HOMER AVENUE M. E. CHURCH TO BE ENLARGED

Homer Avenue M. E. Church

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, November 21, 1890.

M. E. Church To be Enlarged Before Dedication.

   Wednesday evening there was a meeting of the official board of the Homer avenue M. E. church, at which it was decided to enlarge the present edifice by an addition 30 by 40 to the south of the main structure affording additional seating capacity for at least two hundred and twenty-five. The platform and altar will be placed to the north side of the auditorium as now existing, the present south wall will be removed thus, with the addition to be built, forming an oblong audience room with a total seating capacity of 450 chairs, which in case of emergency can be increased 100 chairs more by opening the folding doors of the present altar room.

   A neat tower will deck the south-east corner of the church when completed. Already the residents of the second ward and vicinity appreciate the establishing of a place of worship in their midst. The dedication will now be deferred until the completion of the new part.

Homer Avenue Church Notes.

   From 5 until 9 P. M., last Friday evening, was an exceedingly lively and remunerative period in the early history of the pastor's aid society of the Homer avenue church. Seldom have citizens turned out en masse as upon this occasion, the net receipts reaching $72.

   At 25 cents for adults and children at 15 cents per cover, one may figure an approximate estimate of the army which attacked the tables fortified with twenty-two monster chicken pies. The ladies and society wish publicly to express thanks for the liberal patronage.

   Presiding Elder Beebe was present on Thursday evening and organized the first regular quarterly meeting, and measures were taken to secure the presence of one of the Bishops of the Methodist church at the dedication of the new house of worship.

Homer Avenue M. E. Church, Grip’s Historical Souvenir, page 22: http://tcpl.org/local-history/documents/county-history-CNY/Grips_of_Cortland/grips012-027.pdf

 

  

St. Mary's Church.

   At 10:30 Wednesday morning. November 26th, Requiem high mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's church, and other appropriate service will be held in commemoration of the second anniversary of the death of the Rev. Father B. F. McLochlin, late pastor of this parish. It is to be hoped that the date will not be forgotten.

Donations of Clothing.

   Donations of clothing for women and children are solicited by the Loyal Circle of Kings’ Daughters for their Local Charity work.

   Wraps for girls from 12 to 16, infants clothing, and a warm shawl or cloak, suitable for an elderly woman of stout build. Articles may be left with Mrs. F. O. Hyatt, Gen'l Supt., 182 S. Main-st., Mrs. S. N. Holden, Asst., 1st ward, 5 Union-st., Mrs. G. I. Pruden, Asst., 2d ward, 15 Maple-ave., Mrs. Susan Holden, Asst., 3d ward, 12 Greenbuh-st., Mrs. M. H. Harris, 4th ward, 91 Pendleton-st.

Death of "Benny" McKean.

   Mr. Benjamin McKean, well and favorably known in this village, died at the home of his parents in Troy, Pa., on Sunday. The funeral was held on Wednesday, November 19. For several years Mr. McKean was the efficient bookkeeper in Mr. C. F. Thompson's grocery store, in which position he won the esteem of all, both in business and social relations. Some two years ago finding his health becoming impaired by close attention to his duties he in a measure gave up business and after a time visited Colorado for the benefit of his health, returning to Cortland again in June last, feeling much improved inspirits, but suffering to a considerable extent from a severe attack of the la grippe which he encountered while in the west and which was a contributive cause of his death at the very opening of what was a most promising life of usefulness. Deceased was twenty-three years of age and was a brother of Mrs. C. Fred Thompson of this village.

The Postman's Terror.

   There is a little green card in use by the post-office department that is a terror to careless letter carriers. It is a terror only when they have been caught. Very seldom, indeed, are they caught the second time. This card is dropped in a letter box, and on it is marked the time it was put in and also the time it should be taken out by the carrier. A record is kept by the chief of the carriers, and if that little card does not turn up with the other mail with which it is due it is clearly to be seen that the carrier has not taken the mail from that particular box.

   The object, of course, is to test the reliability of the carriers. Where there is any complaint on the part of citizens about the tardiness of local mails, then a little card is dropped in one or more boxes in the district from which the complaint comes. Sometimes it shows carelessness on the part of the carrier and sometimes it does not. It is, however, not necessary that there should be complaints, for frequently the cards are put in the boxes of the most efficient men. Of course they are happy when they discover them. But where a box is missed in which there is a green card, then the carrier is bound to get into trouble, and very serious trouble at that.

Election of Officers.

   At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the San Rafael Mining and Milling Company held at the Company's office, November 12th, the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: C. E. Ingalls, John E. Foster, W. D. Tisdale, John H. Howard, Theodore Stevenson, E. P. Schutt, B. B. Jones. At a subsequent meeting of the directors the following officers were chosen:

President.—C. E. Ingalls.

