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| John G. Carlisle. |
The McGrawville Sentinel, Thursday, January 14, 1886.
REASSEMBLING AND GENERAL ACTIVITY IN BOTH HOUSES.
Some Who Are Not Committeemen Are Disappointed—Doings of Interest in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—When congress reassembled last week after a fortnight of holiday making, the scene in both houses was interesting. The senators plunged into work with a spirit that betokened they were refreshed by their relaxation and the representatives were on hand, eager to learn where fate and Speaker Carlisle had cast them with regard to the standing committees.
The speaker looked weary and care-worn, having been up nearly the whole night before working upon his committee list and trying to make fifty good places go around among three hundred ambitious politicians. Of course there was some disappointment, as there always is, and some ill feeling over the list when it was announced. Still the less favored members are disposed to acknowledge that Speaker Carlisle desires to be just and fair to all. Owing to the great diversity of opinion on important questions, even in his own party, the speaker's position is a peculiarly difficult one.
The work of the session will now begin in earnest. An immense amount of new business will be presented for consideration, though the country is more interested just now in the quality than the quantity of measures passed. Thus far seventeen hundred house bills have been introduced, and several states are yet to be heard from.
It is hoped the re-organization of the house committees, the changes and promotions made among them, will have a salutary effect upon legislature. The revisions of the rules, which attracted the attention of the country, will certainly have the effect of expediting such measures that are of urgent importance. It will enable committees to select their important bills and consider over "points of order" as to legislation on appropriation bills, and there will be far less friction than before as to precedence of business.
Considerable interest has attached to senatorial proceedings during the last few days. Senator Beck disclaimed any attack upon the administration in his ante-holiday speech, and inquired if Senator Morrill had not misconstrued his recent utterances on the silver question. The senator from Vermont said he had misunderstood Beck's allusions to the president and his financial adviser, the secretary of the treasury, and took pleasure in saying so. Both senators seemed to feel better after this explanation and immediately was sprung the question of woman suffrage in Utah.
That clause of the Utah bill prohibiting women from exercising the right of suffrage in the territory came up. Senators Hoar of Massachusetts, and Blair of New Hampshire, two prominent champions of woman's rights, combined in an attack upon this section of the bill, and stirred Senator Edmunds to some of his old time spirit. Senator Edmunds declared that the majority of the women of the United States do not sigh for the right to vote. At present he thinks society is better off without such a union of the home and the field of politics. "Whenever our wives, sisters and sweethearts," said he, "believe that they can serve society and themselves better by going into politics than by confining themselves to the sphere in which they are now employed, they shall have the aid of my vote in attaining their object."
Senator McPherson of New Jersey answered Senator Beck's recent speech by sustaining the president's position, advocating the suspension of silver coinage. Senator Gray, the successor of Secretary Bayard, made his maiden effort in the senate in defense of the same measure. The forensic debut of Mr. Gray was listened to with much curiosity and interest. Being a fine looking man and having a good voice and manner he made rather a favorable impression upon both the senate and galleries. He was however, embarrassed by his surroundings and by an ungracious remark made by Senator Edmunds. The latter had the floor and was asked to yield in order that Senator Gray might speak on the silver question. Mr. Edmunds said he would not refuse, because it was so important for new senators to make their first speeches that nothing but the falling-in of the senate walls should prevent them. Mr. Gray did not look very grateful for this caustic introduction, but made no reply to it, and proceeded with his speech, which he read from manuscript.
Epidemics Among School Children.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 13.—The public schools of Banksville, this state, have closed for several days owing to sickness prevailing to an alarming extent among the children during the past few weeks. Scarlet fever, diphtheria and whooping cough, are more or less prevalent among the six hundred children who attend the schools. Five deaths have occurred. There are at present twelve cases of scarlet fever and four of diphtheria, while whooping cough is in almost every family.
Driven Out by a Flood.
