CORTLAND NEEDS A HOSPITAL AND TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE JAIL

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, December 19, 1890.

CORTLAND NEEDS A HOSPITAL.

Mr. Editor, Dear Sir:

   I have felt for years that this place needed and ought to have a public hospital. It seems to me at present the most serious and pressing need that our village, now almost or quite grown to be a city, should have such an institution established at once. I do not believe there is any other public enterprise which so urgently calls for the earnest efforts of our public spirited, benevolent and philanthropic citizens. And the account which you give in your last issue of the serious accident which befell the elderly gentleman from a neighboring town, as he was crossing one of our streets last Monday, furnishes such an impressive argument, or utters such an urgent call for something in the way of a hospital in our village that I should like to call attention to it and emphasize it all I can.

   When that unfortunate man was suddenly stricken down from health and strength to a condition of utter helplessness, after he had been knocked down and dragged for several rods through the streets and lay there with numerous broken ribs and other injuries which left him entirely dependent upon the sympathies and mercy of his fellowmen, there ought to have been some place provided and prepared for such cases to which he could have been taken to where there were better arrangements and, conveniences for taking care of him than can be found at an ordinary hotel. Repeated instances of a similar nature have occurred in the past few years and it is inevitable that they will happen more frequently in the future as our village grows in size. And many times it would be a great relief to the relatives and friends of the students in our Normal school if there were a neat and comfortable hospital to which they could be taken and where they could be given proper care and attention when sick.

   The institution of which we are thinking does not need to be a large one for the present at least. It would not require high massive stone walls, many rooms, a corps of nurses, a resident physician with numerous assistants, all to be sustained at the expense of many thousands a year. An ordinary sized house of eight or ten rooms, plainly, but well built for warmth and comfort, and conveniently located, would answer for the present. Additions and improvements could be made as the benefits of such an institution became more generally appreciative and as the need of room is felt.

   But something ought to be done and a beginning made at once. The thing would certainly grow if it was once started.

   J. A. R.

   Cortland, Dec. 15, 1890.

Meeting of Medical Society.

   The semi-annual meeting of the Cortland County Medical Society was held in Cortland on Thursday, December 11th. Dr. B. Kenyon, of Cincinnatus, was duly elected a member of the society. The other members present were Dr. F. D. Reese, the President of the society, Dr. H. T. Dana, Dr. Wm. Fitch, Dr. F. W. Higgins, Dr. D. H. Stone, Dr. H. O. Jewett, Dr. J. Angel, Dr. H. S. Edson, Dr. L. G. Smart, Dr. G. D. Bradford, Dr. E. W. McBirney and Dr. M. R. Smith.

   The Vice-President's address was given by Dr. L. G. Smart. He took for his subject "A Brief Review of Some of the Late Additions to the Materia Medica." An account of the action of some of the recently introduced hypnotics, antiseptics and antipyretics was given. An essay on "Spinal Congestion" was read by Dr. F. W. Higgins, giving the report of two cases and urging the importance of a diagnosis. Dr. H. T. Dana read a paper on "Endocarditis," and also gave a report of a recent interesting case.

   A discussion on the management of certain obstetric cases was opened by Dr. D. H. Stone and very generally participated in. The experience of the members present showed that certain positions of the child [crib deaths—CC editor]  proved fatal even with the most approved attendance.

F. W. Higgins, Sec'y.

Charity Begins at Home.

   The W. C. T. U are desirous of remembering the county poor at the Alms House, with some token for Christmas, and most cordially invite all members and friends of the Union to donate some articles, such as mittens, handkerchiefs, aprons or fancy articles.

   Many of the inmates are aged and infirm, and some slight token of remembrance would be highly prized, not only as a memento of the day, but to know that they are not forgotten by the outside world.

   Let all respond. Contributions may be left at the W. C. T. U. rooms, over Collins' china store, Wednesday afternoon, December 24th, 1890.

   By Order of Committee.

Freight Train Ditched.

   Train number 13, local freight, which leaves the E. C. & N. railroad station at 7:15 A. M., started out Monday morning with a large train of mixed freight—merchandise, brick and coal—drawn by locomotive number 20 with the veteran engineer P. I. Sevy at the throttle and the other leviathan number 22 in charge of engineer Frank Burns was detailed to act as "pusher" until the train reached DeRuyter hill, which is customary in railroad management of heavy trains in ascending heavy grades.

