DAVE BRUBECK JAZZ

 Take Five and Blue Rondo a la Turk.

 

 

NEW RACING RECORD, WASHINGTON LETTER, GROWTH OF CORTLAND, LOCOMOTIVE VS. TREES, AND VIRGIL WEDDING

 

Shamrock II.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, Aug. 23, 1901.

NEW RACING RECORD

THE WONDERFTL STALLION MAKES MILE IN 2:02 ¼

Cresceus Distances The Abbot in Second Heat—Horses Scarce in New York—To Harlem in Two Minutes—Shamrock II Has Arrived, and She is a Fast Looking Boat—Frauds in Custom Duties.

   New York, August 20.—The trotting interests of the Metropolis have not received such a boom in a quarter of a century as developed last Thursday at the Brighton Beach track, when under the auspices of the New York Trotting association, the champion stallion and champion gelding, Cresceus and The Abbot, respectively, came together for a purse of $12,000.

   The Abbott, with his record of 2:03 1/4 of last season and Cresceus, with his mark of 2:02 1/4 made at Columbus, were to decide the question of which was the one to go down in history as the fastest trotting horse now living.

   The weather was simply perfect for the great trial and the track was like velvet, though probably a second slow. Several times during the afternoon both horses put in some preliminary work and each time they passed the crowd there was enthusiasm galore.

   It was about 3:30 o'clock when the drivers. Ketcham and Geers, appeared before the grand stand and obtained their positions for a start by the flip of a coin. Luck was with the driver of Cresceus, as he secured the pole. This is quite an advantage when two horses so nearly equal in record are considered.

   A moment later, as the horses came from the paddock, they were wildly cheered and they looked fit for the work before them. Fortunately, too, the wind had died down to a dead calm, so there was no obstacle in that line.

   Coming down the stretch it was a battle royal with The Abbott very close up, but Cresceus with his bull dog grit kept on, nostrils extended, just managing lo beat his opponent by a half length in 2:02 1/4, the world's trotting record in a race. To say that the announcement created tumultuous applause only faintly conveys the meaning of the expression.

   ◘ Never in the history of the local horse market has there been such a scarcity of horses as at the present time. It is almost impossible to buy a horse at anything like the price formerly asked and some classes of horses, such as coach horses, for instance, cannot be had at any price. Concerns which require a number of horses are contracting for animals in 100 lots a year or two ahead.

   Horses that three years ago could not have been sold for $5 a head are quickly bought up by the large stables and after a few weeks of rest, and care, are sold to ready buyers at from $40 to $50 a piece. A horse that a woman can drive with safety could be bought for about $30 some two or three years ago. To-day many dealers would not take such a horse out of the stall for an offer less than $150 and many of this class bring as high as $200 per head.

   ◘ The American Elevated Railroad company has been incorporated with a capital of $5,000,000. Osborn Congleton, president of the company, says that the new concern has a system by which it can operate cars in this city and elsewhere at two hundred miles an hour or, in other words, at three and a third miles a minute. This would mean "to Harlem in two minutes" from the Battery, or a saving of thirteen minutes over Contractor McDonald's underground system.

   "Under our system," said President Congleton, "there is not the slightest danger in running 200 miles an hour. Our method consists of running with double central rail track on which the car rests and additional inverted rails under each end of the ties, which serve as conductors and also balance and bind the cars under the track. The speed and economy of our system consists in the fact that our cars only require a weight of 250 pounds per passenger, when a Pullman car weighs two tons per passenger. Our system uses small electric motors."

   ◘ It is alleged that bold frauds upon the customs service which, for extent and magnitude, have never been equalled, were disclosed yesterday as a result of complaints that invoices of Japanese silk had been held unduly by the appraiser of the port. Through collusion between importers and employees in the custom service, it is said that department has been defrauded of duties amounting to millions of dollars.

   It is charged that those fraudulent practices have been going on undiscovered for many years, and that several officials whose duty it was to appraise importations of silk have been able to retire from office with comfortable fortunes bestowed upon them by favored importers.

