Saturday, June 30, 2018

WE WIPED THE GROUND WITH THEM



Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, November 6, 1895.

WE WIPED THE GROUND WITH THEM.
REPUBLICAN.
Empire State Ticket Elected by 80,000 Majority.
   NEW YORK, Nov. 6—The Republicans have carried New York state "above the Harlem" for the head of the state ticket by a plurality clearly estimated at 130,000. The Democrats have carried New York city by a plurality of fully 41,612 for the head of the state ticket, and have carried Brooklyn by 6,000, giving the state to the Republicans by probably 54,000, showing a net Republican gain over the election of two years ago of nearly 30,000.
   ALBANY, Nov. 6—New York state has not added another landslide record to the famous ones of the past two years. The party which came into power by one of these landslides is not, by the vote of yesterday, dismissed except as relates to a few municipalities. The state officers elected two years ago by the Republican party have been reelected and the two branches of the legislature remain as before under the direction of the Republicans.
   The election throughout the state was orderly and rapidly conducted, and the results were so quickly compiled that all the talk about the difficulty of handling the blanket ballot went for naught.
   So far as the success or failure of the blanket ballot was concerned the advices from all over the state show that there was little or no trouble, and that the ballot was so much of a success that the vote was polled quicker than ever before.
   The earlier returns showed a rather significant fact, so far as New York city was concerned, and that was that while there was a large increase in the Democratic vote of the past two years, there was not the same percentage of loss to be attributed to the Republican ticket.
   This was accounted for on the ground that the Democratic vote of 1893 had been greatly reduced by people of that party remaining away from the polls.
   The most interesting part of the summary made of the early returns was a comparison with the vote of a normal year, that is, a year when the normal Democratic and Republican vote was cast, and when so-called landslides did not figure in the returns. These comparisons showed that after the defeat of the Democratic state ticket in 1894, the percentage of loss in the year succeeding for the Democracy was about 6 1/3 per cent.
   The early returns demonstrated that while the Republicans were still on the winning side of the fence so far as the state ticket is concerned, that this percentage of loss has not only been stopped, but that there was a decided gain for the Democracy in general, and that vice versa, the Republicans, taking last year or 1894 as a criterion, would have to figure the percentage of loss upon their side.
   The press returns, as received by those in the executive chamber were of such a nature that Secretary Cole sent word to Governor Morton that the Republican ticket had been elected, that the assembly and senate would be Republican and that Tammany had again obtained control of New York.
   The re-election of Coggeshall and Raines was one of the features of the news report and predictions were rife that there would be lively times in the senate the coming winter.
   As towards midnight the returns from the counties north of New York city came in all predictions of Republican loss, and Democratic gains were noted.
   Palmer for secretary of state, whose plurality it was alleged would be greatly cut in all northern counties, showed a gain over his vote of 1893. In almost every county he had gained, except possibly in New York, Kings and Erie, while his opponent King had lost.
   The only way in which there could be said to be a Democratic gain towards normality in the vote was induced by the gain from New York city, where Tammany had made a meagre sort of record by obtaining a plurality in New York.
   In counties where the Democrats had expected to gain, except Albany, the gain was not apparent, and the whole support of the Democratic state ticket seemed to fall upon New York and Kings counties. In Kings county the surprise was great. It was the home county of the Democratic candidate for secretary of state, and yet it had not polled the vote that it was supposed it would. Indeed, it fell far behind.
   Even Albany county did not come up to the record it was supposed to make. It found a favorite in its nominee for secretary of state and kept its plurality down to the barest kind of plurality for the Democrats. The result, taken at its best was a well earned victory for the Republicans, so far as state issues went.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
A Great Day.
   Yesterday was a Republican day in point of weather and every other respect. A Tammany open-saloon-on-Sunday victory in New York City and a Democratic victory in the municipal election in Syracuse were the only spots on the political sun. Maryland, New Jersey and Kentucky go Republican. New York leaves no doubt as to where she will stand next year. Pennsylvania goes all one way and Massachusetts also. Ohio gives 100,000 plurality for the Republicans. Majorities are so big that no one takes any interest in them. The election of a Republican president next November is sure as sunrising.

