The Cortland Democrat, Friday, July 18,
1890.
Shall We Celebrate the Event?
What say
the citizens of Cortland county on the question of an appropriate demonstration
celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of this county? If so,
is it not about time to draft plans and make preparations? As published in the DEMOCRAT,
some weeks since, the narration of early reminiscences of Mr. Caleb Stebbins of
the town of Homer has attracted public attention, and our townsman. Mr. T.
Mason Loring, hands us the following:
Editor of the Democrat:
In the year 1791 the first settlement was made
in Homer. Shall we have a centennial celebration in 1891?
T. M. L.
Not only according to the records of the historian
was the first settlement made in Homer,
but "previous to the spring of 1791 the territory now comprised within the
county of Cortland was known to the whites only by charts and maps, and though
forming a constituent portion of the state of New York, was regarded, on account
of its location, of but minor importance."
Is not the location of more than minor
importance to-day? This is not merely an individual town affair, but an event
in which every town and resident of the county should become interested. The
city of Binghamton is now arranging for a celebration over the report of the census
enumerators showing an increase of population and continued business prosperity
for the past decade; certainly the aggressive
push of the descendants of Cortland county's sturdy founders will not let so
great an historical event—the centennial—pass unobserved.
The landing place of the pioneer settlers was
at the point on the Tioughnioga river familiarly known as Port Watson. On March
5, 1794, the town of Homer was first
organized and set off from the southern part of Homer township, April 11, 1829,
still the date of the first settlement of the county is recorded as taking
place in the year 1791. Let the matter be agitated and a proper demonstration
take place in 1891—next year.
Death
of Hon. Wm. Clark.
Hon. William Clark, father of Hon. William
H. Clark of this village, left Lyons, N. Y., where he formerly resided last
Wednesday morning for his home at Denver, Colorado, accompanied by his daughter
Carrie and three nieces who reside in New York. When near Clyde, Ohio,
thirty-eight miles east of Toledo, he fell from the train and was instantly
killed. His absence from the sleeper caused no alarm to those with him until
the train reached Toledo, when it was found he was not on the train.
Inquiry was made by telegraph and at 9
o'clock the next morning his body was found near the track as above stated. It
is not known how the accident occurred, but it is thought that he went out on
the platform of the car for fresh air, being troubled considerably with asthma,
and that a sudden lurch of the car threw him to the ground. He had been subject
to spells of dizziness for some time and possibly such an attack may have seized
him while standing on the platform.
His son, Hon. W. H. Clark of this place, was
notified by telegraph and left for Lyons on
Friday morning where the funeral services were held and the body interred on
the following day. Mr. Clark was born in Ovid, N. Y., in 1810, removing to Lyons
when a mere lad, where he took up the study of law. He was considered an able
lawyer and enjoyed a large practice. He represented his district in the state
Senate for one term and left an excellent record behind him. His integrity had
never been questioned and his family can point with pride to an honorable
public career and a pure and unsullied private life.
He leaves four children to mourn his
untimely death; Hon. W. H. Clark of Cortland, J. H. Clark of Flushing, L. I.;
Miss Carrie Clark and Mrs. James Brown of Denver.
Police
Court Record.
Friday one tramp and a unit drunk were the
only visitors registered.
Saturday produced three drunken graces who
mused over a fund of sound advice with a brief appendix of $ $ and cents, or days.
The heated walks and shyness of the all-powerful $ gave no alternative in choosing
the proper way.
The "calorie" condition of the
temperature throughout Sunday night and Monday resulted in the snaring of a
trio of navy gaits, a single case of disorderly persons, one charge of petty
larceny and an individual crime of cruelty to animals.
Wednesday produced one charge of petit
larceny and one of assault in the third degree.
Thursday brought a solitary case of
over-imbibing.
The following is a summary of the business
transacted in police court since March 15th, 1890:
Public Intoxication, 55
Vagrants, 14
Peace Warrants, 5
Grand Larceny, 6
Fraud on boarding houses, 5
Assaults in 3d degree, 4
Petit Larceny, 2
Disorderly Persons, 2
Cruelty to Animals, 2
Notice not to sell [to] habitual drinker, 1
Total, 96.
Relaying
the Cornerstone.
A service for the relaying of the corner stone
of Calvary church of Homer, was held on Monday evening, July 14th, at 7 o'clock.
For some years the church has been so badly out of repair that it could not be
used for services. During the year past the congregation has been holding its services
in a rented room near the old edifice. But now, with renewed life and zeal, the
people have resolved upon remodeling and refitting the old church after plans
which will make it a very pleasant and attractive house of worship. They intend
to retain the main part of the original frame work which is very sound and
strong; yet by means of a small addition in the rear for a new chancel and
other alterations they will make it substantially a new building, more modern
in style and far more attractive in appearance, in the interior at least.
Formerly the structure had stood upon a wall
high enough to afford a basement room which has been used for nearly sixty years
as a town hall for the town of Homer. But seemingly the town has relinquished
its right to the use of that room and surrendered the entire control of the
building to the congregation of Calvary church. Consequently they have lowered the
frame of the building about 4 feet thus causing the corner stone to be relaid.
There was a large attendance at the service
of members of the congregation and citizens of Homer, with a goodly number of people
from Cortland. The ceremonies were conducted by Mr. Clover, lay-reader at
present officiating for the congregation, the Rev. Wm. B. Clark, rector of
Grace church Cortland, and the Rev. J. A. Robinson residing at Cortland. Mr.
Clover took the opening of the service, the Rev. Mr. Clark officiated at the
formal laying of the stone and the Rev. Mr. Robinson made a brief address.
