NEW CORTLAND HOUSE PLANS AND MARATHON FIREMAN'S FESTIVAL

The Marathon Independent, Wednesday, March 19, 1884.

The Fireman’s Festival.

A Grand Success—About $100 Netted by the Boys.

   Peck's Hall was filled on Thursday evening last by a large audience to listen to the concert and participate in the Festival and Dance given by the Fire Department. The programme for the concert published last week was followed, and the different numbers were received with sufficient applause to demonstrate that they were appreciated. Mrs. Crandall, Miss Blodgett, and Mr. and Miss Webster wore faces new to a Marathon audience. Mrs. Crandall has a very full, powerful voice which evidences complete cultivation, and she was recalled. Miss Blodgett is an unusually fine accompanist, and Prof. Webster a skillful manipulator of the bow, while little Annie performed some very marvelous feats upon her violin, and won the hearts of the audience. Mr. J. C. Carley in his solos, and duet with Mrs. Crandall, was as popular with the audience as ever, and well received. Freddie Livingston in his solo on the Baritone, an instrument almost as large as himself, was encored also.

   At the close of the concert the drawing of the prizes occurred, the drawing being done in the fairest possible manner by Chief Engineer L. C. Ball. The bed room set was drawn by Mrs. George Carter; gold watch by Mrs. Arbey Ogden; silver watch Mrs. John Cusic; easy chair, D. S. Ninegar; hanging lamp, W. H. Purdy; silver caster, John Davis; lamp, C. J. Tarbell; lamp, L. O. Boyden; oil painting, Louis Atwood; clothes-wringer, Jesse Judd; silver sugar bowl, John Brusie; silver fruit dish, Harry Squires; silver butter dish, Mrs. M. Rogers. Supper was served, after which dancing was begun, lasting until the wee small hours began to lengthen out.

   In the face of some difficulties, and some dissensions, the firemen have succeeded in this effort, in placing nearly $100 in their treasury, and justly are they entitled to it, for they have fairly earned it. To the committee having the affair in charge, and especially to W. H. Purdy of that committee is due great credit, for its successful completion. We say especially to Mr. Purdy, for we understand, that in order to bring the festival about, he guaranteed, in case of any financial failure, that he would assume all the liabilities incurred. Fortunately it was not necessary for him to do so, and the fire department has a nice little sum for a rainy day.

Logging in the woods.

Serious Accident.

   On Friday last, Mr. Ed. Rathburn, who lives on the Brackle road, about two miles from this village, met with an accident which came near being fatal. He was engaged drawing logs and after the manner of a lumber man, had the front of a large log chained on a bob, himself sitting astride of the log, driving. While going down a hill in this position the log rolled or tipped over, carrying Mr. Rathburn with it and pinioning him to the ground; being near the house his cries for help attracted the attention of his wife, who is an invalid, but who managed to crawl to a window, where she saw her husband was in trouble, and then sent her daughter to a neighbor's after assistance.

   Jay Rorapaugh was the first to arrive, and lifted the log off from Mr. Rathburn and carried him into the house and immediately sent after Dr. Smith. Mr. Rathburn, who had been held under the log about twenty minutes, was suffering greatly, and it was found upon examination that one leg was crushed in a terrible manner, and the bones below the knee were broken. The flesh was mangled so badly that the cords of the leg protruded, and it was some time after the arrival of the doctor before the fracture could be reduced. The sufferer bore the operation finely and is now doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances.— Cincinnatus Register.

Cortland House, corner Groton Avenue and Main Street.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

   CORTLAND, March 17.--Mrs. Randall is in a very dangerous condition from her burns, and doubts are now entertained as to her recovery.

   Col. Alfred Greene of Church street, had two severe falls last week, and is unable to be out,

   William Hoffman was sentenced last Saturday to six months in the county jail.

   Court adjourned last Saturday at about 3 P. M.

   Some are contrasting the sentence of Fox with those of others who were indicted for much smaller crimes.

   The Board of Supervisors are convened to-day to take into consideration the propriety of repairing the Court House, in pursuance of Judge Martin's order appointing a committee for that purpose at our February court. A committee of three, consisting of McGraw. Chaplin and Dougherty were appointed to confer with Mr. Justice Martin, and obtain from him his idea of needed repairs. Under Section 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Court has the authority to order the Sheriff to make needed repairs, &c.

   James A. Barry of Boston, Mass., has leased the Messenger House In this place, and will take possession April 1.

   We expect that soon the [omni] bus will be laid aside, and a regular street car run between here and Homer.

   Very few cutters or sleighs are seen here now.

   Mr. Delos Bauder has procured from Archimedes Russell, architect, of Syracuse, plans and specifications of a new hotel, which he expects to build on the site of an old one, only to cover all the ground to the sidewalk as now laid both on Main street and Groton avenue. On the former the building will have a frontage of 136 feet and 78 feet on the latter street, and will be four stories high throughout, with a tower in the corner, in which perhaps be put a four-dial striking clock. On the first floor will be the ladles' parlor, office, bar-room, baggage-room, porter's room, wash-room and in the corner looking south and east the reading-room, and all so conveniently arranged that a person at the desk has an unobstructed view of the whole. Fronting Main street and north of the ladies' parlor are three stores, each 20x64 feet inside, and on Groton avenue west of the office two stores each 20x64 feet inside. On the second floor are the dining-room—38x25 feet, and the kitchen, pantry, closets, etc., and suits of rooms facing on both streets. On the third floor, suits in front and bedrooms on the west side. On the fourth floor, bed rooms in front, with servants' rooms, etc., on the west side. In all, 75 rooms. The height of the ceiling from the first and second floors will be 13 feet; from the third floor, 10 feet; and from the fourth floor, 9 feet. The basement will be partitioned into rooms for the laundry, wine cellar, water closets, furnace, boilers for heating the building throughout with steam, etc. Water tanks and closets are conveniently placed on every floor. The inside wood work will consist of pine, with cherry trimmings, the ceiling of the dining-room to be of white wood laid in handsome designs. The entire building will be of brick, with cut-stone pillars, and terracotta trimmings in attractive design. Over the entrance on Main street will project a porch, about 80 feet in length, and over it from the second window of the reading room a balcony will ornament the corner, which is to be diagonal in shape. The roof will be mostly flat, but slanting near the front so that the windows of the fourth story will slightly project. On the whole, it is safe to say that the Cortland House will arise from its ashes in shape and style superior to any hotel in Central New York—a building that the people of Cortland can point to with pride.—Cortland News.