The Cortland Democrat, Friday, May 18, 1888.
A Beautiful Place.
The display of potted and flowering plants at
the greenhouse of Hopkins & Son is without doubt the finest to be found in
Central New York, and will richly repay the time and trouble necessary for a
visit to their grounds, at No. 176 Groton Avenue. A new office, thoroughly
equipped with everything necessary for the expeditious transaction of their
large business is first entered, and from it an exit is made into one of the
conservatories where the visitor is dazzled by the richness and beauty of the
display.
Blossoms of every tint, from a pure white to a deep crimson, mingled with the variegated green of the foliage, combine to form a scene of marvelous richness which can scarcely fail to awaken a feeling of admiration in the most careless observer. The remaining houses are equally fine and the tasteful arrangement whereby the different colors are harmonised so as to produce the best possible effects, reflect great credit upon the taste and skill of the proprietors.
Among the varieties in which Hopkins & Son take special pride, is the celebrated Storm King Fuchsia of which they are the originators and for which they constantly receive large orders from the leading florists all over the United States.
Messrs. Hopkins & Son also make a specialty of home grown flowers and vegetable seeds all of which they test thoroughly before placing on sale and offer only such as their long experience proves to be desirable varieties. Their business in this line is steadily growing and bids fair, in a short time, to become [one] of the leading industries of Cortland. We wish them the success they so richly merit.
Blossoms of every tint, from a pure white to a deep crimson, mingled with the variegated green of the foliage, combine to form a scene of marvelous richness which can scarcely fail to awaken a feeling of admiration in the most careless observer. The remaining houses are equally fine and the tasteful arrangement whereby the different colors are harmonised so as to produce the best possible effects, reflect great credit upon the taste and skill of the proprietors.
Among the varieties in which Hopkins & Son take special pride, is the celebrated Storm King Fuchsia of which they are the originators and for which they constantly receive large orders from the leading florists all over the United States.
Messrs. Hopkins & Son also make a specialty of home grown flowers and vegetable seeds all of which they test thoroughly before placing on sale and offer only such as their long experience proves to be desirable varieties. Their business in this line is steadily growing and bids fair, in a short time, to become [one] of the leading industries of Cortland. We wish them the success they so richly merit.
A Clean Sweep.
Last Thursday the express train on the
Elmira, Cortland & Northern road, came near being done for at the Chicago
crossing between this place and Mclean. As the train dashed around a sharpe
curve at that point the engineer discovered a truck loaded with a large log
standing directly across the track. The teamster was urging his horses, but they
could not move the load for the reason, as was afterwards ascertained, that the
chain fastening the log to the truck had caught under the track and held the
obstruction fast. The engineer put on the brakes, but the train was so close to
the log when it was discovered that there was no opportunity to check the
momentum, and the locomotive caught the log at full tilt and tossed it nearly
seventy-five feet.
The shock startled all the passengers, but the train remained upon the rails, and the only damage done was the demolishing of the forward part of the locomotive and the complete destruction of the wagon. The horses were thrown down but otherwise were unhurt. The horses belonged to Mr. C. E. Baldwin, of Chicago [Located between South Cortland and McLean. Think Chicago Bog, Gracie Road, Lehigh Railroad and Lime Hollow Nature Center—CC editor] and were being driven by his hired man, Mr. Stafford. All concerned were fortunate in escaping with so little injury.
The shock startled all the passengers, but the train remained upon the rails, and the only damage done was the demolishing of the forward part of the locomotive and the complete destruction of the wagon. The horses were thrown down but otherwise were unhurt. The horses belonged to Mr. C. E. Baldwin, of Chicago [Located between South Cortland and McLean. Think Chicago Bog, Gracie Road, Lehigh Railroad and Lime Hollow Nature Center—CC editor] and were being driven by his hired man, Mr. Stafford. All concerned were fortunate in escaping with so little injury.
More Power
Necessary.
Last Saturday night the incandescent lights
suddenly failed all over town, owing to the fact that the dynamo was so heavily
loaded and was used so long that night that the insulations and armatures were
burned out. This dynamo had a capacity to run 500 lights, but subscribers for
the lights have increased so rapidly that there are already 550 lights on the
list.
Appreciating the difficulty that would be likely to occur, Mr. John C. Seager some time ago ordered a new 1000-light dynamo to replace the old one. There was an annoying delay about the filling of the order, so that the new dynamo did not arrive till Tuesday, and was not put in operation till last night.
In view of the increase in the number of the arc lights, it has been necessary to order another dynamo to furnish additional power for running these. When this comes we may expect steadier and more brilliant lights all over town than we have ever had. The Hitchcock company expect soon to order an additional 100-horse power boiler and a more powerful engine to replace one of the old ones, and then they will be prepared for some years for whatever increase of lights may come.—Standard.
