Daily News Batavia, Genesee Co., NY December 19 1879 MARRIED. FROMM-BERG--At the residence of the bride's parents, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. C.A. WISSEMAN, Albert FROMM and Augusta BERG, all of Elba. SAWYER-TOWER--The 17th inst., at the residence of Mr. Christopher MINER, by the Rev. Wm. SWAN. Mr. Chas. T. SAWYER, of New Fane N.Y., and Miss Eugenia H. TOWER, of Wilson, N.Y. CARD-CLARK--At St. James Hotel, on the 18th inst., by Rev. Wm. C. LEARNED, J.M. CARD, of Yorkshire, N.Y. and Miss Grace E. CLARK, of Alabama. *** LE ROY WEDDING BELLS. The Le Roy correspondent of the Rochester Express writes: On Wednesday evening the residence of the late Deacon Stephen COVERT, of Le Roy, was the scene of a brilliant wedding, at which time Miss Frances COVERT, one of the most respected and amiable of Le Roy ladies, was united in marriage to Major Joseph H. McARTHUR of the United States Army. Major McARTHUR is a graduate of West Point, and occupies a high social position in the city of Chicago. Their many friends wish them a happy and prosperous future. *** SEVERAL BURGLARIES. Burglaries are again becoming very numerous in this vicinity and our citizens would do well to take very precaution. There is no doubt that many men are driven to commit crime by reason of their being hard up, which condition could have been prevented, if they had purchased their clothing of PERRY, SMITH & Co. *** CAUTION. The public are cautioned against buying sewing machines with the number of the machine defaced. Parties buy old Singer machines, repaint and remodel them, put them on new style stands, deface the number and sell them for new machines. Every sewing machine sold by Singer Manufacturing Co. has a written warrantee, the number on which corresponds with the number on the machine, and are sold in Batavia only at the corner of Main and Bank street. *** Dancing! Miss BURTIS' Dancing Classes will commence the last term this season at Ellicott Hall, Thursday, December 18th At 4 and 7:30 P.M. All the society dances will be practiced including the Five Step, Running and Side Glide Waltze and fashionable Polkas and Redowas. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt

Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee Co., NY May 29 1832 MARRIED. In this village on Thursday last, by the Rev. L.B. CASTLE, Mr. Lyman KELLEY, to Miss Charlotte CRAMER. We thankfully acknowledge the receipt of a piece of cake from the above parties. We wish them much joy and prosperity. *** NOTICE. The Semi-Annual Meeting of the Genesee County Medical Society, will be holden at the house of Charles ALDRICH, in Batavia, the second Tuesday in June next. T.H. WOODRUFF, Sec'y. *** NEW STORE. I.N. TOWN, is now opening a general assortment of dry goods, groceries, hardware, crockery, iron, nails, &c. at the store lately occupied by Messrs.FOOT & BEEBE, next door west of Mr. ALDRICH's Tavern, which he will sell at prices Cheaper than the cheapest. Call and examine for yourselves. Isaac N. TOWN. Wanted. 1000 Gallons good Whisky, for which cash will be paid. Cash paid for Timothy & Flax Seed. I.N.T. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt

Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee Co., NY April 3 1832 MARRIED. In Rensselaer, N.Y. Mr. James BACON, to Miss Nancy PIGG. Lot's wife in days of old, For one rebellious halt, Was changed as we are told, Into a lump of Salt. The same propensity to change, The swine have undertaken, For here we have a thing as strange, A Pigg changed to Bacon. A Shoat. *** DIED. In Newstead, Erie county, on the 19th March, Mrs. TROWBRIDGE, wife of Daniel TROWBRIDGE Esq. of said town. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt

Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee Co., NY February 14 1832 MARRIED. In Warsaw, by the Rev. J. ELLIOT, Mr. Abner W. BLACKMER, of Rushford, to Miss Salvira HOVEY, of Warsaw. In Orangeville, on Thursday the 9th by the Rev. Peter FREEMAN, Mr. Isaac BLAIR of Le Roy, to Miss Mary Ann RADDISH of the former place. *** DIED, In Middlebury, on Wednesday, the 1st inst. Mr. Lot WORDIN, aged 24 years. Mr. W. was a subject of the late reformation in that place. Sometime in the month of June last, he was taken with bleeding at the lungs, since which time he has been confined to his room. During his illness he was almost constantly in prayer, and at his death he cheerfully resigned his soul into the hands of Jesus. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt

Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee Co, NY December 29 1826 MARRIED. In Stafford, on Thursday last, by the Rev. Mr. SMITH, Rector of St. James' Church in this village, Mr. Anson HULETT, to Miss. Lauranda AMES, both of Stafford. In Batavia, on the 24th inst. by Esq. WILBER, Mr. Jesse W. TAYLOR, to Miss. Eliza Ann WHEELOCK. In Alexander, on the 24th inst. by Ebenezer NORTH Esq. Mr. John PIKE, to Miss Catharine WALDO. *** FOR SALE, Several front village Lots, on Genesee street, east of DANOLD's Tavern. Also, a number of convenient building lots on the lane running north from Esq. CARPENTER's House, on which a road is soon to be opened. The land is excellent, and the situation very pleasant. Enquire of James COCHRAN. Batavia. *** Henry BROWN, Attorney & Counsellor at Law has opened an office in Mr. CARPENTER's building, in the village of Batavia a few doors east of the office of his late brother, Daniel E. BROWN, Esq. deceased. Batavia. *** DANCING SCHOOL. Mr. DAYTON is happy to have it in his power to make his grateful acknowledgments to the Ladies and Gentlemen of the village of Batavia and its vicinity, for the patronage they have extended to his School the present Quarter, which will close on the 25th inst. He will commence a second Quarter on Wednesday, the 3d of January next. To enable those who have not attended his first Quarter & unite with those, who have, he will give two extra lessons to commence on Tuesday, the 19th inst. at the hall of Mr. HUMPHREY. Batavia. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt

Daily News Batavia, Genesee Co., NY August 2 1918 DAY'S ARMY CASUALTY LIST CONTAINS NAMES OF 238. Lieutenant SMITH of Rochester Among Killed. The army casualty list today contains a total of 238 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 42. Died of wounds, 48. Died of disease, 7. Died of accident and other causes, 7. Wounded severely, 126. Wounded, degree undetermined, 2. Missing, 6. Among the killed in action are Lieutenant Joseph C. SMITH of Rochester, N.Y., and Sergeant Jerry J. DRISCOLL of Clifton Springs, N.Y. Captain Paul BETOSKY of Waverly is reported dead as the result of an accident. Hereafter the War Department will give out lists of casualties as promptly as possible, which means that they will be furnished to the press when a reasonable period has been allowed for communication with relatives of the men whose names appear in the list. Instructions have been cabled to General PERSHING to send casualties to the War Department as fast as they are reported to him, and the department, for its part, will have the lists copied at once and furnish them to the press after a 24-hour period or other period is determined upon. Up to this time the practice has been to withhold these lists from the public for days and even weeks, for various reasons. *** Massachusetts Airman Killed. Champagne, Ill., Aug. 2.--Cadet S.W. ROGERS of Brookline, Mass., was killed late yesterday evening in an airplane accident at Chanute Field. *** Murderer of a Girl Afterward Fired Shot Ending His Own Life. Greenfield, Mass., Aug. 2.--At the wheel of an automobile standing on the Connecticut river edge near here today the police found the body of Clifford G. WRIGHT, a mechanic of this city, and on the floor of the bridge the body of Miss Hazel CANNER of Turners Falls. Both had been shot through the right temple with a revolver and county officials expressed the belief that WRIGHT had killed the girl and then shot himself. *** submitted by L.C. Schmidt

New York Times, 1 August 1920 Charles W. S. Ahearn, 32 years old, of 131 Olmstead Place, Glendale, L. I., business agent of the Amalgamated Silver Workers Union No. 38, was found dead, seated at a desk in his office at 27 3d Av. yesterday. Mrs. Ahearn, worried because her husband did not return home last night, sent her nephew, Victor McVay, to his office in the morning to make inquiry. When the young man reached the office he found the door locked and summoned patrolman Mahoney of the Fifth Street station who broke down the door. A typewritten letter addressed to his wife was found lying on the desk in front of him but its contents were withheld by the police, who admitted, however, that the author of the letter had said he was dissatisfied with life. Dr. Garret, summoned from Bellevue by police, could not say what caused the man's death, but thought he had taken poison. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 4 June 1918 Patrick Ahearn, a retired farmer of Jamaica, L. I., where he was an extensive property holder, died at his summer home in Spring Valley, N.Y., of apoplexy on Saturday. Mr. Ahearn was in his sixty-ninth year. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 15 March 1918 Frank L. Dowling, President of Manhattan Borough, was notified yesterday of the death in action of Michael J. Ahearn, who went "over there" with the 69th Regiment. Ahearn was an employee of the Bureau of Highways. He was popular in the Municipal Building, and many friends grieved yesterday because of the news. Mrs. Ahearn, who lives at 521 West Fifty-fifth Street, received the news of her son's death from the War Department. A requiem high mass will be said at the Church of the Sacred Heart, in West Fifty-second Street this morning. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 28 November 1917 On Nov. 26, 1917, at her residence, 243 East 116th St., Ellen T. Ahern, formerly Principal of Public School 130, New York City; beloved sister of Sarah A. Ahern and the late Mrs. James McCafferty. Funeral on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 9:30 A.M.; thence to St. Paul's Church, East 117th St., where solemn requiem mass will be offered for the repose of her soul. Interment Calvary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 30 May 1916 On May 28, 1916, Thomas F. Ahearn, beloved son of John F. Ahearn and Elizabeth (nee Atwell.) Funeral from his late residence, 296 East Broadway, Wednesday, May 31, at 10 A. M. to St. Mary's Church, Ridge and Grand Sts., where a solemn mass of requiem will be offered up for the repose of his soul. Thomas F. Ahearn, son of John F. Ahearn, formerly Borough President of Manhattan, died on Saturday night at his father's home, 206 East Broadway, in his thirty-second year. He was for several years Vice President of the Hays Printing Company and was unmarried. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 22 January 1914 James Ahern, for thirty-six years a compositor on The New York Times, died at his home, 1,282 East 10th Street, Brooklyn, on Tuesday. He was 59 years old, and left a widow, three daughters, and a son. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 6 August 1924 FIND HARVARD GUIDE DYING. Police Seek Men Seen to Throw Him From Car--Victim Succumbs. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Aug. 5. The police are investigating the mysterious death of John Ahearn, 50 years old, who was picked up shortly before midnight last night in an unconscious condition on the sidewalk on Boyleston [sic] Street, a short distance from Harvard Square. According to the police story, Ahearn, who was known to them as a guide at Harvard College, was seen by passersby as he was thrown from a taxicab onto the sidewalk on Boyleston Street. The police say the taxicab drove up to the sidewalk and the man was thrown out by a number of men. He was taken to the Cambridge Hospital in an unconscious condition and did not regain consciousness. He died about 3 o'clock this morning. The attending physicians say there are no marks of violence on the man's body. All inquiries were referred to Medical Examiner David C. Dow. Dr. Dow would say nothing except that he would perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 6 February 1898 HEROES REWARDED While many heroic deeds have been performed by the officers and men of the United States Navy during the past thirty years, it was not until recently that any recognition by the Government has been shown to some of these brave men. The first two men to be awarded medals of honor for gallant conduct since the war are August Wilson, a boiler maker, and William O'Hearn, a water tender. Both men were attached to the United States monitor Puritan, and it was while on duty on that vessel that they displayed such bravery, and by their cool and quiet action not only saved the lives of the officers and men attached to the ship, but saved the vessel from untold damage. The deed through which the men won the medal of honor was performed on July 1, 1897, while the Puritan was at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The repairs to the vessel had been completed, and the engines were having a "dock trial" prior to the ship's departure, when the crown sheets of boiler E collapsed, sending volumes of steam and boiling water into the fireroom, where Chief Engineer George W. Cowie, Jr., and the men of his division were at work. So dense was the steam that the men had to grope their way from the room. Engineer Cowie was badly scalded about the face and hands while trying to reach the safety valve, which he wished to open. All the boilers were connected with the damaged one, and were in immediate danger of exploding. No time was to be lost, as the collapsing of the crown sheets of the other boilers meant not alone injury to the vessel, but probable loss of life. August Wilson assisted Engineer Cowie from the fireroom. Several men were dragged out of the place by both Wilson and O'Hearn. Mr. Cowie tried to return to the fireroom, but was prevented by Wilson, who said: "Don't go in there, Mr. Cowie, you are badly burned now. I will go," and both he and O'Hearn, after wrapping wet clothes about their faces and arms, entered the fireroom. Several men were still in the place, having become dazed by the steam which was pouring forth. They were taken to places of safety. Wilson opened the safety valve, while O'Hearn crawled over the tops of the boilers and closed the auxiliary stop valves, disconnecting the damaged boiler, and removing any danger of explosion from the other boilers. John P. Yates, chief machinist, nd William J. Lee entered the fireroom and worked personally hauling the fires, thus reducing the danger to a minimum. Capt. P. F. Harrington, commanding the Puritan, in his report of the accident and the conduct of the men to Admiral Sicard, said: "The circumstances of the conduct of August Wilson and William O'Hearn were of extraordinary heroism and gallantry, and I respectfully recommend that medals of honor given them." Admiral Sicard complimented the men who helped save the ship from danger, and in his report to Secretary Long spoke of the excellent example that the men set, and recommended them for medals of honor for the "dangerous part of the duty they undertook." The medals were presented about a month ago. Both Wilson and O'Hearn have been in the service many years, and both have received medals for their good conduct. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 6 November 1897 MEDALS FOR NAVAL ENGINEERS Two Men of the Puritan to be Rewarded for Saving Lives For the first time in more than twenty years two men have been recommended to the Navy Department for medals of honor for heroic service. The men were Augustus Wilson, boilermaker, and William O'Hearn, water tender. Both are attached to the engineer's division on board the monitor Puritan. They saved the lives of several shipmates when one of the boilers exploded a few months ago, as the Puritan was getting ready to leave the navy yard. Chief Engineer Cowie and several men were in the fireroom when the accident happened. The crown sheets of boiler E dropped down, causing the compartment to be filled with steam. Engineer Cowie was badly scalded. Through the quick action of Wilson the lives of several men, including that of Engineer Cowie, were saved. He opened the watertight door leading from the fireroom to the deck companionway, and helped several to escape. Engineer Cowie tried to enter the fireroom several times, but was prevented by Wilson, who stood guard at the door. He and O'Hearn rescued the men who were in the room, and then groping their way through the blinding steam, disconnected the damaged boiler from the others and shut off the steam. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 9 September 1910 Massachusetts' Oldest Man Dead Worcester, Mass., Sep. 8.--Patrick O'Hearn, aged 105 years 5 months 22 days, probably the oldest man in Massachusetts, died here to-day from bronchitis. Up to a year ago Mr. O'Hearn had been an inveterate smoker and he boasted that he drank intoxicating liquors "when he felt like it." He is survived by two sons. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 29 July 1907 Rev. William Ahearn Pastor of St. Gabriel's Church, East New York, Dies Suddenly The Rev. Father William Ahearn, pastor of St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church in New Lots Avenue, East New York, died from acute indigestion on Saturday night. He was taken suddenly ill at Curley's Hotel, Rockaway Beach, and died within three hours. The funeral will take place on Wednesday with a solemn high mass of requiem in St. Gabriel's Church. The interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Father Ahearn was born in Brooklyn in 1860 and took his theological course at All Hallows Seminary, Dublin. On June 8, 1883, he was ordained by Bishop Powers and went to St. John's, Newfoundland. He taught in a seminary there for some time. He then returned to Brooklyn and eight years ago founded St. Gabriel's Church. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

New York Times, 25 December 1903 Father Phil E. Ahern, chaplain of the House of the Good Shepherd, in Ninetieth Street, died on Thursday at the House. He was born in this city forty-nine years ago, and received his education at the old St. Patrick's School, St. John's College, Brooklyn, and the Troy Theological Seminary. During the early part of his priesthood, which extended over a period of twenty-six years, he was rector of the Spark Hill Church, near Englewood, N. Y., and of a church at Port Huron, N. Y. A brother, William E. Ahern, of 217 East One Hundred and Fifth Street, and three sisters, one of whom is Sister Eugenie in St. Agnes's Convent, Hoboken, survive him. The funeral services will be held to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock at the Church of St. Francis de Sales, Ninety-sixth Street, near Lexington Avenue. The interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

---------- From: Richard Palmer <richardp@dreamscape.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 07:12:47 -0600 To: <NY-OLD-NEWS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: old time Sackets Harbor Watertown Times Jan 20, 1888 THE OLD HISTORIC VILLAGE AWAKENING Live men rebuilding the Town-Will make it a Manufacturing town and a Summer Resort Mineral Spring a Chance for Capital-- Advantages Offered- A City Site the Present and Future of the Place Jumping to the Front. The historic village of Sackets Harbor has been referred to in many an oration has been the theme of many a discourse and even the poet has sung of its past glories. But did any of these ever refer to the Sackets Harbor of today. Not one. The average reader of these scintillations from bright mind would think that the village had passed into history and nothing more was left of it, that the patriotic people who once dwelled there, who fought bled and died for their country, left their impress on history and that a future generation had shunned the spot. That this is to so a few hours in the honest village will convince one and all. Sackets Harbor of today is not the place it was in