The Cortland News, Friday, December 24, 1886.
DISORDERLY HOUSE RAIDED.
Saturday
night seemed to be a good time for the [police] officers. They had warmed themselves
up by raiding a saloon, and not having had enough concluded to "make a break"
on the low den known as the "sand bank house," and kept by Mrs. W. A.
Carpenter.
Accordingly officers Van
Hoesen, Edwards and Miller started for that place and succeeded in capturing
Mrs. Carpenter and Ida Wilcox, inmates of the house, and Arnold Horton and “Ed"
Landers, visitors. On Sunday night Mattie Carpenter was also arrested for being
a prostitute. It will be remembered that this house was cleaned out about six
months ago and the inmates sent to the [Onondaga] penitentiary.
They were taken before Justice
Bouton on Monday and the case was adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.
Landers and Horton paid a fine
of $11 and were released.
Owing to the lateness of the
hour we cannot give any information in regard to the others.
BAD CITIZENS.
They Make Things Lively In a Saloon—Free Fight—Street
Blockaded—Nearly a Riot—The Police Take a Hand.
Last Saturday evening between 6
and 7 o'clock, a free fight took place in the saloon on the corner of Main and
Railroad [Central Ave.] streets, of which Frank White is proprietor. It seems
that there had been some trouble between White and Fred Graham over which blows
were exchanged, at which John Graham also took an active part. This was the
beginning of several other fights, and a general knock-down was indulged in, which
caused several men (?) to carry black eyes.
About 7 o'clock a large crowd
gathered in front of the saloon, and it was almost impossible for people to
pass, therefore Sheriff Van Hoesen went in and ordered the saloon closed. Mr. White
did so, and hitching up his horse proceeded to take a ride. When near the
Congregational church Fred Graham stepped up and pulled him out of his cutter and
struck him on the head. This enraged White, and he immediately secured a shot
gun and started for his saloon, which he again opened.
The Sheriff again appeared and
arrested White and Charles Townley. They were given a hearing before Justice
Bouton Sunday and were fined $14.50 each, which they paid and were released.
At 11:50 o'clock Saturday night
John and Fred Graham were arrested for public intoxication, to which Fred
pleaded guilty and John pleaded not guilty. Their examination was held Monday
evening before Justice Bierce, who fined them $11 each, which they paid and
were released.
Perhaps this may be a good
lesson which they will not soon forget. There was some talk of the authorities closing
the saloon but we are not informed as to that. It would at least do no harm as
there are more drunken brawls in that one place than any other in town. It
seemed at one time as if there would be a riot and some one suggested having
the President of the village call out the fire department and attach to a
hydrant and clean the place out.
The officers should he given
great credit for doing as they did, but still there are some grumblers who
think they did wrong. It would probably suit such people to let men run the
streets in a drunken condition and fight whenever they felt like it. We hope the
officers will repeat the dose should the occasion require, and that seems to be
the feeling of the majority of people with any common sense.
IT
IS DISGUSTING.
We have never been able to make
a dollar in the printing office, if we only work ten hours for a day’s work and
yet, plenty of men claim ten hours is enough for a day’s work. A man comes to
this office at 5 o'clock in the morning, builds a fire, sweeps and at 7 o'clock
the workmen are ready for their cases and, many a night the presses are run
till 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning, and this work has thus been driven in this
way nearly half the winters for ten years; and yet a poor man came to us last week
for work, agreeing to labor evenings, which he did not do, and yet when the
other men had been up all night, and he was asked, if he would not build a fire
at the office between 5 and 6 o'clock, his answer was that he had served a four years' apprenticeship
at that business. We know one thing for certain, and that is at the present
prices for printing a man who is not willing to labor in and out of season and
work hard cannot make a dollar. Plenty of poor men in this country who claim
they want work, but they only want a good boarding place, and some one to build
fires for them, and pay a good price for their society.— Whitney's Point Reporter.
We at one time worked for the
man who wrote the above article and he has always been growling on this one
subject ever since we knew him. Give us a rest. If you can't make anything at
the printing business go to
husking corn or work on the road.
