THE E. & C. N. Y. R. R.

Pink line on map indicates the E. & C. N. Y. railroad  between Cortland and Cincinnatus, N. Y.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, November 1, 1895.

THE E. & C. N. Y. R. R.

THE BRIDGE OVER THE TIOUGHNIOGA NEARLY COMPLETED.

The New Locomotive Makes a Trial Trip—Tracklaying will be Commenced Next Week.

   The bridge over the Tioughnioga river for the Erie & Central New York railway will be completed, if the weather is favorable, by Wednesday next, when the construction company will begin laying track and expect to be able to put down about one-half mile per day. At this rate the iron will be down to Gee brook in about three weeks, and the road will be ready for business.

   The new engine arrived from the locomotive works at Lima, O., last Monday. It has been named after the attorney of the road, Mr. I. H. Palmer, who has worked faithfully in the interests of the road for several years past. On Wednesday afternoon it made a trial trip over the E. C. & N. road to Truxton and return and worked very satisfactorily. Experts call it a fine piece of machinery.

   The fact that the construction company have been delayed in getting timbers for the bridge has retarded operations considerably, but it is believed that every hindrance to the rapid prosecution of the work has now been overcome and that the road will soon be ready for traffic.

Lehigh Valley Railroad steam engine.

The Lehigh Settled.

   In Circuit court at Ithaca yesterday, the settlement of the suit of Frank Conger of Groton, against the Lehigh Valley Railroad company, was announced. Mr. Conger, it will be remembered, was connected with the Groton Bridge company and is well known in this city through his connection with that company. He was injured in the wreck near Owego in which Thomas Fitzpatrick of Niles, and Charles L. Price of this city, were injured and for which injuries they have secured judgments in court against the company, the former for $16,666.66 and the latter for $10,000.

   That Mr. Conger was injured more severely than any other victim of the accident is not doubted. He lost his sight in addition to being terribly injured in other ways. When he had partially recovered, suit was instituted by his attorneys, Halliday & Denton of Ithaca, for $75,000. The case has been on for some time and negotiations for a settlement have been protracted. Mr. Conger has been repeatedly examined by physicians in behalf of the company and, it is said, all have reported that he was very seriously injured. Just what amount was paid him is not known but it is variously estimated at from $25,000 to $50,000.—Auburn Bulletin.

Railroad for South Otselic.

   The South Otselic Gazette is authority for the statement that prominent railroad men have been in that vicinity considering the advisability of extending the road from Cincinnatus to South Otselic. It is said that in all probability construction will begin soon and the road completed within a year. The valley is productive and settled by enterprising people. A railroad through that locality would be a blessing to the community and ought to be a profitable venture for the capitalists.

Grover Cleveland.

Matthew S. Quay.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From Our Regular Correspondent.)

   WASHINGTON, October. 28th, 1895.—President Cleveland and Secretary Olney could not have secured a more satisfactory state of affairs than the expressions of prominent republican newspapers and Congressman have brought about if they had personally had charge of the arrangements themselves. These republicans have publicly put their party on record and when President Cleveland sends a special message to Congress, as he will do shortly after it assembles, setting forth the demands he has made upon great Britain to recognize the Monroe doctrine, and accompanying it with Great Britain's answers thereto concerning its claims in Venezuela, the republicans cannot without stultifying themselves hold up their hands in holy horror and cry "jingoism!'' They will be compelled to endorse the President's position, simply because their previous utterances will have left them nothing else to do.

   There is nothing new in the diplomatic complication with Great Britain, but there is reason to believe that there will be this week, as Great Britain's answer to Secretary Olney's last dispatch, stating the position of this government and its intention to stand by the Monroe doctrine, is daily expected. Upon the nature of this answer the next move of this government will depend. Although a specific answer was asked for it is regarded as probable that it will not be received. Even had Great Britain fully determined a week ago to positively deny the right of the United States to interfere under the Monroe doctrine with its affairs in Venezuela it would not do so now. The deal that Russia has made with China has given Great Britain something more important to do than to quarrel with this country. British commercial supremacy is at stake in the East and for that reason it is believed that the answer will be a diplomatic one that will leave the question open until John Bull has more time to give to it.

   The rather silly report that Harrison and Quay had made friends and that the latter is going to take charge of the former's boom found no believers in Washington, but it served to bring out several good, if not new stories, concerning similar reports in the past. Lots of people remember that during the latter part of the campaign in 1892, at about the time the Harrison ticket struck the toboggan slide, Boss Quay went to New York, and the papers were full of stories about his having become reconciled with Harrison and going to succeed Carter, who had as chair man of the Republican National Committee made a mess of the campaign, so far as his own party was concerned. Col. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, met Quay in New York, and being an old personal friend asked him in confidence whether there was any truth in the story. Quay replied, "Not a word. I'll tell you why I'm in New York. I heard that there might be some danger of Harrison's election, and I merely ran up here to test the truth of the story from the appearance of things. I find that Harrison stands no more show of election than a snow-bird.  That relieves me. I'll now return to Pennsylvania and attend to re-electing Matt Quay Senator."

NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

   TOMPKINS—Large flocks of wild geese winged their way southward Tuesday.

   Mrs. John Snyder, aged 80 of Varna, fell from her porch last Friday and fractured her left arm.

   The house and barn of Charles Tompkins, south of Newfield, were burned Tuesday. The trouble was caused by sparks from a threshing engine.

   The case of Frank Conger of Groton vs. the Lehigh Valley railroad, has been settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, we are informed.

