The
Cortland Democrat, Friday, April 16, 1897.
TRUSTEE
MEETINGS.
PROTECTIVE
POLICE DISBANDED LAST WEEK.
Negative
Vote on Assemblyman Saunders' Bill Giving Traction Co. Ten Years to pay Paving
Assessments—Changes in Police Force—S. S. Stearns Re-elected Street Commissioner.
At the adjourned meeting of the village trustees
last week Thursday evening there was a large attendance of parties interested, outside
the committees from the Protective Police and the board of engineers of the
fire department.
We print in full on another page the report
of the committee from the Protectives which was read at the meeting by the
chairman, Dr. S. J. Sornberger.
Secretary M. V. Lane of the board of engineers
replied for the department, pointing out some alleged errors in the figures given
and reviewing the reasons given, at the previous meeting, why the Protectives should
be disbanded. A short reply from Dr. Sornberger ended the discussion on this
matter.
The question of Assemblyman Saunders' bill
allowing the Cortland and Homer Traction Co. ten years in which to pay their
paving assessments was then taken up H. L. Bronson, attorney for the company,
asked what objection was made to the bill and Riley Champlin answered with many
arguments. The credit of the town would be impaired by its carrying the
necessary bonds for ten years and that the fact of its being necessary to carry
these additional bonds would be a hindrance to further paving. He thought the
board of trustees had not been consulted in the matter.
Mr. Bronson replied that the old board had
been consulted and that they approved the bill. He held that as the Traction Co.
is a property holder here it should have the same rights as other property holders.
Hugh Duffey also spoke in favor of the bill.
The board then went into executive session
to vote on the matters presented. On the resolution disbanding the Protective Police
and reducing the other companies to the lowest effective membership, three votes
were cast, all in favor of the resolution.
In regard to the bill of Assemblyman Saunders,
the vote against its approval was unanimous. The board then adjourned to Monday
night.
MONDAY NIGHT'S MEETING.
When the special meeting Monday evening was
called to order Lawrence Mills was given the floor and he made a few brief
remarks requesting the board to place Ex-chief Jas. E. Sager on the night division
of our police force.
After reading the minutes of the previous meetings,
on motion of Trustee
Wallace,
the board proceeded to an informal ballot for street commissioner. It resulted:
S. S. Stearns 2, Patrick Doud 1, J. J. Grant 1. A formal ballot gave B. D. Bentley
1, Patrick Doud 1, S. S. Stearns 1, Wm. Nash 1. The next ballot gave S. S.
Stearns 1, H. M Phillips 1, Patrick Doud 2,
and the next ballet gave Patrick Doud 8 and S. S. Stearns 8.
President Call cast the deciding vote in favor of S. S. Stearns and he was
declared elected.
Chief Barber requested more time to report
on the number of members of the various companies of the fire department. He
said two companies would certainly be reduced ten men each, leaving thirty men the
quota of all companies, and that four men from each company were detailed as police.
The committee were granted further time to report.
The board then went into executive session
and it was voted to discontinue the services of policeman J. A. Smith from date.
An informal ballot for a new policeman
resulted: Wm. Nix 2, John Corcoran 1, O. T. Riley 1. Formal ballot resulted the
same and the second formal ballot gave Nix 2, and Corcoran 2. President Call voted
for Corcoran and he was declared elected.
An informal ballot for an additional policeman
and two informal ballots resulted in no election. The votes were divided
between Maurice Welch, Wm. T. Nix, Frank Doud and George Givens.
After voting to publish a notice to have all
sidewalks in repair before May 1 the board adjourned. The next regular meeting
occurs next Monday night.
CORTLAND
FIRE PATROL.
Will
Take the Place of the Disbanded Protectives.
In pursuance of a resolution of the board of
engineers each company in the fire department has made a detail of four members
who are to do police duty at fires. The following have been chosen:
Orris Hose—F. J. Tooke, J. M. Angell, C. H.
V. Elliott, W. G. Meade.
Water Witch—H. L. deClercq, Fay Millen,
Robert Allen, H. C. Kinney.
Excelstor Hook and Ladder Co.—E. N. Sherwood,
J. J Glann, J. W. Petrie, P. J. Peckham.
Emerald Hose—Edward Dowd, Frank Burns, M. T.
Roche, Frank Masterson.
Hitchcock Hose—F. S. Bennett, A. J. Stout, M.
L. Withey, Michael O'Brien.
These members held a meeting Tuesday evening
and elected E. N. Sherwood captain, C. H. V. Elliott first lieutenant, and H. L.
deClercq second lieutenant.
The equipment formerly used by the Protectives
has been placed on the Hitchcock hose cart and the Hook and Ladder truck and
will in this way be sure to be at fires ready for use.
ATTEMPTED
ASSAULT.
Mr. J. R. Hathaway, who lives about two
miles north of Homer, has two families of Armenians living on his farm. Each of
the Armenian families have a little girl, one about five and the other about
seven years of age, who attend school about half a mile south of Mr. Hathaway's
place. On Monday morning they went to school, arriving a little before the
regular school hour, and together proceeded to the water closet [bathroom] which
they were seen to enter by Alfonzo Wagner, a boy about fourteen years of age.
Wagner proceeded to the closet and attempted to force an entrance, which he
finally succeeded in doing, much to the alarm of the two children.
Attempting to assault the older of the two
girls, the younger one escaped and ran to the house of Herbert Rogers who lives
about forty rods from the school. The child being unable to speak English could
not make Mrs. Rogers understand her distress, but finally pulling at her dress
dragged her towards the school, where they found Wagner still struggling with
the child, who was considerably bruised and with the greater part of her
clothing torn from her body. Wagner escaped, but was found in Homer on Tuesday
morning by constable A. B. Raymond, who took him before Justice of the Peace D.