   When directly opposite the works of the Cortland Forging company, appearances indicated that a bolt in the spring frog of the switch leading back to Martin's coal dump broke, allowing the rails to spread which threw five coal gondolas and two cars loaded with brick in the center of the train from the track. The last mentioned headed for the ditch but did not tip over. The coalers went on a general rampage, the forward one headed northwest laying diagonally over the rails with the greater part of the car to the east of the main line, while the second was toppled upon its side directly crosswise of the rails, a total wreck. Number three was thrown obliquely to the northwest and number four headed to the northeast, forming an obtuse angle with the one preceding, the fifth one was partially ditched.

   There was little delay in the transfer of passengers and mail matter west at 8:54 A. M. but the east bound express at 9:56 A. M. was delayed some little time through the necessity of transferring nearly fifty bags of mail—the east mail on Monday being very large.

   Superintendent Allen and his assistants had fully one half of the obstruction removed by 11 A. M and the track was in running order at 3 P. M. No one was injured and the accident is attributed to the frog bolts being thoroughly impregnated with frost.

  

RAILROAD RUMORS.

Will the Lehigh Valley Buy the E. C. & N.? It Looks That Way.

   An exchange says the endeavor of the Canadian Pacific to obtain a New York terminus is creating a [battle] in railroad circles. Naturally the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg and the New York, Ontario & Western are competitors for the anticipated traffic. And only this week the New York Central has ordered a corps of surveyors to lay out a fast route from Utica to the St. Lawrence, to parallel the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg, with the bold design of sharing the summer business and getting some benefit from the Canadian Pacific.

   At this stage it transpires, that the Lehigh Valley, the Canadian Pacific and the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg have struck hands for a connection between the St. Lawrence and New York city. To carry out the plan the Lehigh Valley finds that the E. C. & N., from Camden to Van Ettenville, is just the connecting link. If the Lehigh Valley is willing to pay the price, it probably can have the connection. But the New York Central intends, by a quickly-built line, to head off some of the anticipated coming benefits of a combination with the Canada system, by bridging the St. Lawrence. It is also needless to say that the Central is very mad over the bargain between the Lehigh and the Rome & Watertown, the latter hitherto having given the Central its New York traffic.—Ithaca Journal.

Lawyer vs. Tailor.

Considerable excitement was created in Homer by a melee that occurred at the Mansion House in that village last Monday evening. Lawyer Franklin Pierce boards at the hotel and on the occasion referred to was passing through the reading room when Mr. John Kocher, a well known tailor of that village, made some remark to him. Pierce turned quickly and struck the tailor a severe blow with his fist knocking him down, and it is said that he choked him after he fell. Kocher is said to be severely injured and is confined to his bed.

   We understand that Kocher claimed that Pierce owed him $2, which the latter denied, and that the tailor had been very persistent and insulting in dunning the lawyer upon many occasions for the past year or two. Mr. Pierce is abundantly able to pay all just claims against him and always has done so as far as we know. He is of a somewhat excitable temperament and doubtless Kocher's continual dunning goaded him beyond endurance. The affair is to be regretted and we understand no one feels worse over the transaction than Mr. Pierce.

The Piston Rod Broke.

   The works of the Cortland Wagon Company were temporarily shut down, from Friday about noon until Tuesday afternoon, owing to an accident to their 100 horse power engine. Engineer Edward Fitzgerald had barely passed in front of the engine for the purpose of oiling the ways when the cylinder head was hurled against the south wall of the room with terrific force The steam was promptly shut off and it was discovered that the break occurred close to the knuckle connection on the crank end Although the broken steel disclosed a previous fracture fully half way through the rod, its position, squarely through the threaded end, was such as to avoid detection prior to the accident. That no one was injured was indeed most fortunate. Word was sent to the manufactory at Salem, Ohio to forward new parts by express, and the repairs were speedily made.

JAIL BIRDS ESCAPE.

John Loomis and Frank Johnson Bid Good Bye to Hotel Borthwick—Their Present Address Unknown, But Greatly Desired by the Sheriff.

   Two weeks ago, it will be remembered, an account was published in the DEMOCRAT of the capture at Auburn of one John Loomis, with various aliases, who had a liberal stock of U. S. postage stamps in his possession, together with other property which, as time passed along, proved to have come into his possession otherwise than by actual purchase or through gifts of friendship.