Appreciating the difficulty that would be likely to occur, Mr. John C. Seager some time ago ordered a new 1000-light dynamo to replace the old one. There was an annoying delay about the filling of the order, so that the new dynamo did not arrive till Tuesday, and was not put in operation till last night.
In view of the increase in the number of the arc lights, it has been necessary to order another dynamo to furnish additional power for running these. When this comes we may expect steadier and more brilliant lights all over town than we have ever had. The Hitchcock company expect soon to order an additional 100-horse power boiler and a more powerful engine to replace one of the old ones, and then they will be prepared for some years for whatever increase of lights may come.—Standard.
Licenses Granted [Alcohol].
The Board of Excise
Commissioners have granted the following licenses:
Hotel—Cortland House, Messenger House Dexter House, Arnold House, American House. Exchange Hotel, Hotel Brunswick, Farmer's Hotel, Fuller's Hotel, St. Charles, A. G. Newton.
Drug Store—G. W. Bradford, Sager & Jennings, Brown & Maybury, Ollie Ingraham.
Stores—E. Dodge. Julius Whiting.
Saloons—Ed Kenfield, John Carty.
Hotel—Cortland House, Messenger House Dexter House, Arnold House, American House. Exchange Hotel, Hotel Brunswick, Farmer's Hotel, Fuller's Hotel, St. Charles, A. G. Newton.
Drug Store—G. W. Bradford, Sager & Jennings, Brown & Maybury, Ollie Ingraham.
Stores—E. Dodge. Julius Whiting.
Saloons—Ed Kenfield, John Carty.
Licenses Granted in Homer.
The Board of Excise
Commissioners of the town of Homer granted the following licenses last week:
Hotels, Antisdel & Nichols, Mansion House, Erving Stevens, Hotel Windsor;
A. P. Gillson, Gillson House, Alvin Gay, Lake House, Little York. Stores, A. D.
Brown, C. A. Coggshall. Drug store, Atwater & Son. Saloons, Thos.
Nicholson, Frank Forshee, Abner Hobart, Michael Murphy, Daniel Donohue and Francis
Johnston.
Page Two/Editorials.
A bushel of corn makes four gallons of
whisky. It sells for $16 at retail. The Government gets $3.60, the farmer 40 cents,
the railroads $1, the manufacturer $4, the vender $6, and the drinker all that
is left—delirium tremens.—Olean Times.
The
big Methodist Conference now in session in New York has refused to admit women
to participate in the proceedings. The crop of bald-headed ministers of the Methodist
persuasion, will undoubtedly be sensibly increased during the coming year.
Geo. Godfrey, the colored
heavyweight, has challenged Sullivan to fight six, eight or fifteen rounds or
to a finish. Really this is too bad. After swinging his brawny fists in the
face of the British lion, without getting badly punished, Boston’s pet comes
home only to be challenged to fight by an ordinary ''coon.''
Prohibition papers say that
the Anti- Saloon Conference held in New York last week was a failure and that
the concern has pretty much disbanded and gone into summer quarters, where the
members will cool their parched tongues with frequent draughts of cool lager.
They can get along tolerably well during winter weather, but when dog days come,
appetite gets the better of what little principle there is in the party.
HERE AND THERE.
Get ready to attend Mahan’s
Music Festival, June 5th to 8th.
Mr. Riley, of East Homer, is reported to be the owner of a ewe sheep that gave birth to five healthy lambs recently.
The Cortland DEMOCRAT, a valued exchange, looks very neat and tidy in a new spring dress.—Groton Journal.
Mr. C. E. Snyder, of this place, has charge of "The Central City Stock and Grain Exchange" recently opened in Homer.
The funeral services of the late Simon P. Miller, of Homer, were attended by about 50 members of the Odd Fellows' Lodge of this place last Sunday.
A Decoration Day party will be given at Hammond's Hall, McGrawville, Wednesday evening, May 30th. Music by Butterfield's orchestra. Full bill, $1.85.
The Horse Railroad Company will commence running a car next Sunday morning in Homer. It will leave the E. C. & N. depot at 9:15, and will run every Sunday until further notice.
The Homer & Cortland Gas Company intend to make additions and repairs to their works during the coming summer that will greatly increase the capacity of the same. New buildings will be erected, new machinery put in and additional mains laid in some of the streets of Cortland.
Taylor Hall has been secured for the banquet given by the ladies of Cortland to the visiting delegates at the [state firemen's] convention on Wednesday evening, August 22d. Elaborate preparations are now making and the event will probably be one of the most enjoyable features of the convention.
The Syracuse Courier appeared last Monday as an eight-page paper. The paper is benefited by the change in more respects than one. It is enabled to accommodate its large advertising patronage, while at the same time it furnishes much more reading matter. We wish the Courier all the success that its enterprise deserves.
