The Cortland Democrat, Friday, May 1,
1891.
HERE AND THERE.
The
Normals were defeated by the Y. M. C. A. foot ball team on the fair grounds last
Saturday, by a score of 6 to 0.
On
another page will be found a three-column advertisement giving the full particulars
of Mahan's Music Festival to be held in this village June 1st to 5th next. Mr.
Mahan has secured an array of artists that must necessarily stamp this as the greatest
festival ever held in Cortland.
Horse
breeders should not fail to read the notice of Messrs. Light & Ingalls, in another
column, of stallion No. 3103.
The
meeting of the Cortland Hospital Association will be held at the residence of
Mrs. J. H. Hoose, on Monday, May 4th, at 3 P. M.
The
magnolia tree in Mr. George J. Mager's lawn, 26 Lincoln avenue, is now very promising
for a profuse blossoming during the coming week and will attract scores of spectators.
During
the storm Wednesday afternoon, about 100 window lights were broken out of
Newtons' mills by the large hail stones.—Homer Times.
The Lisle
Gleaner was 20 years old last Friday, and editor Davis celebrated the event
by publishing extracts from the first issue of the paper.
On next
Monday evening the Chautauqua Circle will meet with Mrs. J. O. Reed, No. 128
South Main street. A large attendance is earnestly requested.
The
Congregational church society of Cortland are raising a fund for the purchase of
a new pipe organ. They have nearly $2500 raised for the purpose.
Vesta
Lodge, I. O. O. F., will give a May party at their rooms over the Second National
Bank, this evening. The opera house orchestra will furnish the music.
The
Normal base-ball team play a return game with Syracuse University team at Syracuse,
to-day. On Saturday they play a game with the St. John's school club, at Manlius.
The
Ossahinta, a small steamer plying between Glen Haven and Skaneateles on
Skaneateles lake, will hereafter be kept at the Glen Haven dock, and can be
chartered for pleasure parties from this vicinity.
There
were sixty numbers sold at the benefit dance given by the Citizens' Band in
Wells' hall, last Friday evening, and an enjoyable time was the result. The
boys will have another dance at the same place this evening.
While
splitting wood at his house, Wednesday afternoon, Vern Southwick let the axe
slip and it was buried into his foot clear to the instep. The accident will lay
Mr. Southwick up for several weeks before he is able to resume work again.—Homer
Times.
If young people would earn or retain the
respect of sensible people they should not use any of the slang phrases of the day.
They are the ear-marks of ignorance; the passwords of the loafer. When you can't
speak plainly and decently, keep quiet.
The Court of Appeals has just decided that
although a railroad company may secure from an employe before he enters the
service a release for all damages which may occur to him through the negligence
of a co-employe, yet the railroad company is required to pay damages assessed
by a jury.
Mr. W. H. Hall, proprietor of the Virgil hotel,
will give a Decoration party at his house on Friday evening, May 29th, 1891. Music
by Talbot & Palmer's full orchestra.
Bill, $1.25. Mr. Hall is making extra preparations for the event, and intends that
it shall be one of the pleasantest of the many pleasant parties held at his
house within the past two years.
A union mothers' meeting will be held at the
residence of Mrs. James S. Squires, 44 Tompkins street, on Tuesday, May 5th, at
3 P. M. All attendants of mothers' meetings (central, east and west) are
especially asked to note this arrangement. A program of unusual interest has
been prepared. All ladies, especially young ladies, both married and
maiden, are cordially invited to attend.
Last Saturday Mr. Samuel Keator, residing on
South Main street, Cortland, harnessed a pair of spirited colts to his buggy
and started out to exercise them. The colts had not been harnessed for some time,
and they started out of the yard on a brisk run and headed down street. As they
came into the street from the yard, they made a short turn, the whiffletrees broke,
and Mr. Keator was thrown to the ground. His left shoulder was dislocated and
he received some bruises about the head. Dr. Higgins was called and his
injuries properly treated. He will be out in a few days.
Last Friday afternoon R. R. Van Bergen and
A. M. Johnson, of this place, were exercising their steppers on the fair
grounds, going the right way of the track. Presently Mr. D. E. Kinney drove on
and let his flyer out, going the other way. The parties met near the southeast
corner, and Kinney's sulky "undertook to climb over Van Bergen's road
wagon. The collision resulted in throwing Kinney out and smashing the sulky
pretty badly. The horse jumped over the railing, carrying what was left of the
sulky and ran to the stables on the grounds, where he was secured. Fortunately
no one was seriously injured. The collision was caused by the fact that there
was a difference of opinion as to which way the parties would turn to avoid
coming together, and the consequence was they met.
See notice of girl wanted.
F. C. Wilcox, Esq., has opened a law office
in McGrawville.
Buck & Lane have an advertisement on another
page that will be interesting to farmers and builders. Be sure and read it.
Wickwire Brothers' wire works are being run
from 6 A. M. until 10 P. M., and still they are unable to keep up with their orders.
Dr. C. W. Parker has purchased a Union bicycle
of Mr. Fred. I. Graham, who is the agent for these popular goods for this vicinity.
The funeral of Mr. Edward Barnes will be
held from his late residence, corner of Venette and Greenbush streets, at 2 P.
M., Saturday.
Nineteen to four for the home team was the
result of the Normal-Syracuse University opening ball game on the driving park,
last Friday.
Rev. H. W. Carr, of Canton, N. Y., will occupy
the pulpit in the First Universalist church of this place next Sunday, morning and
evening. Mr. Carr is to become the permanent pastor of this church on May 1st.
The trustees of Homer village have men at
work changing the course of the old gravel walk near Tisdale's mill, and
replacing the same with a three plank walk, thereby widening the driveway on
the curve.
Hereafter the post-office in this village will
be open Sundays from 9:15 to 10:15 A. M.
only. It is believed that this arrangement will be more satisfactory to all concerned
than the custom of opening from 12 M. to 12:30, as heretofore.
The DeRuyter Gleaner reports that E.
C. Rindge and Abe Schermerhorn, of Cortland, were in town Tuesday on a trouting
excursion. Although it was a poor day, they carried home sixteen of the speckled
beauties, after a short stroll. Will Rindge acted as pilot.
In Adams, Jefferson county, all boys and
girls running about during hours of school, are arrested and held until their parents
vouch for their future attendance at school. While Cortland may not be afflicted
with truants, other towns in this county may be interested in the matter.
"In the Soup" is the name of the
latest puzzle. It beats tiddle-de-winks or pigs in the clover all to pieces. It
consists of a small earthen bowl, a marble and a bit of wire slightly flattened
at one end, with which the player is to lift the "soup" (the marble)
out of the bowl. It looks easy, but don't bet your money that you can do it on
the first trial.
A contemporary says: "Every day there
seems to be an increase of peddlers, fakirs and tramps, peddling every
imaginable thing from a box of matches to a pair of shoes. They are a great
nuisance and a source of annoyance to many housewives, and some scheme should
be devised to rid every community of them. They pay no rent, taxes or insurance
and have no responsibility to offer, and are generally N. G."
A new time table goes into effect on the D.
L. & W., next Monday. Trains will pass this station as follows: Moving
south at 8:52 and 10:00 A. M., and 2:40, 6:32 and 11:20 P. M. Moving north at
6:00 and 9:58 A. M., and 2:45, 4:30 and 6:36 P. M. The train passing this
station at 10:00 A. M., south, will be a vestibule train, and will make no
stops between here and Binghamton. It will arrive in New York at 5:00 P. M.,
making the trip in seven hours. The road bed being in fine condition, the train
is able to make fast time.
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