The
Cortland News, Friday,
November 23, 1883.
Board
of Supervisors.
The Supervisors of Cortland county met in annual
session at their rooms in this village on Monday, Nov. 12, and were called to
order by H. D. Waters, Esq., clerk of the last Board.
The
following answered to their names:
Cincinnatus—Wallace W. Wood.
Cortlandville—R. Bruce Smith.
Cuyler—William Baldwin.
Freetown—Chauncey Smith.
Harford—Henry C. Gray.
Homer—Wm. H. Crane.
Lapeer—Leroy Smith.
Marathon—E. Clark Carley.
Preble—W. W. Wright.
Scott— W. H. Morgan.
Solon—James Dougherty.
Taylor—Albert Clark.
Truxton—J. C. Nelson.
Virgil—Walter L. Chaplin.
Willett—Wilson Greene.
On
motion of Mr. Nelson, Mr. Carley was elected temporary chairman, and on motion
of Mr. Dougherty, an informal ballot for permanent chairman being taken, Wilson
Greene received 8, W. L. Chaplin 3, E. C. Carley 2, W. H. Crane 1, Blank 1. The
informal ballot was made formal, Mr. Greene was declared elected, and on taking
the chair he thanked the Board in well-chosen language for the honor of the
election.
On
motion of Mr. Chaplin, an informal ballot for clerk was taken, and J. L. Cotton
received 5, H. D. Waters 6, Jas. Steele 2, Ed. L. Adams 1, Blank 1. A formal
ballot being ordered, Cotton received 6. Waters 6, Adams 1, Steele 1, Blank 1.
Six more ballots were taken without a choice, but on the eighth Waters received
9 and Cotton 6, and the former was declared unanimously elected, and in proper
terms expressed his thanks.
The chairman and clerk were appointed a
committee to employ a janitor.
SECOND DAY—NOV. 13.
Messrs.
Dougherty, Chaplin and Crane were appointed a committee to draft rules of
order, and it was agreed that the rules of last session should govern.
Mr. Crane
presented a resolution passed by the Board of Town Auditors of Homer asking
that authority be given the Commissioner of Highways to borrow $1,500 to make a
final payment on a bridge erected in East Homer. On motion of Mr. Dougherty,
the Highway Commissioner was authorized to execute his promissory note for the
amount, payable Feb. 1, 1885, with interest not to exceed 6 per cent.
The
chairman announced the following standing committees:
On
Court-House and Jail—Wright, Baldwin, L. Smith.
On
Settling with County Treasurer—Carley, Gray, Crane.
On
Settling with County Clerk and Sheriff—Chaplin, Nelson, Morgan.
On
Settling with County Judge and Justices—R. P. Smith, Dougherty, Clark.
On
Settling with School and Loan Commissioners—C. Smith, Crane. Wood.
On
Auditing Constables' Bills—Wood, Dougherty, Baldwin.
On
Miscellaneous Bills—Morgan, Nelson. Chaplin.
On
Appropriations—Gray, R. B. Smith, Carley.
On
Public Printing—Clark, C. Smith, Morgan.
On
Footing Assessment Rolls—Crane, Chaplin, Dougherty, Wright, Baldwin, R. B.
Smith, Clark.
On
Settling with Supervisors and Clerk—L. Smith, Baldwin, C.Smith.
On
Jurisprudence—Dougherty, Chaplin, Nelson.
On
Settling with Superintendent of the Poor—Baldwin, Wood. C. Smith.
On
Equalization—Nelson, Carley, R. B. Smith, Crane, Gray, Chaplin, Dougherty.
On
Coroners' Bills—Wright, Carley, L. Smith.
On
Settling with District Attorney—Wood, Morgan, Wright.
THIRD DAY—NOV. 14.
A
communication from Dr. Armstrong, Superintendent of the Binghamton Insane
Asylum, stating that Joseph C. Brown had been admitted to the asylum by
direction of the Superintendent of the Poor of this county, was filed.