T. Bowdish on a warrant issued by him. Wagner pleaded not guilty, but on
examination was committed to await the action of the Grand Jury. Wagner was
recently arrested at Tully, on suspicion of burning a barn, but was released on
his claim that the starting of the fire, in attempting to light a pipe, was
purely accidental.
Fatal
Termination.
Louis Watson, the young man who was injured
last week at the D. L. & W. crossing in Blodgett Mills, died from the injuries
received at the Cortland hospital on Saturday. The remains were removed to his
home near Freetown and the funeral held from the house on Tuesday. Burial at
Blodgett Mills.
The
Miller Block.
The building, No. 77 Main St., recently purchased
by Mr. D. F. Wallace will continue to be called the "Miller block"
and this name will soon be placed on its front. The work of refinishing on the
second floor is completed and carpenters began work Wednesday in the store of
druggist F. E. Brogden. A new partition will be put in, which will make a
separate closed prescription room. The store will be entirely refinished and
the contract for a steel ceiling will be closed this week.
HERE AND
THERE.
"Other People's Money" at the
opera house next Tuesday evening. Be sure you are there.
The Normal [School] closed Tuesday for a
week's Easter vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Copeland of Homer celebrated
their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary last Friday.
The Beaudry building is being connected with
the sewers and will soon be equipped with lavatories, etc.
A census of Cortland, to be taken the coming
summer, has been ordered by State Excise Commissioner Lyman as provided by the
Raines law.
The Senate at Albany has confirmed the
appointment of Frank J. Collier of Preble and E. W. Childs of Scott as Loan
Commissioners for Cortland county.
Messrs. Palmer Bros., of the new Department
Store, have something new to say of interest to the people in their space on
this page. Keep your eye on Palmer Bros.
At the meeting of Jas. H. Kellogg camp,
No. 48, S. O. V. last Friday evening, R. Carpenter was elected first lieutenant
in place of M. G. Edgecomb, who resigned on account of leaving town.
Hugh Corcoran, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Corcoran, aged 16 months, died Saturday and Chester Medes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Medes, aged 3 months, died Sunday, both of whooping cough.
Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. on
Tuesday, April 20, at 2:45 P. M. Consecration service will be led by Mrs. M. A.
Waterbury. Systematic and proportionate giving will be the subject of the
programme. A full attendance is desired.
While working at the Hayes chair factory
Saturday Albert Hayes was struck in the face by the flying end of a strip of
hoop iron. It cut clear through the cheek into the mouth. Dr. Bennett dressed
the wound.
"Little Trixie" played to a small
house Wednesday evening, but was deserving of a crowded house. "Little
Trixie" is a daisy bright, sparkling and a whole show in herself. She has
surrounded herself, however, with a really first-class company, and every
specialty was good. It was one of the most enjoyable entertainments of the
season.
A gasoline supply pipe in the new popcorn
wagon of F. A. Bickford, which nightly stands at the corner of Railroad and
Main-sts., sprung a leak Tuesday, and when Chas. Griffith lighted a match to
start the popper about 6:30, a small explosion followed and for an instant
affairs looked serious for the wagon but the ever ready hose in front of Ames
store put a stop to the fire and little damage resulted.
The Lehigh Valley railroad is having built a
splendid nine-strand wire fence along the boundaries of its property in this
county and is taking down the old board fence which was put up a long time ago
and which had become very dilapidated. The work is being done under the
supervision of Patrick Clancy, the wide awake and efficient roadmaster of the
Elmira and Cortland branch of the Auburn division. The Lehigh does nothing by
halves and when it builds a fence it builds a good one.—Standard.
NORTH SOLON.
NORTH SOLON, Apr. 10.—Mr. Ira Stevens remains
about the same.
Our school has opened with Miss Julia Underwood
as teacher.
Mr. Biddy Pierce will break brown bread for
Geo. Dodd the coming summer.
The cheese meeting of the North Solon factory
was held at Mr. Chas. Ellis Saturday night.
The past week has been a very busy one, as
our farmers are busily engaged in manufacturing large quantities of maple sugar.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Shular, who have resided
in McGrawville the past winter, have moved back upon their Sunny Side farm.
Mr. T. Wright of Cincinnatus will make the
cheese in the Ellis factory the coming season. They are to occupy their new home
soon.
The first grocery wagon of the season passed
through our vicinity Monday. It is managed by a Cortland man, and is well equipped
and will doubtless receive a liberal patronage.
Mr. Alfred Warren has received an order for
a quantity of sugar from Mrs.
Lenrawah
Hammond of Strong Prairie, Wis. Mrs. Hammond in her childhood was a resident of
our place. She is the author of the famous poem entitled, "Voice From
Nature."
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. O. Lee Warren, and
daughter Mildred, made their farewell visit to their relatives in this vicinity
last week before leaving for their new home in Westfield, Chautauqua county.
Mr. Warren has accepted a call from the First Baptist church of that city. He
has been the faithful pastor of the Marathon Baptist church for the past four
years. Mr. and Mrs. Warren are well known in our vicinity and are held in high
esteem by their many friends who wish them much success in their new field of
labor.
A very strange incident occurred on our
peaceful hill a few days ago. As Mr. Alfred Warren was gathering sap in the
woods, his old white hog "Betsey" escaped from her pen and followed
him closely while going about the woods. When the act was accomplished, he went
to a distant wood pile to carry some wood to the boiling place. When he arrived
at the fire with his armful of wood and had laid it down he turned about and to
his great astonishment found that the animal had brought a stick and placed it
thereupon also and looked about as though to say "are you to bring more?"
As Mr. Warren is an aged man he thinks it will not be necessary for him to
indulge in this hard labor any more.
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