Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, March 2, 1899.
School Report from March 1, 1898, to March 1, 1899.
To the President, Trustees and Citizens of Cortland, N. Y.:
We have the honor to transmit herewith the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of Cortland Union school district, No. 1, for the year ending March 1, 1899.
During the past year two rooms on the third floor of the Central school building have been completed and furnished for school purposes. These rooms accommodate one hundred pupils. They were completed at an expense of $1,682.80, or at a rate of $16.82 per seat for a pupil.
When you consider that the original cost per seat for a pupil was over $100 when the new building was constructed, you will see that this resulted in a great saving for the taxpayers of the district. We find these new rooms as suitable and as pleasant as any rooms in the Central school. The only objection to them, that can be urged, is their elevation.
Quite extensive repairs were made, also, at the Owego school—a new furnace and closets placed in the basement. This building has now as many improvements as any of our school buildings, and with its lawn and walks should have a tendency to elevate and refine the pupils who enjoy the pleasures of its surroundings.
The decisions of State Superintendent Skinner in regard to the continued renting of property for school purposes made it necessary for the commissioners to close the John-st. school. They did so at the close of the last school year. This resulted in a saving in rent of $120, in janitor's salary of $60, making a total of $180 per year. This sum in the course of a very few years will pay for the much needed room at the Schermerhorn school.
As was expected the closing of the John-st. school has resulted in unusually crowded rooms at the Schermerhorn school for the present year.
The commissioners have concluded to add another room to the Schermerhorn school, provision for which has been made in the school budget. The roof over the two back rooms can be raised and rooms provided at a much less expense than the building of a new and separate building. This building with gables extending to the sides will make a great improvement in the architectural plan and appearance of the building, and at the same time providing for necessary room at a minimum cost.
Three hundred sixty new volumes have just been added to the school library for the use of the pupils in the public schools. The other items in the following report are for the usual running expenses of the schools.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT—RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand March 1, 1898, as per report, $3,490.44
From Regents, 489.06
From state apportionment, 4,055.44
From tax, 13,800.00
From tuitions, 235.00
[Total] $22,078.94
DISBURSEMENTS.
The School Report.
President A. A. Carley and Superintendent F. B. Smith have completed the annual report of the board for the past year which shows receipts amounting to $22,078.94 and disbursements of $19,252.52. The report shows further that during the past year two rooms on the third floor of the Central school building have been completed and finished to accommodate 100 pupils. The expense was $1,682.80, or $16.82 per sitting—considered a great saving when attention is called to the fact that when the new building was constructed, the expense then was over $100 per sitting. The only objection to the new rooms is their elevation.
Under a general decision of the state superintendent of public instruction, the John-st. school, which was in a rented building, had to be closed. Pupils from that school had to be crowded into the Schermerhorn-st. [Grace Street] school, and the commissioners have decided to add another room to the latter school by raising the roof at the rear.
Three hundred sixty new volumes have just been added to the library.
Cincinnatus.
CINCINNATUS, N. Y., March 1.—Harry F. Lake of Suncook, N. H., was in town last week, a guest of his friend, L. R. Brown. While here he was engaged as principal of the union school to succeed Prof. Brown who will enter Cornell at the close of the present school year. Mr. Lake is a graduate of Middlebury college.
Jacob Mitchell of this place and Miss Fannie Brown of Plymouth were married by Rev. E. H. King at the home of the groom's parents Feb. 27.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Osgood of Cortland were guests of their parents over Sunday.
C. W. Smith is in Preble this week, called there by the illness of his mother Mrs. A. C. Smith.
It is expected an excursion will be run over the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. [to Cortland] Friday evening to give all who wish an opportunity to attend Denman Thompson's new play "Sunshine of Paradise Alley."
The Y. P. S. C. E. will hold a library social at the M. E. church on Wednesday evening, March 8. Every one is requested to represent by dress, or some article worn, the title of some well-known book. There will also be a silhouette portrait gallery for the amusement of all. Those having a suitable book or books that they are willing to donate to the Sunday-school library, are requested to bring them, and the money contributions of the evening are to go for the purchase of books. An urgent invitation is extended to all to come and help in this effort.
