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| Cortland Harness & Carriage Goods Co., #4 on 1894 map, located on Port Watson Street, Cortland, N. Y. |
AN
IMPORTANT CASE.
Damages
Claimed for the Loss of Several Fingers.
The case of John Graves vs. Edward H. Brewer
and David H. Brown, which was on trial as The STANDARD went to press yesterday,
is just finished. This was an action in which the plaintiff claimed $15,000
damages on account of an accident which he sustained Jan. 28, 1893, by having
three fingers of his right hand torn off in a cog machine at the Cortland
Harness and Carriage Goods Co.'s shop. A part of the first finger of the same
hand was also taken off.
At the conclusion of the plaintiff's
evidence the attorneys for the defense made a motion for a non-suit on the
ground that the plaintiff understood the dangerous condition of the machine and
that by continuing to work with it he assumed the risk. The motion was granted.
The plaintiff requested sixty days in which to make a case and exceptions for
appeal. This was granted.
W. C. Crombie, attorney for the plaintiff
was assisted by John Courtney, Jr., of Cortland and William Kennedy of
Syracuse. Kellogg & Van Hoesen acted for the defense.
An
Object Lesson in Reciprocity.
M. M. Jacobs, a farmer residing above
Hoxie's mill, while intoxicated yesterday afternoon, left his team unhitched on
Main-st. The horses became tired of waiting for him and, apparently by mutual
consent, started off. They were stopped by Chief Sager, who mounted the
driver's seat and drove the team to a hitching barn.
Jacobs saw them going and started in
pursuit. On encountering Chief and the team he began to "read the riot
act" to the officer, who promptly retaliated by locking the farmer up in
the "cooler," where he remained till he was sober enough to drive home,
when Justice Bull discharged him.
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TWO—EDITORIALS.
Maynard
and Hill.
David B. Hill came promptly to the support
and defense of his lieutenant in the senate steal, Isaac H. Maynard, last fall
and now Maynard should return the service by coming out strong for Hill. In his
Brooklyn address delivered October 28, 1893, Senator Hill said:
"For one, I rejoice that the Democratic
party had the courage of its convictions in nominating Isaac H. Maynard.
Justice, honor, propriety and the usages of our party demanded the nomination.
He has made a satisfactory judge of the court of appeals. He has not disgraced
the court, but has honored it, in my opinion."
The Elmira Advertiser declares that inasmuch as both are tarred with the same
stick, Hill, perhaps, having the greater share of the tar, it is only natural
that they should stand by each other. Therefore Maynard should come out and
proclaim his joy that the Democratic party had again shown the possession of
the courage of its convictions in the nomination of David B. Hill;
declare that it was in accordance with Democratic precedent and principles and
that Hill had not disgraced the offices he had held. It would be only a fair
return for Hill's advocacy of his candidacy last fall.
But let's see. What was the result of the
Hill endorsed candidacy of Isaac V. Maynard last fall? Something over 101,000
of adverse majority was it not? Why was this? Because the people would not
condone the offense he committed in carrying out Hill's plot for the theft of
the senate. Why, then, should they be expected to condone the greater offense
of David B. Hill, the dictator and chief engineer of the crime?
◘ The
proverbial carelessness and slighting of work by the plumber bids fair to be
exceeded by the criminal negligence of those who put up electrical appliances. In
the latter case, however, the results are far more deadly. Electrical furnishing
companies ought to be put under heavy bonds and be held to a strict
accountability for all accidents. These are becoming quite too common. Live
wires that are supposed to be dead wires kill with unpleasant frequency. Lately
a young man was instantly struck dead by merely grasping the iron railing as he
went down a flight of steps. The railing touched a tin cornice that was above a
basement. The basement took wires for running a fan from an electrical pole
near by. The wires ran into a supply box behind a sign that was fastened to the
cornice. The electrical box took fire, the current ran from it along the tin
cornice and into the rail, where it passed in full force through the young
man's body. He just stiffened out, and that was all. Defective insulation allowed
the current to communicate to the cornice. Defective insulation is always the
cause of the deadly accidents. A few heavy suits for damages which stop just
short of the point of breaking them up altogether ought to be instituted
against the electric companies that permit ignorant and careless workmen to put
up electric light wires.
◘ The 50
trades unions of Paris that decided the members would work on short time to
permit their unemployed comrades to have a chance have proved their faith by
their works. The profession of brotherhood among organizations is generally a
humbug when it comes to sharing opportunity with another. Yet this is the only
kind of brotherhood that is worth anything. It has been complained of
workingmen that they want to have everything done for them, but are not willing
to do anything for anybody else. Here is a fact that gives the lie to such an
accusation.
