Cortland Standard Semi-Weekly Edition, Tuesday,
June 18, 1895.
THE GLORIOUS
FOURTH.
PLANS FOR ITS OBSERVANCE AT MCGRAWVILLE.
G.A. R. to Camp Out—Fine Street Parade—Races of all Kinds—Dancing and Fireworks.
McGrawville
is to celebrate the glorious Fourth in fine style. New and novel features will
be introduced, among which will be an old time army camp. This will be arranged
under the direction of Wm. H. Tarble Post, 476, G. A. R. A camp ground will be
laid out with regulation army tents, mess-houses and campfires. Rations will be
served in army style. The old army songs will be sung. A battery of four
twelve-pound guns which have seen service will be placed on the camp ground.
These were lately presented to the Post through the influence of Secretary of
War Daniel S. Lamont. All G. A. R. Posts and S. O. V. camps in the county are
invited to join in the exercises at the camp ground.
For
amusements there will be races of all kinds, including bicycle, wheelbarrow,
potato, sack and mule races.
A monster
parade will take place at 11:30 which will be participated in by organized
bodies from all over the county. There will be plenty of brass and martial
bands.
The
address of the day will be delivered by Mr. A. E. Seymour of McGrawville, and
there will also be other speakers.
A great
game of ball will be played between the McGrawville team and another first
class team in the county. There will be dancing afternoon and evening at the
Opera House.
The day
will close with a magnificent, display of fireworks. Everybody is invited to
attend. Make your arrangements to go to McGrawville and no where else.
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| H. T. Dana, MD. |
ANNUAL MEETING
Of the Cortland County Medical Society on
Thursday.
The
eighty-seventh annual meeting of the Cortland County Medical society was held
at the supervisors’ rooms in Cortland Thursday afternoon, the meeting being
called to order at 1:30 o’clock by the president, Dr. H. T. Dana. The following
members were present: Drs. Angel, Bennett, Dana, Didama, Edson, Neary,
Sornberger and White of Cortland; White and Green of Homer; Miles, Trafford and
Smith of Marathon; Hendrick, Forsbee and Smith of McGrawville and Kinyon of
Cincinnatus.
After the
reading of the minutes of the last meeting and the annual report of the
secretary and treasurer, Dr. Dana gave the president’s annual address, the
subject of the paper being “A Review of Medicine of the Nineteenth Century,” which
was listened to with much interest. Dr. Sornberger followed with an instructive
and comprehensive paper on “Typhoid Fever” and in closing asked that in the
discussion to follow the members give their views as to the benefit of
alcoholic stimulants in that disease. In the discussion which was mainly
devoted to treatment, most of the members recorded themselves as in favor of
alcoholic stimulants of some kind in certain cases and at certain periods of
the disease.
The election of officers and delegates for the ensuing year then
followed with this result:
President—Dr.
A. J. White.
Vice-President—Dr.
Benjamin Kinyon.
Secretary,
Treasurer and Librarian, Dr. F. H. Green.
Board of
Censors—Dr. F. W. Higgins, chairman, and Drs. A. J. White,
H. C. Hendrick, L. T. White and C. E. Bennett.
Delegate
to the New York State
Medical Society—Dr. H. T. Dana.
Delegates
to the American Medical Association—Drs. H. S. Edson, S. J. Sornberger
and M. R. Smith.
Delegates
to the Central New York Medical Association—Drs. F. H. Forshee and C. E.
Bennett.
Delegates
to County Societies—Onondaga, Dr. J. W. Whitney; Chenango, Dr. M. L.
Halbert; Broome, Dr. C. B. Trafford; Tompkins, Dr. L. T. White.
Dr. Dana,
as chairman of the committee on revision of the by-laws of the society, then read the new by-laws and, on motion,
they were unanimously adopted and the secretary was directed to see that they
were printed and a copy sent to each member.
Some
miscellaneous business followed and the meeting then adjourned.
F. H. Green, secretary.
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| Little York Lake. |
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| Photos immediately above show Dr. Santee's summer cottage on Little York Lake (top of series). See larger photos at Grip's Historical Souvenir of Cortland. |
Dr. E. M.
Santee purchased Thursday of Geo. A. Warn of Little York a building lot on the
edge of the lake, on the elm bluff opposite Raymond’s landing on the north.
This is one of the very finest sites on the lake, and the doctor has been
trying to get it for seven years. He will immediately put up a cottage and will
occupy it during the heated term riding his wheel down to his business in the
morning and back at night.
HARLEM SHIP CANAL OPENED.
Great Day for New York—To-day a Holiday in the City.
