Miscellaneous Items

Atty. Albert S. DeClue Opens Law Office

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

Attorney Albert S. DeClue, of Hempstead, L.I., has purchased the Harman property, 29 North Main street [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY], and will open a law office in his home within the week.  Mr DeClue was discharged from the Navy on July 4, 1946, as a Lieutenant Commander, after more than four years' service, Including two years at sea.  Before entering the service, he practiced with the firm of Patterson & Christ, Hempstead.  Mr. DeClue is a graduate of Colgate university and Columbia Law School.  he is married and has two sons, Stephen and David.  Mrs. DeClue is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Dietetics, Brooklyn.

 

James A. Hard Celebrates 105th Birthday

Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946

 

James A. Hard, a boyhood resident of Windsor [Broome Co., NY], observed his 105th birthday on July 15 at his home in Rochester [Monroe Co., NY].  In good health, Mr. Hard is the last surviving Civil War veteran in Rochester.  He fought in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, South Mountain and Antietam.  Attending school at Windsor as a boy, he worked on his father's nearby farm during the summer vacations.  He enlisted in the Army at the age of 20 in Dryden, after moving from Windsor.

 

Lost and Found

Chenango Union, July 14, 1881

 

There was something of a commotion in town on Thursday last, caused by the loss of a pocket book.  Truman E. Case, of Plymouth [Chenango Co., NY], came to the village in the morning, and made some purchases at the store of L. Scott on South Broad Street [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY].  In the afternoon he returned to the store, and stated that while trading there in the forenoon he had left upon the counter his pocketbook, contained about one hundred dollars and some valuable papers.  A colored man named James H. Andrews soon after came to him, and informed him that for a consideration he would show him the man who took the pocket book from the store, describing the same.  Case paid his informant two dollars, when he was conducted to one of the buildings in the row south of the N.Y.O.&W. depot.  While Mr. Case was waiting for the appearance of his guide with the thief, the gentleman with the two dollars left the house through a back door, and made good time over fences and through gardens.  The Justice issued a warrant, and Andrews was arrested by Officer Hubbard, who conveyed him to jail.  Adelbert Brushell, also colored, who was seen to leave on the Walton train, was arrested by Officer Turner, at Guilford, in obedience to a telegram, and brought back to this place in the evening, the conductor escorting him to jail.  But Friday morning changed the aspect of things, when it was learned that the missing pocket book had been found under the bed of a weak minded brother of Mr. Case, residing with his father on Sheldon Street.  After leaving Scott's store, Mr. Case drove to his father's residence, and while alighting from his carriage the pocket book fell from an inside pocket into the grass, where it was afterwards found by his brother, and thrown under the bed. The contents of the wallet were found to be all right, the prisoners were released, and the excitement died out.

 

Hines Block Fire - Bainbridge

Chenango Union, November 25, 1897

 

Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY] was visited by another disastrous conflagration Monday night, property of the value of about $30,000 being destroyed.  The flames were discovered in the basement of Barton & Clark's hardware store in the Hines block about 11 o'clock Monday night.  Dr Taylor, who was returning from a night call, discovered the fire and sent in the alarm.  The firemen soon had a stream on the fire but had been at work but a few minutes when an explosion of gun powder in the store scattered burning embers all over the building.

 

The Hines block was a frame building with a brick venured front, and there was no fire wall between it and the Wetmore block on the south.  The flames quickly spread to this block and the firemen were unable to stop the advance until the fire reached the brick wall of the Pierce block in which the bank is situated.

 

The Wetmore block was occupied by A.L. Palmer, dry goods and groceries and George Bentley, groceries.  Upstairs in the Hines block was the residence of Mrs. Shapley, a widow, and on the second floor of the Wetmore block, the residence of Lute Sweet.  Both families escaped without injury but they were unable to save any of their household furniture and only such wearing apparel as they could carry out with them. 

 

The stock and fixtures of the Barton & Clark and Bentley stores were a total loss, but Mr Palmer estimates that he saved one-tenth of his stock.  Both of the blocks were a total loss. 

 

The origin of the fire is unknown.  The hardware store where the fire started had been closed  not more than twenty minutes and there was no indication of fire at that time.  About 7 o'clock Tuesday morning the flames sprang up again among the ruins and the firemen were called out for another hour's work.  The burned district extends from the Pierce block on the south to the Graves block on the north, both of which have fire walls.