Cortland Evening Standard , Wednesday, October 5, 1898.
HOMER LETTER.
Gleanings of News from Our Twin Village.
HOMER, N. Y., Oct. 5.—It has been nearly four months that the parents and friends of Bert Maynard have been anxious to learn of his whereabouts. He enlisted at Sackett's Harbor at the commencement of the war and they received letters from him regularly while be was in this country, but when he left they lost trace of him and have been endeavoring for months to find him through the channel of the war department. When the mail arrived last evening it brought glad tidings to a home, a letter from Bert as follows:
MAYAGUEZ, Sept. 22.
WRITTEN AT PORTO RICO, Aug. 27, 1898.
DEAR MOTHER—I am in Porto Rico, have been here since July 25. I have been in three battles and nearly got hit once. The bullet passed through my hat. That was plenty near enough. I have been in the hospital with the fever for some time and had a hard pull of it. We don't do much drilling now, only one hour a day. I am now in the Eleventh infantry, Company I. For three days we marched twenty miles a day up in the mountains after the Spaniards. We had a fight with them and you should have seen them run and we after them. It was fun. They lost their hats and guns and we captured fifty of them, twenty-five mules, three majors and three captains. When we got back to camp how we did eat. We are in a nice place now. We have bunks and a large room and all we can eat. There was no one killed in my company. We have a fine lieutenant. When I was sick he would bring me milk and fruit and would pay for it of his own pocket. That is the way he does with all the boys.
I have been going to write for a long time, but didn't have any money to buy paper. We got a little money yesterday, but not much. How are all my friends? Tell them I will see them by spring and maybe sooner. It is raining here now. It rains every day. We have street cars here. The natives will do most everything for us as they are glad we are here instead of the Spaniards. I have got so I can talk like them. I am blacker than a negro. My weight is only 120 pounds, but I am well just the same. I think when I get back to the states I shall get my discharge. Most of the boys are going to do so. It is not very warm here, we need our blankets nights. They have just started an American postoffice here. We don't have to eat hard tack any more. We have bread, meat, potatoes, coffee, bacon, canned peas, sweet potatoes. They raise coffee, bananas, oranges, lemons, sweet potatoes, cocoanuts and pineapples here. You can get a dozen bananas for 5 cents, pineapples for 2 cents and as for cocoanuts, all you have to do is to have someone climb the tree and pick them. I have gotten sick of such fruit, but would give a good deal for a nice apple. I will have to close now. From
BERT S. MAYNARD, Co. I, Eleventh Infantry, Porto Rico.
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| Gen. Rafael Cerreo y Saenz. |
NEW EUROPEAN HISTORY.
One of the Spanish Peace Commissioners Interviewed.
PARIS, Oct. 6.—La Patrie prints an interview said to have been had with General Rafael Cerreo y Saenz of the Spanish peace commission in which he is represented as saying:
"Peace between Spain and the United States will complicate all the eastern questions. The day upon which the preliminaries are signed the first chapter in the new history of Europe will be commenced, as the United States henceforth will play a preponderant role in events of which different parts of the world will be the theater.
"It has been pretended that Spain wanted war, or at least allowed herself to be dragged into it. This is a mistake, since the United States have long coveted our colonies. They introduced separatist and autonomic ideas into Cuba, ideas which were not shared by a majority of the inhabitants of the island. Influence of all kinds have been brought into play to excite risings; and hence ensued a war the consequences of which may be so prejudicial to ourselves and may affect all European interests.
"The North Americans on their side will be compelled to create at once the naval forces demanded by the situation brought about by events. The stronger the United States are the more their friendship will be sought after, and the more also their rivalry will be feared by all European nations.
"Look at the extreme Orient, where France, Russia, Germany and England are powerful rivals. If the Americans install themselves in the Philippines the situation will be greatly modified and they will not hesitate to seek the friendship of Japan and England to the detriment of all other nations. This will be for America a truly privileged situation; but the diplomatic role will be rendered proportionately more difficult."
NEW YORK STATE WINS.
George J. Gould Must Pay His Inheritance Tax.
