Wednesday, May 9, 2018

VILLAGE FATHERS AND DEATH OF MARY MILLS GOODRICH



Cortland Standard, Wednesday, September 18, 1895.

VILLAGE FATHERS.
TRACTION COMPANY WANT AN OTHER FRANCHISE.
For a Short Cut to the Park—Normal School Bonds—Bills Audited—Police Appointed.
   An adjourned meeting of the village board of trustees was held at the office of the village clerk last night. The full board was present.
   B. D. Medes came before the board and asked relief for erroneous assessment as an exempt fireman.
   R. E. Dunston in behalf of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. came before the board and presented a petition for an additional franchise to lay tracks from the corner of Church and Elm-sts. along Elm-st. to the corner of Pendleton-st. at the curve of their road at that point. The petition was placed on file.
   The following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
   Street Commissioners' pay roll, $155.00
   F. D. Smith, supplies, 8.89
   Electric Supply Co. of Syracuse 20.48
   Sager & Jennings, 19.13
   Hitchcock Manufacturing Co., 19.60
   F. A. Bickford, salary, 25.00
   W. T. Linderman, 1.35
   Police force, 114.75
   F. W. Higgins, salary, 75.00
   B. L. Webb, salary, 25.00
   E. J. Warfield, salary, 25.00
   J. J. Glann, salary, 25.00
   F. J. Doubleday, salary, 25.00
   The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Doubleday, seconded by Mr. Warfield, and was carried:
   WHEREAS, the sum of $10,000 of Normal school bonds mature Oct. 1, 1895, bearing Interest at 3.62 1/2 per cent per annum, held by various parties, and
   WHEREAS, at the last annual village election a resolution was carried and adopted that said bonds be carried at 4 per cent, interest payable April 1 and Oct. 1 per annum from and after Oct. 1, 1895 to be paid in installments in the years 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901, and
   WHEREAS, The Cortland Savings bank has consented to take and hold said bonds at their maturity and carry the same at 4 per cent interest per annum until Oct. 1, 1901, with the privilege to the village of paying the said bonds or any part thereof on any first day of October prior thereto at their option, therefore be it
   Resolved, That said bonds be not paid at maturity, but be held as aforesaid on the conditions above specified.
   On motion of Mr. Glann, seconded by Mr. Webb, Messrs. S. G. Brewer and James Smith were appointed policemen for one month from this date.
   On motion of Mr. Warfield seconded by Mr. Doubleday and declared carried:
   Resolved, That as an application of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. for an additional franchise has been petitioned for this day, public notice of a time and place where said application will be first considered as provided by law be published, for two weeks in the Cortland STANDARD prior to the 7th day of October, 1895, and that on that day at 7:30 P. M. at the office of the clerk of the village said application will be first considered by the board.
   The board then adjourned to Oct. 7, 1895.

BREVITIES.
   —The Syracuse Stars and Rochesters play an exhibition ball game at Tully to-morrow under the auspices of the Tully baseball club.
   —The STANDARD is indebted to Mr. J. L. Gillett for a basket of remarkably fine eating apples of the Hawley and Strawberry varieties.
   —L. M. Head & Co. are rearranging the counters in their tobacco and cigar store so as to increase the room for the manufacturing department.
   —As John Cole, an employee of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co., was engaged yesterday in work on a ladder at a wire east of the electric railroad bridge, he fell to the ground receiving slight bruises.
   —Every one who desires to do so is invited to come to the geography sociable at the Presbyterian chapel tonight dressed in a costume to represent some geographical location. The company will guess the place from the costumes. An oyster supper will be served from 5:30 to 8 o'clock.
   —Secretary E. E. Mellon of the Cortland Co. Agricultural society has written for a sanction to hold the bicycle races which were to have been held at the fair, next Saturday. If the sanction is received there will probably be six events, four of which will be for Cortland Co. riders and two open events.
   —It is rare indeed that a lawyer's office becomes so filled with clients that they overflow in the hall and down into the street. Such was the case last night in the office of Attorney Edwin Duffey. His clients were 125 Italians who desired his assistance in collecting the six weeks' back pay due them for work on the sewers.