history, it is a far more lively place. There are smooth wide streets, fine dwellings progressive business men, well kept hotels pleasant drives, a number of fine business blocks, wide-awake and active people who number nearly 1000 within its corporate limits, aside from the soldiers who are stationed in Madison Barracks and who help the trade of the village by using the money for luxuries which Uncle Sam pays them every two months A year ago this month, fire swept away some of the historic buildings. In years gone by nothing but the ruins would have remained to be pointed out to the visitor. But it is a new generation who inhabit the place now. The ruins in several instances have been replaced by modern buildings for the transaction of business, active business me are using them, and inducements held out to bring in trade from miles around. This determination to rebuild Sackets appears to be shared in by the poorest as well as the wealthiest, all seemingly pulling together for one great object and that is to make a live progressive village of the one which is noted in history for something else. Occasionally one is found who talks of the glories of the past; but nine in ten are talking of what the village is to be in the future. There is a live village organization with Charles Hall as president and the following trustees: James A. Reeves, Newton Washburm, John G Eveleigh, Josiah Ward, and George M. Read the latter of whom is an enthusiast on the subject of Sackets, unsurpassed harbor and water communications. There is not, in his opinion a better harbor on the chain of lakes and many an old lake captain will bear him out in this assertion. Sackets Harbor, a railroad town and a lake town, in these days when steam is cheaper than water power for many purposes, is a fin place for woolen mills, and manufactories such as locate in inland towns. Were its advantages properly set before the people of the country were its cheap freight rates by water and railroad heralded to the world; l were its fine sites for summer residences pictured to the people; were its healthy climate in summer, and winter, its mineral spring and fine fishing, beautiful and safe harbor- were all these thing known as they should have been long ago, there would be a city there today. There is an enterprise and energy to let these things be know now. Citizens are willing to aid financially otherwise, anything that will contribute to the growth and well-being of the place. Some have put their money into vessels and found a good dividend returned; others will help the right kind of manufacturing. There are no stones in Sackets for a live man to overturn; the people are awake and progressive. They want to make their town rapidly stride forward, and will help along anything leading in that direction. They welcome men with money; they give a hearty welcome to men with enterprise and no one will find them backward in any enterprise to promote the interest of the place. There is talk of buying one of the hotels and enlarging it for summer visitor there is also talk of building a new and mammoth hotel where some old government buildings new stand, if the site can be procured and outside parties recognizing the situation are looking the grounds over with a view of making investments that will bring them in a snug income and build Sackets Harbor. B. Eveleigh has more irons in the fire than another man in Sackets Harbor today. Nearly seventy-five years old he is hale, hearty and bids fair to be a centenarian. He came to Sackets in 1834, and has been there ever since. For a number of years he followed the occupation of carpenter and builder then branched out into business. Today he owns the Eveleigh house, a fine brick structure, eleven hundred acres of land a butcher shop, hardware store and several lake crafts. He lost a vessel some time ago that was worth $30,000 but his geniality did not desert him on that account even for a day. He has the contract for supplying the soldiers at the barracks with meat, fuel, and feed for their horses, but no one would think he had so much business on hand when is guest. The Eveleigh house is neatness itself. The table is far ahead of many pretentious city hotel. Rooms with pleasant views are provided for fifty guests which are crowded every summer. Were the qualities of the Gieleve Mineral Spring better know (which is only a step from the door) Sackets would equal Messena Springs as a health resort, aside from the other attraction offered for those seeking health and recreation. The Eveleigh house has a livery attached, has commodious barns for the accommodations of horses and guest or best are sure of the best treatment, as Mr. Eveleigh is surrounded with the best help. L.W. Day has been in business in Sackets sixteen years, and has one of the finest drug stores to be found in Northern New York. Few drug stores in a village twice the size can compare with it. Twenty feet wide and 90 feet long arranged with an eye to business as well as beauty. The average person is at once struck with the enterprise