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The Cortland News, Friday, October 13, 1882.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
Mr. C. H. Buell, formerly publisher of THE NEWS, has lately been appointed a member of the liquor license board of
Washington, D. C.
The
burglars to whom we alluded last week as operating in this village managed
through the friendly aid of darkness to make their escape.
The
Onondaga County Fair held last week was unusually successful, and is considered
one of the fullest and most interesting exhibitions ever held. Over 40,000
people visited the ground on Thursday, when Nellie Thurston made a successful
balloon ascension.
Repairs
of sidewalks are being ordered by the trustees, a large number of residents having
been notified this week. This is right. All such matters should be thoroughly
attended to before snow flies. By right every citizen should not wait for an
order from the trustees before putting his walks in order.
The
removal of the village postoffice is still the locally agitated question. As will
be seen by resolutions published elsewhere, the business men have entered a
protest against its removal from the centre of the village, and petitions are
being generally signed asking postmaster Nixon to retain the office near its
present location.
Robert
and Luke Gerrard were employed at the gas factory. On the morning of the 4th
inst. a wordy quarrel arose between them in regard to Luke's delay in getting
to work, though he is foreman, and from words they proceeded to blows. During
the fracas Robert struck Luke two for three blows, one of them on the head with
a piece of gas pipe, which ended the fight, as the blow cracked Luke's skull.
Drs. C. Greene, of Homer, and F. Hyde, of Cortland, [were] called, who removed
from the left side of the head a portion of the skull, and the patient is now
improving.
Postoffice Removal.
The
following resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the Business Men's Protective
Association of Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1882:
WHEREAS,
It has come to the knowledge
of this association that the building now occupied by the postoffice of Cortland
has been recently sold, necessitating a change in the location of said
postoffice; and,
WHEREAS,
It is currently reported that
liberal inducements have been offered Mr. Jas. A, Nixon, the postmaster, to
remove the postoffice from the business center of the village; therefore,
Resolved, That it is the sense of the association that
such action on the part of our postmaster wilt be prejudicial to the interest
of a great majority of those who are now engaged in business, and will be a
source of great inconvenience to a large majority of our citizens.
Resolved, That we earnestly protest against the removal
of said postoffice from the business center of our village to either extremity,
and that we urge upon Mr. Nixon the importance of considering as a public
officer the wants of the people in the premises.
E. A. FISH. Pres.
CHAS. F. BROWN. Sec'y.
CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS.
At a
meeting of the board of trustees held October 2, 1882; Present—Irving H.
Palmer, president; H. Wells, D. E. Smith and C. C. Taylor, trustees.
Resolved, That a walk be laid of stone across the
proposed Frank street on the south side of Tompkins street.
Resolved, That the president be authorized to contract
with W. W. Davis for flagging stone for street purposes.
Resolved,
That the Cortland and Homer
Horse Railroad Company be and they are hereby required to immediately restore
the streets of the village of Cortland, wherein the tracks of their said railroad
have been laid, to their former condition, or as nearly so as is practicable,
and to such state and condition as not unnecessarily to impair the usefulness of
said streets.
Resolved, That the president of the village be and he is
hereby instructed to cause the foregoing resolution to be promptly enforced in
respect to North Main street and South Main street by any lawful means at his
command. The following bills were allowed and ordered paid: [bills omitted by
CC editor.]
Resolved, That the sidewalks in front of the
several premises named below be repaired and that notices requiring the same to
be done within thirty days of services be served in the usual printed form upon
the parties named below:
Mill street [Clinton Avenue—CC editor]—Dr. E. B. Nash; No. 42, George B. Jones; No.
54, Mrs. H. C. Gazlay; No. 50, Mrs. S. Covill; No. 58, Mrs. Straat; No. 62,
John Ireland; Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad; Stebbins' Steam Laundry; No.
98, Horace Bliss; No. 107, Theodore Stevenson; No. 116, Mrs. Snider; No. 117, Mrs.
James Kane; No. 129, C. Snider; No. 128, Philo Phelps; No. 125, R. B. Fletcher;
No. 136, M. Griswold; No. 142, Josiah Wilcox; No. 147, M. Harrington; J. D.
Doran; No. 158, Mrs. Maggie Kane.
Elm street — Sally Bonney; No. 54, Edwin Kinney; No. 29. R. Bennett; Syracuse and
Binghamton Railroad; No. 24, R. D. Woodford; No. 25, H. P. Dunbar.
North Church street—Mrs. J. Hamilton; Mrs. Johnson; No. 69, Webster. Grant street—No. 38, H. J. Messenger, agent.
North Church street—Mrs. J. Hamilton; Mrs. Johnson; No. 69, Webster. Grant street—No. 38, H. J. Messenger, agent.
On
motion, meeting adjourned.
JONATHAN HUBBARD,
Clerk.
Nellie Thurston:
2) http://www.ballooninghistory.com/whoswho/who'swho-m2.html
(scroll down page to Ellen Moss entry)
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