J. Q. Perry died yesterday of heart disease after an illness of several weeks. He served during the civil war as corporal in the One Hundred Fourteenth New York regiment, being twice wounded while in service. For the past thirteen years Mr. Perry has been the proprietor of the Cincinnatus House and had many friends among the traveling public as well as among his own townspeople who held him in high esteem. The funeral will be held at his late residence on Friday at 11 o'clock, and the remains will be taken to South Otselic for burial, where services will be conducted by Cincinnatus lodge, No. 700, F. & A. M.
Mrs. Floyd Miner and daughter Edna of Cortland are guests at B. R. Corning's.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet with Mrs. Polly Kingman this afternoon.
OUT OF HER HEAD.
MRS. WARNER WANDERS AWAY IN THE STORM.
Missing from Her Home—Evidences Found of Having Jumped Into the River and Come Out Again—A Long Search—Found at Last at B. R. Knapp's Near East River—She Had no Recollections of Any Occurrence.
All this morning friends of Mrs. R. H. Warner of 4 Salisbury-st. were searching the bed of the Tioughnioga river expecting to come upon her dead body, for it was believed that she had committed suicide. Just after noon word was received that she was at the home of B. R. Knapp near East River alive but very ill, having wandered in there about daylight.
Mrs. Warner was formerly a resident of McGraw, and is a woman about 35 years of age. Last fall Mr. Warner went to Ohio to secure work. He got into a good position, but was soon taken ill and lost his place. He has been ill more or less ever since and has not been able to earn much and consequently could send very little home to his wife. There are no children. Early in the winter Mrs. Warren went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Mosheimer, west of the village, to stay for a time. Last week she moved down to Salisbury-st. and went to housekeeping.
For several years she has been well known to Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Decker of 24 Railroad-st. and has rather made a confident of them concerning some matters that were troubling her. She was at their home on Tuesday and talked in such a strange way that they felt sure that her mind could not be right. They had had a suspicion of this for some time, but the change was so marked on Tuesday from all previous times when they had seen her that they wrote that day to her sister in Ohio telling the facts in the case and advising that she be cared for.
Last night Mrs. A. T. White who lives next door to Mrs. Warner on Salisbury-st., came up to talk with Mr. Decker in regard to Mrs. Warner, knowing him to be her friend. She expressed the belief that Mrs. Warner was insane, and they decided that it would probably be better to take some steps to-day to have her cared for without waiting for any reply from Ohio.
This morning the White family saw no stir at the Warner house and about 8 o'clock decided to go over there and see if she was all right. Mrs. White found the doors unfastened and entered, but there was not a person in the house, and there were no tracks in the freshly fallen snow leading away from the house. The interior of the house seemed to be in confusion.
Mr. White at once came up for Mr. Decker. As Mrs. Warner had been heard to express the belief recently that she should soon go to the hospital for care as she realized that she was ill, inquiry was made to learn if she was there, but nothing had been heard of her.
When Mr. Decker got down there a search of the house was made to see if any evidence could be found pointing toward any particular course that she might have taken. On the floor lay Mrs. Warner's underclothes, stockings and shoes, all soaking wet. The shoes were half full of water. Thrown over a chair were the remainder of her clothes perfectly dry except a little moist on one side. It seemed to them that the unfortunate woman must have gone down to the river in the night, removed her clothing except underwear, stockings and shoes and jumped in with the idea of committing suicide. The chill of the water doubtless restored her to herself in some degree and she scrambled out again, gathered up the rest of her clothing in a bundle under her arm and returned to the house, the moisture on the bundle of dry clothes being about what might have been expected from contact with her wet undergarments while returning to the house.
The house was searched, but not an article of clothing which Mrs. Warner was known to have could be found missing. Her purse was there, some extra shoes were there. The cistern was investigated, and the wells in the vicinity. They were forced to the conclusion that after returning from the river she had started out again without clothing and had probably returned to the river and committed suicide. They could not hear of any one who had seen her. The heavy fall of snow during the latter part of the night and the early morning covered up all traces of footprints. The result was that a party was organized and the forenoon was spent in searching the river and in dragging to find the body.
