The Cortland Democrat, Friday, November
14, 1890.
SUPERVISORS' PROCEEDINGS.
FIRST DAY—NOV. 10, 1890.
At 2 P.
M. Monday, November 10,1880, the Board of Supervisors met in their rooms in
this village, pursuant to law, for their annual session. The board was called
to order by Mr. Enos E. Mellon, clerk of the last Board. The roll call showed
each town represented:
Cincinnatus,
T. Eugene Dye.
Cortlandville,
Geo. C. Hubbard.
Cuyler,
Henry Howes.
Freetown,
Horace Martin.
Harford,
Jno. C. Edmonds.
Homer, A.
H. Bennett.
Lapeer,
M. W. Parker.
Marathon,
M. N. Pierce.
Preble,
Seth Hobart.
Scott, E.
W. Childs.
Solon,
Henry Kelly.
Taylor,
Oscar P. Miner.
Truxton,
Peter D. Muller.
Virgil,
W. A. Holton.
Willett,
Willson Greene.
Mr. A. H.
Bennett, of Homer, was elected temporary chairman and thanked the members for
the honor after which a recess of one-half hour was taken. Following the recess
a ballot for permanent chairman was taken, W. A. Holton, of Virgil, and Oscar P.
Miner, of Taylor, acting as tellers.
The
result was:
Whole
number of votes cast, 15.
Willson
Greene received 13.
James
Dougherty, 1.
Blank, 1.
Mr. Greene's
election was made unanimous.
Mr.
Pierce, of Marathon, offered the following:
Resolved,
That the compensation of the clerk of this Board shall be one hundred and
fifty dollars per annum, and said sum shall be in full for all customary
services performed by said clerk; one hundred to be paid at the close of this
annual session, the balance when the proceedings of this Board are delivered to
the Supervisors. Adopted.
On motion
of Mr. Muller, of Truxton, the Board proceeded to take an informal ballot for
clerk, with the following result:
R. W.
Bourne received 4.
M. A.
Mynard, 4.
James
Dougherty, 2.
E. E.
Mellon, 5.
On motion
of Mr. Edmonds, of Harford, a formal ballot was taken, which resulted as follows:
R. W. Bourne, 4.
M. A. Mynard, 4.
James Dougherty, 1.
A. Call, 1.
E. E. Mellon, 5.
2D FORMAL BALLOT.
M. A. Mynard, 5.
R. W. Bourne, 4.
A. Call, 1.
E. E. Mellon, 5.
3RD FORMAL BALLOT.
M. A. Mynard, 5.
R. W. Bourne, 4.
A. Call, 1.
E. E. Mellon, 5.
4TH FORMAL BALLOT.
M. A.
Mynard, 4.
R. W. Bourne, 4.
A. Call, 1.
E. E. Mellon, 6.
5TH FORMAL BALLOT.
M. A. Mynard, 5.
R. W. Bourne, 4.
A. Call, 1.
E. E. Mellon, 5.
6TH FORMAL BALLOT.
M. A. Mynard, 5
R. W. Bourne, 4
A. Call, 1.
E. E. Mellon, 5.
On motion of Mr. Hobart the balloting for
clerk was postponed until 10 A. M. Tuesday.
On motion of Mr. George C. Hubbard, of
Cortland, the Board proceeded to an informal ballot for janitor.
M. A. Rice, 8.
Thomas Davidson, 7.
The election of Mr. Rice was declared unanimous
and the Board adjourned to 9 A. M.
Tuesday, November 11.
SECOND DAY, Nov. 11.
At 9 o'clock the morning session was called
to order by the chairman. A quorum was found present at roll call and the journal
of the first day read and approved.
On motion of Mr. Bennett the Board proceeded
to draw for seats with the following result: Mr. Howes drew number 2, Mr. Edmonds
14, Mr. Parker 10, Mr. Dye 3, Mr. Martin 12, Mr. Muller 4, Mr. Pierce 8, Mr.
Hubbard 5, Mr. Hobart 7, Mr. Bennett 13, Mr. Holton 6, Mr. Miner 1, Mr. Kelley 11,
Mr. Childs 9. Following which the balloting for clerk was resumed with
following result:
7TH FORMAL BALLOT.
E. E. Mellon, 5.
W. A. Mynard, 5.
R. W. Bourne, 5.
The eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh ballots
resulted the same as the seventh. A change took place in the
12TH FORMAL BALLOT.
R. W. Bourne, 9.
M. A. Mynard, 6.
Mr. R. W. Bourne was declared to be the
clerk elect. On motion of Mr. Hubbard:
Resolved, That we tender our thanks
to the members of Post Grover 98, G. A. R., also to the Woman's Relief Corps
for the appropriate manner in which they have decorated the walls and the good
condition in which we find the rooms. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hubbard the following order
of business was adopted:
1. Roll
call.
2. Reading
journal of the previous day.
3.
Presenting petitions and communications.
4. Reports
of standing committees.
5. Reports
of select committees.
6.
Motions, resolutions and notices.
7. Special
orders of the day.
8. General
orders of the day.
