GROVER POST NO. 98 ORGANIZED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, April 10, 1891.

ORGANIZED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.

   On June 8th, 1869, the following as charter members met and organized a G. A. R. post in Cortland: J. C. Carmichael, 157 N. Y. V.; George L. Waters, 9 N. Y. H. A.; Frank Place, 157 N. Y. V.; John A. Freer, 10 N. Y. C.; Daniel Baker 185 N. Y. V.; W. Bridgeford, 12 N. Y. V.; Aaron Sager, 76 N. Y. V.; Abram P. Smith, 76 N. Y. V.; J. W. Strowbridge, 185 N. Y. V.; J. T. Pratt, 10 N. Y. C.

   Of the above list three are dead: J. C Carmichael, Daniel Baker, and W. Bridgeford. The selection of Grover Post, No 98, as a name, was decided upon in commemoration of the patriotism and noble attributes which were manifest in the life of Rev. A. J. Grover, a former pastor of the M. E. church in Cortland. The first muster occurred June 14, 1869, with 19 members enrolled at Good Templar's hall. Major H. W. Clarke of Syracuse, assisted by Captain G. K. Collins, Chaplain of Post No. 7, Syracuse. The officers elected were J. C. Carmichael, Commander; Frank Place, Senior Commander; John D. Fredericks, Junior-Commander; John T. Pratt, Adjutant; George L. Waters, Quarter-Master; Aaron Sager, Surgeon; Otis C. Smith, Chaplain; Edward M. Seacord, Sergeant Major; John P. White Q. M. Sergeant.

   In honor of this event and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the G. A. R. Post organization throughout the nation, appropriate exercises were held in every city or town where a Post exists last Monday evening. The armory, through the courtesy of the 45th Separate Co., N. G. S. N. Y., was tendered to the G. A. R., Women's Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans, and was tastily decorated with colors, stands of arms, and other war emblems. Commander George S. Hunt presided and an interesting war-peace social held the attention of a liberal audience, in which selections by an orchestra and the Troubadour Quartette were interspersed between prayer by Rev. J. A. Robinson, historic review of the Post by comrade A. P. Smith; a paper on the purposes of the Post and W. R. C. by Mrs. Gerritt S. VanHoesen; an address by Chaplain L. Kratzer on the work of the S. of V. which organization was founded at Pittsburgh, Pa., November 12, 1881, closing with comrade B. T. Wright in a pleasant review of the three branches.

   "Marching through Georgia" and benediction by Rev. D. D. Campbell ended a pleasant evening.

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Verdict for the Plaintiff.

   A few days since Mrs. Julia B. Hyde instituted proceedings before Justice Dorr C. Smith, against Mrs. Jennie L. Graves, to recover possession of her residence on Tompkins-st., claiming that Mrs. Graves was holding over after her lease had expired. A jury was drawn and the case came to trial on Tuesday last, and at its conclusion the jury brought in a verdict for plaintiff awarding possession of the premises. The case has attracted considerable interest among members of the legal fraternity and citizens generally. Riley Champlain appeared for plaintiff, and J. & T. E. Courtney for defendant.

NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

   CHENANGO.—Miss Katie Gravelding lost a finger in the Sherburne Cotton Mills, the other day.

   The New York Handle Co. have located at Norwich, and expect to employ 25 men.

   Mrs. Lucy Ross, of Sherburne, has been appointed matron of the Chenango County House.

   D. H. Green, of Norwich, stops sixty days in the county jail for carrying a concealed weapon and being drunk and disorderly.

   At Norwich last week, Mrs. Gus Stoddard and Mrs. Sam Byers were each fined $25 for keeping houses of ill-fame, and four of the inmates were fined $10 each.

   Mrs. Rose Fox, indicted for the murder of Palmer Rich, of New Berlin, who mysteriously disappeared in Norwich, October 10, 1888, has been discharged on her own recognizance. She has been in jail since May.

   The first execution that ever occurred in Chenango county was that of George Dennison, on March 19th, 1833. The execution was public and people from all parts of the county attended it. He shot at a man for refusing to sell him liquor, and through a mistake he killed the man's son.

