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ewci foitli Cuntm-lamat ■ DEVOTED TO THE TRUE INTERESTS OP THE PEOPLE OF SENEGA COUNTY. THE COURIER, Est'd 1837, Vol. 66. THE JOURNAL. E s fd 1884, Vol. jg j Consolidated Aug. 21, 1902. SENECA FALLS, N. THUESDAY, SEFT.EMBEE 24, 1903. lo . 23 Death of Frederick Seymour Gibbs. Tl)e news of the death of Hon. Frederick S. Gibbs of New York •which reached here Jdonday after noon, although not unexpected, was received with genuine sorrow through out the community. Mr. Gibbs died at his summer home in Asbury Park. New Jersey, shortly after noon, Monday, September 31st, with the members of bis family a t his bedside. Death was due to aneurism of the aorta, his illness dating from about a year ago when he sufiered a severe attack of the grip which left him a troublesome cough. Early in the year temporary paralysis of the throat developed, followed by the disease which caused his death. Since the thirteenth of August Mr. Gibbs had been confined to his bed where he suffered great pain 'with patient forti tude. The most skilled physicians were called in to attend him but their efforts in his behalf proved unavailing. The funeral service will be held Fri day at 10:30 a . M , at the Church of the TransfigurAtion, New York city with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Mr. Gibbs was a native of Seneca k alls, having been born here March 82d, 1845. His early education was received in the public schools of the village. Shortly after the Civil W ar broke out he enlisted in the 148th regiment New York Volunteers and served with conspicuous bravery, winning promotion by his courage and soldierly conduct, and being brevetted a lieutenant at the close of the struggle. He was twice wounded and carried the scars of battle through his life. At the close of the war Mr. Gibbs, still a young man, entered the empl^oyjof, the Goulds^ M anufacturing Company and later became the m ana ger of the firm’s branch office in New York city, a position which became a stepping stone to his future political and business success. He remained ae the New York manager ;or the Goulds a number of years and after ward entered business for himself and s of the Metropolitan W ater Company and had numerous other business connections. In 1883 Mr. Gibbs was elected to the State Senate from what was a t that time the only Republican district in the city of New York. He immediately became one of the most popular and influential members of thakbody. In 1884 he was the He publican nominee for Mayor of New York, running against W illiam B. Grace and Hugh J. G rant whea Mr. Grace was elected. In 1888 Mr. Gibbs again became a member of the state legislature. He was elected to the Assembly in that year and reelected in 1889. He was also a member of the board of Aldermen in New York. In 1894 he was made the member of tke Republican National Committee for New York state, a position which he has held ever since, working fn harmony v;ith Senator Platt and con tinuing a prominent member of the Republican organization of tbe city- lo connection with bis business and political activity Mr. Gibbs found time to devote to the study of a rt and b e g a n a m o d e s t co llectio n o f pain-tings which gradually developed to con siderable dimensions, while his judg ment and taste received merited recognition. At ttie time of his death he had about four hundred paintings the most of them the work of modern artists. He likewise sought the broadest knowledge covering the pur suit to which he had turned his atten tion and .had gathered an art library of upward of a thousand volumes of tbe choicest works. In addition to his tasie fe-r painlings and art in general Mr. Gibbs was greatly inter ested in photography and had about fifty abutns of photographs which he had taken hiuiseii', wiiile bis personal friends were a i s o recipients of numer ous specimens of his work. ' The cle.ith of Mr. Gibbs, although for many years a re.sident of New York city, is .sincers lv mourncfi here owing- to the fact that m spite of the separation he never lost his interest in or love for the home of his birth. Many instances of his kindness itr the friends o f his youth could be enumer ated did space permit and the number of those under obligation to him will never be known. His nature was courageous, open, frank and generous and he was ;i man of intense loyalty to his friends Amid the scenes of his early life bi.s name will be perpet uated by the painlings so generously donated to Mynclerse Academy and Trinity church and his memory will