THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE

E. J. Pennington and his motor cycle.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, February 25, 1895.

SAYS THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE.

   The following appeared yesterday in the Elmira Telegram:

   It is said that the Hitchcock Manufacturing company has decided to give up the manufacture of bicycles and that last Monday the employees of the company working on wheels were laid off and told that no more wheels would be made for the present. It is rumored that the plant of the motor bicycle company will be moved to Cleveland, where arrangements have been made to continue the manufacture of their wheels. 

   A reporter of The STANDARD this morning showed this clipping to C. B.  Hitchcock, president of the Hitchcock Mfg. Co., and inquired what there was to it. Mr. Hitchcock replied that he had not heard of this until he saw it in the Telegram. No one had thought of giving up the manufacture of the wheels in Cortland or of moving the plant. The wheels so far had been made at the foundry on Port Watson-st. and they had decided to move the wheel plant to the big factory on Elm-st. and the wheels were to be made there on contract. They had discharged the men who had been employed on wheels when they were ready to move. Those men would doubtless all be engaged by the contractors at the Elm-st. factory.

   An effort was made to interview Mr. Pennington, president of the Motor Cycle Co., but that gentleman is out of town for a few days.

Pope's Decree Promulgated.

   NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Archbishop Corrigan has sent to every priest in the diocese of New York the following letter:

   REVEREND DEAR SIR—A recent decree of the holy office, confirmed by the sovereign pontiff, instructs the bishops of the United States to advise the faithful committed to their charge against affiliating with the societies known as the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Temperance and the Knights of Pythias, with the further injunction that if Catholics after such admonition persist in their connection with any of these societies, and will not give up membership therein, they cannot receive  the sacraments.

   The general reasons on account of which it is unlawful for Catholics to join societies forbidden by the church will [be] found in the third plenary council of Baltimore. I am, reverend dear sir, very faithfully yours,

   MICHAEL CORRIGAN,

   Archbishop of New York.

INGERSOLL VICTORIOUS.

Hobokenites Allow Him to Lecture With Certain Restrictions.

   NEW YORK, Feb. 25. — The attempt made to prevent Colonel Robert Ingersoll from delivering his lecture on "The Holy Bible" at the Hoboken theater last night proved a failure.

   As a result of a protest issued by the pastors of three of the most prominent churches in that place, Mayor Fagan issued orders that the theater be closed, thereby practically debarring Colonel Ingersoll from appearing.

   Corporation Attorney Minturn and Mayor Fagan called upon Rev. H. T. Beatty, the minister who is at the head and front of the reform movement in Hoboken, and stated to him that it was the opinion of the corporation attorney that no steps could be taken by the authorities to stop the lecture.

   To prevent any disturbance on the part of the audience, and also to stop the blasphemous utterances on the part of the lecturer, Detectives Nelson and Gallagher were sent to the theater from police headquarters [but upon] neither grounds was their presence necessary, for beyond frequent bursts of applause the audience was most orderly, and the speaker confined himself almost entirely to his text, with an occasional ironical allusion to the clergymen of Hoboken and the statute of New Jersey law to which the reformers had been clinging.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DINE.

Cortland Commandery Entertains Malta Commandery of Binghamton.

   A large delegation of Knights Templar from Malta commandery No. 21 of Binghamton arrived in town on the 4:20 train Friday afternoon and were the guests of Cortland commandery No. 50. A committee from the local organization met the visitors at the station and escorted them to the Tioughnioga club rooms, where they spent the time most enjoyably till 7 o'clock, when Mr. A. D. Wallace served an elaborate dinner. About seventy sat down to the tables which were set in the Masonic banquet hall. After the excellent menu had been discussed cigars were in order and the time was spent socially. Later on all adjourned to the large lodgeroom, where the regular formal reception was tendered the guests.

   Witty speeches followed, and a glee club, which the Malta Knights had brought with them, rendered some very pleasing selections, some of which were original and written for the occasion. The out of town guests departed on the 11:20 train and all expressed themselves as highly pleased with the entertainment.

   There is a very friendly feeling between Malta and Cortland commanderies and the latter congratulate themselves on the knightly bearing of their visitors with whom they now feel more closely allied than ever.

FIRE IN SQUIRES BLOCK.

It was Extinguished Before an Alarm was Given.

   A fire which might have resulted disastrously occurred shortly after 8 o'clock Saturday night in the Squires building in the room near the Tompkins-st. stairway occupied by Frank Halley. When discovered the room appeared to be one mass of flames. The occupant was in another department, but hastened to the scene and with several pails of water extinguished the fire.

   The fire is supposed to have caught from a lighted lamp which had been placed on a shelf near which some clothing was hung. The damage was slight.

   There was another fire in the same room a number of weeks ago. Mr. Halley's oil stove caught fire then, but he threw it down stairs and little damage resulted.

