ITALIANS CRYING FOR BREAD, AND CORTLAND COUNTY FARMERS' CLUB

 

SS Waesland.

RMS Etruria.

SS La Bretagne.

Castle Garden immigration center.

The McGrawville Sentinel, Thursday, March 31, 1887.

ITALIANS CRYING FOR BREAD.

   NEW YORK, March 30.—Five hundred and nineteen of the Italian passengers of the wrecked steamer Scotia arrived on the sea barge Haggarty at Castle Garden late Sunday afternoon. The scene that followed beggared description. They rushed into the rotunda pell mell shrieking and howling for food like ravenous wolves. They crowded around the lunch tables, climbing over each other and trampling on the helpless women and children. Pandemonium reigned for fully an hour. It is customary to register one by one all immigrants before they enter the rotunda but the red tape was broken on this occasion by Superintendent Jackson. The force of the mass of people was so great that the officers who were stationed to keep order were swept away like straws.

   Superintendent Jackson gave orders to give the immigrants all the food they needed and charge it to the commissioners of immigration. Then the distribution of food began. It was impossible, however, to, relegate it. The strong men crowded to the front with uplifted arms and eyes starting from their sockets crying in Italian: "Bread, bread." The surging mob was utterly uncontrollable. Women and children were trampled on, crowded and pushed away. The officers of the garden aided in the distribution by throwing the loaves over the heads of the nearest, to the outskirts of the crowd. Every time a loaf was thrown into the crowd twenty or more scrambled and in some cases fought to get it.

   That dry bread was a great luxury, was evident from the way the starving people gorged themselves. In a short time all of the food was gone except some bologna sausage. The women and children were cared for, and milk and beer added to their portion. Outside the railing were 642 passengers from the Etruria, 852 from the Waesland and 660 from La Bretagne. Nearly 3,000 in all were in the rotunda. The babel of tongues was frightful, as the immigrants were of all nations. The officials handled them well, keeping the Italians separate.

 

Daniel S. Lamont

Grover Cleveland.

INTER-STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS.

Colonel Lamont Refutes Dr. Powers' Statement Regarding President Cleveland's Health.

(Special to the McGRAWVILLE SENTINEL.)

   WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—When it was understood on Tuesday of last week that the president expected to make known the names of the interstate commerce commissioners that day, the White House became the center of interest and news of the appointments [and] was anxiously awaited by the friends of the numerous applicants. The selection of these commissioners has been one of the most perplexing problems of Mr. Cleveland's administration, and it is with a great sense of relief that the question is settled.

   The appointment of Judge Cooley of Michigan for six years, ex-Representative Morrison for five, and Mr. Bragg of Alabama for two years was generally anticipated. I mean the appointments were anticipated, but the time for which these gentlemen were appointed created surprise, for it was expected that Mr. Morrison would be chosen for the long term, and that the second place would be given to a republican. Judge Schoonmaker of New York, who was appointed for four years, and Mr. Walker of Vermont for three, had not been regarded as possibilities, and nobody in Washington had ever heard of the name of the latter in connection with anything.

   He is a former law pupil of Senator Edmunds, and it is said that the president, having grown weary in trying to construct a satisfactory commission, and finding it impossible to get a suitable republican from Massachusetts, sent for the Vermont senator and followed his advice in nominating Mr. Walker. The latter was represented by Mr. Edmunds as being a man both learned and practical, of high standing and unblemished character. He was also endorsed as a solid and orthodox republican, which, from Mr. Edmunds, meant that he was not a Blaine man.

   Speaking of Mr. Edmunds reminds me of something that ex-Senator Eaton of Connecticut recently said of him. The outlook towards '88 was being discussed, and while Mr. Eaton expressed the opinion that Senator Sherman would at this time be the choice of a republican nominating convention, he remarked, "But of all the republicans, I think Mr. Edmunds would make the best president, and his administration would be clean." He added, however, that it would be impossible for him to get the nomination.

   The fears expressed by a Washington physician, that President Cleveland is liable to die from apoplexy before the end of his term unless he changes his habits of life, are not shared by the president's private secretary. Colonel Lamont thinks that Dr. Powers' warning is based entirely on the assumption that the president is gaining flesh and taking no exercise. This, he says, is not the case. Mr. Cleveland weighs less than when he first came to Washington and takes as much exercise as most men. He does not walk about the streets of the city, but he walks about his little farm late in the afternoon when the weather permits. Then the colonel suggests mysteriously that the president has other ways of taking exercise which, it would seem, he thinks it would not be dignified to mention. Can it be that the president has a private gymnasium in some corner of the White House which the world knows not of? It must be so. At any rate Colonel Lamont says he keeps himself in good condition by physical exercise and that there is no occasion for apprehension in regard to his health.

   The national drill, which will commence in this city on the 23d of May, will end on the 30th of that month, decoration day, with a grand combination parade of the National Guardsmen and the Grand Army of the Republic. There will be $26,500 in cash distributed in prizes, besides stands of colors, gold, silver and bronze medals, special medals and plate trophies.

