MCKINLEY WAS ELECTED BECAUSE HE GOT THE MOST VOTES

William J. Bryan.

William McKinley.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, November 13, 1896.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

(From Our Regular Correspondent.)

   WASHINGTON, NOV. 9th, 1896—It will be noticed that the shrewdest Democrats are not attempting to explain Bryan's defeat. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." McKinley was elected because he got the most votes, and no good can come of labored explanations as to why and how. If any Democrat knows of votes obtained by means which can be proved to be illegal, it is his duty, as a patriotic citizen, to make an exposure that the guilty may be punished, but it is idle to waste time in showing up other methods which are as old as the Republican party. This is a good time for the Democrats to follow the example of Uncle Remus's fox and lay low and carefully watch the other fellows. Although McKinley has won, his supporters are far from being united upon a single one of the questions which must be legislated upon, and whether he can secure such legislation as he desires from the next Congress is a question yet to be answered. The control of the Senate is still in doubt, and notwithstanding the Republican majority in the House, Speaker Reed's personal ambition may be counted upon to prevent that body being entirely at the beck and call of McKinley.

   There is nothing in the situation which calls for any new expression of opinion on the part of the Democratic party. The party is thoroughly alive, as it has been from the day of its birth and will continue to be as long as free and untrammeled opinion is allowed to exist in this country, but inasmuch as it has just failed to elect either the President or a majority of the House, it is not called upon to outline a policy. That is for McKinley and the Republicans to do. When they shall have done so will be time enough for the Democratic party to decide what it will do.

   Meanwhile Democrats should join with their Republican neighbors in getting as much benefit as possible out of the boom which the capitalists are pushing, and which it is hoped will be as permanent as it has been sudden. All of us are in a position to welcome prosperity, no matter from what source it may come, and he who refuses to do so because his ideas have failed of indorsement at the polls stands in the position of the man who bit his nose off to spite his face.

   Senator Butler, Chairman of the Populist National Committee, has not improved his popularity with Democrats by the language he makes use of in an address to the people on the campaign. He starts out by asserting that "the people's party is the only party that supported solidly and unitedly the great and vital issues represented in the candidacy of Mr. Bryan." While technically true, this is calculated to mislead. He closes by making a prophecy, that "the people's party will be the nucleus around which the patriotic hosts must and will gather to redeem a betrayed republic and to restore prosperity to an oppressed and outraged people." Without posing as a rival of Senator Butler in the prophetic held, I will venture to say that his prophecy will read very queer in the summer of 1900 when the Democratic party nominates its next Presidential candidate. Senator Butler means well—for himself —but in his zeal to make personal capital out of Democratic defeat he has overdone the thing and done himself more harm than good.

   It was not a friend of Secretary Carlisle who suggested that he might represent the gold Democrats in McKinley's Cabinet. It may be that the gold Democrats deserve a representative in McKinley's Cabinet—many believe that his election would have been impossible without the votes of the gold Democrats—but should he desire to pay that debt, which is extremely doubtful, he would probably find it difficult to find a gold Democrat of any standing who would be willing to become a member of his Cabinet, and it would be a safe 100 to 1 bet that Carlisle would not. It is understood here that some very big Republicans are in the deal by which an attempt is to be made to have Mr. Carlisle sent to the Senate by a combination of Republican and gold Democratic votes in the Kentucky legislation.

   Bryan's defeat is nothing for him to be ashamed of. A change of less than 26,000 votes divided among nine states, and varying from 101 votes in the lowest to 11,100 in the highest, would have given the electoral votes of nine additional states, a total of 60 to Bryan, and would have elected him with 3 votes to spare. When some over jubilant McKinleyite gets to gay over the alleged overwhelming nature of the McKinley landslide, just call his attention to these facts.

   Secretary Gardner has secured rooms for the permanent headquarters for the National Association of Democratic Clubs, the organization of which it is proposed to keep up right along. Mr. Gardner is also secretary of the Democratic Congressional Committee, and its headquarters will be located at the same place, although it will have no work to do until the opening of the Congressional campaign.

FROM EVERWHERE.

   The chainless bicycle is increasing in popularity.

   Americans spent $20,000,000 for chewing gum last year.

   The opera 'Robin Hood' has earned $2,000,000 since its first production.