NEW YORK, June 17.—Amid the booming of cannon
from two of Uncle Sam’s warships, the screeching of whistles from river craft
and the cheers of thousands of spectators, a flotilla of nearly 200 vessels
entered the Harlem ship canal and a new waterway was thrown open to commerce at
noon to-day. It was a great day for Upper New York. The joining of the waters
of the Hudson and East rivers was celebrated as no similar event has been
celebrated since the Erie canal was opened in 1825.
The
Harlem ship canal was projected twenty years ago, but no active work was done
until within the last five years. Since then the government has blasted a wide
cut through a hill of rock, and dredged many miles of mud in order to change a
creek two feet in depth and the Harlem river into a waterway suitable for light
draft vessels from the Hudson river to Long Island sound. The total length of
the canal is six miles.
A ROARING FIRE.
The “Big Moses” Was Struck by Lightning
Yesterday.
NEW YORK,
June 15.— A Sun special from Pittsburg says: The “Big Moses” gas
well on the Spencer farm on Indian Creek, 16 miles east of Sistersville, W. Va.,
and owned by the Victor Oil and Gas company of Pittsburg was struck by
lightning yesterday afternoon and is now a roaring fire.
The “Big
Moses” was the largest gas well ever struck. It was drilled last year, and the
pressure was so strong that the tools were thrown out of the hole, the end of
the walking beam was beaten off by the huge boulders thrown out of the well and
the derrick was literally battered to pieces. For several months no one would undertake
the work of shutting the well in. After an outlay of much money and many days
of hard work it was brought under control, but special fittings many times
heavier than had ever before been used, had to be made. Heavy timbers were
buried deep in the ground and to the timbers were bolted the fittings. In a few
months the well burst its bonds, and since then has been wasting millions of [cubic feet] of gas a day.
Case of Mistaken Identity.
The case
of The People vs. Sherman Shoales of Blodgett Mills was called at police court
at 9 o’clock Friday morning. The defendant was arrested June 4 on a warrant sworn out by
Mrs. William Kane of River-st, charging him with an attempted assault upon the
person of her eight-year-old daughter the previous day in the old Catholic
cemetery. Prior to this morning the defendant had proved to Justice Bull
by a number of witnesses and beyond the shadow of a doubt that it was a case of
mistaken identity and that he was not in Cortland at all that day. The result
was that when the case was called this morning no one appeared against him and
Justice Bull promptly discharged him at the same time fully exonerating him of
any connection with the crime. Mr. Shoales is 76 years old.
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| Trolley in McGrawville. |
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| A. P. McGraw (upper left) corset factory in McGrawville. Photo from Grip's Historical Souvenir of Cortland. |
To Build the Electric Railroad at Foot of
McGrawville Hill.
On
Thursday, June 13, the franchise was granted by Highway Commissioner E. C.
Rindge to the Cortland and Homer Traction Co. to build and operate the electric
road upon the new highway around the foot of McGrawville hill. The document was
filed in the county clerk’s office on Friday, June 14. The franchise in all its
details relating to the building of the railroad, the placing of poles, the
height of the wire, the liability of the road for damages in case of accident, the
various conditions, etc., was similar to other franchises heretofore granted.
The last provision was as follows:
The
foregoing franchise is granted, ordered and ordained for the time of ninety-nine
years from May 27, 1895.
It is
further ordered that the said Cortland and Homer Traction Co. are granted this
franchise unconditionally in case it does not lay its tracks upon and use Port Watson-st.
bridge for railroad purposes and the running of cars there on, except as
heretofore mentioned; but in case said corporation does so track and use Port Watson-st. bridge as aforesaid, then it shall
within three months from the time said road is completed pay over to said town of Cortlandville or
its legal representatives entitled to receive the same the sum of
$500.
Election at McGrawville.
At a
special election in McGrawville last fall resolutions were adopted by a large
majority appropriating $1,000 for fire purposes itemized as follows: $500 to
apply on engine, $300 for wells and $200 for hose. After the election was over
a question was raised as to the legality of the method of voting upon the
resolutions and this spring after the new board of trustees bad been elected they
declared the former election illegal, and announced another special election for
June 14 for the purpose of again submitting to vote the same appropriations.
The
election was held Friday and a light vote was cast. It was, however, most
unanimously in favor of the appropriations, only thirteen negative votes being
cast. That night the supporters of the resolutions were jubilant and the village
of McGrawville witnessed a celebration which will form a good preliminary to
the one which is to follow upon July 4.
Mrs. James A. Nixon.