ever be cherished by those who have been privileged to call him friend. Mr. Gibbs was tw'ice married; in 1867 to Miss Carrie A. Mynderse of Seneca Falls who died in 1893 and in 1896 to Miss Daisy M, Meade, daugh ter of police m a g istrate C laren c e W . Meade of New York,city who survives him. He also leaves a daughter Mrs. Courtney Ken nelly by -his first wife and two young sons, Gordon Meade Gibbs and Douglas Seymour Gibbs. The affiicted relatives have the sym pathy of the people of Seneca Falls in their great sorrow. Shooting Accident. T h e d a n g e r o f th e air g u n in th e hands of reckless boys was forcibly illustrated by an accident that oc curred Saturday morning by which Raymond Woodward, a son of Charles W oodward came near losing tbe sight of his left eye. Raymond is about fourteen years of age and with other boys, among the number being Charli» Brown, aged fifteen years, was play ing near their homes on Garden street. Some of the boys had become engaged in a dispute over some trifling matter when the Brown boy who had an air gun, ordered the Woodward boy to go home, saying if he did not he would shoot him. Young Woodward refused to do as he was ordered when young Brown raised, aimed and fired the air gun, which Was fharged with B B. shot, directly a*t Woodwards head, the ball striking below the left eye. Dr. Purdy was called and after an exami nation foufcd that the ball had glanced upward, passing around the eye ball and lodging in the tissues at a poJfcit not easy df access to the probe. The act was entirely wanton and displayed a recklessness of the most unusual character. It should be a warning to parents with reference to placing apparently inoffensive air guns in the hands of their children. W hile the ball did not strike or penetrate the eyeball of young Woodward, it is not yet certain that the wound may no^ permanently injure his sight. Have Your Alail Properly Addressed. People living on the free delivery routes to be started from Seneca Falls the first of next month should have their mail properly addressed to Sen eca Falls post office, with the number of the route plainly marked thereon. Between eight and nine thousand per.sous get their mail through the local office and it is not possible for the clerks and carriers to keep track of the initials or given names of so many without making mistakes. If the mail matter is addressed as it should be the patrons of the routes will be much better served than they can if they take no interest in their own affairs and leave everything to the postal employees. The same ap plies with equal force to people served by the free delivery carriers within the village limits. A large proportion of the mail received is either hot ad dressed to street and number or is improperly addressed causing mistakes or delay in delivery. A little more care on the part of those sending and receiving mail would greatly improve the service and reduce the number of complaints which nine times out of ten are found to result fromi the care iessness of the people themselves. Stars vs. Seneca Falls. The Syracuse Stars of the state league will play Seneca Falls at the Cayuga Lake Park grounds Saturday afternoon, the game to be called at 3:30 o’clock. Fifield and U iquhart will be the battery for the visitors, with W eller and Crawford for the home team. The high standing of both teams will ensure one of the liveliest games ever played here. Tne attendance, with fine weather, should be the largest of the season, and the local rooters should be fully im pressed with the duty they owe the home team.' The County Fair. Tbe sixty third annual fair of the Seneca County Agricultural Society and the most successful in all respects of any fair in the history of the society, closes to-day. In point of attendance, number and excellence of exhibits, tbe present event leads the record. Wednesday was an open day to the teachers ai d pupils of Seneca Falls and W aterloo, free admission to them being extended by the officers of the society and nearly all who were included in the invitation visited the fair and enjoyed a pleasant after noon inspecting the various exhibits. The big day of the fair, however, is to day, the occasion of the visit of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Gover nor Odell is the guest a t the home of Hon. J. B. H. Mongin, deputy secre tary of state. Mr. Mongin will also at the same time entertain State Sena tors Benjamin M. Wilcox, of Au burn, John Raines, of Canandaigua, and Hon. Jacob Sloat Fassett, of E l m ira. Mr. and M rs. Mongin lia v e issued