Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, November 1876

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, November 2, 1876

Marriages

NASH - DEFOREST:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 27th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. Alphonso N. Nash of Gilbertsville [Otsego Co. NY], to Miss Flora C. DeForest of this place.

BURROWS - SMITH:  At the M.E. Parsonage in New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 23d, by Rev. N.J. Hawley, Mr. Marvin E. Burrows of Rockdale [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Esther A Smith, of Pittsfield, N.Y. [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

MUDGE:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 26th, Augusta [Mudge] wife of Schuyler Mudge, aged 39 years.

CASE:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 27th, Mr. Albert Case, aged 71 years, 7 months and 10 days.

Albert Case, a well-known wealthy farmer near Plasterville, was buried yesterday.

KEYES:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 30th, Mr. John Keyes, aged 73 years, formerly of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY].

HALL:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 23d, Mr. Ansel Hall aged 75 years and 9 months.

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In another column will be found the particulars of another shocking accident to a Centennial excursion train, which occurred on Monday evening last, on the D.L.&W. Railroad, near Gouldsboro, Pa.  It will be seen that among the victims of the disaster are some from this County.

David R. Pierce of Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], who is one of the killed, was a few years since a resident of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], where he worked at his trade as a painter.  He was well known to many of our citizens, as an estimable young man, and his death causes a feeling of sadness among his acquaintances.  His stricken wife, who was seriously and perhaps fatally injured at the same time, was formerly Miss Julia Boyle, of Greene [Chenango Co. NY], where her parents reside.  It is said that Mr. Pierce declined to take the Midland Centennial train, which he had at first thought of doing, because of the accident last week.  he had a life insurance policy of $5,000 and his wife one at $3,000, also an accident policy on himself of $3,000.  They have one child, a daughter.

Mrs. A.L. Tuttle, Mrs. LO. Norton and Hugh Reilly of Columbus, Albert Thomas, of Sherburne, and J.R. Smith, of Greene, are reported among the injured, but we are not informed as to the extent of their wounds.  

Hamilton, it will be seen, suffers severely from this, as in the Midland accident of a week ago.  Morrisville and Earlville also suffer heavily.

The bodies of Mr. Bragg of Clayville [Oneida Co. NY] and Mr. Pierce, of Hamilton were brought upon the Tuesday evening train, accompanied by several of those injured.  One car was switched upon the Midland Road at this station and dispatched to Hamilton.  It contained the remains of Mr. Pierce and his wife and other survivors form the wreck.

An excursion party of teachers of the Syracuse city schools, with their friends, numbering something like six hundred had made arrangements to take the Midland excursion train to Philadelphia on Monday last, but the accident of last week caused them to take another route. They were, we understand, passengers on the Wrecked D.L.&W. train.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, November 2, 1876

Marriages

LANCKTON - GIFFORD:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 25, by Rev. D.C. Haynes, Mr. Stephen M. Lanckton of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Alice C. Gifford of Bainbridge.

HARRINGTON - LAMB:  At the M.E. Parsonage, in McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] Sept. 2d, by the Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Thomas J. Harrington to Miss DeEtte M. Lamb, both of McDonough.

FERNALLED - GREEN:  At the home of the bride, Oct. 17th, by Rev. W. Burnside, Mr. Munroe L. Fernalled to Miss Alice J. Green, both of McDonough.

Death

FISH:  In Cincinnatus [Cortland Co. NY], Oct. 25, Mr. Isaac Fish, aged 72 years.  Deceased was father of Mrs. A. Pendleton of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].

Oxford Times, Oxford, NY, November 1, 1876

Death

STRATTON:  In Red Bank, N.J., Oct. 24th, Mr. E.W. Stratton, aged 77 years.  His remains were brought to Roxbury, Del. Co. N.Y., for interment and the funeral services held in the same Church he had attended for many years.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, November 2, 1876

Marriages

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 31st, at the residence of Mr. Edward Belcher, the bride's father, by Rev. A.W. Snyder, Rector of Zion church, Mr. Roderick L. Beach of Litchfield, Conn., lately of this village and Miss Lillian E. Belcher, of Greene.

On the evening of the 24th ult., at the M.E. Parsonage, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. W.H. Gavitt, Mr. Charles E. Baldwin, of this town, to Miss Mary Zopple, of New York City.

In Lisle [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 22d, by Rev. D. Personeus, Mr. Perry J. Horton, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Lavina Fairbanks of Lisle.

At Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 29th, by Rev. W. Gates, Mr. Andrew Edy of Lisle [Broome Co. NY] to Miss Carrie Cook, of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY]

In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 13th, by Rev. Levi Pitts, Rev. Lewis Alexander of Afton [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Rachael Terwilliger of Binghamton.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 29th, of scarlet fever, Frankie L. [Miller], son of Nicholas B. and Eva miller, aged 2 years 7 months and 10 days.

A beautiful and promising boy of more than ordinary sweetness and intelligence has thus been called by Him who said "Suffer little children to come unto me."

At Upper Lisle [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 12th, Mr. Joel Rouse, aged 91 years and 3 months.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, November 4, 1876

Marriages

NAVENS - MAHONY:  At St. Patrick's Chruch in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 1, by Rev. Father Harrigan, Mr. Wm. Navens and Mrs. Margaret Mahony, all of Norwich.

PURDY - CLARK:  In Earlville [Madison Co. NY], Oct. 23, by Rev. G.R. Burnside, Mr. John Jay Purdy of Earlville and Miss Mary A. Clark of Oxford [Chenango Co. NY].

BUTTON - GATES:  At the M.E. parsonage in this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], Nov. 1, by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Adelbert Button of Columbus [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Nettie Gates of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

BENEDICT:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 23d, Mrs. Almira H. [Benedict] relict of the late Josiah Benedict, aged seventy-four years and six months.  

Mrs. Benedict had been in feeble health for several months, but the end was not speedily anticipated until a few hours before her death, when the vital powers seemed suddenly prostrated, and she sank peacefully to rest.  In this bereavement an affectionate daughter remains the only surviving member of the family, and orphan indeed.  May He who comforteth as "one whom a mother comforteth" be her help and support.

BOOMER:  Mr. Boomer who was killed at the Sandburgh collision on the Midland on Monday of last week, was the first passenger killed on the road since its opening, eight years ago.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, November 4, 1876

Marriage

WILLITS - BANNER:  At the home of the bride in Union Valley [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 26, 1876, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, William H. Willits to Miss Elizabeth Banner.

Death

SHARTS:  At Church Hollow [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 26th, 1876, Mr. George Sharts, formerly of Guilford [Chenango Co. NY] aged 37 years.

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, November 2, 1876

Marriage

October 26th, 1876, at the house of the bride's parents by Rev. Wm. P. Evans, Mr. Fred G. Losee of Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY] and Miss Georgia E. Borst of Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY].

Deaths

In New Lisbon [Otsego Co. NY], Oct. 18th, David Bard in the 75th year of his age.

In Middlefield [Otsego Co. NY], Oct. 26th, of typhoid fever, John Aspinwall aged 38 years and 3 months.

In Laddonia, Mo. October 25th, David Hamilton in the 45th year of his age.  The deceased formerly resided in Otsego County [NY].

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (concluded)

 Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 26, 1876

Marriages

JANES - NEWTON:  In North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], on the 16th inst., at the residence of the bride's father J.V. Sturges, Esq. by Rev. Mr. Bullock, Mr. George W. Janes and Miss Ida Newton, both of North Norwich.

WILLEY - WILLEY:  At the M.E. Parsonage in Guilford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22d, by Rev. T.P. Halsted, Mr. Asa Willey of Guilford and Mrs. Ellen F. Willey of Syracuse [Onondaga Co. NY].

NEWTON - BARLOW:  At Lower Beaver Meadow [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22, by Rev. S.H. Adriance, Mr. M.A. Newton of Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Celia A. Barlow of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY].