A
communication from State Comptroller Ira Davenport showed that the aggregate
valuation of property in this county had been fixed at $9,394,438, upon which a
State tax of $30,531.92 must be levied, being 3 1-4 mills on the dollar; and
that $100.96 was the amount of non-resident taxes credited to this county.
A
communication from G. A. Doren, Superintendent of Syracuse State Idiot Asylum, called for the raising by tax of $38
for clothing J. D. Hawley and Etta Toppin, pupils in the asylum from this county.
Messrs.
Nelson, Carley and Crane were appointed a committee to report upon and
designate some proper authority to cause the bodies of honorably discharged soldiers,
sailors and marines to be properly interred.
On
presentation of facts by County Clerk Bourne, Mr. R. B. Smith was authorized to
make needed repairs on the building.
A
petition from the Truxton Board of auditors, asking that $16.20 be added to the
abstract of that town in favor of F. W. Higgins, was granted.
Mr.
C. Smith was authorized to add $3 in favor of Theodore Shepard to the abstract
of Freetown.
Mr.
Crane was authorized to add $4 in favor of A. P. Henderson, $4 for F. A. Gallup
and $6 in favor of I. M. Alexander, to the abstract of Homer.
Mr.
Clark was authorized to add $16 for Thos. G. Brooks to the abstract of Taylor.
FOURTH DAY—NOV. I 5.
Mr.
L. Smith, of Lapeer, was authorized to strike from the assessment-roll of that
town the real-estate of C. A. Dillenbeck, valued at$1,300, the same being rightfully
assessed in Marathon.
Mr. Crane
was authorized to add $3.95 in favor of Mr. I. W. Brown, to the abstract of
Homer.
Mr.
Greene was authorized to add $10 for Almon Talbot and $3 for Marion Babcock to
the abstract of Willett.
Report of the Loan Commissioners was read and referred to proper
committee.
FIFTH DAY—NOV. l6.
Mr.
Crane was authorized to add for T. White & Son $10 to the abstract of Homer.
Dr.
H. T. Dana was chosen jail physician for the ensuing year.
The
salary of the County Treasurer to be elected next year was fixed at $500.
Messrs.
J. S. Squires, H. M. Kellogg and L. S. Hayes, railroad commissioners of
Cortlandville, appeared and reported, and made extended remarks, and action
thereon was made special order for next Wednesday.
An
invitation from Geo. Murray, Superintendent of the Poor, to visit the alms
house on the 21st inst., was accepted.
Jay
W. Taylor, of Homer, was elected sealer of weights and measures.
SIXTH DAY—NOV. 17.
A
resolution was adopted requiring the license moneys received by the several
towns and also the justices' fines prosecuted at the expense of the town, to be
credited to the several towns from which they were received and the same
deducted from their tax.
The
supervisor of each town was authorized to add to the assessment of his town any
highway tax returned unworked and not commuted.
The
supervisor of Solon was authorized to add $4 in favor of Leroy D. Seacord to
the abstract of his town.
SEVENTH DAY—NOV. 19.
The
District-Attorney made a report of the business transacted by him as such
officer, showing that he had received $150 in fines, and $1,500 forfeit of bail
bond in the case of James H. Fox, which he had paid to the County Treasurer.
A petition
of the assessors of Lapeer, asking that land belonging to Arnold Brown and John
L. Smith be added to the assessment-roll of said town, was granted.
The
supervisor of Virgil was authorized to add $6 in favor of E. N. Barnes, to the
town abstract.
The
supervisor of Scott was authorized to add $3 in favor of F. G. Alvord to the
abstract of said town.
The
assessors of Cortlandville petitioned the supervisors to correct the assessment-roll of that town in regard to clerical errors therein relative to
deductions not having been made of stock held by stockholders of the National
Bank and Second National Bank of Cortland. The petition was granted.
A
petition of the assessors of the town of Cortlandville, asking that the bank
stock held by M. S. Bierce be reduced in accordance with his affidavit, was
granted.