FULTON, Jan. 11.—A disastrous flood is now doing incalculable damage at the "Flats," a large tract lying between the Oswego river and the canal. The upper part is occupied by large flouring mills and many other manufacturing concerns and the lower portion by the homes of hundreds of workingmen. A great jam of ice and snow began to form in the river Saturday and the water gradually set back on the flats. The water rose all night, and Sunday morning the danger was so great that the fire-bells were rung and the firemen and citizens generally hurried to the scene. All the row-boats obtainable were carried thither, and the people were rescued from their dwellings, in many cases from second stories. The water had put out the fires and the people suffered intensely from the severe cold. The rescued were landed and properly cared for and then an effort was made to save some of the valuable machinery in the manufactories.
At least seventy-five families are rendered homeless by the flood. The following manufactories are under water: W. S. Nelson's barrel- factory; Dilts' foundry and machine-shop, D. E. Mason's pail and tub factory, Fulton gas-works, Taylor brothers' knife-works, Loomis' planning-mill and several other shops and various lumber yards.
Flour is being removed from the mills. The water, which is still rising, will flood other mills and factories. The Oswego Falls factories, a mile above, were compelled to shut down Saturday on account of ice, and these alone employ 1,000 workmen. Some buildings and much of the machinery on the lower flats have been wrecked, and considerable property has been swept away.
Died When 110 Years Old.
NEWBURGH, Jan. 11.—Mrs. Elizabeth Dubois died here to-day at the age of 110 years. She was formerly a slave in Ulster county, and was freed at the time of the emancipation in this state in 1827. Her memory was good until near the close of life. She said she was washing dishes when she heard that Washington's Continental army was disbanded in 1783. She had accumulated some property.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
ALMOST any use of tobacco is abuse, but the effect of a radical abuse is illustrated in the downfall of Keene, the brilliant tragic actor. It may sometimes happen that a temperate man is stricken with paralysis in middle life; overwork, cares or excessive emotion, operating in conjunction with a hereditary tendency perhaps, may precipitate such a misfortune. But Keene was in the prime of a vigorous manhood, and would not have succumbed thus early to any ordinary influence. Any good which tobacco has ever done is infinitesimal compared with its infinite mischief, the destruction of one good tragedian counterbalancing all the benefit ever produced by the wretched stuff.
OLEOMARGARINE, justly says the Syracuse Standard, is a greater enemy to farmers than silver or tariff legislation. An exchange publishes figures indicative of the appalling growth of the sale and exportation of this humbug butter. In 1880 the country exported 39,236,650 pounds of butter and twenty million pounds of oleomargarine; but in 1885 the exports of oleomargarine nearly reached thirty-eight million, while the exportation of butter declined to 21,648,148 pounds. Fifty million pounds is the present magnitude of the manufacture of the bogus article, out of which dishonest men are evidently making enormous fortunes. Let the dairymen wake up! Otherwise their business will soon be gone, swept away on the tide of deceit and fraud. They should have uniform laws in all of the states, forbidding under heavy penalties the sale or exportation of the imitation as butter; and they must provide for a searching system of inspection. The statute in this state prohibits the fraudulent sale of the imitation products; but it goes on, proving that the rascality is not detected. The perpetuation of the dairy interests requires a rigid and successful inspection of all commodities vended as butter; and the farmers cannot do better work this winter than to see that the legislature fills this gap in oleomargarine legislature.
Cortland Biters Bitten.
On Friday last a green looking young man with a perceptible odor of the cow stable about him registered at one of the hotels in this village, and patronized the bar quite freely, at least he had that appearance as toward five o'clock in the afternoon he seemed to be in a half drunken condition. He displayed quite a "wad" of money and gave out that he was bound to see the sights before he went back to drudgery on the farm. As might be expected the display of a considerable amount of wealth excited the cupidity of one of our local sports, who is not over particular how he gets his money as long as he gets it, and the aforesaid l. s. was not long in getting acquainted with the verdant young man. The two took several drinks together, and the former wanted the other to suggest some way to pass the evening. Sport suggested that he get a couple of his friends and they have a quiet game of poker, just for fun. Greeny didn't want to play poker as he played that game once and lost six dollars. He was finally persuaded, however, to take a few hands, just for fun, at penny ante.
Sport hunted up a couple of friends, and put up a job with them to get the granger's money and then make a "divy." Accordingly as the clock in the steeple chimed the witching hour of nine the three shylocks repaired to the hotel that contained the lamb who was waiting to be fleeced. A room was procured, cards sent for, and soon a lively game of draw was in progress. The verdant youth seemed to have bad luck from the start, although he played very carefully. Before half past ten he had lost between sixty and seventy dollars.
