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Redwood:
Mrs. Bruso, an old lady of 70 years, was badly burned one day last week and died in eight hours thereafter.
Watertown:
About 9 o'clock a.m. on Thursday last, a lady of this city, a Miss Joyce, was seen to fall near Mr. Cumming's residence on High Street. She was picked up for dead, and conveyed into Mr. Cumming's house and finally revived from what proved to be a severe fit.
Mr. W. Porter of Sackets Harbor, has a half-acre of winter wheat, near Beardsley's Hotel that is said to be the largest ever grown in Jefferson County. It is very heavily headed, and the straw over the greater portion of the piece, will average fully five feet in height.
Gouverneur, July 5th:
John Ducharme, a laborer, had an arm blown off just below the elbow, while firing a cannon here, on the morning of the Fourth.
Clayton, July 5:
Mr. WM. HAWES, well known to most of your readers, a s a former school commissioner and member of the county board of excise, died at his residence here at 1 o'clock this morning, of consumption. He was a public spirited citizen, and his death will be generally deplored.
OBITUARY - The Hon. JOHN WINSLOW, whose death occurred at his residence in this city yesterday morning, deserves at our hands more than a passing notice. Born Dec. 19th, 1802 at Woodstock, VT, he moved with his father to this town (Watertown) in 1807....(full column of his accomplishments cited)
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THE REDWOOD BURGLARS - Mr. Butterfield, one of the owners of the gas works at Redwood, NY, which suffered by the burglary on Thursday last, came over today with an officer to discover whether the prisoners arrested here for the offense could not be extradited... (burglars caught in Canada)
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Daniel Waggoner writes us from Stone Mills to say that he has 1 1/3 acres of winter wheat on the farm of Andrew Waggoner, in Orleans, that will measure on an average fully 5 feet 3 inches in height and is well headed.
Walter Forward, an old resident of Sanfords Corners, after an absence of 30 years, has returned on a visit. Mr. Forward has been living in Sacramento City, California, during his absence. He is the guest of C. G. Rider, Sanfords Corners, at present.
In Washington those statesmen who are most indulgent in their own appetites are precisely those who cannot find in their hearts to refuse anything to the president.
Plessis:
Mr. S. R. Miller visits Plessis once or twice a week with his new meat wagon, which is quite a stylish rig; but we do not care so much for the new wagon as for the contents.
Rev. Mr. Holbrook is getting up a large club for the New York Weekly Witness, the funds to aid in building the new church at Alexandria Bay.
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Mr. George Holstein, artist of 835 Broadway, NY, is engaged at present in Hart's studio on a couple of very fine portraits of the late Mrs. Anson R. Flower. He is doing his work admirably, producing very correct likenesses of this lovely and deeply lamented lady.
We are pleased to learn that Mr. George L. Davis of the former firm of Davis & Bartlett, dry goods merchants, has decided to remain in Watertown...
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY - July 7th, 1824, CYRUST T. HUNTINGTON of Watertown, NY, was married to Miss CHINA GRAVES of Oneida County in this state. Day before yesterday, July 7th, 1874, just fifty years since they were married, a large party of relatives and friends assembled at their residence in the village of Black River to celebrate their golden wedding...62 persons were present and among them was Charles Clark of this city, who was present at the wedding fifty years ago. Two others only are living who attended the wedding of 1824; Mrs. Losee of Denmark and Mrs. Connell of Felts Mills. Both were unable to be present at the gathering of 1874....from a speech by A. P. Sigourney of Watertown it was learned that William Huntington, the father of William, Dyer, J. Lathrop, Hiram, Ambrose W., Precendia (afterward Mrs. Joseph Kimball) and Cyrus T. Huntington, left New Hampshire Dec. 4th, 1803 and arrived with his family in the town of Watertown, Jan. 6th, 1804. He had previously purchased a tract of some 300 acres of land in the vicinity of A. P. Sigourney's present residence. When the family arrived they lived one week in a small log house with a Mr. Woodruff nearby. There were some 20 persons in the two families, all counted, and the house was just 16 feet square...During the week that the families thus lived, Mr. Huntington shoveled away the deep snow and built a log house for himself, moved into it and commenced hewing out of the wilderness, a home for himself and those who might come after him. ...of his family: Dyer Huntington, father of Mrs. S. D. Hungerford of Adams, Mrs. J. A. Lawyer of this city and R. H. Huntington of Adams was long in business in this city...Ambrose W. Huntington, father of Mrs. w. H. Sigourney and Mrs. Rob't Hitchcock lived to a good old age among us, and his life as he lived it, is a far better eulogy than we can write for him. Mrs. Kimball, mother of Mrs. H. H. Kellogg of this city and Cyrus T. Huntington, who has just entered upon the second half century of his married life, are all that are now left of the family. Mr. Huntington, now nearly 74 years of age, has always been a remarkably healthy man and looks hardly more than 60, and we hope that both he and his wife may live these many years to be a source of comfort to themselves, the children they have reared, and their numerous relatives and friends.
