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The Cortland News, Friday, October 6, 1882.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
Messrs. D. Howard and E. Kinney are erecting a double house on Argyll Place,
and will themselves occupy it.
Have
you seen the comet yet? If set, rise about 4 or 5 o'clock on a clear morning and view the beautiful visitor. It is well worth the trouble.
Frosts
have visited this section nearly every night for a week past; the weather during
the days having been clear, pleasant, and moderately warm.
The
Cortland and Homer Horse Railroad Company are putting in a switch to their
property on South Main street, where they will, in due time, erect stables.
Mr.
Daniel E. Kinney has put up a windmill
pump at the roadside on his farm west of the village, which enables him to
supply not only his own stock but that of the traveler with water.
The
Board of Education has purchased of Jas. S. Squires a lot on the corner of
Duane and Owego streets, on which they will erect a school-house in accordance
with the expressed wish of the voters at the last corporation election.
Henry
Dennison, of Truxton, went into the Republican convention for the purpose of
obtaining the nomination for sheriff, but was defeated. Last week he was present
at the secret convention of defeated candidates, but received no official recognition.
Monday he made himself decidedly conspicuous in the temperance convention, but
that meeting, while it put him on the committees, did not put him on the
ticket. As Mr. Dennison is happy only when he's bolting, and as the Democrats
have held their convention, we hope that the female suffragists will do
something to add to his happiness.
The
Utica, Ithaca & Elmira railroad company have brought a writ of certiorari
against the assessors of the town of Truxton, asking the court to compel the
assessors to reduce their assessment in that town. The assessors have placed
the valuation of the road at $60,000, and the company ask to have the valuation
reduced to nothing, on the ground that the road pays nothing and is therefore
worthless. Diven & Redfield are the attorneys of the road, and the assessors
have employed Mr. H. C. Miner, of DeRuyter, who has successfully defended
similar suits for the same town before this action was brought. We understand
that a similar suit has been brought against the assessors of the town of
Cortlandville.—Cort. Dem.
Mr. Robert Bushby has placed his resignation as County Treasurer in the hands
of the Republican County Committee to be given to the Board of Supervisors in
the event of his election to the office of County Clerk.
A
disease called "blackleg" is raging among the young cattle of South Cortland.
Mr. A. P. Rowley has lost two of his stock, Robt. Shaw two, B. F. Bristol two,
Charles House two, and others to the number of nine, making fifteen in all.
At
the union temperance meeting Sunday evening at the M. E. church.
Prof. A. C. Dixon, of Chicago, Ill., was the
only speaker, and he delivered an unusually effective address, speaking from a
personal acquaintance with the evil effects of liquor drinking.
Mr.
George Porter, of the famous whaling bark Swallow, arrived home a few days since, after a voyage of four years,
being the second trip, and during the time he visited many of the principal
ports of the world, going as far north as the latest exploring expeditions. Mr.
Porter expects to ship again soon for a voyage of about two years.
Mr.
J. B. Capron has purchased for $6,000 that part of the wooden building south of
Taylor Hall Block in which the post office is located, and will take possession
about the first of December next. This, of course, necessitates the removal of
the post office, as the premises had not been leased for any specified time and
therefore were held only by sufferance. The prominent question now up for discussion
is the future location of the post office.
Ex-Sheriff
Isaac W. Brown has just completed the enumeration of the population of the
village of Cortland, and the result is decidedly astonishing. In 1880 the
census of the corporation showed its population to be 4,109. We knew, with Mr.
Brown, that several scores of houses had since then been erected, and it was
estimated that perhaps 1,000 had been added to our population. But the actual
figures, as given by Mr. B., puts our population at 5,897, an increase of over
1,700 in two years. This does not include, as some might reasonably question, Normal
students who have come from outside the corporation to attend our school; none but
actual residents are included…
Wednesday
night the residences of Dr. M. G. Hyde and P. Van Bergen were entered by
burglars and a gold watch, $26 in money and a quantity of clothing, in all
about $300, were taken from the former, and a new gold watch and some
silverware from the latter. Officers followed what they learned was the
route taken by the thieves, and late in the evening near McLean they separated;
Sheriff Van Hoesen about 10 o'clock saw a person and ordered him to halt. The
party drew a revolver when the sheriff fired his shot-gun, but in the darkness
the thief escaped. Afterward a hat was found riddled with shot. Unable to
obtain the necessary assistance, the officers returned to Cortland, and this
morning, with increased force, started again and are out as we go to press. We
are informed that the residences of Coleman Hitchcock and James L. Bagg, of
Homer, were entered on Tuesday night and a quantity silverware secured.
The
Cortland Standard facetiously
inquires how Mr. Mantanye, being a Half-Breed, came to vote for Mr. Smyth for Chairman
of the State Committee. In politics outside of Cortland county it is usually
understood that the convention settles the disputes of the factions, and the
committee is to be Republican and work solely for the ticket, and not to carry on a factional strife within itself. That would make it useless. The majority
rules, and as there is no body for a minority to appeal to, the minority does
not oppose the majority. For that reason no Half-Breed was named or voted for
Chairman—Mr. Smyth, Mr. Cole, Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Davie, the only persons
voted for, all appearing in the Tribune's list of Administration men. Mr. Smyth was nominated by Mr.
