NURSES' EXCHANGE AT BROWN'S DRUG STORE

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, November 12, 1897.

NURSES' EXCHANGE

Will be Opened at C. F. Brown's Pharmacy.

   Mr. Charles F. Brown, our well-known druggist, will open a nurses' exchange for Cortland, not for the purpose of making money out of it but for the convenience of the public. He asks all nurses to register their names and addresses in a book which he will keep for that purpose, so that any one in need of a nurse may know where to find one without delay.

   A number of cases have occurred lately where parties suddenly found themselves in need of a nurse, but did not know where to look for one who was at liberty. Mr. Brown hopes that all nurses in Cortland and vicinity will register at once and keep him informed as to when they are at liberty to answer calls and no charge will be made by him for this service. This plan will doubtless be of considerable value to nurses, and a great convenience to the public.

Charity Hospital, New Orleans.

WEEK'S HAPPENINGS.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS CONDENSED FOR THE BUSY READER.

The Fever in the South.

   New Orleans reports for yesterday as follows: The record of yellow fever cases and deaths is disappointing. The death rate is higher than it has been for several days and the number of new cases is not as small as the Board of Health officials had predicted it. The warm weather which was experienced here to-day (80 in the shade) has not helped the patients any. The fever record today was thirty-five new cases and ten deaths.

Yellow Fever Record.

   Yellow fever record for yesterday was as follows: New Orleans, 14 new cases, 7 deaths; Mobile, 4 new cases, 2 deaths and 3 cases in the suburbs at Turnerville and Spring Hill road; Montgomery, 1 new case; Biloxi, 1 new case; Scranton, 2 new cases; East Pascagoula, 1 new case; Hinds county, Miss., near Edwards, 3 new cases. Total, 29 cases, 9 deaths.

ELECTION EXPENSES.

What It Cost to Run for Office in Cortland County.

   The following who were candidates at the last election have filed statements of their expenses as required by law:

   The Prohibition candidates have all filed statements saying their candidacy was without cost except Mr. Loope. He paid $1 to Adolph Frost, Jr., chairman of their county committee.

   H. T. Bushnell, who was on the Democratic and Independent Citizens' tickets filed a statement of items amounting to $468.22, of which $250 went to the Democratic and $200 went to the Independent Citizens county committees.

   Arthur E Brainard, who was on the same tickets, spent $397.70 of which the Democratic county committee had $200 and the Independent Citizens' $150.00.

   Aaron Overton, Republican candidate for sheriff, spent $218.50, $210 going to the county committee

   Mills G. Frisbie, Republican candidate for superintendent of the poor, spent

$181.55. He gave the county committee $150.

   J. C. Atwater, Independent candidate for the same office, spent $18.70, $15 of that going for livery.

   H. D. Hunt, Democratic candidate for coroner, says he expended nothing.

   H. J. Ball, W. J. Moore, R. L. Smith, Jno. E. Leonard and M. L. Halbert, all candidates for Coroner, make the same statement.

  Henry Howes, Independent Citizens' candidate for Member of Assembly, says he paid $150.00 to the county committee and $3.50 for cigars.

   D. W. Van Hoesen, the successful Democratic candidate for Member of Assembly, expended $318.65, $300 going to the county committee.

   Dr. Benjamin Kinyon, Democratic candidate for superintendent of the poor, expended $5 for incidentals.

[Cortland] Vital Statistics.

   Health Officer W. J. Moore submits the following record of vital statistics for the month of October:

   Total deaths 10—male 6, female 4; social condition—single 2, married 5, widowed 3; nativity—United States 10; ages—under one year 2, between thirty and forty 2, between forty and fifty 3, between seventy and eighty, 3 causes of death—epilepsy 1, paralysis 1, consumption 2, pneumonia 1, disease of the stomach 1, Bright's disease 1, lack of development 1, peritonitis 2; births 13—males 7, females, 5; marriages 6.

Victor Herbert in band uniform.

Victor Herbert's Activities.

(From the New York Dramatic Mirror, Oct. 2.)

   With most brilliant success in the South and at the St. Louis exposition with his famous Twenty-second Regiment band (late Gilmore's) and with five of his operas on the road this season, another soon to be brought out, and two operas running in Europe, Victor Herbert is apparently riding on the high crest of a wave of prosperity. At Nashville, where Herbert and his organization played dally concerts for more than five weeks at the Tennessee Centennial, the American said:

   "There is no gainsaying the fact that Director Herbert has a remarkable body of players. He has apparently just the organization he has been awaiting for years, bright fellows, young and ambitious artists; quick to seize upon and adapt Herbert's methods. Demonstrations over the band and over Victor Herbert's cello recitals are said to have been the wildest in enthusiasm ever witnessed in Nashville or the South. Herbert is now playing at St. Louis for the entire term of the exposition, six weeks, where his successes are repeated."

   Victor Herbert and his splendid organization will be here in a grand concert on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 16, at the Cortland Opera House.

