THE OWEGO RECORD Tioga County New York, News March 26, 1891 #2 NORTHERN TIOGA NEWS. ________________________________________________________________ William P. BELDEN is the RECORD'S Authorized Agent at Richfield and all Subscriptions Accounts may be paid to him. .Richford, March 25. - G. D. BARNES spent part of last week in Owego. .The Richford school is having a vacation of two weeks. .A. G. WATKINS and wife and George W. RAWLEY returned from Owego Friday night.C. F. CURTIS left town one day last week to visit friends in Michigan. .George D. MORELAND, Richford's well known, Constable, took two prisoners to Syracuse last week and one last Monday. .Warren PIERCE of Ithaca was in town part of last week. He with others of the same family played quite an important part at the late session of court. . Leslie POTTER, who has been studying telegraphy at the depot during the past year, has commenced work as assistant operator at Newark Valley. The RECORD wishes him success. .At the close of this rather brief and uninteresting letter this week, the reporter desires to make an explanation. The reason the Richford department is not filled with so many bright and witty things, as to cause it to be forever preserved amid the classics of this land, is that the RECORD'S representative in this place is slightly ill; in fact even as he is dictating this explanation, he is holding an old hat over his mouth so that if his slippers do come up, he can save them. He trusts that this will be received in the spirit in which it is given. THE REBELLIOUS VETERANS. .A Buffalo dispatch says; "A number of the mutinous inmates of the Soldiers' Home at Bath have been arriving in the city since Saturday. As a rule, they are penniless and consequently have applied for aid to the Grand Army men here. These applications have been refused and several have applied to Justice KING to be sent to workhouse as vagrants. The mutineers are in a sorry condition." THE ERIE'S FAST FREIGHT RUN. .The RECORD publishes below an account of a fast run on the Susquehanna division of the Erie, furnished by one of the brakemen on the .A remarkably fast run was accomplished Monday on the Susquehanna division of the Erie by engine No. 222, BRINK, engineer and CARRIER, fireman. A train of thirty-five cars of dead freight was hauled from Hornellsville to Susquehanna in 7 hours and 20 minutes. The run from Hornellsville to Corning and from Corning to Waverly was made for water. The train was in charge of Conductor LEWIS and it is claimed to be one of the best runs recorded. AUCTION. .Charles H. KETCHUM will sell at auction at his residence, at Gibson Corners, Thursday April 2, 1891, at 10 o'clock a.m. the following property: One pair 4-year-old bay geldings, sound, kind and gentle, four choice cows, two yearlings, two fine shoats, one lumber wagon, one top buggy, one platform wagon, one skeleton wagon, one cutter, one new mowing machine, one pair of bob-sleds, one Perry spring tooth harrow, one double harness, one single harness, one Syracuse chilled plow, some pine lumber, fifty hens, some turkeys, eight ducks, and many articles of farming utensils and other property not mentioned. Sam SHIRLEY, the popular auctioneer, will officiate. KILLED HIMSELF IN A HOSPITAL. .Plainfield, NJ, March 26, -- Henry G. WOOD, a well-known contractor of Elizabeth, NJ, killed himself in the Muhlenberg Hospital here. He had been despondent over money troubles and had eaten hardly anything for four weeks but had been drinking almost incessantly. Tuesday he was attacked by delirium tremens and taken to the hospital where his ravings became worse. His nurse left him for a few moments when WOOD cut his throat with a penknife and also made several cuts slight wounds in his breast near his heart. He died almost immediately. NEWSY NICHOLS NOTES. .Nichols, March 25, -- The Wappassening Grange will hold an entertainment and supper for the benefit of the grange in it's hall next Friday evening, March 27th. A cordial invitation is extended to all. .Miss Julia JOSLIN is reported on the sick list. .Miss Jennie WARWICK entertained a number of her friends very pleasantly at the parsonage last Saturday afternoon. .D. J. SMEAD has sold his property on Cady avenue to Platt L. WHITE of this place. . Cap. RUSSELL of Windham, PA, Has purchased the property formerly owned by Samuel CLAPP in this place and intends building a new residence upon it soon. ...The Easter service will be rendered very finely at the M. E. church on Sunday, evening. BG