   On the 2d inst., the prisoner was taken before Justice Squires where a demand for counsel was made and the case adjourned to the 4th when a claim was entered that a material witness on the part of the defense was absent. Another adjournment of one week was taken with the result of a further adjournment to Dec. 18th, the evidence in the mean while daily accumulating. The postage stamps were positively identified by postmaster Hubbard, through certain markings, as those stolen from his office at Blodgett's Mills, on the night of the 5th ultimo.  Government authorities were in town to secure the self-styled "detective" who sported about the scene of the post office robbery on the day preceding the crime, and it may possibly have been from a desire to go with the representatives of Uncle Sam, that the foundation for the following narrative took place:

   Although Loomis was not yet indicted, he, in company with Frank Johnson and James Reynolds, the latter pair being held on the charge of robbing an elderly lady in Willett, were confined on the lower floor of the jail.

   There is what is termed the main corridor about ten feet wide extending from the east to the west side of the jail building on the south end. From this two corridors extend to the north walls, one on the east and one on the west side, with six cells opening inward from each A heavy grated door separates the main and side corridors likewise the narrow cells from the side corridors. Formerly ventilator flues extended from each cell through the roof. It will be recalled that several years ago one Pratt became lodged in one of these openings while endeavoring to effect his escape, and after some chipping of the 31/2 inch stone ceiling and other methods the prisoner was returned to cell No. 2 on the east side. These openings are 7 1/2xl4 inches, and have been since Pratt's escapade closed by castings of some fifty pounds weight constructed with a broad flat plate, from the center of which a threaded bolt extended upward through a spider which rests on the upper surface of the stone ceiling and crosswise of the opening. A large square nut run down on the bolt held the plate firmly in position. The further precaution seems to have been taken, when the castings were put in, to flatten the end of the bolt over the nut.

   Sunday morning when the prisoners were breakfasted Messrs. Loomis and Johnson were absent. Investigation disclosed a chair upon the bed in cell No. 2, upon which rested the casting from the opening. There is a space of three feet between the ceiling of the lower and the floor of the upper cells. Further search showed that the trap door near the north end of the second floor hallway was thrown open, and the heavy iron door leading into the main hall of the court house, not being fastened, it was an easy matter to pass through the same to the main hall and through the outer front doors to the street. How did they succeed in releasing the casting? Of course that is a question. Did outside assistance aid? and similar interrogatives are subject to speculative answers; but a coil of hemp bed cord or clothes line was discovered in the jail after the escape, which causes the query, how came it there?

   Monday afternoon a gentleman says he saw a man standing in the doorway of the Hatch Library building shortly after mid-night Saturday, that he retraced his steps to see if the individual were drunk, but he was gone, and nowhere to be seen.     Between 8 and 4 A. M. Sunday a horse, cutter and robe were stolen from the barn of Preston Niles below South Cortland. The rig is said to have passed through Ithaca at 6 A. M the same morning and word was received at the Sheriff's office about 11 A. M.  Monday that the rig was in Owego, but the men were not in it. It is an undisputed fact that the prisoners were not locked in their individual cells, but the door between the lower corridors was locked which afforded the opportunity for all to join in the preparation of escape.

 

WAR ON THE UNION

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, December 5, 1890.

WAR ON THE UNION.

Shoe Manufacturers at Rochester Take a Decided Stand.

   ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 30.—There has been a strike in the factory of the Cox shoe manufacturing company since June last against the introduction of the Rochester lasting machines. Twenty-one of the leading manufacturers have signed the following manifesto, which was made public yesterday:

   We, the undersigned, shoe manufacturers of the city of Rochester, N. Y., hereby agree that on and after December 1, 1890, we will dismiss from our employment all members of the boot and shoemakers' international union, until such time as the strike against the P. Cox shoe manufacturing company shall have been completely abandoned, and the rights claimed by the following preamble be conceded and all opposition to the same withdrawn.

   This association claims for themselves and their associates the right to introduce any machinery they deem desirable, and to employ help to operate the same in such manner as they may elect, either by the day, week or piece.

Y. M. C. A. Notes.

   Next Sunday Mr. & A. Taggart of New York a member of the Inter-National Committee of the Y. M. C. A. will give an address in the Gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. on "The Extension work for young men in Foreign lands."