   The larger part of Alleghany county's large buckwheat crop will be shipped to Germany.

   In Central South America eggs, cocoanuts and chocolate pass as currency of the realm.

   The machinery of a Philadelphia pearl button factory is to he moved to Deposit and added to the factory there.

   The old Cooper grounds in Cooperstown will be converted into a handsome public park.

   Hereafter the Sidney silk mill will run the whole year. Machinery has been put in for making ladies' cashmere gloves.

   In France licenses are issued to women to wear male clothing. One holder of a license is the manageress of a printing office.

   Six lines of railroad pass through the little village of Caledonia, Livingston county. Five pass through one man's farm.

   New York is the great hop growing state, with an annual product of 20,000 000 pounds, one half the country's total and nearly all of it is used by eastern breweries.

   A raw egg swallowed immediately will generally carry a fish bone down which cannot be removed from the throat by the utmost exertion and has gotten out of reach of the saving finger.

   Eugene Lasher, a Canajoharie farmer, has become violently insane over religion after attending special meetings, and is now in the Utica asylum, having twice attempted suicide within a few days.

   A new bicycle invented by Charles Wickham of Utica promises to be a taker in the wheel market. It differs from the regular bicycle in that the rear wheel is composed of two parts allowing the sprocket chain to bear directly on the center, thus relieving all strain.

   Justice Davis of Rochester has handed down a decision by which he declared a law passed in 1888, which permitted a monument dealer on giving six months' notice, to enter upon a cemetery and remove a monument on which the purchase price was still unpaid, unconstitutional.

  

Cemetery Association Election.

   At the annual meeting of the trustees of the Cortland Rural Cemetery association last Monday night the officers were re-elected at follows:

   President—S. E. Welch.

   Vice-President—W. S. Copeland.

   Secretary—E. A. Fish.

   Treasurer—C. P. Walrad.

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

The Fifteenth Anniversary Duly Celebrated.

   At the Congregational church on Tuesday of this week the fifteenth anniversary of the church was celebrated.

   The afternoon was devoted to reports from different departments of church work.

   That of the superintendent of the Sunday school appearing first upon the program, followed by a twenty minute talk by Mrs. Pond, superintendent of the primary department of the Sunday school Prof. Banta, who has had charge of the "Home Department" of the Sunday school work, gave a report of an encouraging character.

   Mrs. A. M. Waterbury reviewed the work done by the "Woman's Missionary Society" of which she is president.

   The "Y. P. S. C. E.," the Junior Endeavor society, "The Girls Mission Band" were all represented.

   The question of finances was next upon the program, and the treasurer Mr. S. N. Holden showed the amount raised was a credit to the society.

   Mr. A. E. Buck gave in detail the history of the East Side Mission. Deacon Geo. B. Jones spoke upon "spiritual life in the church." A prophecy by Mr. B. T. Wright was the last upon the afternoon program.

   At 5 o'clock the dining room was opened and the "annual chicken pie" supper announced.

   At 7:30 o'clock the auditorium was filled with members of the church and congregation, visitors and friends who were assembled to listen to the evening program.

   Mr. A. E. Buck who was chairman of the committee on arrangements, presided at the evening hour.

   Both former pastors had been invited to be present upon this memorable occasion, but Rev. Dr. Taylor of Binghamton was alone able to be present. Rev. Mr. Sell of Chicago, Ill., the first pastor of this church, having recently visited the church and filled its pulpit, been present at its prayer-meetings and returned to his home, found it impossible so soon again to return. But Dr. Taylor who has been since the organization of the church so closely identified with its growth, was present and made the opening prayer and address in the evening.

   That Dr. Taylor is a person of the most lofty spiritual character and extraordinary ability is manifest and indisputable. His presence again in the pulpit was alike appreciated by both the present pastor and his people, and the brief but direct and soul-inspiring address, illustrated by an occasional apt and happy story, showed that in all his seventy-four years, there had been no retrogression. Briefly he alluded to the struggles and triumphs of the years of his pastorate here, accrediting nothing of success to himself, but saying "Let us be careful to place the crown where it belongs, upon the Saviour's brow."

   Mention was made of the financial policy of the church during his ministry here, which was "never to shingle over on next year with this year's debts."