Wheat
Fed Beef and Pork.
The farmers of this country will learn one
great lesson from the peculiar condition of the grain market. Never before in
our history was wheat cheaper than corn. The drought and failure of the corn
crop in many parts of the land will make corn continue to be high priced. The
result has been in many places that farmers are feeding wheat to their live
stock instead of corn. They have found that it is even a better food for the
animals. Corn fattens without making a large growth of muscle and bone. Hogs
fed on corn exclusively, while very fat, are weak in bone and small in frame.
The best pork and beef have been found to come from animals fed on wheat. The
flavor is superior to that of corn fed meat. A mixture of the two grains
together would probably make the ideal feed. One live stockman goes so far as
to say he believes the present depression in price is a real godsend to the
farmers, since it will teach them the feeding value of wheat. He has known of
this cereal's being sold and shipped abroad at such low prices that it would
have paid far better if fed to the live stock.
The verdict is generally in favor of wheat
fed meat. Perhaps our surplus wheat can hereafter be always used in this way,
and that there need never be a glut of this grain again. Probably even before
the population grows up, even with our western wheatfields, there will be
comparatively little to export.
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| Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. |
DR.
HOLMES' FUNERAL.
Will be
as Private as is Possible Without Offense.
BOSTON, Oct. 9.—The late Dr. Holmes, in
life, would have dreaded such an affair as a great public ceremonial of which
he was to be the central figure, and his funeral, Wednesday noon, will be as
private as it is possible for his relatives to have it and avoid giving offense
to the many friends who knew him intimately. There is to be no long drawn out
procession. There is to be no magnificent eulogy. Simply the burial service of
Kings chapel read by the Rev. Edward Everett Hale and then the interment at
Mount Auburn with only the immediate friends of the family to form an escort to
the grave. The pall bearers and ushers will be relatives of the deceased.
NEW
CINDER PATH.
In
Prospect Between New York and Chicago.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—A Recorder special from Cleveland, O., says: The scheme for a bicycle
path between New York and Chicago is attracting attention here and the local
wheel clubs are taking action. The wheelmen of this city will try to help in
the construction of a two-foot cinder path on each side of the common roads,
and it is proposed immediate steps be taken by all the wheelmen between New
York and Chicago.
Not this
Cortland.
ALBANY, N, Y., Oct. 9 —The Peekskill and
Cortland Electric Railroad company was incorporated to-day with a capital of
$150,000. The company will build a standard surface road ten miles in length
extending through the streets of the village of Peekskill and in the towns of
Cortland and Yorktown. [This article refers to the Town of Cortlandt--CC editor.]
HOMER
DEPARTMENT.
Gleanings
of News From Our Twin Village.
Mr. Ed Pierce, who for several years past
has been employed in Atwater & Foster's
drug store, has severed his connection with that firm.
The regular weekly meeting of the Homer lodge,
I. O. O. F., will be held in the lodge rooms in the First National bank
building this evening at 8 o'clock.
The regular meeting of the Willoughby
Babcock post, G. A. R., will be held this evening at headquarters in the
Brockway block at 8 o'clock. A meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps will also be
held at the same time and place.
Mr. F. C. Atwater drove to Scott, Spafford
and Borodino to-day.
Mr. Chas. Frazier, who has been at St.
Joseph's hospital in Syracuse undergoing treatment for the past two weeks, was
brought to his home in this village last evening. Mr. Frazier has survived a
very difficult surgical operation and is now gradually improving. A complete
and speedy recovery is wished for him by a large circle of friends.
The Mizpah Mission circle will receive their
friends at the home of Mrs. F. B. Maxon on James-st. to-morrow evening. Ice
cream and cake will be served and all are requested to be present.
Alderman Danes was in Cortland this morning
attending to matters of important business.
The Masonic excursion train left town this
morning at 8:15 o'clock with a large number of Homer citizens who spent the day
in Binghamton. The train was composed of ten cars and was made up at this
depot. While the crowd were waiting on the depot platform they witnessed an
interesting sight when the engineer made a flying switch of the ten cars on the
slight incline between James and Clinton-sts. Among the number of about fifty
who boarded the train here, were Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Gilkerson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hull, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodale, Mr. and
Mrs. John Maxon, Mrs. Isaac Miller, and Messrs. Fred Briggs, L. P. Norton, Dr.
L.T. White, Dr F. H. Green, A. M. Van Hoesen, Henry Bedell, Henry Watrous,
James Clark, Lyman Heberd, Fay Smith and W. H. Shirley.