invitations to a public recep tion to their distinguished guests, to be held at their residence from 1:80 to 3:30 o’clock, this Thursday after noon. At the close of the reception the party will visit the fair grounds, where Governor Odell will deliver an address at three o’clock. The Thirty- Fourth Separate Company, of Ge neva, will act as escort to Governor Odell during his visit to the fair. The weather has been auspicious, and the fair opened with the largest a t tendance ever recordtd. The exhibits of blooded cattle, slock and poultry were larger and better than usual, and the large exhibition buildings were completely occupied this year. To-day will witness, on account of the distinguished guests, the largest gathering ever witnessed at a county fair in Central New York. Death of Frank Martin. Frank Martin, a Seneca Falls boy, was killed by the cars at Scheuectady, Sunday, in an unknown manner, his lifeless body being found lying near tbe track in a mangled condition. Deceased was born here and was a son of the late Thomas Martin. He was thirty five years of age, a moul der by occupation and unmarried and leaves six brothers, James, of Worces ter, Mass., John, of this place, W il liam and George in the W est, Charles, of Syracuse and Michael, of Auburn, also one sister, Mrs. George Lumb, of Auburn. The remains were brought to this village Tuesday for interment, and the funeral service was held at St. Patrick’s church, Wednesday morning, at nine o’clock- I. M. U., No. 49. attended in a body. A singu lar fatality seems to attend the Mar tin family, the death of Frank Martin making three members of the family who have been killed by the cars. Supreme Court. But three cases on the calendar at Ovid this week were held for trial, the balance of the sixteen being eitber put over the term or referred. In Sutton V. Sutton, the trial of which oc cupied a part of M o n d a y and Tuesday, the plaintiff was non suited. In James B. Anglim v. the American Construct ion and Trading Company for per sonal damages, the jury at the close of the trial W ednesday, after about fifteen minutes deliberation, brought in a verdict for plaintiff of $5,000 Anglim while in the employ of the defendant stringing wires in Seneca Falls in April, 1903, came in contact with a live wire and was injufed in all probability for life. Justice Dun well will listen to arguments of coun sel within sixty days as to tbe setting the verdict aside. In either event, it is said to be certain that the case will be appealed. The action of John Magee v. Peter D. Post is now being Popular bead material for maknig card cases, chains, belts and fobs and the frame for Indian bead work at M bs . E. M. C ox -F kamck ’ s . Pencils, pens, ink, slates, rulers, pencil holders, etc,, at W a y n e ’s book- A new line of children’s hats and caps at the B ee H ive S toee , Personals. —Charles T. Andrews of Ithaca, is in town calling on friends. —Miss Charlotte E. Pollard is visit ing relatives in Salamanca. —Mrs. Owen E. Rooney has re turned from a visit at W atkins. —Miss Belle L. Palmer returned Saturday from the Adirondacks. —Miss Adelle B, Hosier left S unday for Rochester to spend the winter. —Mr. and Mrs. C- 0. Sanderson visited friends in Pulton last week. — H e r m a n J . W e ig m a n h a s entered the State Normal school at Oswego, —Miss Ethel Murray spent part of last week in Buffalo and Niagara Falls. —Charles W . Eastman left Sunday for Detroit to resume his medical studies. —Mrs. Charles Garling, of East Bayard street, is visiting her daughter at Akron, Ohio. —Lewis E, Palmer returned W ed nesday to Cornell University to re su m e h is stu d ies. —Mrs. H. L. Hadley and son, L y n n , w e r e g u e s t s o f S e n e c a P a lls friends last week. —Miss May Somers has been en gaged to teach at Romulus and began her duties.Monday, —Miss Ethel Burritt has been visit ing relatives and friends in Pulton, Oswego and Elmira. — Miss Josephine Duff left Monday for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she will spend the winter, — Mrs. Frank W . Fleming and Mr.s. E. H. Vosburgh have been visit ing in New York city. —Mrs. Elizabeth Cunningham, of Mynderse street, is visiting with rela tives in W ayne county —Miss Edith Buzzell, who has been visiting at L. H, Cary’s, left Monday for her home in Boston. —The Misses Anna and Evelyn Henion returned Saturday from a trip to the. Adirondacks. —Mrs, Emma R. Purdy, of New York, formerly' of this place, is the guest of friends in town. —Frank C. Avery of New York city is visiting his mother, Mrs. L. C. Avery on