The New Whitney Building.
Work has now been finished upon the new
Whitney building on Main-st. and the completed structure forms one of
the finest business blocks in Cortland. It is erected by Mrs. M. C. Whitney of
New Carlisle, Ind., upon the part which she owns of the site of the old Samson
block. The building is 27x71 feet in size and three stories high with basement.
The plans were drawn by Architect M. F. Howes who worked out and elaborated
some suggestions and ideas of Mr. Jas. E Briggs, Mrs. Whitney's son-in-law. The
carpenter work, painting and oiling was done by N. P. Meager, Jr., the painting
and oiling being under the immediate supervision of Charles F. Sarson. The
stone work in the cellar was done by John Garvey. The mason work was done by
John Maher. The plumbing was done by L. R. Lewis, and the same gentleman furnished
the heating arrangements.
The first floor is occupied by Jas. E Briggs
as a gentleman's furnishing store. The store is thirteen feet six inches high. The
large front windows are of plate glass, as are also those upon the second floor.
The third floor windows are of first French glass, double thick. The floor of
the store is of maple. The ceiling and sides are painted white with orange
trimmings, all the moulding being pressed and painted orange and the effect is
very neat indeed. The first four wall cases at the left are arranged for hats,
and are furnished with curtains, which are drawn when sweeping or dusting is in
progress. On the right are collar and cuff cases with stationary boxes for 210
dozens of collars and 36 dozens of cuffs. Back of these are the shirt cases,
arranged for 36 dozens of shirts. In the center of the store is the business
desk. At the rear and to the left is the cutting counter for shirt
manufacturing, 15 by 3 1/2 feet in size. At the rear and to the right is the
room for the manufacture of shirts. This is 7 by 16 feet in size and is
furnished with two sewing machines made by the Standard Manufacturing Co., which
were put in place by M. L. Decker. The power which runs the machines is
furnished by a Tuerk water motor. The room is so arranged that two additional
machines can be put in when necessary.
The front windows are admirably adapted for
the showing of goods. The south window is fitted with one of Briggs' patent
swinging hat and furnishing racks, and the north window has a rack for the
display of shirts.
Upon the second floor there are three suites
of rooms and a single room. Dr. L. T. White has the north front suit of rooms,
and a description of these has already appeared in The STANDARD. All the rooms
are finished in oak, the doors being of pine. The first flight of stairs is of
cherry, the second flight of Georgia pine.
Upon the third floor there are six rooms
with closet, all opening into the hall. The woodwork here is painted white. Mr.
and Mrs. Briggs intend to occupy this entire floor as a flat, and their
apartments will be among the pleasantest in town. From their front window there
is an uninterrupted view of Clinton-ave., down to the stone bridge. The kitchen
will be fitted with a gas stove, and there is water on this floor, as upon
every other, so that there need be no carrying of anything up and down stairs.
Every room in the building is heated by a
Kelsey furnace of the largest size which is located in the basement, and the guaranty
which accompanies it is that all the rooms shall be heated to 73 deg. in zero
weather. All the waste water from the entire building including the closets and
the roof water is carried into a large cess pool especially prepared for the
purpose, which is located under the side walk. Arrangements have been made to
connect with a sewer, whenever the time of sewers shall arrive. The block is
very complete and very convenient and is an ornament to the town.
A Young
Tough Arrested.
A good example was last night made of one of
the gang of young boys who are aspiring to be Bowery toughs and loaf about the
entrance to the Opera House when there is an entertainment there and amuse
themselves by making remarks about those who attend the theatre. The boys had
last night been "fired" out of the hallway several times and were
having a free show all to themselves in front of the building, thereby
disturbed many.
Special Officers George Peters and Frank C.