   Mr. Taggart was for a great many years State Secretary of Pennsylvania afterwards Editor of the "Young Men's Era." He has been identified with the work for over 20 years. He is therefore not only well posted but a very gifted speaker.

   Remember the hour 4 o'clock and the place in the Standard Building next Sunday.

   Mr. J. E. Pagan is now acting as assistant Secretary at the Y. M. C. A. rooms, assisting the General Secretary with memberships, Entertainment course, and office work preparatory to the change of Secretaries Jan. 1st.

Record for November.

   Registrar W. J. Moore submits for November, 1890, the following record:  Deaths 14—males 7, females 7. Social condition—single 6, married 5, widowed 3. Nativity—United States 12, Ireland 1, Scotland 1.

   Under five years 4, between ten and twenty 2, twenty and thirty 1, thirty and sixty 1, sixty and seventy 2, seventy and eighty 2, eighty and ninety 1, ninety and one hundred 1. Causes—meningitis 2, old age 2, heart disease 2, hemorrhage 1, hernia 1, consumption 1, asthma 1, peritonetis 1, dropsy 1, typhoid fever 1, intermittent fever 1.

   Births 14—males 10, females 4.

   Marriages 10.

HERE AND THERE.

   Good Templars' Hall is undergoing repairs.

   Cutters were flitting through the streets Wednesday afternoon.

   Messrs. C. H. Amerman and Geo. H. Briggs have opened a laundry at No. 18 Washington street.

   Repairs on the Episcopal church in Homer are nearly completed and the same will be ready for occupancy in a few days.

   Monday last the superintendency of the Homer Water Works was assumed by Clark Pickens, whose office will be in that village.

   To-night is the close of the Harmony Lodge fair. All awards will be made to-night. Human checkers will be a leading feature.

   The Cortland Wagon Company started their works with a large force of men Monday morning. Numerous large orders are awaiting shipment for this season of '91.

   There are at present 1842 volumes of books in the Homer Academy library, and an effort is being made to add 500 volumes more. The library is hoped to be thus completed during January.

   Teachers' Association for the town of Cortlandville will be held at the Court House, Saturday, Dec. 6th, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M. Teachers and all interested in education are invited.

   Under the new law the Town Clerk of each town is obliged to have a Town

Clerk's sign outside the office and a bulletin board upon which all town notices, and nothing else, shall be posted.

   Subject of discourse at the Universalist church Sunday morning, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness." Evening, "Are liquor dealers criminals?" illustrated. Free seats. All are welcome.

   A festival will be given by the society of St. Patrick's church, Truxton, at the Truxton House in that village, on Wednesday evening, December 31st. The bill is only $1.25, and Butterfield's orchestra will furnish the music.

   The President's message will be found in full on our supplement.

   The Brockway Wagon Works, of Homer, are putting up additions to their buildings in that place, to be used for show and store rooms.

   "Ye Old Deestrict Skewl" will be presented in the first Presbyterian church in Preble, on Friday evening, Dec. 12th, under the management of T. Mason Loring.

   Messrs. Erving Stevens and Samuel Miller have taken possession of the Central House on Court street, and will conduct the same in the future. Both gentlemen have many friends, and we predict they will make popular landlords.

   Last Saturday it was rumored about town that the Lehigh Valley R. R. company had purchased the E. C. & N. road, but the officials of the latter road say there is no foundation for the report and no prospect of such an event taking place in the near future.

   The Board of Trustees have ordered all sidewalks in the village to be cleared of snow as early as 8 o'clock A. M., and in default thereof, that the same will be cleared by the Street Commissioner at the expense of the property owners. We understand that it is proposed to enforce this requirement without respect to persons.

   A few minutes past four o'clock last Sunday afternoon, the hay barn near the "Snake pond" on the W. R. Randall farm, just south of the village, was discovered to be on fire and an alarm called out the fire department, but as the barn, which was full of hay, was pretty nearly consumed when the alarm was given, the boys returned, after a sharp run. It is said to have been a resort for card players, and it is supposed to have been accidentally set on fire by some of the frequenters of the place.

   Monday noon a large kettle of candy in process of manufacture in Messrs. Cobb & Perkins' factory caught fire and an alarm was sounded, but the blaze was extinguished before the department arrived.

