The
Cortland Democrat, Friday,
February 17, 1888.
Salt
on the Streets.
Section 661 of
the Penal Code reads as follows:
"A person who throws or
places, or causes to be thrown or placed upon any road, highway, street or
public place, except upon the curves or switches of railway tracks, any salt or
salt petre, or other substance producing a freezing mixture to dissolve or remove
any snow or ice therefrom; or who willfully throws, drops or places or causes
to be thrown, dropped or placed thereon any nails, pieces of metal, or other substance
which might wound, disable or injure any animal, is guilty of a misdemeanor."
W. C. T. U.
A full attendance at the
Saturday meeting of the W. C. T. U. testified to the interest felt by the
ladles in the question previously announced for consideration. The following resolution
was offered, and, together with the qualification of voters at school elections,
thoroughly discussed.
"The State having given
women the right to vote at school elections, we believe it to be our duty to
avail ourselves of this privilege; we also believe that women, by reason of
their interest in whatever concerns the welfare of the young, and their natural
and acquired qualifications as instructors of the same, should share the
responsibilities which belong to members of school boards;" therefore,
Resolved, That we use our voting privilege to this end, and that we ask the
citizens of Cortland to assist in giving us a place on the Educational Board.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted and a committee on nominations appointed, with instructions to report
at the next meeting of the union on Feb. 25th.
HERE AND THERE.
About one thousand season
tickets were sold at the Patriots’ Militant [Canton] Fair last week.
The thermometer ranged from 12
to 18 degrees below zero in this vicinity, last Friday morning.
The Homer Wire Fabric company
are putting up another new building and expect soon to have 100 looms and 100
men employed.
If Democrats make judicious
nominations in the several towns in the county, they can elect a majority of
the Supervisors next Tuesday.
Tuesday morning, one of the main
shafts broke in the Wickwire factory on South Main street. Work was suspended
the remainder of the day.
H. L. Wright, of this place, has been employed as
engineer at the pump house of the Homer Water Works, and will move his family
to that place at once.
On the opening night of the
Cortland Canton's fair, held in this place last week, Mrs. Willis Holmes had her foot badly crushed by a cannon ball that
rolled off a platform.
The Fisher Manufacturing Co.,
of Homer, have leased the carriage shops on Albany street, in that place,
formerly occupied by the Homer Wagon Company, which they will use for their
painting, trimming and shipping departments.
The Hotel Windsor, at Homer,
has been purchased by Capt. G. W. Lason, of Marathon, who will take immediate
possession of the same. Capt. Lason has had a large experience in the hotel
business, and will spare no pains to maintain the excellent reputation which
that popular hostelry now enjoys. The price paid was $10,000.
Nora Congdon, who has been held
as a witness against her father, for eight or nine months past, was discharged
last Saturday from custody. She was kept in jail during all that time to be
used as a witness against her father,
Maurice B. Congdon, and the prosecution failed to put her on the witness stand
during the trial. Someone is to blame for the wrong.
The lecture given by Rev. H. E.
Gilchrist, at the Universalist church, last Sabbath evening, on "Some of
the Evils of Modern Journalism," was a reasonable reproof to those
journals which devote columns to sensational and sporting news, but which give
only a brief and meager account of religious gatherings and transactions. He
held that the newspaper, which "is
the educator of the masses," should serve as moral agency in the
community, instead of to feed the depraved tastes and lusts of man. Its power
for good, when properly conducted, he considered second only to the pulpit.
D. E.
Stillman has purchased the Virgil creamery of O. E. Frink, who has bought the one
at Hunt's Corners. Mr. Stillman has had a very extended experience as a butter
and cheese maker, and his products have always stood among the very best in the
market. His father built the first factory in this section of the state, and
Dan has been engaged in the business almost uninterruptedly since that early
day. The patrons of the Virgil creamery need have no misgivings as to the
ability of the new man. DeRuyter will regret the loss of this estimable family,
who leave us about March 1st.— DeRuyter New Era.
Dr. Jerome Angel may be found at the office of H. G. & C. E Ingalls,
in the Sager block, at all hours of the day.
The Groton Poultry and Pet
Stock Association will hold their third annual exhibition in Nye's Opera Hall,
Groton, February 21st, 22d and 23d.
Mr. J. A. Gilkerson, of Homer,
will organize a class in drawing in this place, within the next two weeks.
Further particulars next week.
Mr. B. F. Taylor has purchased
of Taylor, Mallery, Goodrich & Co., one half of the north wall of Taylor
Opera House block, and one foot of land fronting on Main St., and extending back
the depth of the building. Consideration, $1,000.
Myron H. Hollister, who was
arrested some time ago for non-support of his family, appeared before Justice
Squires, Monday, and settled the matter by paying $50 and promising to pay a
fixed sum every three months in the future for their maintenance.
Last Saturday night, Norman
Haskell, who lives on South Main St., was arrested by Sheriff Van Hoesen on a
warrant sworn out by Charles Mix, charging him with flourishing a revolver
around the house and making threats of shooting. Haskell gave bonds in the sum
of $200 for appearance at the next court of sessions.
Tuesday afternoon Edward Welch
became loaded with stuff that cheers and inebriates, and walked up and down
Main street looking for someone to devour. He found his man in the person of
Sheriff Van Hoesen, who, after a severe struggle in which the sheriff received
a blow in the face, ran him into the coop. Welch was arraigned before Justice
Squires, who fined him $15.00 or thirty days, for public intoxication, which was
paid. He was then rearrested on the charge of assaulting an officer and was
held in the sum of $300 bail to appear at his examination Feb. 23d.
Congdon Sentenced.
The case of the People against
Maurice Congdon which was on trial as we went to press last week, was finished
last Thursday afternoon. Eloquent and able arguments were made by Judge R. F.
Anable for the prisoner, and by ex Judge A. P. Smith, for the prosecution. The
case was given to the jury Thursday night, and Friday morning they brought in a
verdict of manslaughter in the second degree. Judge Williams then sentenced
Congdon to twelve years confinement in Auburn Prison, and on Saturday be taken
there by Officer Miller. [Maurice Congdon fathered his daughter’s child and
killed the child shortly after birth—CC editor.]
Excitement in Homer.
Mr.
N. A. Bates has begun an action for damages against Principal B. B. Seelye of the
Academy in that town, for inflicting unwarranted and unreasonable punishment on
his son. The complainant states that Principal Seeyle caught the boy by the collar,
whirled him violently around several times, and finally threw him forcibly to
the floor where he lay for some moments insensible. When the boy recovered it
was found that his face had been considerably bruised and cut by the fall. The
Principal admits that he caught hold of the boy, who he says, was disobeying a
rule of the school, which forbids playing or running in the school building. He
further states the boy slipped from his hands and fell to the floor instead of
being thrown.
Considerable excitement
prevails among the friends of both parties, and the courts will doubtless be
called upon to decide where the blame rest.
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| Patrick S. Gilmore |
Gilmore’s Band Coming.
March 19 the world renowned Gilmore's Band will appear at the Cortland
Opera House, under the auspices of Excelsior Hook & Ladder Company. In
addition to the large military band, the organization will be assisted by a select
quartette, a chorus of one hundred voices, forty anvils in the chorus, and six
field pieces which will be stationed on the outside of the Opera House and
operated from within. Taken in, all the entertainment will be one of the best ever
given here and should net a handsome sum to the company, which has shown so
much enterprise in bringing it again to this place.
Anvil chorus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvil_Chorus
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