COLORED CAMP MEETING IN CORTLAND, HILSINGER FAMILY REUNION AND SULTAN IS WILLING TO CONCLUDE PEACE

Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, July 15, 1897.

SULTAN IS WILLING.

Directs His Ministers to Conclude and Sign Terms of Peace.

   CONSTANTINOPLE, July 15.—Important ministerial councils were held at which an indemnity of £6,000,000 was agreed upon as the extreme limit of Turkey's concession. This agreement was sanctioned by an imperial irade. The councils further prepared a report stigmatizing the concert of Europe as "a league of Cross against Crescent!" The sultan, after considering the report, answered by the following irade:

   "I am convinced that the effort and energy of the powers are directed entirely toward the maintenance of peace and the prevention of fresh complications [with Greece]. In these circumstances it is the plain duty of Turkey, whose sentiments are likewise pacific, to put an end to the present abnormal situation.

   "Consequently I command the ministers, if possible, to find the necessary means for concluding the negotiations and to sign the preliminaries or peace by Thursday."

   The foregoing is authentic, but is regarded as a ruse intended to delay a decision; although in some quarters it has led to the belief that today's council will decide to meet Europe's views on the frontier question.

John Sherman.

British Comments on Americans.

   LONDON, July 15.—The Daily Graphic in an editorial article on the Behring sea correspondence this morning says: "Our experience of the incurable bad manners of American diplomacy renders it unnecessary to regard Secretary Sherman's explosion seriously. It would be unwise to embitter the negotiations by answering Secretary Sherman according to his indiscretions."

Struck a Gusher.

   WELLSVILLE, N. Y., July 15—Lovell & Cobbswell, located near Whitesville, struck an oil sand at the depth of 360 feet and shortly had put 25 barrels of oil in the tank. This is the most wonderful well ever drilled in the Allegany field and the excitement at Whitesville is intense.

Trout Park was located between East Ave. and Owen Ave on this map. Two small arch bridges crossed the ponds (upper right).

COLORED CAMP-MEETING.

Efforts to Build the New Zion A. M. E. Church in Cortland.

   Owing to the rain last night, the attendance at the colored camp-meeting in the Trout park was light. Rev. Isaac Stewart preached. Rev. George Henry Washington, the boy preacher, is expected to-morrow. Services will be held at 2:30 and 7:45 P. M. On Sunday services will be held at 10:30, 3 and 8 P. M.

   A large number of colored people from Ithaca are expected on Sunday, also the famous jubilee singers. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged on Sunday and the fund will be turned into the church building fund. Rev. Isaac Stewart, who is in charge of the meetings, is vice-president of the Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Zion A. M. E. church. He has been instrumental in building several churches in western New York.

Gone to Rochester.

   On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. William Parker, with both of her children, boarded the 4:43 P. M. train for Rochester, her former home. Previous to her going, a truckman called at the house at the corner of Squires and Duane-sts., and took a load of furniture to the Lehigh Valley station. The furniture was billed for Rochester. Mr. Parker is employed at the Wickwire mills, and returned from work that evening to find his family gone, the house locked and deserted. The cause of the sudden departure is not known.

Death of Lyman Jones.

   Mr. Lyman Jones died this morning at 2 o'clock at his residence, 50 North Main-st., after an illness of only a few days. He was much affected by the intense heat of last week, which probably contributed to his illness and death, the cause of which is given by his attending physician, Dr. P. M. Neary, as heart disease and rheumatism. He was 58 years of age. He was a private in Company F, One Hundred Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteers, and belonged to the local encampment of the Union Veteran legion. The funeral will be held from his late residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

THE HILSINGER FAMILY

To Hold Its Fifth Annual Reunion in Cortland Aug. 18.

   The fifth annual reunion of the Hilsinger family will be held with Sheriff Adam Hilsinger at the courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 18. The family is a large one. Its representatives who have met for the past four years are the descendants and relatives by marriage of Barnabas and Polly Coonrad Hilsinger who came from Schoharie county to Cortland county while the two above mentioned were children. Their parents were among the pioneer settlers of the county, and they settled along Merrill's creek in what was then the town of Cincinnatus, now being part of the town of Marathon. These two had thirteen children of whom nine survive. In the order of age they are as follows: Mrs. Rosetta Parker of Lapeer, Mrs. Betsey Ayers of Lapeer, John Hilsinger of Sabula, Jackson Co., Ia., Mrs. Delilah Potter of Marathon. Mrs. Mary Elliott of Harford, Mrs. Katharine Harvey of Kettleville, Broome Co., N. Y., Peter Hilsinger of Harford, Mrs. Margaret Ensign of McGrawville and Sheriff Adam Hilsinger of Cortland. There are in addition an uncle, Nathan Lumbard of Marathon, and an aunt, Mrs. Margaret DeWitt of Freeville, who are accustomed to meet with the family.