   Mr. H. T. Hollister is in Norwich, Connecticut, this week, giving personal supervision to the finishing of his plumbing contract on the new opera house in that city. After his return he will give attention to a large contract awarded him in the city of Syracuse. It is a pleasure to note the success of Cortland mechanics in the securing of important contracts in the outside fields of their craft, and speaks well of the ability of borne artisans.

  

TOWN REPORTS.

EAST HOMER.

   Mr. Dewit Hillsinger has moved into the Maycumber house.

   Mr. W. T. Dwelly of Cortland was in town last week on business.

   Albright grange will hold its annual supper Thursday evening of this week.

   Mrs. Minerva Kenfield of Cortland visited friends in this place the past week.

   Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Knapp of Homer spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Ann Rose.

   Quite a number of our grangers attended the Council at Cortland Tuesday of this week.

   Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Young were duly initiated into the mysteries of the grange Saturday evening last.

   Mrs. D. A. Burnham and daughter Lizzie of Homer were calling on friends in this place the past week.

   Mr. Ed. Wright of the Cortland marble works Saturday last, placed in position in the Cemetery in this place, a very fine monument on the lot of the late William Miller.

FRANK'S CORNERS.

   The sick are improving.

   Mr. Bouton Glazier is working for Geo. Dann.

   Mr. Potter and family have returned to their home in Michigan.

   Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marcy entertained some friends to dinner, Thanksgiving.

   Messrs. F. Bacon and Chas. Hotchkiss are buying poultry for Harrison Wells, of Cortland.

   Willis Foster has finished his work for George Purvis Dann. Mr. Foster will still continue to give his valuable aid in the Baptist choir.

   Last Tuesday Uncle Dick, though a man sixty-five years old and weighing a trifle over two hundred avoirdupois, with dog and gun started on a hunting expedition to the famous Owego hills, which attain an elevation of 1,600 to 2,000 feet above tide. After perambulating these gorgeous hills for a period of six hours, Uncle Dick returned without game, and a great deal madder than he has been since a boy stole his dog and shot his pet rooster.

   UNCLE DICK.

 

IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN KELLOGG

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, December 12, 1890.

IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN KELLOGG.

   Stephen Kellogg was born June 18, 1804, in Rutland, Jefferson county, N. Y. Early in the '40s he moved into the town of Taylor, Cortland county. In the summer of 1842 be united in marriage with Miss Prudence Rockwell of the latter town, death claiming the young wife a year later.
   The more advanced citizens will remember the common school grammar of which Mr. Kellogg was the author. Though acquiring only a common school education, through energetic application to and perseverance in his life work deceased rose to a position of honor and influence being the oldest member of the Bar of the county at the time of his death.
   In the fall of 1846 Mr. Kellogg was married to Miss Nancy Dillenbeck. A family of six children were the fruits of this union, of whom five, Jasper L., of Lincoln, Neb.; Hon. Orris U., James L., and Miss Eugenia, of Cortland, and John M., of Ogdensburg—the latter now sitting as County Judge of St. Lawrence county—are still living. Mr. Wilber Kellogg, of Taylor, and Mrs. Nancy Pulford, of DeRuyter, are the only surviving brother and sister of the deceased.
   Some four or five years ago Mr. Kellogg sustained a paralytic shock, recovering his usual good health, however, until about the middle of November when an apparent slight cold developed into congestion of the lungs, resulting in death on the morning of the 29th of November, 1890. The funeral was attended from the residence of his son, O. U. Kellogg, Tuesday morning following. Burial was made at Taylor amid the scenes of his youthful days, many of his old-time associates attending the services conducted by the Rev. William B. Clark of Grace church.

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ACTION OF THE BAR.

   Monday evening, 1st inst., a meeting of the Cortland County Bar was held at the office of the County Judge to take action in regard to the funeral of Mr. Kellogg, Hon. Joseph E. Eggleston was chosen as chairman, and David W. Van Hoesen, secretary. Appropriate remarks were made by ex-Judge Stratton S. Knox, Messrs. Riley Champlin, W. C. Crombie, Dorr C. Smith and others, following which the Bar resolved to attend the funeral services in a body at the residence of Hon. O. U. Kellogg. A committee was also appointed to draft resolutions for publication.

