LITTLE YORK.
READERS of THE DEMOCRAT:—We are with you once
again. We quit writing early in the campaign lest we be considered
"offensive partisans" and lose our lucrative position.
We duly and truly performed our duty at the polls, but with the party made the
trip up Salt river [lost election—CC editor]. Yesterday we were released from all moral
obligations to nonpartianship, and propose to add our mite to the popularity
of the DEMOCRAT and success of Democracy in years gone by.
During the cold, stormy month of February,
Little York has been a busy place, and a new industry arisen which the present
management of the D. L. &W. R. R. has wisely fostered.
First
came Frank Pullen, of the Cortland Beef Co., who filled the large ice house of
that firm from the pure crystal ice of our beautiful lake. He loaded it on
gondola cars, taking about thirty car loads. He employed over twenty men and
six or seven teams, all of this vicinity, and no man ever done so large job and
left with so good a name for honest, square dealing. May he always have success.
Next came A. B. Raymond agent for D. Kautz,
who runs the milk depot at this place and Homer, who filled the ice houses
belonging to each, they being 40x40x30, the latter being shipped in gondola cars.
He also shipped 17 car loads for the railroad ice house at Oswego to be used for
drinking purposes on the train.
Last, but not least, Messrs. David Crofoot, Martin
Van Hoesen and James Herrick built an ice house on the switch near the gravel
bed, 70x30x16, and have filled it with ice from the head of the lake. This is
designed for shipment next summer to different markets. No purer ice can be obtained
from any lake than this, and if this venture proves successful, another year
will see this industry greatly extended.
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William T. Perkins has entered Wells Commercial
College at Syracuse.
Miss Matie Wheeler is very sick, and no hopes
of recovery entertained. Her mother is also feeble, and her married daughters
are in attendance upon them.
E. J. Marble is also very low, and not expected
to recover. He is under the treatment of Dr. Burdick.
Jared Northway, one of the oldest residents
of Cold Brook, is very feeble and not expected to remain long with us. Dr. Robinson
attends him.
The lessee of the hotel, Mrs. Eastman, who
moved here from Tully, is giving good satisfaction to her customers. During the
ice harvest they had a big run of boarders. Numerous sleighing parties from Cortland
have tested her hospitality.
Potato buyers are not doing much at this
station. They only offer 22 cents while on the E. C. & N. we learn they are
paying 25 cents. Where is Ed. Kinney?
Great quantities of fish have been taken from
the lake the past week. The lawmakers should see to it before another winter
that they have five months' rest.
Many are rejoicing in getting 8 per cent out
of the Hicock & Co. estate, making 23 per cent in all. It has been so long
in settling that some began to fear an assessment to pay the fees of the
receivers.
We have voted over forty years, and have
never failed to be on hand at town meeting till this year. We chose business before
fooling for once, with the same result in this town.
ULI SLICK. [correspondent’s pen name]
BLODGETT'S
MILLS.
With March 1st an unusual number of families
have changed their places of residence. Whether this change is the outgrowth of
the people’s desire to imitate the example of our nation's leader is a problem
we have failed to solve. Among the many who are on the move we noticed Mr.
Chauncey Gilbert, who has retired from farm life and occupies a part of Mrs. L.
Burt's house. Mr. A. C. Spencer, tiring of village life, has returned to his
country residence in the town of Virgil. Mr. Eugene Dickinson has moved to Cortland,
and Mr. Charles Parker has moved to the place lately vacated by A. C. Spencer. Mr.
Whiting has rented the long vacant house of Jerome Crandall, and Martin Darling
occupies the house of S. B. Pierce. J. O. Stanton has moved to the place lately
purchased of J. Kendall. Henry Hall has gone to Virgil Corners. Mr. Stevens of McGrawville
has gone to live on the farm of Mrs. Maria Spencer.
A rather novel sight is being presented to
sleepy B. Millites by the proprietors of the milk depot in the erection of their
building and in securing ice. Evidently they believe that "time waits for
no man."
School commenced Monday after a two week's vacation
made necessary by sickness among the scholars, the result of vaccination.
Mr. John Catlin is dangerously sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Stanton visited at Dan
Burt's last Saturday.
At the Juvenile Missionary meeting last Sunday
at the M. E. Church a very interesting paper was read by the pastor Rev. A. C.