Patrick Shanahan was brought before the Recorder yesterday on a charge of rape preferred by Florence D. Halleck a stepdaughter of Wm. English, of Rutland...he is held to bail in the sum of $1,000 to appear and answer to the charge at the September term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Watertown. Counsel for the accused is Mr. Wilbur F. Porter.
Belleville, NY, July 19th, 1874: ARTHUR CUSHMAN, of Rural Hill, a young man 15 years of age, was wading in the pond at that place last evening, when he inadvertently stepped into a hole where the water was about eight feet deep, and being unable to swim was drowned before assistance could reach him. His body was recovered after having been immersed about one hour. He was a son of Mr. JONAH CUSHMAN of Rural Hill.
The REDWOOD BURGLARS - Convicted at Last - Kingston, Canada, July 18, 1874. The Redwood Burglars were convicted. They will be sentenced on Monday. We got our stolen money back.
LEVI OTIS ESTATE - At a Surrogate's Court held in and for the County of Jefferson...in the city of Watertown on the 18th day of July, 1874...In the matter of the application of LEVI C. OTIS, the Executor, etc. of Levi Otis deceased, for authority to mortgage, lease, or sell the real estate of the said deceased for the payment of his debts...the application of Levi C. Otis, the Executor of the last will and testament of Levi Otis, late of Clayton, Jefferson Co., NY...
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Timothy Hay, out in Pamelia, was very badly cut by a mowing machine on Saturday. He will probably be cured, however.
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THE OLD JOHN BROWN FARM--John Brown of Kansas and Harpers Ferry...the farm is in the town of N. Elba, Essex Co., NY, a half mile from the public highway leading from Martin's on Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks to the village of North Elba, about 12 miles from the former place, and a half mile from the latter...the grave...his grandfather's tombstone, brought from Massachusetts is the headstone of the grave. We read on the outside of the stone the following inscriptions: In memory of Captn John Brown who died at New York, Sept. ye 3, 1776, in the 48 year of his age; John Brown born May 9, 1800, was executed at Charleston, VA., Dec. 2, 1850; Oliver Brown born March 9, 1839, was killed at Harper's Ferry, Oct. 17, 1859. The inside inscriptions are: In memory of Frederick, son of John and Diantha Brown, born Dec. 21, 1830 and murdered at Osawatomie, Kansas, Aug. 30, 1856, for his adherence to the cause of freedom; Watson Brown born Oct. 7, 1835, was wounded at Harper's Ferry, Oct. 17, and died Oct. 19, 1859....
Mr. Frederick Fuess has purchased the interest of H. M. Gossen in the Watertown Brewery (Mr. Chas. Hart's) and the business hereafter will be carried on by Hinds & Fuess. Mr. Fuess is late of the firm of Fuess & Marcille and is an energetic popular businessman. We wish him abundant success in his new venture.
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W. S. Searles and wife, of Rome, have been spending a few days at Henderson Harbor. Mr. Searles has lately purchased a half interest in the insurance agency of Bagg and Willard, No. 3 South Salina St., Syracuse, Mr. Willard retiring....
Dexter:
Frank Pierce, Geo. Moyer and Levi Nutting start for Colorado the first of September. They are getting together all the old horse pistols, flintlock muskets and powder horns they can find and have as their motto, "Pike's Peak, or bust."
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FUNERAL OF THE LATE HIRAM MOORE: The employees of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Co., will meet at the Upper Depot in this city, on Sunday next, at half past one o'clock, p.m., sharp, for the purpose of attending the funeral of Mr. Moore, at his late residence, Arensenal St. at 2 p.m.