The death
of this excellent Christian woman, which
took place at 9:10 o’clock Friday night at her home, 65 Railroad-st., although
a great sorrow to her many friends, was hardly a surprise to them. In feeble
health for a few years past, she had lately been a great sufferer. For twelve
weeks she had been out of the house but once and then only to sit for a few
minutes on the piazza on one of those warm days in early May; and for six weeks
she had been unable to lie down to sleep and was simply made as comfortable as
she could be in a reclining chair. The end which came very quietly at last must
have been to her a most welcome release.
Mrs.
Nixon was born in Windsor, Mass. Her maiden name was Jane May Wells. She was
one of five children, only two of whom are now living, Mrs. Glenn Cuyler of
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mr. Edward P. Wells of Louisville, Ky. She came with her
parents to Cortland about 1846 or 1847 and her home until the death of her mother, several years after
her marriage, was on Church-st in a house
which stood nearly on the site of the present Emerald Hose building, On Oct,
19, 1876 she was married to Mr. James A. Nixon who has most tenderly cared for
her during these weeks of
suffering and to whom the sincerest sympathy of his friends is given in his sad
bereavement,
On April
30, 1858, she made confession of her Christian faith and was received into the
membership of the Presbyterian church of Cortland in whose communion she
continued until her death. That her faith was real was witnessed abundantly by
her life during years of health and still more signally by the trustful and
uniform cheerfulness of these last weeks.
Overland From New York.
Messrs.
John J. and Charles Viele of New York are in town for a few days. The former made the entire trip of 253 miles on
his wheel. He left his home at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon and reached Cortland at
8 o’clock Sunday night. The longest run was on Sunday from Honesdale, Pa. to
Cortland, 118 miles. Mr. Charles Viele rode with him the first day to Lackawaxen
and then took the train for Oswego, where he had business. Sunday he rode from Oswego to Cortland and arrived in town within fifteen minutes of the
time his brother got in from the south.
THEIR FIRST DEFEAT.
Cortlands
Defeated by Shamrocks of Syracuse.
Saturday’s ball game at the fair grounds resulted
in favor of the Shamrocks of Syracuse by a score of 15 to 8. A large crowd was
in attendance and the game proved to be very interesting throughout. The
Shamrocks went to bat first and were retired in fine shape in one, two, three
order. Cortland went to bat and Dowd got to first on passed balls, but could
get no farther, as Place was retired at the plate. The Shamrocks were prevented
from scoring in the second, but for the Cortlands, Welch and Flood each made
the circuit of the diamond. The third resulted in a goose-egg for each team and
in the fourth, the Shamrocks made their first score. The fifth inning proved a
bonanza for the visitors, as the home team got considerably rattled and allowed
them to run in eleven scores thus losing the game. Up to this inning Cortland
played great ball, Hughes doing excellent work in the box and receiving good
support. In the sixth, Cortland made five scores, Dexter making a two base hit
to right field when the bases were all full, and bringing in three men. Place
went into the box and pitched the remainder of the game in which fine playing
was done by both teams. The feature of the eighth inning was a fine running
catch by Veder.
The visitors distinguished themselves by
their good base running. Following is the summary:
The Cortland and Homer Traction Co. introduced
a new feature in the game by furnishing a very large number of camp chairs for
the use of the spectators. Not all could be accommodated of course as the crowd
was so numerous, but very many enjoyed the game much more than they otherwise
could have done by this kindly act of foresight on the part of the company.
BITS OF NEWS
FROM HOMER.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15.
Miss
Belle Van Denberg returned from a visit to Syracuse this morning.
Jacob
Crouse of Syracuse is in town today inspecting his property in this vicinity, the
scene of the recent fire.
Chas. G. Hobart
of Hornellsville, N. Y., is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Hungate on
Cayuga-st.
Miss Mary
Wood entertained the members of her Sunday-school class at her home on
River-st. last evening. Her guests were Messrs. Chas. and Irving Rumsey, Geo. Hoyt,
Earl Durand, Wm. Reed and Burr Johnson.
Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Woodward of Truxton were in town yesterday.
Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Atwater, Mrs. J. J. Arnold, Mrs. S. Z. Miner and F. C. Atwater and
Le Grand Fisher drove to Moravia this morning to attend the funeral of Mr. J.
H. Fredericks who died on Thursday.
Milo
McDiarmid class of ‘95 of Cornell university is home for a few days’ visit during
senior vacation,
Nelson
Wiegand and Oliver Murray rode to Truxton on their wheels last evening. To-day
they will ride to Syracuse and return this evening by way of Tully.
Mrs. John
Wiegand of Truxton was in town yesterday.
Miss
Alice E. Blaney of Preble is spending a few days at her home on North Main-st.
Mrs. G.