Vice-President.—E. P. Schutt.

Secretary.—B. B. Jones.

Treasurer.—W. D. Tisdale.

Attorney.— Floyd B. Wilson.

   At a meeting of the stockholders of the Cortland-Honduras Mining Association held at the same place on the same day, the same directors and officers were chosen for the ensuing year. The President gave a banquet to the officers and board of directors at the European hotel in the evening, at which all the delicacies of the season were served in the best possible manner.

FROM EVERYWHERE.

   Forty thousand registered New Yorkers failed to vote Nov. 4th.

   At the horse sale of James Burlew, at Union Springs, Friday, twenty-five high bred horses were sold at an average price of $250.

   The month of September, 1890, with but two exceptions, was the coldest of any in fifteen years, the mean average temperature being 58.20 [F.]. The rainfall, with the exception of September, 1847, was the largest in fifty years.

   Henry Erb, a tailor at Weedsport, left that place with the intention of locating at Syracuse. The Chief avers he has returned to Weedsport through fear of being mobbed in the "Salt City," simply because he did not belong to the K. of L., or Tailor's Union, and did not propose to join either.

   The 36 Sioux Indians, who for the last three or four years have been connected with the Buffalo Bill-Salisbury Wild West show in Europe, were given a hearing Saturday at Washington by Acting Indian Commissioner Belt, as to the truth of the statement of ill treatment. The Indians stated they had no complaints to make. The contracts had been faithfully carried out. They had been fed and clothed, properly cared for in sickness and regularly and promptly paid.

   In the last act of "The Old Homestead" at the Academy, New York, where the great play is in its fourth year and still attracts an average of 2,800 people to each performance, there is used an old wooden rocking cradle that has been in the family of Denman Thompson and his forefathers over 130 years. It has rocked six generations of "Uncle Joshuas." The old fashioned clock introduced in this scene is also an heirloom of the Thompson family, having been in the family since its early members settled in New Hampshire over a century and a half ago. The gun which hangs over the fireplace is even older. The date of its manufacture stamped on the barrel is 1725. Denman’s ancestors used the piece in 1886.

Item.

   A pine tree growing on the land of Earl Sessions, near Killawog, was cut down last week, and it scaled over twenty thousand feet of lumber. It was one hundred and fifty feet high, and estimated by rings to be two hundred years old. It contained five sixteen-foot logs, two fourteen-foot and three twelve-foot, besides the top.

The Poor Pay the Taxes.

   Jay Gould is regarded as a very rich man whose fortune amounts to something between fifty million and a hundred million dollars; but he is taxed only on a half a million! Commenting upon the case with which possessors of gigantic fortunes avoid paying their share of taxes, the New York Herald says:

   "While the rich can pay what taxes they please, and give their estates a nominal fictitious value to avoid contributing to the support of the State, there is no such escape for the poor man. The tobacco he smokes, the woolen garments he wears, the iron with which he earns his living, are all carefully taxed by a blessed government. It may be summed up in a word—that the people have no rights which the rich man is bound to respect, and that the poor man is alone to be considered so far as he contributes to the prosperity of the rich." [We count more than one word—CC editor.]

PAGE FOUR/EDITORIALS.

   The Cortland Standard publishes an article this week which it asserts was copied from the "Petersburg, Va., Index-Appeal,"  and adds to the credit given that paper the letters "Dem," thereby intending to convey  the idea to its readers, that the Index-Appeal is a Democratic journal. The proprietor of that paper specifically states in his prospectus that the paper is "Independent in Politics," and certainly he ought to know the politics of the paper he publishes. Possibly editor Clark may know more about Mr. Barham's business than Mr. Barham does himself, but it is hardly probable. What makes the lie Mr. Clark intends to convey more rascally than common, is the fact that the article makes statements and confessions that no Democratic journal would make because they are not true. If there is anything to be made by misrepresentation and lying, our neighbor ought to be a very wealthy man.

   The great financial crash which started in London a few days since, came near smashing the great banking house of Baring Brothers but the Bank of England came to its relief and Baring Brothers will undoubtedly weather the storm. They had been carrying large loans for the Argentine Republic which frightened the Russian government, which suddenly drew £2,500,000 on deposit with the Barings.  The Bank of France at once came to the aid of the Bank of England and loaned it £3,000,000 at 3 per cent. While England is short of funds, France has more money than it knows what to do with, notwithstanding the heavy losses met by the collapse of the Panama canal enterprise and the payment of the immense war debt to Germany. The New York stock market felt the shock and several failures have occurred as a result of a sudden decline in prices.