The
Cortland News, Friday,
December 7, 1883.
Another
Fire.
About
2 P. M. Tuesday, the family of W. D. Lord, who occupy a house in rear of the
Normal School building, discovered a fire in progress in their upper rooms, and
sent a little girl to the school building, who informed Mr. Gooding, the janitor,
and he, finding that it promised to be serious, sent one of the students to
strike the fire alarm. The firemen and citizens were soon at work, the steamer
throwing water and the fire soon under control, but the house was much damaged
from water, fire, and the cutting of the outside and roof in order to reach the
flames, which had spread in all directions. The furniture on the lower floor
was mostly saved but damaged, but a good deal in the chambers was lost.
The
fire originated in a room on the second floor occupied by Miss Fannie Spaulding,
a Normal student, and is supposed to have caught from a spark thrown out by the
stove and communicated with the woodwork of a door by means of the carpet. Miss
Spaulding was at school, at the time, and we learn lost her clothing. There was
no insurance on the furniture, but the house, owned by Mrs. S. M. Byram, of
East River, was insured for $1,000, which covers the loss.
Settlement of Losses.
The
adjusters of the companies in which the sufferers by the Cortland House fire
were insured, have been in Cortland the past week and paid Mr. D. E. Kinney his
own figures as appraised at by a carpenter—$643.01; Dorr C. Smith, eleven
dollars more than he claimed, or $100; R. Beard & Son, full insurance,
$4,000; R. B. Fletcher, $400, damage on goods; Mrs. Porter, $175, damage on
goods; J. S. Barber, $6,000, full amount of insurance.
Corporation Proceedings.
Regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees held at Firemen's Hall, Monday
evening, December 3, 1883. Present—A. Mahan, President; D. E. Smith, G. W.
Bradford, T. Stevenson, Trustees.
The
following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
James [Keefer?], lighting lamps, $6.25
Steven Simmons, "
$4.00
Homer &
Cortland Gas Co.,
coal for engine, $24.97
Homer &
Cortland Gas Co.,
gas for fire engine house, $9.00
Homer & Cortland Gas Co.,
gas for streets, $93.00
Clifton Halcomb, lighting lamps, $5.83
E. H. Brewer, labor and material
for H. & L. Co., $4.48
K. M. Stanton, watchman at fire, $2.00
John Dalton, “ $2.00
S. A. Williams, breakfast for
Homer firemen and others , [?]
John Garrity, taking Homer hose
cart to Homer, $3.00
Jay Baker, lighting lamps, $12.50
Dr. C. E. Bennett, sanitary, $3.25
Sager & Jennings, materials
for department, $5.48
Fred E. Knight, engineer,
fixing grades of streets, $11.00
John Heber, engineer, $50.00
“ material bought for steamer $.50
O. Delevan, carting coal, $1.50
G. H. Nottingham, repairing ladder $.75
J. J. Davern, street commissioner $40.25
“ labor on wells, $5.25
Patrick Kane, labor on Streets, $20.62
" labor on wells, $4.50
John Quinlan, labor on streets, $21.75
" labor on wells, $4.50
William Nash, labor on streets, $23.25
" labor on wells, $3.00
Andrew Stout and team, labor on streets, $11.12
Patrick Garrity, " $23.62
John Kane, " $25.13
Smith & Kingsbury, materials and labor
for fire department, $41.00.
It
was moved and carried that Corporation Engineer Fred E. Knight be authorized to
make a survey of the proposed Street, Graham avenue (so-called).
On
motion it was
Resolved,
That the Fire Department of
Homer village be requested to present to this Board for audit and payment their
bill for their valuable services rendered at the recent [Cortland House] fire in this
village, and that the Clerk of this Board forward a copy of this resolution to
the President and Trustees of said village of Homer.
On motion
it was ordered that the warrant of the corporation collector for the collection
of taxes be extended until the close of the next meeting of this Board, on the first
Monday in January next.
It was
moved and carried that Messrs. Smith and Wells, of this Board, be appointed a
committee to adjust with Messrs. Smith & Snyder, in the matter of a claim
presented by them against the village for stone in the crossing at the east end
of Arthur avenue, recently accepted by the village.
On
motion it was
Resolved,
That the revisers of the village
charter present a rough draft of the new proposed charter of the village at the
next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees, on the first Monday in January next.
On
motion, meeting adjourned.
F. HATCH, Clerk.
Cortland, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1883.
CORTLAND AND VICINITY.
The
Board of Supervisors adjourned Wednesday morning, until next week Wednesday.