A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Case Has Been at Issue For Four Years and in Its Disposition a Precedent Has Been Established Which Will Save the State Many Thousands of Dollars.
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 5.—George J. Gould, by a decision of the court of appeals rendered here, will be compelled to pay to the state the sum of $132,784.44 as tax on a $5,000,000 bequest left him by his father, the late Jay Gould. The decision also declares that the estate of Jay Gould was not appraised $10,000,000 in excess of its actual value as was contended by the executors of the dead railroad king.
The case is one of the most important decided by the courts in many months. It has been at issue for four years and in its disposition a precedent has been established which for the future will have great weight in the determination of cases arising under the administration of the taxable transfer act.
When Jay Gould died and his will was offered for probate, the surrogate of New York county appointed David McClure of New York city as appraiser for the purpose of a collecting a tax under the collateral inheritance statute of the state. He fixed the taxable value of the estate at $73,615,437.08 and decided that $5,000,000 left to George J. Gould did not come within the operation of the act, it being alleged that the sum in question was left by the father to the son in payment of a debt for services rendered during a period of ten years.
Two appeals were taken from that decision. The executors appealed from the appraised valuation of the taxable property claiming that there was an over-valuation of $10,000,000 and the comptroller of the state appealed from the exemption of the $5,000,000 from taxation, contending that a debt. If one really existed, paid in that manner, did not exempt the amount paid from the operations of the taxable transfer act.
The surrogate sustained the appraiser in both of his conclusions. The case was appealed to the appellate division of the supreme court, first department, and that tribunal rendered a decision affirming the decision of the surrogate. The case was carried on appeal to the court of appeals, and argued before that court at Saratoga in June last. Hon. John F. Dillon, attorney for the Gould estate, presented the arguments for the Goulds and former Senator David B. Hill argued on behalf of the comptroller of the state.
In relation to the alleged over-valuation of the state, it was contended that the appraiser had employed an erroneous method in determining the market value of shares of stock owned by the estate. He had appraised them at their market value at the time of the appraisal, which the Gould executors declared would have depreciated to a great extent if an attempt had been made to sell them in the open market at that time.
The state appealed from the exemption of the $5,000,000 from taxation on several grounds. The first was that the alleged obligation of the father to the son was preposterous. It represented an annual salary of nearly $500,000, dating from the time George J. Gould was sixteen years of age, which was larger by many figures than that received by the highest salaried man in the United States. It was also contended that it was a subterfuge to defeat the operations of the taxable transfer act and that if permitted to stand as legal would be a precedent that many others might follow in order to escape paying the tax imposed. The legal proposition advanced by the state was that the payment of a debt by bequest succeeding death does not exempt the property given as compensation from taxation under the taxable transfer act.
The state wins on both propositions. The appraised valuation of taxable property of the estate stands and a tax must be paid on the $5,000,000.
Senator David B. Hill stated that the case was one of great importance, but inasmuch as he had not read the decision of the court of appeals, he was not prepared to discuss it. He said it meant much to the state as a precedent for future decisions under the taxable transfer act.
"If the court decided that a debt paid in the form of a bequest would be exempted from the provisions of the taxable transfer act," he said, "nothing would prevent a continuation of that practice, perhaps to a degree which would entirely defeat the operation of the statute and deprive the state of a large amount of revenue to which it is legally entitled."
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| Col. Theodore Roosevelt. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The Rough Rider's Campaign.
The tickets have been named by the two great political parties in this state, the platforms have been formulated, the issues laid down, and the work of the campaign has begun. At the head of the Republican ticket is Col. Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Rider, against whose honesty, independence and probity no man dare utter a single word. The head of the Democratic ticket is a brother of the Tammany mayor of New York. He lives in the borough of Brooklyn, and if he were elected to the governorship, Tammany would be in control not only of the Greater New York, but of the great state of New York itself.
The people of this state are not yet ready to have it Tammanyized from Buffalo to Brooklyn. On state issues and on national issues, they side with the Republican party which has again signalized its appreciation of the supreme issue of the moment—the war—by placing the champion soldier of its state, fresh from the glorious field of battle at San Juan, at the head of its ticket. Everywhere patriotic Democrats and Independents unite in declaring their purpose to vote for Theodore Roosevelt—the brave, fearless, patriotic young Republican leader.
