CORTLAND OMNIBUS COMPANY "ELEGANT CAB" AND CRACKED BELL AT FIREMEN'S HALL

 

Two-Horse Omnibus circa 1870.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, March 30, 1888.

Elegant Cab.

   Our popular 'bus proprietor, Marvin W. Tanner, received last week from the Cortland Omnibus Company, a four-wheeled cab which had been made to his order, which is pronounced a beauty by all who have seen it. The body is finished in a rich black, highly polished, with drab stripe beneath the windows, of which there are eight, two on each side, the casings of which are of natural wood. Above the windows on either side is the name of the proprietor.

   The vehicle will seat four persons comfortably. The seats and backs are cushioned with maroon colored leather, the windows have curtains with spring fixtures, two small mirrors are among the adornments, and the whole interior is fitted up with a view to comfort and convenience.

   The driver's seat is separate from the box, elevated in front. The running part of the cab is painted in dark green, striped in red. It is substantially built throughout and is a piece of work of which the manufacturers may justly be proud. It will be drawn by one of Mr. Tanner's gray horses, in a fine plated harness, and will appear upon the streets as soon as they are in condition. This will prove a great convenience to the public, as well as to the proprietor, in connection with his 'bus business.— Norwich Union.

Firemen's Hall next to First National Bank, Main Street, Cortland, N.Y.

HERE AND THERE.

   Mager & Stoker have a new advertisement on our second page.

   Last Thursday the President appointed Dwight R. Miller to be postmaster at Homer.

   The Homer port-office will be moved to its new quarters in the old Sherman block to-morrow evening.

   Chas. Torrey, of McGrawville, has taken out letters patent on a guide for sewing machines.

   Nicholas Collins, of Homer, who fell through a trap door in a saloon in Syracuse last week, died on Sunday last.

   The stock holders of the Fisher Manufacturing Company of Homer have voted to increase their capital stock to $35,000.

   Tanner Brothers have a miniature saw mill on exhibition in one of their windows, which attracts a large number of visitors daily.

   The McLean Brass Band will hold a fair in that place, April 4th and 5th, for the purpose of raising money to purchase new uniforms.

   The Mechanics' Band will give their first social dance at Wells' Hall, Friday evening, April 6th. Music by Fischer's full orchestra. Bill, 50 cents.

   The annual meeting of the Cortland Library Association will be held at the residence of Mrs. C. W. Collins, Tuesday, April 3d, at four o'clock P. M.

   The trustees of Homer appointed the following officers last week: Police Constable, Wm. A Shirley; Street Commissioner, Augustus S. Merrill, Lamp lighter, Henry Walton; to look after town clock, Chas. Smith.

   Last Saturday evening, Mr. W. T. Smith, President of the Cortland Omnibus & Cab Co., was married to Mrs. Kate McKay, at the home of the bride. They left on the 10:33 P. M. train for an extended visit to New York and Boston.

   The trustees of this village have elected Fred. Hatch for Village Clerk; Patrick Dowd for Street Commissioner; E. F. Jennings, member of the Board of Health, 2d Ward; J. F. Wheeler in the 4th ward; Samuel Freeman in the 1st ward; and D. W. Bierce in the 3d ward.

   What constitutes a "size" in wearing apparel may not be fully understood. A "size" in a coat is an inch; in underwear it is 2 inches; in a sock, 1 inch; in a collar, 1/2 inch; in a shirt, 1/2 inch; in shoes, 1/6 inch; in pantaloons, 1 inch; in gloves, 1/4 inch; and in hats, 1/8 inch.

   Last Saturday it was discovered that the bell on Firemen's Hall was cracked so badly as to reader it useless in the future. A telegram was sent at once to the Troy Bell Foundry, where it was manufactured, and it was learned that a new one could be procured for seven cents per pound and the old bell. An order for the new one will be placed at once, and as soon as possible it will be hung in the tower. It is supposed that the bell was broken the night of the fire at the Box Loop factory. It had been in use about four years.

   With this issue the DEMOCRAT commissions its twenty-fifth volume.

   F. N. Harrington & Co. will open a new clothing store in the Tarbell block in Marathon, next week. C. W. Wiles, Esq., will have charge of the same.

   The rendition of "Monte Cristo" at the Cortland Opera House last Wednesday evening, by the young American actor, Mr. Alden Benedict, supported by his own excellent company, proved of thrilling interest to the many who witnessed this great masterpiece from the pen of Alexander Dumas.

   Wednesday afternoon James Porter, a wire drawer at Wickwire Brothers' factory, attempted to replace a belt on a pulley which was running at a high rate of speed. In some way his hand became caught between the pulley and the belt, and his wrist was badly lacerated. He was conveyed to his home on East Court street. The injured arm was dressed by Dr. Dana.

Burned to Death.

   Last Monday morning Josiah Maricle, an old man residing about one mile north of Dryden started for the town leaving his wife alone at home. Upon his return he found the door locked but as it was her custom to do this he was not alarmed until he found that his repeated knockings brought no response. After a few moments he went around to a window and looked in, and in his horror saw her lying on the floor with her clothing all in flames. He procured an axe and burst open the door and drew her from the house but she was dead.

   She was subject to epilepsy and it is supposed that while preparing dinner she fell in a fit and was near enough to the stove for her clothing to take fire. The house and all its contents were entirely consumed.

Common Gallinule

Sullivan County Game.

A Canada Lynx, an Otter, and a Moor Hen Recently Killed.

(Middletown corr., N. Y. Sun.)

   Both of the Canada lynx that made their appearance in Sullivan county last fall have now been killed. The male was shot by Blake Divine some weeks ago near Hurleyville. The female appears to have started back toward the Canada wilds. Last week a farmer on the northern bounds of the county found it in his hen house slaughtering fowls, and boldly attacked it with no weapon but a club, and killed it. They are larger than wild cats, and are dangerous brutes when pressed by hunger.

   Two otters have also been killed in Sullivan county recently. The last one was shot the other day by P. G. Snyder, as it emerged from a hole in the ice on a pond near Glen Wild.

   William Rose, of North Branch, in the same county, captured last week in a trap a fine specimen of the aquatic bird known as the gallinule or moorhen. The species is entirely unknown in this region, and the appearance of this specimen here in the wintertime is unaccountable. Unfortunately the bird died soon after its capture.

   Fox hunters say that a rare specimen of the black fox has its den somewhere in "the barrens," near Wurtsboro. This variety is of considerably larger size than the common red fox, and its pelt is much the more valuable of the two.

   Black Reynard is said to be amazingly swift and cunning, and he has baffled all the devices of the famous hunters of the county for capturing him. When pursued by hunters and hounds he does not double back on his course as is the wont of his tribe, but leads the chase straight away along the rough mountain ridges for twenty five miles or more, till he exhausts or baffles his pursuers. Jack Hosier of Wurtsboro, the most successful fox hunter of the region, who is inclined to be superstitious, declares that black Reynard has a charmed life, and can never be killed by anything short of a silver bullet.