   Throughout Dr. Taylor's entire address there was great consolation and great stimulus for right endeavor in the future. The closing address was made by the present pastor, Rev. W. H. Pound, who renewed the work wrought since his ministry with his people. Mention was made of the system of "free seats" and "systematic giving" as a means of meeting the financial needs of the church. The Junior Endeavor society had had its beginning since he was pastor and was now a thriving society. The East Side Mission had been founded, and was a growing institution and full of promise, and the work in every department was prosperous—church debt absorbed, mortgage burned, and the future looked bright. Rev. Mr.  Pound made a full and exhaustive report of these various branches of this Congregational church and evinced great earnestness that this church should be a "soul saving church."

   Music was furnished by Prof. A. E. Darby's orchestra, and was an enjoyable feature of the evening. Thus closed the fifteenth anniversary of the First Congregational church of Cortland.

  

Jacob Meyers' lever-operated ballot machine.

BALLOT MACHINES.

All the Rival Companies to Consolidate.

   ROCHESTER, Nov. 9.—There is a well matured plan on foot to consolidate with the Myers Ballot Machine company the several rival companies with the purpose of merging all the patent rights and making the best possible use of all improvements. Pending these negotiations the Myers plant has shut down. The Davis and McConnell machines are also of Rochester invention. The new company will be capitalized at $1,000,000 at the start, and Rochester will become the centre of the great industry.

HERE AND THERE.

   It isn't too early to save up for Christmas buying.

   G. H. Ames has a change of advertisement in this issue.

   The D. L. & W. pay car will pass through here Saturday.

   See Burgess' new advertisement before you buy a new overcoat.

   The brick in the Railroad-St. pavement is all laid and soon the street will be open its whole length.

   G. J. Mager & Co. are selling jackets and capes. See their new advertisement on the opposite page.

   Mrs. A. P. Smith and Mrs. A. M. Jewett entertained a number of ladies at cards yesterday afternoon.

   Ex-Secretary J. H. Osterhout of the Cortland Y. M. C A. has accepted a similar position in Catskill.

   The salary of Principal Milne of the Oneonta Normal school has been increased to $3,500.—Greene American.

   The Normal foot ball team beat the Binghamton team on the fair grounds last Saturday by a score of 34 to 4.

   The Ladies' Aid Society of the Universalist church cleared $17.35 from their 10 cent supper Wednesday evening.

   Kellogg & Curtis quote some special prices for separate skirts, capes, jackets, etc., in an advertisement on this page.

   Daniels' orchestra will give another concert and dance at the Lyceum opera house, Freeville, next Thursday evening.

   The Rev. Dawson Edwards has authorized Mr. Samuel Bidden to raise funds for the rental of Collins' Hall, to be used by the colored people for church purposes.

   Mr. W. H. Hall will give one of his popular parties at his hotel in Virgil, Thanksgiving evening, Thursday, Nov. 26. Music by Palmer & Guier's orchestra. Bill $1.50.

   Thirty-five letters have been granted members of the Memorial Baptist church on Tompkins-st. from the First Baptist church in order that they may perfect an organization of their own.

   Agent W. T. Bushby of the United States express company received a fourth gray horse yesterday morning. This one will be used as a substitute to put on during the busy hours of the day.

   C. H. V. Elliott returned from Wilsey Mills Tuesday evening with a fine string of birds for the day's work. His dog, "Rex," who has been in training for some time past, proved himself a first class assistant.

   Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. on Tuesday, Nov 17, at 3 P. M. Consecration service led by Mrs. Anna Bentley. Business meeting will follow, after which the annual address of the State president, Mrs. Mary T. Burt, will be read. All interested are cordially invited to be present.

   Invitations are out for the wedding reception of Mr. Finley Morse Van Hoesen of Cortland and Miss Belle Skeele Morgan of Washington, D. C., at the home of the bride's aunt in Washington Wednesday evening. November 25. They will be at home after December 15th at No. 50 Grant-st., Cortland.

   Several of the pledges to the Crosley Hospital Fund remain unpaid and if those giving such pledges will kindly forward the amounts to the treasurer, Mrs. F. H. Cobb, Monroe Heights, they will confer a favor on the managers who are desirous of finishing the annual collection before the end of the year, Nov. 30.

