Cortland
Evening Standard, Monday, October 25, 1897.
A
PHILANTHROPIC INDIVIDUAL.
But the
Y. M. C. A. Had Not Authorized Him to Solicit Funds.
A party who must have been of a philanthropic
turn of mind was canvassing Groton, N.
Y., on Friday, soliciting funds as he said for the Cortland Y. M. C. A. Secretary
Armstrong, however, informs us that no such party has been sent out by the association
or has been authorized by the association to collect money, nor has any money
been turned into the association treasury by any one from such a source.
The young man is described as of tall and
slender build, with sandy mustache, dark derby hat, dark cutaway coat, with
light trousers. His eyes had a red appearance as if he either had difficulty
with them which needed the treatment of a physician, or else was recovering
from the effects of a prolonged toot. He said the Cortland Y. M. C. A. had
undertaken to help the sufferers from fires in this vicinity, and Cortland had
had so many fires and the Y. M. C. A. had been so benevolently inclined that the
funds in its treasury had been reduced to $7. Now it was trying to help the losers by the recent McLean
fire and he was soliciting money for that purpose. He collected some money from
different people over there and jotted the sums down in a little black
notebook.
At one place he got into difficulty with a
lady by insisting that McLean was in Cortland county. The lady thought she knew
where McLean was and inquired why, if McLean was in Cortland county, some
people from there came to Groton to vote. The solicitor could not answer that
question and at once took his departure with the earnestly pronounced benediction,
"Well, God bless you, whether you give anything or not." Later he was
seen driving toward Cortland in a carriage.
All people had better be on the watch for
this philanthropist, and not contribute their money unless they have very
satisfactory evidence in some form that the solicitor is really what he claims
to be.
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| John McGraw. |
Hospital
Ball Game.
The game for the benefit of the [Cortland]
hospital between the North and South ending Saturday resulted in a tie, 26 to
26, in seven innings. Both sides want to play again and the next game will be
for blood. The date has not yet been fixed, as McGraw, the third base of the
Baltimore National league team, is expected in town in a day or two to visit
relatives. When he comes he will be asked to umpire and the date will be fixed.
Both teams in the mean time are keeping up their practice.
Bean
Supper Wednesday Night.
The bean supper given by James H. Kellogg
camp, No. 48, Sons of Veterans, a couple of years ago, proved so unique and
enjoyable, and so many people have expressed a desire to again have the same opportunity,
that the members of the camp will serve another supper of the same nature in
Grand Army hall, Burgess block, Wednesday evening. All styles of beans will be
served, also other eatables that will be equally as satisfying in a gastronomical
way. The price of this supper will be within the reach of all. Every one is
invited.
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| Gibson Girls. |
A GIBSON
EVENING
At the
Presbyterian Parlors—Tableaux Representing Characters from Dickens.
On Tuesday night the Ladies' Aid society of
the Presbyterian church at the church parlors will give a Gibson evening consisting
of a series of Tableaux representing some of Charles D. Gibson's best pictures,
including his conception of Dickens' people and the famous Gibson girl and man
in society. Those who take part in the entertainment are as follows:
Messrs. T. N. Hollister, Charles P. Dunbar,
Wm. R. Cole, Chas. W. Barker, Wm. H. McGraw, T. K. Norris, B. H. Miller, A. F.
Stilson, G. H. Garrison, Samuel Howe, Fred M. Thomas, Mrs. Orson A. Kinney, Misses
Grace Mead, Irene Elliott, C. M. Curry, Anna O. Collins, Bessie Benedict,
Carrie D. Halbert, Jane L. White, Masters Frederick Ashworth, Errol Ellis. Shelton
Milk, Thurston Milk, Edward Webb, James Webb, Henry Van Brocklin.
Another attractive feature will be a large
display of fancy work in the latest holiday designs from Hemingway's, New York,
loaned for inspection through the kindness of Mrs. Whitmore of the Woman's Exchange.
No admission will be charged but a voluntary offering may be given. The Susan
Tompkins harp orchestra will be present and furnish music throughout the
evening.
Mr.
Henry Ballard Stephens.
Mr. Henry Ballard Stephens, son of the late
Judge Henry Stephens and a former resident of Cortland, died at 4:30 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, Oct. 23, at St. Luke's hospital in New York City, where he
had been taken for an operation. He was in usual health till Friday when he was
seized with an intestinal difficulty, and his physicians decided that an
operation was necessary. It was performed, but did not save his life.
Mr. Stephens has been in business in New
York for many years. He is survived by his wife. He was a member of the
Presbyterian church in Cortland, with which he united when a young man and from
which he never took his letter.
Three of the five members of the family of
Judge Stephens have died almost within a year—Miss E. Vennette Stephens in
Cortland, Oct. 5, 1896; Josiah Stephens in Albany, Dec. 15, 1896; and now Mr.
Henry Ballard Stephens in New York, Oct. 23, 1897. Mrs. George Benton, (
Harriot) of Chicago, died in Cortland April 27, 1879, and the only surviving member
of the family in Miss Editha Stephens, who is now in Europe, and who expects to
sail for home Nov. 6.
The funeral will be held at St. Luke's chapel
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The remains will be brought to Cortland on
Wednesday morning on the 6 o'clock train, and burial with a brief service at the
grave will occur in the family lot in the Cortland rural cemetery at 8 o'clock.
REGULAR
TRAINS TO SOLON, N. Y.
To be
Started on the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
The first time card on the E. & C. N. Y.