which has brought this about. A stock of groceries, provisions and hardware is found in the rear. Mr. Day has twice represented that strong republican town on the board of supervisors showing the popularity he maintains amount his fellow townsmen. His store is a credit to Sackets Harbor, and the large trade he enjoys shows that his efforts to please the people are appreciated. D. W. McEvoy is the person who has drawn to Sackets Harbor a large farmers¹ trade in the years past. Eighteen yeas ago he began business in that solid town on a small scale, and during most of that time he as had the contract to supply the soldiers at Sackets Harbor with meats and vegetables. Aside from this he had paid the best prices for poultry, eggs, butter and farm produce generally for shipment. One year ago fire destroyed his business, but with that indomitable pluck and energy characteristic of the man, he settled in the best quarters obtainable and began business again. Just as pleasant as if he had not met with a great loss, and just as obliging as ever, he has won back his old customers, and next spring will put his meat carts on the road again, which will be pleasant news to farmers within ten miles of Sackets Harbor, who have looked to him for their supply of fresh meats, as well as good prices for what they had to sell. Mr. McEvoy is a pleasant gentleman to meet always ready to accommodate his friends, and has the confidence and respect of his competitors as well as his customers. He has been successful because he deserves success. One branch of business which has made the Harbor noted beyond the confines of Jefferson county is the fish business conducted by Clarke & Bowe. Mr. Clark is a resident of Buffalo now and the business is in the hands of Mr. Bowe one of the pleasantest gentleman one could wish to meet. The firm receives its fish pretty much all from the Canadian and upper lake waters and has a steamboat of its own. The Thistle to do the necessary lake work. They have done a business the past year of upwards of $75,000 and of this amount scarcely $1,000 worth of fish were taken from American waters Of course, the most of the fish are caught in the summer time and frozen. And, by the way this freezing process is little understood by the public. As soon as caught the fish are packed in galvanized iron pans, on which a cover is put, and then the pan is surrounded by broken ice and salt. In twenty-four hours they are taken out in one solid chunk and packed in tiers in the store room where they are kept frozen until wanted for use. Galvanized iron pipes run through these storing rooms, in a vertical position, and they are kept full of broken ice and salt All along the lakes where the fish are caught the firm has freezing and storing warehouses, where the fish are frozen before they have time to spoil in the hot sun. In the summer they are brought to Sackets by boat, stored in ice, and in the winter they come by rail in car load lots, repacked and shipped to the wholesale trade throughout the country. Some of the hardy fishes have been known to come alive again after being frozen several months, on being placed in water. Clark & Bowe have facilities for storing on hundred tons of fish at Sackets Harbor. The house has been long established and through honorable dealing and furnish the best fin has worked up a trade which amounted to something over $75,000 the past year. So thoroughly are they versed in the business that they have been able to make a profit while others who tried to compete with them have gone to the wall. For twenty two years R..M. Earl has catered to the public at the Earl House a commodious hotel with accommodations for 75 to 100 guests. Three times has he enlarged the house to meet the ever increasing trade and today he has one of the finest hotel properties in this part of the state. In his hotel is a public hall 20 x 100 feet with a neat stage erected for entertainments of various hinds and where public balls are frequently held. As in times past the Earl House is headquarters for the soldiers. It is there the majority of the officials take meals. From General Sherman down to a second lieutenant, the officers have sat at his table and partaken of hte sumptuous meals set before all guests. Connected with the house is a good livery and trusty drivers, and in the fishing season guest are furnished with fine boats, careful oarsmen and the latest improved fishing tackle. R.H. Earl son of the proprietor is the gentlemanly clerk. Like his father he was born to keep a hotel, and the guests who cannon be satisfied at this hotel is hard to place indeed. A. Sterne is perhaps the greatest fur dealer in this part of the country. He has frequently done a business through his Canadian agencies amounting to $75,000 per year during the past fifteen years. Of course he has made money as a man so well versed in the fur business is sure to do. A clothing firm in Sackets were his debtors and he was obliged to take the stock to secure himself. He was enjoying a nice trade when the fire came and swept stock