   The grounds of the camp are those lying around the Washington monument, and the drill ground is the level ellipse lying just south of the presidential mansion, known as the White lot. This level plain, which is one-half mile in circumference, will be fenced in, and stands sufficient to seat from 30,000 to 35,000 will be erected. The grounds were granted by the secretary of war on approval of General Sheridan, and the committee have given bonds for their return in perfect order after the drill.

   Daily contests will be held to prove the excellence of the citizen soldiery and infantry, artillery, cavalry and Zouave tactics. Cadet corps of military schools will drill for prizes as well as the champion companies from thirty-six states, and bands and drum corps will be in attendance from the east, south and west. Each evening there will be a grand dress parade and on Governors day and on Memorial day the entire army corps from camp George Washington will parade on the broad asphalt avenues of the city.

 

Alonzo Dwight Blodgett.

Cortland County Farmers' Club.

   Club met at the usual hour with President Blodgett in the chair. A Breakwater churn, manufactured by Spalding and Gillet, Cortland, was on exhibition. A little less than two gallons of cream was put into it and as timed by several members was churned in two and one-half minutes making seven and one-half pounds of butters. All present admitted they were much pleased with its operation.

   Mr. Gillet expressed himself as follows: The Breakwater churn was patented in 1881 by Eugene Gibbs of Iowa. It has been introduced quite extensively in some of the western states. During the past year it has been introduced in this state, Pennsylvania, and some of the eastern states, meeting with large sales and giving good satisfaction. We manufactured a few last fall and exhibited them at the Cortland, Marathon and Dryden fairs, were awarded diplomas at Marathon and Dryden. We claim we can churn in less time and get as nice a butter as with any other churn. We make this claim from our own experience. We churned twenty pounds in nine minutes in October and in July and August churned several times in from three to five minutes.

   The question for the day, "The dairy, its management and future prospects," was first taken up by President Blodgett: I have given considerable attention to Jerseys for a few years past and have made a record of the yield of a few of my cows in milk and butter the past summer. I selected them when milk was the richest. The tests were made during the last days of May and the first part of June on grain feed only.

 

   I made several calculations to determine which was the more profitable, selling the milk or making butter, and found butter at prices we had last fall better than milk at three cents per quart. But we cannot afford to keep Jerseys and sell milk.

   Mr. Harmon,; Does it pay to make butter at the present prices on high priced farms?

   Mr. Loring: If you have two cows making the same amount of butter, but one gives double the amount of milk, which is the best cow?

   Mr. Rowley: Is not the interstate commerce bill going to help us some?

   Mr. Crandall: We find our anticipations not always realized in such matters.

   Mr. Rowley: How do you find it most profitable to use up your milk?

   Mr. Crandall: I have made the most profit in making cheese. I think milk in large quantities is not as profitable at three cents per quart as butter at twenty-five cents per pound.

   Mr. Harmon: A man on a medium sized farm at present prices, I find will come out at end of year with a small balance after allowing for interest on his investment and the necessary expenses.

   Mr. Crandall; I think 30 per cent ought to be allowed for keeping the dairy up to a given standard of value. I find some old men are fond of telling how they managed when young and seem to find fault with present generation for not succeeding better. If they were to start now it may be doubtful if they would do as well.

   Mr. Rowley: The farmer who succeeds now must look after all the odds and ends.

   Mr. Griswold: I make up my milk into butter. I am in favor of Jerseys and am going into them as fast as I can. I am making one and one-fourth pounds per day from one besides using some of the milk in the family.

   Mr. Barnes: For retained afterbirth give one spoonful of powder in a quart or two of milk.

   Club adjourned for two weeks—Saturday April 9. The same subject will be continued.

   CORTLAND, March 23, C. M. BEAN, Secy.

 

EDITORS' EAST CHAIR.

   —James Thompson of Cuyler was in town yesterday.

   —E. D. Martin and lady of Cortland were in town Sunday.

   —A dance will occur at Hammond's hall after the entertainment Tuesday evening.

   —Fred Graves is visiting friends in Virgil during this week's school vacation.

   —Miss Matie Moore and her brother John visited their sister in Homer Sunday.

   —Miss Sarah Hill of this place has been visiting friends in Ithaca the past two or three weeks.

   —Miss Myrtie Watrous of Syracuse is visiting her sister Mrs. P. B. Morey of this place.

   —Mrs. Mary Tarble of this place has been visiting relatives in Binghamton, the past week.

   —E. F. Norcott, a SENTINEL typo, has been quite sick and unable to work the past two days.

   —Rev. B. F. Weatherwax and wife of South Cortland were in town the guests of friends, Monday.

   —To-morrow is the day when notes and agreements mature. No wonder that it is called "All Fools' Day."

   —Frank R. Wildman and Rollo Dibble visited in North Pitcher, Chenango county, the first two days of this week.

   —Presiding Elder U. S. Beebe of Cazenovia delivered two very interesting discourses in the M. E. church here last Sunday.

   —Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hammond, accompanied by their daughter, Bertha, visited friends in Whitney's Point over Sunday.

   —Miss Kate Payne started Monday for South Cortland where she is to work the coming summer. Her brother Walter will go there too next Monday.