   ◘ The beautiful shape of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II was revealed to the admiring gaze of yachting experts Friday, when the yacht was placed in dry dock. When the ways were in position and the water slowly receded and opened to view the yacht's lines those present saw what is without doubt the best built yacht England has ever produced for the purpose of contesting for the cup.

   Naturally comparisons with Shamrock I were made and the general and unanimous opinion was that the new boat is vastly superior. Her lines are graceful and are not nearly as full and heavy as those of the old Shamrock. Her bow will cut water like a knife. Her sail plan, an important feature, shows strength in its every part.

 

Rear Admiral W. S. Schley.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From Our Regular Correspondent.)

   Washington, August 19.—Rear Admiral Schley, who has been in Washington for several days and will probably remain until the close of the court of inquiry, looks like a man who knows he is right and is absolutely certain of winning. He spends much time with his counsel, giving them pointers in the preparation of the program that will be followed by them during the inquiry. To-day all three of his counsel, Judge Jeremiah M. Wilson, Hon. Isidor Rayner, attorney general of Maryland, and Capt. Parker, made a formal call on Acting Secretary Hacket for the purpose of presenting Schley's supplementary list of witnesses to be ordered before the court, and to ask for a list of the navy department's witnesses. Acting Secretary Hackett has promised witnesses as soon as it is completed. Admiral Schley regrets having to abandon his purpose of accompanying the Washington Knights-Templars to the Louisville Conclave, but he feels that it would not be good taste for him to do so under the circumstances; that it might be thought that he was seeking to be lionized by his fellow Templars for effect. When he promised to go with the Washington Commandery, of which he is a member, he had no idea that he would, at this time, be preparing to appear before a court of inquiry.

   There are now reasons other than the outrageous treatment of Rear Admiral Schley, why a courageous and fair-minded congressional committee could do the country a real service by thoroughly investigating all branches of the navy department. One of them may be found closely connected with the cruiser Columbia, which cost $5,000,000 less than ten years ago, and which was allowed to rust at the League Island navy yard until in danger of sinking, with no caretaker other than a single watchman, and which was lately sent to the Brooklyn navy yard to be used as a receiving ship. Although built for speed and regarded by outsiders as one of the finest ships of its class, the bureau or navigation has from the day it was first put in commission, assigned the Columbia at obscure tasks. The reason ascribed for this would appear ridiculous if it were not obviously true. The Columbia was designed by Rear Admiral Hichborn who has always been an outspoken friend of Admiral Schley, and has in consequence been constantly opposed by the bureau of navigation. The country certainly has a right to know whether there was any other reason than spite or envy for the deliberate plans of the bureau of navigation to lay up a $5,000,000 cruiser in order that neglect might make it useless, and a congressional committee could find out, if it went about the right way.

 

Main Street, Cortland, N. Y.

The Growth of Cortland.

   The Syracuse Post Standard very courteously alludes to the city of Cortland in an editorial in the following kindly manner:

   Reports indicate that the city of Cortland is on the front end of a boom of the most promising sort.

   Many new houses are to be erected. Several new industries have located in the city and others are expected to come soon. Workmen are reported to be hard to find to do the work in hand.

   Cortland has enjoyed a satisfactory growth in the past, though increase in inhabitants during the past decade was not heavy. From 1880 to 1890 the population more than doubled, growing from 4,050, to 8,590. During the last ten years the increase continued until in 1900 the city had 9,014 inhabitants. While the increase during this last period was only 424, it represents nearly one-half of the total increase for the county.

   The natural advantages of Cortland are many, and its railroad facilities are excellent, which causes are sufficient to explain its rapid growth in the past and to warrant a belief that the future will see even greater strides.

 

D., L. & W. railroad station at Cortlland, N. Y.

Locomotive vs. Trees.