But a change came over him. On the next deal, which was sport's No. 1, our greenhorn friend finally raked in the pile, about $130. The next two hands resulted in swelling the greenhorn's pile a little, and then it came his deal. The cards were duly shuffled and dealt out. Sport No. 1 discovered three kings, No. 2 had three queens and a pair of trays, and No. 3 had three tens and a pair of sixes. The bets were rather high, but finally it was settled and the parties to the transaction drew for cards. No. 1 only wanted two, two and three didn't need any, but the verdant concluded that he had better have four cards.
Then commenced a scene that beggars description. As fast as a bet was made, some of the others would raise it, until finally the "Sucker" said, "Well, I'll see that rise and go it a hundred better." One of the Shylocks "called" the Greenhorn but the others had to drop out for the want of money to cover the bet. The one who stayed there proceeded to show down his three queens and pair of trays and was going to "pull down" the money but our greenhorn friend concluded that four jacks was a "darned sight better hand nor that" and pocketed the cash, about $350.
The others wanted to play longer, but they didn't have any money and the stranger insisted on seeing what he was playing for, and so the game broke up, after the greenhorn had delivered a short lecture. He advised the three not to put too much confidence in a hayseedy appearance, and the smell of a cow barn, because any fool could get these two necessary requisites by a little exertion. The greenhorn who was no more or less than a professional gambler had taken this method of working his game on Cortland sports who thought they knew it all. In other words, "those who came to shear went away shorn."
The facts above stated were given us by one of the "boys" who saw the game and would have gone into it also if he had been lucky enough to have a little capital, but who thanks his lucky stars he didn't and who vouches for the truth.—Cortland News.
EDITORS' EASY CHAIR.
—Assemblyman Milford M. Brown was in town this week.
—Reno Hoag of East Homer is spending a few days in town.
—William Bean of East River greeted friends in town Tuesday.
—Remember the Presbyterian social at Henry Greenman's this evening.
—Rev. Mr. Dunham of Binghamton is expected to occupy the pulpit in the Presbyterian church next Sunday.
—Will Rogers of this place started Tuesday morning for Hamilton with a string of cutters from the Hitchcock works, Cortland.
—There will be a donation for Rev. W. D. Fox at the M. E. church on Thursday evening Jan, 21, a cordial invitation is extended to all.
—Dr. M. R. Smith will address the W. C. T. U. of this place to-morrow evening in the Baptist church on the "effect of alcohol on the human system."
—Willard Moore, formerly of McGrawville, is to be congratulated in his new role as father. An eleven pound girl has graced his home since January 6.
—Last fall Mrs. George Rogers went to Rome and was relieved of a cancer. She is again in failing health and this week went to Syracuse to be treated by Dr. Didama,
—Last Thursday occurred the marriage of Mr. DeWitt Greenman of this place to Miss Mary Van Buskirk of Groton, at the latter's home. The couple have the hearty good wishes of a host of friends.
—The SENTINEL last week contained correspondence from more places in this county than any dollar, dollar-and-a-half or two-dollar paper ever contained before.
—The Cortland county Sunday School Teachers' association will hold its next annual convention at the Baptist church in this village Friday, January 29. The programme will be given our readers next week.
—The first of a series of dances given by the J. G. F. Club will be held Thursday evening, January 21, at Hammond's hall, McGrawville. Tickets for dance 50 cents. Supper will be served in the hotel dining rooms to all who wish at 50 cents couple.
—A singing school conducted by W. D. Fox will commence Saturday evening Jan 16, in the M. E. church. This chance should not be neglected by any wishing a thorough rudimental course in the science of music. Tuition 50 cents a scholar for a term of twenty evenings.
—The McGrawville post office was moved into the store of M. C. Bingham last Saturday and it is very nicely arranged in the north-eastern corner of the room. The distribution of the mails have not been perceptibly delayed although a number of new boxes have been made and put into place.
