimated that there was some trickery
j III Ills penOriUttHCc.
Finally the mesmeric professor stood
upon his dignity and offered to give a
free exhibition of his skill then and
there. He said that he would so place
one of thi- party when under his influ
ence thai when' he had caused the sub
ject to grasp his 'own nose he could not
leave the room without takinc his
j lingers from his nose.:
I The wager was accepted and one of
J the party, an alderman, gave himself
! uf to the influence of the mesmerist.
! who Placed him bv tlle' ide of an iron
flu,mn he J the,roomto,d
o close his eyes, and made a few passes
over hig faee. He then took theVlder-
man's arm, brought it round the col
umn and put his nose between . his
fingers. After a few more passes the
professor said: -'
"Now, sir, you cannot leave the room
without taking your finger from your
nose." ,
The victim opened his eyes and at
once saw the point of the joke.
THE MARINE ENGINEER.
An Officer with Vntt Rraponalbllltle
for Which He Seldom Gets Crctllt.
From the time, less than CO years ago.
when the first steam vessel crosKcd'tiu
Atlantic the evolution of the marine
engineer has been mpid, tntt he is the
one class of marine craftsman that,
above ull others, litis kept puce with
the developments of this fast speediri'g
age, and he stands 'to-duv the most fin
ished product of ji century that has
created more new types and more new
occuputions than any that has preceded
it, says the Pall Mall Magazine. The
marine engineer to-day is more impor- m
tant than any deck ollieer, but his im
portance is as little recognized by the
nonseafaring man as his identity is
concealed from the view of those who
travel in ships. Down in the bowels
of the vessel, he controls not only the
propulsion, but the steering, lighting,
pumping, anchoring, ventilation of the
modern marine structure, um! on the
warship he is even responsible for the
manipulation of heavy guns. The eyes
that steer the ship are these of the
officer of the watch, but the brain that
guides the ship to her destination and
regulates her internal economy is the
brain of the marine engineer. He is
the real responsibility, and, we are
afraid, his is the least share of the hon
or that is given to those who serve
their country or their employers with
courage and devotion on the sea.
THE NEW JUDGE'S TRIALS.
He Did Well on tire Bench Dot Mimed
Hta Latin.
Some years ago one of the laymen
who find places on the bench of the
highest court 'of New Jersey, thanks to
political influence and accommodating
governors, was a builder or contractor
living in the northern part of the state,
a man notoriously ignorant of law and
unfitted for any judicial position, says
the New York Post. Not long after his
appointment a judge of a federal court
who knew the man met him, and, with
rather an amused smile, asked:
"Well, judge, how do you get along
on the bench?"
"Oh," was the reply, "I get along very
well. You see, I have been on the grand
jury a good deal and so had picked tip
considerable about law. Iut, judge,"
he went on rather earnestly; "I find I've
got to study Latin." '
"Indeed! That s rather a serious busi
ness for a man of your age to take up,
is it not?"
"Yes, but I've got to do it. You see,
there are so many words 1 don't under
stand. Now, look here, what do they
mean when they say laches?"
He pronounced the word "latches,"
and as he spoke he made a motion with
his index finger as of a man lifting a
latch.
The future course of the judge's study
of Latin is not recorded.
DISLIKES NAME OF SING SING.
Residents of Penitentiary Town Want
It Written Ossinlna."
The matter of changing the name of
Sing Sing village to some other that
will relieve it of the odium of "prison"
is again being agitated. The president .
of the village, William Brar.dreth, Bays '
he has positive assurances from the
New York Central & Hudson River Kail
road company if the people will change
the name of the place the company will
establish a new station on the prison
grounds, to be known as "Sing Sing
station.," and use it only for transporta
tion to an i from the prison. The people
have grown tired of sseing in the news
papers that such and such a criminal
has been "sent to Sing Sing," the im
portant word "prison" being habitual
ly left out.
Again, a large number of the wealthy
citizens mate Scarborough, the first
station south, about Vs miles, their
station, and, coming home from their
business in New York, leave the train
at the pretty little suburb and drive
home in their smart traps. The name
of Ossining, the appellation of the town
in which Sing Sing is located, seems to
meet with the most favor as' the new
name for tbe village.