Cayuga street. —Edwin Short and daughter, Miss Jessie, le f t y e s terd a y for a tw o w e e k s ’ visit in Buffalo and Lockport. —Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sumner re turned Tuesday from a five weeks’ visit in Nebraska and Michigan. —Miss Stay ton, of Milford, Dela ware, is the guest of Miss Marian Zacharie, on East Bayard street. —Mrs. Hamilton Garnsey, Jr., of Memphi,s, Tenn., is visiting at the Garnsey home on Cayuga street. —Mrs. C. W . Hubbell and children, of Chicago, are guests of her mother, Mrs. J- B. Murray, on State street. —Mrs. Sproule and daughter of New York, are guests of her aunt, Mrs, C. L. Story, on Johnson street. — Charles S. Yawger I’eturned to New York Sunday, after a short visit at the home of his parents on Cayuga street —Mrs. Charles Avery and son and Miss Ada Havens are guests of their sister, M rs. E lm e r S lia g e r la o d , in Troy. Pa. — Mrs. J . C. S im o n , o f C lev e la n d , Chio, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 0 . 0 . Oadwallader the latter part of last week. —Michael Cali an, of this village, has- accepted a position as traveling agent for Flanagan’s oyster house, Canandaigua. —Cbarlea H. Meehan has returned to New York after spending the sum mer months at the home of his parents in Seneca Palls. -H u g h Barnum, of Rochester, was in Seneca Palls Tuesday, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W eed Barnum, on East Bayard street. —Miss Fannie Simson, daughter of Joseph P. Simson, of Ovid street, en tered Syracuse University last week for a four years’ course. —Dr. Elias Lester and family and T. J . Yawger and family enjoyed a pleasant drive through W a y n e county last Friday and Saturday. —David Jaques and daughter, Car rie, of Tustin, Mich., who have been visiting at E. H, Bainbridge’s, on Mynderse street, have returned home. Their daughter, Lois Bainbridge, ac companied them. —Mrs. Imogene L. Guion has been called to New York on account of the death of Hon, Frederick S. Gibbs. . —Miss Mary Moran has returned from a two weeks’ visit with Miss Adelaide DeYoung, at Irouck-quoit Manor, Irondequoit, N. Y. —Mrs. A. E. Tyler returned last week from Blue Mon tain lake, where she spent tbe summer with her daugh ter, Miss Bertha B. Tyler. —Miss Ida Doran, of Rochester, guest of her parents on Toledo street, during the summer vacation, re turned to her home Monday. —Mrs George V. Blakney left Sat urday for W ashington, D. 0 ., to join her husband who has secured a posi tion in the government navy yard. —Mrs. W allace Goelchius has re turned from a visit of several weeks at Toledo, Chio. Her daughter, Mrs. B. P. Copley and child accompanied her. —Robert W . Palmer is entertaining- his old classmates, Raxley C. Weber, of S a la m a n c a , P r a n k C W r i g h t , of Washington, and TheodoreE, Faxon, of Elyria, Ohio. —Mrs. John Burden and family, of Buffalo, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Savage, of W ashington, D. C., have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Stephen Savage, at the lake. —Clarence H. Mosher, of this vil lage, was successfully operated on for appendicitis last Thursday, at the Dickinson private hospital in N orth ampton, Mass., by Dr, Brewster, a specialist of Boston. —Robert A. Schuyler returned to Niagara Falls Friday after a ten days’ visit with friends in this vicinity. His mother, Mrs. Judith Schuyler, who had been spending tbe summer here, returned with him. —Invitations haye been issued for the wedding of Miss Marian Zacharie, daughter of Charles Lawson Z icharie, of New York, to Samuel Her’oert Stayton, which will take place W ed nesday evening. October 7th, at six o’clock, at the home of her aunt’s, the Misses Cowing, No. 34 E-ast Bay ard street. —Clarence A. Gould, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gould, of W all street, has entered Cornell University. Mr. Gould is a graduate of Mynderse Academy and was tbe winner of the Cornell scholarship for Seneca county last June. He is a young man of marked ability, studious habits and upright character. His many friends wish for him a successful career. Ffiedey=Causer. ■Joseph Causer, one of tke propriee' tors of the Hoag hous % and Miss Louise Friedey, of Elmira, werer united in marriage at the latter places last Tnursday evening. At the close of their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs, Causer returned to this village W e d nesday evening, and are the recipients of many congratulations. Chapmau=^Dickey. A quiet wedding was celebrated Monday evening