BEEF WAS
GOOD ENOUGH.
Members
of the Silk Stocking Club Have an Outing—The Water Was Very, Very Wet.
Last Saturday evening three prominent
members of the "Silk Stocking" Club of this place started for East
River on a fishing expedition. They were confident they would have fish for
dinner on Sunday, consequently they neglected to lay in the usual supply of
beefsteak. Three expensive fishing outfits and a bottle of the most approved
bait went with them. It was after dark when they arrived at John Miller's where
they put out their team and straightway hied themselves across the fields to
the river bank, and taking a boat they pulled across to a cove where the water
is from ten to twelve feet deep and anchoring baited their hooks, spat on the
bait and dropped the same overboard with considerable care and waited events.
With as much patience as possible, they fished and spat on the worms until
nearly midnight without having a nibble when the pilot, who had seen
considerable service on the raging canal, suggested that they go home.
The anchor was weighed, the boat hauled to
the bank and the captain stepped ashore to try fishing from the bank, while the
coxswain rowed the pilot across the cove to the opposite shore. After landing
the pilot, the coxswain rowed back after his superior officer. In loading that
individual the boat lost its balance and the entire party were unceremoniously
dumped into the twelve feet of water. The guffaws of the pilot did not add to
the pleasure of the situation, but after a long struggle the boat was hauled to
shore and righted and minus one red lantern belonging to the silk stocking club
[Republican League], two sets of fishing tackle, a valuable meerschaum pipe and
a bottle of bait, the party finally rowed across the cove, spent a few moments cursing
the hilarious pilot, whose clothing was fearfully dry, and loading themselves
into the wagon. They came home a very wet and hungry set.
Sunday morning they returned to the scene
and were astonished to find the fish pole with the butt on the bottom and a
fair-sized bull-head on the line. The meerschaum pipe was fished up after
several trials, and the bait bottle which stood on the cork end at the bottom,
was finally snared up. Fortunately the cork had been firmly fastened in and the
contents was intact. The wives of all three had less faith in their skill as
fishermen than they had themselves, and had laid in a supply of beefsteak after
they started on Saturday night. They don't like to be asked what they had for
their Sunday dinner.
WE WILL CELEBRATE.
CORTLAND
WILL CELEBRATE THE FOURTH.
Prizes
for Horse and Bicycle Races and Other Sports on the Fair Grounds.
The Cortland County Agricultural Society has
decided to have a gala day on the fair grounds on the Fourth. The arrangements
have not yet been fully completed, but there will be horse races, and bicycle races,
and substantial purses will be hung up for these events. There will be at least
four horse races—a 2:30, a 2:40, a 3:00 and a 4:00 race. The last two will be
novelty races and the rules require that any horse in either race that comes
under the wire in less time than 3:00 or 4:00 [minutes] respectively cannot
receive a prize, but the prize is to be given to the first horse to go under
the wire in faster time than the time named. In other words the horse that passes
the wire first, but in greater time than 3:00 or 4:00, wins the race.
The programme for the bicycle races will be
arranged in a few days and will be announced later. It is expected that some fast
riders will be present.
A BURGLAR
MAKES A HAUL.
He
Visits Mr. E. C. Rindge's Farm House and Secures About $80.
At about 12:45 o'clock Thursday morning Mrs.
E. C. Rindge, who resides with her husband on a farm near the Cortland County
Alms House, was awakened by the squeaking of the floor in her sleeping room.
She saw a man standing near the head of her bed with his hand in the pocket of
her husband's vest which hung on the wall. The man backed out of the room, and
Mrs. Rindge got up and going to the cellar door opened the same and saw the man
going down the stairs. He wore a black shirt and had no hat, coat or vest on
and was in his stocking feet. He went out the cellar window where she lost sight
of him. She aroused Mr. Rindge, who slept in a room adjoining her apartment
with a young son.
Mr. Rindge came to Cortland on his wheel and
notified the sheriff. A tramp who wore a black shirt has been seen in the woods
near the premises since Saturday and the officers are trying to find him. Mr.
Rindge says he had between $70 and $80 in his vest pocket and this the burglar
carried away.
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CHANGE
OF LANDLORDS.
Delos
Bauder Has leased the Cortland House—Dorr C. Smith to be the New Proprietor.
Mr. Delos Bauder, proprietor of the Cortland
House has leased that popular hotel to his son-in-law, Mr. Dorr C. Smith who
takes possession on the first of next month. Mr. Bauder has conducted the hotel
since 1868, with the exception of about two years when it was leased to Lyman
P. Rogers, whose death in May 1891, terminated the lease. It is one of the best
hotels in Central New York and is almost perfect in its appointments. It has
always been very popular with the traveling public and has a large patronage. Mr.