9.
Unfinished business.
On motion of the same gentlemen the rules of
the last state assembly were adopted as far as applicable to the governing of the
Board.
Mr. Holton offered a resolution designating the
hours for the session of the present Board from 9 A. M. to 12 M., and from 1 to
4 P. M. Mr. Pierce offered as an amendment that the hours be from 8:30 A. M. to
12 M., and from 1:30 to 5 P.M. The amendment was declared lost and the original
carried.
On motion of Mr. Childs the Board adjourned to
meet as a Board of County Canvassers at the County Clerk's office at 11 A.M.
and an adjournment was taken until 9 A. M., November 12.
THIRD DAY, NOV. 12.
After the usual opening at 9 A. M., a
communication was read by the clerk from the Binghamton Insane Asylum, stating
that two patients from this county, Julia Beaudry and Betsey Greene, had
been received in that institution, one in September and one in December, 1889.
A communication from the comptroller's office at Albany was also read stating
that the Board of Equalization of taxes had placed the aggregate valuation of
property in this county at $11,235,351 upon which amount a state tax of
$26,290.72 must be levied for the fiscal year commencing October 1, 1890 for
the following purposes, viz: for schools, 1.04 mills; for canal, .6 mills [The
Erie Canal was supported with public money and competed against private railroads—CC
editor]; a total of 2.04 mills. Also there is credit to this county the sum of
$61.53 non-resident taxes. Also the sum of $414.15 for compensation of supreme
court stenographer in the 6th judicial district front October 1, 1890, to
September 30, 1891.
From the State Commission in lunacy a
communication was read relative to the charge of $4.25 per week, including
clothing, breakage, etc., applying after Oct. 1, '90, to all patients then in
custody for the three years next ensuing. Such charge only applies to those
patients who have not been in custody under a medical certificate for a
continuous period of three years, either in a county house, state asylum or
other institution for the insane. For all who have been in custody for three years
or over, the charge will be $2.60 per week.
Several other institutions sent in communications
and a few petitions were also read, received and placed on file.
A report from M. G. Frisbie of committee to
present the views of the last Board to Hon. Francis Hendricks and the Board of
Onondaga made a report of fulfillment, and the report was filed.
The following list of committees were read
as appointed by the chair:
COMMITTEES.
On Footing Assessment Rolls—Messrs. CHILDS, MULLER. HOWES, PIERCE, MINER,
HUBBARD and BENNETT.
On Erroneous Assessments and Refunding— Messrs.
DYE, HUBBARD and KELLY.
On Court House and Jail—Messrs.
EDMONDS, PARKER and MARTIN.
On Settling with County Treasurer—Messrs.
BENNETT, HUBBARD and HOBART.
On Settling with County Clerk and
Sheriff—Messrs. HOLTON, CHILDS and MULLER.
On Settling with County Judge and
Justices—Messrs. DYE, MINER and PIERCE.
On Settling with School and Loan
Commissioners—Messrs. HOWES, MULLER and DYE.
On Auditing Constables' Bills—Messrs. KELLY, CHILDS and MINER.
On Miscellaneous Bills—Messrs. PIERCE, BENNETT and EDMONDS.
On Public Printing—Messrs. HOWES,
HOLTON and MARTIN.
On Settling with Superintendent of the Poor—Messrs. EDMONDS, PARKER and
CHILDS.
On
Coroners' Bills—Messrs.
PARKER, KELLY and HOWES.
On Settling with District Attorney—Messrs.
MARTIN, EDMONDS and KELLY.
On Excise—Messrs. HOBART, KELLY and
EDMONDS.
On Military Affairs—Messrs. HUBBARD,
HOBART and HOLTON.
On Equalization— Messrs. HUBBARD, BENNETT, HOLTON, CHILDS,
PIERCE, MULLER and DYE.
On
Jurisprudence—Messrs. MINER,
HOLTON and BENNETT.
On
Appropriations—Messrs.
MULLER, HOWES and DYE.
On
Settling with Supervisors and Clerk—Messrs. PARKER, HOBART and MARTIN.
HERE AND
THERE.
R. C. Shattuck and son, of Homer, have opened
a boot and shoe store in Syracuse.
Three sportsmen from Homer went to Otisco
lake recently, and brought home ninety pounds of pickerel.
Mr. Chas. H. Warren, proprietor of the
Dexter House, has placed a neat and comfortable bus on the street, and travelers
will find it in waiting at all trains hereafter.
The Court House and the fence about the same
have been painted under the supervision of our townsman, Mr. H. F. Shirley. The
appearance of the building is much improved.
Last Monday E. Frank Squires shipped to Dr.
C. W. Butler, of Montclair, N. J., his pair of matched chestnut geldings. This
pair was considered the finest looking team in this section.
Rev. W. H. Fish, of Boston, Mass., will
preach in the Universalist church, Sunday evening. Mr. Fish was pastor of this church
thirty-five years ago, and is in his seventy-ninth year. Free seats. All are invited.
Ed. Harrington, of Homer, returned home from
the North Woods a few days since with the carcass of a deer which he shot while
there. He killed three, which is the most that one man is allowed to kill in a
season.