   The soloists are Miss Marie Donavin, primma donna soprano; Otto Hagedorn, harp, and Victor Herbert, violincello.

   Doors open at 1 P. M. Concert commences at 1:45. Tickets on sale at Rood's, Saturday at 2:30 P. M.

FROM EVERYWHERE.

   The Marcellus Observer has added a Thorne type-setting machine to its plant.

   The post office safe at Brighton was blown open Oct. 7th and robbed of nearly $1,000.

   During July and August it cost Wayne county over $500 to pay for sheep killed by dogs.

   A Unadilla boy found a continental gold dollar in the garden in a good state of preservation.

   Syracuse Democrats have nominated a daughter of Bishop Huntington for school commissioner.

   The citizens of Sauquoit, Oneida county, are agitating the construction of a system of waterworks.

   Natural gas is now being piped from Baldwinsville to Syracuse, where it is being used at fuel.

   The new city budget for Syracuse calls for $1,089,000. Taxes climb pretty high in the "city of salt."

   Generous Utica people have contributed $2,100 for the family of a fireman killed in one of her recent fires.

   There are 20,106 unmarked confederate graves in the thirteen northern prisons, of which Elmira has 2,987.

   Auburn capitalists are forming a company for the purpose of building a large boat for traffic on Owasco lake.

   Waterloo's new paper, the Seneca Chief, suspended publication Saturday, after only four issues. It was admirably edited.

   The new beet sugar factory at Rome is run night and day, and turns out about 15,000 pounds of granulated sugar per day.

   Watkins is to have a new school building to cost $25,000. It is to be heated and ventilated with the latest modern improvements.

   Floyd Whiteman of Wayland, totally blind since infancy, has entered Cornell University to take a course in law. He is bright and is already well educated.

   Not a single passenger of the twenty-three million carried by the New York

Central railroad last year were killed and only 15 were injured. Forty-five employes [sic] met with fatal accidents.

   The bones of a mastodon were unearthed near Alexander in Genesee county last Thursday. Both tusks were found and each measured five feet in length. One tooth weighed four pounds.

   The Episcopal church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, N. Y., was built by Professor Robert Weir, in memory of his two daughters, with the money he received for his picture in the rotunda of the Capitol.

HERE AND THERE.

   St. Vitus dancing club party to-night.

   Fred D Pierce has been chosen janitor of C. A. A. hall in place of James W. Costello, resigned.

   The Cortland Ministerial association held an interesting monthly meeting in the Y. M. C. A. rooms Monday.

   The Loyal Circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. T. A. Price, 76 Railroad-st., Friday, Nov. 12, at 2:30 P. M.

   Rev J. J. McLoghlin, pastor of St. Mary's church, preached the sermon at the dedication of St. Vincent de Paul's church in Syracuse last Sunday.

   A special term of the supreme court will begin at the court house next Tuesday, Nov. 16. The calendar contains eleven cases. Hon. Gerrit A. Forbes will preside.

   The Normal football team went to Manlius Saturday and were defeated by the team of St. John's Military school by a score of 46 to 0. The home team was much heavier than our boys.

   Virgil-South Hill items, for last week for some reason did not reach us until Saturday and for that reason did not appear in our last issue. The letter is post marked at Virgil on Saturday.

   Fred S. Bennett and S. S. Horton are equipping the building lately occupied by J. L. Watrous on Clinton-ave. as a livery for a wagon shop. They will manufacture wagons. Mr. Watrous has discontinued his livery.

   The Tiona Oil company of Binghamton have placed an oil tank of 8,000 gallons capacity in the building on Elm-st. formerly occupied by the electric light plant. This will be a great convenience to the distributing agent in Cortland, Mr. Eugene Woodruff.

   Mrs. Eliza Slater, who resided in the W. C. T. U. rooms, died Wednesday morning at the hospital. She was taken there several weeks ago, after falling and injuring her hip and at her age, 75 years, and the nature of the injury, recovery was impossible.

   The Normal basket ball team went to Ithaca Saturday afternoon and played the team from Sage college. The latter won, 4 to 3 [sic], but their constant indoor practice had accustomed them to the slippery floor of the gymnasium while the Normal ladies have done all their work out doors.

   The only record we have of subscription accounts is the red label on the papers as they reach each subscriber weekly. If at any time the date on such label disagrees with the payments made, this office should be notified at once. It also indicates to delinquents the amount of arrearage.

   A mosquito measuring over one inch from tip to tip, meandered into our sanctum the other night [while] we were working on our books. His bill was nearly half an inch long, but when he saw the size of some of the bills we were making out, he wilted and submitted to being lassoed without a struggle.—Ovid Independent.

   On Wednesday evening about twenty-five of the young friends of Miss Harriet Kelley surprised her by a visit at her home on Madison-st., it being her birthday. The evening was passed with games and other amusements and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. In the course of the evening Mr. B. A. Nichols, in a pleasing little speech, presented Miss Kelley with a beautiful star pin with stone setting as a souvenir of the occasion, to which Miss Kelley responded. Light refreshments were served.