David B. Hill.
Senate and Assembly.
   The legislature chosen yesterday will be the first under the new constitution. It will consist of a senate of 50 members and an assembly of 150. In both branches it will be strongly Republican. This is one of the gratifying results of the elections. It assures the completion of reforms inaugurated last winter. It means Republican control of legislation, unhampered by traitors and mercenaries. It means the close of David B. Hill's public services on the 4th of March, 1897. The one fly in the legislative ointment, says the Utica Herald, is contributed by the Democratic party of Oneida county, with the aid of 2,000 to 3,000 Republicans—most of whom will be ashamed of their work when regrets will be vain—in the election of Henry F. Coggeshall to the senate.
   The magnificent majority in the state, almost equal to the avalanche of last year, presages the choice of Republican presidential electors and a Republican governor next year. The transfer of all administrative offices in the state to Republican hands will then be completed, and Hillism finally eradicated. Yesterday's was a great day's work.

NOTES.
   Cortland county gives the largest Republican majority within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. If all the districts had shown the Republican gain which some of them did, the vote would have been pretty nearly unanimous. Next year we must make it so.
   Where is the Cortland county Democracy? Where, O where?
   Every one is pleased with the blanket ballot. It is quickly voted and quickly counted.
   9,127 Republican majority on the head of the state ticket in Cortland county. It never rains but it pours.
   The vote was one of the lightest ever cast in the county. Harvey Tuttle writes us that the vote in Freetown was the smallest he has ever known in that town. [Voter registration rules were changed, and every voter had to register in person before voting in 1895—CC editor.]
   Every registered Republican in the Fourth district of this town, save four, was gotten out to the polls. Those four were reached after industriously but couldn't be found [sic].
   Many Democrats who haven't worked themselves quite up to the point of voting the Republican ticket stayed at home and didn't vote at all. Next fall they should come out and vote for a protective tariff and prosperity.
   It seemed just a trifle odd last evening to hear a prominent Democrat at the Tioughnioga club inquiring "How has Kentucky gone?" Any political prophet who had predicted three years ago that there would be any uncertainty as to the result in this Bourbon state, this Gibraltar of Democracy in 1895, would have been regarded as a fit subject for a commission of lunacy.
   Forty Republican majority in the Democratic town of Truxton, where Assemblyman Saunders formerly resided, as against a Democratic majority of five last year, speaks pretty well for both the candidate's work and for his personal popularity in that town. Mr. Saunders showed his loyalty by working for the entire Republican ticket, and not simply for complimentary votes for himself.
   The Cortland Democrat's article attacking Mr. Saunders bore fruit in the second section district of this town, where both he and Mr. Hubbard reside. The returns show a Republican gain of 98 votes over last year. The fruits of Mr. Hubbard's canvass of the county appear only in a few scattering "complimentary" votes—so few as to play not the slightest part in the general result.
   Only one election district in Cortland county goes Democratic—the town of Willet—and that by a majority of only 13, a Republican gain of 8 over last year. A few more lifts like that, boys, and the town is safely Republican. "Wils" [Wilson] Green may yet come to Cortland as a Republican supervisor from the town he so long represented as a Democrat. Speed the day!
   The Republican situation in Syracuse, without any reference to how it came about or who is to blame for it, is one to be deeply regretted. The party seems split in two. The Republican candidates for overseer of the poor, assessors and police justice go down with Charles F. Saul, the Republican candidate for mayor. The common council is under Democratic control. In the Sixth ward the Republican nominee, Arthur R. Peck, formerly of this village, succeeded in defeating his opponent, Charles E. Candee, the candidate of Democrats and municipal reformers, by a close vote, and is one of the brands plucked from the political burning. He made one of the hardest fights and won one of the most brilliant victories of the municipal campaign.
   Between the good road and the bad one there is an actual saving of time, force and wear and tear of from 30 to 50 per cent in favor of the good road. It brings farmers and business men many minutes nearer to the railway station. It has a real moral effect in changing the hoodlum sentiment into one of orderly pride in the good looks of a neighborhood. It attracts to its locality city business men and wealthy individuals in search of a country home. It brings up property values. It causes travelers and cyclers to pass that way 20 times where they did once with the bad old road and makes the hotel and boarding house interests flourish.

