Our New Press.
Sept. 20—The work of preparation for setting up the
Standard’s new Cox duplex press is now fairly under way. The press arrived last
Wednesday, as was stated at the time, but the pressure of job work at this
office necessitated a delay in beginning the work of setting it up. During the
time that we are making the change we shall have to print our daily and semi-weekly
editions upon our large Huber job press.
In printing the two sides of these papers
separately as we now have to do, with the large subscription lists which the
STANDARD has, the press used is of necessity occupied the greater part of each
day. This bars out nearly all job work of a size too large for our four other
smaller presses.
We had an extensive catalogue job promised which
had to be finished before we could spare our Huber press for newspaper work.
This press was driven all of each day and until late in the evening to finish that
job. It was completed Saturday, and yesterday we were able to use it for newspaper
work.
Four men worked all day yesterday and until 10
o'clock last night to take down our old
Campbell press, which the Cox press replaces, and to-day others have been
digging the pit to lay the foundation for the new press. Those at all
acquainted with this class of work know that nothing requires a more solid
foundation than a large printing press. It must be laid of the most immovable
material, so that the press cannot shake or stir with the rapid movements, and
must be finished so exactly that the bed of the press can be leveled to the
shadow of a hair.
The foundation will be laid to-morrow. It will
then take four days to set the press up. Two days more will be required to time
and adjust it carefully. Our pressmen will then probably want a part of another
day to get acquainted with the running of the press, working under the direction
of the expert press builder who is here from the factory to set it up. So that we
expect either on the last day of this month or the first day of October, if all
goes well, to begin the issuing of our paper from the new press which will
print the whole eight pages at one time, will fold, paste and trim each paper and
all at the rate of from 3,600 to
5,000 copies an hour.
During the time intervening we hope that the
large stock of patience which our subscribers have over a delivery that we well
know is too late will continue, and we hope that with the use of the new press
we shall be able to put our papers in the hands of those subscribers most remote
from this office at a time that will cause general satisfaction.
Aid for
the Cortland City Band.
Cortland is taking great pride in its latest
musical organization which is proving so excellent in every respect, and which
is rapidly becoming so popular. Our people know that no band can thrive without
a hearty support and they have determined to aid them in meeting the bills for
instruments and uniforms. Accordingly the following committee has been
appointed to take charge of the matter: Messrs. F. C. Straat, C. F. Brown, F.
Daehler, E. E. Mellon and L. F. Stillman. The committee decided to call for
subscriptions, but in order that each person might know the exact use to which
his money was to be devoted a paper was prepared to which the citizens were
invited to subscribe whatever each should see fit. Only a partial canvass of
the town has been made as yet, but we shall publish other subscriptions from
time to time. The subscription list at present is as follows:
Whereas, It is deemed advisable that the
village of Cortland should at all times have a band of music that can be relied
upon to furnish music on public or other occasions; and,
Whereas, It is impracticable to raise the money
necessary to purchase said instruments by tax,
Therefore in consideration of the premises
and for value received we each mutually agree with the other that we will upon
demand pay to some National bank at Cortland, N. Y., to be designated, the sum
set opposite our respective names for the purpose of purchasing the necessary instruments
and equipments for the use of the Cortland City band.
The band known as the Cortland City band and
under the leadership of Charles Bates is to have the free and exclusive use of
said instruments as long as the present organization is substantially kept
intact, or maintained at its present state of efficiency, providing always that
the organization holds itself open to engagements by the public at all times,
and that in the compensation received for services the said band shall make no
distinction in favor of any particular organization, society or political
party.
It is also understood that the instruments purchased
with the money herein subscribed shall belong to the persons, firms and
companies subscribing the same, but that they shall have no right to take possession
of such instruments, except in the event of the disbanding of the Cortland City
band, or such deterioration of the efficiency of the organization as to warrant
such a step, which shall only be determined by a vote of those subscribers to
the following list and the amount of whose subscriptions shall exceed one-half of
the amount subscribed.
Cortland
Wagon Co., $50 00
Wickwire
Brothers, $50.00
Cortland
Harness & Carriage Goods Co., $25.00
Paint Dep’t.
