The Cortland
Democrat, Friday, July 6, 1888.
The Fire Alarm Boxes.
The following is a list of the number and
locations of the fire alarm boxes recently put in the corporation.
123—Cortland Manf.
Co. Limited.
124—Cor. Union and
Owego.
125—Cor. Tompkins
and Duane.
132—Cor. James and Prospect.
133—Cor. South Main
and Argyle.
134—Cor. Tompkins
and Owego.
142—Cor. Union and
South Main.
143—Wickwire Shops.
213—Cor. Adams
[Homer Avenue] and Groton Avenue.
214—Ex. Lincoln,
near bridge.
215—Cor. Suggett and
Adams.
223—Cor. Adams and
North Main.
224—Cor. North Main
and Grant.
232—Cor. Main and
Maple Avenue.
234—Cor. Church and
Clinton.
312—Cor. Clinton and
Washington.
313—Cor. Clinton and
Hubbard.
314—Cor. Elm and
Pomeroy.
323—Excelsior Top
Shop.
324—Cor. Elm and
Pendleton.
332—D. L. & W.
Depot.
333—Engine House.
334—Cor. Church and
Railroad [Central Avenue].
412—Cor. Greenbush
and East Court.
413—Cor. Port Watson
and Pomeroy.
414—Cor. Port Watson
and Pendleton.
432—Cor. Port Watson
and South Main.
433—Cortland Wagon
Co.’s Office.
HERE AND THERE.
The Mechanics’ Band will give another of
their open air concerts Thursday evening, July 12th.
Nearly all the business places in town were
closed Wednesday and employers and clerks generally took a day’s vacation.
W. A. Holton, Esq., is agent for the town of
Virgil for the Cayuga and Cortland and Tompkins County Co-operative Insurance
company.
Darius Allen, of Virgil, claims to have
found and killed a rattlesnake in one of his fields last week. His snakeship
was about six feet long.
South Cortland Grange will give an ice cream
and strawberry sociable at their hall on Friday evening, July 6th. A cordial
invitation to all is extended.
Henry Wayle gave an Independence party at
his hotel in Dryden on Wednesday evening. Over 130 couples were present and all
speak in glowing terms of the excellent management.
The Mechanics' Band, of this place, have
been engaged to furnish music at the hop growers’ picnic to be held at Sylvan Beach,
July 28th. Excursion rates from Cortland on that date.
The salary of the postmaster of this place
has been increased to $2,500 per annum. The salary of the postmaster of Homer
has been raised to $1,600 per annum, and the Groton postmaster gets $1,300.
About the only thing now lacking to complete the full equipment of the 45th Separate [Company, New York National Guard—CC editor] is a full size
company banner. Such a gift from the fair
young ladies of Cortland who take an interest in the company would be peculiarly appropriate and would be gratefully received.
The Cortland Corset Co. have shut down their shops for the double purpose of giving their employees
a vacation, and taking an inventory.
The work will be commenced
again sometime between July 20th and August 1st. The number of orders now on hand for the fall trade is very large.
A number of the veterans of the late war
left town last Friday morning to revisit the famous battlefield of Gettysburg.
Among those who went from this vicinity were H. M. Kellogg, Maj. A. Sager, Capt.
Geo. L. Warren, ex-Judge A. P. Smith and B. F. Taylor of Cortland, Geo. W.
Smith of Marathon, and Albert Hollenbeck of Virgil.
Mr. George W. Cleveland has been chosen by Captain Miller for armorer of the 45th, and has moved
his workshop from the engine house to the armory. Mr. Cleveland was formerly a workman in
one of the largest gun shops in the United States, and is besides a skillful and thorough mechanic. He will continue to run the steamer
for the fire department.
Chief Engineer Thompson has issued a card
containing the number and location of the fire alarm boxes which have been
recently put in around the town. These cards have been left at Brown &
Maybury's, Beaudry's, J. E. Briggs and Co., Ingall's dentist rooms, Clark &
Nourse's and Thompson's grocery store, where they may be had upon application.
On June 30th, a steamer commenced running daily
between Oswego and the Thousand Islands in direct connection with the D. L. & W. train, which leaves Cortland at 9:12 A. M. Parties intending to visit
the Islands this season will find this an excellent route to take, as the trip is considerably shortened.
Improvements at
the Opera House.
The managers of the Cortland Opera House have been giving the building a thorough renovating during the past week, and now
have it in fine condition. A short summer
season will be inaugurated on Monday
and
Tuesday evenings, July 16, and 17, when the famous
young cantatrice, Pauline Montegriffo, supported by a superb Company, under the
management of Max Zoellner, will
appear in the sparkling Comic Opera "Woman's
Wit," by Willard E. Spenser, author of Little Tycoon. Price and full particulars will be given next week. We give below a short biographical sketch of Mademoiselle Montegriffo, the
star of the company.
Mlle. Montegriffo is a native of New York, and first commenced her musical studies in Washington, D. C, under the celebrated Prof. Sig. Ettore Barili, brother
of the diva Adelina Patti. She then went to Milan. Italy,
and entered on the study of opera under
Prof. Giuseppi Lamperti, teacher
of the celebrated Albani. She first made
her appearance in Cantania, Italy, in "Faust," and achieved such success that she was immediately engaged to sing the same role at the theatre Carlo Felice, of Genoa.
Her success here was instantaneous and
the enthusiasm and applause which
greeted our young and promising prima donna was indeed flattering. Since her return
to her native country, she has supported the famous Adelina Patti, Clara Louise Kellogg,
Etelka Gerster, and Minnie Hank, in their
tours in this country, with the
most gratifying success; the great Patti presented
our young cantatrice with a diamond necklace
containing 45 stones, and Clara Louise
Kellogg, in appreciation of her merit, also presented her with a diamond butterfly,
which
are shown to her many admirers
with pardonable pride.
A Booming
Business.
The Cortland Box Loop Co. are contemplating
the erection of an extensive addition to their factory on Port Watson street at an early date. It will be at least sixty feet in length and three stories in height, and will be fitted up with the latest improved machinery
for the manufacture of their
goods.
Some idea of the business now done may be had from the fact that at
present, the firm have been obliged to call in their
salesmen, the mail orders alone
being numerous enough to keep their entire force of fifty men busily at work. As soon
as the new building is completed the number of men employed will be raised to at least one hundred, to whom steady situations will be given the year round. The gentlemen
comprising the company are men of push and
business ability, and will spare no effort
to make their business one of the leading industries
of Cortland.
Last Sunday morning a party of eight wheelmen
left this village for a ride to Groton and return. The roads were not of the best, having been recently worked, and the result was that one professional
gentleman at least, was obliged to walk about seven miles out of the nine and trundle his wheel behind him. Groton was however reached in due time, a
substantial dinner partaken of and the run home made by way of McLean in a short time. The only mishap on the excursion was the breaking of the back bone on
one wheel, which made necessary the hiring
of a horse by the unfortunate, to convey him back to this town.
As he was the one who did the walking on trip over, and as a matter of course sustained the fatigue incident to such a journey, the propriety of his act will hardly be questioned. The wheelmen are enthusiastic over the run and declare that the day outing did them a world of good. Another trip
will probably be made at a little later date.
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