BREVITIES.
   —-A movement is on foot among the grocers and butchers to close their places of business evenings at 8 o'clock,
   —Peckham's barber shop is undergoing a thorough renovation and is receiving a fresh coat of paint white enamel which improves its appearance very much.
   —The new road to Blodgett Mills on the west side of the river, leading down past the farm of Hon. O. U. Kellogg, is now open and the old road has been closed up.
   —Notices of births, marriages and deaths will always be found on the eighth page just ahead of the "business locals" or the "cent a word" advertisements.
   —The wedding of Miss Lena Butterfield, daughter of Dr. A. J. Butterfield, formerly of this city, and Henry M. Hunt will take place at Harford Mills, Nov. 13—Binghamton Republican.
  —The young ladies of Mrs. Andrus' class in the Homer-ave. M. E. Sunday-school have decided to furnish the parlor of the parsonage since the Epworth league has decided not to undertake it.
   —G. P. Kirk, who lives on J. J. Murray's farm in Homer, has the latest addition to the potato stories of this year. From four acres of ground he raised 1,180 bushels of marketable White Star potatoes.
   —Mr. J. S. Bull, superintendent of the Erie & Central New York railroad, has taken possession of his new office in the First National bank building, and it has been connected with the long distance telephone.
   —Mr. Russell Oaks of Homer who was one of the pioneers in the cabbage trade in this vicinity, has built a cold storage house for the keeping of cabbage and will carry 120 tons over the season. Next year he expects to engage largely in the raising of squashes.
   —The first rehearsal for the comic opera "Mikado" to be given in December by the young people's society of Grace church will be held this evening at the home of Miss Marguerite Force, 21 Tompkins-st. Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Dixie, who are to direct the opera, arrived from New York on the 4:20 train this afternoon and took up their quarters at the Cortland House. They will be present at the rehearsal to-night.
 

Friday, June 29, 2018

PRE-PACKAGED OPINION


Joe Bakewell.

PRE-PACKAGED OPINION


During my long life, I’ve been privy to a great many arguments and discussions. It seems that people have always been inclined to parrot other people’s opinions, derived from whatever papers they read, or whomever they listened to on the radio, or TV. The discussions were always more interesting when someone brought new knowledge or thinking into the process. For some groups, this became contagious, and they all became more interesting.

Today, I seldom encounter someone whose views are not part of a package. In the first few minutes, I can guess what camp they come from and the rest of what they think about current affairs. Young people, in particular, rarely consult source material for hard facts or data. Other pressures such as political correctness, social media, short attention spans, and electronic devices define their world. This combined with the sad state to which our government has been reduced by special interest money has reduced our national discourse to two echo chambers. Yeah, yeah, yeah—I get it—it’s all about Trump and Citizens United. Duh.  
                              
How is our country to recover our democracy and stop the ever growing social and economic inequality when we don’t even mention the most important issues—the ones that will continue to drag us down after Trump and Citizens United?

Joe Bakewell.
 

Thursday, June 28, 2018

HOLMES CASE—PART SIX


H. H. Holmes.


Judge Arnold.
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, November 4, 1895.

HOLMES REMAINS CALM.
The Verdict of Guilty Caused Not a Tremor.
JURY AGREED PROM THE FIRST.
Could Have Returned a Verdict In One Minute, But For Decency's Sake They Remained In Conference an Hour or So.
   PHILADELPHIA, NOV. 4.—H. H. Holmes, the convicted murderer of Benjamin F. Pitezel, spent a quiet, uneventful day in his cell in Moyamensing prison. "This man of steel and heart of stone," as the district attorney described him to the jury, does not evince in the slightest any outward signs of breaking down. With death actually before him now he is the same cool and callous Holmes.
   The prison regulations prevented anyone from interviewing him, but a message was sent out that he slept well and was then feeling comfortable and still confident his innocence would yet be established.
   Extra care has been taken that the man shall not frustrate the efforts of the prosecution by committing suicide. A double guard has been placed on his cell and will remain there until he has paid the penalty of his crime. He is still in the untried department, but as soon as the death sentence is pronounced he will be taken to a cell in "murderer's row."
   As to the other actors in this great drama of the past week many have returned to their ordinary pursuits. Some of the chief ones, however, are still here.
   Mrs. Pitezel and ''Dessie" drove through Fairmount park and saw some of the places her daughter Alice spoke of in the letters confiscated by Holmes. In a few days they return to Galva, Ills.
   Miss Yoke, Holmes' third wife, will return to Denver shortly and endeavor to have her marriage with Holmes set aside as illegal.