State paupers are a class of dependents which probably few County Superintendents of the Poor take cognisance of. Chapter 661, Laws of 1873, provides as follows: Any pauper, who shall apply to the authorities for relief, and who shall not have resided sixty days in any county in this state within one year preceding the time of such application, shall be deemed a State pauper.
Arrangements are now making for the Emerald Hose Co. Field Day, which will be observed at the Fair Grounds some day next month. The exercises will consist of races, jumping contests, ball games, and a sparing exhibition by Jack Dempsey Nonpareil of New York, champion middle weight pugilist of the world, and Denny Castigan, the well known trainer and boxer of the same place. The ball game will be given by two first-class nines, and it is expected that it will be umpired by Dempsey. Full particulars and dates will be given as soon as the preparations are completed.
The National Bank of Cortland has voted to increase its capital stock from $80,000 to $200,000. The new stock will be for sale on and after June 1st. The price of the stock will be $150 per share of $100 [sic].
A grand bicycle tournament will be held in this village May 30th, at which a large number of out-of-town wheelmen will be present. About 40 handsomely uniformed men from Binghamton are expected to participate.
The 45th Separate company will participate in the exercises Decoration day, in connection with Grover Post, G. A. R. This will be the company's first appearance in public, and will undoubtedly prove to be a great attraction.
Mr. Julius Whiting has opened a wholesale liquor store at No. 5 Orchard street, where he will keep on hand a full line of pure foreign and domestic wines, brandies and liquors for medical purposes, and also a large stock of fine ales, lager, cigars &c.
The Southern Magnolia tree, in the lawn of Mr. G. J. Mager, on [26] Lincoln avenue, is again in full bloom. The tree is about ten feet in height, totally leafless, and at present bears the largest crop of blossoms that was ever seen upon it. The flowers are of a pinkish white, and of great fragrance The tree is a beautiful ornament, and is much admired.
We notice by the Elizabeth, N. J. Herald, that Dr. E. G. Putnam, formerly of Cortland, has been elected Health Inspector of that city. Dr. Putnam is a son of our respected townsman, Hamilton Putnam, Esq., and has many warm friends in this county. For several years past he has been President of the Board of Education of the city of his adoption, but last fall he declined a re-election.
Mr. Riley, of East Homer, is reported to be the owner of a ewe sheep that gave birth to five healthy lambs recently.
The Cortland DEMOCRAT, a valued exchange, looks very neat and tidy in a new spring dress.—Groton Journal.
Mr. C. E. Snyder, of this place, has charge of "The Central City Stock and Grain Exchange" recently opened in Homer.
The funeral services of the late Simon P. Miller, of Homer, were attended by about 50 members of the Odd Fellows' Lodge of this place last Sunday.
A Decoration Day party will be given at Hammond's Hall, McGrawville, Wednesday evening, May 30th. Music by Butterfield's orchestra. Full bill, $1.85.
The Horse Railroad Company will commence running a car next Sunday morning in Homer. It will leave the E. C. & N. depot at 9:15, and will run every Sunday until further notice.
The Homer & Cortland Gas Company intend to make additions and repairs to their works during the coming summer that will greatly increase the capacity of the same. New buildings will be erected, new machinery put in and additional mains laid in some of the streets of Cortland.
Taylor Hall has been secured for the banquet given by the ladies of Cortland to the visiting delegates at the [state firemen's] convention on Wednesday evening, August 22d. Elaborate preparations are now making and the event will probably be one of the most enjoyable features of the convention.
The Syracuse Courier appeared last Monday as an eight-page paper. The paper is benefited by the change in more respects than one. It is enabled to accommodate its large advertising patronage, while at the same time it furnishes much more reading matter. We wish the Courier all the success that its enterprise deserves.
State paupers are a class of dependents which probably few County Superintendents of the Poor take cognisance of. Chapter 661, Laws of 1873, provides as follows: Any pauper, who shall apply to the authorities for relief, and who shall not have resided sixty days in any county in this state within one year preceding the time of such application, shall be deemed a State pauper.
Arrangements are now making for the Emerald Hose Co. Field Day, which will be observed at the Fair Grounds some day next month. The exercises will consist of races, jumping contests, ball games, and a sparing exhibition by Jack Dempsey Nonpareil of New York, champion middle weight pugilist of the world, and Denny Castigan, the well known trainer and boxer of the same place. The ball game will be given by two first-class nines, and it is expected that it will be umpired by Dempsey. Full particulars and dates will be given as soon as the preparations are completed.
The National Bank of Cortland has voted to increase its capital stock from $80,000 to $200,000. The new stock will be for sale on and after June 1st. The price of the stock will be $150 per share of $100 [sic].