   Miss Katie Rooney, the "Star" of the Katie Rooney company which was advertised to appear at Clark Opera House Tuesday night, had a severe attack of cholera morbus at the Palmer House about 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. Dr. Brooks attended her. Miss Rooney was very much prostrated by the attack and was not able to appear at the opera house. Manager Bassett offered to refund the money to any who desired, but only a few took advantage of the offer. The greater part of the audience remained to the vaudeville performance which was given by members of the company.—Chenango Union.

   Miss Rooney appeared at the Cortland Opera house Monday evening, Nov. 1st, and with her company, gave a very pleasing and satisfactory entertainment.

Cortland Opera House.

Victor Herbert's Compositions Cover a Remarkable Range.

   Victor Herbert has written a wider range of music than almost any modern composer, so it is said. Five of his operas are being sung in this country and one in Europe this season His serious compositions are remarkable for their profound scholarship and classical beauty. And one, a symphony for violoncello and grand orchestra, is a renowned classic, while on the other hand he is a wellspring of cheerful and brilliant things. He has written any number of marches, two-steps, dances, etc., and his operas abound in bright and dazzling things of this sort. A critic writing of Herbert's popular music recently said: "His music is light in its character, and yet by no means trivial ever. It represents the best of light music of to-day and the fact that they are such favorites with the people wherever they have been heard shows the merit of them."

   There will be a lot of these bright and popular pieces in the encore music when Herbert's Famous 22nd Regiment Band of New York appears in grand concert on Tuesday afternoon, Nov 16th, at Cortland Opera House. Tickets on sale at Rood's Candy Kitchen, Saturday at 2:30 P. M.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

Postal Banks Needed.

   At a recent meeting of the Indiana Bankers Association at Indianapolis, Mortimer Levering of Lafayette, recognized as one of the best financiers in Indiana, made an address on postal saving banks in which he said: "The government is in a position to manage this thing through its present post office system, and will scarcely increase the expenses of that department, while it will enhance the accumulated wealth of the people throughout the whole United States. It was thought that building and loan associations would care for the sayings of the masses, but people have become suspicious of them. It is well known that lawyers in Indiana are making as much as $10,000 a year out of these institutions, and officers are making much money out of them. We all know that trust companies are not organized as eleemosynary institutions. We want a system of savings banks that are for the poor people. What greater pride could a man have than to think himself a depositor of the United States?''

VIRGIL, N. Y.

   VIRGIL, Nov. 8—Mr. John Hutchings of Cuba, Allegany Co., is visiting friends in town.

   Miss Carrie Selover of Summer Hill is a guest of her friend Mary Bacon.

   At the social at the M. E, church, the receipts were over five dollars, instead of two dollars.

   George Falk and Lyman Bouton, who have worked in Cortland the past season, have returned to their homes.

   Mr. and Mrs. Warren Foster are visiting Mrs. Foster's parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Dayton at Conklin Center, N, Y.

   The little three-year-old son of Mr. Lucien Foster has had the misfortune to break one of his limbs in two places.

   Mrs. Josephine Murdock, who has been visiting her many friends here for the past four months, has returned to her home in Hastings, Mich.

   Mrs. D. C. Adamy and son Glenn of Groton, who have been sick for some time at Mrs. M. Adamy's, are now improving. Mrs. E. A. Miller of Cortland is helping care for them.

   The quarterly conference will be held in the M. E church Saturday evening, the 13th. Sunday morning, love feast at 10 o'clock and preaching by presiding elder, M. P. Blakeslee at 11 o'clock, followed by the sacrament of the Lord's supper.

   Oct. 29th being the occasion of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Ryan's 20th anniversary and also Mrs. Ryan's birthday, a few of their relatives took the opportunity to give them a surprise. It was a very pleasant and enjoyable occasion and Mr. and Mrs. Ryan were the recipients of a very handsome set of dishes.

LITTLE YORK, N. Y.

   LITTLE YORK, Nov 8.—The price of milk has advanced to 80 cents per can of 40 quarts.

   Several fine string of pickerel have been caught in the past few days.

   The Ice company have nearly emptied their large ice houses at this place.

   The party at the Raymond House was well attended, about 40 couple being present.

   Mrs. Anna Klink of Tully spent a few days last week at this place visiting her parents and friends.

   Little York can boast of a genuine curiosity. It is a supposed Democrat that worked hard for the election of Saunders and the ring ticket.

   Wm. T. Perkins is loading two [railroad] cars with maple lumber. It goes to the Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., and will be manufactured into wheelbarrows.

   Four firms are buying potatoes and cabbage here, paying at present 50 cents for potatoes and $4.50 per ton for cabbages. Many farmers are storing large quantities of cabbage in their cellars and barns.

   The ''ring'' campaign wagon passed through this place a few days before election, but it made only one convert. At least there was only one man that was willing to buy cigars and "set em up" for the boys, and he always had been a Democrat so we think he was converted."