Benjamin Pitezel.
CLOSING OF THE TRIAL.
Jury Lost No Time In Agreeing on the Verdict.
   PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4. — Henry H. Holmes was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Benjamin F. Pitezel. He coughed slightly when he heard the worst. That was the only sign.
   The jury retired to deliberate at 5:40 o'clock in the afternoon. According to one of their number, they had reached their verdict before the doors of their room closed upon them. For hunger's sake they ate their supper first. Then they took a ballot and without hesitation every man of the 12 answered guilty of murder in the first degree.
   But, however atrocious the crime, however fiendish the criminal, it is hard to send a man to the gallows in one minute's time. So, for decency's sake, they talked about the case for a seemly period, about an hour and a half. Then word was sent into court that they had agreed. This was at 8:15 o'clock. It took a half hour to get the court in readiness to receive the verdict. Such things are not done too quickly.
   Holmes spoke to his counsel, Rotan and Shoemaker, in the cellroom before he was taken back to the Moyamensing prison. To them he said:
   "I feel that this condemns me! It was an unjust trial."
   He would say no more than that. Immediately after the announcement of the verdict the usual application for leave to file a motion for a new trial was made.
   District Attorney Graham did not oppose the motion and Judge Arnold fixed the 18th of this month for a hearing. The principal reason urged will be lack of time for the preparation of the defense. Should a new trial be refused an appeal will be taken to the supreme court and argument heard at its next sitting in this city, January, 1896.
   So, even if everything goes against him, Holmes has yet some time to spend on the earth from which he is alleged to have sent so many fellow mortals.
   The verdict was a surprise to many persons, who did not believe the crime had been fastened upon Holmes beyond a reasonable doubt. When these heard it, they said:
   "Well, it was on general principles, and it's just as good."
   That is not the meaning of law, but in this case, everybody agrees that "it's just as good." Up in Gilmanton, N. H., there are two old people, his father and mother. And he has also two brothers and two sisters. Not one of his kin was heard from during the trial.
   When the jury went out, an indefinite recess was taken. Judge Arnold said he would remain in the building until midnight if necessary, and if no verdict had been reached by that time, he would come to court at 10 o'clock in the morning. Nobody believed there would be occasion for this.
   At 20 minutes to 9 there was a bustle of moving people in the packed courtroom, and it became known that the jury was coming in. A moment later Judge Arnold took his seat. District Attorney Graham and his assistants entered, and the jury filed solemnly in and took their seats in the box.
   Then amid an oppressive silence Holmes was brought in and placed in the dock. For a moment there was not a sound. The silence was literally painful, and every heart in that crowded room throbbed faster. The man who was about to hear his doom pronounced stood erect in the dock, the same deathlike pallor, which could grow no deeper, on his face. He stared at the jury blankly, his hands clasped behind his back. Once or twice he moistened his lips with his tongue. There was no other sign of agitation.
   Then from the deep-voiced court clerk came the words:
   "Jurors, look upon the prisoner; prisoner, look upon the jurors. How say you, gentlemen of the jury? Do you find the prisoner at the bar, Herman W. Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes, guilty of the murder of Benjamin F. Pitezel or not guilty?"
   The condemning syllables came promptly from the foreman:
   "Guilty of murder in the first degree."
   "Hem," uttered Holmes clearing his throat, but his shrunken form never trembled, his lips betrayed no emotion, his marvelous nerve had not forsaken him. There was only a tighter clasp of the hands folded behind him. Then he slowly sat down, and at the request of counsel the jury was polled.
   As each name was called Holmes wrote it on the margin of a newspaper in his hand and the fingers holding the pencil did not shake. The verdict was formally read by the court.
   The motion for a new trial was received and after Judge Arnold had spoken a word of regret to counsel for the defense because of last Monday's occurrence, when they withdrew from the case, and appreciation for their arduous but fruitless labors. Holmes was taken to his cellroom and a few moments later to the prison.
   Then the jury was thanked for their attention and labors and sent home; the court adjourned and the most extraordinary case in the annals of American courts was ended.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
An Uncalled-for Attack.
   The attack of the Cortland Democrat on the Republican nominee for member of assembly in its last issue, and the unfavorable comparison of Mr. Saunders with the Democratic nominee, are alike uncalled for, unjust and malicious. The following paragraph is perhaps the worst among The Democrat's comments:
   Is it not much better to elect a strong Democrat to the place than to choose a much weaker man simply because he is a Republican politician? If our Republican friends were selecting a man to transact business for them would they not choose the live business man even if he was a Democrat, rather than the ordinary politician although he happened to be a Republican? Of course they would. The member of assembly is chosen to transact the business of Republicans and Democrats alike. Why not chose the man who can do the work the best?
   Mr. Saunders can safely leave it to the voters of the county who know both Mr. Hubbard and himself to say which one is the "weaker man," both as a business man and a public official, Mr. Saunders has probably done business with as many farmers in this county as any man in Cortland. What do they think of his business methods and character? He has paid them good prices and has so conducted his business, at the same time, that he is one of the substantial men of Cortland. Mr. Hubbard represented this town as supervisor once. Mr. Saunders represented the Democratic town of Truxton three times, and declined a fourth term. Don't the Democrats of Democratic Truxton know a "weak man, after they have lived in the same town with him for ten or eleven years? Do they select "weak men" to transact the business of the town? Had they elected him once and dropped him it might be said that one term was all they wanted of his service. But it was not only once, but twice and thrice that they entrusted the town's affairs to his management, and had he been willing to keep on serving and remained in the town, he might have been Truxton's supervisor to-day. Three terms as supervisor makes a pretty good preparation for the assembly.
   We have no desire to go into personalities or make unpleasant comparisons between candidates, but The Democrat has provoked them by its false and gratuitous assault on Mr. Saunders. There is no reason, either comparative or otherwise, why any Republican should desert Mr. Saunders for Mr. Hubbard, and every reason why he should not. Ask Truxton people, Democrats or Republicans, how Mr. Saunders served them.
   The Democrat has been both hasty and unfortunate in contrasting Mr. Saunders and Mr. Hubbard. The comparison brings to the [race] reasons why Democrats should support the Republican nominee, rather than why his own party should desert him, either to give complimentary or any other kind of votes for his opponent.
   Straight-out Democrats should also remember that Mr. Hubbard was one of the "Dandelion" brigade in this county who favored or attended the "anti-snap" Democratic convention at Syracuse. We have Democratic authority for saying that he was even chosen a delegate to that convention. How do the old-timers feel about sending a man to Albany to fight the regular organization? Democratic candidates who live in glass houses should restrain their party editors from shying stones at the Republican wig-wam. It is likely to provoke a return fire in the shape of a shower of brick-bats, followed by a terrible smashing of windows.