It is not too early to make the prediction that he will sweep the state of New York by a plurality of not less than 100,000 and it may reach three times that figure.
The Local Issue.
The issues, state and local, to be settled by the voters this fall are now clearly defined. In this county the local issue is whether George S. Sands the Republican candidate, or whether Walter A. Cook, the Democratic candidate, shall be elected to the assembly. An Independent candidate cannot hope to secure better than third place in the race. A vote for R. Bruce Smith will, in effect, be half a vote for Walter A. Cook. It is now being claimed by some of his supporters that Mr. Smith has a chance of being elected; but no one who understands the situation can entertain such a belief. It will be remembered that last fall the supporters of Mr. Howes claimed that he would be elected; and yet it is a well-known fact that many who were making such claims were really supporting Mr. Van Hoesen and voted for him at the polls. Doubtless many voted for Mr. Howes last fall thinking he had a chance of election. He certainly had a better chance than Mr. Smith would seem to have this fall, and yet he fell far short of an election, while the Democratic nominee was successful. The contest now on is between Mr. Sands and Mr. Cook.
Last year no national issues were involved in the election of a Member of Assembly. This year such issues are of vital importance. Every Republican who is with his party on national issues wants to see n Republican United States Senator elected by the incoming legislature. The loss of a single Republican Assemblyman may give the control of the legislature to the Democrats, and return U. S. Senator Murphy.
HAS NO MEMORY.
Chaplain Mclntyre's Defense Before the Court-Martial Trial.
DENVER, Oct. 5.—When the court-martial trial of Rev. Joseph McIntyre, chaplain of the battleship Oregon, was resumed, the defendant was recalled to the stand. He told of the constant watch kept for Spanish torpedo boats and for Cervera's fleet from the time the Oregon left Callao till it reached the end of its journey.
On close examination the chaplain stated that while in Chicago he was a very sick man, but during his stay there he submitted to newspaper interviews on the trip of the Oregon and the battle of July 3. The reports of those interviews, the chaplain said, horrifies him and made him determined to have nothing more to do with reporters. Witness explained that his horror was due to the fact that the reports published were very different from what he intended to say to the reporters. He could not remember what the reports were.
THEIR ANNUAL REUNION.
BOYS OF THE SEVENTY-SIXTH MEET AGAIN.
Thirtieth Annual Reunion of the Regiment Held in Cortland To-day—Business Session this Morning—Stirring Address by Hon. George W. Ray of Norwich, and an Interesting Program This Afternoon—Meets in Cortland Next Year.
The thirtieth annual reunion of the Seventy-sixth Regiment New York Vols. was held in Cortland to-day, and while the ranks are becoming thinner from year to year, the veterans have come to look upon the day with a great deal of expectation. It is the one day in the year when the great majority of them see one another, and the manner in which they greet each other shows that time does not lessen the ties of friendship existing between them. Doubtless to-day the minds of all those who were present at the reunion have taken a glance at the past, and they have thought particularly of Dec. 18,1861, when the regiment left Cortland for Albany, and then went to the South to battle for freedom.
The regiment had been in camp at the Cortland county fair grounds since Sept. 20 awaiting orders to move. The greater part of the regiment was recruited in Cortland county. It was augmented by a few companies from Otsego county.
The original field and staff officers of the regiment were as follows:
Colonel—Nelson W. Green of Cortland.
Lieutenant-Colonel—John D. Shaul of Springfield.
Major—Charles E. Livingston of New York City.
Surgeon—Judson C. Nelson of Truxton.
Assistant Surgeon—Geo. W. Metcalf of Owego.
Chaplain—H. Stone Richardson of New York Mills.
Adjutant—Herman F. Robinson of Cortland.
Quartermaster—Abram P. Smith of Cortland.
Quartermaster Sergeant—Albert J. Jarvis of Cortland.
Commissary Sergeant—Wm. Starrs of Allegany.