   It was quite an interesting sight Monday to witness the method employed by the D., L. & W. railroad company in felling a row of trees by the side of its new track in what was formerly known as the Bolles grove. It had been decided to bring the services of a locomotive into use, and in nearly every case the scheme worked to perfection, the stump being removed with the trees. The first attempt was made in the forenoon when a chain was attached to the tree some twenty feet from the ground. The engine gave one or two strong pulls and unfortunately the tree broke off near the stump, but in the case of the others the [maple] trees were felled with ease.

 

Wedding in Virgil.

(From Our Regular Correspondent.)

   A very pretty wedding occurred Wednesday, Aug. 14, at noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baum of Virgil, when their daughter Fannie A. was united to Frank L. Vunk. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R. W. McCullough of Dryden, in front of a bank of ferns and flowers in the presence of their near relatives and friends. The pleasant rooms were decorated with cut flowers and plants. The bride wore a gown of drab, trimmed in blue and white. The groom wore the conventional black. Mrs. Ray Saltsman played the wedding march.

   The bride was attended by Miss Bertha Vunk, sister of the groom, and Arba Baum, brother of the bride. After the happy pair were made one they received hearty congratulations from all and an elegant wedding dinner was served, while social chat filled the rooms, after which Mr. and Mrs. Vunk left for a trip to the Pan-American. The gifts were numerous and useful.

   Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Avery Hiles and son Percy, Miss Cora Vunk, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Larmor of Dryden; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Jennison and daughter Gertrude, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Baum of Cortland; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Smith of Freetown; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mott of Freeville; Mrs. Mary Vunk and daughter Hazel, Merton Vunk and family,Mr. and Mrs. William Tyler, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Saltsman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hicks and C. G. Bacon of this place.

 

PAGE FOUR—BRIEF EDITORIALS.

   Two neighboring towns—Groton and Binghamton—have been kicked hard by the trusts the past week [steel-related job losses—CC ed.].

   The steel trust's million dollar president is beginning to earn his salary. He is doing the worrying for the trust.

   An exchange says that J. Pierpont Morgan is not in business for "his own health." We wonder whose health he is in business for.

   This new-fangled use of petroleum to kill off the mosquito will give the pesky thing an excellent chance to oil up his stinger.

   Just to settle that dispute between Roosevelt and Odell, Mark Hanna may step in and take the presidential nomination himself.

   That Judge Joseph E. Eggleston will be re-nominated for county judge at the Republican county convention is one of the certainties of the times.

   Why is it that the trusts, all of whom have competent lobbyists in their employ, are so anxious to prevent the labor unions from taking an interest in public legislation?

   It is said that the roar of a lion can be heard further than the cry of any other animal. Next to that comes the note of a woman who has had the bad luck to meet a mouse.

   A California man has invented a magnet that is said to attract gold and silver. We hope they will reach Cortland. With one of these magnets in his pocket a man could not be separated from his money.

   The Groton Bridge company's plant at Groton, Tompkins county, has been closed by order of the steel trust. The local manager says he thinks the work will be reopened after a few months but it is to be noted that the trust has already begun to remove the machinery and material to other plants.

 

SCOTT, N. Y.

   Scott, August 21—Mrs. John Stoker was at Homer Friday and Saturday, a guest at the home of Mrs. Amanda Kellogg.

   For many years a small brown house has stood a short distance from the handsome residence of Ira Barber. This small house, once the home of Mr. Barber's parents, is now to be moved up to and connected with the larger house, and fitted up for the use of Mrs. Barber's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Clark. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark have suffered much from poor health for many months, necessitating the presence in their home of their daughter, Mrs. Barber. This arrangement will place them where they can have the company and aid of their daughter, at the same time she is attending to the pleasant duties of her own home. All their friends will be glad to have Mr. and Mrs. Clark again in this vicinity.

   A. Harold Salisbury and Fred Unckless start Monday morning on a ginseng hunting trip.

   Messrs. S. J. and L. C. Barber are drilling a well on S. J. Barber's place.