D. Daniels and Miss Daniels left town this morning for Cazenovia, where they
will be the guests of friends for a week.
Clinton
Rufus Freeman of Crain’s Mills and Irving Sears of Truxton were in town on
business yesterday.
Miss
Julia A. Tifft left town this morning for her home in Ithaca. Miss Tifft’s departure which is
permanent, is greatly regretted by her many friends in this village where
during her two years’ stay she has made many friends. She has been active in
church and society as well as in school work, where her influence has been felt
by all with whom she came in contact.
The congratulations of a large
circle of Homer friends will attend her at her wedding which will occur on
Thursday, June 27, 1895, at Ithaca when she will be married to Prof. Galbraith
of Winona, Minn.
A band of
music is not in it with a runaway horse in Homer as far as calling the people
out is concerned. This morning when the horse attached to P. F. Smith’s delivery
wagon came dashing up Main-st. the spectators were treated to a variation of
the program. When the horse reached James-st. a young fellow who was standing on
the side walk made a dash for the runaway and
just as the rear end of the wagon came along side of him, he grasped the frame
work and swung himself onto the step. He soon had the reins in his hand and the
horse under control which action was greeted by generous applause from the
spectators. Owing to the modesty of the hero of the occasion his name is
withheld.
BREVITIES.
When
lovely woman takes to wheeling,
And finds,' alas, that gowns betray
What
they should scarcely be revealing,
She puts
on bloomers right away.
—The state fair at Syracuse this year will be
held August 26 to 31.
—Superintendent
F. A. Bickford and Chief A. G. Bosworth have completed their examination of the
fire alarm system. They found the boxes and line in excellent working order.
—Messrs. F. W. Melvin and E. B. Richardson one
day last week rode on their wheels the fifteen miles from Hotel Slayton, Tully,
to the Cortland House in exactly forty-seven minutes.
—Mrs. Mary A. Spaulding died Friday morning at
the residence of her brother, Burdette Howard, North Church-st., aged 62 years.
The funeral took place Sunday at 1 o’clock p. m. Burial at Groton.
—President Schurman is quite a figure at
Cornell but the biggest man at the university is Charles E. Courtney, professor
of aquatics. Should Cornell win at Henley, Mr. Courtney will be a bigger man
than the president of the United States.—Elmira Gazette.
—Henry Howes purchased wool for the first time
Thursday taking 6,943 pounds at
the depot, at 13 cents for unwashed and 17 cents for washed. He also took in 88
calves and hogs. During the day be paid about $1,700 to the farmers of this
vicinity.—DeRuyter Gleaner.
—The marriage of Mr. Albert H. Allport and
Miss Kate E. Bennett occurred at Mr. Allport’s residence, 18 Squires-st., Saturday
evening. Rev. C. E. Hamilton, pastor of the Homer-ave. M. E. church, performed
the ceremony in the presence of a few friends of the bride and groom,
—“Great Scott!”ejaculated a stranger on a
trolley car to-day, “What doesn’t the electric company do? It carries the
population; lights the streets, stores and houses; handles the mail and
baggage; fans them; turns the small machinery in the shops; amuses them at the
park; and finally buries them in its cemetery.”
—The Republican National League convention
will be held this year in Cleveland, O., beginning at 10 o’clock on Wednesday,
June 19. Special rates will be given over the New York Central. The special
train will leave Syracuse at 3 o’clock p. m., on Tuesday, June 18. The fare for
the round trip from Syracuse will be $10.65.
—Work on the Main-st, sewer was begun Monday
morning at Court-st. with one gang of men working southward. It is expected that
another gang will be put on to-day to work to the northward. The trench is
being dug between the street car tracks and the dirt thrown to the east. Cars
are running only on the southbound track to-day as a consequence.
—The Franklin Hatch Library association has
recently received from Mr. W. J.
Mantanye a valuable contribution entitled “Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners
of the State of New York on Strains on Railroad Bridges of the State” in
one large volume issued in 1891. The work is a complete and exhaustive one on
the subject by the best authorities and invaluable as a reference.
—Friday was the 118th anniversary of the
adoption by congress of the Stars and Stripes as the national ensign. The resolution
of June 14, 1777, indicated the flag of the country, “Old Glory,” precisely as
it now is, excepting that the stars in the blue have numbered the states of the
Union from time to time. The original flag carried thirteen stars, and these
constituted a beautiful union. The number now, forty-four, somewhat crowds the
blue field. The flag of the nation has a deep significance. It is the insignia
of our country, the embodiment of our patriotic pride. There is not elsewhere in
all the earth such a beautiful flag as that of the United States of America.
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