GILMORE'S GREAT SOLUTION

Patrick Gilmore Band 1884.

Patrick S. Gilmore

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, May 9, 1890.

Gilmore's Great Solution.

   Among the members of Gilmore’s band are to be found the most skillful and musicianly instrumental soloists in the profession, many of them without equals anywhere, and all of them of such excellence that no changes could be made for the better. A dozen or more of them could be mentioned at length, each one possessing wonderful abilities which have won them fame.

   Sig. Raffayolo is everywhere [accepted] to be without a rival as a euphonium player and his wonderfully brilliant solos have delighted all Europe and America for years. The euphonium parts of nearly all of the heavy music are re-written by Mr. Gilmore to take advantage of Raffoyolo's capabilities, and he is the hardest worked member of the band. His great skill enables him to perform any music, no matter how difficult, and his tone is the purest and smoothest. A great deal of the fine effect and superiority of the band playing can be attributed to the prominence of this instrument, and especially is this the case with such works as the Tannhauser overture, in which the abundance of chromatic sweeps and fancy tongueing done by Raffayolo, as well as its artistic superiority and loveliness are marvelous. Raffayolo will be heard in a special solo at every Gilmore concert.

   Herr Matus, who is a Hungarian Gypsie, will also be heard in a solo. He is the unquestioned first E flat clarinet player, and has attained the highest place for skill and artistic feeling. He is as well a remarkably fine arranger of music.

   Mr. Lefebre is the Hollander who made the saxophone famous throughout Europe, and introduced it in America, and as yet he has no equal as a performer among the thousands who have joined the ranks of saxophone players. The saxophone fills a joining place between the reeds and brasses, Mr. Gilmore using five of them in his band led by the artistic Lefebre, whose solos are one of the most pleasing features of the concerts.

   Sig. De Carlo, who warbles at the little piccolo is as skillful and superb a player as was ever heard on this high range little instrument.

   Herr Stoekigt, who performs upon the first B flat clarinet, is a pre-eminently fine performer and a remarkably fine musician. He ranks among the New York musicians as the most reliable and experienced player in this country, and he is one of the best paid musicians in the profession.

   All of the above have been with Mr. Gilmore for years, about 16 seasons in all, as have also most of the present 50 members of the band. Those who have seen the famous band previously will observe the same faces throughout.

   A new soloist of great merit in the band is Mr. Herman Bellstedt, whose cornet solos have created ovations in New York and all other cities where he has played. He is one of the very few great cornet soloists who can combine his brilliant solo playing with the regular and continued band work, playing also a first cornet part in the band.

   Fifteen of Gilmore’s best soloists will be heard in their original variations on the Carnival of Venice.

Gilmore's Vocal Artists.

(From the Boston Herald)

   Miss Ida Klein sang the "Jewel Song" from Faust, and the encore numbers, which were enthusiastically demanded, with great acceptance. Mr. Koeke proved himself an exceedingly pleasing tenor singer, and Mr. O'Mahony is an artist who has always given the greatest pleasure to Boston audiences. All songs were followed by cordially demanded encores.

(From the Boston Traveler.)

   The vocal soloists were Miss Ida Klein, and Messrs. Koeke and 0'Mahony. They were each and all well received, and were compelled to respond to tumultuous encores.

(From the Boston, Mass. Journal.)

   The vocal soloists were Miss Ida Klein and Messrs. Koeke and O'Mahony. They were all cordially received and enthusiastically encored. Miss Klein has a remarkably powerful and true voice, and used it with great art.

(From the Hartford Times.)

   Miss Ida Klein is a stately girl who sang the grand aria from "Robert Le Diable" with great power, clearness, and careful vocalization. She was immensely applauded and encored. Mr. O'Mahony sang an aria from "Figaro," very finely, with a deep, bass voice and strong expression. Mr. Koeke also came in for a well-earned share of the honors.

HERE AND THERE.

   Smoke Manhattan club cigars.

   Gilmore's band in the Opera House, May 16th, afternoon.

   Prof. Bradley, the scientific optician, at Clark & Nourse's, May 20th to 30th.

   New and longer poles for the electric light wires have been put up on Railroad Street.