   —One day last week as Leonard McDonald was splitting wood he made a misstroke and hit the stick in such a manner as to cause it to fly up and hit him on the right temple, cutting quite a severe gash.

   —As mentioned last week, the winter term of school in this village closed Friday, with an entertainment in the evening. A goodly number were present to listen to the exercises by sons, daughters and little friends, and we are glad to say all were well pleased with the manner in which the scholars rendered their parts. The receipts of the evening amounted to about seventeen dollars.. The spring term will commence next week Monday.

   —The Cortland News last week made the announcement that with that number its publication would be discontinued. We are sorry to see the paper go down, but it has never paid as a business venture, and we may also say that there is another paper [Monitor] in Cortland that is not at present making both ends meet. With less competition the remaining papers have a greater chance of lessening their value and filling their tills. The people will do better to support county journalism than to let it subside. What would life be in a county without a newspaper, and if one paper is essential, why not more?

   —A benefit will be given the W. C. T. U. in Academy hall to-morrow, Friday, evening, by the McGrawville Union Dramatic company. The Drama, which is entitled "Not Such a Fool as He Looks," is a very laughable one and will no doubt draw a crowded house. A male quartette consisting of Messrs. P. W. Chaffee, P. G. McElheny, Henry Huntley and Fred Maricle, will give a few choice selections during the evening, also good instrumental music in attendance. Admission ten cents, reserved seats fifteen cents. Tickets now on sale at C. B. Warren's. We learn quite a number of tickets have already been sold,

   —One day last week while Henry Totman, who lives about a mile and a half north of this place, was chopping in the woods, his axe came down and struck him on the leg a little below the knee, inflicting a severe wound. Mr. Totman, however, at that time thought it but a slight cut and so kept on to work till noon, but when he got home and found his clothes all saturated with blood and a gash in his leg about three inches long he began to regard it as a more serious matter, but at the same time did not consider it worthwhile to see a physician about it. He bandaged it up with salve and doctored it what he could for about a week, but it did not seem to heal as nicely as it might, and as it was becoming more inflamed day by day he concluded to consult a doctor about it, which he did Tuesday. Further particulars we have not learned but hope soon to see Hank around on both feet as usual.

   —Uncut newspapers, good for matting on shelves and thousands of other purposes, for sale at this office, package of ten papers 5 cents.

   —The popular drama "Under the Laurels" will be repeated at Academy hall Tuesday evening, April 5, under the auspices of the G. A. R. post of this place. The evening's entertainment will be interspersed with a character song and instrumental music, and will conclude with the exceedingly laughable farce, "Wide Enough for Two," Mr. Lanpher [taking] the Dutch character. The admission price will be one dime. Undoubtedly this will be the occasion of another crowded house.

    —On Monday evening at about 9 o'clock Ed Diver, who lives in the house next to C. D. Greenman's mill on Clinton street, heard an unusual racket and upon stepping to the door to ascertain the trouble, saw nothing but a person walking along the street. Diver tried to hail him, but instead of stopping he seemed rather inclined to hasten his steps, and about that time a second person put in an appearance, he coming from the grist mill. The three then had a short go-as-you-please foot race, but the two unknown who started ahead still kept the lead, although Diver had the advantage of being stocking-footed, but he can vouch for the fugitives, so far as "legativeness" is concerned. Upon returning to the mill it was found that the front double doors had been forced open, but no other damage was done.

 

Wedding Bells.

   A very pleasant company assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hammond last Wednesday evening to witness the marriage ceremony of their daughter Iola Belle to Mr. Willard Van Aukenof New York city. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. J. G. Blue of Rochester N. Y., assisted by Rev. E. H. Dickenson.

   After congratulations to the bride and groom, the guests were invited to partake of the wedding feast. The tables were loaded with luxuries of every description.

   As the bridal party were to leave on the train for New York they were compelled to take an early leave of the company. This difficult attempt was accomplished successfully notwithstanding the bountiful showers of rice thrown after them.

   The presents were elegant and varied, and denoted liberality and good taste on the part of the young bride's friends.

   In the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Van Auken for their new home the society of our village loses one of its most charming members. May this joyful occasion be but an earnest beginning of the long and beautiful wedded life before Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Van Auken.

   Among the many pleasant features of the evening was the presence of the former pastor of the Presbyterian church.

 

Notaries Public.

   The following named persons have been appointed notaries in and for Cortland county.

   Cortland—Ed Alley, Francis L. Bosworth, Riley Champlin, H. Holland Duell, Benton B. Jones, Fitz Boynton, George B. Jones, Frank Place, George S. Sands, Abram P. Smith, Benjamin T. Wright.

   Harford—Hulbert T. Bushnell.

   Homer—J. C. Atwater, John M. Coats, Prank Pierce, Oliver Porter.

   Hunt's Corners—William E. Hunt.

   McGrawville—Albert P. McGraw, Charles B. Warren, Charles D. Greenman.

   Marathon—Moses B. Aldrich, George A. Hulburt, Ira L. Little.

   Preble—James T. Steel, William W. Wright.

   Truxton—Amos L. Kenney, John O'Donnell.

   Virgil—William A. Holton.

   Willett—Miles E. Burlingame.