   A more perfect day for an outing than last Wednesday proved to be, would be hard to find. So according to a previous invitation and arrangement, Mrs. F. M. Hazard, Mrs. D. D. L. Burdick and the Rev. J. T. Davis drove down to the Barber cottage, to join their friends already there. Mrs. Barber and Mrs. S. J. Hazard proved themselves ideal hostesses. The young people also were familiar with boats, and the lake. In the forenoon a pleasant row down the lake brought us to the pretty home of Mr. and Mrs. Waterbury. Their cottage is so situated as to command one of the pleasantest views of the lake with its background of densely wooded hillside. After enjoying a social chat with these friends, we returned to our boat landing. After dinner we again took to the lake in boats, where most of the afternoon was passed. Toward night some of the party enjoyed bathing and swimming in the clear waters of the lake. About sunset we drove home again feeling that we had been permitted to enjoy the best waterday outing of our lives.

 

HERE AND THERE.

   Labor day this year comes on Monday, September 2. It is a national holiday by act of congress.

   Regular meeting of Cortlandville grange will be held in Good Templar hall tomorrow evening. Initiations in the third and fourth degrees.

   A new swindle in the milk business has dropped out in this state—the removal of the butter fat from the milk by a separator and the substitution of an oleo combination therefore.

   The Syracuse Herald now consists of 36 pages, the addition being a 4-page comic section, all printed in colors. This makes the Herald by far the largest and most metropolitan paper in the state.

   H. C. Crofoot of Preble has lately erected a new and substantial saw mill and equipped the same for the rapid sawing of lumber, timber, etc., the former being furnished by a twenty-horse power engine.

   The season for woodcock and partridge in this county will not open this year until September 15, owing to a change in the law. Gray and black squirrels may be taken September 1, which is also the date for the opening of the deer season.

   On September 1 the new law will go into effect which forbids butcher shops to keep open Sunday, and makes it a penal offense to sell or deliver uncooked fresh foods or meats on that day. Tobacco and cigars we presume may be sold as heretofore. These are so necessary, you know.

   Fred Freer has been appointed dog catcher in place of A. Goldsmith, resigned.

   Mrs. Carrie Nation will speak at Assembly park, Tully, tomorrow afternoon at 2:15.

   Cortland has pretty well emigrated Buffaloward this week. Just enough remain behind to keep the wheels of industry moving. [Pan-American Exposition—CC ed.]

 

KILLED ONE OF THE LYNCHING MOB, COUNTY FAIR, HAMMOND FAMILY PICNIC, DELEVAN FAMILY REUNION, AND JUDGE EGGLESTON RE-ELECTED

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Aug. 23, 1901.

KILLED ONE OF MOB.

Alabama Sheriff Saved Negro From Lynching.

DREW DEAD LINE AT COURTHOUSE.

Threatened a Volley If Anyone Dared Mount the Steps and Kept His Word. Negro Sentenced to Be Hanged—Safely Spirited Away in Freight Train.

   BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 23.—A staff correspondent of the Birmingham News telegraphed yesterday from Ashville, St. Clair county, Ala., that in a battle which occurred there at 1 o'clock between Sheriff North's posse and a mob of 400 men who were seeking to lynch James Brown, the negro rapist from Springville, one man was killed and two wounded, one fatally. The mob dispersed for the time being.

   Brown was tried at a special term of court yesterday morning and sentenced to be hanged Sept. 20. The trial lasted two hours and the jury was out 11 minutes. When it became noised abroad that the court had directed the sheriff to take the prisoner back to Birmingham for safe keeping a mob surrounded the courthouse, where Brown was being guarded by Sheriff North and 20 deputies. The mob demanded the prisoner and the sheriff informed them that he would shoot the first man that put his foot on the courthouse steps.

   A few minutes later a member of the mob dashed up the steps firing a revolver. A general fusillade followed. The sheriff's force fired through the windows and doors and the mob retreated, firing as they went.

   Walter Blankenship was shot through the head and died soon after. Arthur Blankenship was shot in the head and shoulders with buckshot. He will die. A boy named Hanley was shot in the hand.

   A hard rain then began falling. The bodies of the wounded were removed and the crowd scattered, but in front of the stores across the street.

