Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 12, 1874
Marriages
ECCLESTON - HALBERG: In Waterville [Oneida Co. NY], Nov. 4th, by Rev. J. Garland Hamner, Mr. James R. Eccleston to Miss Mary Halberg, both of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].
WOOD - HALL: At the Baptist Parsonage in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. George Wood to Miss Mary Ann Hall both of Lebanon, Madison Co. [NY].
REDMOND - NOWLAN: In New York Oct. 28th, by Rev. J.T. Westerman, Mr. Richard J. Redmond of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Margaret Nowlan of Mineville, Essex Co. [NY].
CONKLIN - MOSHER: At the residence of bride's father, Nov. 3d, by Rev. W.H. Gavitt, Mr. Edgar B. Conklin, of Riverside, Broome Co. [NY] to Miss D. Ernestine Mosher of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].
BLORE - WOOLHART: In Morris [Otsego Co. NY], Oct. 27th, by Rev. W.B. Thomas, Mr. Isaac Blore of Butternuts [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Carrie F. Woolhart of Morris.
LAMPHERE - HILL: In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 5th, by Rev. H. Pettongill, Mr. Lewis Lamphere to Miss Nettie A. Hill, all of New Berlin.
PRENTICE - WHITTEMORE: At Little Falls [Herkimer Co. NY], Oct. 27th, by Rev. A. Leroy, assisted by R.R. Prentice, Rev. A.M. Prentice of Brockport [Monroe Co. NY], formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Jennie Whittemore of Little Falls.
VAN WAGENEN - LOUDERBACK: In New York, Nov. 6th, by Rev. J.T. Duryea, D.D., assisted by Rev. -?-, Mr. Herbert Van Wagenen to Miss Cornelia Louuderback all of New York
Deaths
WEBSTER: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] Nov. 10th, Abagail [Webster] wife of Levi P. Webster, aged 46 years. Funeral services will be held at her late residence on Mitchell Street on Friday morning at 8 o'clock.
FRANKLIN: At the residence of her son, George M. Franklin, in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 5th, Hannah [Franklin] widow of the late Elisha Franklin, aged 80 years and 9 months.
SHEA: In king Settlement [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 3d, Mr. John Shea aged 74 years.
COLTON: In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] Nov. 8th, Mr. Ebenezer Colton, age 42 years.
TRIPP: In DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY] Nov. 1st, Mr. Jonathan Tripp, aged 26 years.
Charles Case son of Mr. Dwight Case of Cazenovia [Madison Co. NY], was kicked so badly by a horse a week ago Saturday that he died last week Monday.
Mrs. James A. Schermerhorn a most estimable lady of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY], died at Glen Haven [Monroe Co. NY] on the 3d inst.
James Beers, the last surviving veteran of the war of 1812 residing in New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY], died October 24th.
Last week we made a brief mention of an accident which occurred on the Midland Railroad, on Saturday evening, the 31st ult., by which the fireman on a southward bound train, between Oneida and Oswego, was severely burned. We learn that the fireman, Ferdinand Joslyn, went to replenish his fire, when it "kicked" upon him, as the railroad men term it, the explosion of the gas throwing the flames violently out of the open door into the cab of the engine, filling it, and driving the engineer out upon the stop. Joslyn, the fireman, was badly burned, and in his desperation, he jumped from the train, which was at the time running at the rate of upwards of thirty miles an hour. As soon as possible the train was stopped and backed up to the spot, where he was found lying in the ditch, insensible, his face badly cut, and with some internal injuries. He died at his residence, in North Bay, Oneida County [NY] on Thursday of last week, and on Sunday morning a special train left this station, conveying a number of officers and employees of the road to attend the funeral services of the deceased, which were held that day. The engine which drew the train was the same from which Joslyn took his fearful leap, and it was very properly draped in mourning. Deceased was twenty-two years of age and was respected by all who knew him,
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About half past three o'clock last Wednesday afternoon, a little son of Mr. J.T. Loomis, who resides about a mile north of the village of Brisbin, Chenango County [NY] was drowned in the Chenango canal near his home under peculiarly distressing circumstances. Mr. Loomis was engaged at the time in operating his cider mill, which is situated on the berm bank of the canal and the little fellow who was about three and a half years of age was playing about the premises. He was seen by his mother about three o'clock, playing in the yard near the house, and by the hired man a few minutes afterwards. A very few moments later the canal boat "Ellen Carman" in charge of a man named Smith and crew passed by, and the body of the little unfortunate was seen by them floating upon the Water. Instead of rescuing it or calling for help, the men of the boat said nothing about what they had seen until some minutes afterward, while the boat was passing the lock. The announcement was then made in a careless, casual manner, as though no importance was attached to it. The alarm was given, and search made, and soon the remains were found, several rods distant from the point at which the child must have fallen into the water.
When taken out, life was entirely extinct, although every effort was made to resuscitate the child. It is thought that at the time the boatmen saw the body, it could not have been in the water more than five or six minutes, but before they told of it fifteen or twenty minutes had elapsed.
The grief of the parents at the sudden loss of their darling little one cannot be expressed in words, and when it was believed that he might have bene saved if the men on the boat had rescued him or even given the alarm when he was first discovered, their feelings knew no bounds. The strange and unnatural conduct of the boatmen has caused great indignation in the minds of all who have become acquainted with the facts and created a corresponding degree of sympathy for the bereaved parents. The boat "Ellen Carman" left this city on Monday last loaded with coal.