   Gilmore's famous band will give a grand matinee performance in Cortland Opera House, Friday afternoon, May 16th.

   The poles for the lone distance telephone between Chicago and New York are being put up. The poles are all in place between Ithaca and Cortland. This place will have an office on the line.

   That farmers and gardeners who sell from door to door produce of their own raising, do not come under the provisions of the law relating to peddlers and hucksters, has just been decided by the Supreme Court.

   The funeral services of Mr. John Carty were held from St. Mary's church, Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock. Burial was made at McLean, his former home. Deceased was father of Thomas and John Carty, and Mrs. Patrick McTighe, of this village.

   Professor Fuertes has three times condemned a heating and ventilating plant which has been placed in the Cortland Normal School building. He was engaged by the school authorities as an expert, but the contractors now declare that they have done all that is possible and demand payment, so there bids fair to be a law suit over the matter.—Ithaca Journal.

   Gilmore's Band in the Opera House, May 16th. Seats on sale at Wallace's, Monday, at 9 A. M.

   Architect Beardsley is making a plan of Dr. F. D. Reese's new residence, soon to be erected on Tompkins street.

   Mr. Fred C. Atwater of Homer brought 6,000 brook trout from the Caledonia State hatchery and placed them in the creek that winds along the Scott road, last Friday.

   The 45th Separate Company of this place are ordered into camp at Peekskill, August 9th to 16th. They will be in the 6th provisional battalion, commanded by Capt. W. Maurice Kirby, of Auburn.

   Deputy Duke Borthwick took John Clark, the sneak thief, who appropriated an overcoat from the St. Charles, to Rochester on Monday. Upon arrival there the clerk recognized the prisoner as an old visitor of the institution, known as John Haley, of Ohio.

   The Marathon Board of Excise met Monday and granted licenses for the coming year to the Marathon House, Hotel Lynde and Brown's Hotel; to the drug stores of Swift & Son, T. L. Corwin, F. A. Pulford and Hunt & Chapman, saloon licenses to F. A. Allen and Jason Gray.—Marathon Independent.

   Wednesday morning the horse used to hoist brick to the upper floor of the new Goddard building, on Railroad street, rather unceremoniously backed off the runway and fell into the basement, cutting a gash two inches deep in its breast. It is thought the animal had an attack of the blind staggers.

   When driver Getman reversed his team on the 8:15 return trip to the car barn Wednesday evening, the coupling pin failed to hold the whiffietrees in position and they fell, striking the heels of the horses, who instantly made off on a 2:10 [trotting] pace, colliding with the tall pole in front of Bliss' cigar store, where one of the horses fell and the team was captured. No damage was done further than the breaking of the harness and pole.

   The legislature has changed the law respecting the number of weeks that shall constitute a term in our common schools. It will be remembered that last year's law prohibited employing a teacher for less than sixteen weeks, which made only two terms possible in the year—an unsatisfactory plan for rural districts. The new law requires ten or more weeks for a term, and this will be entirely satisfactory, we believe, to all concerned.—Ex.

  

Held by the Arm for 40 Minutes.

   Last Thursday afternoon a new board was being placed in position on a friction hammer at the works of the Cortland Top & Rail Company. While the board was out the foreman gave orders to the operator to wipe up the pulleys and other upper parts of the machine and went to give instructions elsewhere. William Nix, the operator, was noticed to ascend the ladder with some waste, a customary practice, and engage in wiping up the oily accumulations, no attention being given him or his work until a fellow workman was struck in the back by a pipe which Nix had in his mouth when he mounted his machine. This man took in the situation at a glance and notified engineer Bert Delevan to shut down.

   The waste had caught in the machinery and drew the unfortunate man's arm after it, and his repeated calls for help were drowned by the noisy machinery. He was thus held for nearly forty minutes, it being necessary to remove the entire top before his arm was released, and upon examination by Drs. Higgins and Angell no broken bones were found, but the left arm is seriously bruised about the wrist and the two first fingers inclined to stiffen.

   This is the first accident incident to removing the hammer boards and, it is thought, was occasioned by putting the hand through the wrong opening.

The Cortland Athletic Club.

   Under the above name an association has been incorporated in this village under the provisions of chapter 267, laws of 1875, entitled "an act for the incorporation of societies or clubs for certain lawful purposes, and acts amendatory thereof."