Just after noon word was received from B. R. Knapp who lives on the Truxton road just this side of East River that a lady who was probably Mrs. Warner was at their house. She had wandered in there about daylight apparently able to give very little account of herself and with no recollection of who she was, where she came from or what had happened to her. Her only covering was a black alpaca gown and two pairs of rubbers. She was chilled through and apparently very ill. She had walked all of three miles up to Mr. Knapp's. Mrs. Knapp put her to bed and made her as comfortable as possible and sent for a physician. She is a very ill woman and it is feared that the exposure of the night may result fatally, but her friends are glad to find her and know where she is, and that she did not commit suicide.
Isham's Octoroons.
John W. Isham's new musical farce entitled "A Tenderloin Coon" holds the boards at Cortland Opera House Monday evening, March 6. There is plenty of good music and comedy in the production. "A Tenderloin Coon" serves to introduce characters that will be recognized at once by the present generation, as well as live incidents, amusing complications, sensational situations and modern darkey conceits. The Octoroon girls, in whose selection Mr. Isham takes special pride, are among the features, of course, and they will be seen attired in the most becoming costumes, performing picturesque poses and marches. Prices 35, 50 and 75 cents. Sale at Rood & Co.'s Saturday at 2:30 P. M.
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| Adelbert J. Barber. |
FOR A VILLAGE TEAM.
Chief Barber Tells Why One Should be Purchased.
The voters of the village of Cortland will be called upon at the village election, March 14, to vote upon a proposition for a special appropriation of $500 for the purpose of purchasing a team for use in hauling the hook and ladder truck to fires and for use on the streets.
Chief Adelbert J. Barber of the fire department has been making considerable investigation along this line, and in an interview with a STANDARD man this morning said that he had found that, on an average, one team has been employed on the streets five days out of every week, making an expense of $780 per year. And in addition to this, from $75 to $100 per year has been paid for hauling the hook and ladder truck to fires, creating in all an expense of over $800. If the village owns the team, all the extra expense attached to it would be the hiring of one man to care for and drive the team, also the cost of keeping. The proposition states that a part of the $500 shall be used in fitting up quarters for the team in Fireman's hall, and so in this case, whenever a fire occurs at night a team will be ready to get the truck to the fire at once. The department already owns a drop harness of the latest pattern which could be used.
It is the opinion of the chief that the team should not be used on the streets at a great distance from the engine house, so that in case of alarm, it would be close at hand. There will be plenty of work for a team on Main-st. and adjacent streets. Mr. Barber believes that when the taxpayers realize that it is not desired that a team be purchased merely to stand in the engine house, and do nothing but respond to alarms of fires, but that the horses shall also be used on the streets, thus cutting off a constant expense, they will vote in the affirmative on the question.
THE TRACTION CO.
Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending Dec. 21, 1898, Filed at Albany.
ALBANY, March 2, (Special.)—The regular quarterly report of the Cortland & Homer Traction company for the quarter ending Dec. 21, 1898, has been filed with the state railroad commission. The report for this quarter and the corresponding quarter of last year shows:
1897. 1898.
Gross earnings from operation, $6,497.26 $6,637.91
Operating expenses, 3,830.08 4,137.13
Net earnings from operation, 3,127.23 1,500.48
Other income, 50.62 1,200.00
Gross income, 3,177.85 2,700.48
Fixed charges, 4,830.00 4,650.00
Net deficit from all sources, 1,652.15 1,949.52
The general balance sheet shows assets of $656,575.27 including $631,666.95 for cost of road and equipment; $194.99 cash on hand, and $1,949.52 profit and loss (deficiency.) The liabilities include $300,000 capital stock, common; $300,000 funded debt. C. N. A.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—McGraw & Osgood, Shoes that are Bargains, page 5.
—President Taylor of Vassar college has declined the call to the presidency of Brown university.
—The Loyal circle or King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. DeWitt Rose on Homer-ave. Friday, March 3, at 3 P. M.
—Rev. Lewis F. Wallace of Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, will preach at the First Baptist church next Sunday morning and evening.