The man Smith, who had charge of the boat, resides in Oriskany Falls. The names of the other men could not be ascertained, but whoever they may be, they will doubtless be troubled throughout their entire lives by the reflection of their misconduct on this occasion. Binghamton Times, Nov. 6.
Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 12, 1874
Marriage
DICKINSON - TANNER: At the residence of the bride's father, Stephen Tanner, Esq. of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 11th, by Rev. Mr. Haynes, Chas. H. Dickinson and Sarah M. Tanner.
Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY]: On Monday Eve, the 2d inst. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hunt were favored with a splendid surprise. It was the 15th anniversary of their marriage. It was a crystal wedding. The guests brought a few presents of crystal nature which will tend to lighten and preserve the happy couple until their silver wedding shall dawn upon them. Rev. Mr. Johnson appropriately closed the exercises with prayer, sweetly alluding to the little one gone on before them to that heavenly land.
Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, November 11, 1874
Death
BRIGGS: In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 28th, after a long and painful illness, Susan M. [Briggs] wife of Mr. Erastus Briggs, aged 55 years.
Closed now forever the lips that have spoken, / As none but a mother's can speak to a child; / Stilled is the heart as when death left it lifeless, / Never, by sin, was its whiteness defiled.
No more on Earth by the hand will she lead us, / Point out the right way, and guard from the wrong. / Laid in the cold grave to moulder to ashes, / Never again to be one in our throng.
Here she was born, by this murmuring river, / Here, in the same hallowed spot breathed her last. / Gone from this world, into Heaven forever, / Crowned with glory, her trials all passed.
Gone to the land where the while robed angels / Walk hand in hand through the streets of gold. / Watching and waiting for Earth's friends to meet her / As they gather them, one by one, into the fold.
Standing just over the mystic river, / By the gate that leads to the golden strand, / With arms outstretched to welcome us over / "To the pearl lit shore of the Spirit land."
Looking away through a gleam of starlight, / A long, white line of light shines down, / And away through the gate, I can see 'mong the angels, / A gleam from the pearl wings and golden crown.
Only a moment, a moment in Heaven / Must she stand watching and waiting alone; / One by one crossing, the loved ones will meet her, / At the pearly gate by the Great White Throne.
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A distressing accident occurred to Mrs. James Prentiss of Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY], in New York City, last Sunday night, which caused her death on Monday. The deceased was the widow of James Prentiss of Watertown, Wisconsin, and the sister of John H. Prentiss of the firm of C.P. Kellogg, & Co. of Chicago, formerly of this city [Utica, Oneida Co. NY]. she had numerous friends in this city and vicinity and the sad details of her death will be read with pain. Mrs. Prentiss had been an invalid for years. She traveled to Europe and escaped from a severe attack of Roman fever. At the time of the accident she was in New York City, where her brother was making her a short visit. On Sunday, about 10 p.m. she complained of not feeling very well, and obtained a small quantity of alcohol in a tin dish to be used in a vapor bath. Shortly after she returned to her room a cry was heard, and Mrs. Prentiss ran across the hall to her friend's room in her night clothes, which were completely enveloped in flames. A lady clasped a woolen shawl about the lady, extinguishing the flames and carried her back to her room. Everything possible was done to mitigate her sufferings. Mrs. Prentiss requested her friends to send for her brother and a physician and administer opiates to her. This was done, but for two hours she was unconscious and suffered terribly. Her brother was by her bedside in her last agony. At 1 a.m. she became unconscious, and for eleven hours thereafter life lingered, when death relieved her from torture. It was not possible to learn exactly how the accident occurred, whether some of the alcohol was spilled upon her clothing and then caught fire, or whether her clothing took fire while she was taking the vapor bath. The remains of the deceased were taken to Cooperstown on Tuesday and interred on Wednesday. Mrs. Prentiss was about forty years of age. Her father was the founder of the Freeman's Journal, of Cooperstown, and her aged mother still survives and is borne down by the weight of terrible casualty. All who knew the deceased speak of her in terms of high praise as a lady of beautiful disposition and rare goodness of heart and mind. Utica Herald
News Item
Olden Times: In 1810 the thrifty district known as Southern New York was almost uninhabited. In this new country lumbering was the only business carried on. The lumber was made into rafts and floated down the Delaware to the Philadelphia market, and the lumbermen were accustomed to walk the entire distance home after having disposed of their lumber. On this route there was a stretch of what was called "the wilderness" a distance of thirty miles without a house, and only a footpath through the dense forest that stood on the banks of the Delaware river. Many are the narrow escapes from wild beasts that inhabited this wilderness that are recounted by those who, when boys, listened to the old pioneers of this district.
Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 12, 1874
Marriage
At the residence of James Youngs, in this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 4th, by Rev. J.B. Sage, Mr. Alvin Stone to Miss Jane Youngs, both of Greene.
Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, November 14, 1874
Death
TETER: In Hebron Ill. Nov. 1st, 1874, of congestion of the lungs, John Teter, aged 75 years. John was formerly a resident of this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], and moved from here in the summer of 1856 to Michigan. He had lived in the family of the late Henry Young, and with his son, G.H. Young, for fifty years, and was well known by the residents of Sherburne for his pleasant and odd ways. Most everyone had a kind word for him. He was good and faithful and will be missed. May he rest in peace.
Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, November 14, 1874
Marriage
WOOD - FRENCH: At the Hastings House, in Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. A.B. Richardson, Nov. 10, '74, Harvey Wood of Afton [Chenango Co. NY], to Mrs. Hester Ann French, of Seward, Schoharie County [NY].
Death
MORGAN: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Hov. 6, 1874, of rheumatism, Mrs. Thomas Morgan, aged 43 years.
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