   Fifteen years ago N. B. Watkins, of Norwich, had stolen from his shop what is known to the craft as a "Mason's mark," a piece of silver the size of a dollar, with his name and address engraved upon one side, and a Masonic emblem upon the other. One day last week Mr. Holdridge, the jeweler, handed the piece to him, he having purchased it from a boy as old silver. It is worn and bruised, and has evidently been carried by some one as a pocket piece. While Mr. Watkins is pleased to recover his "mark," he would be still more gratified to know who relieved him of it years ago, and what has been its history.

   MADISON .—Morrisville claims 53 widows.

   Madison has a Grange of fifty members.

   Scott Palmer of Earlville lost the ends of two fingers by a buzz planer, last week.

   Miss Alice White, formerly organist in St. Patrick's church at Oneida, is dying of consumption in Rome, the Koch treatment proving unavailing.

   John Kross, a one-armed railroad flagman, was caught in the act of setting fire to a building in Clinton, Saturday. He was locked up, instead of being strung up to the first tree.

   The fish pirates at Oneida Lake have commenced their annual spring raid on the fish in that water, and large numbers are being illegally taken and shipped abroad. On Thursday last a lot was brought to Oneida and sold to our market men, and at one market a bushel or two of pike, weighing from one-half to three-quarters of a pound each, that had been netted from the lake, were on sale.

   TOMPKINS.—Seven persons from this county are in Auburn prison.

   Columbia's base ball nine play Cornell in Ithaca, May 22 and 23.

   Ithaca's newly appointed policemen are: Chief, Albert Neidick; Patrick Shannon, John E. Coy and John E. Clapp.

   The Ithacan came out on Thursday last, in a neat new dress. It is an excellent paper and deserving of the success attained.

   George V. Benjamin of Ithaca has received a patent on a telephone connection. It is used by placing the cap over the ear and the sound is thereby more clearly heard.

   Fred Millage of Ithaca charged with assault, was sentenced on Friday to four months in the Monroe county penitentiary. Millage has served a term in States prison for burglary of Sawyer & Glenzer's store.

   The Central New York Accidental and Relief Association has reorganized, with E. W. Wolcott of Ithaca as President, W. K. Swartout of Spencer as Secretary, and Hon. M. B. Ferris of Spencer as Treasurer, Fred Collins of Elmira, Attorney.

PAGE FOUR/EDITORIALS.

   The Cortland Standard says the thanks of our village are due Assemblyman Peck, Supt. Draper and others for their efforts in trying to pass the appropriation for the Cortland Normal School and then admits that the bill would probably have died in committee, had it not been for the energetic and well directed labors of Mr. Hugh Duffy. It would seem as if the latter gentleman was entitled to all the credit and the lugging in of the other parties names was somewhat superfluous.

   The Journal prints prominently the Homer Republican's boom for Assemblyman Peck, of Cortland county, for the nomination for senator. Doesn't the Journal know that the Hiscock candidate for senator is Mr. Gallup?—Syracuse Courier.

   The majority report of the Assembly on reapportionment of Congressional Districts places Cortland county along with Cayuga, Seneca, Yates and Wayne counties and makes the district the 28th. The minority report makes the district up of the following counties: Cortland, Chenango, Broome, Tioga and Tompkins, and the number of the district is 27. Madison is attached to Onondaga. Either arrangement would be highly satisfactory to Cortland county. We have been the tail to Onondaga's kite quite long enough and Madison or some other county ought to come to our relief. The Senate is under stood to object to the report of the majority and that body will undoubtedly refuse to pass any bill that gives the Democrats a fair reapportionment.

The Government Printing House.

   Between now and the meeting of congress, next December, over 600,000 public documents will have been turned over to the folding room of the house of representatives to be delivered to ex-members of congress. The most extensive machinery for waste maintained by the government is found in the government printing office. It has been entirely perverted from its original uses. The expense of this department of waste, which was $1,973,447 in 1881, has been steadily increasing. Next year an expenditure of $3,368,000 has been provided for, and even this will doubtless have to be supplemented by a deficiency appropriation. The reckless waste to which the government printing office is devoted is becoming a greater and greater scandal.—[Boston Globe.]