A
petition offered by Mr. Gray, that the town of Harford be exempted for this
year from the requirements of a law passed by the Board of 1875 in relation to
the assessment and taxation of dogs was referred to the committee on jurisprudence.
A
resolution calling for bids for printing journal of proceedings was passed.
Dr.
Nelson reported that portions of the Steele farm in Cuyler and Truxton had been
assessed in both towns, and the same was referred to the committee on footing
assessment-rolls.
Mr.
Crane reported that the lands named were correctly assessed in the town of Cuyler,
and that the supervisor of Truxton be authorized to erase the same from his assessment-roll.
County Clerk Bourne presented a certificate from Judge Smith that the
maps of certain streets in Cortland having been lost, the same should be
obtained and filed in the clerk's office, and the same was referred to the
committee on jurisprudence.
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CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
Mild,
Indian-summer-like weather this week.
The
Supervisors visited the county alms-house on Wednesday.
The
new standard time has been adopted by the U. I. & E. R. R.
Arrangements are being made to place the new clock in the tower of the Squires
building.
Five
houses have been built and the sixth one begun on the Fish and Walrad purchase
during the past season.
The
county clerk's office building is being repainted by order of the Board of
Supervisors. Loucks & Palmer are doing the job.
The
building formerly used as a nail factory is being rapidly prepared for the reception
of the machinery for the railroad shops.
Argyll Place was opened as a street only last spring, yet there are now
eight houses thereon, all of which are in good style and some first-class.
Street lamp posts have lately been placed near the residences of E. P.
Slafter on Argyll Place, F. N. Harrington on Reynolds avenue, and M. McGraw on
James street.
Haverly's Minstrels entertained Homer people Saturday evening but came back
to the Cortland House to stay over Sunday; which was paying a deserved compliment
to landlord Bauder.
Dr.
Hoose has begun the practice indulged in heretofore of analyzing authors before
the school. It is a species of literary entertainment greatly enjoyed by the
scholars. An evening each week will be devoted to this study.
D.
McCarthy & Co., of Syracuse, now use the electric light in their immense store,
for the express purpose of accommodating their heavy trade Saturday evenings.
It enables buyers to select goods as well at night as in the daytime.
Mr.
Thos. Pudney, of New York, a nephew of our townsman, Mr. H. H. Pudney, has
taken the position of bookkeeper at L. D. Garrison & Co.'s, in place of Mr.
Irving Nichols, who enters the employ of the Excelsior Top Company.
For
several days Mr. Moses Rowley, one of Cortland's best known citizens, has been
prostrated from heart disease, and on Tuesday his sufferings ended in death.
His funeral will be held this afternoon. He was nearly seventy years of age.
A
stroll about town convinces us that sidewalk repairing ought to be indulged in
quite considerably—planks being broken and in some places entirely gone. These
should be replaced at once, as the holes become dangerous after snow has
fallen.
Prof.
T. B. Stowell's health has become so poor through over-work that he has lately
been staying at Glen Haven and is now slightly better. But he is unable to do
the usual class-work, and therefore Prof. J. D. Stay, a former student of the
Normal and a graduate of Ypsilanti, Mich., is assisting him.
Butter is being shipped at our depot for New York nowadays in large quantities.
Every evening train takes from five to ten tons, and occasionally even more—thirteen
tons being shipped one evening within the past week. Poultry, also, is being
sent forward. Mr. H. Wells will ship a car-load for Thanksgiving on Saturday
evening and another on Monday evening.
Messrs. D. S. Anderson and J. L. Jenkins have established themselves in the
building first door north of the Cortland House, where they will receive and sell
household goods on commission, repair and re-dress furniture, do staining and
varnishing, file and set saws, make to order bureaus, tables, stands,
wardrobes, and other furniture, do picture-framing of all kinds, etc., etc.
Mr.