—John J. Isaacs was in New York the latter part of last week. His son Fenton, who has been working there for some time, returned home with him and the two commenced working for P. H. McGraw & Son, Tuesday. The report circulated that Fenton was married we learn is false and so congratulations are hardly in order, though he may think he deserves them for still preserving his singleness.
—A correspondent from DeRuyter says that a respectable young woman known there as Miss Nancy McGraw, eleven years ago married a tramping printer calling himself C. Edward Lyon, who deserted her in the most heartless manner from Pitcher where he had just started the publication of a paper. She left DeRuyter last Saturday for Syracuse to meet her husband who now assumes repentance.
—Saturday morning while at the factory Mrs. Jessie Mynard stepped on a piece of gas pipe in the engine room and it rolled from under her causing her to fall. She reached out to try and avert any injury and her hand struck a nail that was projecting through a box cover and it pierced nearly through her hand, thus inflicting a very severe wound. She was unable to resume work again until Wednesday.
—The McGrawville freight business that has for the last four years been owned and run by C. D. Wavle was last week sold to Well Dibble of Killawog. Mr. Dibble, we understand, will come here and take charge of the business the first of March, and till that time the business will be under the care of George Case, commencing with Monday next. Wavle is to drive the express for Case till March and he hopes by that time to have secured a good farm in exchange for his village property. We are sorry to lose Mr. Wavle from our business circle as he is a hard worker and is universally liked.
—Special sale of Black Walnut Couches for six dollars at Robert Otto's, No. 8 Orchard street, Cortland.
—For Sale—One yoke of Holstein cattle, coming 4 years, well broke. Enquire of John Carruthers.
—I have just received a fresh lot of Baking Powder and Coffee with which I give some very fine presents; also a fresh lot of Choice Family Groceries, Oranges, Lemons and nuts of all kinds, fresh from the city. Call and take your choice in the presents before they are gone. F. G. MCELHENY.
—If you are to have an auction, a notice in the SENTINEL is worth more than in any other paper, for it has a larger circulation among the farmers in this county than any other county journal. By getting your bills printed at this office you can also get a free notice in the SENTINEL. Remember us. Work first-class and satisfaction guaranteed.
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| Cortland Opera House on Groton Avenue. |
CORTLAND ITEMS.
CORTLAND, Jan. 13.—Charles Rowe of Binghamton is here on business.
A special meeting of the board of supervisors was held here yesterday, and important action was taken on matters relating to a contract for boarding and receiving prisoners from this county at the Onondaga county penitentiary, and some other matters were disposed of that came before the board.
Cortland Wagon Co. intend to start up work next Monday.
"The World" will be presented at the Cortland opera house Friday night of this week.
The bee keepers association held a meeting in Union hall yesterday. Many were present and an increase of the production of honey in Cortland county was reported.
The Standard dramatic company commence their week's engagement at the Cortland opera house next Monday night. Their costumes are said to be elegant and rich and their scenery beautiful. Many tickets are being sought after.
Commencement exercises of the Normal [School] next Tuesday. Examination commenced yesterday.
Thermometer here registered 24 degrees below zero yesterday morning and 21 this morning.
Rev. David Dutcher who lived about one mile west of the village died yesterday of apoplexy. He was very highly respected and was about 62 years of age.
The street cars with their snow plows in use continue yet to run from this place to Homer.
Albert Clark of Taylor is at work in the county clerk's office learning the ways of that office.
Trains on the E. C. & N. railroad have been several hours late [weather] for the last few days.
George W. Roe has gone to Norwich for a few days visiting among relatives.
Our circuit term of the supreme court will open Monday, February 1. There will be several important cases on the calendar.
From the examination had thus far it looked as though the Tillinghast assignment would be vacated and set aside.
Andrew J. Shepherd, aged forty-two, committed suicide at Ithaca Wednesday night by blowing off the top of his head with a shot gun. The use of morphine is the supposed cause.
The Deserving in Good Luck.
We learn with great pleasure that two estimable ladies, now employed in P. H. McGraw & Son's factory, have each just received a pension. The back pay on Mrs. Turner's amounted to about $1000, while that of Mrs. Eliza Hicks amounted to $2025. Both will receive $96 per year hereafter. [We surmise that these belated pensions were government pensions related to service performed by a veteran of the civil war—CC editor.]
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