Preston [Chenango Co. NY]:  Something is happening every day, somewhere.  Even here in Preston now and then an event occurs which ought to be known by the world.  On the evening of the 17th, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the wedding of Rev. T Whitaker, friends gathered at his house and celebrated under the banner "variety wedding."  Judging from the people present and the presents displayed, a more appropriate name could not have bene chosen.  "The God's were propitious."  The presents consisted of gold and silver coin, greenbacks and shinplasters, silver and china ware, both ornamental and useful, with dry goods too numerous to mention, and diaper linen (for ornament), also chairs, pictures, etc. with butter and lard to grease the occasion.  Of the people present too much can not be said, they ranged from the "almond blossom" down to the bawled headed and milking child.  There were some happy mothers there whose husbands were home nursing the children and thinking of the "sweet bye and bye."  There were many anxious looking husbands and wives as their "other halves" promiscuously played "make love in the dark," and other sports of the evening.  It did not look just right to those of us who sat back and were too modest to take part.  There was no end to the beautiful ladies present (that is in numbers).  As I sat looking at them I thought of all sad words of pen or tongue, the saddest are those I am tied to one.  Of course, we enjoyed the supper, who couldn't?  It is curious to observe how some people will expand and get outside of so much.  The ceremony was performed, with great dignity and solemnity by Hon. Hiram Follett, Esq. of Sherburne.  He knows how to do it well.  The Elder and wife tried hard to behave with proper decorum.  They exhibited two children as fruits of their ten year's labor, and as an evidence of their sterling worth.  Two other couples present, married on the same day with the elder, with down cast looks, and in pitiable weakness acknowledged their worthlessness, because they could not exhibit a single chick.  They tried to purchase, but the elder told Bill and Frank to bear their chagrin like men.  But better than all, were the bright and happy faces which told of pleasure, full stomachs being burdened spoke of good provision, presents and presence told of love, and the surviving neighboring roosters announced the morning.  

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BROWN - HALE:  On the 19th inst. at the residence of the bride's father, Hiram Hale, Esq. by Rev. L.M.S. Hayes, Mr. Milton W. Brown and Miss Eliza J. Hale.

On Thursday afternoon of last week, one of the largest wedding parties ever gathered in Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] was at the residence of one of our popular townsmen, Hiram Hale, to witness the marriage of his youngest daughter, Eliza J. Hale and Milton W. Brown one of the most highly respected of our young men.

The circle of relatives with a few personal friends filled the spacious rooms and when the happy couple appeared in the presence of the company as Prof. Babcock played the Bride's March, they were greeted with smiles of welcome which spoke louder than words.  And well they might have been, for few young people join hearts and hands under circumstances so auspicious.

The ceremony was performed by the pastor of the church (Baptist) where both families worship, and then without the usual congratulations, the entire company repaired to the dining room and partook of a sumptuous repast. The presents, thirty-five or forty in number, from a handsome watch and chain in gold to a beautiful pendulum ice pitcher in silver were well displayed on tables and called forth many praises.

The young couple took the evening train to Philadelphia of course, where they are now spendign the first days of the Honeymoon.

Deaths

BREED:  At Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], on the 11th inst. after a lingering illness, Henry O. Breed formerly of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 56 years.

COTTON:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 28, Margarett Cotton, aged 84 years 2 months and 18 days.

CRUMB:  Otselic, Chenango Co. NY:  A little girl about a year old, daughter of Silas and Almeda Crumb, died of inflammation of the bowels, on the 20th inst.

SCOTT:  In Galena, Wis., Oct. 15th, Mrs. Ann Eliza Scott, wife of D. Wilmot Scott, in the forty-eight year of her age.

We regret to learn of the bereavement of our old friend and former co-laborer D. Wilmot Scott, Esq., of Galena, in the death of his estimable wife, announcement of which is made in our obituary notices.  Mrs. Scott was the daughter of John P. Saxe, of Catskill [Greene Co. NY], and was a most estimable lady, highly respected for her many virtues and noble qualities. She leaves three children, Clara, aged 10 years, Chenango, aged 7 years and Mary aged two and a half years. She had a brother, two sisters and an aged mother who live at Bainbridge, in this county [Chenango Co. NY].  Mr. Scott has the sympathies of his many friends here, who will regret to learn of his great loss, and we too would mingle our regrets with the others, that the shaft of death has again bereft the friend of our youth of a much-loved companion.

Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 26, 1876

Marriage

At the M.E. Church, Whitney's Point [Broome Co. NY], Oct. 18th, by Rev. Geo. Comfort, assisted by Rev. C.D. Shepard, Mr. A. Steen of Elmira [Chemung Co. NY] and Miss Mary C. Gardner of Whitney's Point.

Deaths

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY] Sunday, Oct. 22d, Mrs. Brachle [Upham] widow of the late Thomas Upham, aged 69 years.

In this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 22d, Mrs. Lucy Almina [Marvin] wife of Alonzo Marvin, 2d, aged 30 years and 6 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 19th, Dea. Simon Terwilliger, aged 80 years.

Suddenly, at Watkins, N.Y. [Schuyler Co.], of diptheria, Mary [Brooks] aged 9 years, 10 months.  Daughter of Rev. C.W. and Elsie A. Brooks.  Mr. Brooks was for some years pastor foo the Baptist Church at Triangle [Broome Co. NY].

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, October 28, 1876

Marriage

LANCKTON - GIFFORD:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 25, 1876, by Rev. D.C. Haynes, Stephen M. Lanckton of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Alice C Gifford of Bainbridge.

Deaths

PRIEST:  In Masonville [Delaware Co. NY], Oct. 23, 1876, Herrman A. Priest, aged 70 years.

SUMMERS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 24th, 1876, Oliver Summers.

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, October 26, 1876

Marriages

On Wednesday, October 18th, in St. John's Church, Richfield Springs [Otsego Co. NY], by the Rev. Edward M. Pecke, Myron D. Jewell of Pittsfield, Mass. and Helen M. [Davenport] only daughter of the Hon. James S. Davenport of Richfield.

At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. W.J. Wyman in Otego, N.Y. [Otsego Co.], Oct. 20th, 1876, by Rev. J. W. Mevis, Mr. Walter Bishop of Osborn Hollow, N.Y. and Miss Alice E. Wyman of Otego.

Deaths

In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY], at the residence of her son-in-law Andrew Shaw, Esq., Oct. 22d, 1876, Mrs. Sarah [Pierson] widow of the late Levi Pierson, aged 73 years.

In Hartwick village [Otsego Co. NY], Oct. 17th, after a lingering illness, Dolphus S. Luce, in the 45th year of his age.  His funeral was largely attended on Friday, Oct. 20.

Smyrna Citizen, Smyrna, NY, October 28, 1876

A Fatal Accident

The Centennial Excursion which left this station last Monday met with a sad and fatal accident at Sandburg [Ulster Co. NY] about twenty-five miles north of Middletown [Orange Co. NY].  We clip the following particulars form the Utica Observer.

"A Centennial excursion train on the New York Midland Road was running in five sections yesterday, when the third section ran into the second.  One passenger was killed and six wounded. the train was composed of twenty-eight cars and started from Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] with 1,500 passengers.  Section no. 2 was conducted by T.C. Purdy, Superintendent of the Middle Division.  Purdy stopped his train at Sandburg, and his engineer was embarrassed by contradictory signals when about starting again. The third section was running twenty miles an hour.  Its engine was totally wrecked and the rear car of section two badly damaged.  Two cars of section three were thrown from the track over an embankment sixty feet in height by the sudden stoppage of the trains.  Manford W Boomer, of Adams, Jefferson co. N.Y., who was standing on the bumper of the rear car was instantly killed.  Superintendent Purdy was slightly injured.  No other persons on this section were seriously hurt.  On Section 3 the following were injured:  J.A. Young Glove, of Hamilton [Madison Co. NY], seriously injured across the hips; Lamb of Hamilton, slightly in the breast; White, a lawyer, of Hamilton, and Mrs. Morgan, his sister-in-law, the former not seriously, the latter severely; J.N. Overton, of Adams, badly cut; Mrs. F. M. Darrow and Mrs. Eaton, of the same place, not seriously injured.  The immediate cause of the accident was a signal to stop given after Purdy's train had started, caused it is supposed by some person on the train meddling with the bell rope.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 26, 1876

Marriages

BROWN - HALE:  At the residence of the bride's father, Hiram Hale, Esq., in this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct19th by Rev. L.S. Haynes, Mr. Milton W. Brown to Miss Eliza J. Hale, all of Norwich.

BRETT - WHITE:  At the residence of the bride's father, Oct. 18th, by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. James Brett to Miss Sophia White.

SALSMAN - HILL:  August 23d, by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. Jacob Salsman to Miss Dianze Hill.

BAILEY - ROCK:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 30th, by Rev. S. Scoville, Mr. J.E. Bailey, of Eagle, N.Y. [Wyoming Co.] to Miss Hattie Rock of Norwich.

PANGBURN - OGDEN:  At the residence of the bride, Oct. 3d, by Rev. G.P. Smith, Mr. John Pangburn of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY] to Mrs. Betsey Ogden, of Bethany, Pa.

HILLS - HAZARD:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 18th, by Rev. Frank W. Townsend, Mr. Herman A. Hills, of Deansville [Livingston Co. NY], to Miss Ella M. Hazard, daughter of Dr. A.C. Hazard, of New Berlin.