The battles participated in by the regiment were as follows:
In 1862—Rappahannock Station, Va., Aug. 21; Warrenton Springs, Va., Aug. 26; Gainesville, Va., Aug. 28; Second Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29 and 30; South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14; Antietam, Md., Sept. 17; Snicker's Gap, Va., Nov. 1 to 3; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 12 and 13.
In 1863—Chancellorsville, Va., May 1 to 5; Gettysburg, Pa., July 1 to 4; Mine Run, Va., Nov. 27.
In 1864—Wilderness, Va., May 5 and 6; Laurel Hill, Va., May 8; Spottsylvania, Va., May 12; North Anna, (Jericho Ford), Va., May 24; Tolopotomy Creek, Va., June 1; Coal Harbor, (Bethesda Church), Va., June 3 to 5; Petersburg, Va., June 18; Weldon Railroad, Va., Aug. 18 to 21; Poplar Grove Church, Va., Sept. 30; First Hatcher's Run, Va., Oct. 28; Hicksford Raid, Va., Dec. 6 to 12.
In 1865—Second Hatcher's Run, Va., Feb. 6; Five Forks, Va., April 1.
What was left of the regiment was present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865. In January of that year, there being but two of the companies remaining, they were united with the One Hundred and Forty-seventh New York, and remained with that regiment until the close of the war.
The very rainy weather this morning was not conducive to a large attendance at the business session in Taylor hall which was called to order at 10:45 by Robert G. Davidson of McLean, the president of the association. Secretary Lucius Davis of Cortland then read his annual report, which was approved.
The annual report of the treasurer, Aaron Sager of Cortland, was read and showed a balance in his hands of $10.88. In 1877, $18 was placed in the Cortland Savings bank, and this with accrued interest now amounts to $40.84.
The place of holding the reunion of 1899 next came up, and Lucius Davis moved that it be held in Cortland. It was seconded by several members. Aaron Sager of Cortland thought that if the comrades desired to meet at some other place, it would be well to recognize them, though he did not oppose the motion. Comrade D. B. Way of Ithaca invited the reunion to that city next year, and his motion was seconded. A rising vote was taken, resulting in 23 for Cortland and 13 for Ithaca. Cortland was chosen.
The following deaths in the association membership have occurred since the last reunion: Israel Rickard of Cortland, Wm. Chidester of Blodgett Mills, John M. Waterman of Hay Springs, Neb., S. B. Thompson of Oneonta, Patrick McKane of Spencer and William Lansing of Apulia.
Letters of regret were received from Scepta Rindge of Whitfield, Me., Captain Oscar C. Fox of Linden, Md., C. W. Wiles of Delaware, O., Geo. H. Chase of Warsaw, Corporal C. H. Smith of Washington, D. C., Geo. M. Post of Montour Falls, and States Prison Commissioner William J. Mantanye of Cortland, all of whom were unable to attend.
The members then paid their dues, and it was found that the following were present:
Geo. D. Cutler, Ithaca; J. R. Birdlebough, Cortland; O. P. Miner, Cortland; D. Young, Hunt Corners; M. L. Alexander, Cortland; Lester Judson, Otisco; T. H. McClenthen, West Schuyler; W. L. Bishop, Cortland; Amos Avery, Groton; Levi F. Lowell, Cortland; C. Kenyon, Newark Valley; Andrew Lumerree, Blodgett Mills; E. A. Mead of Moravia; W. L. Earle, Tully; Burdette Fuller, Union Valley; E. R. Hulbert, Ithaca; H. D. Cole, Cortland; Geo. W. Steele, Cuyler; N. W. Smith, McGrawville; Gilbert Bacon, DeRuyter; Geo. Webb, Union; B. S. Howard, Newark Valley; Peter McLane, McGrawville; D. R. Montgomery, Dryden; B. Masteon, Cortland; Eugene Fisher, Whitney Point; Samuel E. Saunders, Homer; Francis Brace, Richford; Patrick Reagan, Blodgett Mills; H. G. Rockwell, Homer; C. D. Hyde, Cortland; Joseph McLane, North Pitcher; W. J. Burr, Newark Valley; James Stuart, Bath; Parmeanas A. Norton of Spafford; A. D. W. Decker, Newark Valley; R. G. Davidson, McLean; Geo. W. Roe, Cortland; Philip Beiber, Newark Valley; J. S. Knapp, Homer; George Smith, Marathon; D. B. Way, Ithaca; Daniel P. Griswold, South Cortland; E. A. Burnham, East Homer; John B. Henry, East Homer; Lucius Davis, Cortland; D. C. Beers, Cortland; Robert Hollenbeck, Cortland; B. F. Taylor, Cortland; W. A. Stubbs, Cortland; G. W. Moore, South Cortland; Ed Fish, Nubia; Lewis H. Fox, Pitcher; Irving M. Alexander of Cortland.