Cortland Wagon Shop, $25.00
Cortland
Mf’g. Co., Limited, $15.00
Collins
& Daehler, $15.00
Employes
of The H. M. Whitney Co., $16.25
Chas. F.
Brown, $10.00
F. D. Smith,
$10 00
L. R. Lewis,
$5.00
Beard
& Peck, $5.00
Harrison
Wells, $5.00
C. E. Van
Brocklin, $5.00
Mr.
Bushnell Ill.
Sept. 21—Ex-County Clerk H. T.
Bushnell is lying seriously ill at his home on Arthur-ave.
He was taken very suddenly ill Monday while at work in the clerk’s office and
almost fainted away. Being alone and unable to help himself in any way, it was
almost an hour before he received medical aid and was helped to his home. The
difficulty is bowel trouble resulting from exposure in the army. Monday night
it was feared that he would not survive through the night. He rested somewhat
better yesterday, however, and passed quite a comfortable night last night so
that his condition is considerably improved, although it is still critical.
Man vs.
Horse.
Willard A. Hoagland of Auburn, N. Y.,
champion “heel and toe” walker of America, will
give an exhibition of his fast walking on the track at the Dryden fair on Wednesday
afternoon, Sept. 28. He will walk two miles against time and will give $50 to
any man who will contest against him and win. On Thursday Mr. Hoagland will walk
one-fourth mile against a horse trotting one-half mile, best two in three
heats. This feat has never been accomplished by any walker except Mr. Hoagland.
A few of his records are as follows: One mile 6 minutes, 33 seconds; five miles
37 minutes, 40 seconds; 100 miles 18 hours, 40 minutes.
Reunion
of the 157th Regiment.
The 27th annual reunion of the 157th
Regiment association was held Monday at Hamilton, N. Y. The day and place was
the same on which the regiment was mustered into service exactly thirty years
ago.
The business meeting in the morning session
was called to order by the president, G. G. Waldron of Hamilton, postmaster and
editor of the Sentinel. After the
minutes of the previous meeting had been read and approved, Dr. H. C. Hendrick of
McGrawville, the corresponding secretary, read the list of the deceased for the
past year: Capt. D. J. Randall, Lloyd E. Richardson, Calvin E. Hammond, George
R. Hammond, Chas. Miller, Alexander Bates, Joseph Lyon and Quincy Martingale.
The following are the officers elected for
the following year:
President — Robert Roantree,
Canastota.
1st. Vice—H. R. Hollenbeck,
Syracuse.
2nd. Vice—W. H. Morgan, Cortland.
3rd. Vice—John A. Campbell,
Milestrip.
Rec. Sec.—Geo. L. Warren, Cortland.
Cor. Sec.—Dr. H. C. Hendrick,
McGrawville.
Treasurer—Maj. F. L. Briggs, Eaton.
Executive Committee—H.
H. Rickard, Oneida; Daniel Betzinger, Kenwood; E. T. Dean, Oneida.
Membership Committee—J. H.
Collier, Earlville; Barney Earskine, Randallsville; A. W.
Kingsbury, Homer.
Five new members were elected and the next
place of meeting was decided upon as Oneida.
A very bountiful and elegant repast furnished
by the open-hearted citizens of Hamilton was spread in the basement of the
Congregational church. Prof. R. W. Thomas of Colgate university gave a hearty
address of welcome on the part of the citizens of Hamilton which was responded
to by President-elect Roantree for the veterans.
The address of the day was given by Hon. G.
W. Ray of Norwich. Among those present were: Mrs. Col. J. C. Carmichael, George
L. Warren, E. D. Dibble, DeForest Hakes, W. H. Morgan, Norris G. Woodward,
Joseph McDargh and Wellington Wood of Cortland; Charles S. Brown, C. C. Healy,
A. W. Kingsbury, Homer; H.
C. Hendrick, W. P. Henry, I. J. Walker, P. H. McGraw, McGrawville; R. W.
Bourne, C. J. Harris, Willet; Pardy L. Haskins, East Homer; L. D. Widger,
Truxton.
Why They
Object to Peck’s Report.
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Many years ago, Page Green, then a well-known
character in the southern part of this county, was trying a suit in justice’s
court, and as the trial lasted late into the night, fell asleep while his
adversary was examining a witness. As the examination continued Page’s client became
alarmed and cried out, “Page! Page! Wake up and object! They are proving facts!”