Under
the Wheels.
As the 2 A. M. south-bound D. L. & W. freight
was crossing Elm street Wednesday, the night watchman at the Hitchcock Manufacturing
company thought he heard a person groaning. He ran along the side of the incoming
train and discovered the form of a man beneath the wheels. The train was
signalled to stop and Coroner W. J. Moore notified, the unfortunate man breathing
his last at the moment of the doctor's arrival.
From letters upon the person of deceased it
was learned that his name was William Mitten of Tully, apparently about 33
years old. The wheels had passed over and severed the body in twain just below
the ribs, breaking the back and mangling the thighs. After removing the body to
the depot it was placed in a burial box and at 8:30 o'clock the coroner with
the following jury viewed the scene of the accident and the remains: Foreman J.
F. Wheeler, E. F. Jennings, Day Baker, Owen Brooks, J. E. Briggs, E. M. Santee,
M. B. Ingalls, adjourning to the Court House until 2 P. M. yesterday, that the
trainmen might be notified and attend the inquest.
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| Archibald A. McLeod |
(From the Philadelphia Evening Item,
July 15, 1890.)
When a good, strong, widely circulated, prosperous
paper, like the Reading Daily Times, sounds the praise of a gentleman like the President of the Reading
Railway, we feel it to be a duty to the road, to the Stockholders and to the
Directors to copy the article and endorse it heartily.
The Reading is now in the full tide of splendid
success. We have done business with it under all its Presidents, for nearly forty-four
years, and we do not remember the hour when matters looked as well as they do
to-day.
And this is evidently the opinion of Editor THOMAS
C. ZIMMERMAN (one of the brightest gentlemen of our profession), whose timely
and admirable comment we take pleasure in copying for the benefit of the great
public:
The Reading Railroad Company was fortunate
in the selection of its new President, who, it is generally admitted, is one of
the most thoroughly-equipped, practical railroad men in the country. Mr. McLeod
has had unusual advantages in having been long and closely identified with some
of the leading railways in the country, in the service of which, his splendid
talents and singular fitness for whatever work he has been called upon to
perform received prompt and appreciative recognition. There is a feeling of
very general gratification pervading the public mind as to the wisdom of
placing him at the head of the Reading Company. This comes from an equally
general sentiment of confidence which the friends of that company, shared by
the business public, have all along had in the integrity, experience,
capability and high character of this well-known official.
New
York's New Aqueduct.
NEW YORK, July 15—At two o'clock this
afternoon the gates of the new aqueduct were opened, allowing the water to flow
into the reservoir. This was accomplished by the turning of a knob by the president
of the commission, Mr. Duane. There were no ceremonies, but the spectacle of
the completion of this grand piece of engineering was witnessed by many of New
York's engineers and public men.
The new aqueduct is somewhat over thirty-three
miles long. In round figures it will cost $25,000,000 before entirely
completed. About 168,000.000 bricks have been used in its construction. The
flowing capacity of the new aqueduct is 818,000,000 gallons a day. This town
need never fear a scarcity of water hereafter. The area of the Croton watershed
is about 338 square miles. The area of the Quaker bridge dam, when completed,
will be almost 382 square miles. When all is completed the total storage
capacity will be about 69,700,000,000 gallons.
Brief history
of New York City’s water supply system: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/history.shtml
FROM
EVERYWHERE.
The canker worm is destroying Niagara county
orchards.
Hay is selling at $5 per ton in the eastern
counties of New York.
The wool clip in the United States for 1889
was 262,000,000 pounds,
A $2,000,000 shirt and collar trust has been
formed in Troy, N. Y.
The Chinese population of San Francisco is
24,000, an increase of 2,000 since 1880.
Cazenovia lake has been stocked with upward
of 250,000 California trout during the past year.
The Detroit base ball club made an
assignment [bankruptcy] Saturday. Liabilities $7,158 with rental of grounds to
date. Assets foot $326.
While searching a counterfeiter last week the
authorities discovered that a wooden leg was a convenient receptacle for the "queer."
Monday evening the Prohibitionists of New
York city nominated full city and county tickets. William Jennings Deforest for
mayor, and Prof. John McMullen for sheriff.
Major Charles H. Roys, a prominent lawyer of
Lyons, committed suicide at his home Saturday afternoon, by plunging the blade
of a pocket knife into his heart. Cause
insanity.
A large electric light wire set fire to the wood
work of one of the windows in the Hammond
block, Binghamton, Monday evening. The wires were melted at the shut-off by the
intense heat.
The spirit of rigid economy has struck Connecticut.
Saturday evening Mrs. Grace Badger, a
widow beyond 40 summers, married 20-year-old Thomas Corcoran, claiming that it
was cheaper to marry than hire a clerk to assist in the conducting of her
notion store.
At Asbury Park, N. J., the race question is
the leading subject since the establishing of separate bathing houses for the negroes
who form a large per cent of the population. The hotel proprietors threaten to
discharge all their colored help if they cause any trouble over the change.
The small letter "i" was formerly
written without the dot over it. The dot was introduced in the 14th century to
distinguish "i" from "e" in hasty and indistinct writing.
The letter "i" was originally used where "j" is now
employed—the distinction between the two having been introduced by Dutch
writers in comparatively modern times.
New
Cigar Manufactory.
Mr. Charles Mass, for several years past engaged
in the business of manufacturing cigars at Homer, removed to Cortland this week,
and has located at No. 26 Railroad street, where he will continue to roll up a superior
grade of fine goods. Mr. Mass is the maker of the celebrated "Blue
Line" brand of cigars, and a union workman. His many friends will receive
a cordial welcome at his store.
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