OBITUARY: At 7 o'clock yesterday morning one of our most respected citizens was suddenly called away at the age of 65 years. We refer to Mr. HIRAM MOORE...his death was caused by his physician, as disease of the heart. He was born in Strafford, VT November 14th, 1808. His father died when the subject of this sketch was but 17 years of age and the latter then worked the homestead until he removed to Schenectady where he worked with another brother and learned the carpenter trade. He was married at Schenectady to Miss MARY A. SELLECK, who survives him....the deceased had a brother, Rev. JOHN MOORE, a distinguished Universalist clergyman, who dropped dead in a street of Concord, N.H., of the same disease...Hiram Moore joined the Methodist Episcopal church and was a member of the Arsenal Street Church in Watertown, at the time of his death...he left three children to mourn his loss: ELISHA M. MOORE, General Freight agent and assistant Superintendent of the
R. W. & O.R.R.; MELISSA S. MOORE and WILLIAM H. MOORE, drygoods merchants of this city...(additional information in the obituary)
Redwood: July 31:
CHARLES CRABB, a boy about 15 years old, was instantly killed this afternoon while in the act of dumping a cartload of dirt used in filling Mud Lake fill on the Utica and Black River Railroad, one mile south of this place. Deceased is a son of JOHN H. CRABB, foreman of the gang of men in which the boy was employed as driver.
The new M.E. church at Chaumont, Jeff. Co., NY will be dedicated Wednesday, Sept. 9th, 1874. Rev. B. I. Ives, D.D. of Auburn will preach at 10 1/2 a.m. and 7 1/2 p.m. assisted by Rev. I. S. Bingham, P.E., and others. the public are respectfully invited to attend. D. W. Aylesworth, Pastor, Chaumont, Aug. 6, 1874.
Alexandria Bay, Aug. 7, 1874:
A Grand Promenade Concert and full dress Ball for the benefit of the Davis Sewing Machine Band will be given at the Thousand Island House, Alexandria Bay, NY, on Thursday evening, August 13th. The Prize Cup, weighing one hundred and thirteen ounces sterling silver, awarded to this celebrated band, will be on exhibition.
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The funeral of the Hon. Lewis Palmer will be conducted agreeably to the burial service of the Knight Templars. It is hoped that the Sir Knights will turn out in full force.
OBITUARY-A solemn stillness pervaded the precincts of every place of business in the city as the news of the sudden death of the Hon. LEWIS PALMER was borne from ear to ear yesterday morning. The deceased was 64 years of age at the time of his death, the cause of which was heart disease. He came to this county in 1833 from Wethersfield, Connecticut, and remained a short time at Evans Mills with his uncle, Wm. Palmer, from which place he went south, spending some years in several of the Southern States...on his return he entered the mercantile business at Evans Mills...he removed to Watertown some years ago...an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Three children, two sons and a daughter, are left to mourn his sudden loss.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS- S. K. CARTER Estate, ..notice to all persons having claims against S. K. Carter, late of Theresa, in said county, deceased intestate...to present the same with the vouchers...to the administrators..at the store of Walrath and Keley in the village of Theresa, on or before the 10th day of December next. Dated May 25th, 1874, RUTH CARTER and PERCIVAL D. BULLARD, Administrators.
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The circus will be here on the 10th of September. A party of Gypsies are encamped on the Brownville Road, just below the Stone House.
It is said that more than $6,000,000 worth of property has been buried in the Great Lakes since the introduction of steam in navigation.
SOPHRONA LEASURE was taken to the Poor House yesterday much against her will. She screamed like a locomotive all the way down. It was all four policemen could to to keep her in the wagon. When she got there she submitted meekly and kneeling down, prayed long and earnestly for her prosecutors.