The following officers were elected by acclamation:
President—David C. Beers of Cortland.
First Vice-President—D. P. Griswold of South Cortland.
Second Vice-President—Dr. W. J. Burr of Newark Valley.
Third Vice-President—D. B. Way of Ithaca.
Fourth Vice-President — George W. Steele of Cuyler.
Secretary—Lucius Davis of Cortland.
Treasurer—Aaron Sager of Cortland.
Messrs. A. Sager, T. J. McClenthen and E. A. Mead were appointed a memorial committee.
Thomas J. McElheny of Ithaca, B. L. Pomeroy of Otisco and Thomas J. Stevens of Ithaca were made honorary members, and the meeting adjourned to Grand Army hall, where dinner was served by the ladies of Grover Relief corps, No. 96.
The public meeting was held this afternoon and besides the families of many of the veterans, there was a liberal sprinkling of townspeople. At the rear of the platform hung the old and tattered flag borne by the regiment during the war, and as the veterans beheld it, their minds could not help flitting back to the time when they fought for its supremacy in all of the states.
President Davidson called the gathering to order at 2 o'clock and introduced Rev. John T. Stone, pastor of the Presbyterian church, who offered prayer. An overture was then nicely rendered by "Happy Bill" Daniels' orchestra of six pieces, and Dr. Francis J. Cheney, principal of the State Normal school, delivered the address of welcome. Dr. Cheney is always particularly enthusiastic whenever addressing a gathering at which there is a suggestion of patriotism, and his address this afternoon was one which could but inspire the old veterans, and they certainly felt that they were doubly welcome. He made particular reference to the Spanish-American war just closed, and believed that the United States would be fully equal to the responsibilities incident thereto. His reference to the achievements of Dewey, Hobson, Joe Wheeler and Roosevelt were received with great applause, and the name of Roosevelt in particular was greeted with loud hurrahs showing that he is warm in the hearts of the veterans of '61-'65. Attorney Rowland L. Davis of the firm of Bronson & Davis, and a son of Secretary Lucius Davis of the regimental association, delivered the response to the address of welcome. His words were particularly appropriate and were received with well merited applause. He referred to the engagements in the recent war as but mere skirmishes in comparison with the engagements in which the members of the Seventy-sixth were concerned.
A soprano solo, nicely rendered by Miss Ruth McNett of Cortland followed the address of Mr. Davis, and then followed music by the orchestra. Mr. Ralph H. Davis, also a son of Secretary Davis, then rendered in an impressive manner "Down at the Capitol" by Riley. This was succeeded by another solo by Miss McNett.
Resolved, That the thanks of our association are due to the ladies of Grover Relief corps, No. 96, for the ample entertainment which they furnished for a mere nominal consideration, also to Post Grover, No. 98, for the use of their commodious and pleasant quarters as a head-quarters for our association, and the cordial and hospitable manner in which they have received us. Our thanks are due to our comrade, Hon. George W. Ray for the eloquent and stirring address which has thrilled our hearts. His words will ever be remembered by our comrades. We appreciate the beautiful rendering of the solos by Miss Ruth McNett who as a volunteer has rendered us loving services. We tender to her our sincere thanks, and acknowledgments are also due to the Cortland Athletic association for the use of their hall for a nominal charge. We are not unmindful of the aid and attention of our friends and comrades of other organizations who have contributed to the success of our reunion by their presence and cheering words.