   Charles Kelly, who was injured in a [rotating] belt in the Wickwire shops last week, is doing very nicely at the hospital. The entire left arm was taken off last Friday morning by Dr. Higgins, assisted by Drs. Sornberger, Dana and Reese. One break was within an inch and a half of the shoulder so the socket had to be unjointed.

   Mr. E. C. Johnson, who will take possession of the Baldwin House in Truxton next Monday, is making arrangements for an opening and Thanksgiving party to be held in the ball room of the hotel Tuesday evening, November 24. Daniels' full orchestra of seven men will furnish music. They will give a concert from 8:15 to 9 o'clock. Full bill, $1.25.

   The neighbors and friends of Mrs. Martha McDonald, who were prevented by the bad weather from paying a visit at the new home at Mt. Roderick some weeks ago, have now arranged to meet with Mrs. McDonald and her sons on Wednesday evening, Nov 18. It will be remembered that Mrs. McDonald's house burned in February last and that the new house is now completed to take its place.

   A very common expression "where in the world do the flies come from?" It is simple enough, says an exchange. The topers made the bottle fly, the cyclone made the house fly, the carpenter makes the saw fly, the boarder makes the butter fly, the dancer makes the heel fly, the jockey makes the horse fly, the Cubans make the Spanish fly, the tin can makes the dog fly and women make the money fly.

SCOTT.

   One of the most notable events at the election in Scott was the leading of voters down into an underground made by enthusiastic Republicans and some of the latter were said to be officials of the town. That liquor was dispensed, rather than dispensed with, goes without saying; there were too many living witnesses of both drunk and sober people. In the evening, after the election returns began to come in and to be announced at the hotel, it seemed as if pandemonium was let loose for [doom]. You could not tell Democrats from Republicans for the medicine seemed to act upon both classes alike. If the Democrats who turned in and elected McKinley are not, at the end of four years, as sick as the Republicans who helped elect Cleveland four years ago, we shall miss our guess.

   After the battle—another election has come and gone. As the smoke of the battle, mingled with tobacco smoke arises, we find ourselves able to see some things. In the first place we notice that the rank and file of both the dominant parties are still true to the liquor business as represented by the politicians thereof, and this includes the ministers and deacons. The overwhelming majority for McKinley in this State and the other Middle and Eastern States, shows what can be done when preachers vie with each other in efforts to elect a man. And then the question comes to us, how much better is a man who prays, talks or preaches prohibition and even berates the old parties for their allegiance to the rum traffic, and then fails to put in a vote for prohibition? If a Christian man sits idly by and sees the old parties vote into power men who stand upon platforms which have nothing to say against the curse that is eating up both gold and silver to say nothing about bodies and souls, and then fails to protest against it with his vote, how much better is he than the men who have been voting directly for the parties he has been berating?  If a man stands idly by and sees a murder committed and puts forth no protest either by voice or muscle, he is adjudged as a partner in the transaction. When a church member acknowledges that he believes he ought to vote the prohibition ticket and then turns around and deposits a whisky ticket, we feel like crying out, "How long, Oh, Lord?"

 

 

LETTER FROM THE DEAD AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, November 13, 1896.

LETTER FROM THE DEAD.

Evidence In the Sternaman Poisoning Case.

DEFENDANT TAKES THE STAND.

Produces a Letter Signed by Her Second Husband a Few Days Before His Death,

 Holding Her Blameless—Was Subject to Attacks.

   BUFFALO, Nov. 13.—Commissioner Fairchild's office was not large enough to hold all the people who wanted to hear Mrs. George Sternaman's testimony in her own behalf in her examination on the charge of poisoning her husband. She identified two letters written by her husband, the first in answer to his mother, who had urged him not to marry the defendant, in which he expressed skepticism of the gossip about her having poisoned her first husband, and confidence in her virtue. He wrote the second letter to protect her from slander. It is in the nature of an ante mortem statement.

   The defendant detailed all the circumstances of her husband's illness, and said that after his death she had authorized a post mortem examination so that there might be no doubt that he had died a natural death.

   During Mrs. Sternaman's examination a most remarkable document was submitted by her to the court. It was a written statement signed by her dead husband and which Mrs. Sternaman declares was drawn up and signed three days before her husband's death. The document is addressed "To all whom it may concern," and in part reads as follows:

   "I, George H. Sternaman, having had very peculiar attacks at times during the past six months, and of which no one but my wife and a few of her relatives know anything, write this to state that if 1 should die whilst in one of them that no person can say that it was caused by her hands in any way that I died.

