Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Eloped with Captain Rainbolt, Van Amburgh's Great Railroad Show, Farmers' Club Meeting and Electric Lights Placed.




 
 
 
The Cortland News, Friday. May 29, 1885.

CORTLAND AND VICINITY.

   Menken, the Elmira murderer, has again been sentenced to hang. The execution will take place at Binghamton July 2.

   Mahan's Eleventh Annual Musical Festival will take place in the Cortland Opera House, commencing June 8th and continuing for five days.

   For several days past a fine full length oil picture of Victor Hugo has been on exhibition in one of Wallace's show windows. The picture is the handiwork of Dr. F. O. Hyatt.

   C. F. Wickwire's "Winnie Wick," and T. H. Wickwire's "Jane R." and "Daisy W." are entered for the races at Palatine Bridge this week. From there they go to Herkimer and Utica.

   Next Sunday morning May 31st Rev. George Adams will preach a sermon on "Unlawful Utterances." In the evening he will present a contrast between "Dangerous Doctrines and Bible Doctrines."

   Gilbert F. Davis has obtained an absolute divorce from his wife, Mary Davis Snyder, who eloped from this city last September with "Captain" Rainbolt. The papers are filed in the office of the clerk of Cortland county. Davis, since the elopement, has lived in Homer.—Syracuse Standard.

   Yesterday afternoon Officer Hanley found one Mills, a drunken tailor of Cortland, asleep on the lawn before the Presbyterian church, on Chenango St. The sleeper was taken to jail, where his pockets were found to be filled with thread, needles, beeswax, coat lining, etc.—Binghamton Republican.

   Mine Host Barry, of the Messenger House, has sold his lease of that excellent hotel together with the furniture &c. to Wm. F. Chadbourne, of New York, who will take possession next Monday. Mr. Barry will remain with the new proprietor for the present.

   A petition to the Governor was in circulation last week for the release of John C. Seamans who was sentenced to the Onondaga penitentiary for ninety days, a month ago for wife beating. The petition sets forth that Seamans has been incarcerated for 30 days, and that he promises, if the Governor pardons him, that he will not use intoxicants in any form hereafter. It was signed by nearly all the business men in Cortland.

   The twenty electric lamps that our city fathers have contracted for during the ensuing year, will be located as follows: — At the intersection of Union and Owego streets, Owego and Tompkins, Union and South Main, Main and Port Watson, Court and Main, Main and Clinton avenue, Main and Merrick [Maple Ave.], in Main, front of B. B. Woodworth's place, one at the corner of Orchard and Monroe, in Groton avenue west of Adams street [Homer Ave.], corner of Adams and Lincoln streets, Grant and Church, Church and Clinton avenue, Church and Railroad [Central Ave.], Greenbush and Elm, Washington and Clinton avenue, Pendleton and Elm, Pendleton and Port Watson, and [at] the Binghamton and Syracuse [R.R.] station.

   P. H. McGraw, of McGrawville is dangerously ill, and doubts are entertained as to his recovery.

   Cincinnatus has a female tonsorial artist.

   Van Amburgh's Great Railroad show will exhibit in Cortland about July 7.

   The Cortland cigar makers will cross bats with the Homer cigar makers at the Fair Grounds to-morrow afternoon.

   C. S. Strowbndge has leased the store to be vacated by J. C. Gray No. 5 North Main street and will open a fine line of jewelry, watches, etc., next week.

 

Cortland County Farmers’ Club, May 23, 1885.

   Called to order by the president.

   In a supplementary discussion of the subject of last meeting, “Potatoes," a remedy was called for to prevent scab appearing upon the new crop. Salt sown broadcast four to eight bushels to the acre was recommended. An application of plaster, ashes, lime and salt soon after the tops appear will prove beneficial. An inquiry in regard to the best way to keep potatoes for summer use elicited numerous answers, when the subject for the session, "The best vegetables to raise in the garden for market and family use, with the care required," was taken up.

   E. C. Beach, formerly of Pennsylvania, remarked that some of the garden vegetables may be planted with profit at a later period in the season than the time generally adopted. Cucumbers from which pickles are to be obtained may be planted July 1st, with good results, can raise the largest growth where transplanted.

   Ira Crandall: Obtained the largest yield of cucumbers I ever raised from seed planted July 4th.

   M. F. Cleary: It will pay to raise any vegetables sold in Cortland which it is possible to raise here, having a good gravelly or sandy soil. Tomatoes should be transplanted often, which makes the plant stocky and vigorous. Sow the seed thick in onion beds and scatter wood ashes and soot freely upon them. Radishes require more moisture than nutriment. Never have fresh manure for radishes or tomatoes. We use that left over from hot-beds of preceding year. To raise water-melons in this county, carpet the hot-bed with inverted turf and place the seed four inches apart, transplanting at the favorable time.

   White Spine cucumbers are the best variety and should be planted about the 15th of June. Plant squashes earlier, May 25th, and if a tomato plant is set in each hill the bugs will not disturb the squash vines as much as if no tomatoes are so placed. Early Minnesota and Stowell's Evergreen furnish a good variety of sweet corn. Set celery the last of June, prefer the London purple, all things considered, being a good keeper, tender, fine flavor and furnishes a good yield. Red top radishes are most hardy and not as liable to be injured by worms as other kinds.

   Currants may be raised with profit, as two applications of hellebore, sprinkled on when the leaves are wet with dew, will destroy the worms. Make the first application just as fruit is setting. Mr. Leach, of Jamesville, sells nearly a ton of currants each year in the village of Cortland.

   Mr. Cleary announced that he obtained his entire supply of seeds from Mr. Hopkins, getting good seed in every instance.

   In response to numerous questions, L. D. C. Hopkins made the following statements: Obtains best radishes where no manure is used. Sow parsnips and carrots the middle of May; be sure and stamp the soil firmly so that it will be compact about the seed. The Red Egyptian beet is good for early use, but not late in the season. Blood turnip beets sown in June will be good the whole year. The Early Minnesota and Stowell's Evergreen sweet corn are reliable for their respective seasons, but the Paris Hybrid, a medium variety is to become a valuable corn. Planted one and a half acres this year to sell for seed next spring. The improved White Spine cucumber planted in June yield the best of any variety tor pickling. The Yellow Danvers onion is the best to raise. Cabbage seed may be sown up to June 1st; cabbage plants can be guarded more easily from insects in a seed bed than where planted out; clubfoot is generally attributed to an insect, but thinks that it results from refuse cabbage leaves or stumps grown the preceding year producing a fungus growth which attaches itself to the roots of the young plant. The best preventive is to plant upon new ground or thoroughly clear the plot in the fall.

   Brunswick cabbage should be marketed in the fall as they are poor keepers; the Flat J Dutch are good to keep through the winter. Hendersons' Dwarf celery and Half Dwarf are the most profitable varieties to raise, as the stalks are tender and stocky, and not being as tall as London Purple requires less banking. Like surface setting best, set July 15, for late use.

   Tomatoes do best if kept up from the ground, get good returns where tied to a stake yet much labor is required. Set asparagus four feet apart each way, eight inches deep, manure highly, cut after two or three years, but not too late in the season. The old and tried varieties of turnips are the best.

   For early squashes Crookneck and Boston Marrow are the best to raise, then Hubbard tor winter use, but our seasons are not favorable for a perfect crop of Hubbard squash.

   Club adjourned to meet Saturday, June 6th, at 2 p. m., in Union Hall, Cortland. “The Care of Small Fruits" is to be the subject for discussion. Persons of experience have been invited to speak upon this subject at that time. All interested in such enterprises are invited to be present.

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