   Of the younger generation the cousins are legion. The previous reunions have all been held alternately at the homes of the two oldest sisters in Lapeer, and in 1895 there were 270 present. Last year over 200 were in attendance. Between the reunions of 1895 and 1896 there was not a death in the family. During this last year a few of the cousins have passed away, but none of the brothers and sisters.

   The reunion in Cortland promises to be a very pleasant one. No formal program is prepared for these occasions, but the day is devoted to sociability and good cheer.

Doughty-Fuller.

   There was a quiet home wedding at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Delancy Fuller, 38 Grant-st., when their daughter, Miss Daisy Mildred, was united in marriage with Mr. Frank L. Doughty of Cortland. The bridesmaid was Miss Harriet Burnham and the best man was Mr. William F. Harvey. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John T. Stone under a very handsome arch in one corner of the parlor formed by draperies, flowering grasses and roses with a background of white lilies. Only the most immediate relatives and friends were present. Very nice refreshments were served, and Mr. and Mrs. Doughty left on the 7:50 train on the Lehigh Valley for a short bridal trip to Owego and other places.

Fine New Walks.

   G. T. Maxson & Co. is putting down a fine new cement walk in front of the stores of A. M. Jewett, A. H. Watkins, and G. O. Whiteomb. These walks are the finest in the world. When cement began to be used for this purpose people looked at them a little askance and wondered how they would wear and how they would compare after a little with flag stone. But the process and method have been improved and now every one is anxious for them. When properly built they become as hard as stone, do not heave or crack and are remarkably smooth and fine to walk upon.

   G. T. Maxson & Co. have been putting down these walks for the past eight years in this state and in Pennsylvania and Ohio and their experience has brought their work up to a high standard of excellence  that is little short of perfection.

BREVITIES.

   —The Sunday-school of the First M. E. church will picnic at the park to-morrow.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Warren, Tanner & Co., Clearance, page 8.

   —Marathon is next Tuesday to vote upon the question of building its own waterworks.

   —H. E. DeMarse of Binghamton has been in town to-day putting up new awnings at The Kremlin.

   —There is a big crowd at the fair grounds to-day taking in the two ball games between Cortland and Auburn.

   —The Marathon Independent says that Rev. E. H. Merrill, a recent graduate of Auburn Theological seminary, has accepted a call to become the pastor of the Presbyterian church of that place.

   —Miss Laura Strowbridge, the 9-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Strowbridge, celebrated her birthday Tuesday by entertaining over thirty of her young friends from 4 to 6 o'clock.

   —The Baraca Bible class of the First Baptist church was honored with an invitation from the Baraca classes of Cooperstown to attend, the outing at Otsego lake yesterday. Owing to other engagements, none of the class were able to go.

   —William Wallace Ray of Hamilton, a brother of Congressman George W. Ray, on Tuesday committed suicide by shooting himself through the temple at his home in Norwich. No cause for the deed is known, only that he had been in ill health for some time. His age was 48 years and he leaves a wife and one son.

   —The weather conditions to-day will be noted with interest by many persons who bear in mind the legend of St. Swithin, and the old superstition that rain on the 15th of July means rain for forty days thereafter. During the early part of this fine day we apparently had no need to be in fear of the forty days of rain, but about the time of going to press people were casting anxious eyes at the big thunderheads rising over the western horizon.

MARATHON.

   MARATHON, July 13.—Mr. J. W. Cudworth of Cortland was in town to-day.

  The family of Mr. John Dumphy have arrived from New York and are at their summer residence here.

   Mr. E. Doran, who injured his foot by the falling of a large cake of ice on it, is able to be about now with the injured foot in a sling.

   M. M. Wingler is now able to be around the house.

   The people were shocked to-day on learning of the sudden death of R. R. Maybury which occurred at his home at 1 P. M. to-day. Mr. Maybury had been in a critical condition since Monday, the result of the displacement of a rupture while taking his bath on Sunday. Drs. Field, Ayers and Smith were called and this morning Dr. Higgins of Cortland arrived. Mr. Maybury insisted on having an operation and, as a last resort, it was performed by Dr. Higgins in the presence of the other doctors. Mr. Maybury only lived a short time after the operation. Mrs. Maybury has been sick many months from heart trouble. She can live but a short time and her death is expected at any moment. Mr. Maybury has been in the harness business many years and has a fine business located on East Main-st. He was a man very much respected in the community and will be greatly missed in many business places, having been a faithful secretary of Marathon Cemetery association many years. He leaves a widow and two daughters, Mrs. Jennie Maybury of Winona, Minn., and Miss Christene of this place. The daughter only arrived from the West a week ago on account of her mother's failing health and on seeing her was very much overcome to find her so much worse than she expected. Her husband is expected from the West. The date of the funeral is not announced yet. Mrs. Dean Maybury of McGrawville, a sister-in-law, is with the afflicted family in which great sympathy is expressed by all. C.