A BRUTAL OPERATION AND DEATH OF MARY ELLA RINDGE

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, January 21, 1895.

A BRUTAL OPERATION.

A Horse Unmercifully Whipped Until it Died.

   At about dusk Saturday evening there was a scene upon the corner of Elm and Church-sts., which would seem to require the attention of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Howard Meacham of 50 N. Main-st. was driving a horse up Elm-st., and was striking it unmercifully with a whip, at the same time yanking it from side to side of the street with the reins. Suddenly the horse fell down and within a very few minutes died.

   Mr. F. P. Hakes of the firm of Davis, Jenkins & Hakes, was one of the witnesses to the disgraceful affair. He told a STANDARD reporter that he should think the man struck the horse twenty-five blows. He said that before Meacham finished there were eight or ten witnesses gathered about. A woman in front of him almost went into hysterics at the sight.

   An employee of The STANDARD job room saw the last of it. The man was whipping the horse furiously and yanking and jerking it back and forth. Suddenly the animal fell and then Meacham jumped from the sleigh and continued whipping and kicking it until it died. Meanwhile the air was fairly blue with profanity.

   It was also reported that the horse had been over driven during the day.

Trolley cars near the Cortland House, Clinton Ave. and Main Street, Cortland.

THE ELECTRIC RAILROAD.

The Cars Will be Started in a Very Few Days.

   The temporary engine sent down from Watertown to be used at the power house of the Cortland and Homer Traction Co. until the permanent engine can be used is now in position and connected and ready to run. A slow fire was started under two boilers on Saturday night to dry out the brick work and to prepare for a fiercer fire required for getting up steam in a very few days when the first car will be run.

   The first tandem compound engine for the permanent plant is now being painted and will be shipped before the end of the present week and within a few days thereafter will be erected and ready to furnish power.

   The trolley wires are now ready for use from the E., C. & N. station to the D., L. & W. crossing between the villages. The wires are also strung from the northern terminus of the road as far south as the Tisdale mills. They need adjusting, however, but a single day's work will complete the wire down to the D., L. & W. crossing.

A DRAWING CARD.

Motor Cycle Filled the Galleries to Overflowing.

   The latest number of The Athlete has the following to say regarding the motor cycle exhibition at Chicago:

   If any one doubted for a minute the drawing powers of the new motor bicycle which has recently come into wide notice, those doubts were dispelled by a visit to the exhibit of the Hitchcock Mfg. Co. and the Motor Cycle Co. in the north gallery. When the company decided to make an exhibit all the best stands had been rented, but the fact that they were compelled to go into the gallery proved a good thing for the other lessees of space there and for the show management.

   The motor cycle stand was hemmed in by crowds of interested people from the opening of the doors at 10 A M. until the closing at 11 P. M. Mr. E. J. Pennington, the inventor of the motor and president of the Motor Cycle Co., who have contracted with the Hitchcock Mfg. Co. to manufacture the motor vehicles, was in charge of the exhibit and he was the recipient of many pleasing compliments upon the result of his labors.

   Then followed a description of the wheels.

A Dissolution Case.

   Referee James Dougherty submitted his report last Saturday before Judge Walter Lloyd Smith at Elmira in the case of the Cortland Chair and Cabinet Co. which is seeking to go into dissolution. Receiver Edward H. Brewer made an application for the distribution of the funds in accordance with the report of the referee. The question of the priority of claims and their preference was also raised and an argument was presented. H. L Bronson appeared for Mr. Brewer and in favor of the report of the referee. I. H. Palmer and B. T. Wright opposed the report, Judge Smith heard the arguments and reserved his decision. Mr. Brewer is very anxious to close up this business and pay off the creditors as quickly as is possible, and hopes that a conclusion will be very quickly reached.

THE FALSE REPORT THAT GREEN

Had made an assignment, started last week, Wednesday, by some malicious, evil-minded person, has as yet failed to produce the desired results. Green is still selling groceries at prices that make it to the interest of the people who pay their bills to investigate and buy their goods at a strictly cash store. Green trusts no one, and the poor man's dollar goes as far as the rich man's. Green is not doing business for spite, love, nor fun, but to make a living and pay his bills honestly. If the people of Cortland and vicinity believe in supporting a store run on these principles, Green would be pleased to receive a share of their patronage.

   J. D. GREEN, cash grocer.                                        (W614-lt.)

"The Tornado" To-night.

   In the course of a long and very complimentary notice of "The Tornado," which appears at the Opera House tonight, the Chicago Herald says:

   That Mr. Carter has exhibited a very wide ingenuity in inventing these sensations and providing the means by which they may be produced in a realistic manner must be conceded. He has at least avoided the trivialities of modern real melodrama in the treatment of his realistic features. Base imitations have no part in his scheme, but with the fine fire of a discoverer looking for new fields he has broken a way for himself into the very heart of sensationalism.

   Plays of this sort answer a real want that is evidenced by the interest with which they are received. They provide recreation for those who would find no delight whatever in the calm field of polite comedy, and as recreation is the chief purpose of the theatre, it is well that all honest and respectable tastes should be provided for.

BREVITIES.

