A VALUABLE DISCOVERY

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Cortland Depot with waiting trolley at junction of tracks.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Aug. 6, 1897.

A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.

Will Do Away With All Car Dust in Traveling.

   NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—A dispatch to The Herald from May's Landing, N. J. says: The recent discovery of Chief Engineer J. H. Nichols of the West Jersey and Seashore R. R., that crude oil applied to the ground along railroad tracks would effectually lay the dust, has proven, after thorough tests, to work far better than was first expected. Both lines of the railroad leading from Camden to Atlantic City are being thoroughly saturated for a distance of six feet on both sides of the track. The oil is applied on much the same plan as the streets are sprinkled with water and recently an oil train with sprinkling apparatus sprinkled more than twenty miles of track. The work will be completed in a few days. One sprinkling a year at a cost of $80 per mile, it is claimed, will lay the dust effectually, but two applications may have to be made. The entire Pennsylvania system, it is said, is to be sprinkled with oil as speedily as possible.

Put Oil on a Stove.

   EASTON, Pa., Aug. 6.—Mrs. George Stenlake of East Bangor was accidentally burned and several hours afterward died from her injuries. Her husband built a fire for her in the kitchen stove and carelessly left a baking powder can filled with coal oil standing on the stove. Mrs. Stenlake did not know of this and when the can got hot it exploded. Mrs. Stenlake was working about the stove at the time, and her clothing caught fire. She was burned frightfully about the body.

VOLUNTEER FIREMEN.

Fifth Convention Closed at Waverly With a Grand Parade.

   WAVERLY, N. Y., Aug. 6.—The fifth annual convention of the Central New York Volunteer Firemen associations closed with a grand parade, in which about 50 companies and 30 bands participated. In the tournaments the Independent, hose of Lestershire won first prize. In the hook and ladder race Excelsior of Cortland won first prize. No. 5 of Ithaca won the first prize in the hose race. The Independents of Lestershire won first prize in the hub and hub race.

   The chief officers of the association were all re-elected as follows: Frank M. Baker of Owego, president; E. W. Hyatt of Herkimer, secretary; P. L. Lang of Waverly, treasurer.

   The Baker-Severson band of Binghamton won the band contest with 34 out of a possible 36 points. The Ithaca City band second, with 33 points. C. Walter Reeves of Boston was judge.

Tri-County Firemen's Convention.

   WHITEHALL, N. Y., Aug. 6.—There were 5,000 persons in attendance at the Tri-county Firemen's association convention here. The first prize of $300, hand engine contest, was won by General Schuyler Engine company, Schuylerville, N. Y. The first prize in the drill was won by the Durkee Hose company of Fort Edward. The hose race, first prize, was won by the Unions of Sandy Hill.

Eugene V. Debs.

Miners' Day Celebration.

   PlTTSBURG, Aug. 6.—Miners' day closed in this city by a meeting on Duquesne wharf, where a crowd of from 8,000 to 10,000 people assembled to hear Eugene V. Debs, Mrs. Jones and several local speakers make addresses.

   The speakers were given a hearty reception, and the sentiments expressed were loudly cheered, especially when allusions were made to the "unrighteousness of the suppression of free speech and lawful assemblage."

Will Not Serve Under a Negro.

   ATLANTA, Aug. 6—Henry A. Rucker, the negro recently appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of Georgia, took the oath and assumed charge of the office, Collector Paul Trammell retiring. Six white men in the collector's department announced that they would go out of office with Mr. Trammell, declining to serve under a negro collector.

Aaron Sager.

GOING TO BUFFALO.

Cortland County to Send About a Hundred Veterans.

   It is expected that 100 Cortland county veterans will attend the national G. A. R. encampment at Buffalo. Major A. Sager will have command of the Cortland county battalion. J. R. Birdlebough will act as adjutant, H. M.

Kellogg quartermaster, and Rev. S. H. Haskell of Truxton chaplain.

   L. P. Norton of Homer, the president of the Cortland County Soldiers' and Sailors' Veteran association, together with the commandant of the several G. A. R. posts in the county comprise the committee of arrangements for attending the encampment, and will be the aides to the battalion commander. The [railroad] route the Cortland county veterans will take has not yet been decided upon.

Rev. Seth Burgess.

   Rev. Seth Burgess died at 4 o'clock this morning at his residence, 63 1/2  Railroad-st., from the effects of a shock of paralysis sustained about a week ago. Mr. Burgess was 84 years of age, having been born at Pittsfield, Ontario county. He was formerly a Congregational minister, but owing to fading health had not been active in the ministry for the last twelve years. His boyhood days were spent at Lisle, and for thirty-five years previous to his removal to Cortland five years ago, he resided at Blodgett Mills. Mr. Burgess is survived by one daughter and two sons, Mrs. H . Cooley Greene of South Royalton, Vt., Rev. A. Park Burgess of Newark, N. Y., and Mr. G. B. Burgess of Blodgett Mills. His second wife, who was formerly Mrs. Anna Copeland and whom he married five years ago, also survives him. The funeral will be held from his late residence Monday at 11 o'clock A. M. and burial will be made at Blodgett Mills.