At a meeting of the Board of Managers of Jefferson County Agricultural Society, on Saturday afternoon, MILES BARROWS of Hounsfield was elected general superintendent in place of Asaph Mather, deceased; Thomas Bryant was chosen assistant general superintendent and Nelson Boomer, Ellisburg, superintendent show of horses, in room of M. Barrows, promoted.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT - At the regular session, Saturday, Aug. 22nd, the Watertown Grange adopted the following: Tribute of respect to ASAPH MATHER...a copy be transmitted to his bereaved family and each of the city papers for publication. W. O. Tolman, Secretary
OBITUARY - BENJAMIN HUTCHENS, Esq., who died at LaMotte, Jackson Co., Iowa, was the father of Dr. M. J. HUTCHENS and father-in-law of A. HARDER, of Redwood, NY. He was born in Herkimer Co., NY. Early in life he came to Jefferson Co. and for a long time resided in the town of Watertown. About ten years ago he moved to the state of Iowa, where he lived to the time of his death. All his children and family with one exception made him a visit this summer, and the same day after bidding them all goodbye, he was taken sick and in a few days died, thus fulfilling his statement, "that he should probably never see them again in this world."
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Muscalonge plenty. Cape Vincent is going to have a fire engine. At a special village election held on Tuesday afternoon, it was decided to invest in one of those useful and almost indispensable machines.
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The new glass company have completed the coal furnace and already made the first "blow", which is a perfect success and an indication of a prosperous "run".
On Saturday last, C. E. GRAVES, wife and child, of East Hounsfield drove to the residence of G. C. Bradley, where he hitched the horse and went into the house. The horse became frightened, turned over the carriage and ran away, seriously injuring Mrs. G. and child. Mrs. G. is badly cut and bruised about the face, but Dr. Trowbridge, her attending physician thinks she will recover. She is a sister of Mrs. Dr. Huntington of this city.
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CAPE VINCENT, Sept. 6, 1874: The barns, carriage house and stables--five buildings in all-belonging to Francis Dezengremel, one mile west of Rosiere Station, were struck by lightning Saturday evening and totally destroyed. The barns were filled with hay and grain. Loss: $5,000; insurance about $1,600.
Redwood:
A large business firm at Alexandria Bay, well we might as well say Messrs., Cornwall & Waltons, have subscribed $2,500 for the noble purpose of purchasing and fitting up the grounds for the proposed International Annual Religious Meetings at the foot of Wells Island.
It is cheering indeed to see our genial and social friends Frank Butterfield and Ben. Lawrence back to Redwood again.
On the 1st inst., Father Stephens, age 78, departed this life in this village where he had lived many years, highly respected by all who knew him, leaving a large circle of friends to mourn.
We have been shown a plan for an extensive enlargement of the Crossmon House, which is to be perfected next season, extending its capacious boundaries westward to the river side.
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One hundred and fifty-six bushels of white winter wheat are the number that in 1874 grew on four and one-half acres of ground owned by Mr. Ira Goodenough, of Belleville, NY.
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Our venerable and respected townsman, JASON FAIRBANKS, Esq., will celebrate his 89th birthday today.
A GOLDEN WEDDING - Yesterday, at their own pleasant home near this city, took place the golden wedding, the 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN N. VANAMBER, who since 1823 have been residents of Jefferson County. Mr. Van Amber was born in Saratoga County in 1802, came to this county in 1823 and in 1824 was married to Miss HARRIET DAVIS, also of Saratoga Cunty, but living here at the time...Mr. and Mrs. VanAmber are age respectively 72 and 69 years and seem well able to enjoy life...the timbers of their present beautiful dwelling were once a part of the first frame building erected in Watertown on the present site of the American Hotel...Four of their children and eight grandchildren attended their golden wedding. One is dead. The children present were Susan N. VanAmber, Mary J. Reed, Clark VanAmber, and Orin VanAmber. The names of the grandchildren are Miss Gracie VanAmber, Charlie VanAmber, Hattie J. VanAmber, Lula VanAmber, Miss Lallie Reed, Erwin C. Reed, Minnie Reed. Invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Ackerman; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Francis of Carthage; Mrs. D. A. Pratt of Carthage; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thompson of Watertown; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bosworth; Mr. Stephen Delong and wife; Mr and Mrs. Beckwith VanAmber; Messrs Chas Banister, Edwin Sweet, Fred Delong, George Townsend, M. Reed, Geo. O'Brien and their wives. Mrs. J. Hose; Miss Mattie Hose; Mr. Truman Townsend; Miss E. Bliss, Miss Chloe Otis, George Otis, Mrs. Asa Otis, Mrs. C. Pickard, Miss Stella Pickard, Adin Gould, Mrs. Lucretia Bingham, Mrs. Sarah Burr.
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Transcriber's Note: the next newspaper is dated in 1875 and not included here.
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