   —A vagrant secured lodging at police headquarters last night.

   —A street car will run to Homer after the entertainment to-night.

   —A number of those interested in art are agitating the question of forming an Art club.

   —The annual meeting of the Republican league will be held this evening at 8 o'clock at the league rooms.

   —Mr. M. De Ver Westcott has taken a fine photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Ellis M. Santee and daughter on the doctor's new motor tandem.

   —A Normal student in answering the question in school law as to what were gospel lots replied that they were grab bags at a church fair.

   —One of the features of the annual meeting of the Republican league this evening will be a number of the old campaign songs rendered by the glee club.

   —The James Frazee Milling Co. of Baldwinsville this morning filed with County Clerk E. C. Palmer another judgment of $75.85 and costs of $3.70 against the firm of Sanders, Cotton & Co.

   —The regular meeting of Harmony lodge. No. 608, I. O. O. T. will occur on Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, instead of on Wednesday evening. On Wednesday evening the lodge will make a fraternal visit to Fidelity lodge at McLean.

   —The STANDARD still continues to furnish the New York Weekly Tribune or the New York Weekly Press for twenty-five cents in addition to the regular price of the daily or semi-weekly STANDARD to all STANDARD subscribers who pay for a year in advance on their papers.

   —The STANDARD is indebted to Mr. C. W. Wiles, formerly of Cortland, now of Delaware, O., for a program of the exercises attending the raising of the flag over the new state armory in that place, Mr. Wiles, who has lately been appointed adjutant of the Third battalion, Fourteenth infantry, O. N. G., was appointed on that occasion to read the regimental order establishing the military post.

CITY BAND MINSTRELS.

Give Entertainments at the Opera House Feb. 8 and 9.

   The City band minstrels are hard at work rehearsing for their entertainment to be given at the Opera House, Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 8 and 9. Some of the best talent of the vicinity has been secured for the occasion and it promises to be superior to that given last year.

   The entertainment will consist of a very amusing and laughable first part, introducing ten funny end men, dancers, ballad singers and the famous "Carriage City Quartet," concluding with a new and original afterpiece. Many new and pleasing specialties will be introduced during the performance.

   Mr. Lawrence Dillon has charge of the dancing, which promises to be one of the best features. The orchestra of fifteen pieces will be conducted by Prof. F. A. Mangang. One of the most prominent features will be the musical act under the direction of Messrs. George Murphey and P. T. Carpenter.

   The band has since its organization been working under a heavy indebtedness and takes this method of freeing itself from such embarrassment. The Cortland City band is one of the finest organizations of the kind in the country, and all citizens of Cortland who are interested in its maintenance should patronize the boys in this commendable struggle, and show their appreciation in a material way. Remember the dates, Feb. 8 and 9.

Obituary.

   Mary Ella Rindge, daughter of Septy and Lydia Roberts Rindge, was born in Cortland, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1848. Beloved and petted, a favorite in the family circle, her childhood years were bright and happy. At twelve years of age, while with her companions enjoying the pleasure and sport of coasting, she met with an injury from which she never recovered, and which, a few years later resulted in a complete and life-long paralysis of her limbs. In such a helpless and dependent condition more than thirty years of her life were passed, so bravely and patiently enduring deprivation and pain, as to win the admiration and love of all who knew her. The testimony of nearest friends is, that no complaining words escaped her lips, and seldom did a falling tear bespeak the weight of agony she must have felt beneath the heavy cross she bore.

   Early religious impressions received in Sunday-school, and from a loving sister's care, seemed to have matured as the years of discipline wore on, and when the call came, Jan. 17, she was found ready to depart. Her brief illness of a single day, seemed a fitting, easy close of a long and trying experience of affliction. As the end drew near, she said to her sister who was tenderly supporting her, ''Hold my hand while I pass through the flood," and a little later said, "It is not deep," and with a seeming heavenly radiance on her countenance, and light celestial in her eyes, she passed away.

   Her funeral, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Allen Smith, was attended by a large and deeply sympathizing company of relatives and friends. Appropriate music was tenderly rendered by the choir of the Congregational church, and an address was made by Rev. Geo, H. Brigham, a long time friend of the family, who has often gone with them through the shadows of mourning at the burial of their dead. His theme was the ministry of suffering in the perfecting of the followers of him, "Who was himself made perfect through suffering, that he might bring many sons unto glory,"

   "Blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord." B.

SAVING HIS FEELINGS.

Fitzsimmons Need Not be Arrested to Return to Syracuse.

   ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21.—Pugilist "Bob" Fitzsimmons will not suffer the humiliation of being placed under arrest and sent back to Syracuse under surveillance as a result of his indictment by the grand jury for the killing of his sparring partner, Con Riordan. Chief of Police Harrigan yesterday received a telegram from Chief Wright, of Syracuse, requesting him to tell Fitzsimmons that unless he left for Syracuse last night he would order his arrest and detention until the arrival of a requisition.

   It was finally arranged that Fitzsimmons need not leave last night, but would hold himself subject to Wright's orders. This practically amounts to Lanky Bob's release on his own recognizance. It is not expected he will be summoned this week.