   The officers took advantage of this lull and spirited the negro away in charge of two special deputies. He was gotten safely aboard a freight train for Birmingham.

   The clash with the sheriff came in half an hour after Judge Pelham had pronounced the sentence. By a ruse the courtroom was cleared of half of its angry occupants. The remaining half were surly and seemed bent on mischief. At the request of Judge Pelham J. L. Garrett, the father of the girl, outraged by Brown, mounted a table and spoke, counseling peace. In concluding his appeal he said: "If you have any respect for my feelings, if I can have any weight in your hearts, let me urge you as good citizens to go home and obey the law and I will never cease to thank you from the bottom of my heart."

   The Blankenships were brothers and it is said have been in town since Monday trying to stir up the trouble. Walter died within two hours after being shot and Arthur is in a precarious condition.

   The attempt of the mob to gain possession of the negro followed one of the swiftest and fairest trials ever witnessed. The judge and court officials were on the defensive to suppress the rising anger of the crowd as detail after detail of the crime was told by the witnesses for the state. There was no evidence for the defense. As Brown said afterwards in his confession, there was nothing the witnesses he had summoned could say in his behalf.

 

STRIKERS REMAIN QUIET.

Trust Partially Equips Star Plant at Pittsburg Without Molestation.

   PITTSBURG, Aug. 23.--Aside from the partial equipment of the Star plant of the American Tin Plate company, and the preparation for its immediate resumption of business there were no special developments in the strike situation in this city yesterday. No further trouble occurred at the Pennsylvania Tube works, and at all other strike points quiet reigns.

   The incident at the Star plant is given as an example of especial significance and, to use an Amalgamated officer's expression, shows that the men have been educated to the knowledge that their strongest weapon in such cases is silence and submission until it is demonstrated that the mill cannot be operated successfully without the aid of skilled men now on strike.

   The steel men on the other hand are highly pleased with their success in manning the Star plant and say that if the men they secure are not molested it will be but a short time until all of their mills will be in full operation and doing good work.

   While the strikers claim that four of the new men at the Star plant have deserted the company and say that others would leave if they could get out of the mill, Superintendent Harper maintains that he has 100 men at work, that none have deserted and that the men can go and come from the mills as they please. Mr. Harper says the plant will be in smooth running order tonight and he apprehends no further difficulty in its operation.

   The Painter mill has 250 men at work and the management expects to be running full-handed by next week. Two mills are being operated at the Lindsay and McCutcheon plant, one of them the 10-inch mill. No sign of a break in the Carnegie and lower union plants made its appearance yesterday. McKeesport is still completely tied up, but an attempt may be made to start the Demmler tin works with men secured from outside points.

   The strikers are still vigilant as pickets but are keeping quiet and making no threats. At Irondale the tin plant company gained another victory yesterday by the successful start of one of the rolls. There are said to be enough men in the plant to man one mill one turn and the company officials say now that the break has been made they will get the men back.

   A delegation of strikers from Wellsville went to Irondale last evening with the intention of having a talk with the men at work and to try to persuade them to quit.

   At Amalgamated headquarters in this city the day was devoted almost entirely to routine business and nothing of unusual importance occurred. President Shaffer said that no movement has as yet been made by either side looking to arbitration or mediation. No hint had come from the steel people on the subject and none had gone out from the workers. There was, however, a tendency among many of the labor leaders to discuss the possibility of arbitration, and on every side was heard mentioned the name of Governor W. A. Stone as an arbitrator or conciliator, and it is said he will be asked to tender his good offices in this direction.

 

THE CORTLAND COUNTY FAIR.

Arrangements for Next Week's Event Nearly Completed.

   All the arrangements for the great county fair are now practically completed, and Superintendent Greenman is of the opinion that the record beating crowds of last year will be set in the shades in comparison with the throngs of people that will visit the fair this year. He reasons that while the association offered many good attractions last year as inducements for the people to attend the fair, and the people were quick to respond to those inducements then, that vastly better and more attractive features have been received for this year, and that these attractions will surely bring the people out in greater numbers than ever before.