The “dandelion” Democracy are just now very
much in the position of Page’s client. The report of Democratic Labor
Commissioner Peck shows that the prosperity of our industrial institutions and
of their employees has not only continued but has increased since the passage
of the McKinley bill. The fact that our workmen and our industries are
prosperous under the McKinley tariff is enough to arouse the ire of any free
trader. So the Democratic national committee at once direct Anti-snapper Anderson
to object. The trouble is that Peck is “proving facts,” and facts are never
congenial to a free trader and are especially obnoxious when asserted by a
Democratic labor commissioner. It is said that “comparisons are odious,” but
the Democratic national committee deem facts much more odious when they disprove
a free-trade theory.
Peck was selected by Cleveland as labor
commissioner in preference to every other man in the state, and he has therefore
the highest commendation which Cleveland could give him. It is not a high
commendation in view of the many notoriously bad appointments made by
Cleveland, but such as it is Mr. Peck has it. Mr. Peck was appointed in May, 1888, however,
and before Cleveland had learned that a tariff that would protect American
industries and American labor is unconstitutional. It is possible that
Cleveland had not then discovered the ignorance of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe and Jackson, who had always favored a protective tariff. At all
events he could not have anticipated that his appointee would have had the
hardihood to assert facts at such an inopportune time.
MR. PECK
INDICTED.
The
Grand Jury Hands in a Sealed Verdict—Not Yet in Custody.
ALBANY, Sept. 22.—When
the Albany county grand jury came into court it handed in a sealed indictment
among the others and retired.
It is given out on the best of authority that
this indictment is found against Charles F.
Peck, the commissioner of labor, and charges him with willfully and maliciously
destroying papers and documents under the seal of the office of the commissioner
of labor for public information. The indictment is found upon the evidence
given the jury by the janitor of the building where Mr. Peck resides, and who
testified that he was hired to burn up a lot of blanks, charred portions of
which were put in evidence.
Mr. Peck was not to he found, and is supposed
to be absent from the city with the advice of his counsel. The indictment will
not be opened until he is brought into court under arrest by the officers of
the district attorney’s office. Mr. Edward J. Meegan, who is counsel for Mr.
Peck, said that he expected the indictment.
Bench
Warrant Out for Peck.
Albany, Sept. 22.—When the court of sessions for Albany county met this morning at 10 o’clock
there was an expectant throng to see Labor Commissioner Peck arraigned. He did not
appear, however, not having arrived in the city. At 11 o’clock District
Attorney Eaton practically admitted that the sealed and yet unopened indictment
was against Mr. Peck, by asking the court to issue a bench warrant for Mr.
Peck, whom he believed to be in town. The court granted the request.
BREVITIES.
—Mr. James R. Schermerhorn is putting up a
double tenement house on Clayton-ave.
—The clothing stores stopped closing at 6 o’clock
yesterday. They will now remain open till 9 o’clock.
—The Cortland City band last night serenaded
Messrs. Ernest M. Hulbert and S. M. Ballard and the Central House. In each case
the serenaders were well received and cared for.
—Dr. Cheney informs us that two young men at
the Normal would like to find boarding-places where they can do some work in
part or whole payment for board or room rent. If any of our subscribers are in
want of some one to help them in this way, please inform Dr. Cheney.
—Hon. O. U. Kellogg has sold his pair of
mares, Mary and Esmeralda, who have a trial record of 2:40 in double harness,
to Mr. W. F. Halstead, superintendent of the D., L. & W. railroad. The
consideration is said to have been $1,200. They were shipped to Scranton
to-day.
—The work of excavating for the basement of
the addition to Fireman’s hall has been commenced.
—There will be a meeting of the Chautauqua
circle at the residence of Miss L. Hawley, No. 73 Railroad-st., Monday evening,
Sept. 26. All who wish to subscribe for the Chautauquan or purchase the C. L.
S. C. books for the year are invited to be present.
—The Maybury family of Cortland county [are]
having a picnic at Floral Trout park to-day.
—The Dryden Herald will issue a daily edition on Wednesday and Thursday of next
week during the fair.
—The case of Anthony Pidge is being continued
before Judge Eggleston. Only one witness has been called so far and as there
about fifty subpoenaed the prospect for a long trial are very fair.
