MRS. ROSWELL RANDALL SEVERELY BURNED

The Cortland News, Friday, March 7, 1884.

Terrible Burning.

   On Tuesday morning last, as Mrs. Roswell Randall, who resides on Prospect street, was leaning over with her back toward the stove, which was red-hot, to fasten a coat upon her little son, who was preparing to slide down hill, her dress took fire from the stove, and almost before she was aware of it, and before she could prevent it, her whole person was enveloped in flames. As there was nothing handy with which to smother the flames, she rushed from the house and fell into the snow, not, however, before her clothing, hair and most of her skin was burned from her body, and in many places the flesh itself was fairly cooked. She was immediately carried into the house and Dr. M. Hyde sent for, who did all in his power to alleviate the terrible suffering of Mrs. Randall.

   Thursday— Notwithstanding her severe injuries, hopes are to-day entertained that she will recover.

   [Mrs. Roswell Randall was a prominent and well-known person in Cortland—CC editor.]

The Marathon Independent, Wednesday, March 5, 1884.

Badly Burned.

Terrible Injuries to Mrs. Roswell Randall at Cortland.

   CORTLAND, March 4.--About 11 o'clock this morning Mrs. Roswell Randall, who lives at No. 9 Prospect street, was standing near a stove in her kitchen, when her dress caught fire and she was quickly enveloped in the flames. Two men who were working nearby rushed to her assistance and by rolling her in the snow, finally extinguished the flames, but not before nearly all of her clothes were burned from her body. Dr. Miles Hyde was called. She is terribly burned but conscious. The extent of her injuries cannot yet be ascertained. Evening Herald.

Marathon, N. Y. Union School advertisements.

HOME AND HEREABOUTS.

   —March.

    --Houses to rent are not plenty in this village this spring.

    --New postal notes are to be printed on blue tinted paper, instead of yellow, as at present.

   —M. W. Conger, formerly proprietor of the Marathon House, has leased the hotel at McGrawville.

   —J.G. Linburger of Cortland is to remove to this village, and has rented the John Moore house, on Warren st.

   —C. W. Lason has moved to this Village from Virgil, and will occupy the "round" house on Cortland street.

   —Addison R. Jennings of Killawog has been appointed local editor of the Normal News, of Cortland, and right well he does his work, too.

   —The 29th day of February was a day long to be remembered by the boisterousness of the elements. It is fortunate that it comes but once in 4 years.

   —Among the business changes taking place this spring is the retirement, after having clerked in this village for the past 21 years, of D. B. Tripp, who on Friday night last left the store of W. C. Sanders, and will devote his time to private business matters. Mr. Sanders has added to his force Frank Todd, well-known to the people of this locality as a clerk. This is Frank’s first venture in the Dry Goods line, but as he is energetic and faithful he will doubtless make a success of it. W. L. Brooks will continue with Mr. Sanders also.

   —Attention is called to changes in the advertisement of the Marathon Union School and Academy.

   —About fifty witnesses were subpoenaed by Constable Hilsinger on Monday, in the case of the people vs. F. P. Howland, which is set down for to-morrow.

   —People who wish to purchase a canary, either an imported or domestic, can be gratified by calling on V. H. Palmer, who has a fine of them, also a nice assortment of cages.

   —Burgess Squires has contracted with James Peebles and Clark Sherwood to move the building formerly used as a blackboard factory upon his lot corner of Peck and Brink street, where he will fit it up for a creamery, and will probably lease the same to Mr. I. C. Beebe now of Texas Valley.

    --As though Lieut. Delong had not suffered enough, the Whitney's Point Reporter punishes him after death, as follows: "Many of our exchanges have been giving the picture of Ed. L. Adams, of the Marathon INDEPENDENT, and printing under it Lieut. Com. G. W. Delong. Now, Ed. is alive and has never been to the arctic regions."

Some Court Proceedings.

Fox Pleads Guilty—Charles S. Nichols and Dorsey Sentenced.

   The County Court and Court of Sessions convened at 10 A. M., Monday. No civil cases were ready for trial. At 2 P. M., H. J. Fox, the Willett incendiary, was brought in. He withdrew his former plea of not guilty and plead guilty of attempt at arson in the third degree. By consent of counsel, Judge Knox will sentence him on Thursday morning.

   The case of Charles S. Nichols, for obtaining goods under false pretences, was called for trial. J. Goss appeared for the prisoner and District Attorney Palmer for the people. The prisoner, on December 26th, 1883, at Cortland, went into the store of Cobb & Perkins, obtained twenty-eight dollars worth of cigars by falsely representing himself to be John A. Nichols, his father. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment at Auburn.

   Harry Dorsey, alias Louis Morse, plead guilty to obtaining a sewing machine under false pretences and was sentenced to the Elmira Reformatory.

A Mistaken Editor.

   Bring your dekin skins to Marathon tannery, where you will get $100 for them if good and free from cuts and hacks.—MARATHON INDEPENDENT.

   For the benefit of those of our readers who have "dekin" skins for sale, and who desire to know where they can obtain the highest price, and thereby add muchly to their pile of filthy lucre, we give the foregoing a free insertion in our valuable paper. It hardly seems as though any one, unless he has lots of money and wants to throw it away, would pay $100 for a "dekin" skin; but in case it means the skin of a deacon, why we are not sure but that $100 is a fair price. Indeed we would for experimental purposes pay as much as that for one, anyway.—Cortland News.

