Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, April 9, 1874
Marriages
MOSHER - BUNNELL: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], March 25th, by Rev. J.C. Ward, Mr. Joseph W. Mosher, of Aurora to Miss Emma B. Bunnell, of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
CHAMBERLAIN - SAGE: At the residence of the bride in Holmesville [Chenango Co. NY], April 1st, by Rev. Wm. R. Stone, Rev. J.H. Chamberlain to Mrs. Eliza A. Sage.
HOAG - PERKINS: March 15th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Charles Hoag of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Esther Perkins, of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY].
DREW - FOX: March 22d, by the same, Mr. Andrew R. Drew, of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Alice Fox, of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY].
THRASHER - WETHERILL: March 29th, by the same, Mr. William Thrasher, of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Magarette Wetherill, of Oxford. [Chenango Co. NY].
Deaths
WINSOR: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 1st, after a short illness, Mr. John W. Winsor, aged 57 years.
MARQUIS: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], April 6th, Nellie [Marquis], daughter of J.B. and Della A. Marquis, aged 10 months and 20 days.
STANBRO: At Beaver Meadow, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] March 28th, of black measles, complicated with inflammation of the brain, George H. [Stanbro] oldest son of Dr. -?- and Helen Stanbro, aged 17 years, 2 months and 28 days.
HARRIS: In Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], April 5th, Mrs. Nancy Harris, aged 76 years.
MARSH: In Richford, Tioga Co. N.Y., March 23d, Mr. Burr Marsh, aged 78 years, formerly of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], and brother of the late Hamilton Marsh of this village [Norwich].
DYE: At Leon Center, Cattaraugus Co. N.Y., March 17th, of lung fever, Mr. Henry Dye, aged 63 years, formerly of Pitcher, this County [Chenango Co.], and youngest brother of Mrs. Phebe Edwards, of Pitcher.
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DIXON: In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], April 5th, 1874, Ellen C. [Dixon] wife of M.C. Dixon, aged 30 years 7 months and 16 days.
The members of Pleasant Brook lodge, I.O. of G. T. met on Monday evening and adopted the following Resolutions:
Whereas, it has pleased God to remove from our midst our beloved sister, Ellen C. Dixon, it is with feelings of sorrow that we, the members of our lodge, pay this last tribute of respect to her memory.
Resolved: That in the dispensation of Divine Providence, we have been deprived of a kind and loving sister, one who by her genial disposition and sympathetic feelings won many friends, who sincerely lament her sudden departure.
Resolved: That we bow with humble submission to the will of our Heavenly Father and trust that our departed sister has found rest and happiness in that better and brighter world above.
Resolved: That our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days and that we tender the bereaved family and friends our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved: That these Resolutions be published in the Chenango Union, Telegraph, and the Sherburne News, and a copy of the same be given to the friends of the deceased.
Committee: G.A. Munson, Emons Wilber, Miss M.E. Cook
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Melvern A. Everts, who has been engineer of engine No. 16, on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, between Utica and Norwich, for the past three years, died in Utica [Oneida Co. NY] on Friday last, of congestion of the lungs. He was on duty on the Saturday previous but failed rapidly after the attack. He is spoken of as an excellent mechanic and a promising young man. His parents reside in Binghamton and Superintendent Thompson kindly tendered a special train to the family and friends of the deceased, and his associates of the Company, to attend the funeral on Sunday, in that place. On Sunday morning the special train bearing the remains, with the friends of deceased, and an escort of some thirty engineers, passed through this place. It was composed of two coaches and the locomotive, the latter of which was appropriately draped. The funeral services at Binghamton were very impressive and were largely attended. The train passed this station about five o'clock P.M., on its return.