Hodges ordered them away, but one of their number, whose name we withhold, who
was old and large enough to be in better business was inclined to be saucy and called
the officers several rather tough names. The two officers immediately collared
him and took him down Main-st., where with the assistance of Officer Jackson
the impudent youth was placed in the "cooler" and remained till this
morning. On being brought before Judge Bull this morning he pleaded guilty to
the charge of violating the city ordinance in regard to loafing about public
buildings and after a severe reprimand he was discharged.
Notaries
Public Appointments.
The following appointments of notaries public
have been filed in the county clerk's office:
Cortland—James M. Reynolds, George S. Sands,
A. P. Smith, Herbert L. Smith. B. L. Webb, J. D. F. Woolston, B. T. Wright, Edward
Alley, Fitz Boynton, H. T. Bushnell, Riley Champlin, Frederick Hatch, M. S.
Hunting, G. B. Jones, Edward Keator and F. E. Plumb.
Cincinnatus—Frank M. Benjamin.
Cuyler—Seabury Fox Brown and James B. Hills.
Harford—J. C. Edmonds, R. J. Perry and Norton
G. Wilcox.
Homer—John M. Coats, William H. Foster and
Augustus W. Kingsbury.
Hunts Corners—William E. Hunt and Egbert
Peak.
McGrawville—F. G. Berggren, A. P. McGraw,
Arthur E. Seymour and Charles B. Warner.
Marathon—Edwin H. Barnes and George A.
Hulbert.
Preble—James T. Steele.
Solon—William J. Corcoran.
Truxton—William Beattie, Amos L. Kenney and
Alexander Lansing.
Union Valley—Valentine Jipson.
Virgil—William A. Holten.
WAR IS DECLARED.
Between
Whites and Indians on the Crow Reservation.
LAUREL, Mont., March 10.—Open warfare has
broken out between the settlers on the newly opened portion of the Crow reservation
and the Indians, and the wildest excitement exists at the new town of Wilsey
and the country round about. Ranchmen around Wilsey are moving their wives and
children to places of safety and preparing to defend their claims with their
lives if necessary. The first bloodshed occurred yesterday morning. Little
Face, a Crow Indian, being killed.
The Indians, who have just been allotted lands
in severalty, had become angered at the encroachments of the whites and
undertook to drive off a settler named Henderson. On Monday they drove
Henderson away, but he returned with a couple of friends all armed. The Indians
gathered in a clump of timber and sent Little Face forward. He told Henderson
if he remained on the tract of land which he had homesteaded another 24 hours
he would be scalped and his body fed to the crows. He then whistled and his
companions began to pour out of the woods he, at the same time, reaching for
his gun which he had set against a tree.
He was not quick enough, however, as Henderson
shot him through the heart. With a wild yell his companions disappeared double-quick
into the woods. The Crows are
making medicine and preparing for actual warfare. This is the first time the
Crows have shown hostility to the whites. It is expected that two or three
companies of United States regulars will be ordered to Wilsey as soon as the war
department can be informed of the critical state of affairs.
TO OUST
McLEOD.
Serious
Charges Made Against One of the Reading Receivers.
NEW YORK, March 10.—Reliable information here
is that an effort is to be made to have A. A. McLeod removed as one of the
receivers of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad. One of the charges against
him is that instead of buying control of the Boston and Maine and the New York
and New England railroads for the personal account of himself and associates, the
stock acquired was paid for out of the funds or with the securities of the
Reading company.
The report of the Reading receivers is awaited
with interest to find out whether the 24,000 shares of Boston and Maine and the
80,000 shares of New England which were purchased are still retained or were thrown
overboard in the collapse in Reading affairs.
BREVITIES.
—The first robins appeared this morning.
—The interior of the American Hotel is
receiving a coat of varnish.
—The roads are so bad that the Cincinnatus
stage did not make the return trip to-day.
—The King's Daughters will meet at their
rooms, 9 Clinton-ave.,
Saturday, March 11, at 2:30 P. M.
—Peter Clark, a vagrant, spent the night in
the "cooler" last night and was discharged this morning by Judge Bull.