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| M. F. Cleary, past president, Cortland Fire Department, Emerald Hose [Grip's photo]. |
CORTLAND
AND VICINITY.
Wickwire Bros. have had an
elegant sign put up on their wire mill on South Main street.
A very fine cut of Joseph P.
Cleary, Chief of Police of Rochester, was published in last Sunday's Syracuse Times. He is
a brother of Mr. F. Cleary, of this place.
The Board of Trustees held a
meeting last week at which they organized themselves into a Board of Water
Commissioners, and elected Frank Cobb as President, W. H. Newton as secretary,
and A. M. Schermerhorn, treasurer.
The annual election of the
Cortland Fire Department occurs next Thursday evening. F. W. Kingsbury, of the
Hooks is mentioned as a candidate for Chief, and Oscar Raymond, of Water Witch,
as first assistant.
Odd Fellows Hall, which has
been adorned by new paper and paint, was opened Tuesday evening to about 100 of
the order and their friends. Mrs. Cassie Ward Mee delivered a very interesting address
which was listened to with evident satisfaction. It was intended that there
should be music and speaking, but as some of the members were detained it had
to be omitted. They now have one of the finest lodge rooms outside of New York
City.
George White and
"Joe" Dodd were struck by a passenger train last Friday night on the
D. L. & W. railroad while in the act of crossing the track near Blodgett's
Mills. The horse was killed. The men were taken aboard the train and carried to
Marathon, where it was found that they were quite badly bruised and it may
prove that their injuries are fatal. Later we learn that they are both improving.
Another arrest was made by the
Sheriff on Tuesday evening. "Matt" Graham, who lives near the sand
bank had too large a load of tanglefoot, and was running his team through the
streets, endangering the lives of people. He was given a night's lodging at the
hotel Van Hoesen [county jail].
Last Friday John P. Whiting,
alias Joshua P. Whiting, was arrested on a warrant issued by Justice Bouton for
abandonment and non-support of his wife, Adeline Whiting. It seems that he was
divorced from Adeline, his first wife, and was living with a woman by the name
of White when he was arrested, but a few years after the divorce they agreed to
live together again as man and wife without having another marriage. They have
one son about twenty-one years old.
A warrant was issued last
Friday on complaint of Oscar Cole for the arrest of A. Mosher, whom he charged
with stealing a gold ring, $22 in money, a gold pin and a pair of boots. Mosher
was found at the house kept by Mrs. Carpenter, which was raided this week,
where he claimed he was boarding. The girls had possession of everything. Cole
was arrested for intoxication. He received back the pin which the Carpenter
girl claimed had been given to her. On examination Mosher was discharged as
there was not sufficient evidence to hold him. Cole claims that he had been
drugged.
Dan Gridley seems to be in hard
luck. About twelve days ago he and his wife had a nice little social party at
the Gridley mansion [sic]; Daniel was pugilistic, but his wife stacks up
something like 200 pounds. In the first round she knocked Daniel out of time
and then had him arrested. Daniel was fined $11 or ten days, and served his
time, being released last Wednesday. But his wife didn't propose to have him
untied for any length of time, and so poor Daniel was again arrested on a
charge of assault and is now at the Hotel de Van Hoesen willing and waiting for
some one to bail him.
A
SAD ACCIDENT.
R. D. Topping, one of the
carpenters working on the Beaudry block, received injuries last Saturday, at 1
o'clock, which caused his death at about 5 p. m. of the same day. It seems that
he was standing on a nail keg in the second story, and in some manner it tipped
over, precipitating him through a door to the ground floor. He struck on his feet
on a stone hatchway. He was immediately taken to his home and Dr. Henry was called,
who did all in his power, but it was of no avail. As there were no bruises on him, or any bones
broken, it is supposed that he was injured internally. The funeral was held
Tuesday from his residence on Groton avenue. He leaves a a wife and two
children, one a young man of about 20, and a little girl 13 years old, to mourn his loss.
