Rochester, Monroe, NY

Democrat & Chronicle

Mon Mar 2, 1891

 

MORTUARY MATTERS

 

--Eliza J. GOSNELL died yesterday at No. 18 Kirk street, aged 34 years.

 

--Mrs. Laura P. AXTELL, aged 49 years, died yesterday at No. 27 Pearl street.

 

--Abram MADDEN died on Saturday at No. 8 Mason street, aged 73 years. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon.

 

--The funeral of Simon LESHMAN, who died in Omaha, Neb., last Thursday, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from No. 101 Chatham street.

 

--John MILLER, aged 32 years, died on Friday night at his home, No. 3 Bloomingdale avenue. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

 

--James McLAUGHLIN, a conductor on the Central-Hudson, died at his home in this city on Friday. He was a member of Branch 134, C. M. B. A. A wife and one child survive him.

 

--The body of Mary P. UTLEY, aged 86 years, who died in Trenton, N. J., last Tuesday, will be buried at Mt. Hope to-day. She was a former member of Trinity Church in this city.

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WYOMING

 

--Milton E. FOSKETT a gallant veteran of the late war, was buried from his home in Warsaw, on the 27th.

 

--The ice season at Silver Lake closed on the 27th. It has been a highly successful one to the Silver Lake Ice Company.

 

--The Universalist festival held on the 27th at Perry, was a big success both as an entertainment and in a financial view.

 

--The Attica Fire Department receives the sum of $125 paid in by the foreign insurance companies doing business in the town.

 

--The Business Men's Carnival at Castile on Friday evening drew out a large attendance and many of the costumes were elaborate.

 

--S. S. BARNES will erect a large wagon shop this spring at Varysburg, which will be under the management of J. CRIPPEN, of Johnsonburg.

 

--The marriage of Ned WOLCOTT and Miss L. May JONES will take place at the residence of the bride's parents in Johnsonburg on Thursday, March 6th.

 

--The following appropriations were voted at the Warsaw town meeting: For roads and bridges, $800; $300 for an artesian well; $4,000 for building a town house.

 

--Dr. James E. SLAUGHT delivered an interesting lecture at the Warsaw Y. M. C. A. hall on Thursday evening upon "Some Causes of Ill-health and How to Avoid them."

 

--A large number of new cottages will be commenced at Silver Lake, both inside and outside the Assembly grounds, in the spring. The indications all point to a very busy season at the lake this year.

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SCHUYLER

 

Recommendations by Watkins Board of Trade - Personal Mentions

 

The Board of Trade at Watkins has suggested to the Board of Trustees that four more pipes and 1,000 feet of hose should be purchased at once for the departments. They also recommend the redistricting of the village and the ringing of the fire ball with reference thereto. Also the placing of 500 feet of hose near the Court House and on the side hill.

 

--Fire limits have again been adopted at Watkins.

 

--The Schuyler County Farmers' clubs met at Havana Saturday afternoon.

 

--On March 4th a social is to be held at the Havana Methodist Episcopal chapel.

 

--Mrs. Catharine B. COLBY, a sister of Mrs. W. B. STARKEY, of Watkins, died recently at Kansas City, Mo.

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ONTARIO

 

--A maple sugar festival and supper will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church at Clifton Springs Thursday evening.

 

--The windows are now all in and the chairs are being down in the Universalist Church at Clifton Springs. It is expected that the services of rededication will be held March 18th.

 

--R. SPALSBURY and R. R. PRATT, of Clifton Springs who were nominated by the Prohibitionists for justice and inspector of election have requested that their names be dropped from the ticket.

 

--Miss KING of the Clifton Springs Seminary with her pupils in elocution assisted by several from the musicale department will give an entertainment for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. in Association Hall Thursday evening.

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MONROE

 

--The highway commissioners of the town of Ogden have recommended an appropriation of $1,000 for highways, which will be voted upon at the coming election.

 

--The Farmers' Institute at Honeoye Falls opens in the village hall at 10:30 o'clock this morning, and will close to-morrow afternoon. The programme is a very attractive one.

 

--The annual election of trustees of the Oakwood Cemetery Association of Penfield will take place at Bancroft Hall, Tuesday, March 3d, at 3 o'clock P. M. The terms of office of the following trustees expire on that day: Jerome RUNDELL, H. S. KNAPP, W. W. BOWN, J. H. ECKLER. Each lot owner has one vote.

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NIAGARA

 

--Charles S. CURTIS, the tallest man in Lockport and this county, being nearly seven feet in height, died Friday of typhoid fever, aged 22 years.

 

--Ira FARNSWORTH, of Lockport, has been awarded the contract for rebuilding parts of the _uperstructure of the piers at Olcott, N. Y., at $9,266.56.

 

--The apportionment of school moneys for Niagara county has been made by State Superintendent _. S. DRAPER, and is now on file in the county clerk's office as follows: Number of teachers for thirty-two weeks or more -- Towns, 217; Lockport city, 51; total 268. Population, towns 46,286; city, 16,008; total, 62,889.

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NEARLY SEVERED HIS WINDPIPE

 

Gabriel Kraps, a Shoemaker, Becomes Despondent and Attempts Suicide.

 

Gabriel KRAPS, a Russian, aged 40 years, and a shoemaker by trade, living at No. 17 Edith street, cut his windpipe with a shoeknife Saturday night. He had been unable to secure employment for some time past, and attempted to kill himself because he despaired of getting work to do. He went upstairs to his room about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon and that was the last seen of him until 8:30 o'clock, when one of the family with whom he boarded went to his room, and found him lying on the floor in a pool of blood.

     Dr. McNAMARA was called, and after rendering him all the assistance he could, the ambulance was called and the would-be suicide was removed to the City Hospital. At 11:15 o'clock last night KRAPS was reported to be resting quietly, and to be in no immediate danger of dying.

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DEAD IN THE RUINS

 

Martin GEARN Burned in the Fire Which His Pipe Started

 

The body of a man was found on Saturday morning in the ruins of SMITH Brother's barn and stables on State street, which were burned on the preceding night. The clothing was nearly destroyed and the body was badly burned. A pipe and tobacco was found in the man's pocket but there was nothing by which he could be identified.

     Coroner KLEINDIENST had the body taken to Masseth's undertaking rooms, where an inquest was held Saturday evening. The verdict was accidental death.

     Last evening the body was identified by friends as that of Martin GEARN, who had been employed until recently on the Main street sewer. GEARN was 38 years old and unmarried. He boarded at No. 33 Jones street, but had not been seen by his fellow boarders since last Thursday. It is supposed that he went into the shed to sleep while intoxicated and that the fire was started from his pipe. The body was identified by the peculiar tattooing on the arms.

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