   Ithaca is said to be the only city in the state in which the banks fail to avail themselves of the Saturday half holiday provided by state statute. And the cities are few in which banks remain open for business after three o'clock.

   Dr. Wilder has in McGraw Hall a flying squirrel which was caught near the heating station. A tree was cut down in which were several of these squirrels, all of which escaped except the one in Dr. Wilder's possession.

   Commercial travelers pay Ithaca the compliment of saying that it is more cosmopolitan, more "cityfied" than most places double or treble its size; and attribute the fact to the influence of a large body of professors and 2,000 students gathered here from all over the civilized world.

   A movement is on foot to form a company of the National Guard at Cornell. Men would be obliged to drill at the same hours as the cadet corps in the fall and spring, and also about two hours a week in the winter term. The company would also be required to perform one week's duty at the state camp at Peekskill. The term of enlistment is five years, of which four could be served there.

   For heroism at the fire at the Ithaca Hotel last season, Millard H. Norton, a member of Cataract, No. 7, has been presented with a silver trumpet. The same being a gift of Hon. A. B. Colvin, State Treasurer, presented to the Central New York Volunteer Firemen's Association at the late convention in Owego, to be presented to the fireman belonging to a company of the association, who had performed the most heroic deed while on duty at a fire during the year just closed.

   MADISON—Richard Clark, a Madison farmer, has disappeared, leaving a number of heavy creditors.

   Bernard Taylor, recently arrested in Oneida county on the charge of bigamy, is said to have four living wives, one of which resides in Oneida.

   A Russian thistle, one of those pests which have caused the western farmers so much trouble is on exhibition in Atwell & Son's front window in Cazenovia. It is a black bushy weed, about the size of a bushel basket, made up of an infinite number of small branches and covered with short spiny thorns. This one was raised, as a curiosity, simply, by J. H. T. E. Burr, from seed obtained from the west.

   CHENANGO—John R. VanWagener of Oxford, was elected one of the Vice Presidents of the New York State Banker's Association, at the annual meeting at Atlanta, Ga., last week.

   James K. Spalding's fine farm near Norwich was sold by the sheriff Wednesday. He was in good circumstances when he sold the Eagle hotel at Norwich and went to Syracuse.

   Mr. I. C. Wightman, the North Broad street hardware man, has purchased the Hotel Phelps property at Afton, and will come into possession December 1. The purchase price is said to be $10,000. It is not his intention to remove to Afton at present.

   William Gaston of Hubbardsville was struck by a locomotive near North Norwich the 15th and perhaps fatally injured. Several ribs and his left thigh and arm were broken.

Chauncey M. Depew.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

   The increase in the duty on shoddy from 10 cents to 30 cents and the reduction on wool has resulted in cheaper and better American made clothing, while the price of American wool has advanced. A good grade of all wool clothing was never cheaper in Owego than it is today under a low tariff. Is there any farmer or mechanic in Tioga county who would desire to return to the McKinley days of high price shoddy clothing and low prices for his wool?—Owego Gazette.

   A few evenings since the republicans held a mass meeting in Brooklyn and Hon. Chauncey M. Depew was the principal speaker. The republican mayor of that city was chairman of the meeting. In his speech Mr. Depew took occasion to say "In Brooklyn you have an American Sunday, a Sabbath full of good cheer and good dinners and good hope." That was true because the city is ruled by republicans and the saloons are run wide open on Sundays the same as any other day. But the mayor must have felt rather awkward when a little farther on in his speech Mr. Depew took occasion to glorify the action of [Police] Commissioner Roosevelt for closing the saloons and bars in New York city on Sunday. Both cities are governed by the same law, but because New York is a sure democratic city and Brooklyn is not so sure, the law is construed strictly in the former city, while in the latter city the most liberal construction is permitted. Are the rumsellers of New York any worse than they are in Brooklyn?

HERE AND THERE.

   Election next Tuesday.

   Emerald Hose fair closes tomorrow night.

   Vote for George C. Hubbard for member of assembly.

   Burgess, the clothier, has a new advertisement on our eighth page.

   Saturday evening "A Girl Up-To-Date" will be presented in the opera house.

   The regular meeting of the hospital board will be held at the hospital, Monday afternoon, November 4, at 3 o'clock.

   Henry A. Rounds of this place, aged 11 years, has been adjudged insane and was taken to the Binghamton asylum last week.

   The Normal football team will play the Binghamtons in this place Nov. 9 and a return game will be played at Binghamton Nov. 16.

   Fred Cowan brought to this office on Tuesday a sample sweet turnip raised on his farm on the Truxton road which weighs 20 1/4 lbs.

   Graham & Chatterton have leased the first floor of the store in the rear of their present quarters and will use the same for their cloth and trimming departments.

   Most of the Italians who worked on the sewers received their pay last Saturday afternoon and left for New York on the 11:20 evening train. The accounts were purchased by local capitalists at 75 cents on the dollar.

   Grover Relief Corps, No. 96, will serve its annual samp and milk supper at G. A. R. hall next Tuesday night, Nov. 5th, from 5 to 7:30 o'clock. All lovers of samp and milk are cordially invited. Supper 10 cents.

   Tuesday afternoon Dr. Higgins assisted by Drs. White and Reese of Cortland and Dr. Lovell of South Otselic performed an operation at the hospital on Arthur Parce, of the last named place, for a disease of the bone of the skull.

   Dr. J. H. Hallock of Syracuse assisted by Drs. Nash and Johnson of this place successfully removed a fibroid tumor from Mrs. Frank Northrup of Charles-st. last week. She is doing nicely at present and bids fair to have entire relief from her past ill health.