—Just seventy-one people are rehearsing under Prof. A. D. Lane for "Belshazsar," which is to be presented in the Opera House April 7 and 8.
—Word has been received in Cortland of the sudden death in New York of Miss Sarah Grover, formerly of this village. The time of the death is believed to be yesterday, but no particulars are yet known.
—W. J. Roche of Scott reports that he has sold one carload of cabbage at $31 per ton—the highest price yet reported to have been received. An error in printing the price in this item a few days ago made it $21 per ton and not $31, and Mr. Roche calls our attention to the fact that he received $10 more per ton than was stated. If farmers could receive $31 per ton for cabbage for a few years they could retire from business with a competence for the rest of their natural lives.
DEATH OF DR. HUGHES.
Former Resident of Cortland Passed Away in California.
A telegram was received in Cortland last night from San Diego, Cal., announcing the death in that city yesterday of Dr. James W. Hughes, for many years a practicing physician of Cortland. No particulars were given. None of the family are now in town so that nothing further could be learned as to how long the doctor had been ill or as to where the burial is to be. Mrs. Hughes is with her two oldest daughters, Miss Mary E. Hughes and Mrs. James S. Burr at Fulton, Ala. Miss Frances L. Hughes is in Wellesley college and Dr. H. G. Hughes recently received the appointment of physician to a railroad in South America and has doubtless gone there before this time.
Dr. Hughes was a young physician in Cortland at the time the civil war broke out. He enlisted as a surgeon in the Union army and served with credit till the end of the war, when he returned to the practice of his profession in Cortland. For years he had about the widest spread practice of any physician in this vicinity, but a few years ago his health failed and he was obliged to give it up. Some three or four years ago he felt that he would be benefited by a change of climate and determined to go to southern California. San Diego has since been his home. At first he was some better, but the benefit was not permanent, though what the cause of his death was or whether he had been ill long is not yet known in Cortland.
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| J. Leroy Gillett, Book of Biographies. |
Deacon J. Leroy Gillett.
By the death of Deacon Gillett the town of Cortland loses a well-known, highly respected citizen, the Memorial Baptist church of which he was a consistent member, an active, honored officer, and the deeply bereaved family an indulgent, beloved husband and father.
Deacon Gillett was born upon the farm where his life was spent, his father, Nathan Gillett, having settled upon it in 1814, it then being with the exception of a small clearing and a log cabin, a wilderness. Here amid the rugged experiences of clearing land and burning lime Leroy grew up, developing those elements of character which have given stability and force to his life work.
He was a man of deep and strong convictions as a Christian, a Baptist, a temperance man, asking only to know what was true and right, and with him to know was to act accordingly.
In the First Baptist church, of which he was for many years a member and also a deacon, he by judicious, faithful service "purchased to himself a good degree and great boldness in the faith."
When the Memorial church was organized, thinking that his help was needed, and that he could be useful there, he relinquished the positions he had long and honorably filled, and entered heartily and generously into the work of the new church of which he was at once made a deacon and teacher in the Sunday-school, faithfully filling everyplace until stricken down by the fatal shock, which so suddenly terminated his useful life.
As a Sunday-school teacher, Deacon Gillett had a marked career. As teacher of a class of boys, he saw them converted, and some of them become prominent and successful ministers of the gospel. As the successor of the well-known Martin Saunders, as teacher of a class of men known as the "Little Samuels," he was beloved and honored for his interest and faithfulness in his work. In the Sunday-school of the Memorial church, he has been equally interested, and active. The Sunday-school convention, the association, at its annual meetings, or in its missionary committee work, the church at its Sunday or week day appointments could all count upon Deacon Gillett's presence and active participation in the work to be done.
As a temperance worker, he talked as he believed and by his example and his vote attested the sincerity of his faith.
He was twice married. His first wife, Rhoda P. Rood of South Cortland by whom he had three children, Edward Leroy, who died at the age of 7; Lewellyn, and Mary L., wife of D. L. Beardsley; his second wife, Melinda Beardsley, Lewellyn, and Mary survive to mourn their loss.
His funeral is to be held at the family home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
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