Mr. A. Burgess visited New York city on the
recent ten-day excursion, spending the greater part of his time in securing
attractive bargains for the clothing house of Burgess & Bingham, of which
the firm make announcement in another column.
The regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will
be held at the headquarters, Saturday, Nov. l0th. The hour will be devoted to
the subject of "Heredity," the meeting being in charge of the
superintendent of that department. A cordial welcome is extended to all women.
The regular semi-monthly mothers' meeting (west)
will be held at the residence of Mrs. Willis Stevens, No. 9 Water St., on
Thursday, Nov. 20th, at 3 P. M. Subject to be presented and considered,
"Training children to be truthful." All ladies are cordially invited
to be present.
Hill's Album, the famous book of general information,
is being given with purchases of boots and shoes by Hopper Brothers, successors
to Williams & Lane. Call and examine the finest line of men's, women's and
children's shoes in kid, goat, cloth and felt ever offered to the people of Cortland.
On Thanksgiving evening, 27th inst., a social
party will be given by Mr. W. H. Hall, proprietor of the Virgil hotel, at which
Talbot & Palmer's full orchestra will furnish the music. The popularity
of these parties requires but the announcement of the date to ensure a large attendance.
The full bill is only $1.50.
An observing exchange says that in so far as
money matters are concerned it is cheaper
for a man to take the home paper than it is to stop it, for nine men out of ten
after ordering it stopped will in the course of a year wear out two dollars' worth
of shoe leather, trying to find a copy of the very paper they ordered stopped.
On Wednesday evening, November 19th, in the
Sunday school room of the Universalist church, commencing at 8 o'clock, the pastor
will deliver a lecture on Palestine, illustrated with forty stereopticon
pictures. On the same evening the ladies will serve a supper in the church
parlors from 5 o'clock through the evening. In order that all may attend, the
admission to the lecture will be five and ten cents. Supper the same. Or both
lecture and supper ten and twenty cents. Be sure and come.
The position of teacher of the academic preparatory
department in our school will be vacated on January 1st, by reason of the
election of Prof. Coon, the present teacher, to the school commissionership. Mr.
Coon has been a teacher
in the academy for many years, and has been eminently successful in his work.
It will be difficult to find a teacher who will fill his place as he has filled
it, and the trustees, teachers and patrons of the school will regret his loss
from the corps of instructors.—Homer Republican.
The Homer Cornet Band are
booked on the Cazenovia lecture course for December 16th.
The Sentinel says a
number of new two-needle machines are being put in the McGrawville corset
factory.
The ten day's limit for filing
candidates' expense account closes to-day. Those who have not already done so
should hasten.
New subscribers to the
DEMOCRAT who pay one year in advance between now and January 1st next, will
receive the paper to January 1st, 1892, for $2. Nearly fourteen months for the
price of one year.
The tank of clear spring water
in which sport a fine collection of brook trout in the office of the Cortland
Water Works company, 11 Railroad-st. [Central Avenue], still continues the most
attractive window display in town.
Mr. Hiram Getman died very
suddenly at the home of his niece, Mrs. John H. Howard, on Washington street,
last Tuesday, from paralysis of the heart, having been seriously troubled with
that disease for some time.
Mr. Charles Antisdel, of this
town, will assume control of the Mansion House in Homer, next Monday, the
present landlord, Mr. Thomas White, retiring. Mr. Antisdel has a large circle
of friends, and is thoroughly conversant with the wants of the traveling
public.
Tuesday forenoon the team
attached to the McGrawville express started for a run from the E. C. & N.
depot up South Main street. For a time it looked a failure, as one horse did
all the running. Just as the second animal had made up its mind to be in it,
Arthur Edwards leaped from Pendleton's milk wagon and caught the runaways before
any damage had been sustained.
"Waterloo," owned by
Messrs. Fitzgerald and Kellogg, was first hitched to the sulky on the l5th day
of September, and prior to the first of the present month was a contestant in
four interesting races, being the winner in three, and steadily lowering his
record to 2:23 3/4 on the last effort. The fine work of this horse has been
witnessed by large gatherings of people and the record cannot fail to attract
breeders' attention to Cortland.
The following trustees were
elected at a business meeting of the Homer Avenue M. E. church, last week: C. B. Hitchcock, Aaron Sager and W. B.
Stoppard were elected for three years; A. H. Watkins, S. E. Curtis and B.
LaBarr, for two years; Addison Ranney, S. S. Stearns and L. H. Corning, for one
year. After the meeting adjourned, the new board organized by electing C. B.
Hitchcock president, and Frank Bosworth clerk.
Last Monday evening, as mail
carrier Wm. Maher was passing Dr. H. S. Edson's office on South Main-st., he
noticed a peculiar flickering light through the windows. Running up stairs and
entering the room, he found a kerosene lamp standing on a table completely
enveloped in flames. He seized the lamp and hurled it into the street, thereby
preventing what might have been a serious fire. The doctor had stepped out for
a moment, leaving the lamp burning.
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