Bauder has earned a rest which he now intends to enjoy.
Mr. Smith is a genial gentleman and has a
host of friends that will not only wish him success in his new venture, but
will contribute towards that end by patronizing his establishment. He is a practicing
lawyer and is now holding the office of Justice of the Peace. He will resign
his office and give his entire time to the management of the hotel. The
DEMOCRAT hopes he "will live long and prosper."
A Whole
Town Sinking.
HAZLETON, Pa., June 17.—The town of
Audenreid is threatened with destruction by the caving in of the mines. The
surface dropped several inches on Saturday and large fissures are opened in the
earth, extending through the town. The people have deserted their homes. The
houses of Superintendent Roberts, John McGee, H. F. Subkin and William Barbey
have been entirely destroyed. The surface has dropped six inches and a total
collapse is expected at any time. The wildest excitement prevails in the town.
Woods
Continue to Burn.
BRADFORD, Pa., June 19.—A fire was started
Monday in the hemlock slashings between Buttsville and Ormsby. Two hundred men
are at work and have the fire under control. Every available man is fighting
fire and their services command from $2.50 to $5 per day.
The
fires in the vicinity of Rieterville and Keshuqua are now confined to a stretch
of territory of eight miles long and three miles wide. Large embankments have
been thrown up about Keshuqua and it is believed the town is safe. Millions of
feet of logs have been destroyed and hundreds of acres of standing timber.
Everything is as dry as tinder and burns like chaff. West of this city the sky
is overhung by smoke and fires appear to be raging in the woods near Sugar Run
and Weedsport.
MISSING
STUDENT REW.
A
Statement that May Throw Some Light Upon the Mystery.
ITHACA, June 13.—The mysterious
disappearance of the Cornell student, Frederick Gordon Rew, the only son of Mr.
E. B. Rew of Buffalo, N. Y., occurred on the evening of October 2nd, 1894. A
reward of 1,000 is offered by Mr. Rew, based upon statements made by Charles H.
Mix, of Renova, Clinton county, Pa., all of which have been sworn to. In his
affidavit made June 5, Mr. Mix states:
"On or about the first of November,
1894, while walking down one of our side streets, I was met by what I called a
tramp who accosted me. He was under the influence of liquor. He wanted money. I
declined to comply with his demand, calling his attention to his condition. He
said: 'Look out; you do not know me, Stranger, I killed a man about a month
ago, and I presume they would kill me up at Ithaca if they knew it.' He went on
to say that he met a young man just outside of Ithaca and asked him for 25
cents and when the fellow refused he hit him with a club, searched him; hid the
body until night, then took it to the lake, tied a stone to it and, going out
in a boat, dropped him into the water. Had I known at the time what I afterward
read in the papers, I would have handed him over to the police. I supposed he
was after money and did not give his story credit."
THE NEW MYSTERY.
ITHACA, June 15.—There seems to be two sides
to the Rew mystery and if the words of those who have given the most attention
to the matter are considered, there is much to go to prove that young Rew never
met the tragic fate which his father has outlined.
A reporter of The Associated Press had a
long talk this morning with one of the detectives in the case who has Mr. Rew's
confidence, but who takes an opposite stand in his views. He said: "I have
what I consider an important clue and what I believe will result ultimately in
the solution of the mystery. It seems that another boy, with whom I am certain
young Rew associated, left Ithaca clandestinely at the same time that the
Buffalo student did. This boy was seen some time ago in New York. He met an
Ithaca lady, an acquaintance, who was visiting in that city. He asked her to
lend him $10 to go home with. That was the last seen or heard of him. Now my
idea is that both boys went away together and that the Ithaca boy enticed the
student to accompany him. I am busily arranging with trusty lieutenants in New
York for apprehending the lad of whom I speak. I believe I will be successful.
Meanwhile Mr. Rew persists in holding dogmatically to the theory of his son's
death, but there are many who think that he is being imposed upon by some men
who claim to be bonafide detectives, but who are in fact taking advantage of
his credulity for their own selfish ends."
NEIGHBORING
COUNTIES.
TOMPKINS—Machinery for the Dryden cheese
factory is being put in place.
Work on the oil well at Brookton is being
pushed right along.
The annual picnic of Tompkins County Grange
will be held at Glenwood, Saturday, August 31st.
E. W. Mayo, editor-in chief of the Cornell Sun
of 1893-4, has secured a position on the New York Sun and leaves for
his new field of labor this week.
Prof. Chas. A. Collin, of the Cornell Law
school, has resigned his professorship and will go to New York next fall and be
connected with ex-Lieut. Gov. Sheehan, as
a law firm.