   "I have never had a doctor, because 1 always come out of them all right.

   "I hope what I have written will convince all that they may not think that my wife had anything to do with such an uncommon death."

   Mrs. Sternaman said that this statement had been drawn up because she had heard some talk of her former husband dying of poison.

   The case was not concluded when the court adjourned for the day.

General Herkimer Monument.

   LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., NOV. 13.—The General Herkimer monument was dedicated here by the grand lodge of Masons of New York state.

Horseless Mail Wagons.

   NEW YORK, NOV. 13.—It is announced at the postoffice that within a week or so the first horseless mail wagons ever used in the United States will be put upon the streets of this city. Superintendent of Railway Mail Service Bradley, who has special charge of transportation matters in this city, said: "I believe that the experiment will be successful and their general adoption will revolutionize our service. The first wagon of this description is now being built. Just when it will arrive I cannot yet say."

To Punish Sun Yat Sen's Captors.

   LONDON, NOV. 13.—The Daily News says that the government has decided to prosecute Sir Halliday McArtney, councillor of the Chinese legation in London, for his share in the arrest and detention in that legation of Sun Yat Sen, the Chinese doctor. The News adds that the government has also resolved, under certain circumstances, to prosecute the Chinese official implicated in the affair, unless the Chinese authorities save the government the trouble by themselves prosecuting this official, as requested by the Marquis of Salisbury.

Fridtjof Nansen.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

In Arctic Exploration.

   The arctic explorations of 1896 were not startling in any way. Still, they were, on the whole, satisfactory. It is true that Nansen did not reach the north pole, Peary did not bring home the big Greenland meteorite from Melville bay, while Andree did not even start on his wild goose chase of a balloon voyage across the pole. These are the things that were not done.

   As to what was done, Nansen proved that a ship may be built strong enough to drift for a year among the ice floes of the polar region and not be crushed. He also got within 250 miles of the pole itself—nearer than anybody else had done—by walking and sledging over the ice. It was ice. He has proved that there is no land north of Franz Josef Land on the eastern half of the globe. Whatever landward advances are to be made in future will therefore be from the western side of the world north of Greenland.

   The Americans Brainard and Lockwood found in 1881 a fringe of land northeast of Greenland and traced its southern shores westerly for some distance. It was in latitude 83 degrees 24 minutes. This is still the highest point of land attained by man. Lockwood and Brainard thought it was part of the northern coast of Greenland. Peary proved two years ago that it was not, but that it was a detached mass north of Greenland. It will probably turn out to be the land that is nearest to the pole of any on the globe. And it will yet be reached—that, too, by the Greenland route, which the explorations of 1896 apparently show to be the most feasible.

   The interior of north Greenland has been named Peary Land, and the channel which separates the north coast of Greenland from the land reached by Brainard and Lockwood has been named Peary channel.

   In the frozen solitudes of Alaska, Professor Alfred Eldridge made the discovery, already noted, of the ruins of a prehistoric city 400 miles up the Kuwalik river from its mouth in Kotzebne sound. Of all the achievements of the arctic explorers this year that of Professor Eldridge is most interesting. The city was great and prosperous in the days when the north pole enjoyed a warm climate. Interesting as well as important, too, was the finding by Professor Dyche of great ledges of coal in Alaska. The coal is so soft that it can be cut with a knife. Still, it is there.

   ◘ What a Spaniard is at his best, courteous, honorable, high minded and quick tempered, mankind knows. What a Spaniard is at his worst the hapless Moors in Spain found out more than four centuries ago, the Montezumas in Mexico and the Incas in Peru found out soon after America was discovered and the Cubans are finding out today. They have had the knowledge forced upon them that a red Indian in planning his most fiendish and ingenious torture schemes is no worse than a high born Spanish gentleman at his worst. It is on record and is a fact that a wounded Cuban scout, so injured that he fell from his horse and was captured by the Spanish in the province of Havana, was tied to the tail of a horse with his arms bound behind him. The horse was then galloped over the roughest roads hither and thither till the life was beaten and bruised out of the unhappy scout. When they released the thing that was left, the flesh had been nearly all torn off the bones. Oh, yes! it is well to raise a cry against Armenian outrages, is it not, while such horrors as these are perpetrated at our own doors in Cuba?