   The entry lists are beginning to swell, and it requires several clerks already to keep a record of them. The liberal premiums offered will bring out an excellent display of all kinds of articles. The entries for the races are also very large, and good racing is assured.

   It is thought that Wednesday, Aug. 28, public school day, when all the school children of the county will be admitted free of charge, will be the largest day during the fair. Every foot of room in the fair house that can be rented has been spoken for by exhibitors.

 

Herbert Kitchener.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

Lord Kitchener's Proclamation.

   Lord Kitchener, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, has issued a high sounding proclamation threatening with perpetual banishment the Boers who do not surrender before Sept. 15, together with a fine upon any property belonging to them in the colonies to cover the cost of maintenance for their families who may be under British authority. The reasons for the proclamation are set forth in eight "whereas" clauses. Briefly they are that the burghers in arms are few in numbers, not well equipped, devoid of regular military organization and cannot carry on organized resistance, but can only make isolated attacks on small posts and detachments. The order is, according to Lord Kitchener, to put an end to "a state of things which is aimlessly prolonging bloodshed and destruction and inflicting ruin upon a great majority of the inhabitants, who are anxious to live in peace and earn a livelihood for themselves and families."

   Lord Kitchener's proclamation in some respects reminds one of the verbal though not less pompous manifesto of a certain Major Pitcairn who, speaking in the name of George III, thus addressed the embattled farmers at Lexington in 1776: "Disperse, you rebels. Lay down your arms and disperse." But they didn't disperse. And it remains to be seen whether stubborn Dutch farmers give much more heed to Kitchener's formal pronunciamento.

   To a people fighting in the last ditch for the preservation of their liberties and fully realizing that they have nothing politically to hope for at the end of the struggle the threat of banishment is not likely to have a pacifying effect. Living in exile would be about as satisfactory to them as living under the dominion of the government which took from them their liberties. The proclamation is therefore practically insignificant so far as any effect it may have in ending hostilities. It is, as the London Daily Mail says, "an empty thunderbolt." It is significant only as a tacit confession of the British government that it cannot conquer the Boers so long as any of them remain in South Africa.

 

Cortland Park and Pavilion at base of Salisbury Hill.

HAMMOND FAMILY PICNIC.

Celebrated Today at the Park—Nearly 100 in Attendance.

   Members of the Hammond family to the number of nearly 100 held their annual picnic at the park today. The weather was delightful for the occasion and those in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the day. Dinner tables were spread on the broad porches. The sumptuous dinner was followed by the business meeting and social visiting and singing filled the remainder of the afternoon. The officers for the coming year, elected at the business meeting were:

   President—S. S. Hammond, Freetown.

   Vice-President—Henry Hammond, McGraw.

   Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. L. A. Strowbridge, Cortland.

   Registrar—Mary Allen, Richford.

   Among the visitors from out of town who were present were: Mrs. Agnes Robinson and daughter Grace of East Patchogue, L. I., Mrs. Emma McAllister, and Mrs. Louis Lang and daughter Katharyn of New York, Mrs. Daniel Paxton of Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Manrose of Binghamton, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Hammond and two daughters of Brooklyn. The place of meeting next year will be at the Cortland park.

 

COMMON COUNCIL

HELD AN ADJOURNED MEETING LAST EVENING.

Dog Pound Established—Located at Entrance to Trout Park Near Port Watson-st.—Poundmaster Given Full Authority and Instructions.

   An adjourned meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held at the office of the clerk of said city, Aug. 22, 1901, at which were present Mayor Chas. F. Brown, and Aldermen E. M. Yager, G. F. Richards, T. C. Scudder and Vern W. Skeele.