and store slick and clean He was just about starting for Canada when another firm offered to sell to him. He made an offer, which was taken and secured a fine stock of shelf and heavy hardware, groceries and provisions, at 66 cents of the dollar. He took his son into partnership and added crockery and many other tings to the stock in trade. In the spring he will add paint and glass to his stock. Mr Sterne is a stirring energetic business man, is a close buyer, and as he does a cash business can afford to sell at low prices. He has one of the neatest stores in Sackets and has evidently settled down to spend the remainder of his life there, but does not intend giving up his fur business entirely, With plenty of capital to back him it is safe to say that ere another year his store will contain nearly everything the trade of that vicinity demands. His patrons speak of him kindly and this indicates that a large trade is assured him. H.J. Lane hardly waited for the fire of a year ago to be smothered before he began making plans for resuming business. As early in the spring as possible the erection of a new block was begun and before the paint on the interior was dry, his new stock of goods arrived. His new store is away ahead of the old structure is 30 x 70 feet on the inside, with front entrance through two doors. Counters run along the side, the rear and through the center and shelving all around, with a store house in the rear, and commodious cellar, well lighted and warmed, enable him to put in a stock of goods which embraces pretty much everything the farmer or the mechanic may need for the necessaries of life, and a few luxuries. In dry goods he has a fine stock of the latest styles, in boots and shoes his styles are the latest. and of course his groceries and provisions are for the best trade. >From clothes pin to a silk dress his stock is complete. Once he had several peddling wagons on the road, and he learned what the farmers wanted; took orders for nearly everything. The fire stopped his business, but he put in his new stock with a view of continuing that branch of business and consequently his stock in variety and excellence, is not equaled by any of the stores in Watertown. Mr. Lane is a progressive, pushing man, enjoys a large trade, and believes the fire will prove a good thing in the long run to Sackets, as those who were burned out have displayed more energy in rebuilding and holding out inducements for a large trade. Certainly he has a right to feel proud of his new store and so have the citizens of Sackets Harbor.

---------- From: Richard Palmer <richardp@dreamscape.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 07:11:55 -0600 To: <NY-OLD-NEWS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: Oswego & Rome Railroad Oswego Daily Palladium, Tues., Jan. 16, 1866 Oswego & Rome Railway. - Notwithstanding that this road was opened in mid-winter, and at the close of the holiday season, it is now doing a business that astonishes even those who were most sanguine. When the road was proposed, many were induced to subscribe for the stock, not because there was any present prospect of its paying anything, but in the hope that it would benefit the county, and perhaps at some future day to the means of connecting us with other railway projects. It is now found that the stock of the road is a good thing to have. During the few weeks the road has been open, a large freight and passenger business has been done, a business which would have been considered god for the season of navigation. When the spring business opens, the road will be taxed to its utmost. Running as it does across our county, touching at the most convenient points, its beneficial effects will be felt here immediately. We are informed by one who knows that more people from Mexico and Pulaski have visited Oswego within the last two weeks, than in any one previous year. Most of these people came for the purposes of trade; and as our wholesale merchants are enabled to offer goods at very low prices, the people of the county will soon find it to their advantage to come here, instead of going to Syracuse, Utica and other places as heretofore. We are glad to note the bright prospects of the Oswego and Rome Railway, and to say that it is one of the best things that has ever happened to Oswego County. OSWEGO & ROME RAIL-ROAD WINTER ARRANGEMENT _____ On and after Monday, Jan. 1st, 1966 Trains will run as follows: Leave Oswego at 7:00 A.M., and 4:45 P.M. Arrive at Oswego at 12:28 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. The 7 A.M. train from Oswego will connect at Richland with Express Train for Rome, Albany and New York. The 4:45 P.M. train will connect at Richland with Express Train North, and with Accommodation Train South. The train arriving at Oswego at 9:00 P.M. leaves Richland immediately on arrival of Express train from New York, Albany and rome. For Tickets and further information enquire at the Office corner of East First and Cayuga Streets. ADDISON DAY, Superintendent. oswego, Dec. 30, 1866 - dtf.