   ◘ With General Maceo in Pinar del Rio are the Cuban farmers and patriots from the rural districts. With General Aguirre in the province of Havana are many young officers and gentlemen of the best known families in the city of Havana. All alike, however, are devoted to Cuban liberty. The rich men fight as well as the farmers; the farmers fight as well as the rich man.

   ◘ The first fruits of the royal welcome the American people gave Li Hung Chang are already ripening. A Philadelphia locomotive works has received the contract for building eight railway engines for use on the imperial line of China.

Spain Puts on a Good Face.

   MADRID, Nov. 13.—In an interview this morning Premier Canovas Del Castillo said there had been serious reverses in Cuba, but that these ought not to discourage the national spirit. Within the present month, he said the government was sending such reinforcements to Cuba and the Philippine islands as should be able to put an end to the wars in both countries in a short time. Until the country objected to the sacrifices, he declared the government would never desist in their prosecution of the wars in Cuba and the Philippine islands.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

Fourth Day, Thursday, Nov. 12.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

   The board reconvened at 1 o'clock and resumed committee work.

   The rules were suspended to permit Mr. O'Donnell to introduce a resolution to rescind a former resolution regarding the hours of the supervisors' sessions and make them from 8 A. M. to 12 M., and from 1:30 P. M. to 4:30 P. M. Carried.

   Committee work was then resumed until 4:30 when the board adjourned.

Fifth Day, Friday, Nov. 13.

   The board convened at the usual time and was called to order by Chairman Crane. At rollcall all were present. The journal of the previous day was read and approved.

   Communications from the assessors of the towns of Willet, Truxton and Cuyler were read by the clerk and were referred to the committee on erroneous assessments.

   The report of the railroad commissioners of the town of Taylor was read by the clerk and was referred to the committee on appropriations. From this it appeared that the bonded indebtedness of the town is $33,500 placed at 4 per cent, and that $2,340 is required this year to pay the interest on the bonds and the principal of two bonds which are due.

   The clerk presented an additional report of the railroad commissioners of the town of Taylor which was ordered placed on file.

   The report of the supervisor of the town of Taylor was presented by the clerk and placed on file.

   The report of the supervisor of the town of Truxton was presented by the clerk and placed on file.

   The clerk presented the report of the railroad commissioners of the town of Cincinnatus which was placed on file. From this it appeared that the bonded indebtedness of the town is $41,200, and there is required this year the sum of $1,648 for interest and $1,000 of principal to pay the bonds that come due.

   Mr. Brown, chairman of the committee on printing, submitted the report of his committee which was referred to the committee on appropriations.

   The following report of the special committee appointed by the last board to visit the Cortland county almshouse was read by the clerk and ordered on file:

   To the Honorable Board of Supervisors:

   Your committee appointed to visit the almshouse beg leave to make the following report: We visited and inspected the buildings and grounds, Sept. 9, 1896. We found the buildings in good condition. The improvements recommended by the last board of supervisors had been made in what seemed to us a very satisfactory manner. The rooms throughout the building were well and cleanly kept, and the inmates were in a neat and tidy condition, and expressed themselves as well satisfied with their board and treatment. The farm and stock appeared to be well cared for. It was our judgment that those in charge were doing their every duty.

   BENJAMIN KINYON, W. A. BRINK, WILLIS H. DELONG, Committee.

   Mr. Holton, Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. Tuttle introduced resolutions which were carried permitting them to add to the abstracts of their several towns certain bills, which had been omitted from the audits, but which had been properly verified.

   Mr. Lee introduced a resolution calling for sealed proposals for bids for printing 3,400 copies of the proceedings of the board of supervisors according to specifications given. The bids will be opened by the clerk on Wednesday morning, Nov. 18.

   On motion of Mr. Greene:

   Resolved, That when the board adjourns Saturday it shall be until 1:30 P. M. Monday.

   The county superintendent of the poor, Mr. O. P. Miner, came before the board and presented a matter relating to the building formerly used by the county insane, referring to Chapter 481 of the laws of 1890, as a suggestion to the board. No action on the matter was taken at the time.