The Homer fire department has been presented
with a fine photograph of the officers of the fire department, which is neatly
framed. The present is made by Mr. Pruden, the local photographer who is doing
some very fine work in this line.
Mr. Thos. Knobel has completed a very large
sign for the W. N. Brockway wagon company which is to be displayed on the front
of the company's repository in Syracuse. The sign is 3 by 40 feet and the work
is done in gilt and black smalts. It is the largest sign that has been produced
in this county for several years and is certainly the finest piece of work that
Mr. Knobel has ever executed. It is a skillful piece of work and proves the
artistic genius of the painter.
CATHOLIC
MARRIAGES.
Bishop
Ludden Answers Some Questions Regarding Them.
The time and place of Catholic marriages has
recently been the subject of dispute in a number of the newspapers of the
state, and Bishop Ludden of this diocese settles the controversy in the following
letter:
"An item has been going the round of
the papers for several days, stating that no more marriages will be solemnized
in our churches after 12 o'clock noon. And I am quoted as authority for this
rule. This is not correct. And as it concerns a very grave matter—the holy
sacrament of matrimony—I wish to set it right. I have made no such rule and
there is no such law in existence. People have a right to get married at any
reasonable and seasonable hour, and for this the church provides everything
that is favorable and convenient. For this ceremony there are two rituals; one
for marriages celebrated with a mass, another when the marriage takes place
without a mass. There is no law restricting contracting parties to either form.
But they are to be earnestly urged and exhorted by their pastors to get married
with a mass and of course, in the morning. If, however, for reasonable motives
they choose the shorter ceremony, they have a perfect right to such choice, and
the statutes of this diocese leave them entirely free to make such choice. All
marriages of Catholics whether with or without mass, ought to be solemnized in
church and before the altar. But for the sake of decency and order, our
statutes require that marriages in church should take place before sundown.
These are the laws and rules on this matter. I refer all concerned to No. 177
of our Diocesan Statutes and to No. 195, Counc. III, Baltimore."
BISHOP
LUDDEN.
A
Valuable Gift.
Mr. W. J. Mantanye, the delegate to the
constitutional convention from this county, has presented to the library of the
Normal school a set of the Constitutional Convention Manual, in ten volumes,
containing valuable information concerning the constitution of the state of New
York, as revised in 1846 and in 1867-8, and also relating to the government of
cities and other facts interesting to the student of political economy. Mr. Mantanye
receives the hearty thanks of the school authorities.
BREVITIES.
—The funeral of Perry C. Mudge will be held
at 30 Fitz-ave. on Wednesday at 11 o'clock. Burial at Taylor.
— A newly formed whist club of twelve
players will this evening be entertained by Miss Grace K. Duffey.
—Remember that Judge Wm. B. Green, the
wonderful humorist of Brooklyn, will speak at Normal hall, Saturday evening,
Oct. 13, at 8 o'clock.
—The rooms committee of the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Y. M. C. A. added some new lace curtains to the Y. M C. A. parlor this
afternoon, which greatly adds to the homelike and cheerful appearance of the
room.
—The regular monthly business meeting of the
Y. P. S. O. E. of the Presbyterian church will be held at the chapel this
evening at 7:45 o'clock, and will be followed by a sociable to which all are most
cordially invited.
—Mr. George Allport of Cortland has taken
the contract to build a handsome and expensive house at Hamilton, N. Y., for
Prof. D. F. Estes of Colgate Theological seminary. Mr. Allport takes all his
help from Cortland.
—The Republican league held quite an enthusiastic
meeting in the rooms last evening. Stirring addresses were made by Judge J. E.
Eggleston and Mr. C. T. Peck of Cortland and Mr. James T. Steele of Preble. A
meeting will hereafter be held every Monday evening and the club rooms will be
open every night.
—Six hundred and seventy-five Cortland people
took advantage of the Masonic excursion to Binghamton today. The special train,
which left Homer at 8 o'clock, consisted of nine [?] coaches and was in charge
of Conductor Henry Darling and Engineer Youngs. The Patriarch Militant turned
out twenty-two uniformed men.
—The Wheel club races at the driving park
next Saturday will probably be the closest and most exciting of the reason. As
they will be the last this season many of the boys have old scores to wipe out
and every race will be for blood. There is no fear of loafing. The admission
has been reduced to 15 cents. Grand stand free.
—At the meeting of the C. A. A. last evening
a large amount of routine business was disposed of. It was decided to have a
club hunt and game supper. Messrs. E.
G. Tibbits and F. W. Melvin were appointed a committee to have the matter in
charge. The pool tournament, which was adjourned during the summer months, will
be resumed Thursday evening at 7 o'clock.
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