A grand bicycle tournament will be held in this village May 30th, at which a large number of out-of-town wheelmen will be present. About 40 handsomely uniformed men from Binghamton are expected to participate.
The 45th Separate company will participate in the exercises Decoration day, in connection with Grover Post, G. A. R. This will be the company's first appearance in public, and will undoubtedly prove to be a great attraction.
Mr. Julius Whiting has opened a wholesale liquor store at No. 5 Orchard street, where he will keep on hand a full line of pure foreign and domestic wines, brandies and liquors for medical purposes, and also a large stock of fine ales, lager, cigars &c.
The Southern Magnolia tree, in the lawn of Mr. G. J. Mager, on [26] Lincoln avenue, is again in full bloom. The tree is about ten feet in height, totally leafless, and at present bears the largest crop of blossoms that was ever seen upon it. The flowers are of a pinkish white, and of great fragrance The tree is a beautiful ornament, and is much admired.
We notice by the Elizabeth, N. J. Herald, that Dr. E. G. Putnam, formerly of Cortland, has been elected Health Inspector of that city. Dr. Putnam is a son of our respected townsman, Hamilton Putnam, Esq., and has many warm friends in this county. For several years past he has been President of the Board of Education of the city of his adoption, but last fall he declined a re-election.
From Everywhere.
The governor has vetoed the
half holiday repeal act.
Upward of forty five tons of paper are manufactured daily at Watertown, N. Y.
"Dupely" Dodge, the noted old Syracuse gambler and sport, was buried last week, Tuesday.
Watkins is to have water works and a system of sewerage at an estimated expense of $80,000.
It is estimated that there are 12,000,000 Protestants and 7,000,000 Roman Catholics in the United States.
North [Hudson] River shad have been very cheap in New York this spring and they have sold as low as $10 per hundred and retailed at 15c@25 apiece.
Buffalo Bill and his exhibition will arrive in New York from Manchester, England, in about a fortnight, preparatory to the opening of the summer season on Decoration Day at Erastina, Staten Island.
A telegraph wire fell across an electric light wire on Franklyn Square, in Troy, N. Y., Sunday night, and the end of the small wire dropped into the street. A horse ran against it and was instantly killed.
In addition to the regular army of the United States, which consists of 25,000 enlisted men and some 2,000 officers, this country has an organized militia force of 89,497 men, of whom 7,236 are commissioned officers.
Thomas Murphy was killed in Utica, last Friday night. He was looking at some bicycle riding near a pole that once had a light on it, but now only holds wires. In leaning against this pole he put one hand on a wire that was once used to lift the arm bearing the light. He felt a shock and grasped the wire with the other hand. This completed the circuit and killed him.
A very serious wreck, the result of gross carelessness, occurred on the Lehigh Valley road at White school house, near Ithaca, last Thursday afternoon, by which three persons were seriously injured. The brakes on the passenger train south got out of gear, bringing the train to a stop, when a freight following plunged into the passenger coaches and telescoped two of them. Mrs. Case was severely injured. A gentleman from New York was badly cut about the head and neck and the engineer of the coal train was hurt in the head and shoulders.
Upward of forty five tons of paper are manufactured daily at Watertown, N. Y.
"Dupely" Dodge, the noted old Syracuse gambler and sport, was buried last week, Tuesday.
Watkins is to have water works and a system of sewerage at an estimated expense of $80,000.
It is estimated that there are 12,000,000 Protestants and 7,000,000 Roman Catholics in the United States.
North [Hudson] River shad have been very cheap in New York this spring and they have sold as low as $10 per hundred and retailed at 15c@25 apiece.
Buffalo Bill and his exhibition will arrive in New York from Manchester, England, in about a fortnight, preparatory to the opening of the summer season on Decoration Day at Erastina, Staten Island.
A telegraph wire fell across an electric light wire on Franklyn Square, in Troy, N. Y., Sunday night, and the end of the small wire dropped into the street. A horse ran against it and was instantly killed.
In addition to the regular army of the United States, which consists of 25,000 enlisted men and some 2,000 officers, this country has an organized militia force of 89,497 men, of whom 7,236 are commissioned officers.
Thomas Murphy was killed in Utica, last Friday night. He was looking at some bicycle riding near a pole that once had a light on it, but now only holds wires. In leaning against this pole he put one hand on a wire that was once used to lift the arm bearing the light. He felt a shock and grasped the wire with the other hand. This completed the circuit and killed him.
A very serious wreck, the result of gross carelessness, occurred on the Lehigh Valley road at White school house, near Ithaca, last Thursday afternoon, by which three persons were seriously injured. The brakes on the passenger train south got out of gear, bringing the train to a stop, when a freight following plunged into the passenger coaches and telescoped two of them. Mrs. Case was severely injured. A gentleman from New York was badly cut about the head and neck and the engineer of the coal train was hurt in the head and shoulders.
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