   The meeting was held for the purpose of establishing a dog pound after the one at 83 Prospect-st. should be by resolution declared at an end. The newly appointed poundmaster, F. A. Freer, was present at the meeting, and the situation was discussed at some length. A barn at the entrance to the trout park was named as the public pound, and the council believes that the location is excellent for such a building, as it is quite a distance from houses in that section. The poundmaster stated that he was ready to go to catching dogs at once, and the ordinance passed in relation to the pound gives him this right. The poundmaster's house, 2 Dunsmore Place, is near the barn at which the pound was established.

   The dog catcher got instructions from the council to catch all dogs that do not have tags fastened on their collars and not to take as an excuse from anyone that a tag had been purchased but not placed on the collar. The tags must be worn by the dogs, the council declared, and are of no use unless they are so worn. The dog catcher also is vested with all the powers of an officer and to resist him, the aldermen say, means trouble, as they all stand back of him and are bound to see the dog question settled in a satisfactory matter. Farmers' dogs will be picked up the same as others, and so people who are in the habit of bringing their dogs with them when they come to Cortland had better leave the canines at home for the poundmaster is liable to scoop them up and land them in the pound.

   The dog catcher swore in last night before Clerk Fred Hatch and is already to do business. If you miss your dog, remember the pound is at the entrance to the trout park.

   On motion of Mr. Scudder, seconded by Mr. Richards and declared carried:

   Resolved, That the designation of the public pound of the city of Cortland at 83 Prospect-st. be rescinded, and that the public pound of said city be and is hereby fixed and established to be at the barn at or near the entrance to the trout park on the south side of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.'s tracks in said city. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.

   Approved, Aug. 21, 1901, Chas. F. Brown, mayor.

   On motion meeting adjourned.

   Approved Aug. 21, 1901, CHAS. F. BROWN, Mayor.

 

THE DELAVAN FAMILY

Holds Its Annual Reunion—Address by President I. H. Palmer.

   The seventh annual reunion of the Delavan family at Cortland park Wednesday was attended by seventy members of the family and a few guests. After the dinner which was of an excellence characteristic of all the dinners provided at these reunions and after the refreshing of reminiscences and exchange of greetings the business meeting was held in the dancing hall of the pavilion. The meeting was called to order by the president, I. H. Palmer. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Miss. Nina D. Seeber, and, on motion approved. The treasurer reported a balance of $19.90 on hand. The receipts of the meeting were $9.33.

   The minutes of the board of managers were read by the secretary and on motion, approved.

   The corresponding secretary, H. K. Stoner, read letters of regret from the following members: E. B. Palmer, Highland Park, Ill.; Hattie Forest of Cold Brook, N. Y.; John Heady of Indiana; Edward C. Delavan of Watertown, N. Y.; Mrs. Marcella Bunnell of Herkimer, N. Y.; Walter Delavan, Jr., of Mohawk, N. Y.; Mrs. W. S. Carr of Elmira, N. Y.; Mrs. J. S. Merrihew of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Preston Delavan, Newton Falls, N. Y.; F. E. Oaks, Cortland, N. Y.; Erastus C. Delavan, Binghamton, N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Elliott, Manhattan, Kan.

   The following named persons were present: Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Stoner, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Meachan, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Seeber, Bessie M. Bowdish, Nina D. Seeber, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Delavan, Katharine Delavan, Grace Delavan, Harold Delavan, Mrs. C. S. Hulbert, Bertha Hulbert, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Cramer, May Cramer, Edith Cramer, Mary J. Palmer, Irving H. Palmer, all of Cortland; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Delavan, Ralph Delavan, Gertrude Delavan, Harold Delavan, Arthur Delavan, all of Texas Valley; J. M. Delavan, Laura Delavan, Leon Delavan, Ray Delavan, Ralph Crittenden, Mrs. R. W. Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Delavan, Charles H. Delavan, all of Willet; Walter Delavan, Sr., Herkimer; Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Bowen, Mr. R. K. Allen, North Fenton; Mrs. Hattie Randall, Mrs. Amos Randall, Morton, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Byron Delavan, Nathan Delavan, Nelson Delavan, William Delavan, all of Norwich; Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Dewey, Mary Dewey, Oliver Dewey of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Bowen, Orange, N. J.; Elsie Bowen, Mrs. John Bailey, Whitney's Point, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Florrin Morey, McGraw; Mrs. Eliza Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. K. Bourne, Groton, N. Y.; Mrs. Hattie Arnold, Mrs. James Meager, Ruth Meager, Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Lucy Delavan Heady, Mrs.. Lacy A. Heady, Binghamton, N. Y.; Irving Delavan, Owego, N. Y.; Mrs. Ada Howard, Pine Woods, N. Y.

