Engle Clock--"The Eight Wonder of the World"

The Cortland News, Friday, December 29, 1882.

CORTLAND AND VICINITY.

   We heartily wish you a happy New Year!

   Mr. D. Bauder is putting a boiler and pipes into the Cortland House so as to heat the entire building with steam. [The old Cortland House was destroyed by fire in December 1883—CC editor.]

   The late thaw accompanied by a fine rain replenished the cisterns and started the springs into action. Considerable relief was afforded but more is needed.

   Mr. W. S. Hoxie informs us that his steam saw-mill was burned in the early part of last Friday morning. Everything but the boiler was destroyed. Loss at least $ 2,000; no insurance. Mr. Hoxie has already begun the erection of another mill.

   The examination of Eugene Corl before Esquire Sands on Thursday, on the charge of abducting Miss Rose, whom he married at Ithaca, and to which we alluded last week, resulted in holding Corl in $500 bail to await the action of the grand jury.

   Tuesday evening was the time set for the election of officers of the Fire Department, but owing to a fire alarm the election was postponed until Wednesday evening, when an informal and a formal ballot for chief engineer were taken, the latter giving C. E. Ingalls, 42, M. F. Cleary 37, R. Bushby 3. A claim of irregularity was made, a discussion ensued, during which Mr. Cleary declined to run, followed by the same action by Mr. Ingalls, Mr. Bushby, Mr. Fred. Kingsbury, and in short of everyone who was thereafter named. It was finally agreed that a statement of the case and the names of the candidates should be presented to the Trustees of the village for their decision; and the meeting adjourned without voting for any of the officers.

   On the first of January next the law office of B. T. Wright, Esq., will be removed from Taylor Hall block to the new Standard block, corner Main and Tompkins streets, and M. S. Bierce, Esq., the new justice of the peace, will occupy the rooms made vacant by Mr. Wright.

   Mr. H. M. Kellogg, the hardware merchant, was made the recipient, Saturday evening, by his employees, of a beautiful gold watch-charm—a magnetic compass formed of a Masonic square and compass, the pivots being set in heavy glass and framed in gold. Mr. K. appreciates the feeling that prompted the gift, which for use, beauty and significance is rather unique.

   One of those pleasant incidents which do so much to lighten the labors of the workman and the cares and perplexities of the business man took place Saturday evening at the furniture store of Randolph Beard. After paying his employees he wished them a merry Christmas and, pointing to a pile of turkeys, requested each one to help himself to a Christmas dinner. This was, of course, a surprise to the men, but they were, it seems, well prepared for the emergency, for one of them handed to Mr. Beard a pair of gold-rimmed eye-glasses as a token of the good-will they bore for him. So totally unexpected was this act that Mr. Beard was fairly overcome by his feelings and was for some time unable to express his appreciation of the kindly action. But what he did finally say, and the manly, kind-hearted way in which it was said, together with the acts themselves, altogether formed a delightful incident which goes far to establish more firmly the friendly relations which exist and have ever existed between Mr. Beard and those on whom he depends for daily assistance. We should like to chronicle more such events.

  

A Wonderful Exhibition.

   Beginning next Monday, and continuing for one week, there will be on exhibition at Firemen's Hall what is known as the famous "Engle Clock," called the "eighth wonder of the world," and is far above the renowned Strasburg clock in all respects. It produces forty-eight moving figures, or twenty-six more than any other clock in the world. It also operates more dials, has more wonderful mechanisms, and more delicate movements, besides being more beautifully designed and finished, than any other mechanical invention or work of art beneath the sun. It indicates the month, day, date, hours, minutes, seconds, etc., and produces the sweetest hymns, and popular airs, beautiful scriptural figures, that pass to and fro in sight, going through wonderful performances, the ringing of bells, mechanical military representations, etc. All the phases of the moon, movements of the earth, planets and other heavenly bodies, are represented.

   The lecture is given by Mrs. Captain J. Reid, and is one of the attractive features of the exhibition. School children should not fail to see it; indeed, no one should. The prices admit the poorest as well as the richest—being 15 cents; and 10 cents for children under twelve years.

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