A. SAGER,
T. H. MCCLENTHEN,
E. A. MEADE.
President Davidson introduced Hon. George W. Ray of Norwich, representative in congress from the Thirty-eighth congressional district, who delivered the annual address, which was one of the best ever given in Cortland on a similar occasion.
It was so late when Mr. Ray finished that we are unable to-day to give any report of his speech, but an abstract of it will be published to-morrow.
TROPICAL HONDURAS.
IMPRESSIONS OF A MAN WHO HAS BEEN THERE.
Benjamin A. Dresser Tells a Standard Man Something of His Trip, Character of the Country, Customs of the Natives, and Interesting Incidents—He Soon Returns to Rejoin His Party.
Mr. Benjamin A. Dresser of Cortland has within the past eight months had experiences in travel and exploration in the territory of Honduras in Central America, which cannot fail to arouse the envy of any one with whom he talks concerning the trip, and what he observed in this partially civilized land. Mr. Dresser talked with a STANDARD man recently regarding the trip, and this is a resume of what he said:
On Feb. 17 Mr. Dresser, in company with John H. Howard of Cortland and Noah Hitchcock of Homer left Cortland for New Orleans, where they were joined by Joe Hoyt of Kansas City and Wm. Palmer of Oklahoma City, and the party proceeded to Honduras to prospect for gold.
Mr. Hoyt was "Buckskin Joe," who was formerly with Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show. At New Orleans the party procured its camping outfit consisting of tent and cooking utensils, also picks and shovels. Crossing the gulf of Mexico by steamer, the party landed at Trujillo on the north coast of Honduras and proceeded to the interior. At Trujillo they purchased eight mules, and it took thirty days to reach the present location of the camp at Vejaho, about 400 miles inland through narrow trails and over mountain tops. Before going far, Mr. Howard left the party and joined another. The trails lead directly over the peak of a mountain instead of around it, and travel is of course slow and difficult. On the way, guides were employed to conduct the party from place to place. There are many monkeys living in that region, and after the party passed a group of them, the monkeys would delight themselves in throwing small cocoanuts at the prospectors.
The river Rio Frio was decided upon as an available one to secure the best results from, and the more the party prospected, the more were they convinced that their find was a rich one as gold was found in quite large quantities. What they secured was washed out in pans, and Mr. Dresser brought a small quantity home in a bottle. The rainy season was just coming on, and of course no sluice boxes were built. This season is now about over, and Mr. Dresser expects to return in about three weeks. The other members of the party have remained at Vejaho, Mr. Dresser having returned to Cortland for the summer.
The manner of taking up a claim in Honduras is somewhat like that formerly followed in the West. The party decided to secure about ten miles of the Rio Frio river. The laws of the country require that notice of taking claim shall be published in a newspaper three times, and it fell to the lot of Mr. Dresser to go to Juticalpa, forty miles distant, to contract for the advertising in a Spanish weekly paper. It took him eight days to make the trip on the back of a mule.
The natives are of Spanish descent and their mode of living and general customs are indeed very crude, and in this country they would be called only half civilized. The river valleys are dense jungles, while in other places there are wide expanses of grass grown lands. Herds of cattle feed upon the grasses. The country is thinly populated and the inhabitants practice only the crudest sort of agriculture. Mr. Dresser says that in all of his travels in that country, he never saw a plow, a cultivator nor a hoe. Corn is planted by pushing a stick into the ground, dropping the kernels in the hole and covering with the foot. The soil is very fertile and is free from stones.
The natives have a great deal of respect for the white man and are pleased to have him come into the country. Sunday is a sort of gala day with the people there and every Sunday Mr. Dresser's party is visited by hundreds of them. The natives credit the Americans with almost supreme intelligence and go to them for information of all kinds. They have no barns. Barns are not necessary in that climate. Houses are built with loose poles for the sides, and with leaves for a roof. All are one-room houses. The knife, fork and spoon are unknown to the rural native, who eats from his fingers. All the cooking for one family is done in one huge clay kettle, and each member of the family helps himself. What corresponds to butter is nothing but stirred sour cream. Many of the natives do not know the taste of real butter. No clothing of any kind is put on the children until they are 5 or 6 years old. The women wear a sort of Mother Hubbard dress, and the men wear a blouse and overalls.
