THE OWEGO RECORD Tioga County News March 8, 1900, No. 3 OBITUARY, WILLIAM W. WHITE. Died, at Sulphur Springs, Nichols, NY, Monday, March 5, 1900 of dropsy, William W. WHITE, aged 62 years. The funeral was held yesterday at Lounsberry at 2:30 p. m. MRS. MARY E. LUTZ. Died, at Owego, NY, Sunday March 4. 1900, Mrs. Mary E . LUTZ aged 84 years. The funeral was held Tuesday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. F. F. BERGER, 72 Talcott street; interment at Evergreen cemetery. MRS. JOHN M. JULIEN. Died, at Dixon, IL, Monday, March 5, 1900, of heart disease, Juliette GOULD, wife of John M. JULIEN, of that place aged 68 years. She was born in Owego, April 10, 1837, and went to Dixon, with Mrs. Eleanor TRUMAN in 1857, where two years later she was married to Mr. JULIEN, who with two children, Mrs. Jessie PRATT of Minneapolis, MN, and Augustus of Dixon survive her. MRS. NELLIE HUMISTON. Died, at Candor, NY, Tuesday, March 6, 1900, of convolutions, Nellie HUMISTON, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. HUMISTON, aged 13 years. Her illness has lasted a week or two but until Tuesday morning it was not considered to be serious. At 8 a. m. her father was summoned by telephone from this village and he went to Candor on the early train. Dr. W. A. AYER of this village was called out and he did all that he could but considered her case hopeless. Death occurred at 8 o'clock that evening. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 p. m. WILLIAM LEWIS HARRISON. Died, at Owego, NY, Saturday March, 4, 1900, of hernia, William Lewis HARRISON, aged 77 years. Mr HARRISON was a harness maker and had worked at the trade for many years in Owego. He was born in Haverstraw in 1823, came to Owego in 1830 where he has resided ever since. He was married in 1847 to Samantha BOWEN. He learned the harness making trade in all its branches of Jerold HUNTINGTON in early forties, afterwards, working for L'AMOREAUX Bros. He began business for himself in 1866, which he continued up to the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and four sons, Jerome, of Binghamton, John B. and William L. Jr., of Owego and Charles R. of Hornellsville. He was a descendant of Gen. Charles C. HARRISON of Virginia, who was a veteran of the revolution. The funeral was held Tuesday at 3 p. m, at the residence of his son John B., 19 John street, where his death occurred. WILLIAM BENSLEY. (Communicated) William BENSLEY died at his home in Barton, NY, Saturday, morning, March 3, 1900 of liver and kidney trouble. Had he lived until March 10, he would have been 75 years of age. He had been growing feeble in health for some time and on Thursday afternoon he fell on the floor and from that time grew steadily worse until his death. He is survived by his wife, who is 75 years of age, and three sons, Dewitt C. and W. HERBERT of Barton and John H, of Killawog, NY; also one brother John C, of Towanda, NY; and one sister, Mrs. George SNYDER of Owego. Mr, BENSLEY was born near Barton and had live in that vicinity nearly all his life. His father, John BENSLEY, was one of the pioneers, and he settled in 1803, in what is now known as the "cannon hole." Mr. BENSLEY was a kind husband and father, a good neighbor and an honorable up standing citizen and will be greatly missed. The funeral services were held Tuesday at two o'clock at the church, Rev. C. D. SKINNER, officiating, and his remains were laid to rest in the Barton cemetery beside those of his three children who passed over the river years ago. Among those present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. George SNYDER and daughter, Mrs. Elmer E. ROBERTSON, of Owego; J. H. BENSLEY of Killawog; William SWAIN, Jackson BUNNELL, and Mr. and Mrs. Ruston SMITH, of Waverly; Frances FIESTER of Sheshequin, PA, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles CARPENTER of Ross Hill. A CLERICAL MEETING. Revs. R. A. VOSE, C. M. BARTHOLOMEW, M. D. FULLER, D. D., and George D. YOUNG of Owego and Rev. A. Y. WILCOX of Newark Valley had a clerical meeting at the Baptist parsonage Monday. A paper on "The Holy Spirit" was read by Rev. A. Y. WILCOX and Rev. Dr. FULLER spoke on the same subject from a Methodist point of view. At the conclusion of the meeting Mrs. VOSE served a very enjoyable luncheon. This is proposed to be the first of a series of monthly meetings, the next which will be held the first Monday in April at the Congregational parsonage. WAVERLY ITEMS. D. F. STEVENS was sentenced to 20 days in jail at Owego by Justice HOAGLAND Saturday morning for taking a pair of trousers from in front of L. MILLER'S store on Broad street. The charge against him was petit larceny. Two women and a boy were before Justice HOAGLAND Saturday charged with stealing coal from the cars. Fines commensurate with the offence were imposed on the women. It will be cheaper for all concerned to buy coal in the future as the railroad companies have watchers on the alert and are bound to protect their interests. Offenders will be dealt with according to law. Waverly's charter election will be held March 22 and the Republicans have nominated the following ticket: President, Daniel V. PERSONIUS; trustees, Edward F. PERKINS; W. L. DeFOREST and Frank M. MUNN; Collector, Hatfield HALLETT; treasurer, O. J. HARDING; assessor, John SEACORD, three years, N. W. BARBER, two years and A. W. GORE, one year. Dr. J. T. TUCKER, Howard C. Van DUZEN and Moses E. SAWYER were appointed a committee to fill any vacancies which may occur. - Elmira Advertiser. BRIDGE AND MILL DAM GONE Word has come that the covered highway bridge across the Wappassening creek south of Nichols was washed away Thursday. A mill dam at Warren Center was also wrecked by the high water. THE NICHOLS BRIDGE BILL. M. S. LYNCH, Esq. representing the town of Tioga, and F. W, CLIFFORD, Esq., representing the board of supervisors of Tioga county were at Albany yesterday at the hearing given yesterday morning by the committee to which Assemblyman WITTER'S bill relative to legislating the action of the said board of supervisors relative to the Nichols-Tioga bridge question was referred. It was reported last evening in town that the bill had been killed in committee, but E. W. CLIFFORD, Esq., informs the RECORD that this is a misstatement, the vote being a tie, and the bill may be called up at a any time and reported favor. NO DAMAGE DONE. Miss Libbie, daughter of Arthur BODLE, whose home is east of this village, and who drives down mornings to school and back home nights, had her spirited horse hitched too tight Tuesday afternoon when she started home. She retained presence of mind and keep the horse in the track while it sped up Front street at a rapid gait and she succeeded in stopping it, although her arms were strained and lame from the exertion. AN ICE GORGE. The ice from Great Bend and from the Chenango river has lodged above Hiawatha island and loosened the south end of the Barton ferry lower cable and is piled so high it nearly touches the upper cable. APALACHIN'S NEW SPORT. The ice gorge at Hiawatha has raised the water in the river at Apalachin until the muskrats are driven to the open and the sportsman are gunning for them. OWEGOANS In NEW YORK. [New York, Feb.28. 1900.] The Owego people who registered at New York hotels during the week include, W. E. DOUGLAS, Continental; Mrs. J. W. RANKIN, Murray Hill; A. C. THOMPSON, St. Denis. Bill Grummons @ [email protected] Much more news of Tioga county may be gleaned at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytioga/index.htm