   Who said anything about paying $100 for one! On the contrary the item says dekin skins, and furthermore "you will get $100 for them." It meant 100 of them, Bro. Kinney. [F. G. Kinney was the editor of the Cortland News—CC editor.]

Corporation Proceedings.

   At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the village of Marathon, held at Corporation Hall, March 8, 1884:

   Officers present: O. H. Smith, President; Henry Caslar, O. J. Underwood and Jas. S. Burgess, Trustees.

   Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.

   The following bills were audited and ordered paid;

   Geo, Carter, for rake, repairs, etc. $2.18.

   G. L. Swift & Son, lamps oil, etc., $27.28.

   W. J. Mantanye, counsel fees, etc., $5.

   Hunt & Chapman, nails, books, oil etc., $12.32.

   C. H. Lathrop , services as Clerk, $5.

   Mrs. J. W. Hunt, for copying, $3.

   Corwin Burgess, for coal and delivering same, $5.71.

   Total- $60.49.

   Received of M. W. Conger $4.80 for plank borrowed from Trustees of the year 1882.

   Upon motion of Henry Casler, the following resolutions were adopted and ordered published:

   RESOLVED: That the President and Trustees of the village of Marathon. are authorized to raise by assessment and tax the sum of $2,000, or such sum not exceeding that amount as they may deem necessary for the purpose of constructing a reservoir of water on Cemetery Hill, in said village, with conductors thereto and pipes therefrom to hydrants, which shall also be erected by them in various parts of the village for use in case of fires, and by the Fire Department; and for the purpose of purchasing lands and rights of way necessary therefor, and they are authorized to make such purchases and to make said improvements, and the said sum is hereby appropriated for the purpose stated.

   RESOLVED: That the expenditures mentioned in the foregoing resolution, are necessary in the judgment of the Trustees and that said resolution be submitted to the electors of said village entitled to vote thereon, at the next annual election to be held in said village.

   Upon motion of J. S. Burgess the following preamble and resolution were adopted:

   WHEREAS, by reason of informality in the entries of proceedings of former Boards, relative to the allowance of certificates entitling those persons putting down stone walks to rebate from their tax. The regularity of such proceedings are questionable and the amounts to be allowed are uncertain.

   RESOLVED: That all persons who have heretofore put down such walks and claim a certificate entitling them to rebate, are requested to attend the next meeting of the Board and to state their claims, to the end that they may be properly and legally adjusted.

   Upon motion of J. S. Burgess meeting adjourned until Saturday evening, March 8, 1884.

THOS. W. REILLY, Clerk.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.

   CORTLAND, March 4.—The Keator house is nearly repaired, and the Union Hall Block is being rapidly put in repair.

   As the workmen remove the rubbish of the Garrison block, fire is found still burning among some coal.

   Delos Bauder has been away visiting his brother for ten days. His brother returned with him Saturday night.

   Frank Shaft, who has been west for a year past, is visiting his father, C. T. Shaft.

   Willie S. Warren who has been home sick for the last few weeks has returned to Ithaca.

   County Court and Court of Sessions opened yesterday morning. Six criminal cases are to be tried this term.

   J. P. Cady of Cayuga Co. was visiting here last week.

   "A Woman's Revenge"' was played at Taylor hall last Friday night to a full house. Marie Prescott appeared as Olga, giving perfect satisfaction.

   A small wooden building is being erected between the Wells block and the Barnard house for the use of R. B. Fletcher the undertaker.

   Jay Calkins and Thomas Grady have rented the Isaac Miller saloon.

Bill Nye, journalist.

Bill Nye’s Experience with a Watch.

   Greeley, Colorado, is noted for its watchmakers. I sent my watch to the first one I heard of, and he said it needed cleaning. He cleaned it. I paid him $2 and took it home, when it ran two hours and then suspended. Then I took it to another watchmaker, who said that the first man had used machine oil on its works, and had heated the wheels so as to gum the oil on the cogs. He would have to eradicate the cooked oil from the watch, and it would cost me $3. I paid it, and joyfully took the watch home.

   The next day I found that it had gained time enough to pay for itself. By noon, however, it had fatigued itself so that it was losing horribly, and by the day following had folded its still hands across its pale face in the sleep that knows no waking.

   I took it to the third and last jeweler in the town. Every one said that he was a good workman, but a trifle slow. In the afternoon I went in to see how he was getting along with it. He was sitting at his bench with n dice cup in his eye, apparently looking into the digestive economy of the watch.

   I looked at him some time, not wishing to disturb him and interfere with his diagnosis. He did not move or say anything. Several persons came in to trade and to get the correct time, but he paid no attention to them.

   I got tired and changed from one foot to the other several times. Then 1 asked how he got along, or something of that kind, but he never opened his head. He was the most preoccupied watch savant I ever saw. No outside influence could break up his chain of thought when he got after a diseased watch.

   I finally got around on the outside of the shop and looked in the window, where I could get a good view of his face.

   He was asleep.