Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday,
August 30, 1893.
BREVITIES.
—The annual picnic of Grace church Sunday-school
will be held at the Floral Trout park
to-morrow. Conveyances will be in waiting at the church at 10 A. M.
—At a meeting of the Cortland City band held
in their rooms last evening, Mr. J. C. Seamans tendered his resignation as a
member of the band, which was, on motion, accepted.
—It is estimated that the hop crop alone
will bring into Otsego county this year over one million dollars, to say nothing
about the hay, butter, milk and cheese. And yet the times are hard!
—It is estimated that the yearly net earnings
of the New York, Ontario & Western
railroad for the transportation of milk will reach $400,000. The Erie earns in
the same way over $539,288.
—A queer effect of the present crisis is
said to be a boom in the business of fortune-telling. Manufacturers who are shut
down and employees who are out of work ought to know their fortune without telling.
—A letter received in Cortland this morning
from Rome, N. Y., states that some of the hail stones which fell during the
recent storm there were 8 to 10 inches in diameter and 12 inches long by actual
measurement.
—The tree which blew down yesterday in front
of the W. R. Randall place, as noted in the STANDARD, turns out to have been a
smooth-bark hickory—the only one in a row of maples—and not a maple. The tree
was set out seventy or more years ago.
—The Elmira Advertiser says that a bicycle rider,
who was thrown from his wheel, was "participated" through a window.
This probably means that the proof reader had "a head" on him or else
that the rider and window took part in the smash.
—The Binghamton Republican says that Thomas
Sullivan, who died in Cortland last Thursday, was a barber by occupation and at
one time worked in that city. He kept a barber shop in a saloon in
Washington-st. several years ago. His stay in the city was brief, however, and
he left there about three years ago.
—"Push those clouds away!" is the
title and the refrain of a hymn which was sung with revival fervor last Sunday at
the camp-meeting of the colored people of Brooklyn. The words make a helpful
motto at all times for the white brethren and sisters as well as for the colored.
We can't always push the clouds away but we can try to.
—The regular meeting of the Woman's Missionary
society of the Congregational church will be held in the church parlors on
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. An interesting program will be presented. The
social ten-cent tea will be served from 6 to 8 P. M. All are most cordially
invited. Strangers are always accorded a warm welcome.
—The sincere sympathy of a wide circle of
relatives and friends will be extended to Mr. O. A. Kinney, Jr., in the death
of his wife which occurred at McGrawville yesterday. Mrs. Kinney's last illness
had been of several months' duration, and full of suffering, and death came to
her as a great relief. Funeral at McGrawville, Friday morning at 10 o'clock, at
O. A. Kinney's.
—Farmer Bolles of Pulaski, Tenn. drew his
money, $1,000, out of the bank and hid it under his carpet for safe keeping. Burglars
got wind of his drawing the money and entered the house and applied a pair of
pincers to Mr. Bolles sharply and repeatedly till he told where the money was
hidden. The bank is still sound. Mr. Bolles' bad luck is an object lesson on
the folly of hoarding.
—There are plenty of good boats at Tully
lake, a merry-go-round for the children, swings and other attractions. Don't
miss the Presbyterian Sunday-school picnic on Friday of this week. Tickets now
on sale at Warren & Tanner's. Adults 50 cents, children 25 cents.
This is to be a basket picnic, but there are fine hotel accommodations for those
who do not wish to carry their dinners.
—The prize hen story comes from Binghamton
and relates how one day a foolish hen committed suicide in a blacksmith shop.
This hen happened to come in when the blacksmith was making horseshoe nails. In
cutting off the red-hot heads of the nails, one of them flew and struck the
floor near where the hen was pecking. Thinking that it was a kernel of corn she
swallowed it and immediately keeled over dead.
—The currency stringency is not likely to
strike the hop growers of Otsego county during their harvest time. The Wilbur National
bank, at Oneonta, announces that it has $100,000 to loan to hop growers to
enable them to get their crops in shape to market. Growers of southern cotton
and western corn and wheat, observes the Binghamton Republican, are not having
their eyes dazzled by such notices in their localities.
—A dispatch from Norwich, dated Aug. 29,
states that two little granddaughters of John A. Randall, daughters of John Abell
of Brooklyn, N. Y., were crossing a railroad bridge over the Chenango river
there that evening, when they were struck by a light engine and thrown into the
stream. The stream was much swollen from the heavy rains and their bodies were
carried away. One was recovered later. John A. Randall is a brother of Paul
Randall who spent several months in Cortland a number of years ago at the
residence of the late Mr. Wm. P. Randall.
—One effect of the hard times in New York is
shown by the decrease in the revenues of restaurants, cigar stores and saloons.
Men who thought it nothing to spend from 60 cents to $1 a day for something to
eat are now satisfied with a 25-cent lunch. While people may smoke as much they
either buy cheaper cigars or smoke pipes. Complaints of decreased receipts by
the wholesale liquor dealers and brewers of the metropolis indicate that even
the drinking places there are much more lightly patronized than they have been.
The same is true all over the state. Drink costs money and men out of work and
out of wages can't buy it.
—Dr. Francis J. Cheney of the Normal school,
who was a guest at the Syracuse hotel during his stay in Chicago, writes us
concerning it that the hotel is pleasant, quiet and cool, situated as it is on
the shore of Lake Michigan; that Manager Knapp is courteous and thoughtful and
does all in his power for the comfort and enjoyment of his guests; that the
rooms are clean and furnished with comfortable beds; that the hotel is within seven
minutes ride of the south entrance to the fair grounds; and that he recommends
it without hesitation. The STANDARD has intended to advertise no World's Fair
hotels which would fail to satisfy guests, and made inquiry as to the Syracuse
before admitting its advertisement. Dr. Cheney's opinion confirms what we then
learned. The hotel is very reasonable in price—which will commend it further to
the economically inclined.
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