Upon opening his cottage at Maplewood on Cayuga
lake, H. H. Angell found that since he closed it last fall it had been visited by
thieves who carried away a fine jointed rod, fishing tackle and spoons, knives
and forks aggregating $50 in value.
Bush & Dean of Ithaca have just put in a
new patent mirror which is attracting considerable attention. The mirrors are two
in number and can be so arranged that a person standing between them can view the
whole form. The patentee is a Groton man.
Sheriff Seaman Tuesday took charge of the lumber
yard of J. W. & C. W. Dean of Trumansburg on three judgments. The judgments
were in favor of Charles C. Bowman,
$7,500; Martha Herr, $800; and Mary A. Cady, $120. The sale will take place
June 19.
Frank Conger of Groton has commenced action
against the Lehigh Valley railroad company for injuries received in the
accident near Owego in May, 1894, in the sum of $100,000. Halladay & Denton
of Ithaca are his attorneys. Mr. Conger is still in New York under treatment
and is reported as a little better.
The rare Japanese coin—the gold
oban—generously placed at the disposal of the Y. M. C.
A. in Ithaca was sold last week to a lady whose name was not obtained. The
price received was $100. Of this sum one-half goes to the Y. M. C. A. building fund
and one half is to be deposited as a nest egg for the building eventually to be the home of the
association. The coin was donated by Rev. Dr. Griffis.
PAGE
FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Henry Stowell, editor of the Seville, has
been appointed postmaster at Seneca Falls, N. Y. Mr. Stowell publishes a model
paper and is a deserving Democrat. The appointment is an excellent one in every
respect.
The Western New Yorker, a republican
paper published at Warsaw, N. Y. is very much dissatisfied with Gov. Morton for
appointing Gen. Ira M. Hedges to be one of the three new Capitol Commissioners.
The paper charges that the company with which he is connected is very niggardly
and mean to its employes. If the charges are true, Gen. Hedges appointment is
not to be commended.
The slick candidates for the Republican
nomination for President are keeping away from the Republican League convention
now in session in Cleveland for the reason that they are afraid they would have
to commit themselves on the silver question if they attended. Allison of Iowa,
however, is represented by J. S. Clarkson and other politicians from the west
who are starting his boom for the nomination. Harrison, Reid and McKinley are
conspicuous for their absence. These gentlemen have thus far managed to avoid
expressing their individual opinions on the currency question.
The friends of free silver and the sound
money men are expecting to have a big fight at the Republican League convention
now in session in Cleveland. The free silver advocates seem determined to have
a resolution passed in favor of free coinage and they threaten direful results
to the party if such a resolution is not passed. The delegates who favor a gold
standard are endeavoring to convince these hot-headed silverites that it will
be best for the party to avoid saying anything about the financial situation at
this convention. The silver people have thus far declined to be pacified or
bulldozed. The friends of the several presidential candidates are on the ground
and the political situation is being worked for all it is worth.
The
Silverites.
The Brooklyn Citizen says: The Memphis
Silverite Convention resolved that our Government ought to open its mints to
the unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the rate of sixteen of the latter
to one of the former, and that in case foreign nations declined to come into
the pool, the United States should go it alone. The convention expressed the
belief that the United States are quite strong enough to accomplish the desired
result without any outside assistance, though just how our merchants would
succeed in compelling their European,
South American and Asiatic customers to accept silver for more than its actual
purchasing power is not explained.
What is above all things needed to reconcile
the great body of national Americans to the delightful scheme of calling fifty
cents a dollar, is evidence that they would not only enrich themselves by the
process, but be able to bring the rest of the world into such a state of financial
helplessness that it would accept fifty cents worth of silver from us as the
equivalent of one hundred cents worth of the yellow metal. No doubt some
brilliant apostle of the craze will be found equal to the task during the
coming dog days, but thus far he has modestly kept himself in the background.
The speakers before the convention noticed
several of the influences that operate against the dawn of the silver
millenium; but they strangely omitted all reference to that most confirmed of
gold bugs, common sense.
HERE AND
THERE.
Call on Harris, successor to Wescott, for photographs
of the baby. 13w2.
A. S. Burgess, the clothier, has a new
advertisement on our last page.
Groton Odd Fellows have an excursion over the
E. C. & N. road to Sylvan Beach to-morrow.
The Cortlands were defeated by the Shamrocks
of Syracuse last Saturday by a score of 15 to 8.
The Norwich Driving Park will have races on
their grounds July 2, 3 and 4. Over $1,200
in purses are offered.
A picked nine from this place went to McGrawville
last Saturday and were beaten by the local team. Score 24 to 16.