Y. M. C. A. TRUSTEES.
Adopt By-Laws, Fill Vacancies and Effect a n Organization.
   The trustees of the Young Men's Christian association held an important meeting last Friday night. As no bylaws had heretofore been adopted, the original trustees had been holding office for an indefinite period. Bylaws were adopted at this meeting, in which the terms of office of the trustees were fixed at three years. G. E. Butler and B. L. Webb were elected to fill vacancies caused by the resignations of J. H. Turner and Myron DuBois. Lots were then cast to determine the date of the expiration of the terms of office of the several trustees. The result was as follows:
   Trustees for three years—J. W. Keese, B. L. Webb.
   Trustees for two years—Dr. S. J. Sornberger, W. D. Tuttle.
   Trustees for one year—C. B. Hitchcock, G. E. Butler.
   The association through its trustees can now bold any property that may come into its hands. What better monument can a man or woman erect than to be instrumental, in erecting a comfortable home for young men under the supervision of the Y. M. C. A., where there is always a wholesome atmosphere.

THE FAIR CLOSED.
A Successful Week's Entertainment Ended Saturday Night.
   The Emerald Hose fair was brought to a successful termination Saturday night.  The attendance was large and the concert by the Cortland City band was excellent. The contests for the gold watches were brought to a close. The lady's gold watch was contested for by Miss Kate Driscoll and Miss Kitty Kane and the competition was very spirited. When the money was counted it was found that Miss Driscoll had secured $302.95 and Miss Kane $240.62. The watch was accordingly awarded to Miss Driscoll.
   The contest for the gentlemen's gold watch was between Mr. Richard Couch and Mr. Jerry Connors and was none the less exciting. Mr. Couch had secured $80.93 against $20.90 for Mr. Connors. The watch was therefore awarded to Mr. Couch. All goods not otherwise disposed of were then sold at auction.
   The fair has been a great success from a financial stand point as well as from the point of entertainment and will add largely to the amount in the treasury.