at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Weed Barnum on East Bay ard street. The contracting parties were Miss Sarah E. Chapman, for merly of Ovid, a sister of Mrs. Bar- num and O. A. Dickey of Pawnee City, Nebraska., The ceremony was performed by Rev. H. Grant Person pastor of the Prehyterian church and Mr. and Mrs. Dickey left on the following day for Nebraska where they will make their home. Bachman-Tear, A quiet wedding was solemnized T u e s d a y aftern o o n a t on e o'clock, a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. B. Wells, on W est Pall street. The bride was Miss Nettie Bachman, a sis ter of Mrs. Wells, and the groom, Robert Tear, two of our best known and e.steemed residents. The marriage ceremony was in Episco palian form, with a ring, and was- by Rev. W . Bours Clarke, rector of Trinity church, and was witnessed by the immediate relatives an d ' friends. A choice wedding luacheoa. was served after the ceremony, and Mr. and Mrs. Tear departed on the evening train for a s’oort bridal tour in the west, attended by many sincere congratulations and kind wishes. In The Churches. OONGftEOATlONA L . Subject for Thursday evening prayer meeting, “ Increasing our Spiritual Capital.” Matt. 7 :7 1 1 . Subject for Y. P. S. C. E. Sunday evening at 6:30 o’cldckj “ An evening with Japanese Missions.” Subject for Sunday morning ser vice, “ The Need of Reflection and Meditation,” continued from last Sun day morning. A vocal and instrumental concert by the J . D. Beal Company will be given in the church auditorium Fri day, October 2nd. Admission 35 cents. The Missionary society will meet with Mrs. Mary Littlejohn Friday afternoon. _ __________ Obituary. EPHRAI.V B. D umont , aged fifty seven years, died Wednes day morning at the home of his brother, L. E. Dumont on State street. The cause of death was cancer of the stomach wit’n which the deceased had been a long and patient sufferer. Mr. Dumont was a survivor of Battery D. 3d New York Light Artillery and had an excellent military record. He was a kindly disposed and exemplary man and enjoyed tbe respect of all who knew him. His mother Mrs. L. H. Dumont survives him, also two brothers, L, E. Dumont and John F. Dumont, of this village and one sister, Mr.s L H Tk-ui.f-tt of Rochester. The funeirtl serv:cr- -v:,! held Friday aftf’ noon at h-aif p .S t I vo o’clock at his late home on S’> tie sueet, Rev. H. Grant Person officiating. Wanted. Rye and Barley at the Moran malt house in the village of Waterloo^ Highest market prices paid. D aniel M oran . Officers Elected. At the adjourned annual meeting- of the stockholders of the Gleason and Bailf-y and Sciple M anufacturing company held at tbe office of the comp-any in ibis village Thursday afternoon, directors were elected for the c.iiiiit.g Tt-ar a.s follows: H. T, llanm aii of Poib.delp'-iia, J. S. W ise of Auburn, C^ire A. ’JacDonald . of f'^oueca Fsiis, K E. Sullivan of Seneca Falls and H. B. Cutter of Philadelphia. D o not fail to read Clary Brothers large advertisement of special cloth ing sale in to day’s issue- The State Commission in Lunacy ha sappointed Dr. W illiam L. Rus sel, ot W illard State Hospital, medi- ‘ cal inspector of state institutions for the insane, a position created by the last legislature. The annual salary is $3,500 and traveling expenses. D r, Russell is an able physician and a man of wide experience in the treat ment of insanity as well as in the . management of institutions for the insane. He has been connected with the work both in New Jersey and thi& state and has been assistant superin tendent at W illard since 1897. T h e ’ appointment is creditable to the ap pointing power and most worthily- bestowed. Card of Thanks. Mr. an d M rs. J . L . T r a v is w ish t o publicly express their gratjtutefor the sympathy and kindly services ex tended by their many friends during their recent bereavement. Card of Thanks. Mrs. P. J. Riley wishes to express her thanks for the kindness of friends and all those who aided by services a t the ime of the burial of her brother, John T. McNany, to Henry T. Noyes Camp Sons of Veterans and to the firing squad from the Thirty Fourtb Separate Company of Geneva. Prof- Bradley, the optician, at the Hoag house again Friday and Saturday, October gnd and 3rd. Remember the dates. Mrs E. M. Cox-Pralick has just re turned from New York with a full line of fur garments. If the ladies contemplate purchasing these goods they will do well to call and examine - these, as the prices are much lower than they will be found in the city- stores, M rs . E.^M. C o x E raliok -