Before purchasing your new mowing machine,
take a look at the new Osborne for sale by R. G. Lewis, 5 Tompkins-st., Cortland.
Dr. E. M. Santee has purchased a lot on Little
York Lake and will soon erect a cottage on the same to be occupied by himself
and family during the summer months.
The sewers are being put down on Main-st. The
ditch is being dug between the tracks of the Traction company. Passengers on
the line have to transfer until the work is completed.
Most of the wheelmen attended church out of
town last Sunday. As a rule they started early and stayed until after Sunday school
services were over, returning home in the cool of the evening.
Last Friday morning John Scanlon, an employe
in the Cortland Wagon Co.'s shops had the thumb and the first two fingers of his
left hand taken off by a buzz saw. Dr. Dana dressed the injuries.
The case of the People agst. Mrs. Anna Bates,
charged with selling liquor without a license, was tried before Police Justice Bull
and jury last Monday. The jury found that the defendant was not guilty.
The court of appeals of this state has
recently decided the school compulsory vaccination law unconstitutional. It
claims that school authorities have no right to debar pupils from the public
schools who refuse to be vaccinated.—Ex.
The farmers in this section,
who purchased McCormick's reapers and mowers this season, came to Cortland
Tuesday forenoon, loaded the machines in their wagons and after taking dinner
at the Messenger House, formed in line and paraded the streets headed by the
Cortland City band. The line was a long one.
The board of trustees at their
meeting last Monday night granted a franchise to the Cortland & Homer
Traction Co. to build a bridge over the Tioughnioga river at the extension of
Elm-st. It is under stood that work will be commenced at once. The bridge will
be of iron and will be for the use of the Traction Co. only.
Orris Hose Co. have a new
American Ball Nozzle, which throws a spray or a single stream as the pipeman
chooses to have it. The spray is to be used on the inside of buildings and is
intended to extinguish fires without filling the building full of water. An
exhibition of the working of the nozzle was given at the corner of Main and
Court-sts. last Friday night and was very satisfactory.
The salary of the postmaster
at Marathon has been raised from $1,200 to $1,300 per annum.
The English and American
doctors will be at the Cortland House, July 18, remaining three days only.
The Good Government club has called an
indignation meeting to be held in Taylor Hall this evening and a large
attendance is expected.
We have it on good authority that Buell's Saturday
Review for to-morrow will contain an attack on the city fathers.
Mr. Arch Stevens of the Grand Central barber
shop on Monday purchased one of Vess Patent Steam Scalp and Hair Renovators. This
is the only one in town and can be seen at his shop after Tuesday.
A committee from the Fine Wire Drawers Social
club visited Ithaca last Saturday and made arrangements for an excursion over
the E. C. & N. to
that city and Renwick Park, July 20. All the employes in Wickwire's shop will
go.
E. S. Matthewson proved to be too fleet for
Fred Hilligus in the 100 yard dash on the fair grounds last Tuesday. He won the
first two heats and the race in 10 2-5 and 10 1-4 seconds easily. Considerable money
changed hands on the result.
Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. at their rooms
on Saturday, June 22. Consecration service at 2:30 P M., conducted by Mrs. J.
S. Squires. L. T. L. work and reports from the county convention is the program
for the regular meeting at 3 o'clock.
The case of the People agst. R. Burns
Linderman, charged with selling liquor without a license was called in Justice Bull's
court on Wednesday morning. The People's witness, Richard Valentine, did not
appear nor could he be found and the prosecution asked for an adjournment to July
15 at 9 o'clock A. M. which was granted.
Recently Lewis Rood of Homer performed some
work for J. M. Smith of this place which came to one dollar. Mr. Smith gave him
a five dollar bill which he took to get changed and that was the last seen of
Rood until one day last week Smith saw him in town and had him arrested on the
charge of petit larceny. He was tried before Justice Bull who sent him [repeat
offender] to the Onondaga penitentiary for sixty days.
The case of Charles T. Peck agst. Doe, Nicholson
& Deloya, sewer contractors, to recover damages for injury to trees in front
of his premises on Greenbush-st. was on trial before Justice Dorr C. Smith
yesterday. At the hour of going to press the plaintiff's side of the case was
not all in. There are a large number of witnesses to be sworn. N. L. Miller and
Jas. Dougherty for the plaintiff and Edwin Duffey for the defendants.
For some months past the Cortland Standard
has been promising to give its readers "in a few days" a grand
Industrial edition of that paper, and agents have been industriously soliciting
advertisements for the colossal enterprize. The early frosts have evidently
nipped the tender shoot in the bud for on Monday last the Standard announced
that it would not be issued until early in the fall. It may be expected about
chestnut time. Watch for it and wait for it.
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