[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] What the village particu-larly needs is a number of factories to furnish work for our laboring people. Our village is not noted for the wealth of its citizens; on the contrary, for the most part, our families are in very moderate circum-stances, and dependent Upon their occupations for their support. The place is in good order, and abounds in neat, commodious and pleasant homes, and is but slightly marred by unsightly tenements and squalid hovels. The population of the town of Ossining at the time of its Organization, in 1845, was three thousand three hundred and twelve. In lX">.r> it was live thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight. Assessments and Ta X Es. — The total valuation of the real estate of the town of Ossining. as returned by the assessors for the year 1884, was nearly three mil-lions of dollars— accurately, two millions eight bund red and eighty-four thousand two hundred anil twen-ty-eight dollars. On this amount a tax of sixty-seven thousand dollars was levied and paid. Thk Officers of the Tow n ok Ossining are elected annually. The follow ing is a list of the first set of officers, elected immediately on the organization of the town, in 1S4">: Supervisor, (ieorge Sherwood; Justices of the Peace. Charles Yoe, Henry Harris, Thomas Cottcral, William Pugsley (Mr. Pugslev de-clined to serve, and was succeeded by Havid Mclteth); Superintendent of Common Schools, Nichols J.