Erwin, a Half-Breed from St. Lawrence, and Mr. Carpenter was nominated by John
O'Brien, a Stalwart of New York. Mr. Cole and Mr. Carpenter both declined to be
candidates for the place as the proceedings show. Now let the Standard
go to work for the ticket and drop its factional quarrels until
after election.
CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS.
Special
meeting of the board of trustees held September 19th, 1882: Present—I. H. Palmer,
president; C. C. Taylor, H. Wells, D. E. Smith and G. W. Bradford, trustees.
The
bond of Fitz Boynton as treasurer with Edward Keator and William S. Copeland as
sureties was received and on motion approved and ordered placed on file.
The president
reported that a clear title to property known as the gravel bank was shown by a
search of the county clerk's office, and that John Dodd and wife had executed a
deed conveying the same to the Village of Cortland. The search ordered placed on
file, the deed to be recorded forthwith and the sum of $1,061.16 be paid to
said John Dodd.
The
following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
W. W. Davis, 413 feet flagging
stone.. $50 93
S. B. & N. Y. R. R., carting do.
. ……… 18.44
C. S. Niver, service cleaning side
walks ..3.35
Do., do. Sanitary………………………….. 2.00
John Garrity, drawing steamer to
fire.. ….5.00
On a requisition of the board of Education,
the following was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the sum of $5,300
be set apart for school purposes, and the treasurer of the village be and he is
hereby instructed to honor the drafts of the board of education to that amount.
Resolved, That the time for the collection of
taxes be extended thirty days, and that the collector's warrant therefore be
continued in force until the evening of the 23rd of October next.
WHEREAS,
A petition was heretofore made
by citizens of Cortland interested in lands abutting and affected by Railroad street
[Central Avenue—CC editor] in said village, which said petition was addressed
to the president and trustees of the village of Cortland and was in the office
of the clerk of said village on the 14th day of September, 1881, praying that Railroad street in said
village be laid out, opened and extended across the lands and track of the Syracuse,
Binghamton and New York railroad company three rods in width to coincide and
correspond with the line of said street as heretofore laid out, opened and traveled
on either side of the lands and tracks of said Syracuse, Binghamton and New
York railroad company; and
WHEREAS, Proceedings were heretofore instituted to lay out and extend East Court
street in the village of Cortland, which gave rise to a controversy between
said Syracuse, Binghamton and New York railroad company, the Cortland Wagon company
and the village of Cortland respectively, which controversy was compromised and
settled by an agreement in writing, bearing date the 1st day of May, 1882, and
filed in the office of the clerk of the village of Cortland the 19th day of
September, 1882; now, therefore, pursuant to the prayer of said petition and
the provisions of said agreement,
Resolved, That said Railroad street be, and the same is
hereby laid out, opened and extended in a straight line across the lands and
tracks of the said Syracuse, Binghamton and New York railroad company, three
rods in width upon a line to coincide and correspond with the line of said
Railroad street on either side of the lands of the said railroad company as
said street was heretofore laid out, opened and extended, and the same as shown
on a map made by F. E. Knight, C.E., and filed in the office of the clerk of
the village of Cortland on the 2d day of September, 1881, and as the said
Railroad street is now worked and traveled.
On
motion the meeting adjourned.
JONATHAN HUBBARD, Clerk.
HOMER.
Correspondence of THE
NEWS, October 6, 1882.
The 9th annual parade of the Homer Fire Department, which was
held last Friday was a success in every particular. There were thirteen
companies in line and four bands. It was witnessed by one of the largest crowds
Homer has ever known. Many of the business places were decorated, among which
the stores of Kingsbury, Daniels & Co., Arnold, Woodruff &
Pierce, Button, Boies & Co., Mrs. C. F. Baldwin and Johnson Bros, were the
most noticeable. The dwellings of P. C. Kingsbury, G. D. Daniels, Mills Van
Hoesen, and P. Zimmer were tastefully decorated and attracted much attention.
All along the line of march the national colors were displayed. The following
companies were in line: Emerald Hose, Orris Hose, Water-Witch Engine and
Excelsior Hook and Ladder, of Cortland, with Scott Band; Tuthill Hose and Fitts
Steamer, of Moravia, with the Moravia Light Infantry Band; Eagle Engine and
Hose, of Marathon, and the Marathon Cornet Band, and Steamer Hose, Tempest
Hose, Tempest Engine, Orient Hook and Ladder, and the Cornet Band, of Homer.
After the parade the companies assembled in Keator Opera House, where a hearty,
characteristic speech was made by Irving H. Palmer, Esq., of Cortland, and the
companies were dismissed. Immediately afterwards, Excelsior H. and L. Co.
exhibited their apparatus on Main street, and the Steamer and Hose Companies, of
this place, occupied Wall street for the same purpose. The Ball at the Opera
House in the evening was a brilliant affair, and was largely attended. The
music was excellent. The most attractive company in line was the Emeralds, of
Cortland, with their new cart which is certainly a beauty. Orient H. and L. Co.,
of this place, made a fine appearance, as also did Tempest Hose. All in all, it was a day long to be
remembered by our worthy fire department.
References:
Half-Breeds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Breeds_(politics)
Stalwarts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalwarts
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