Clayton H. Buell, on the occasion of his recent visit to Cortland, gave an
order to C. B. Hitchcock for ten cutters of various styles, which are purchased
for the use of government officials at Washington, among whom are President
Arthur, Secretary. Chandler, Judge J. B. Edmonds. President at the Board of
District Commissioners, Dr. Smith Townsend, Dist. Health officer, and Col. E.
H. Tichnor, the District Auditor.
In
accordance with a resolution adopted at the General Time Convention of the
railroads of the United States, held at Chicago in October, a new standard of
time took effect at noon on Sunday last. An account of the effect and amount of
the changes produced may be found on our third page. On the D. L. & W. road
the change is about four minutes, and trains now leave Cortland as follows:
Going north—5:23, 10:01 A. M., and 3:48, 9:02 P. M.; the last being the only
change of any importance.
The
following is a partial list of distinguished artists whose original pictures
will be on exhibition by the village library committee at Wells Hall during the
first week in December: J. Donoghy, C. H. Chapin, Calvin B. Smith, Loveridge,
W. F. De Haas, A. V. Willis, Sassafarrato, T. De Becker, Phecan, Van Deighan,
Cebrian, A. Galtore, A. Desperot, Paul Ritter, J. W. Scott, Campbell. Special
attention is called to the very rare and valuable collection of photo-gravures
of all of Raphael's works, which will be exhibited, loaned to the Library by
Prof. Comfort, of Syracuse.
Of
all the entertainments offered the public during the coming holidays none deserve
a more generous support than that of the village library. Established [by women
associated with the YMCA—CC editor] to furnish reading matter for the large
class of young people in our village, it has already achieved a creditable
success; furnishing its own librarians, paying all expenses, and from time to time
adding valuable books to the already respectable catalogue. It is true that at
this season of the year every church is at work for itself; but is not this an interest
paramount to the denominational ones? We have a large population without denominational
ties; if uncared for they must grow up ignorant and infidel. We greatly need
books for mechanical and scientific studies, books of reference for scholars,
as well as travels, history and literature for the general reader. Have you each
thought how much we need a good public library for the pleasure and profit of
our people?
The
entertainment by the Haverly Minstrels last Friday evening was one of the best,
and in many respects the very best of the kind ever given in Cortland. Mr.
Norcross has no superior as a bass singer; Mr. Dan forth is also a very
excellent vocalist; Jake Budd was indeed immense; Wally Gibbs wasn't far
behind; Walter Hyde is an unusually fine violinist; the clog dancing can not be
excelled; the quartette singing was equal to any; the music of every kind was
excellent; the jokes mostly were original and generally good; and the audience
showed their enjoyment and appreciation by hearty laughter and applause and
numerous recalls. The report prevailed that the troupe were sailing under the
borrowed name of Haverly, but this is a mistake. It is one of the companies
under the supervision of J. H. Haverly, to whom they report weekly. We are
informed that they have arranged to come to Cortland again this season. We hope
they will come.
PREBLE.
Correspondence of THE NEWS,
Nov. 20, 1883.
Sad,
nevertheless it is true in other towns as well as in this, that men, or those
whom we call men, will allow themselves to say things which are untrue and
disgraceful, for the purpose of getting others into trouble. It has been said
that a fool would pass for a sage if he but had the golden gift of silence.
On
Friday last a law-suit occurred between Harvey Cummings, plaintiff, and Mr.
Perkins, of Homer, defendant, concerning sheep which Mr. Perkins’ dog had been
damaging. It was tried before Schuyler Cornue, who reserved his decision. Mr.
M. Van Hoesen for plaintiff, and his son, F. T. Van Hoesen, for defendant.
A.
Cummings and F. Conine are doing quite an extensive business in the pork line,
which is in addition to their mercantile business.
We
learn that F. T. Van Hoesen started last Monday for Binghamton, where he has
accepted a position as traveling agent tor a cigar firm.
The
Y. P. and C. held their regular hop at Klock's hall on Friday evening of last
week.
People in this village find it a difficult matter to get straw to bank
their houses.
The
first sleigh-bells of the season were heard last Sunday night.
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