   The following officers were elected:

   President—J. M. Delavan of Willet, N. Y.

   Vice-President—Walter Delavan, Sr., Herkimer, N. Y.

   Treasurer—F. E. Seeber, Cortland, N. Y.

   Recording Secretary—Nina D. Seeber, Cortland, N. Y.

   Corresponding Secretary—Lucy A. Heady, Binghamton, N. Y.

   To fill vacancy in board of managers occasioned by the retirement of J. M. Delavan, for one year, Irving H. Palmer, Cortland, N. Y. For two years, Francis B. Bowen, East Orange, N. J., Geo. H. Delavan, Guilford, N. Y.

   The board of managers authorized the secretary to purchase record books and to procure the publication of the transaction of the meeting and mail copies of papers containing the same.

   The next annual meeting was appointed to be held at Cortland park the third Wednesday in August, 1902.

   The committee of arrangements for 1902 are Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Stoner, Mr. and Mrs. Florrin Morey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bourne, Miss Mary J. Palmer, Leon Delavan.

   Committee on music, Mrs. C. S. Hulbert, Miss Laura Delavan, A. E. Delavan, Miss Mary Cramer, Mr. Erastus C. Delavan.

   [Lengthy address by I. H. Palmer omitted—CC ed.]

 

Judge Joseph Eggleston.

JUDGE EGGLESTON RE-ELECTED

President of the State Firemen's Association.

   At a meeting or the State Firemen's association yesterday at Buffalo, Hon. J. E. Eggleston of this city [Cortland] was re-elected president for the coming year. The other officers elected are: First vice-president, W. E. Colegrove, Horseheads; second vice-president, J. P. O'Brien, Troy; secretary, Thomas Monehan, Frankfort; treasurer, John P. Powers, Ossining. The meeting next year will be held at Hudson, N. Y.

 

Elm Stump, N. Y.

   EI.M STUMP, Aug. 21.—The school in the Wood's district commenced its fall term last Monday with Miss Edith Vandeveer of Cortland as teacher.

   Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Henry of Cortland were guests of their cousins Messrs. George and Fritz Chapman, last Sunday morning.

   Mrs. Emmett Lang is suffering quite severely from paris green poison, absorbed through the pores of the skin, while paris greening [potato bug poison applied to potato plants—CC ed.] potatoes three or four weeks ago.

  Miss Lullu Worden is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, at Willet.

   Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baron and daughter Gwendolyne of Virgil were pleasant callers at Mrs. Irving Price's, last Monday.

   Mrs. Ida Skinner of Cortland was at her home over Sunday.

   Dr. Higgins of Cortland was called to see Daniel Hammond yesterday, who is suffering with heart trouble.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Reduced rates on the railroads for the Cortland county fair Aug. 27-30.

   —McDermott's full orchestra furnished music for a large party at Venice Center last night.

  —There will be preaching service at the East Side chapel Sunday morning by Rev. Robert Yost.

   —A panel of trial jurors to serve at the next term of county court, Sept. 16, will be drawn next Thursday.

   —The employees of the Gillette Skirt Co. will hold their annual picnic at Tully tomorrow, consequently the factory will be closed all day.

   —Undertaker E. C. McEvoy went to Binghamton this morning to bring to Cortland the remains of Thomas Ryan who died in that city last December.

   —Christopher Sheridan pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication in city court before Judge Davis this morning and was sent to jail for five days.

   —The nineteenth annual reunion of the survivors of the old Twenty-third regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, will be held at the armory in the city of Elmira on Friday, Sept. 13.