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The Greene Railway Accident
While getting our paper ready for the press last week, we were informed by R.E. Rindge Esq., the gentlemanly agent of the D.L. & W. Railroad Company at this station, that, a man had been killed on the night previous, on the track near Greene [Chenango Co. NY], and we published the particulars as far as he was enabled to furnish them. Coroner Hand, who held the inquest, has kindly furnished us with the minutes taken, from which we condense the following account:
The facts connected with the manner of his death are substantially as stated by us last week. Deceased was about the Greene depot in the evening, somewhat intoxicated. While there he said he wanted to go to Sylvester Dent's below the village, and inquired which was the best way to go. He was shown the way, by Mr. Boardman, when he left, taking the highway, but soon left it, and got upon the railroad track, which he followed. He was intoxicated and staggered some; had in his hand a black satchel. Ezra B. Wheeler testified that he saw deceased get off from the cars on Tuesday afternoon. He said he got on at Binghamton; was intoxicated; had worked for Wheeler; his occupation was principally boating. Thomas H. Lansing, while driving to the village on the evening of the accident, found deceased lying in the road, got out of his wagon and picked him up. Deceased told him to get away from him, or he would "put a head on him bigger than a bushel basket." The deponent left. Watson Smith was coming up the track near sunrise on Wednesday morning, when he found the body lying between the rails, near the residence of Andrew Upham. He called Mr. Upham, who went to the spot. A boy was sent to Mr. Dent, who recognized the deceased. The body was much mangled, having been shoved along five or six rods. Mr. Upham saw a man walk down the track, near the spot, on the previous evening, apparently intoxicated. The hands on the morning freight train picked up the remains and took them away on a truck. Sylvester Dent testified that deceased had worked for him last fall. His name was Abial C. Herron, his age was about 36 years. Deceased had told him his parents lived in New York or Brooklyn; that he was a single man; had been married but had no children; had known him for five years, had two letters from him recently; the last dated at Osborn Hollow, Broome County, March 24th. He wanted to work for him again and stated that he would be in Greene that week. The usual habits of the deceased were good, but he had times of drinking. His father used to live at Norwich. Horace D. Root testified that he was engineer on the D.L.&W. road, on train 21 and 22; ran a train past the village of Greene on Tuesday night; passed the depot at 10:20, going south, but did not stop; when near Upham's saw something lying on the track between the rails, and passed over it. Did not stop the train until he got about four miles below, to take on wood, took a torch and told the conductor he had run over something. Found blood and short hair on the pilot, and concluded it was a dog that had been run over. Dr. M. Johnson testified as to the injuries. the head was not separate from the body, but the neck was much mangled, the left arm cut nearly off above the wrist, and three fingers on the left hand crushed. The verdict of the jury was in accordance with the testimony and exonerated the railroad employees form blame.
The unfortunate man worked for a time in the shoe factory in this village, last summer, and has relatives residing in town.
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Murder of Harvey Myers
A terrible tragedy occurred at Covington, Kentucky, on the morning of the 28th ult. which resulted in the death of Harvey Myers, a prominent lawyer of that city, and a former resident of this County [Chenango Co. NY], by the hand of Col. W.G. Terrell, also of that city.
The assassin, who bears an unenviable reputation, had by his brutal conduct compelled his wife to separate from him, and she had commenced proceedings to obtain a divorce, employing Myers as her counsel. Some questions asked by him, while taking the depositions of the witnesses in the case, have been repeated to Terrell. He became exasperated and hurried to Myers' office on the fatal morning, where high words passed between them. Terrell using gross and insulting language. Myers ordered him to leave the room, which he refused to do, when Myers undertook to put him out. While shoving him towards the door Terrell drew a pistol and fired at Myers, shooting him in the abdomen. The wounded man staggered back into his office, fell upon the floor, and died in twenty minutes. Terrell was at once arrested and lodged in jail and the coroner's jury found a verdict in accordance with the above facts.
My Myers was born in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], in this County, in 1826. His parents were poor, and he had but few advantages in early life, his education being such as the common school of his native town afforded. He moved to Kentucky in 1851, and taught school for a short time, meanwhile pursuing the study of law. In 1853 he entered a law office in Covington and was admitted to practice in 1854. As a lawyer, he was one of the most prominent in the State of Kentucy, having a large practice in the Court of Appeals and in the U.S. Courts. He frequently acted as Judge pro tem in the Circuit Court when cases were before that tribunal in which the judge of the Court was interested. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1865, but declined to serve on the ground that the election was not a free one, but that the voters were under the coercion of Federal bayonets. In 1872 he ran for Congress on the republican ticket and was defeated by Judge Arthur. In business he was successful, having amassed a considerable estate from a large and remunerative practice, estimated at $65,000. He leaves a wife and six young children.
A meeting of the members of the bar was held in Covington on the 30th ult., to express their feelings over the loss of Mr. Myers. Fifty lawyers were present, besides a large number of citizens of Covington, Newport and Cincinnati. Never in that part of the country has a bar meeting been held in which more deep emotion was shown by speakers and hearers, that this. Many a strong man shed tears as the pitiable loss was brought out in the strongest language of eloquent men, and the many virtues of the deceased were enumerated.
We copy from the published proceedings of this meeting, the remarks of C.D. Foote, Esq.:
"I believe I knew Mr. Myers thoroughly. For a number of years I was in the same office with him. All that has been said of him has not told the whole truth. I went into that office on his invitation, almost a stranger to him. We were there over a year before I had any further conversation with him, for he was always full of labors and did not rest to talk when it interfered with his duties to his clients. After we were together about a year, he happened to commence talking to me one day and we found that we were born int he same county [Chenango Co. NY]. He said his grandmother was a Foote, and we found that the same blood ran in our veins. From that time on we have had perhaps a warmer feeling for each other than before. I never in all my intercourse with him saw him deviate from the truth and the highest integrity. He would never do anything that he did not believe to be true and right."
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