—Last Saturday, the only living ex-president
became president of the United States and
the president became the only living ex-president.
—Mr. A. M. Jewett has received a large order
for gold badge pins set with pearls for the Oneonta chapter of the Clionian
fraternity.
—The
Cornell Glee, Banjo and Mandolin clubs will start on March 27 for a trip
extending as far west as Minneapolis. Twelve concerts will be given.
—The Woman's Foreign Missionary circle of
the Baptist church will serve an orange short cake supper in the church parlors,
from 6 to 7 o'clock this evening.
—The village of Solvay near Syracuse is much
aroused over the marriage of a one-eyed Scotchman thirty-seven years of age and
a pretty little girl of fourteen years.
—The register at Auburn prison shows a
population of 1,404 convicts, the largest number in the history of that
institution. Once previously the register ran up to 1,403.
—Mr. Thomas Leech was busy this morning
improving the looks of the D. L. & W. station by washing the windows. This
in an accident that has not happened to the depot for a long time.
—A new chapter of the Clionian fraternity is
to-night to be established at the Plattsburg Normal school. Three ladies from
the Oneonta school initiate the new members at Plattsburg.
—The young men will meet in the Y. M. C. A.
parlor this evening at 8 o'clock for Bible study. All young men are cordially
invited. The lesson for this evening will be "Paul's First Missionary Journey."
—Rumor has it to-day that parties in
Cortland, Owego and Ithaca will petition the legislature, for a special act,
compelling the excise commissioners to give licenses to the principal hotels.—Ithaca
Journal.
—Rev. H. G. Coddington of Grace church,
Syracuse, will officiate and preach at Grace church in Cortland to-night at 7:30
o'clock. Mr. Coddington is a son of Dr. W. P. Coddington of Syracuse
university, who is so well known here.
—Now there are 66,884 postoffices and 450,491
miles of post routes in the country performing 471,390,848 miles of mail service
annually. Postal revenues in 1893 are
placed at $79,000,000 and expenditures at $80,000,000 with prospects that this
insignificant deficiency will be practically wiped out next year.
—Ordinarily grated horse radish, says the
Scientific American, eaten at frequent intervals during the day and in connection
with food at the table, if food is eaten at all, has been found remarkably
efficacious in banishing the distressing cough that frequently lingers after
all the other symptoms of the grip have gone.
—Fifteen members of the Gamma Sigma
fraternity of the Normal go to Fayetteville on Friday evening, March 24, to
repeat the mock trial of Singleheart vs. Do-em-up which was given in Cortland
in November. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Drum, former Normal students, are teaching
at that place, and the entertainment is to be for the benefit of their school.
—Mr. Dibble of the undertaking firm of Dibble
& Co. of Binghamton was in town yesterday and placed a fine order with the
Cortland Casket Co. He also ordered for immediate use at the funeral of the
wife of one of the prominent business men of that city, an elegant drape casket
of fine English broadcloath [sic] with heavy bullion fringe and tassels to
match, upholstered with a very fine tufted satin lining. The whole making a
very fine burial outfit.
—All the members of the Onondaga tribe of
Indians are rejoicing these days over the prospect of receiving $400 apiece—men,
women and children—from the United States government. This also applies to the
other tribes of the six nations. Many years ago the Indians put in a claim for
nearly $2,000,000 for land taken from them by the government, and now, after
the matter has ups and downs in the courts and at the national capital, the red
men are assured that they will soon receive their money.
—A Scott correspondent of the Cortland
Democrat seems to know the cause of the tie in Sempronius and explains it thus:
"They have got the supervisor business down to a pretty fine thing in
Sempronius. Last year, John Mourin, the Democrat candidate, was elected by one
majority; but Mr. John Pidge, a Republican did not vote. This year Mr. Pidge
went and voted, and the result was a tie. Another election will be held. We can
not prognosticate the result, for we have not yet learned from Mr. Pidge
whether he will vote next time or not.
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