THE SEWER CONTRACTORS
Telegraphed That They Left for Cortland at Noon To-day.
   Engineer Landreth received a telegram to-day from Port Huron, Mich., signed Doe & Deloyia, asking if Mr. Scott was still here and if the men were at work, and saying that they would leave for Cortland at noon to-day. An answer was sent.
   The men are to-day filing with the village treasurer notices of liens for the several amounts of wages due. The liens yesterday filed in the county clerk's office have to-day been refiled with the village treasurer in accordance with the provision of a new law passed last winter which changes the place of filing the liens.
   It is hoped that the difficulty can be speedily fixed up and that the work can be continued and completed without a lengthy delay.

MRS. MARY E. GOODRICH.
Died Very Suddenly This Morning from a Shock of Apoplexy.
   Mrs. Mary E. Goodrich, wife of Mr. Horace P. Goodrich, died at her home 35 Tompkins-st., at 8:30 o'clock this morning as a result of a shock of apoplexy sustained at about 8 o'clock last night. Few of Mrs. Goodrich's friends had heard of the shock until they received at the same time the sad news of her death. She has been in failing health for two years past, but nothing serious or immediate was anticipated.
   Yesterday she was out upon the street, attended the funeral of Mrs.
I. R. M. Pomeroy and made some calls.  She was planning to attend the entertainment this evening at the Tioughnioga club with Mr. Goodrich and had invited some friends to go with them. Just before 8 o'clock last night she complained of such a strange feeling. A few moments later while walking across the floor she spoke of it again, and her husband said "Come over here by me, Mary, and sit down and you will soon feel better." Her reply was, "No, I shall never walk again," and with those words sank down to the floor, and in the course of ten minutes lost consciousness and continued in a kind of sleep until the end came at 8:30 o'clock this morning. Dr. Reese was quickly called and a professional nurse, and both, assisted by the loving family friends, did all in their power for her, but to no purpose.
   Mrs. Goodrich was formerly Miss Mary E. Mills. She was born in Marcellus, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1819. In 1840 she came to Cortland to visit her sister, Mrs. James C. Pomeroy, and while here her musical accomplishments so pleased the trustees of the old Cortlandville academy, of which number Mr. Goodrich was one, that they engaged her as teacher of music in the academy, which position she filled most acceptably until her marriage with Mr. Goodrich, Oct. 5, 1843. All her married life, which has been an exceptionally happy one, has been spent in Cortland. One son was born to them, who died of scarlet fever at the age of five years. They adopted a son when an infant, but he too died of consumption at the age of eighteen years.
   Two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich celebrated their golden wedding and the event was a particularly enjoyable one. Upwards of a hundred of their friends called upon them to tender their congratulations and a considerable number of the family friends were present. Though not so well known to the younger generation in Cortland, her circle of friends among the older ones was very widely extended and her loss will be grievously felt. She was a member and in younger days an active worker in the Presbyterian church and has always taken pleasure in contributing to its support and to that of all good works.
   Her husband survives her and three brothers and one sister: Mr. Myron H. Mills of Binghamton, Mr. Andrew V. D. Mills of Cortland, Mr. S. Horton Mills of Washington and Mrs. S. C. Cotton of Washington. She also leaves a number of nephews and nieces: Mrs. Louise Pomeroy Hill and Mr. Fred L. Pomeroy of Brooklyn, Misses Ada, Christine and Jennie Mills of Binghamton, Mrs. James A. Rankin and Mr. Laurence Mills of Cortland and Misses Ida and Irene Colton of Washington.
   The funeral will be held at the family residence, 35 Tompkins-st., Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

INJUCTION SERVED
On the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. for W. Randall and Others.
   Sheriff Hilsinger yesterday served an injunction upon President W. D. Tisdale of the Erie & Central New York R. R., enjoining any of the representatives or employees of the railroad from entering upon the premises of Mr. W. R. Randall east of the D., L. & W. R. R. for the purpose of grading or working in any manner, or of placing thereon any ties, timber or rails or any of the appliances for building a railroad. This action is brought by William R. Randall, Wilhelmina Randall and Antoinette R. Huntington, through their attorneys, J. & T. E. Courtney. The injunction was issued by Judge Walter Lloyd Smith of the supreme court and is made returnable at Cooperstown on Sept. 24.
   The railroad company has not yet obtained any settlement with Mr. Randall by which the company has secured a right of way across his premises. The track is laid across his land and well on down toward the river.

FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
Held the First Meeting of the Year This Afternoon.
   The Fortnightly club this afternoon held the first meeting of the year at the home of the president, Miss Carrie D. Halbert, 18 Lincoln-ave. The whole year will be devoted to a study of England. The program this afternoon includes a paper on "First Impressions of England" by Miss Elizabeth Turner; areading by Mrs. H. L. Smith; an instrumental solo by Miss Martha McGraw; a recitation by Miss Halbert and a paper on "Chester" by Mrs. James Walsh.