R. R. has been issued and regular trains will begin running between Cortland
and Solon on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The terminus of the road at Cortland will be
at the Lehigh Valley station, and Agent E. D. Philips of the Lehigh Valley road
will act also as agent for the E. & C. N. Y. R. R.
Four trains will be run each day. Trains
will leave Cortland at 6:20 A. M., 7:15 A. M., 11:30 A. M. and 6:30 P. M. The
first train goes only to McGrawville, arriving at 6:33 A. M. The other trains
reach Solon at 7:52 A. M., 11:56 A. M. and 6:52 P. M. The first train in the
morning westward bound leaves McGrawville at 6:43 A. M., reaching Cortland at
6:55 A. M. Other trains leave Solon at 8:15 A. M., 3:15 P. M. and 7:10 P. M.,
reaching Cortland at 8:45 A. M., 4 P. M. and 7:40 P. M.
The single fare between Cortland and McGrawville
will be 15 cents, but ten tickets will be sold for $1, good on any train
without restriction as to hours. The fare between Cortland and Solon will be 27
cents.
It is expected that the trains will run to
East Freetown in about two weeks.
Fright will be handled at once.
Frightened
by Cattle.
Saturday afternoon just before dark Mr.
Charles Salisbury of Cortland with Miss
Minnie Hubbard of Blodgett Mills was driving from Cortland toward Blodgett
Mills. Just in front of Z. Taylor's farm the horse become frightened at a drove
of cattle, shied and upset the carriage, throwing both occupants out. Miss
Hubbard was quite seriously hurt, but her companion escaped with a few bruises.
The horse ran a short distance and plunged into a wire fence and was badly cut.
Mrs. Fitz Boynton.
Annie C. Boynton, who died at dawn on
Sunday, Oct. 24, was born in Cortland, June 24, 1851, and was the only child of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Copeland. She was married Oct. 2, 1872, to Fitz Boynton, and
three children were born to them—the oldest, a daughter, only living to the age
of nine months, and the others, two sons, Edward C. and Fitz William, who
survive her.
She united with the Presbyterian church June
24, 1877, and has lived an earnest, faithful Christian life, notwithstanding the
fact that she has been sorely tried. In her death her parents have lost a
loving daughter, her sons a fond and devoted mother, and her friends one who
understood in the broadest sense the meaning of the word friendship. Loving,
true and loyal, she has gone to receive the reward, "Well done thou good
and faithful servant; enter thou into the joys of thy Lord." While our
hearts bleed, we rejoice in the fact that sorrow to us brings joy, peace and
rest to her. ***
BREVITIES.
—The first rehearsal of the night singing class
will take place at the Conservatory of Music to-night at 8 o'clock.
—The STANDARD is indebted to Mr. Harmon
Kinney for a basket of as fine seckel pears [sic] as we have seen this year.
—New display advertisements to-day are—A. S.
Burgess, men's underwear, page 7; Bingham Bros. & Miller, nothing, page 8.
—Miss Halbert's musical will be given at her
studio in the Wickwire building on Wednesday evening instead of on Tuesday
evening, as previously arranged for.
—Blodgett Mills was lively last week. Four
traction engines were busy threshing all the week at different places all within
a radius of a mile and a half of each other.
—Cyrenus PerLee of McLean was in police court
this morning on the charge of public intoxication, to which he pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to thirty days in jail.
—Mrs. William Etheridge, mother of Mrs. G. S.
P. Jewett, died Saturday at her home on South-st., Utica. Mrs. H. O. Jewett and
Mr. Warner Rood left this morning to attend the funeral.
—Mr. John Sears of Messengerville exhibits
an English sweet turnip larger than the one shown us a few days ago by J. D. F.
Woolston which was raised on the Shevalier farm in Messengerville. This one
measures 32 1/2 inches in circumference.
—Mrs. C. P. Walrad's class of young ladies
and Miss Clara J. Robinson's class of young men in the Presbyterian Sunday-school
held a joint social gathering or party at Mrs. Walrad's, 13 Lincoln-ave., Saturday
evening. The two classes and the pastor and his wife, numbering about twenty in
all, enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
—A young man who considered himself something
of a wheelman started yesterday morning to ride to Syracuse. Three friends who
proved to be Job's comforters thought they would accompany him. They beat him
to Little York by two miles and then rested till he came up. By that time he
was ready to turn back and concluded to postpone the Syracuse trip till another
day. One of the three friends was also mean enough to beat him in a race home.
McGRAWVILLE.
Crisp Local
Happenings at the Corset City.
E. B. Fancher of New York is the guest of his
mother, Mrs. Lucetta Fancher.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Greenman are visiting at
South Dansville, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Stanton and daughter Harriet
of Otselic Center are visiting relatives in town.
F. A. Wells of Binghamton is a guest at the
home of his grandfather Mr. Stillman Holden. Mr. Holden is reported somewhat
better.
The vacant store of C. B. Warren is being
remodeled and refreshed with new paint and paper for Charles Corey's hardware
store which is to be opened Nov. 1.
A switch on the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. is to-day
being put in at the storehouse of Humphries & Stafford.
Miss Ella May Gutchess and Mrs. Mary Trummar
of Binghamton are guests at M. L. Totman's.
Clyde Beers has the prevailing disease—the
fever.
On Tuesday evening at village hall the vividgraphoscope
will give an entertainment for the benefit of W. J. Buchanan Hose Co.
Admission 20 cents.
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