HUNTLEY - WEAVER:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 17th, by Rev. D.W. Bigelow, Mr. Albertus M. Huntley of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], to Miss Julia A. Weaver, of Pitcher.

MATTISON - IRELAND:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 15th, by Rev. N.S. Reynolds, Mr. John Mattison, of Masonville [Delaware Co. NY], to Miss Annie E. Ireland, of Bainbridge.

BABCOCK - COBB:  At the Congregational Parsonage in West Spring Creek, Warren Co., Pa., Oct. 12th by Rev. J.J. Bond, Mr. Myron A. Babcock of Edenburg, Clarion Co. Pa., to Mrs. Addie A. Cobb of Spring Creek.

Deaths

DRAKE:  In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 21st, Laura [Drake] wife of Lyman Drake, aged 60 years.

STURGEON:  In Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, Mr. Robert Sturgeon, aged 63 years.

BABCOCK:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 15th, Mrs. Polly Babcock, aged 88 years.

HAIGHT:  In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 15th, Leon D. [Haight] only son of Lyman and Alice M. Haight, aged 3 months.

WESCOTT:  In Caton, Steuben Co. [NY], Oct. 17th, Mrs. Patience Wescott in the 84th year of her age, formerly of this town [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].  Deceased was mother of James C Wescott of East Norwich.

SCOTT:  In Galena, Ill., Oct. 15th, Mrs. Ann Eliza Scott, wife of D. Wilmot Scott in the 48th year of her age.

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A shocking accident occurred near the Midland depot at Earlville [Madison Co. NY], about noon on Thursday last, resulting in the death of a brakeman named Frank Brown. The facts are substantially as follows:

Brown, who had formerly been employed as brakeman on the Midland, but had been off during the summer, was again engaged, and this was his first trip, he having come down on the train the day previous.  Train 31 (mixed) left this station for Oswego at eleven o'clock on Thursday morning, arriving at Earlville a few minutes past twelve.  Brown, who was forward brakeman, cut off the engine and one car before reaching the station, they moving rapidly beyond the depot, while the balance of the train followed more slowly. When the rear portion approached the depot, an unusual dust was noticed under the cars, and as it passed the bystanders were horrified at seeing the body of a man, nearly naked, dragging by one leg under the second car from the front.  The cars were stopped several rods north of the station, and the mangled body taken from the track and carried to the depot.

The last seen of Brown alive was when he went to uncouple the train.  It is believed that while standing with one foot upon each bumper, after having drawn the pin, he was thrown from his position to the ground, he lying between the rails.  The first car passed over him, but the end of the forward brake rod of the second car caught the top of one of his boot legs, and he was dragged a distance of one hundred and twenty-five rods or more.  Ninety rods south of the depot the rail was covered with brains, hair and blood, showing where a car wheel had crushed the top of his head. and the substance was scattered along the track on his terrible ride.

A telegram was sent to Superintendent Lanpher, who at once proceeded with a special to Earlville, and brought the body to this place.  Coroner Hand held an inquest at the depot on Thursday evening and Friday morning, where the evidence of Superintendent Lanpher was taken, as was also that of W.A. Page flagman, and H.B. Kinney and J.E. Young, of Earlville.  Dr. Beecher made an examination of the body, and found the bones of the head and face badly fractured, the integuments torn, the top of the skull carried away, a large portion of the substance of the brain escaped, and the body otherwise much bruised and torn.  The jury found that Brown came to his death "while in the performance of his duties as brakeman on train 31, NY&O Midland Railroad, causually, accidentally and of misfortune, and not otherwise."  They further found that no blame attaches in any way to the employees of the railroad.

Deceased was a young man, about thirty years of age, unmarried, and of good habits.  His parents reside on a farm about six miles from Fulton, Oswego County [NY] and are in good circumstances.  In his pocketbook were found $52 in bills, a gold dollar, and some notes and other papers.  His remains were forwarded to his friends for burial on Friday.

News Item

Last week we mentioned the arrest of an eloping couple near Vallonia Springs [Broome Co. NY], on the 12th inst., and their return to Afton [Chenango Co. NY] for examination on a charge of poisoning.  A correspondent of the Bainbridge Republican gives the particulars of the affair, with its finale, from which it appears that one Johnston, a well-to-do farmer residing in Bennettsville [Chenango Co. NY], about five miles from Afton, married on the 17th of September last, a fascinating blonde of eighteen summers, who had already enjoyed the sweets of matrimony on two or three previous occasions.  After seven days of peace and felicity, a serpent in the shape of one "Skunk" Walker, who had worn the "stripes" at the expense of the State, entered their Eden and induced the fair bride to fly with him to his castle.

Johnston was not pleased with the situation, and made complaint before an Afton official, charging Walker with having administered poison to the family, before absconding, by putting it on some pork, of which the Johnston family partook, and were quite sick in consequence.  A warrant was given, and officer Houstan was at once dispatched after the fugitive.

The first several days search were unsuccessful, but on the 12th inst., on going to Walker's house, which is built of logs on the pinnacle of an airy and picturesque mountain about three miles from Vallonia Sprngs, they were found by the officer and at once arrested.  As walker preferred to drive to Afton in his own conveyance, he was allowed to do so, when he brought around to the door his span of mules attached to an antediluvian vehicle. The party then began the descent of the narrow driveway.  All went well until the foot of the hill was reached, when Walker concluded not to go any further, and jumped from his wagon and ran toward a sawmill nearby.  Houstan called to him to stop, but without avail, he replied that no officer could arrest him, but he was quickly convinced that he had no boy to deal with, for just as he turned the corner of the mill, Houstan fired a shot from his revolver which brought him to terms for a short time.  The officer then by gentle pressure upon the nape of his neck induced Walker to rejoin his companion in the carriage, who had been a silent observer of the proceedings, saying that if he made further attempt to escape, he would shoot to hit next time.  The line of march was again taken up, but on coming to a fork in the road, Walker, being in advance took by mistake, of course, the wrong one, shouting back that he was not going to Afton that night, at the same time lashing his mules and putting them at the top of their speed.  A chase began.  The officer, although then on foot, was too much for the mules, and managed to overhaul them after a race of a fourth of a mile.  Catching one of the mules by the bridle he succeeded in stopping them by pounding them in the head with the butt of his revolver.  Turning them around in the road, headed for Afton, he placed his revolver at the head of Walker and said:  "No more fooling, I mean business, and the first deviation from what I tell you I will shoot you in the back.  Now we'll try it again."  This rather put a quietus on the prisoner, and he was taken to Afton and lodged at the Sullivan House, where he awaited an examination, but the prosecution not appearing, he was discharged on the Saturday following, and drove out of town together with his Pauline and they are now undoubtedly enjoying happiness supreme in their "castle" on the mountain.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (continued)

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 19, 1876

Marriage

In this town (Sackett's Harber) [Jefferson Co. NY], Oct. 15th, by M.I. Hotchkiss, Esq., Philander Pittsley of Lisle [Broome Co. NY] to Sarah Maria Lowell of this town.

Deaths

In New Ohio [Broome Co. NY], Sept. 21st, Miss Susan Beaman, aged 63 years.

In Triangle [Broome Co. NY], Sept. 22d, George [Eggleston] son of Henry Eggleston, aged 11 months.

In this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, Mr. Robert Stergeon aged 63 years.

In Coventry [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 18th, Mr. Wm. Manning aged 37 years.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 21, 1876

Marriages

PRAY - BULLOCK:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 10th inst., by Rev. T.L. Randolph, Mr. James A. Pray of Waterville [Oneida Co. NY] and Miss Emma C. Bullock, of Sherburne.

FREEMAN - PUDNEY:  At the home of the bride, in this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 19th inst. by Rev. W.G. Queal, Mr. Edmund B. Freeman and Miss Emily L. Pudney, daughter of D.E. Pudney, all of this town.

BRYANT - SHAW:  At the residence of the bride's father, in this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 19th inst., by Rev. T.L. Randolph, Mr. Chas. D. Bryant and Miss Hattie Shaw, daughter of Edward Shaw, all of this village.

Chicago papers announce the marriage in that city, on the 10th inst., by Rev. Peter Arvedson of St. John Church, of Delos L. Atkyns, Esq. of Sherburne, N.Y. [Chenango Co.] and Mary Sholes, formerly of Chicago, of Earlville, NY [Madison Co. NY].  The ceremony was performed at the residence of Mrs. Hubbard, the aunt of the bride.  We embrace the occasion to extend our congratulations, wishing the usual joy, and will only add that the counsellor has done a wise thing, even for a lawyer.

Death

McCOLLUM:  At the residence of Byron Marks, in Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Sunday morning, the 15th inst., from a short and severe illness of inflammatory rheumatism, Mrs. Geo. B. McCollum of New Milford, Pa., only daughter of Horatio and Harriet Garrett, aged 33 years.

BROWN:  We are informed that a fatal accident occurred at Earlville [Madison Co. NY], on the Midland Railroad, Thursday afternoon.  Frank Brown of Fulton, Oswego Co. [NY] caught his foot some way in the track, and being unable to extricate himself was struck by the passing train, knocked under the cars and his head horribly smashed.

Mr. Editor:  In the issue of your paper containing the notice of the death of Mr. Albert Tuttle his age was not given.  He was 83 years, 9 months and 13 days old.

Smyrna Citizen, Smyrna, NY, October 21, 1876

Death

DIMMICK:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 13th, Rosetta Foote [Dimmick] wife of the late Eber Dimmick, Esq., aged 79 years and 8 months.

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, October 19, 1876

Deaths

It Otsego [Otsego Co. NY], at the residence of her son, Wm. Peck, Sept. 27, Mrs. Juliana Peck, aged 78 years.

In Lambeth, Ontario C.W., Oct. 1st, Mrs. Catharine A. [Decker] wife of Charles Decker, in the 70th yer of her age.  

Deceased was formerly a resident of Otsego County, in this State [NY], and wife of Seymour Butts of Laurens.  She was respected and beloved by all who knew her, and she died with the strong assurance of a blessed immortality beyond the grave.

In Schenevus [Otsego Co. NY], Sept. 30th, Betsey Chase, aged 72 years.

In Unadilla [Otsego Co. NY], Oct. 5th, at the residence of her son-in-law, Schuyler Merriman, Mrs. Sally Knapp, aged 80 years and 6 months.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 19, 1876

Marriage

CLARK - BELL:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. N.J. Hawley, Mr. Charles H. Clark, of West Burlington [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Ella E. Bell of New Berlin.

Deaths

HASTINGS:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 10th, Mr. Wiley Hastings, aged 21 years.

GERE:  In Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 18th, Miss Patience Gere, aged 87 years, formerly of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

DWIGHT:  In German [Chenango Co. NY,] Oct. 14th, of consumption, Hattie [Dwight], wife of Adelbert Dwight and daughter of Walter O. and Angeline Banks, aged 22 years.

"Death to her was life in Heaven, / Life of never ending bliss, / Life where joy and peace are given, / Life where naught is found amiss.

"She has passed Death's frosty portals / To a bright eternal spring. / There to share in joys immortal, / Where the glorious Angels sing."

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TRIPLER:  Entered into rest, after a short illness of diphtheria, in Philadelphia, Oct. 4th, 1876, Marie Florence Tripler.  This notice will cause a pang to many hearts.  Her genial affectionate nature, culture and accomplishments, and rare courtesy of manner, won the esteem of all whom she met during her residence of over a year with friends at Upton Park.  A sufferer from a severe nervous malady, which at times clouded an unusually brilliant intellect, she often expressed herself in the language of her favorite hymn,

"O, paradise! O, paradise! I am weary waiting here; / I long to be where Jesus is, to feel, and see him near."

A member of the Episcopal Chruch, she realized that it is not all of life to live, or all of death to die.

She died, yet is not dead! / Ye saw a flower on a tomb; / It bloomed to die - she died to bloom, / Her summer hath not sped.

She died, yet is not dead! / Ye saw her jewels all unset; / But God let fall a coronet / To crown her ransomed head.

She died, yet is not dead! / Ye saw her gazing toward a sky, / Whose lights are shut from mortal eye, / She lingered, yearned and fled.

She died, yet is not dead! / Through pearly gate, or golden street, / She went her way with shining feet; / Go ye and thither tread!

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HARRINGTON:  A little Oneida boy alone in his father's yard the other afternoon, placed a stool or box by the side of a barrel about one-fourth full of water, and leaning over fell headfirst into the barrel and was drowned.  When the discovery was made, and a physician summoned it was too late.

BURDICK:  Col. Ira Burdick and old settler of DeRuyter [Madison Co. NY], died on the 5th inst., aged 78 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 19, 1876

Marriage

BAGG - HUNT:  At the residence of the bride, Oct. 16, by Rev. J.K. Barnard, Mr. Stanley Bagg of Morris [Otsego Co. nY] to Miss Sarah J. Hunt of South new Berlin [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

DIMMICK:  In Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 19th, Mrs. Rosetta Dimmick, relict of the late Eber Dimmick, Esq., in the 80th year of her age.

Mrs. Dimmick, wife of the late Eber Dimmick, Esq., died at her late residence on the night of the 13th inst., aged about 80 years.  Her funeral took place at the M.E. church on Sabbath last, where her friends gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of the departed one.  Her remains were interred in the West Sherburne Hill burial lot, beside her husband who preceded her only a few weeks.

HEALY:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 8, Mrs. Healy, wife of Thomas Healy, aged 70 years.

RUSSELL:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 10, Mr. John Russell, aged 85 years and 4 months.

ST. JOHN:  Cook St. John of Walton [Delaware Co. NY], a brief sketch of whose life has heretofore appeared in these columns, died on Wednesday morning last, aged 103 years, 4 months and 11 days.  His sufferings were extreme for several days previous to his death.  he was a man universally esteemed, and is mourned by a large circle of descendants, among whom he has pleasantly passed many years.

RICHARDS:  Mrs. Bathsheba Richards of Oneonta [Otsego Co. NY], who would have reached her one hundredth birthday on Tuesday, the 10th inst., died on the Sunday previous, and her friends, instead of participating in the reception announced for her centennial birthday, on that day followed her remains to their last resting place.  She leaves twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild, in all covering five generations.  She was a genial, pleasant lady, for sixty years a professed Christian, and during her long life, which closed gently as a passing breeze, she enjoyed the respect of everyone.

Mrs. Bathsheba Richards of Oneonta was born in Tolland, on the Willametie, Connecticut, on the 10th day of October 1776, and consequently was one hundred years old last week.  She came to Oneonta in 1812 and has lived there ever since.  She has raised a family of four children, two of whom are now living - Samuel N. Richards and Mrs. Blakely. [Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, Oct. 19, 1876]

News Item

By invitation of Mrs. N.W. Stoddard, eight old ladies who were among the early settlers of the town of Otselic [Chenango Co. NY], gathered at her residence on the 10th inst., for a visit.  Seven of the number were widows:  Mrs. Moore (Aunt Roby) eighty-five years of age, Mrs. Cross, seventy-two, Mrs. Cook, sixty-four, Mrs. Church, sixty-three, Mrs. Crumb, sixty-five, Mrs. Wolcott, sixty-eight, Mrs. Stoddard, seventy.  Aggregate, five hundred and forty-six years. Each had some pleasant tale of early life to relate, and Mr. Stoddard received many a joke, which was finally answered by his bringing forward a bottle of wine, when a toast by his mother was proposed, and was heartily responded to by all. The snuff box often passed around the circle.  Two o'clock was the dinner hour.  A few minutes previous Rev. Mr. Foster and wife arrived.  After dinner, Mr. F. read from the Scriptures the 16th chap. St. John.  Then they sung several beautiful pieces, such as "When shall we all meet again," "Come thou fount," &c., in which all joined.  Then a season of prayer in which all knelt.  Widow Stoddard exhibited an ancient family Bible, a pewter platter, sugar bowl, etc. which were part of her first dishes in housekeeping.  Aung Roby then gave a history of her early life and conversion, which was full of interest.  All in all, it was one of the most interesting events of the season.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (Continued)

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 12, 1876

Marriage

At the M.E. Parsonage in North Fenton [Broome Co. NY], Sept. 23, by Rev. A.C. Sperry, Mr. Chas. A. Sweet of Willet, N.Y. [Cortland Co.], to Miss Alta McDonald, of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

Death

In Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 18, Miss Pamelia Gere formerly of this town [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], aged 87 years.  Her life was that of the just, so her end was peace.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 14, 1876

Marriage

LAW - VANDEUSEN:  At Christ Church Rectory for this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 11th, by Rev. T.L. Randolph, Mr. Erwin Law of Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY] and Miss Phebe VanDeusen of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

Death

Daniel J. Harrigan, of Albany [Albany Co. NY], who has been ill of consumption at the residence of his brother, Rev. Father Harrigan, in this village [Greene, Chenango Co. NY], for several months' past, died on Friday last, aged thirty-three years.  Father Harrigan accompanied the remains to Albany, where they were interred on Sunday.

Smyrna Citizen, Smyrna, NY, October 14, 1876

Marriages

KNOWLES - KINYON:  In Williamsport, N.Y. [Wayne Co.], Oct. 11th, Mr. Robert Knowles to Miss Hattie Kinyon.  All of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY]

WILCOX - POTTER:  In Cazenovia, N.Y. [Madison Co.], Oct. 10th, by Rev. C.C. Johnson, Mr. Hazard R. Wilcox, of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Connie E. Potter of Cazenovia.

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, NY, October 12, 1876

Deaths

In this village [Cooperstown, Otsego Co. NY], Oct. 6th, at the residence of her sister, Mrs. J.H. Prentiss, Mrs. Nancy B. Lathrop relict of the late Horace Lathrop, Esq., aged 69 years.

Mrs. Lathrop was for several months a sufferer from a painful disease, for which there is no remedy, and it was during all that time her Christian graces and natural amiability of character shone forth most conspicuously.  Death came to her finally as a welcome friend, conducting her from a world where many find so much of pain and sorrow to the Christian's home and rest beyond the tomb. wife of Rev. Lawson muzzy, Pastor of the Edmeston Baptist Church, aged 69 years, 6 months and 17 days.

In Hartwick [Otsego Co. NY], October 2d, Obed Alger, aged 65 years.

Mrs. Susan Perkins, locally known as "Aunt Susy," died last Thursday at Sucasunna, N.J..  According to the best of authority, she was one hundred and one years old.  Up to a short time before her death she retained all her bodily and mental faculties, and on one occasion, two years ago, performed a journey of two or three miles on foot.

Death of Hon. John F. Hubbard, Sr., October 1876

 Death of Hon. John F. Hubbard, Sr.

Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 12, 1876

Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, after months of patient waiting, our venerable townsman passed to his rest.  The machinery of life had become worn out, and the summons, which came unaccompanied by any apparent disease found him prepared for his peaceful departure.

Mr. Hubbard was born in Columbia County, N.Y., February 15th, 1795.  At an early age he entered the office of Messrs. H.&E. Phinney, in Cooperstown [Otsego Co. NY], where he learned the printer's trade, and afterwards worked as a journeyman in Harrisburg, Pa.  In November, 1816 he purchased the press and materials of the Volunteer, a small paper published in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY] by John B. Johnson, and issued the first number of the Norwich Journal, the office being "one door north of Mr. Steere's Tavern," which was probably where Slater's building now stands [in 1876], north of the Eagle Hotel.  The office was removed, in the fall of 1817, to the building "nearly opposite Gates' Hotel," in the south part of the village - the building for many years owned and occupied by H.A. Rindge, as a harness shop, and which now [in 1876] stands in the rear of his brick block on South Broad Street.

Thurlow Weed purchased the office in the fall of 1818, when he changed not only the political course, but the name of the paper also, calling it the Agriculturalist.  Many leading men throughout the County were displeased at being left without an organ, and Mr. Hubbard was induced to resume the publication of the Journal, the first number of which was issued January 9th, 1819, the office being "a few rods north of Mr. Steere's Tavern."  His subsequent editorial contests with Mr. Weed were evidences that he wielded no ordinary pen, and his reputation as a powerful and vigorous writer, then and in after years, was not confined to the limited circulation of his little sheet.

September 10th, 1828, Ralph Johnson, who had served an apprenticeship of six years in the office, became a partner with Mr. Hubbard, and the office was soon after removed to rooms "one door north of P. Fryer's Military Store."  The following winter Mr. Johnson went to Albany with a team, and procured a new had press, which he brought with him-the same press now in the Union office.  Up to this time the wooden "Ramage" press had been used. The office underwent several removals, the paper being for a number of years published in the old building on the lot now [in 1876] owned by A.J Beebe, south of the Methodist Church, which was removed to give place to the present modern structure.

At the expiration of six years, Mr. Johnson retired from the paper, and its publication was continued by Mr. Hubbard until October 1847, when it was purchased by Messrs. Leal & Sinclair, who united it with the Oxford Republican, under the title of the Chenango Union, which it has since borne.

In 1820, Mr. Hubbard married Miss Almira Mead, daughter of the late Geo. Thompson Mead, who at that time resided upon his farm on the east side of the river, opposite Plasterville, then in this town.  He represented his county in the Assembly of 1824, with John Latham and Daniel Root.  In 1828 he was elected to the State Senate, of which body he was a member for eight successive years, occupying a high position among his fellow Senators and at one time was prominent as a prospective candidate for the office of Governor.  To him the people of this valley were largely indebted for the passage of the bill authorizing the construction of the Chenango Canal, and many of our older citizens will recollect the enthusiastic ovation which he received upon his return home from the Seante, after the bill was passed.

For a number of years after he retired from the editorial field, Mr. Hubbard held the office of Justice of the Peace, the duties of which position he discharged with fidelity.  Honored and beloved by the people among whom he had so long resided, and whose prosperity he had done so much to advance, esteemed by a large circle of friends outside of his immediate neighborhood, and respected throughout the country, he passed the last years of his life in quiet, receiving every attention at the  hands of his devoted wife, and only surviving son, Hon. John F. Hubbard, Jr.  His death, although not unexpected, caused a feeling of sadness throughout the community and he was long be held in kindly remembrance by those who knew him best.

Funeral services were held at his late residence on Saturday afternoon last, when many friends assembled to mingle their tears with those of the bereaved family Rev. L.M.S. Haynes conducted the service and we are permitted to publish a portion of the excellent discourse delivered by him, which follows this article.  A number of Masonic brethren were also in attendance, deceased having been for many years an honored member of that fraternity and one of the chapter members of the present Lodge, and the burial service of the order was conducted by Rev. D.E. Loveridge, their Chaplain.

Funeral Discourse by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes

John Flave Hubbard was born in Columbia County, New York, in February 1795.  He was therefore at the time of his death eighty-one years of age.  His age was so great, and his public career so marked, his end so peaceful, that we are called upon for rather more than an ordinary notice of his life.

He was married to his dear wife, who survives him, in 1820.  Until his death they could look down the path of forty-six years of unbroken gentleness and love.  Few couples are permitted to join hands in this world for so long a period.

In 1816, when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Hubbard moved to Norwich, and began the publication of a weekly paper called the Norwich Journal.  The first volume of that Journal is still extant.  I will read a few extracts from the opening editorial, which for a young man twenty-one years of age, sixty years since, is certainly not a little remarkable.  It sets forth in strong light the leading traits of character which have distinguished the deceased all through his prominent career.

In 1828, Ralph Johnson, who had been an apprentice for six years, entered upon a partnership with Mr. Hubbard.  It is hardly possible to conceive of the value of a weekly paper to the people sixty years ago.  That it could be originated in so remote a period, among a population so sparse, is evidence both of the foresight and genius of the editor and the unusual intelligence of the community.  We may look upon this young man of twenty-one summers, a prophet among the people, with admiration.  The voluminous journalism of the present day is sometimes a subject of regret, so much of it is vapid and pernicious.  But then, this single-handed yeoman went forth to duty, building better than he knew.  He was comparatively alone.  The absence of local news from the columns of the Norwich Journal is remarkable.  It may have been that there was but a small supply. But we cannot help noticing, even in a hurried glance through the bound volume of a year or more, that the mind of the young editor was bent on grappling with the great political and intellectual problems then agitating the land, to the exclusion of "evil communications that corrupt good manners."

For thirty-one years, until he was fifty-two years of age, he stood at the helm of his little bark - an ordinary lifetime for most men.  Through what seas he sailed, what precious freight he carried, eternity alone can tell.   One thing is morally certain:  He steered his bark according to the dictates of conscientious principles.  He trimmed his sails to no popular wind.  He sought refuge in no harbors of hireling expediency. He had an aim in life, and blow the wind strong or mild, from the north or the south, he did not change his course.

The pilot has at last found harbor.  He has gone ashore.  Other hands hold the helm.  We gather around his silent bier and thank God for the sweet calm of his heroic face.

In 1847, two gentlemen from Oxford bought the Journal, changed its name and Mr. Hubbard's connection with it ceased.

In 1823, when twenty-eight years of age, Mr. Hubbard was elected to the Assembly of the State.  In 1828 he was chosen by the people in the then large Senatorial District, to represent them in the Senate at Albany.  At that time there were only eight Senatorial Districts, and the term of office was four years.  In 1832 he was re-elected by unanimous consent, for another long term, he having no opponent.  He as now a man of thirty-seven, in he full maturity of his intellect and strength of body.

During his senatorial career he became the principal champion of the Chenango Canal.  To his influence its projection and ultimate completion is greatly indebted.  It is a suggestive fact that such an enterprise could originate, grow to a great success, and finally become useless, within a single life period.

It is not perhaps generally known that Mr. Hubbard was prominently mentioned as a candidate for the Governor's chair. After his return from Albany, he served as justice of the Peace for a good many years, to the general satisfaction of the entire community.

He lived to see the small four corners grow to be an enterprising village of four or five thousand inhabitants.  During his life the most of the great inventions, which have become a second nature to us, were originated and perfected.  The half century from 1820 to 1870 has been the most wonderful of the world's history. The next fifty years may witness extensions of power over greater areas of population, but there will never be greater discoveries.  As he came to his grave a shock of corn fully ripe to the harvest, it was his great privilege to see human genius reach perhaps its greatest possible height.  He ripened with the century that gave him birth.  If he borrowed from its fertile years the culture for which he was justly eminent, he gave in return to his neighbors, patrons, constituency and country a full return. The editor's influence for thirty years cannot be estimated.  but he was the people's representative as well, and not only with his pen in his office, but with his voice in the legislative halls, he lent patent manhood to what he believed to be true and good.

Peace to thy ashes, aged father!  Thou hast labored long, and hard, and well!  It is not difficult for us, thy children, to hear the plaudit "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

But, after all, this was only the outgrowth of what was inside.  What he felt and believed is of vastly more consequence to his immortal spirit today, that what he did.  A man may fail as to results in life, and still be great and good.  The universal testimony of family, neighbors and friends, bears witness to his uniform gentleness, kindness and magnanimity.  when about forty years of age he became identified with the great Washingtonian movement which swept over this country, signed the temperance pledge, and for the remainer of his life he was a temperate man.  He was a regular attendant at the Baptist Church, though not a member, and a particular friend and supporter of Marsena Sione, one of its pastors.  His constant reading of the Bible made him familiar with its teachings, in which he firmly believed, and though for some reason he made no public profession of religion, he accepted the vicarious atonement of Christ and slept with his fathers in full hope of the resurrection of the body.

He fell asleep last Thursday, the 5th of October.  As the wick pales when the oil is exhausted, as the wind hushes when its force is spent, as the child sleeps on its mother's breast, he passed away.  Long ere this his immortal spirit has been welcomed to the land of fadeless youth.  Once more he is young again.  God will have a place for him and his in the activities of a brighter dawn.  He will not lie on pillows of down.  He will not dally with flowers, but guided by and by with a body that knows neither fatigue or sin, he will become the messenger of the true and the good to other people.  It remains for us to imitate his example and profit by his death.

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (continued)

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 12, 1876

Marriages

CROWELL - GRANT:  At the residence of the bride's father, Francis Grant, Oct. 10th, by Rev. L.M.S. Haynes, Mr. J.F. Crowell of Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Ophelia E. Grant, of Norwich [Chenango Co. NY].

BAILEY - WHEELER:  At the residence of the bride's parents in South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 5th, by Rev. E.H. Lovett, of Loraine, Rev. I.J. Bailey of Mt. Upton [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Cora E. Wheeler, of South New Berlin.

YORK - SMITH:  In Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 28th, by Rev. H.B. Smith, Mr. David York to Miss L.A. Smith, all of Pitcher.

LYONS - JENNEY:  In Forestville N.Y. [Chautauqua Co.], Sept. 28th by Rev. H. Henderson, Mr. Lucian M. Lyons, of Glidden, Iowa, formerly of Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Annie E. Jenny, of Forestville.

Deaths

HUBBARD:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 5th, Hon. John F. Hubbard, Sr., in the 52d year of his age.

HARRIGAN:  At the residence of his brother, Rev. J.P. Harrigan, in this village [Norwich, Chenango Co NY], Oct. 6th, of consumption, Mr. Daniel J. Harrigan of Albany aged 33 years.  His remains were taken to Albany for interment.

ALLEN:  In Smyrna, Oct. 7th, Mrs. Caroline Allen, wife of Davis Allen, Esq., aged 71 years and 6 months.

JEFFREY:  In South New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 21st, Mr. John Jeffrey, aged 84 years, father of Mrs. S.H. Gregory, of this place [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY].

HOLBROOK:  In New Berlin [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 1st, Mr. Ezra H. Holbrook, aged 78 years.

FREEMAN:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 22d, Mrs. Susan J. Freeman, aged 28 years.

SANNICK:  In Brooklyn, Oct. 2d, Frederick [Sannick] son of Augustus and Sabra Sannick, of South Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], aged 8 years.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 12, 1876

Marriages

GRISWOLD - THOMPSON:  In East Pharsalia [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 4th, by Rev. J. Clements, Mr. Wallace E. Griswold of East Pharsalia, to Miss Mary Jane Thompson, of East McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].

RATHBONE - THOMPSON:  In East Pharsalia on the 4th instant, by Rev. Jas. Clements, Mr. George Rathbone  of East Pharsalia to Miss Merritta Thompson of East McDonough [Chenango Co. NY].

BENEDICT - CONLY:  October 4th, 1876, at the Congregational Parsonage, Norwich [Chenango Co. NY], by Rev. Samuel Scoville, Geroge M. Benedict of North Norwich [Chenango Co. NY and Miss Lizzie M. Conly of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY].

Deaths

NAGUS:  In Otselic [Chenango Co. NY] Oct. 7th , 1876, of bilious fever, Charles Nagus, son of Dea. George and Thankful Nagus, aged 18 years, 5 months and 21 days.

ROOD:  At the residence of her father i Greene [Chenango Co. NY], Oct. 7th, 1876, Mrs. Satie E. [Rood], wife of Newton Rood, aged 17 years.

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WALTER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday the 4th inst. Horatio N. Walter, aged 64 years.

Mr. Walter was one of our oldest and most esteemed citizens, and his sudden death causes sadness to our entire community.  His disease was typhoid fever, and so sudden and severe was its course that in a little less than one week from its attack it had done its work.

Deceased was a native of Otsego Co. [NY] and came to this village nearly forty years ago and entered upon the business of jeweler with his brother P.D. Walter, and when the partnership closed, he continued the business above until some few years since, when he associated Mr. Geo. A.  Harris with him in business who was his associate up to the time of his death.

Though Mr. Walter was a quiet, unostentatious man, yet by a long life of business, characterized by strict integrity, and pleasing address, he had won the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. The esteem he was held in by his neighbors and friends, was evidenced by the number of local offices they have bestowed upon him without solicitation on his part. He has held the positions of supervisor of his town, village trustee, Town Clerk, and we believe he was at one time a Trustee of the Academy. The duties of all these positions he discharged with satisfaction to the public and honor to himself. 

In social life, as a citizen and in his church relations he never failed to do much to assist in pushing forward the various enterprises of our village and town.  While in his family where he was best known, he was the "idol of the household" in the eyes of an affectionate wife and daughter, for whose happiness and comfort he always labored.  He was the only surviving businessman of the early time in our village who still remained at the counter and in his death our village suffers a great loss; but great as is ours, that of his wife and daughter is intensified a thousand-fold, and in it they are born upon the hearts of many friends and neighbors in all love and sympathy.  His funeral was attended by a large number of our people on Friday, the entire business portion of our village suspending business during the hour of service.  He was interred with Masonic honors, he having been for many years a member of that order.

Death of Charles Chilson, Earlville, NY, September 1876

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 5, 1876

Sudden Death Near Earlville [Madison Co. NY]

The Utica Herald gives the following particulars of a singular death near Earlville, on Wednesday night of last week:

"Wednesday night the engineer of the Utica express on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad saw a man standing within four inches of his engine as he was coming north, between Sherburne and Earlville.  The man seemed to step off the track just as the train approached.  Thursday morning the body of a man who had been seen at Earlville the preceding day, was found lying near the side of the track.  He acted strangely and was believed to be insane.  A coroner's inquest was held, but no injury was found upon the body, except a scratch that was probably caused by his fall. The postmortem examination disclosed the fact that a small, sharp-pointed piece of bone was attached to the outer covering of the skull and extended down into the brain.  This was undoubtedly the cause of his insanity. Death was probably caused by fright or heart disease.  Papers on his person gave his name as C. Chilson.  He had relatives at home and Cazenovia, and his mother resides at Canastota.  As his family was sick and the deceased had no property, he was buried at Sherburne [Chenango Co. NY]."

The Sherburne News says that it was ascertained the Chilson was in Earlville the day previous very ill. His singular appearance inducing the belief that he was insane.  At the depot he called for paper and ink and did some writing, which was found on the body when it was examined.  He wore a French yoke shirt which was observed to be the wrong side in front.  Twenty-five or thirty apples were found in pockets of deceased and stuffed inside of his vest.  There was some evidence that his struggle in death was a severe one, but no indications of violence.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 7, 1876

Coroner's Inquest

The inquest on the body of Charles Chilson, of which mention was made last week, was adjourned to Monday the 2d inst., Isaac Plumb, Albert R. Gladwin, John B. Wilbur, William R. Walker, Albert C. Parker, Rush W. Carrier, Benjamin F. Matteson, and Archibald Whitford were sworn as jurors.  Henry C. Lyman Coroner.

Geo. F. Merrills, being sworn testified, that he works for Jacob G. Reese near Earlville; Thursday morning, Sept. 28, was going to work in company with Jacob [John] Carrol; was on the road running north and south from Earlville, through the Reese farm; discovered the body of a man lying on the eastside of the road near the top of the hill north of Reese's house, about two miles from the village of Earlville; was dead; he lay with his head down the hill on one side of his face; off the traveled part of the road outside of the wheel track; it had the appearance of his having struggled considerable; this was in the town of Sherburne; the grass and the ground had the appearance of his having fell twelve feet from where we found him; the grass was trampled down; he looked as though he had laid there some time; did not see any evidence of any violence having been used on his person; I did not disturb the body; I immediately came down and notified the coroner at Sherburne; the hat was lying near his head and his clothing all on; that was the first I saw of him when I found him dead; he had forty-one apples on his person and lying behind him, all on his person except two; the apples were very hard, not fit to eat; I saw the marking on his clothing; it was C Chilson; I think it was Wednesday, instead of Thursday that I found the body.

John Carrol, being sworn, testified that he works for Mr. Reese, was with Merrills when the body was found and corroborated the statement of Merrills throughout.

George W. Shaw sworn:  Is an employee on the D.L.&W.R.R.; resides opposite the depot in Earlville; have seen the body in the coffin, and know him to be the man I saw in the forenoon at Earlville station, Wednesday the 27th; he passed my house about 6:15 in the afternoon going towards Sherburne on the track; saw him fall from a bench on the depot steps that forenoon on the platform and picked him up; he was picking kernels of corn and eating them; said he was not hungry; Mr. Gross asked him if he would eat and he said he would; he did not appear to have good use of his left arm and leg; said he had not been drinking; said sometimes a person got down and could not get up; he ate a good hearty meal; do not think when he fell off the bench he could get up alone; never saw him before Wednesday.

David G. Stafford sworn:  Is a constable in Earlville; has seen Mr. Chilson in the coffin; is the same person I saw at Earlville Tuesday the 26th; saw him in a saloon; was brought there for me to take charge of; I could not get any place for him to stay; he had something to eat in the saloon kept by Frank Goshaw; I left him in Ike Brown's hotel about 10 o'clock Tuesday evening; he said he come from Chicago last April, the 16th or 19th; that he had been among his friends in the town of Madison; said he went about three weeks before to his brother-in-law near Cazenovia, by name of Clark, about four miles from there; that his sister brought  him to the depot to take the train; said his name was Charles Chilson; I asked him which house he put up at in Earlville and he said "down here on Fifth Avenue, they used to call it Milk Street until within the last three years;" I received the impression from talking with him that he was insane; that was the last I saw of him.

Devolson Willcox testified to seeing deceased about the mill at Earlville, Monday or Tuesday evening; he was told to go away, as the dog might bite him; his actions made witness think he was crazy or a fool; he came back again to the mill and winters then took him to Stafford.

William Cassels sworn:  Saw deceased pass his house about 6 o'clock Wednesday morning; he had a cane and limped.

William P. Beach sworn:  Live about 3/4 mile from where the body was found; heard a scream as if a man in distress on the railroad track; took a lantern and with another man went to search but did not see anyone; heard the scream three times.

Andrew S. Douglass being duly sworn, testified as follows:  "I am a practicing physician and surgeon at Earlville, N.Y.; I have seen the body of the deceased here in the coffin; I know it and recognize it to be the body of Charles Chilson; I have known him for as much as thirty years, since we were boys; he resided in the town of Fenner, Madison County;  he was brought up by David Hess; he lived with him I know for several years; I lived within about two and a half miles of him at that time; should think his age was about forty-four or five, he was about my age; he lived with Hess until he was about twenty-one; they educated him well; he went to Cazenovia to school; think when he was twenty or twenty-one he commenced teaching; he taught two for three seasons; he went from there to Chicago, and read law; he was admitted to practice; was in real estate and broker business;  I then lost sight of him until last May; saw him then in Cazenovia; he was a smart business man; it must have been sixteen or eighteen years ago when he went to Chicago; he came to visit one time at Mr. Hess's;  when I met him last in the spring he looked different from what he used to; I asked my bother-in-law what was the matter with him; he said he was deranged; from his actions and deportment I thought he was evidently deranged; he was married in Chicago, and lost his wife; was burned out at the large fire there and people thought that was the cause of his losing his reason.

Elisha S. Lyman being duly sworn, testified as follows:  I reside in Sherburne; am a practicing physician and surgeon; have been for the past forty-two years; I saw the body of this Chilson where it lay before it had been removed; as he lay, from appearances, should think he was paralyzed on his left side; he lay partially on his left side; he had not, I should think, struggled hard, from his retaining the quantity of apples he had on his person; don't think the apples he ate had any effect upon him; his limbs were rigid; at time I found him, his head lay down the hill; nothing unusual in his countenance for a person dying in that position; there was no blood on his head only a little scratch over his right ear; it was of no consequence; I made a postmortem examination of the body with the assistance of Charles  L. Easton, Jr. at the Medbury Hotel, in the village of Sherburne, on Friday morning, the 29th of September, we found no external marks of violence on his body; was examined his throat, heart and lungs, stomach, liver and intestines, found no marks of injury or disease; on removing the scalp and sawing through the skull on the back part of the right side, under the back part of the parietal bone, found some dark blood, two or three tablespoon full, which run out on sawing the bone; there was no blood in any of the sinuses; on removing the dura mater the surface of the brain looked healthy; in the dividing membrane of the hemispheres was a deposition of bone not connected with the cranium, but attached to the part of the dura mater (the falx cerebri) which divides the two hemispheres; one portion of this was one and quarter inch in length; could not see any place in the brain that showed irritation from these; the brain was a very firm brain, which is common to lunatics; I judged that insanity might be expected to follow the formation of this bone, owing to the pressure produced by them on the brain.

Verdict of the Jury, State of New York, Chenango County, ss.

At an inquest indented and taken this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, for the People of the State of New York, in the town of Sherburne, in said County, before Henry C. Lyman, one of the Coroners of said county, on view of the body of Charles Chilson, then and there lying dead in the village of Sherburne, upon the oath of Isaac Plumb, Albert R. Gladwin, John B. Wilbur, William R. Walker, Albert C. Parker, Rush W. Carrier, Benjamin F. Matteson, Archibald Whitford, good and lawful men of said County, who being sworn and charged to inquire how and after what manner the said Charles Chilson came to his death, say, upon oath aforesaid, that he was found lying dead in the highway near the house of Jacob Reese, in the Town of Sherburne, County of Chenango, and that he had no mark of violence appearing upon his body; And so the said jurors upon their oaths aforesaid, say that the said Charles Chilson died from exposure.

Henry C. Lyman, Coroner

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876 (continued)

 Chenango American, Greene, NY, October 5, 1876

Marriage

At the residence of the bride in this town [Greene, Chenango Co., NY], Sept. 27 by Rev. J.H. Sage, Mr. Costard W. Gross to Miss Pollie E. Slauson.

Sherburne News, Sherburne, NY, October 7, 1876

Deaths

TUTTLE:  In this town [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], on the 1st inst., Mr. Albert Tuttle.

MEDBURY:  In this village [Sherburne, Chenango Co. NY], October 2d, Mrs. Nettie A. [Medbury] wife of Oscar H. Medbury, aged 30 years.

The death of Mrs. Medbury falls with crushing weight upon a large circle of devoted friends who loved her for her kindness of heart and genial, sunny temperament.  By her early demise, in the bloom of womanhood, a void is left in the home, in the Church, in the social circle that cannot be easily filled. We can only console ourselves by the assurance that "our loss is her eternal gain," and that she left us for the portals of a brighter home where her many virtues will be rewarded in the Everlasting Presence.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, September 30, 1876

Deaths

In Oxford [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 21st, Mr. Isaac S Marsden, aged 63 years.

Bainbridge Republican, Bainbridge, NY, October 7, 1876

Marriage

HODGE - WHEELER:  In Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY], October 4th, 1876, by the Rev. George D. Horton, Leroy Hodge of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Ettie Wheeler, of Greene [Chenango Co. NY].

Death

NEWTON:  In Binghamton [Broome Co. NY], Sept. 29, 1876, Mrs. Philo Newton, aged 50 years.

Obituary:  In Binghamton, Sept. 29th, 1876, of typhoid fever, Lucy M. [Newton] wife of P.R. Newton, aged 50 years.

Mrs. Newton was a daughter of Ely King, Esq., born in North Sanford, Broome County [NY], May 8th, 1826, and spent her early days as a dutiful child, thus gaining the esteem of her parents and schoolmates.  After the death of her father, she took full charge of the household duties, keeping house for her brother until January 1860, when she accepted the position of stepmother to four children, the youngest but a few months old, filling the position with unceasing care.  In 1865 she was baptized into the fellowship of the Baptist Church of Coventry [Chenango Co. NY] by the Rev. George Balcom.  Soon after removing to Afton, Chenango County, she became a faithful member of the Afton Church, gaining the respect and esteem of all who knew her, where she remained until May last, when she removed to Binghamton, Broome County, there taking great interest in the construction of a new house where she anticipated great pleasure in her new home, when she was stricken down with the fatal disease.  Her loss is deeply felt by the companion towards whom she has always been faithful and kind; by the children over whom she has been a model mother, and by the church who have lost a faithful member, as well as by a large circle of relatives and friends.  Beloved and respected by all.  P.R.N. [Philo R. Newton]

New Berlin Gazette New Berlin, NY, October 7, 1876

Death

Died:  In Edmeston, Otsego Co. N.Y. Oct. 4th, 1876, Orilla S. [Muzzy], wife of Rev. Lawson Muzzy, pastor of the Edmeston Baptist church, aged 59 years, 6 months and 17 days.

The devoted wife, the pastor's true helpmate, the careful and tender mother, the faithful friend, the self-sacrificing Christian, the unselfish and earnest worker in every good cause, has passed away to her heavenly reward.  She was born in North Brookfield, N.Y. [Madison Co.], March 17, 1817.  There at an early age she professed her faith in Christ and united with the Baptist Church.  On the 18th of August, 1841, she was married to Lawson Muzzy, and moved to Williamsburg, N.Y., where she commenced the interesting duties of her new position.  These she performed with such rare fidelity and efficiency as to secure the confidence, friendship and love of all, and she leaves in Williamsburg, Deep River and Greenville, Ct., Pulaski, Mexico and Edmeston, N.Y., the sweet memory of her virtues and name.  After thirteen days of intense suffering, she peacefully fell asleep amidst a throng of warmly attached and sympathizing friends who deeply mourn their loss.  "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

Vital Records, Chenango County, NY, October 1876

 Chenango Union, Norwich, NY, October 5, 1876

Marriages

BILLINGS - KENYON:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 27th, at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Charles M. Bliven, by Rev. D.E. Loveridge, Mr. Jay Billings of Lebanon, Madison Co. [NY], to Miss Ella Kenyon of Norwich.

SHOALS - KING:  At the M.E. Parsonage in Plymouth [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 27th, by Rev. L.C. Hayes, Mr. Henry C. Shoals, of Cortland [Cortland Co. NY] to Miss Ella King of Smyrna [Chenango Co. NY].

MARSHALL - LEDDY:  In Afton [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 23d, by Rev. J. Jones, Mr. Charles E. Marshall of Afton [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Anna E. Leddy, of Binghamton [Broome Co. NY].

RULAND - MYRES:  In Sidney Plains [Delaware Co. NY] by Rev. E.G. Cheesman, Mr. O. Ruland of Jefferson, N.Y., to Mrs. Benjamin Myres, of East Bainbridge [Chenango Co. NY].

McFARLAND - OUTRIM:  In Trenton, N.J., Sept. 16th, by Rev. J.L. Scoy.  Mr. James McFarland, formerly of Smithville Flats [Chenango Co. NY] to Miss Clara S. Outrim, of Trenton.

HILL - JAQUITH:  In Columbus [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 17th, by Rev. B.F. Williams, Mr. Almon L. Hill, of Pittsfield [Otsego Co. NY] to Miss Frankie A. Jaquith of Columbus.

Deaths

POOLE:  In Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 27th, Eliza [Poole], wife of Horace Polle, sister of Warren Thurston of this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], aged 64 years.

STEPHENS:  At the residence of her son-in-law, H.W. Hunt in Chicago, Sept. 16th, Mrs. Sally Conkey [Stephens], widow of the late Harvey Stephens of Martinsburg, N.Y. [Lewis Co. NY] and sister of the late Walter M. Conkey, Esq., of Norwich, N.Y. [Chenango Co. NY], aged 82 years.

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WALTER:  In this village [Norwich, Chenango Co. NY], on Wednesday afternoon, October 4th, of typhoid fever, Mr. Horatio N. Walter, aged 64 years.

As we go to press the (Wednesday) evening, we learn that Horatio N. Walter expired at his residence in this village, about two o'clock this afternoon of typhoid fever, after an illness of one week, in the sixty fifth year of his age.

Mr. Walter has been engaged in business - that of jeweler - for about forty years in this village, a longer period than any of our merchants or dealers now in trade.  During all these years he has pursued an honorable course, giving his business his strictest attention, dealing justly with all and winning the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and all with whom he became acquainted.  Although not an aspirant for official honors, he has repeatedly been called upon by his townsmen to fill offices of trust, and has acceptably discharged the duties of Village Trustee, Town Clerk and Supervisor, in which latter capacity he was an active and influential member of the Building Committee which superintended the erection of the present County buildings in Preston.

In the death of Mr. Walter, this community sustains a great loss.  He was a public-spirited man, ever ready to assist in forwarding enterprises for the public good, prompt in aiding benevolent objects, genial in the social circle, and courteous in his intercourse with all, a consistent member of Emmanuel Church, and a kind and indulgent husband and father.  He leaves a widow and an adopted daughter to mourn his departure.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, September 28, 1876

Deaths

THORNTON:  Coventry [Chenango Co. NY]:  Death left its grim message at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, a few days since, taking for its victim a darling little son.  A large number attended the funeral at the house, on Friday.

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The Republican gives particulars of the drowning of two men in Otsego Lake on Friday evening three hop pickers, Wm. Brown, Wm.  McCarthy and J.G. Emery of Albany hired a boat to row to three-mile point.  On Saturday morning Brown appeared at the house of Mr. Phinney, wet and muddy and inquired, "is Billy here?"  On being informed that he was not, he replied that he must be in the lake.

Brown then stated that they were all in a boat bound for a dance at the Point.  While changing seats for the purpose of rowing, the boat capsized and threw them all in the water.  they clung to the boat about an hour, when Emory, who was an old sailor, said he saw land and swam out for it, followed by McCarthy.  He (Brown) continued to cling to the boat for about an hour, pulling and swimming until he touched bottom.  He then wandered about until he came to the residence of Mr. E. Phinney, when he was cared for.

The father of McCarthy arrived from Abany on Tuesday, but returned, the bodies not having been recovered.  Two hats have been found, which are identified as those of McCarthy and Emory.  the village trustees have offered a reward of $80 for the recovery of the bodies and the lake is being dragged by parties, but at the latest advice the bodies had not been recovered.

Chenango Telegraph, Norwich, NY, October 5, 1876

Marriage

PARKER  - GIBBS:  In Pitcher, N.Y. [Chenango Co.], Sept. 30th, by Rev. Geo. P. Turnbui, Mr. A.S. Parker of Cuyler, to Mrs. Mary Gibbs of Lincklaen [Chenango Co. NY].

Death

BADGER:  In McDonough [Chenango Co. NY], Sept. 28, Myrta Badger, adopted daughter of Isaiah Gale, aged 7 years 4 months 7 days.

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The Register gives the following particulars of the death of Dudley B. Weaver, of Pitcher [Chenango Co. NY], Laudanum:

"On Thursday morning he did not get up as usual and one of the family with whom he was staying went to his room to see if he was sick.  He complained of headache but said he should feel better and would get up in a short time.  About ten o'clock he arose and partly dressed himself and laid down again upon the bed.  About two o'clock, Mr. C.M. Nichols, at whose house he was staying, in company with the editor of the Register went to his room to ascertain what was the matter.  He was found sleeping heavily but was awakened with a little effort and although he at first appeared not in his right mind, he soon became rational and said he felt better and would get up; took a little stimulant and a glass of water and was apparently feeling better.  Not the least suspicion was aroused in our minds that he had taken poison, and his slight aberration of mind was attributed directly to something else, and he was requested to lay down and take another sleep.  About 7 o'clock the same day two persons called again at his room, to see how he was.  A woman in the house, a short time previous, had found under the window of his room a vial which had contained laudanum, but had been emptied and thrown out of the window.  We at once made haste but found him in his death struggles, and but a few moments elapsed before he expired.  It is not generally thought that he took laudanum with the intent to destroy himself, but to allay the pain which he was suffering and that he took an overdose.  He was about 46 years old and had many warm friends in this vicinity."