Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, March 30, 1876
Marriages
HOTCHKISS - PLATT: At the Rectory of Emmanuel Church in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 29th, by Rev. D.E. Loveridge, Marcus I. Hotchkiss, Esq., of Smithville, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] to Minnie J. Platt of New York City.
A pleasing ceremony took place at the Episcopal Rectory in this village, on Wednesday afternoon of this week. It was the marriage of Marcus I. Hotchkiss, Esq. of Smithville to Minnie J. Platt of New York. The happy couple have the best wishes of hosts of friends.
LOOMIS - KING: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], March 22d, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Clark H. Loomis of Solsville, Madison Co. [NY], to Miss Sadie E. King of Norwich.
WHITE - EDMONDS: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Frederick White of Poolville, Madison Co. [NY], to Miss Hattie L. Edmonds of Norwich.
SANNICKS - RUSSEL: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 22 d , by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Wilfred M. Sannicks of Norwich to Miss Celia Russel of Peterboro, N.Y. [Madison Co.].
DAVIS - BROWN: In Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], March 23d, by Rev. J.G. Eckman, Mr. Richmond Davis to Miss Lottie E. Brown, both of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY].
NEWTON - SMITH: In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY] March 22d by Rev. D.N. Grummon, Mr. Lawrence Newton to Miss Jennie Smith all of Bainbridge.
HOYT - RANDALL: In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY], March 22d, by Elder Hathaway, Mr. Smith Hoyt of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Phebe E. Randall of Masonville.
SLITER - PECK: At the residence of the bride's father Eliakim Peck, in Jewett, N.Y. [Greene Co.] March 13th, by Rev. S. Moore, Mr. Frederick W Sliter of Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], to Miss Celia L. Peck of the former place.
Deaths
BROOKS: In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], March 27th, Stewart H. [Brooks] son of Sherman and Betsey C. Brooks, aged 6 months and 19 days.
DRAKE: In this town, March 27th, Mr. Alge L. Drake aged 85 years and 8 months.
FISHER: In Plymouth Sunday evening, March 26th, Mr. John Fisher, aged 73 years.
CHAMBERLIN: In Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY], March 26th, Mr. Clark Chamberlin, aged 58 years.
Clark Chamberlin died on Sunday night last, of consumption, aged fifty-eight years. His wife died two years ago this month, and his son Henry five years ago, both of the same disease and all, by some strange coincidence, dying on Sunday night. Mr. Chamberlin has been a resident of this place and vicinity for many years and was beloved and respected by all who knew him. He was a man of strict integrity, and his death leaves a place vacant which cannot easily be filled.
GOODGER: In new Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], March 20th, Mr. Stephen Goodger aged 56 years.
BOWERS: In Whitestown, Oneida Co. [NY] March 5th, Lucretia [Bowers] wife of John Bowers, aged 56 years, formerly of East Guilford [Chenango Co. NY].
BARROWS: In Decatur, N.Y. March 7th, Lena May [Barrows} only daughter of Rev. A.W. Barrows aged 4 years and 3 months.
HALL: In Grandville, Michigan, February 1st, Elizabeth [Hall] wife of Samuel Hall of McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] aged 82 years.
Perkins E. Buck formerly of the town of Eaton [Madison Co. NY], was instantly killed on the 3d inst. about noon, near his home, Lake Providence, Carroll Parish, La. by a tree falling on him.
Mrs. Sarah Todd relict of Lemuel Todd died at Toddsville [Otsego Co. NY] on the 16th inst in the 95th year of her age. She with her husband, were among the early settlers in the town. She died in the house that she had lived in uninterruptedly for 70 years.
A little boy, aged six, son of Charles Ames a Richfield [Otsego Co. NY] farmer, wandered away to play Thursday accompanied by his dog and not returning in about two hours, search was made. The dog was discovered on the bank of a spring and from the animal's actions and footprints in the snow it became feared that the child had been drowned in the spring, which proved only too true. The body of the little fellow was found at the bottom in water about three feet deep. Life was extinct.
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BLY: Killed by the cars in Greene [Chenango Co. NY], March 25th, Mr. James L. Bly, aged 40 years.
James L. Bly of Greene was struck by the D.L.&W. express train going south on Saturday evening last, and probably instantly killed. His body was thrown some distance from the track but was not much mutilated. The accident occurred some two miles north of the village, and when first seen he was standing between the rails, but paid no attention to the warning whistle, and it was too late to stop the train, which was on a curve at the time. by some it is supposed to have been a deliberate suicide, by others that he was intoxicated; while the verdict of the coroner's jury, on Monday evening, was that he was laboring under aberration of mind at the time of his death.
Deceased was charged with burning a barn belonging to J.D. VanValkenburgh in Greene, last summer; that gentleman having been an administrator of an estate in which Bly was interested; was indicted and under bail and his trial was to have taken place at the County Court now in session in this village. He was forty years of age and leaves a wife and children.
[Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, March 30, 1876]: James L. Bly, a citizen of Greene was instantly killed on Saturday evening last by the train going to Binghamton. The train was behind time and was approaching the station rapidly, when within about a half mile of it the engineer saw a man approaching the train and whistled the customary warning. No attention however was paid to it by the man and there was not time to stop the train after it became evident that he would be struck if he did not get off the track. He was hit and raised and thrown a considerable distance from the track. The train was stopped and backed up and the lifeless body was picked up and conveyed to the station. One of the legs was badly mutilated and the corpse was covered with blood and presented a shocking appearance. It was recognized as James L. Bly of Greene. He was about forty years old and had resided at Greene for many years. Until within five or six years he had borne a good reputation. During that time however, he had contracted intemperate habits and at the time of his death was under indictment for burning the barn of one of his neighbors who was executor of his father-in-law's estate. His trail was to have come off at the term of Court now in session in this village. From this fact and the perfect chain of evidence said to exist in his case, it is supposed to be a case of suicide, though the coroner's jury found a verdict of accidental death.
[Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, March 29, 1876]: On Saturday evening last, Lewis Bly, a resident of the town of Greene, met his death while walking on the D.L.&W. Railroad track, a mile or so above that village. He was struck by the express train, which was going south and run over, his body was not badly mutilated. It is said that he had been drinking. He leaves a wife, a daughter of the late Ephriam Wheeler.
Some time since a barn owned by J.D. VanValkenburgh, an administrator of an estate in which Bly was interested, situated two or three miles east of Greene, was destroyed by fire and Bly was charged with being the incendiary. A indictment was found against him, and he was held to bail. At the time of the accident he was on his way to subpoena a witness on his trial which was to come off this week, we believe, having left his wife and team in the village.
The Binghamton Times give his name as James L. Bly and says he paid no attention to the whistle which was blown when he was discovered on the track and calls it a probable suicide. He was thrown some distance from the track, being instantly killed. He was 40 years of age.
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