   A meeting of the members of the Cortland County Bar, called to take appropriate action upon the death of Stephen Kellogg was held at the office of Hon. J. E Eggleston, Monday evening, December 1st, 1890. Judge Eggleston was made chairman of the meeting, and D. W. Van Hoesen, secretary, and after fitting remarks and reminiscences by several of the members of the Bar present, a committee was appointed to draft suitable resolutions. At a subsequent meeting of the committee the following resolutions were adopted :

   WHEREAS, An all wise Providence has seen fit to remove by death Stephen Kellogg, an aged and honored member of the Cortland County Bar.

   WHEREAS, Our departed brother was a citizen of high character, an able, industrious and sagacious lawyer, always loyal and devoted to the interests of his clients, and ever true to the profession in which for more than thirty years he was an active and conspicuous practitioner.

   WHEREAS, The deceased was in all the relations of life a true friend, a kind neighbor, a wise counselor and true gentleman.

   WHEREAS, The deceased, by his many excellencies of mind and heart, has endeared himself to the Bar of Cortland County.

   Resolved, That in the death of Stephen Kellogg, the Bar of Cortland County has lost an able and distinguished member, a gentleman of high character and superior intelligence; a man whose long life has been one of usefulness to the community in which he lived, and creditable to the legal profession of which he was an able, honorable and respected member.

   Resolved, That the members of the Cortland County Bar attend the funeral of the deceased in a body, and that a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family of the deceased, and published in the village papers.

   S. S. KNOX,

   JAMES DOUGHERTY,

   T. E. COURTNEY,

   RILEY CHAMPLIN,

   D. W. VAN HOESEN,

   Committee.

Seriously Injured.

   Last Monday afternoon as Mr. Thos. Welsh, of this village, was driving down South Main street, Mr. C. Warren Kenyon, an elderly citizen of Scott, started to cross the street in front of Beaudry's Department store. Looking up the street he saw Mr. Welsh coming, and instead of retreating or proceeding on his way, stopped, apparently unable to decide what to do, and threw up his hands. Mr. Welsh immediately undertook to take up his horse but was unable to bring him down or to turn him aside before striking Mr. Kenyon, who was thrown down and tumbled about considerably. The cutter was tipped over and Welsh was thrown out, the horse dragging him as far as H. B. Hubbard's store—some thirty rods—when he was stopped. The cutter was righted up and he returned to the scene of the accident.

   Mr. Kenyon was taken to Dr. Didama's office in the Schermerhorn building where his injuries were dressed, after which he was removed to the Cortland House. It was at first thought that he might be injured internally, but Drs. Didama and Dana, think that with the exception of broken ribs and some few bruises, his injuries are not of a serious nature. Mr. Welsh tendered his services and offered to do anything in his power towards making the injured man as comfortable as possible. We understand he was not driving at a rapid gait, but as the horse is hard in the bit he was unable to bring him up in time to avoid the collision. The fourth and tenth ribs on Mr. Kenyon's right side were fractured and there was quite a swelling just above the hips on the right side of his back. At this writing his condition is materially improved.

A Day in London.

   Mr. Samuel Serene, better known is these parts as Dr. Miles G. Hyde, has written and published a charming little book entitled "The Story of a Day in London," and the same is on sale at D. F. Wallace & Co.'s bookstore in this place. The literary critic of the New York News has this to say of it:

   The merit and the attraction of the book lie in its simplicity and purity of diction, its Addisonian style heightened by much of the quiet but cutting satire of Swift, and its telling of a tale as one keenly observant and yet not malevolently critical of events within his personal experience might be supposed to relate the narrative for the entertainment, perhaps the instruction, of some friends at a winter fireside or a summer gathering sub tegmine fagi. There is need in this country for the encouragement by the people and by publishers of book writing of this kind, quaintly and pleasantly, never offensively, satirical and designed to "hold the mirror up to nature" without recourse to the gymnastics of literature or the invention of unnatural, not to say impossible, dramatic situations.

   Friends of the doctor in this county, and they are many, will avail themselves of the opportunity presented to read this exceedingly well-written and entertaining little book.

Meeting of the Carriage Builders.