BREVITIES.
   —Glann & Clark are to-day moving to their new store one door south of the old stand.
   —The Normal juniors meet the Ithaca Grammar school team at the fair grounds here Saturday, Nov. 9.
   —There will be a regular meeting of the C. A. A. to-night at 8 o'clock, All members please be present.
   —New advertisements to-day are—F. Daehler, page 2; Warner Rood, page 5; G. J. Mager, page 7; Baker & Angell, page 7.
   —The regular meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps will be held to-morrow, Nov. 5. at 3 P. M. A full attendance is desired.
   —The funeral of Mr. Albert Sherman of Homer will be held at his late residence in that place on Wednesday at 3 o'clock.
   —Election returns will be received by the members of the Tioughnioga club at the club rooms to-morrow night. Refreshments will also be served.
   —The Republican county committee will receive returns at the Cortland House to-morrow night. They will also be received at the Republican league rooms.
   —To-morrow will be Election day and a legal holiday and no paper will be issued from this office. The full returns of election will appear in Wednesday's issue.
   —The case of Day against Foster which was filed before Justice H. A. Dickinson, Saturday resulted in a verdict for plaintiff of $49.50, the amount claimed.
   —The regular mothers meeting (central) will be held at the home of Mrs. C. Robinson, 7 Pearne-ave , on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 8 o'clock. The subject will be physical culture.
   —The attraction at the Opera House Saturday night will be Byrne Brothers' pantomimic comedy, "Eight Bells," which is new this year and is meeting with popular favor everywhere.
   —Miss Maude Fitzgerald gives a little tea and party this evening for a company of the friends of her sister, Miss Mabel. The party is especially in honor of Miss Mabel Brewer, who leaves with her parents to-morrow for Florida to spend the winter.
   —Work on the new bridge of the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. over the Tioughnioga river is to-day being pushed hard. The needed timbers arrived Saturday night and more rails. A car is to-day out on the bridge over the water, and the completion of the bridge is now a question of but a day or two.
   —The annual meeting of the Cortland Rural Cemetery association will be held this evening at 7 o'clock at the office of Judge Eggleston. The annual report of Treasurer C. P. Walrad will be heard and three trustees will be elected in place of A. L. Cole, C. P. Walrad and A. D. Blodgett, whose terms of office expire.

HOMER DEPARTMENT.
Gleanings of News From Our Twin Village.
   Election day to-morrow. The polls for Districts Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are at Tower's blacksmith shop, Zimmer's barn and the Homer National bank building, respectively.
   Miss Lavina Chittenden went to Avon this morning, where she will spend a few weeks at the sanitarium.
   Miss Henry returned from Syracuse this morning.
   Y. P. S. C. E. prayer-meetings at the Baptist and Congregational churches this evening at 7:30 P. M. The public are cordially invited to attend.
   Messrs Henry Harrington, George Straat and Frank Hull went to Otisco lake fishing on Friday. They returned yesterday with 600 perch and 47 pickerel. A great catch!
   Mr. Burr Wilds, who has been employed at Atwater & Foster's as operator for several weeks past, has severed his connection with that firm and Mr. Fred Burdick of Whitney Point has been engaged to fill the vacancy. Mr. Burdick entered upon his duties there to-day.
   Mrs. J. J. Murray and son Oliver returned from New York on Saturday evening.
   Mr. Oswald Haven of Pittsfield, Mass., is a guest at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bates on Elm-ave.
   Fred Corbin of Susquehanna, Pa., spent Sunday at the home of his mother on Pine-st.
   Yager & Marshall opened their fair store in this village on Saturday morning. They have rented the store at the corner of Main and James-st., formerly occupied by H. E. Hannum, U. S. express agent. The express office has been moved into the rear of the building, its entrance being on James-st. Yager & Marshall have put in a large stock of crockery, tinware and novelties and their store was visited by a large number of people on their opening day. This morning they hung a large new sign over their front door.
   Mr. and Mrs. Porter Corl of this village are the happy parents of a son, born on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1895.
   The funeral of the late J. Albert Sherman will be held from his home on South Main-st. in this village on Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock.