BOATING AND BATHING AT KINGMAN'S IN CORTLAND

The Cortland Democrat, May 1, 1891.

Boating and Bathing.

   Dr. E. O. Kingman has made several improvements in and about his bathing house and grounds on Grant and Rickard streets, which will be appreciated by patrons of the establishment. New suits have been added to the wardrobe, newly painted boats are in the livery, swings will be placed in position, and everything done to render the grounds attractive and pleasant.

   There are forty-one dressing rooms with a section assigned to each sex separately, and both a lady and gentleman attendant to attend all wants of patrons. The river bed has been cleared of all obstacles and water varies from two feet to six in depth. A planed board promenade has recently been laid north of the bridge. Order will be maintained and Cortland people will not be obliged to incur great expense to enjoy a bath in a body of inland water.

A Queer Fish.

   Tuesday evening a party of boys hired a boat from E. O. Kingman's bathing house livery and took a cruise up the river spearing eels. The trip proved quite successful. Among the catch was a descendant of the eel family as to body, yet the head was adorned with a perfectly formed pair of gills, as upon a fish. Another departure from the characteristic formation of an eel was that the body and head of this particular specimen was as fully developed as that of an eel three feet in length, although in this case the body was less than thirteen inches long. Local authorities differ greatly as to the classification of this antiquarian monster from the waters of Tioughnioga.

Extending the Water Supply.

   A trench has been opened on the north side of Madison avenue for the purpose of connecting the main at corner of Schermerhorn street with the eight-inch main on Homer avenue. President B. F. Taylor and the Village Board are viewing East Main, Maple, Halbert and Woodruff streets for contemplated water supply through those thoroughfares. The connection put in on Madison is one and one-half inch taps, but the distance is short, requiring no hydrant, and a uniform pressure will be realized as well as complete circulation.

Remarkable Response.

   A test alarm was sent in from box 232 at 7 o'clock last evening. Quick time was made by the several companies, Orris laying 600 feet and the Emeralds two lengths of hose in 2:34. Although water passed Emerald's nozzle first the honors were for Orris. Citizens complimented the promptness of the Department's response. Another test may take place.

Recognition of Ability.

   Mr. Duncan Black, formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa., but for some time past superintendent of the wood department in the Cortland Wagon Company's works at Cortland, has been transferred to Brantford, Canada, and will have the entire supervision of the Canadian plant of the Cortland house. In company with General Superintendent Hugh Duffey, Mr. Black left Cortland on the 4:37 p. m. D. L. & W. train Tuesday, for his new home, carrying with him as a mark of esteem from the mechanics with whom he has been in daily contact a fine silk umbrella, neatly ornamented. Mr. Black has won the esteem of the best element of Cortland society, as well as that of his employers through his courteous and gentlemanly conduct, and ability as a business man.

In General Term.

   The case of Ellen I. Ballard, executrix, etc., of William P. Ballard, deceased, respondent vs. The Hitchcock Manufacturing Company appellant, was argued Wednesday of this week, at General Term in Syracuse by B. A. Benedict, counsel for appellant, and Frank Pierce of counsel for respondent. This is the second time this case has been to the General Term, the first judgment having been reversed. On the second trial the verdict was only half the amount rendered on the first trial. Since then the Webster case for the death of Webster, caused by the same boiler explosion, has been tried and in that the verdict was for the defendant.

Maher-Corcoran.

   The marriage of Mr. William F. Maher and Miss Mary Corcoran was solemnized at St. Mary's Church at 8:45 o'clock Wednesday morning, the Rev. John J. McLoghlin officiating. Mr. Frank Moran of Watkins, was best man, and Miss Maggie Lynch of Fayetteville, bridesmaid. Messrs. John Burns, John Lonergan, James Maher and Thomas Allen, were ushers.

   On the previous evening a supper was given at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Ann Corcoran, 58 East Court street, at which nearly sixty immediate relatives of the contracting parties were assembled. The evening was pleasantly passed in social intercourse, games and music. Among the guests from abroad were Mrs. M. Kehoe, Mrs. John O'Brien, Mrs. M. Donnelly of Syracuse, aunts of the bride; the Misses M. G. and Maggie Lynch of Fayetteville, Miss Kate Cotter and Miss Mary Goode of Scipio, Miss Esther Patterson of Elmira, and Mr. J. C. Kehoe of Syracuse, cousins.

   Miss Corcoran was presiding officer of the Young Ladies' Sodality and had endeared herself to a wide circle of friends, while the groom stands high in the esteem, not alone of his associates in the postal department, but of citizens and acquaintances throughout the community.

   Graciously submitting to the customary deluge of rice, old shoes and best wishes the couple departed on the 10 o'clock train for a trip through the western part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Maher will return to Cortland and their friends will find them in the near future at No. 5 East Main street. The list of presents was most varied, useful and valuable, with a noticeable absence of duplications, there being two instances only, yet the designs were entirely at variance and the collection beautified thereby.

Syracuse Can't Have the Water.

   SYRACUSE, April 29.—The general term supreme court to-day decided in the suit of William A. Sweet vs. the city of Syracuse against the city's right to take Skaneateles lake water for the city's use. The case will probably be appealed to the Court of Appeals.

FROM EVERYWHERE.

   There are about 50,000 Americans in Italy.

   Italian immigrants are swarming to this country.

   The Mafia is at work in the Argentine Republic.

   Russia is massing troops on the Austrian frontier.

   Rich gold mines have been discovered in Honduras.

   The printers of Rome have struck. None of the papers will be published Thursday.

   The Northrup block in Wolcott, Wayne county, was damaged by fire early Sunday morning.

   Dr. Clara Smith, of Syracuse, has been selected from the State civil service eligible list to be female physician at the Utica State hospital.

   Alfred Allen, a farmer at Bridgeport, committed suicide Saturday morning by hanging in his barn.

   The first official act of Mayor Washburne, of Chicago, was to order that all the gambling houses in the city be closed.

   Wilbur F. Barker, of Syracuse convicted of shooting and attempting to kill his wife last week was sentenced to Auburn prison for 10 years last Saturday.

   The Chicago News calculates that thirty-one thousand individuals own all the wealth in America. "The other 64,000,000 odd," it adds, "go shares on all the poverty."

   The recent accident on the Lake Shore railroad, in which seven postal clerks lost their lives, has spread consternation among the clerks on that division. Eleven have resigned.

   The body of a young woman was found Tuesday night in or near Lyon Brook creek, a few miles from Norwich. The throat was cut from ear to ear. Several arrests have been made on suspicion.

   About 30 feet of the trestle of the Auburn branch of the Central Hudson railroad was burned yesterday. The trestle extends across the shallow end of Cayuga lake between Cayuga and Seneca Falls.

   Rev. A. J. Brown, formerly of Fabius, has sued ten citizens of Fabius and the Tully Times for slander, placing damages at $10,000. An article signed by the ten persons and published in the Times provoked the suit.

   One of the big freight locomotives of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad, James Cummings, engineer, and Edward Connors, fireman, had just left the roundhouse yesterday morning at Oswego, and was switching a caboose from the main track to a switch, when the boiler exploded with a fearful noise, shaking the town for blocks away. The engineer was instantly killed.

   A sensation has been created in Carthage by the announcement of the marriage of Lela May Hunt, 12 years old, and Frank Klingner, still in his teens. No one could be found in Carthage to perform the ceremony and the youthful couple, accompanied by the girl's mother, walked to Natural Bridge where a Justice of the Peace tied the knot. Mr. and Mrs. Klingner are now keeping house in Carthage.

   Dr. Nathan Jacobson and Dr. H. L. Eisner recently performed, successfully, the operation of removing a man's kidney, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Syracuse. The patient was Frank Burtsell, of Clyde, a young man who came to the hospital for treatment early in January. He was suffering from kidney disease, and the physicians decided that the removal of the right kidney was the only thing that would save Mr. Burtsell's life. This delicate operation was skillfully performed and the patient is rapidly recovering.

To Newspaper Borrowers.

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