   The matter of insurance on the county buildings soon to expire was presented by Mr. Smith and, on motion of Mr. O'Donnell;

   Resolved, That the committee on county buildings be directed to continue said insurance at the same amount as at present.

   The regular order being completed the board engaged in committee work.

   At 10:20 A. M., on motion of Mr. Hunt, the rules were suspended for the purpose of introducing a resolution.

   On motion of Mr. Hunt:

   Resolved, That mileage fees for town assessors to meeting of state assessors in the county be eight cents per mile going and returning from his (the town assessor's) residence to the place of the state assessors' meeting.

   The board resumed committee work and at 10:40 A. M., on motion of Mr. O'Donnell, the rules were suspended for the purpose of presenting a matter to the board.

   Mr. O'Donnell presented to the board the subject of tramps and the interests of the county in the matter, as to whether they should be arrested and confined at the county's expense or given a meal and lodging and sent on their way. He presented the bill of John O'Connor of Truxton for the care of thirty-eight tramps amounting to $20 and moved that the same he allowed. After considerable discussion, on motion of Mr. Childs:

   Resolved, That this subject be made a special order for next Tuesday immediately after the regular order of business.

   At 11 A. M., on motion of Mr. Childs, the board adjourned until 1:30 P. M. for the purpose of immediately reconvening in the county clerk's office for the purpose of completing the official canvass.

   The supervisors reconvened at 1:30 this afternoon and spent the afternoon in committee work.

BREVITIES.

   —Two tramps were lodged at police headquarters last night.

   —Horseless mall wagons are to be put in use in New York in a week or so.

   —New advertisements to-day are—H. G. Stone, Dry Goods, page 6; W. J. Perkins, Pure Drugs, page 7.

   —Isaac Cotanch of Freeville, father of Jay Cotanch of Cortland, died on Sunday, Nov. 8, at his home at the age of 71 years.

   —The Groton High school football team comes to Cortland to-morrow to play the Normal team at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

   —The Alpha Chautauqua club will meet with Mrs. M. O. Clark Monday evening, Nov. 16. Roll call, interesting events during Queen Victoria's reign.

   —There will be a reception to-night from 7 to 10 o'clock at the First M. E. parlors for the new pastor and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. O. A. Houghton.

   —The New York state division of the L. A. W. has increased in membership from 3,000 to 20,131 in three years. Cortland is largely represented in this organization.

   —George D. Bailey, Democratic candidate for school commissioner, First district, to-day filed at the county clerk's office a statement of his election expenses consisting of $4.50 for traveling expenses and $.70 for postage.

   —The board of supervisors this morning adjourned to the county clerk's office and signed the statement of the official canvass of the election returns and then made the final adjournment as a board of canvassers.

   —The Myers ballot machine factory of Rochester has shut down. It is reported that J. H. Myers, the inventor of the machine, has been deposed as manager. As Rochester has refused to take the machines it has tested it is not likely the factory will open up again.—Ithaca Journal.

McGRAWVILLE.

Crisp local Happenings at the Corset City.

   Mr. George Pudney, the cyclone pitcher of the [baseball] Ponies, has gone into training for next season. He thinks that pepsin gum is a great strength giver and buys the same at wholesale.

   Mr. Carl Dillenbeck of Homer was in town Thursday.

   Wild West novels have a bad effect on their readers. Thursday at high noon the 12:30 passenger car was held up at the corner of South and Main-sts. Although volleys of rice were fired at the passengers who were outnumbered by the assailants, the car escaped. The only blood shed was that of M. W. Loomis caused by his taking a trip on his face in the gravel. The newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cummings, were passengers on the car.

   The families burnt out in the boarding hall have secured rooms and settled to housekeeping. Mrs. Fish has moved into rooms in the Lakin house on North-st. and Mrs. Hopper into a portion of Alvie Gross' house on West Academy-st.

   Mr. Glen Oliver has finished his work for A. L. Shuler in Solon.

   Messrs. John McChesney and Frank White are removing their sawmill from Oneonta to this place. Mr. White is in Oneonta shipping the machinery which will be located north of this place.

   Miss E. L. Talbot has accepted a position as forewoman in the factory of the Normal Corset works in New York City and has gone to that place.

   Miss Nellie Freeman has opened dressmaking parlors in the rooms over the corner store.