Committed to the Asylum.
   This morning L. B. Rowlinson, the baker, was examined by Drs. E. A. Didama and W. J. Moore and pronounced insane, He was committed to the Binghamton state hospital upon an order by Judge J. E. Eggleston, and an attendant from the hospital came up at 4:20 this afternoon to take him back at 6:27 this evening.

KING HENRY OF NAVARRE.
Cracks of the Running Turf Easily Defeated.
GREATEST RACE OF THE SEASON.
Clifford Beat Sir Walter by a Narrow Margin For Place, While Rey El Santa Anita Was Far in the Rear and Domino Nowhere.
   NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—It was a great day at the Gravesend race track, for it was the opening of the fall season with the greatest race of the year as the feature of the program.
   All during the year efforts have been made to bring the five best handicap horses in training together, and finally without any agreement the Brooklyn Jockey club had succeeded in getting them into their regular stake, with Henry of Navarre, Rey el Santa Anita and Domino at weights for age; Clifford with five pounds off, and the game Sir Walter with 13 pounds allowance.
   The quality of Henry of Navarre at a distance was well known, for he had won over and over again. Clifford's record was known, too, over a distance of ground, and Rey el Santa Anita with his string of victories, headed by the Chicago Derby at 1 1/2 miles, made him by no means an uncertain quantity. Domino was the dethroned king, for, while champion of 2-year-olds, he had done little since at anything over 1 1/8 miles.
   Griffin instead of Perkins was given the mount of Navarre. By this change Reiff got the mount on Rey el Santa Anita and Simms was on Clifford, Taral on Domino and Doggett on Sir Walter.
   When the betting opened there was no doubt of the public favorite, for Henry of Navarre opened at 8 to 5, but in spite of the money bets on him did not get any lower.
   Clifford was 2 1/2 and he was soon at twos. Domino receded from 4 to 2 1/2 and Rey el Santa Anita from 8 to 12 while Sir Walter was steady at 8 to 1.
   At the post Domino acted like a demon and refused to break, so it was not until 10 minutes that they came up in line. Sir Walter was the first to show and came into the stretch for the first time under a gentle pull with Rey el Santa Anita second and Henry of Navarre third, Clifford fourth and Domino last.
   The first quarter took 26 1/4 seconds. Around the turn they went increasing the speed a little. Fifty-three seconds was the time to the half mile and the race had just begun. Doggett held Sir Walter steady, but did not choke him off, while Rey el Santa Anita had got his nose up to the leader's saddle. Henry of Navarre still hung on to Rey el Santa Anita, while Domino and Clifford were still in the same relative positions.
   Along the back stretch the quintette rushed at the same rate of speed, reaching three-quarters pole in 1:17 1/2. Try as Taral might, he could not make Domino extend himself.
   In the next 13 seconds came the critical point in the race for Domino. Would he go beyond what was commonly supposed to be his distance? Evidently not, for Taral was at work with iron and bat, and under the pitiless urging the black colt leaped ahead, but only for an instant. It was a flash in the pan, and all was over for him. Yard by yard the others left him struggling in the rear, and at the mile post when the horses straightened out into the stretch he was hopelessly beaten.
   At the head of the stretch Sir Walter was still in the lead, having run the mile in 1:43 1/2, but he was in trouble. Doggett could hear the pounding of the hoofs getting nearer and nearer. Out came his whip, and it rattled against Sir Walter's ribs as if it was the last jump and not a quarter of a mile from the end.
   He was only a neck in front of Rey el Santa Anita, but Henry of Navarre was coming and only a neck behind in third place. Clifford was fourth, but some distance behind and now Simms was riding hard.
   With only an eighth of a mile to go Rey el Santa Anita quit and joined Domino, although Reiff still tried to land him. Sir Walter was through, too, and the best he could do was third.
   Griffin on Navarre was through urging, for only an accident could prevent his winning, and at 2:09 by the timer's watch he passed the finish line well in hand amid, the roars of the crowd, winning over the best horses in training and an easy winner, too.
   Clifford managed to get the place away from Sir Walter in the last sixteenth and again the gallant son of Midlothian had to take a lower place. It was a contest of the giants in which Henry of Navarre was the best by long odds.
 

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