   During the day yesterday the Carriage builders' association of the State of New York held their regular monthly meeting at the Globe Hotel. The following gentlemen were in attendance: President, C. C. Bradley of Syracuse; secretary, W. D. Tisdale of Cortland; treasurer, George H. Babcock of Watertown; George Brockway of Homer; L. J. Fitzgerald, A. J. Aird, H. M. Whitney, George C. Hubbard, R. D. Woodford of Cortland, H. Longendyke, C. S. Larrabee of Binghamton; J. M. Carpenter, F. W. Babcock, C. W. Conde, C. K. Brown, W. B. Sylvester of Watertown; W. S. Bunnell, H. A. Moyer, F. C. Gowing and J. D. Whitney of Syracuse.

   Most of the time was taken up by the discussion of topics of interest to the trade. A bright outlook was reported and the trade is moving briskly. The annual election of the organization will take place at the next annual meeting in January.—Syracuse Standard Dec. 11.

Death of Samuel Conger.

   Born in Washington county, February 22, 1807, Mr. Conger moved to Cortland county settling in Freetown, where he resided until about 1860, when he removed to this town and established a large business as dealer in farm products and packing pork for future market. Several years ago deceased was attacked by Bright's disease, but continued quite active until just prior to his death—even walking out as far as the barn on Saturday of last week. He was stricken with apoplexy Saturday and died Tuesday morning at the advanced age of 83 years. The funeral was held from his late residence at Popeville, [Franklin County], Thursday at 11 A. M. Deceased was father to Mr. Melvin Conger, of this village.

Not Guilty.

   Miss Myra Sheppard, of Whitney's Point, recently caused the arrest of C. L. Spencer, of Virgil, on the charge of bastardy. The case came up for trial before Justices D. L. Maxfield and D. W. Burdick, of the former place, and eight days were consumed in taking evidence.

   Miss Sheppard swore that she met Spencer for the first time at a dance at the hotel in Virgil, last January, and had never seen him since. Her child was born in September last. Spencer proved by several witnesses that he was not at the dance at all, and therefore could not have met Miss Sheppard. The Justices decided last Saturday that Spencer was not guilty of the offence charged, and he was discharged. John P. Wheeler, Esq., appeared for the People and Ex-Judge A. P. Smith, of Cortland, for the defendant.

FROM EVERYWHERE.

   Petroleum has been discovered in Hancock county, Ill.

   Farmer's Institute at Whitney's Point, March 18 and 19, 1891.

   The State Dairymen's Association will meet at Walton, N. Y., Dec. 9-11.

   Four masons recently laid 60,000 brick in three days and seven hours, on the Desky building, Seneca Falls.

   Syracuse is 404.34 feet above mean low tide at Governor's Island, New York harbor, and Cortland 1,109 feet.

   Erastus Maxson, Brookfield, has a cat that catches partridges, woodcock, gray squirrels and other small game. [Sell your hunting dog, buy the cat--CC editor.]

   An English writer estimates that on an average every British workman spends a dollar a week for beer and twenty-five cents a week for tobacco.

   Nineteen dollars worth of silver is found to the ton of rock on Mrs. H. E. Decker's farm near Watkins, and it can be separated at a cost of $1 per ton. A stock company to work the mine is talked of.

   Delaware county not only leads in the making of excellent butter, but has the champion dairymaid as well. A lady at South Mountain, 83 years old, is said to take care of the milk from fifteen to eighteen cows daily.

   Charles Jefferson, a prisoner awaiting trial for bigamy, escaped from the Ithaca jail last Monday afternoon. The sheriff allowed him the liberty of a corridor to do some cleaning and when he went to lock him up the bird had flown.

   Peter Dempsey, a cooper, 23 years old, a nephew of Jack Dempsey, the prize fighter, was stabbed in three places and perhaps mortally injured at Brooklyn, Sunday evening, while protecting a young girl from the assault of two Poles.

   Senator Hearst's gold mine is the largest in a group of mines near Deadwood, South Dakota, and is said to be the richest mine in the world. Three thousand miners are employed upon it, and they take out from $150,000 to $200,000 every month.

   China is the country for Henry George. It is said that all the land there belongs to the state, and a trifling sum per acre, never altered through long centuries, is paid as rent. This is the only tax in the country, and it amounts to about sixty cents per head.

   One of the facts brought to light by the census, is that the increase of our population by birth is decreasing—that the tendency of the times among the well-to-do and wealthy, is to small families. One fifth of our native married women are childless. Such are the demands of fashionable society. Hence the inquiry: Is marriage a failure?—Exchange.