General Term Decisions.

   Friday afternoon the general term of the supreme court, fourth judicial department, Hon. George A. Hardin, presiding justice and Celora E. Martin and Milton H. Merwin, associate justices, handed down a long and important list of decisions of cases which were mostly argued at the November general term in Syracuse. Among them are the following of local interest:

   Michael E. Tierney, respondent, vs. The Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Railroad company, appellant. The judgment and order are affirmed with costs in an opinion written by Mr. Justice Merwin. This was an action brought by the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained at the Rock Cut disaster by the defendant some three years ago. Mr. Tierney was an employee of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company and was the only one of the five men on the engine and caboose of both trains who survived the accident, the other four being instantly killed.

   Mr. Tierney employed Messrs. J. & T. E. Courtney of this place as his attorneys and counsel in this action. The case was tried before Mr. Justice McLennan and a jury in Syracuse about one year ago and resulted in a verdict of $10,000 in favor of Mr. Tierney. The general term now sustains that judgment with costs. Messrs. Jenney & Marshall of Syracuse were the attorneys for the railroad company.

   The case of Fitz Boynton and William S. Copeland, respondents, vs. Ophelia E. Squires, appellant. The judgment of the lower courts was also affirmed with costs in an opinion written by Mr. Justice Merwin. This was an action originally brought in Justice Dorr C. Smith's court to recover of the defendant for a quantity of paints, oils and goods sold from the drug store of the plaintiffs in this village and used upon the defendant's farm. The same having been, however, charged originally to her husband, Mr. E. Frank Squires, on the books of the plaintiffs and she claimed to have no knowledge of the matter and that the credit was given to her husband and not to herself. Messrs. J. & T. E. Courtney, attorneys for the plaintiffs and respondents. Enos E. Mellon, Esq., attorney for defendants and appellant.

BREVITIES.

   —The Root case has been adjourned till Wednesday at 1 P. M,

   —Mr. Hiram Baker's funeral will occur at the residence of Mr. Chas. Stone, 62 Fitz-ave., at 1:30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

   —The annual meeting of the Y. M. C. A. for election of fifteen directors for the ensuing year will occur tonight. All members are requested to be present.

   —Robert Emmett McKale, the seven-months'-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McKale of 42 Hubbard st., died at 4 o'clock this morning of pneumonia, The funeral will be held Wednesday.

   —The Mora company arrived in town last night and are registered at the Dexter House. Manager Williams states that he has the strongest company this season that he has ever had on the road.

   —After other means had failed to make a bulldog loosen his grip on a pointer, which he was fighting yesterday, a bottle of ammonia held under his nose caused him to let go instanter.—Ithaca Journal.

   —The Clionian society will to-morrow evening present Howells' farce, "The Mousetrap" at Homer academy for the benefit of the Philologian society of that school. A large number expect to go up from Cortland.

   —Hotel Bennett in Binghamton was last Saturday sold to George Hayt of Elmira for $39,000. The new proprietor is a hotel man of long experience and will keep up the high standard of excellence established by Proprietor Win. G. Leland who goes to New York.

   —While Harry Harrington was turning around in front of H. C. Harrington's music store on Railroad-st, this morning his sleigh turned over, the bobs were broken apart and he was thrown out. He managed to stop the horse before any further damage resulted.

   —Mr. Rolland Alexander met with an accident Saturday night in Mr. C. F. Thompson's market that will lay him up for several weeks. In his effort to unhook a piece of meat he slipped and caught the fleshy portion of his right hand in one of the hooks, badly lacerating it to the bone.

   —John Mallory, a brakeman on the freight train going south from Cortland at 10:30 A. M. on Saturday, was seriously injured near Chenango Forks. He slipped between two flat cars loaded with lumber and his right shoulder was caught between two boards and it is feared it was broken. The injured man was taken to Binghamton and Dr. Moore of that city attended to his injuries. His home is in Syracuse.

The City Sports.

   On Thursday evening, Feb. 28, Flynn and Sheridan's City Sport's big show, said to be one of the largest and best of vaudeville organizations, will appear at the Opera House. Two funny up to date burlesques will be furnished and a strong and entertaining olio is offered. This is headed by the four Nelson sisters, the female acrobats who create a sensation wherever they appear.

Mora Coming.

   Mora and her company of players will begin a three nights' engagement at the Cortland Opera House this evening where she will present for the first time in Cortland a new play recently added to her repertoire, entitled "Dad's Girl." This play is presented as an example of extraordinary ingenuity in plot construction. It has a rattling sequence of comic situations and funny tableaux that keeps the interest and good humor of the audience unflagging. Many funny complications run through the play, and easy and natural opportunities are given to the comedians, singers and dancers to display their varied talents. The prices are 10, 20 and 30 cents. Reserved seats are now on sale at D. F. Wallace & Co.'s book store.