THE RECORD. Tioga County, New York January 30, 1886 #5 OWEGO PERSONAL ...Senator Charles F. BARAGAR was in town Saturday. ...T. B. OAKLEY, Esq., will attend court in Cortland next week. ...Mr. and Mrs. J. C. DUNHAM of Windham PA, were in town Wednesday. ...Geo. H. NEWTON, of this village, has gone east to attend the funeral of his mother.. ...Wm. MANNIE, a clerk in Sisson Bros. & Weldon's Binghamton, spent Sunday at his home in Owego. ...Rev. J. C. JOHNSON, pastor of the Candor church, was in town Wednesday. ...Warren HOOKER, of Rochester, formally a well known citizen of Owego, has been in town this week. ...C. L. WOOD, of the firm of BUCKBEE, PETERSON, WOOD & Co., is in New York this week purchasing new goods. ..."Tim" HIREEN and E. J. CAMPBELL, solid men of Waverly were in town Monday, where they are always welcome. ...Ex Mayor Stephen CHAMBERLAIN is in Boston and other eastern cities this week purchasing stock for his extensive wholesale boot and shoe business. ...S. W. PITTS of Lyons, traveling salesman for J. & F. B. GARRETT, Syracuse, was serving his numerous customers in town on Tuesday. ...The SINES Bros. have sold their interest in the Park Hotel to Mr. N. T. HILLIS who took possession on Monday. Success to the new landlord. ...Jas. F. DEE, manager of DOREN & WRIGHT'S brokers' office in this village, attending the telegraphers' ball at Hornellsville, Wednesday evening. ... Nelson BRANT, has been in New York this week, purchasing fixtures, etc., for his new hotel, to be opened on Main St. opposite Lake about the first of May. ...J. H. CLARK, formally of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, has purchased the Susquehanna Transcript, and will take possession on the 1st of March next. ... George CHAFFEE formally a resident of Owego, died at DeKalb, IL, on Saturday last, aged about 75 years. Deceased was a brother of the late Barney CHAFFEE, and Caleb CHAFFEE, of Owego. ...Mrs. Lovinia Walworth of Newark Valley, NY, died on Sunday afternoon, Jan., 24, at 1:50 o'clock. Mrs. Walworth was mother of Mrs. Dr. HEATON and sister of S. F. FAIRCHILD, of this village. ...Miss Ida HUTCHINSON, daughter of Mr. O. HUTCHINSON, of Wilson Creek and Fred DUNHAM, clerk for STORR'S and CHATFIELD of this village were married, Thursday afternoon at the residence of the brides father. Mr. and Mrs. P. O. PETERSON, of this village, were among those who attended. NORTH BARTON. Jane HUBBELL will accompany her brother, S. D. HUBBELL on his return to Dakota next month. Martha Whitcomb, of Canton, PA, will spend the summer at Volney HUBBELL'S place. The singing school at Union church is progressing fluently. Miss Mary BAKER is visiting her sister, near Elmira. L. W. KINGSNORTH is in attendance at the State Grange, at Cortland. L. W. is a delegate, representing the granges of the county. He will visit friends in Syracuse before he returns. Rev. Z. EVANS preached a missionary sermon at the North Barton M. E. church last Sabbath. A very successful pound party for the benefit of Acme Grange was held at the home of Peter V. BOGART, Lockwood, last Wednesday evening. There were about seventy-five in attendance and the net receipts were $10.60. Each gentleman paid one-fourth of a cent per pound for the lady accompanied to supper. The drawing was by lot and created a deal of amusement. Union church organ is at a music shop at Waverly for repairs. Lumber for our new hall is being manufactured at BINGHAM BRO'S, mill, Lockwood. S. W. ELLISON and O. H. STEBBINS are in Cortland in attendance at the State Grange. A pound party for the benefit of the North Barton, M. E. church is being agitated. The carpenter work for the new residence of our neighbor, C. S. Nichols, is completed. The new hall, at Union church, will be roofed with iron, the timber for the construction of the frame will be made uniform size, the foundation laid in cement, the entire building made of none but first class material. The plan of the building will be so arranged as to exactly meet the requirements of the society for which it is built. It is reported from good authority that Mrs. Dell BESEMER, wife of D. V. BESEMER, who has been in Middletown the past year for treatment, is substantially convalescing. An effort is being made to secure the service of Rev. Solomon SNYDER, of Michigan, to preach at Halsey Valley the coming year. The above gentleman formerly preached there. It is reported that Lemuel SEVERN has purchased the Manning BROWN farm. Jan. 25. Bill Grummons