— The case of the People vs. M. P. Hayes, who
keeps a saloon on Railroad-st., charged with violating the excise law in selling
intoxicating liquors to George E. Luce, a boy under the age of sixteen years,
on Aug. 29 is being heard before Justice Bull this afternoon. Young Luce was
arrested for public intoxication on that date and put in jail.
Bits of
News from Homer.
Homer Fire Department held its annual parade
yesterday. The procession was headed by the Homer band. Then followed the six
fire companies. After the parade there was a ball game between the married and
single men. The following were the players:
SINGLE MEN—L. P. Bennett, Jockey Burns,
J. Horan, Julius Smith, Mike Buckley,
Jerry Donahue, Ed. Pierce, H. Vanbergen, Sheldon Bennett.
MARRIED MEN—Will Foster,Tom Brown, Sam
Lumbard, Fred Tenny, John O’Connors, Jo Watson, Lewis Parker, Geo. Moon, Tip
Carpenter. The married men won.
The Homer manufacturing company is running a
full force of men under the management of W. L. Stephson.
The next attraction at the Keator Opera House
will be Plaff and Goodman’s original Uncle Tom’s Cabin company, with their
excellent silver band and concert orchestra, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 27.
The steamers “Glen Haven” and “Ossahinta” on
Skaneateles lake have discontinued their daily trips between Skaneateles and
Glen Haven and now only go twice a week. After next week it is thought they
will close for the season.
Diphtheria is raging here at present. It is
reported that several have been exposed by the attendants of the sick patients
who go about town without taking necessary precaution to change clothing before
doing so. This thing should be stopped.
Cabbage is a good crop around Homer. L. W.
Sutton of Baltimore, Md., is here carring [sic]
them for shipment to Baltimore and Philadelphia. The average price is two cents
per head. Ami Hoag is helping him here.
The works of W. N. Brockway are undergoing
some extensive repairs. Yesterday the [R. R.] switch used by them was taken up
and removed to their shops so as to afford better facilities for loading. About
40 Italians were at work on the switch which for the time being made business lively
in Homer.
He Received a Royal Reception.
Sept. 21.—A large number of the friends of Rev.
J. J. McLoghlin gathered at the D., L. & W. station at the 6:32 o’clock
train last evening to welcome that gentleman home after his tour in England,
Ireland, Germany, Italy and Scotland. When the train arrived he was escorted to
a carriage and together with the reception committee, who were mentioned in yesterday’s
STANDARD as having gone to Marathon to meet him, was taken to the parochial
residence. An elaborate lunch was served in the dining room. Towards the close
of the lunch sweet strains of music betokened that the Cortland City band was serenading
the lately returned priest. Rev. Father John J. McLoghlin thanked the members
of the band cordially from the steps and assured them that he fully appreciated
the compliment. The waiting members of the congregation were then invited in by
Father McLoghlin of Rome, [N. Y.] Father John received in the parlor and shook
hands with every one. There were fully five hundred of the families of the
congregation represented. The rooms on the first floor were all lighted and the
reception room and parlors were beautifully decorated with cut flowers and
potted plants.
After the first handshakings were over Mr. Hugh
Duffey, on the part of the congregation, made an address of welcome and
concluded by presenting Father John with
a very fine set of double harness introducing very deftly the hope that the
same might be a symbol and favorable omen for the continuance in Cortland of
Father John’s cousin, Rev. J. F. McLoghlin of Rome, who has so endeared himself
to the people during his short stay among them.
Father John responded very happily. He made
some reference to his recent travels and spoke of the glorious sun of home rule
apparently about to dawn on Ireland. In spite of all, however, that he had seen
of what was or is likely to be in foreign climes, he was unfeignedly happy to
get back to his home in Cortland under the flag which waves over a nation of
men who are free and equal.
Mr. M. F. Cleary took Rev. J. F. McLoghlin
by surprise in presenting him with a purse in behalf of the congregation, whose
spiritual needs he had so ably looked after. The recipient, although completely
surprised, was not at loss for words, and made an appropriate reply in
acknowledgment. The reception lasted till about 10 o’clock, many coming in
after the speeches were over. Mangang’s orchestra furnished music throughout
the evening.
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