The
firm of A. P. and D. E. Smith will, on the first of January, remove their
office to rooms in the Moore building, adjoining the offices of Smith & Eggleston.
Business
bids fair to boom at the U. I. & E. R. R. shops. Fifty-five workmen are
already employed there and fourteen families have taken up their residence in
Cortland.
Mr.
R. B. Fletcher desires to express his sincere thanks to the firemen of Homer and
Cortland, and to the citizens, for the zealous aid afforded him on the occasion
of the recent fire.
Subscribers
to the fund for the removal of the U. I. & E. R'y [Utica, Ithaca &
Elmira Railway] repair shops to Cortland may now pay their subscription to Mr.
E. A. Fish, at his office in Schermerhorn block.
Mr.
Jacob Grassman, barber, who occupied the basement of the Cortland House previous
to the fire, has entered the employ of Seaman & St. Peters in the Squires
building, where his friends will hereafter find him.
The
ladies of the Presbyterian church will hold a sale of dolls in the church parlors,
on Wednesday afternoon and evening, Dec. 12. A novel feature of the entertainment
will be the exhibition of a singing doll. Supper will be served from 5:30
o'clock through the evening. Admission, 10 cents.
Mr.
R. B. Fletcher, undertaker, who was compelled by the Barber block fire to change
his location, has moved into D. E. Kinney's building on Groton avenue, where he
may be found during business hours. Mr. Fletcher has on hand a large lot of
tables and chairs to rent for parties, suppers, etc.
Mr. Delos
Sanders, on the first of January, will take possession of the rooms now
occupied by S. S. Knox, Esq., the County Judge elect, in which he will establish
a first-class watch and jewelry store. Mr. Sanders is well known to our people
as an honorable, reliable dealer, and a fine workman.
Warren
& Tanner are having a large carpet room fitted up over their store, so that
hereafter they will occupy the same space on the second floor that they do on
the first. This will add much needed facilities, as the immense stock of goods
they carry has been confined in too narrow limits for their own needs and the
convenience of their customers.
The
Tempest Hose boys, of Homer, N. Y., drew their cart from Homer to Cortland last
Wednesday morning to assist their brother firemen in Cortland in subduing the
large conflagration [Cortland House] that had broken out in that village.
Although this distance is nearly three miles and they carried 550 feet of hose,
the run was made in a very short space of time.—Bing. Rep. And they
worked like heroes after they arrived. Oh, they are the boys to tie to. [Dated autographs of Tempest Hose decorate the ticket booth of the old Keator Opera House on the second floor of the Keator block in Homer--CC editor.]
It is
expected that trains will be running between Syracuse and Buffalo on the West
Shore Road by December 15.
It is
something of a sight to look at the great piles of goods in Mr. I. Whiteson's large
store in the Calvert Block, and this winter weather makes a person feel like
doing just what Mr. W. wants him to do—buy and wear. The magnificent and varied
stock makes it almost an impossibility for a man to fail in finding suits to
suit him, as the prices certainly will, and the inducements offered at the
Philadelphia Clothing House of I. Whiteson in his advertisement elsewhere are
such as must cause his store to be filled with customers.
A telegram
having been received by District-Attorney Palmer that H. J. Fox, the Willett
incendiary, had been found in Atlanta, Ga., the Board of Supervisors authorized
Mr. Palmer to offer a reward for his recovery and to pay expenses for bringing
Fox to Cortland, and Sheriff Borthwick left last Friday for Atlanta,
requisition papers having in the meantime been obtained from Gov. Cleveland. A dispatch from Atlanta, published
elsewhere in this paper, tells how Fox was discovered. Later—Sheriff Borthwick
arrived with Fox this morning, having left Atlanta Tuesday evening.
Joseph Cook’s Lecture.
It
has been a long time since Cortland people have had the opportunity of listening
to a thoroughly good lecture. We learn with pleasure, therefore, that on Friday
evening, Dec. 21. 1883, Joseph Cook, of Boston, will deliver, in Taylor Hall,
his celebrated lecture, "Does Death End All?" The public are indebted
for this intellectual treat to the Young Men's Debating Club, under whose
management the lecture will be given. Mr. Cook is too well known to need the
encomiums showered upon him by the press or the unlimited praise given him by
eminent men. He is truly a wonderful man, and as a lecturer and orator has no
superior if any equals, on the American platform. His subject is in his special
line—the relations of science to religion, and every one who hears it will be
benefited, as well as interested.
Opening
sale of tickets, Saturday evening, Dec. 8, in the Presbyterian chapel. Price of
reserved seats, 75 cents. General admission, 50 cents.
Josephus Falvius Cook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_Flavius_Cook
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