NOTE.-Orders of similar character, and bearing the same date, were also issued to the following companies and persons : The Long Island Railroad Company, The Eastern Distillery Company, John Kehoe, Fred Hoffner, Kirchman & Sons, Benjamin Rosenweig, George Ackerman, E. R. & R. B. Livermore, Mayer & Lowenstein, James McGuiness, Emil Calman & Co., T. T. Lines, The New York Oil and Varnish Works (J. M. Gill & Co.), Simon Steinfels, Peter McArdle. Henry Berau, John & C. Muller & Co., George W. Baker, John Briggs, J. Barnett & Co., The Brooklyn Excavating Company, Walter Bownes, Seeley Brothers, Edward Smith & Co., Pratt & Lambert, H. D. Wade & Co., Bonnell & Valentine, Henry Elkin, C. Meyer, W. D. Wilson Printing Company (Limited), Reed & Co.

IN THE MATTER OF BENJAMIN W. DOWNING.. ORDER APPOINTING CHARLES S. FAIRCHILD COMMISSIONER TO TAKE TESTIMONY.

STATE OF NEW YORK,

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,

In the Matter of the Charges preferred against Benjamin W. Downing, District Attorney of the County of Queens.

Charges having been preferred against Benjamin W. Downing, district attorney of the

county of Queens, by

county of Queens, and been made and filed in

J. Lee Smith, a citizen of the said a written answer thereto having behalf of the said Benjamin W. Downing, I do hereby appoint Charles S. Fairchild, of the city and county of New York, commissioner to take the testimony and the examination of witnesses as to the truth of said charges; and I direct the Attorney-General to conduct the inquiry and examination before the said commissioner, first giving to the

said Benjamin W. Downing at least eight days' notice, in writing, of the time and place when and where he will proceed to the examination of witnesses before said commissioner.

[L. S.]

Given under my hand and the privy seal of the State, at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, this twenty-third day of July, A. D. 1883.

By the Governor :

DANIEL S. LAMONT,

GROVER CLEVELAND.

Private Secretary.

ORDER TO REED & CO., MODIFYING ORDER OF

JULY 20, 1883.

STATE OF NEW YORK.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.

TO REED & Co., 34 Beaver street, New York city:

July, 1883, a certain order

Whereas, On the 20th day of was by me issued, and to you directed, in and by which order a certain business, being the manufacture and storing of fertilizers, as conducted by you in the county of Queens, was declared to be a nuisance, and you were required to change the manner of conducting said business in the particulars in said order specified;

Now, therefore, I do hereby order and direct that said order be modified by adding to that part of the same which prescribes the manner in which the conduct of said business shall be changed, and after the word "premises"

the following words: "Unless kept covered, dry and disinfected.”

[L. S.]

Given under my hand and the privy seal of the

State, at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, this

27th day of July, 1883.

By the Governor :

DANIEL S. LAMONT,

GROVER CLEVELAND.

Private Secretary.

NOTE.- Modified order also issued to C. Myer, July 31, 1883.

I hereby appoint Doctor Judson B. Andrews, of the city of Buffalo, and Doctor Edward N. Brush, of the city of Utica, commissioners to examine William Henry Ostrander, now confined in the Oneida county jail under sentence of death, and to report the facts as to the condition of the prisoner and their conclusions as to his sanity, to me in writing, on or before Tuesday, August seventh, instant.

[L. S.]

Given under my hand and the privy seal of the State, at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, this third day of August, A. D. 1883.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By the Governor :

DANIEL S. LAMONT,

Private Secretary.

PROCLAMATION OF REWARD FOR APPREHENSION OF MURDERERS.

PROCLAMATION.

STATE OF NEW YORK.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,

Whereas, It has come to my knowledge that a person, supposed to be Patrick McCormick, was murdered at Island Park, in the county of Albany, on or about the fifteenth day of July, A. D. 1883.

Now, therefore, I do hereby offer a reward of five hundred dollars, to be paid for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who committed the said crime.

Given under my hand and the privy seal of the State, [L. S. ] at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, this third day of August, A. D. 1883.

By the Governor:

GROVER CLEVELAND.

DANIEL S. LAMONT,

Private Secretary.

REPORT OF COMMISSION APPOINTED TO EXAMINE WILLIAM HENRY OSTRANDER.

UTICA, N. Y., August 6th, 1883.

To the Honorable GROVER CLEVELAND, Governor:

SIR: In accordance with the instruction contained in your commission directed to us, we have made a personal examination of the prisoner, William Henry Ostrander, now in the Oneida county jail under sentence of death.

We have also examined and heard Mr. Cronin, the jailor;

Mr. Appleton, late jailor at Utica; Mr. Anderson, late jailor at Rome; Dr. Holden, jail physician at Utica; Dr. Evans, jail physician at Rome; Mr. Barnett, the prisoner's counsel, and others.

From our examination of the prisoner, and from the testimony of the above mentioned witnesses, we are of the opinion that the prisoner, William Henry Ostrander, is not insane, and respectfully so report.

TO BENJAMIN W. DOWNING, Esq., District Attorney of the County of Queens :

Whereas, I, Grover Cleveland, Governor of the State of New York, did heretofore require the State Board of Health to examine into nuisances affecting the security of life and health in Long Island City, and in the town of Newtown, county of Queens, and the said the State Board of Health did thereupon make such examination, and did thereafter and on or about the 6th day of July, 1883, report the results of such examination to me, which report was duly approved by me and was thereupon filed in the office of the Secretary of State;

And, whereas, in and by the said report the said the State Board of Health did find and certify the business carried on in and about the locality aforesaid by the Preston Fertilizing Company to be a nuisance;