Smith on the missionary work in Germany and Switzerland.
Mrs. Julia Hollenbeck has been quite sick
but is convalescent.
Mr. Isaiah Simpson is very feeble with an abscess in his side. His
physician hopes for his recovery.
Mrs. John Hubbard is in Little York caring for her sister who is
very sick with consumption.
MARATHON.
The stars and stripes were waving in the air
from the Harrison & Morton flag on Monday in honor of the inauguration of
President Harrison. Several business houses were decorated in honor of the event.
W. H. Maine, of Apalachin, Pa., is in the
employ of G. L. Swift & Son as tinner.
Root Pierce has gone to Washington to witness
the inauguration ceremonies.
Mrs. Elsie Parkinson, of Syracuse, N. Y., is
visiting friends in town.
A large sign has been placed on the side of
the Peck block to call attention that C. O. Parsons
& Co. have established headquarters there.
A new cigar factory is to open in the Davis
block this week. A gent named Peck, from McGrawville, will run it.
Frank Corwin has moved on the farm owned by
Asa Hunt, south east of Marathon village.
S. B. Pierce has been painting the tenement
dwelling of John Dunphy on Mill street, and is putting out a good job.
The "Peoples’ Theatre" combination
took their departure Monday, after playing a successful engagement at Hulbert House.
We learn that several new dwellings will be
erected here this coming season, as rooms are almost impossible to be had.
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HERE AND THERE.
W. S. Freer will give a social party at hall
in Higginsville on Friday evening, March 15, 1889, Daniels furnishes the music.
Bill $1.25.
A party of ten couples from this village met
a party of eleven couples from Cortland and Homer at Higginsville, on Friday evening
last, and enjoyed a very pleasant dance, with music by Clark's orchestra. These
dances bid fair to be an annual occurrence.—Marathon
Independent.
The old store building at
Freetown was burned to the ground last week, Wednesday morning. Only a few of
the goods were saved. The stock was owned by Mr. [Denowich] who had been in
possession but a few days. The building was owned by [Lyman] Underwood. We
understand that insurance will cover the loan.
All ladies interested in
woman's representation on the School Board are requested to meet in the W. C T.
U. rooms over Collin's China Store, at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon,
for the purpose of nominating ladies for vacancies on the Board to be filled at
the approaching election, March 19th.
Mr. Albert Allen,
superintendent of the E. C. & N. Railway, has leased one of the [Warick?] dwellings on Tompkins street, owned by the estate of the late
Andrew Van [Berton?], and will occupy the same after April 1st next. This will
practically make the headquarters of the road in Cortland. [Duly?] the general
passenger and freight agents have offices in Elmira.
Hugh O'Neill returned to this
place from Springville last Monday evening, and went directly to the jail and
gave himself up to the sheriff, where he now is awaiting the pleasure of the
officers and anxious to commence serving his term that he may once again become
a free man. The District Attorney is out of town and O'Neill will undoubtedly
remain here until that official’s return.
Mr. W. J. Elsom, of this
village, exhibited to us the other day a novelty in the shape of a combined
watch and calendar. The calendar gives the day of the week and month, and is
perpetual. Wind the watch regularly and it works perfectly, year in and year
out. He has placed the same sort of an attachment on a small clock in his
residence, which also works like a charm.
Mr. Samuel Parsons, of
Syracuse, who published a very satisfactory directory of this place two years
ago, is in town canvassing among the business men for a new work to be issued
in the spring. The canvass for names will be commenced about April 8th next.
Mr. Parsons intends to make the directory as complete and satisfactory as the
one formerly issued by him. The directory will also contain a list of all the
inhabitants of the several towns in the county.
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.
TOMPKINS—It is not generally known that there
is a law in this state which permits the wife of an habitual drinker of
intoxicating liquors to apply to a magistrate and make complaint against all
the liquor dealers of the town for selling to her husband. Thereupon it is
obligatory upon the magistrate (and if he refuses he is guilty of a
misdemeanor) to issue written notices to the several liquor dealers not to sell
to her husband within the next six months under the penalty of $50 for each
drink, to be recovered by the wife It was under this law that a jury in Raymond
L. Smith's court recently awarded $100 against Julia A. Reed, proprietor of
Reed's Inn, for selling two drinks of liquor in violation of a notice which had
been served upon her.— Ithaca Journal
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