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| U. S. Grant, July 22, 1885. |
The Cortland
News, Friday, August 1, 1885.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
Work has been commenced in putting up the wires for
the electric lights.
The
milkmen of this place have advanced the price of their merchandise to 5 cents a
quart.
About
five hundred persons attended the temperance picnic at Bloggett’s trout ponds
last week Friday.
The
next open air concert at the Messenger House, by the Homer Cornet band will be
Saturday evening, Aug. 15.
The
owners of the Mammoth rink have leased the building to the Hitchcock Mfg. Co., who will use it as a store house for cutters,
&c. Possession was given yesterday.
The
D. L. & W. railroad the fore part of the week announced a reduction of fare
to $5.00 to New York and return good from August 4 to 8, to all parties
desiring to attend General Grant's funeral.
A man
came to town Saturday and seeing the mourning emblems on the post office,
inquired of the postmaster who was dead. On being told Gen. Grant, he inquired
if he had "been sick long." The Simon pure "intelligent
juryman" has at last been found.—Oxford Times.
I. W. Brown, who has recently completed a census of
this village reports the population as 7,137. A year and a half ago it was
6,600 or a gain of 537. At this rate of increase it won't be long before Cortland
will be entitled to a city charter.
You
can measure a man's character, says an exchange, by his countenance while he is
waiting for his wife to dress.
The
bucket shop has been opened under the name of E. O. Andrews & Co., and the
probabilities are that more Cortland lambs will deposit their earnings there,
and when they want them again will find to their amazement that the bottom has
fallen out again. It you want to gamble, gentleman, why don't someone start a
faro bank. There, at least, it is a "square" game, as you certainly have
one chance in thirteen of winning, while in the bucket shop lottery all prizes are
blanks.
A
couple of days before Gen. Grant died he sat on the piazza of the Drexel cottage
at Mt. McGregor reading a newspaper. An enterprising photographer saw that the
general's position was just right for a good picture, and quietly adjusting his
camera, took what proved to be the last photograph taken during Gen. Grant's life.
Strange to say it is also the best. This picture which sells for 50 cents, and
is 4 1-2 by 6 1-2 inches in dimensions, is sent free to every subscriber to the
campaign edition of the Albany Weekly Journal, that is The Weekly Journal is sent from now until January 1st with the Grant photograph
for 50 cts., which is merely the price of the paper, or The Semi-Weekly Journal will be sent until November
10th, with the photograph for the same price. The picture of Gen. Grant is so
popular that a great many persons, including children, ladies and gentlemen,
have, while acting as agents for The Albany Journal, made $2 to $5 a day from their
commissions on the paper and the pictures. Information can be obtained by
addressing The Evening Journal, Albany, N. Y.
Brother
Ford, of the Dryden Herald, has purchased a power press and a boiler and engine, in order to more readily
turn out the work that is
crowding his office.
Grant Memorial Exercises.
Pursuant
to a call of [Cortland village] President Duffey, a meeting was held at
Firemen's hall last Tuesday evening to take measures for the observance of
General Grant's funeral, The meeting was called to order, with Wm. H. Clark in
the chair and Robert Bushby, secretary, Frank Place was appointed a committee on
music, and H . M. Kellogg and S. L. Palmer a committee to secure the Cortland
Opera House, or some other suitable place to hold memorial services. The
meeting then adjourned to Wednesday evening at the same place.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
H. M.
Kellogg reported that the manager and directors of the opera house had offered
to contribute $25, which reduced the rental to $25. The report of the committee
was adopted. Col. Place, reported that the Mechanics’ Band had offered to furnish
music gratuitously and that vocal music could also be obtained. The report was
adopted and committee continued. R. W. Bourne, Garret S. Van Hoesen, W. B. Stoppard,
H. M. Kellogg, Martin Edgcomb. George J. Mager. A. F. Tanner, J. B. Kellogg,
Geo. L. Warren, C. N. Blowers, a committee of arrangements. Robert Bushby,
James F. Maybury, Chas. W. Stoker, were appointed finance committee.
Two
o'clock p. m. on Saturday was fixed as the hour for holding memorial exercises.
The
committee on arrangements was empowered to request all business men to close their
stores between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m. on Saturday.
The finance
committee will call upon our citizens for contributions to defray the expenses
of the exercises, including the decoration of the opera house. Any balance which
may remain in the hands of the committee after these expenses have been paid,
will be contributed to the Grant monument fund, as it is hoped that everyone
will aid to swell the sum total.
The Cortland News, Friday, August
14, 1885.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
The memorial services at the Opera House last
Saturday afternoon were attended by a large audience, and were of deep interest
throughout. The majority of the business places in the village were closed
throughout the entire day with the exception of groceries and meat markets and
these latter were shut from 1 to 5 p. m., so that in the afternoon Cortland
wore a Sabbath like appearance quite uncommon for a Saturday afternoon.
The
Opera House was appropriately draped both outside and in. On the stage were
some elaborate and tasty floral decorations, the most prominent of which was a
large cross made of natural and artificial flowers, in the center of which was
a portrait of the dead chieftain, and at the bottom in purple flowers
the word "Peace." It was the handiwork of Mrs. G. J. Mager, and its beauty
was commented upon by everyone. The draping and festooning was done by Messrs.
R. B. Tubbs and A. M. Delavan.
The
following is the programme of exercises:
Music, Mechanics' Band
Reading Scriptures, Rev. Geo.
H. Brigham
Prayer, Rev. W. H. Annable
Music—Singing "America,"
Congregation
Remarks, President Hon. R.
Holland Duell
Address—"Grant, the
Soldier," Hon. A. P. Smith
Address—"Grant, a Representative
American," Rev. W. H. Annable
Music—Solo, Mrs. Adeline Louise
Nellis
Address—"Grant, the
Statesman," B. T. Wright
Address, Rev. John McLoughlin
Address—"Grant, the Man,"
Rev. Geo. Adams
Music—Singing, "Rest,
Spirit, Rest,” Choir
Address— "Grant’s Home
Life," Rev. J. L. Robertson
Music—Singing, "Nearer My
God to Thee," Congregation
Benediction, Rev. J. L.
Robertson
The
exercises throughout were fine. The remarks of A. P. Smith and B. T. Wright
deserving special mention, as does the singing of Mrs. Nellis.
Reference:
1) Grant's cottage at Mt. McGregor: http://www.lakegeorgemirrormagazine.com/2011/03/08/grant-cottage-mount-mcgregor/
2) Bucket Shop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucket_shop_(stock_market)
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