HOW THE ELECTRICS WILL RUN

Main Street, Cortland about 1899.

Trolleys at intersection of Clinton St., Main St. and Groton Ave., Cortland, N. Y. The red brick building is the Cortland House.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, October 5, 1894.

THE ELECTRIC ROAD.

How the Electrics Will Run—Location of Power House—Work Already Commenced.

   The schedule of time for the electric road has been arranged and will be substantially as follows: Two cars will run between Cortland and Homer leaving the E. C. & N. station and Homer every twenty minutes. Two cars will leave the E. C. &. N. station for Port Watson bridge and the new park every ten minutes and one car will leave the same station for Groton-ave., Homer-ave. to Main-st. and around the belt line to the E. C. & N. station every seven minutes, and one car will leave the same station for McGrawville every hour. The cars commence running at 6 A. M. and continue until near mid-night.

   The owners of the road are asking the [village] corporation to allow them to put in two tracks from the Cortland House to the Messenger House in order that they may not be embarrassed by running so many cars through Main-st. and being forced to wait on side tracks. Property holders are generally giving consent and the permission will undoubtedly be granted.

THE POWER HOUSE.

   The location of the power house for the road has been settled and work has been commenced on the same. One and one half acres of land has been purchased of Messrs. Stringham and Alexander from the rear of the old Thomas Condon place nearly opposite the fair grounds. The plot lies along the Tioughnioga river and joins the D. L. & W. tracks near the second railroad bridge. The building is to be of brick, 53x80 feet with a 40x60 foot wing and 16 foot walls with iron truss and slate roof. Mr. J. S Bull of Cortland has the contract for erecting the building. Four Watertown engines of 150 horse power each, with the same number of boilers of the same make and power will be used. The building is to be completed by Nov. 1 and this location was selected on account of its being near the water, of which they use large quantities and being alongside the railroad track, hauling coal will be avoided.

Shocking Railroad Fatality.

   NORWICH, Sept. 29.—Jeduthan Newton, a wealthy farmer living about two miles below the village, was struck by the early morning train on the D. L. & W., and instantly killed about six o'clock this morning. He drove to the creamery with his milk as usual, and returning was attempting to get across the track ahead of the train. He was literally torn to bits, his body being unrecognizable. With him was Mrs. Edward Southerland, wife of the tenant on his farm. She was thrown three feet above the top of the smoke stack and seventy-five feet in front of the train. She too was instantly killed, but her body was not mutilated. She leaves a husband and five children, most of them small. Mr. Newton leaves a daughter, Mrs. Clark Fisher who lives in Binghamton and a son living in Kansas. Coroner Feenalid and a jury held an inquest during the day. The verdict removed all blame from the railway company and the employes of the train.

Fires in Homer.

   At half past six Tuesday evening, the people of Homer were startled to hear the fire bell ringing again, as it had called them out the night before. The fire on Monday evening was at a few minutes before nine o'clock and was in the barn occupied jointly by Michael Murphy and Dr. Robinson, in the rear of the former's saloon and residence on Main St. The fire started in the north part of the barn and had gained considerable headway The firemen responded quickly to the alarm and soon had the fire under control There were three horses in the barn at the time, but they were removed to places of safety. Most of the contents of the barn excepting the horses was destroyed The loss on barn as well as the contents was nearly covered by insurance.

   The fire on Tuesday evening was in the confectionery store of Carl Dillenbeck two doors north of the postoffice on Main-st. The fire started in the rear of the building which is occupied by Pat McAuliff and used as a shoe shop. The fire had gained considerable headway but as the fire companies acted promptly they soon had the flames under control. Most of the stock was carried to a place of safety. There was no insurance. The origin of the fire is not known.

Enemies For Life

   Will be presented in the Opera House Wednesday evening Oct. 10. The Cincinnati Gazette has this to say of the company:

   "Enemies For Life," a realistic melodramatic sensation in four acts, is the bill offered the patrons of this house for this week's entertainment. The play tells the story of Naomi Wellington, her trials and tribulations, of her triumph over the machination of her arch enemy and their final reconciliation. The play gives opportunity for the introduction of many mechanical and scenic effects. These are presented in an admirable way, especially so in the gypsy camp scene in the third act. The camp is backed by a waterfall, which is wonderfully realistic. The tents, wagons, the scenery of the canyon are all excellent. A storm which breaks upon the little camp is quite natural, and a tree is burst asunder by the thunderbolt with startling truth. Miss Joan Cravan as Naomi, a part calling for strong, emotional powers, is thoroughly convincing in her portrayal of the character. The supporting company is very good.

   LaBelle Clarisse, the Dancing sylph, will appear in this production. Tickets 25, 35 and 50 cents.

Administrator's Sale.

   The undersigned administrator will sell at public auction on the farm known as the Edwin Smith farm, three miles south of Cortland at 10 o'clock A. M., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 4 cows, 1 horse, 1 hog, 20 hens, 6 ducks, 1 lumber wagon, 1 pair bobs, 1 square box cutter, 1 swell body cutter, 1 platform wagon, 1 carriage, 1 mowing machine, 1 horse rake, 1 side hill plow, 1 churning machine, 1 churn, a quantity of milk palls and pans, 2 cook stoves, 1 parlor stove, 1 steel range cook stove,  quantity of hay, oats, buckwheat and corn. Household furniture, consisting of beds and bedding, carpets, tables, crockery, canned fruit and other articles too numerous too [sic] mention. Terms, on sums of $10 or over, a credit of eight months will be given on good approved notes. Under $10 cash down. No goods to be removed from the premises until settled for.

NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

   TOMPKINS.—The State dredge is clearing the Ithaca Inlet.

   Small apples and a small apple crop in this county.

   The Ithaca Calendar Clock Factory has resumed operations.

   In the action against F. C. Cornell as administrator of the estate of Ezra Cornell, for a final accounting, Judge Teller, the referee Saturday, rendered a decision against the administrator for $489,600. An appeal will probably be made.

   A new daily paper, to be called the Ithaca Morning Herald, is to be started in this city in a week or two. The press and material are now being set up in the quarters in the old Bank building, a few years ago occupied by the Button factory. The publisher will be Mr. Crosby of Lockport.

   A week or two ago an object was seen swimming in Cayuga lake which was at first taken for a man, later three men saw it and decided it was a sea serpent, but the Journal says Captain Van Order is confident that it was a large sturgeon, as it is not unusual for a sturgeon to thrust its head out of water and swim about.

   A canoe with sails having for occupants two students of Cornell, was overturned in the middle of the lake last Monday. The mishap was observed from the shore, and E. D. Evans and son of Ithaca who fortunately were overseeing some improvements on their lake property, rowed out and rescued the young men from a watery grave.

HERE AND THERE.

   Mr. A. D. Barber has been appointed postmaster at South Cuyler.

   Burgess, the clothier, quotes prices in a new advertisement on our last page.

   W. S. Copeland and C. P. Wickwire have been re-elected trustees of the Presbyterian church.

   Three youngsters of this place captured an 18 1/2 pound snapping turtle near the second railroad bridge last Saturday.

   Orders for Filkins' baggage express left at the Railroad ticket office, No. 3 Railroad-st., will receive prompt attention.

   The Normal foot ball team will try conclusions again with the High school team of Binghamton in that city tomorrow.

   The Normal foot ball team defeated the Binghamton High school team on the fair grounds last Saturday by a score of 9 to 4.

   The Players' club of this place will produce "Fogg's Ferry" under the auspices of the Cortland Athletic association at an early date.

   One morning last week Miss Carrie White residing on Reynolds-ave., accidentally tipped a pan of boiling water over, scalding herself quite severely.

   Maher Bros. have just purchased the immense stock of goods of Curtis & Miller of Albany, and are now offering the same at astonishingly low prices.

   Mr. W. S. Freer will give a social party at his hall in Higginsville on Friday evening, October 12, 1894. Music by Palmer & Davis orchestra. Bill $1.25.

   Mr. P. C. Kingsbury, the well-known toy goods merchant of Homer, has a new advertisement in this issue of the DEMOCRAT which is well worth reading.

   Mr. J. J. Gillett has added two handsome hacks to his livery establishment on Orchard-st., and can now turn out as handsome rigs as can be found anywhere.

   The Alpha C. T. L. S. C. will meet with Mrs. A. M. Graves, 35 Madison-st., Saturday evening, October 6, at 7:30 o'clock. All interested in the work are welcome.

   Mr. A. H. Bennett of this place undertook to board a moving train at Freeville last Thursday evening and was thrown several feet in the air landing on the platform of the station. He was badly shaken up but is able to be out.

   Lieut. Clark Pierce, of this village, yesterday received an appointment in the Treasury Department of the United States, and will report for duty at the Custom House in a week or two. The position is worth $1,000 per annum, the first six months, with an increase at the end of that time to $1,200. Mr. Pierce is to be congratulated.—Marathon Independent.

   The DEMOCRAT has been delayed a little this week in order to publish the Constitutional Amendments in full.

   We shall have something to say concerning the Democratic County candidates next week. The Republican candidates will not escape notice.

   The surviving members of the old 76th Regt. N. Y. Volunteers are holding their annual reunion in the Opera House as we go to press. War made sad havoc in the ranks of the old vets and since peace came the scythe of Father Time has been mowing them down until their numbers are few indeed. Cortland people always have a warm place in their hearts for the gallant old boys.

   The old and reliable shoe firm of Dickinson & McGraw make an announcement in our advertising columns which our readers will do well to heed. For more than twenty-five years this firm has been in the same business in Cortland and it has fairly earned an enviable reputation for selling reliable goods and dealing fairly with their customers. They are now offering their entire stock of goods at cost preparatory to a change in the firm. They guarantee this to be a genuine closing out sale and invite the public to call and examine their large stock before purchasing.

   An exchange says a farmer was arrested and fined the other morning for selling adulterated milk, adulterated with pure water. He wore at the time a suit of all wool (?) clothes badly adulterated with shoddy, and boots, whose soles were adulterated with paper and wood shavings. For breakfast he drank adulterated coffee, his meat was spiced with adulterated pepper, his cakes puffed up with adulterated baking powder, his wife out of sorts because she could not make good bread out of adulterated flour that had been sold to her for the "best," in fact he saw and felt the effect of adulterated goods whichever way he looked, and he never heard of the adulterators being arrested and fined.