Mr. Dresser says that he never knew what fruit was until he went to Honduras. Tropical fruits of all kinds grow in great abundance. He always liked the cocoanut pretty well, but the cocoanuts received in this country are not to be compared with the fruit when picked. The real goodness of the cocoanut lies in the delicious sweet cream. This would sour before reaching its destination, and so before it is shipped, holes are made in the shell, the cream emptied out, and its place filled with water.
The mail arrangements in Honduras are not the best. It takes a letter four or five weeks to go from Cortland to the camp where Mr. Dresser's party is located. The nearest postoffice is Juticalpa, forty miles distant, and it takes two days to go after the mail. The Americans look over the mail that is in the office, and each man takes what belongs to himself.
The country is rich in pine and mahogany forests, and also in certain sections fine granite is abundant. The natives eat four times a day, at 5:30 and 9:30 A. M., and 2 and 6 P. M. They do no more work than is absolutely necessary, and have a great habit of putting off until to-morrow what can be done to-day. Of course those who live in the larger towns are much more progressive than are the mountaineers, of whom Mr. Dresser spoke more particularly.
BREVITIES.
—The dispatches to-day announce a heavy fall of snow in St. Paul.
—The Homer & Cortland Gas company is laying a gas main on Maple-ave., beginning at Main-st.
—The heavy rain of last night and of this morning put a stop to nearly all the work on the paving to-day.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Burgess, dress suits, page 8; Baker & Angell, bargains, page 8.
—The laying of the Nelsonville block brick pavement between the rails of the street car tracks has been begun at the upper end of Main-st.
—The Republican county committee has opened its headquarters in the Garrison building in the rooms formerly occupied by the offices of the Traction company.
—The local union of the Five States Milk Producers' association yesterday elected Frank H. Sears delegate to their union meeting in Binghamton next Tuesday.
—The Avalon club has issued invitations for a private dancing party to be given Friday evening, Oct. 14, in Empire hall. Music will be furnished by McDermott's orchestra.
—Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. William Henry Hays and Miss Mary Noxon Sanders which will occur at the Madison-ave. Baptist church in New York City on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 4 o'clock.
—Everything seems out of season this fall. A white rose bush on the lawn of A. L. Cole on Main-st. is in full bloom for the second time this year. The blossoms are of the usual size and fragrance and the bush is very handsome.
—David Darkness, who lives on the farm of R. Bruce Smith southwest of the village, yesterday picked three quarts of luscious red raspberries from the bushes on the place. They were of good size and had the flavor of July.
—The grocers and butchers are agitating the question of closing their places of business at 7:30 o'clock each evening except Saturday from next Monday, Oct. 10, to April 1. A decision has not yet been reached, but the prospect is in favor of the early closing.
—An order has just been issued by the Lehigh Valley authorizing its agents to sell tickets to soldiers and sailors on furlough at one-half fare if they present the proper credentials or to sell them round trip tickets at a single first class fare—Patriotic Lehigh Valley.
—Mr. J. D. F. Woolston has shown us a facsimile reprint copy of the New York Herald of the date of April 15, 1865, containing the news of the assassination of President Lincoln. The contrast between the Herald of that day and of the present is very marked, and its cost was then 4 cents per copy.
—Donald Robinson, twin son of Mr. and Mrs. David Ross of Cortland, died yesterday at Dryden, where he was visiting, after a short illness of influenza. His age was 8 months. The funeral will be held at 40 Greenbush-st. to-morrow at 2 o'clock, and the burial will be in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
—A long distance telephone has been placed in the office of the sheriff of Cortland county in place of the other instrument which was formerly there. Telephones have also been placed in the headquarters of the Republican county committee in the Garrison building and in the office and residence of Dr. E. M. Santee.
Moved Back to Cortland.
John Page, the tailor, formerly of Cortland but more recently of Homer, has moved back to Cortland and has located in Room 2, Squires building, over Fred Ritter's barber shop. He repairs clothing neatly and makes a specialty of cleaning and pressing.
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