Cortland Conservatory.

   The department of languages at the Cortland Conservatory of Music for the coming year will be under the direction of Miss Irene Sargent, formerly professor in the Fine Arts college of Syracuse university, and a student at Harvard with the best professors. Miss Sargent has also studied several years in Paris, France, and Rome, Italy. This institution is to be congratulated on securing so eminent a language teacher for the coming school year.

Matron's Report of Cortland Hospital for July.

   Patients remaining in hospital July 1, 3; patients admitted during July, 3; patients discharged during July, 1; number of operations performed, 2; number of patients remaining Aug. 1, 5.

BREVITIES.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—F. E . Brogden, Celery Bitters, page 6.

   —The First National bank of Homer has been connected with the telephone exchange.

   —The members of Grace church choir are requested to meet in full for rehearsal on Saturday evening at 7 o'clock.

   —About twenty members of the Alpha Delta sorority held a reunion at Cortland park Thursday afternoon. All reported a fine time.

   —An adjourned regular monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Tioughnioga club will be held at the parlors of the club this evening at 8 o'clock.

   —An account of the annual meeting of the Cortland County Soldiers' and Sailors' Veteran association which was held yesterday at McGrawville will to-day be found in our MeGrawville letter.

   —The beautiful Emerald Hose carriage was this afternoon brought back from Waverly, where it had been during the firemens' convention and where it attracted much attention and was greatly admired by all.

   —Several large billboards have been put up in various places in town in the last few days on which to place advertising matter for Forepaugh & Sells Bros.' combined [circus] show which exhibits in Cortland early in September.

   —Rev. George Sharpe of Hamilton, formerly of Cortland, who lately spent some months in visiting his relatives in Scotland, is delivering with much success in numerous places in the vicinity of his home a lecture upon "Personal Reminiscences of a Trip to Scotland."

   —The Madison County Herald started last February at Hamilton has suspended publication. The editor states in his valedictory that the field was too limited for two papers and that The Republican was too excellent and too well established a paper to admit of successful competition,

   —The new station is now completed and the wires are being placed in position and the instruments and furniture will be moved this week from the old depot into the new one. The old E., C. & N. depot has been moved over to the Auburn division tracks and will be placed where the old L. V. depot stands. The latter will be torn down.—Freeville correspondent, Dryden Herald.

   —Let all interested bear in mind that the Republican caucuses for the town of Cortlandville will be held on Saturday, Aug. 7. Districts 2 to 10 inclusive will meet in caucus in the Graham building, 14 Port Watson-st., Cortland, from 4 to 9 o'clock and elect four delegates to the county convention. District No. 1 will meet at the town hall in McGrawville from 7 to 8 o'clock and elect two delegates to the county convention.

McGRAWVILLE.

Crisp Local Happenings at the Corset City.

   The Cortland County Soldiers' and Sailors' Veteran association held their annual picnic in the academy grove on Thursday. About 150 veterans were present and with their families and friends made a good sized gathering. The assemblage was called to order by President L. P. Norton of Homer, after which prayer was offered by Chaplain Haskell of Truxton, and after the payment of dues the visitors were warmly welcomed by A. E. Seymour, B. T. Wright of Cortland responding on behalf of the association. Addresses were made by Rev. J. Barton French of Cortland and Past Dept. Commander J. Q. Sayles of Rome, both of whom are born orators and the latter having such a large speech in such a small body captured the audience. A county battalion was organized with Maj. Aaron Sager of Cortland as commander, H. M. Kellogg quartermaster and J. R. Birdlehough as adjutant who will make arrangements to capture Buffalo. Music was furnished by the McGrawville band.

   The following officers of the I. O. G. T. have been installed for the ensuing term:

   C. T.—George Hoag.

   V. T.—Nellie Loomis.

   S. J . T.—Lena Masten.

   F. S.—Ada Perry.

   Treas.—H. A. Masten.

   P. C. T.—Charles Hurd.

   Sec.—Louise Salisbury.

   M.—Bert Cross.

   D. M.—Alice Wright.

   Chap.—Mary Wright.

   Asst. Sec.—Althea Underwood.

   Guard—Anna Greenman.

   Sent.—Earl Dunbar.

   The McGrawville band will give a concert Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.

   Clyde Beers and Fred Atkins have returned from Waverly and the firemens' convention. They complain of the drinking water of that city and the former with tears in his eyes recited to a group of interested hearers his difficulties in finding a sleeping place. He has a few extra bumps on his head which he claims were caused by the festive bedbug.

   Chas. Corey of New York is the guest of his father.

   Miss Mary Covert and Mrs. Charles Torrey of Binghamton visited friends in town Tuesday.

   Mrs. Lucy Haynes of Cortland called on friends Thursday.

   John Courtney was in town on legal business Wednesday.

   W. J. Van Auken of New York is a guest at C. C. Hammond's.

   The second annual reunion of the Purvis and Keech families will be held at the residence of Ed Sherman in the town of Dryden, Thursday, Ang. 19, 1897. All relatives are invited.