   As set forth in the article the object of the club is social, mutual benefit, athletic, gymnastic and other lawful sporting purposes. Provision is made for a board of five trustees: Frank Carney, James W. Gibson, Jerome Delano, Walter W. Pierce and John O'Brien are named to serve for the first year. Beside the above, the names of William McElwell, William Marrow, S. A. Bernhart, Joseph Murphy, J. L. O'Keefe and T. Purcelle appear as charter members. The articles bear the approved endorsement of Walter Lloyd Smith, Justice of the Supreme Court, and are filed in the Cortland County Clerk's office.

NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

   CHENANGO.—Ernest Utter of Norwich, is under arrest for bigamy.

   Henry Loomis, of the town of Smithville, made 1,500 pounds of sugar this season from 240 trees.

   Ground was broken for the new reservoir of the Norwich Water Works, Tuesday of last week. Photographer Wick took a picture of the commencement of operations.

   The trial of William H. Gilbert, indicted for the murder of B. H. Welton at Bainbridge, Chenango county, was finished Wednesday of last week, at Norwich. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree, and the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for life at hard labor in Auburn.

   Under Sheriff Milton W. Brown left to-day for Pittsburg, Pa., for Ida Tucker, who has been arrested in that city as an accomplice of Mrs. Fox in the supposed murder of Palmer C. Rich on the night of Oct. 11th, 1888. She was on that night an inmate [prostitute—CC editor] of Mrs. Fox's place. He will probably return on Saturday with the prisoner.

   At the assignee's sale of the Enterprise Chair Manufacturing plant, in Oxford, Wednesday, the real estate, engine, boiler, machinery, tools, etc., were struck off to Ward Van Der Lyn and James B. Brown, for $5,012; the chairs, finished and unfinished, with parts, etc., for $770; the lumber, $1,660; the upholstered goods for $530; and oils, varnishes, etc., for $276—all to the same parties. The purchasers are men of means, enterprising, and cannot help but make a success of their venture. They will commence operations at once, in fact have already commenced, as the upholsterers were put on unfinished chairs Monday. Soon it is expected the entire factory will be in operation with the old force of hands.

   MADISON.—Georgetown is without telephone communication.

   Hop roots are selling at $1 a bushel around Waterville.

   It is said that the Perryville dynamite gun will next be fired on May 27.

Six shells for testing the Justine dynamite cartridge are being made at Canastota.

   Horace Lewis, of Oneida, has been granted a pension of $72 per month for total blindness.

   Mrs. Horace Tracy of Chittenango Falls attempted suicide, the 22d, by taking a large dose of morphine. Neglect and abuse from her drunken husband impelled the rash act.

   TOMPKINS.—Mr. Roberts has disposed of the Fountain House at Slaterville.

   D. McLachlan, of Groton, it is stated, will receive over $18,000 accident insurance for the loss of his foot. He had taken out an accident policy for 10,000 only a couple of days before, from which he gets one fourth [sic].

   Referring to the accident to Duncan McLachlan at Groton last Monday the Journal of that town says: "Less than two years ago, Willie Tiffany, a nephew of McLachlan, who resides with him, had his right foot taken off by the cars, only a few rods from the place where he lost his. A singular coincidence."

   A large eagle was seen to quickly descend and capture a fowl at Benj. Teeter's, near Groton, on Saturday morning. They frightened it away after which two traps were set well baited; at noon the eagle returned, dropped for the bait, where it was found with one foot in each trap. It proved to be a large and ferocious but very handsome bird, its wings measuring very nearly six feet across. Mr. Teeter has it confined in a roomy cage, and the visitors attracted by the plumed beauty are many.

   The Clinton house in Ithaca, was sold by Mr. S. D. Tompson, on Monday, to Messrs. C. H. Wilcox, B. F. Slocum, and C. A. Bush; consideration, $20,000. The hotel, which is one of the oldest landmarks in Ithaca, was built in 1828, and Mr. Thompson, the retiring landlord, has conducted it for the past forty years. The new proprietors will make material changes about the premises. F. S. Roberts, of the Fountain house, Slaterville, had a refusal of the property but waited too long before deciding to purchase.