Lowville, Lewis Co, NY printed in the Journal and Republican, Thursday January 5, 1893 Personal Paragraphs - Miss Julia PORTER has returned from Utica. - Mrs. W. O. PHILLIPS is visiting Gouverneur friends. - Miss Floy P. GREELY returns to-day to Mt. Holyoke college. - Mr. Fred H. RALSEN returns to Hamilton college to-day. - Mrs. Emily SHOEMAKER, of Antwerp, is visiting Mrs. Horace STEVENS. - Miss May BROWN, of Watertown, is the guest of Mrs. C. H. BATEMAN. - Mrs. Nellie TOWN, of Utica, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Adam CLOSE. - Mrs. B. F. JENNE leaves for her home at Springfield, Mass., to-day. - Mrs. L. G. GIFFORD and son, of Watertown, have been visiting Lowville friends. - Miss Matie and Kittie GRAHAM, of Watertown, are visiting friends in town. - Mr. J. J. YELTON, of Oneida, has been passing a few days in town with C. E. BUTTS. - Mr. and Mrs. George W. FOWLER have as their guest Mrs. Abi STRICKLAND, of Mendon, Mich. - Mr. Alonzo HALL, of Watertown, nephew of Mrs. General NORTHRUP, has been passing a few days in town. - Mr. Philip BROCKWAY of Arlington, N.J., has been the guest of Dr. A. H. CROSBY and family the past week. - Spencer KLING, who left New Bremen last spring, has located about one hundred miles below Los Angelos, Calif. - Morris HUMPHREY, of Arizona, is visiting friends in Lowville and vicinity. He formerly resided at Harrisburg. - Mr. Fred E. MILLS and son, of Buffalo, have been passing a few days in town with Samuel MILLS and family. - Miss Rosa LUMBER, who had one of her eyes badly burned with lye some time ago, left for Syracuse yesterday for treatment. - Attorney F. C. SCHRAUB is in Albany exerting his influence for the election of Edward MURPHY, Jr., to the United States senate. - Mr. and Mrs. John M. VAIL, of Athens, Pa., are passing a few days in town with Prof. and Mrs. Lincoln E. ROWLEY. - Mrs. Mark COLEMAN, after a six weeks' visit with friends in Rome and Westfield, Mass., has returned to her home in this village. - Mr. and Mrs. G. W. ROBERTS, of Philadelphia, were among those in attendance at the leap-year party given by the ladies of Lowville. - Mr. L. B. RICHARDSON, wife and daughter, of Grand Forks, N.D., arrived here Saturday to pass several weeks with friends. Mr. RICHARDSON is meeting with fine success in his banking and other business enterprises in Dakota. DENMARK. - December went out most beautiful, but January came in squally. - The finest sleighing seldom ever seen in this country was that of last week. - Mr. and Mrs. A. W. ARCHER, of Utica, have been visiting their parents here. - Mr. and Mrs. Herman FREDERICK have been passing the holidays at the Metropolis. - A large amount of slab wood is being purchased at T. B. BASSELIN's mill this winter. - Mr. and Mrs. Will REED are entertaining friends from the west at their home in North Lowville. - Loren E. HARTER, who is attending Cornell university, has been passing the holidays at the home of his parents. - Last week Mrs. J. B. L'HUILLIER was the recipient of a check for $40 as a Christmas present from a brother in Connecticut. - On Friday of last week a man at work in the woods chopping for Thomas CHAMBERLAIN, struck the bit of his axe into the top of one of his feet, taking off some of the bone. - An intimate friend in Lowville, in speaking of himself, said to us the other day: "The man who works the hardest is this world is thought by very many not to have anything to do." That is about the case. - At the annual church meeting for the election of officers, held at the Line church on Saturday last, J. T. KITTS, O. F. BOWEN and P. E. WHITE were elected trustees; Boardman PERSONS, secretary, and J. T. KITTS, treasurer. The meeting was largely attended. A HAPPY NEW YEAR One of the largest gatherings at the Line church for many years, was that of New Year's eve. People came on that lovely night from all quarters to take part in the festivities and to witness the richly ladened trees, which bore gifts for scores who were present. The exercises consisted of recitations, dialogues and readings, interspersed with plenty of good singing and instrumental music, which was well received and greatly applauded. The genial and humorous J. B. L'HUILLIER personated Santa Claus, and when the jingle of the merry bells were heard without, it was evident that the frostly old sage was coming, and so he did come much to the merriment of all. To say the least it was a happy New Year indeed. DEATH OF WILLIAM C. CLARK Last Saturday a large concourse of relatives and friends attended the funeral of one of our most estimable citizens, William C. CLARK, who died after a few days illness, December 29th, at the age of 72 years. Mr. CLARK during his lifetime was one of our most active and influential citizens. He had held many town and county offices, and his councils were generally in the right. Mr. CLARK was an active member of the Denmark grange, and was formerly treasurer of the same. We shall miss his going in and out among our numbers. The church of ? has also lost an ardent supporter, and the community at large will mourn the loss of one whose life has been well spent. Mr. CLARK leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter to mourn the departure of a kind and endearing husband and an indulgent father, viz: Eugene and Frank CLARK of Kansas City, Mo., who were present at the funeral; C. B. CLARK of Deer River, and Mrs. C. A. THOMPSON, of Copenhagen. Rev. J. K. GRIFFITH, pastor of the Congregational church of Copenhagen, officiated at the funeral. The deeply bereaved family, two of whom are invalids, will have the sympathy of all. transcribed by Sheila Lofft Strickland