THE OWEGO RECORD. Tioga County News. March 22, 1900 OWEGO PERSONAL. W. J. CATLIN was in Ithaca Friday Scott HARRIS was in Binghamton today. C. J. EVELYN of Spencer was in town yesterday. Miss Clara NEWELL has returned from Albany. Rev. W. J. GREGORY of Nichols was in town Tuesday. Mayor COLBY went to Albany Tuesday afternoon Frank C. DEYO of Weltonville was in town Saturday. J. S. GROSS, Esq., was in Waverly Friday afternoon. A. S. BEERS made a Business trip to Elmira Tuesday Contractor Ralph D. GREENE is out after an illness of a week. L. T. GOODRICH has gone to Kasson, Minn., to visit relatives. F. A. DARROW, Esq., was in Ithaca Tuesday on legal business. Mr. and Mrs. F. CORTWRIGHT passed Sunday in Newark Valley. C. S. MALLERY of Owego spent yesterday in town. - Ithaca News. W. A. BURTON of Owego was in the city Tuesday.- Ithaca Journal. John F. WARD of the Awaga House is very ill with pneumonia. Jesse LEE of Port Jarvis is visiting his brother, A. S. LEE, this week. J. W. HOUK went to Owego this morning. - Ithaca News, Monday. Miss Clara McGIRR of Auburn was a guest over Sunday of Miss Nina PURPLE. Mrs. N. H. HUTCHINSON left this noon on the Lackawanna for Trumansburg. William McHENRY and family of Sayre went to Owego Tuesday. - Athens News. John A. BOOMER was in Virgil this week to secure a tenant for his farm. Mrs. TELLOCK has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leroy NEARING at Maine, NY. Misses MABEE are at Albany passing a few days with their father, F. N. MABEE. M. L. COMFORT went to Syracuse yesterday to attend the State Association of Opticians. Jack MORONI of Scranton was a guest Sunday at P. CUNEO'S 14 Front street. George FORSYTH of Lestershire is in town assisting his father, H. T. FORSYTH in painting. Mrs. Alice A. BURNETT left Thursday for a visit in Baltimore and Washington. Mrs. John JONES is in Ithaca for a few days, the guest of her daughter, Mrs. G. S. TARBELL. Charles T. ELLIS has been at home from New York, ill with grip, but was able to be out Monday. E. D. MANCHESTER of Potterville made a pleasure trip to Owego on Sunday. - Towanda Review. Rev. Edward SCARBORO was in Elmira Friday to attend the funeral of Rev. Thomas K. BEECHER. George J. CARTER, representing the Unitype company, was a welcome caller at the RECORD office, Friday Charles BARTON of Owego was in town Sunday, the guest of friends on the eastside. - Sayre Times. A. J. BALLOU will move from Canatonk, April 1, to the MILLER & MACKEY farm northeast of the village. Dr. D. A. HASTINGS, A. F. F. BURGER, A. W. PARMALEE and H. C. BROWN were in Binghamton Friday night. Leonard FOSTER is at home after passing a few days in New York on his return from Gloria, Cuba. J. S. NOSSER and Norman CHURCHILL of Greene were guests over Sunday of W. H. TUTTLE, 92 Adaline street. Dr. W. L. HILL was in New York over Sunday attending the "Ben-Hur" at the Broadway Saturday evening. Miss Lydia WOOD of 133 Temple street had the misfortune to fall Tuesday and fracture one of her legs. Rev. M. D. FULLER, D, D. went to Scranton Monday afternoon on the Lackawanna train 6, returning yesterday. Miss Elizabeth FRAWLEY of Owego is visiting her sister, Miss Katherine FRAWLEY of this place. - Waverly Advocate. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. CORDES and daughter of Tioga Center will leave tonight on Erie train 5 for Spokane, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. MEEKER of Danby drove to Owego Sunday afternoon for a visit with relatives, returning Monday. W. D. LAWRENCE of Sayre was in town this afternoon on business connected with the United States Express company. Samuel CRANCE of Owego was a guest Monday and Tuesday at the home of John BEECH in this place. -Van Etten Breeze. Miss Pitcher arrived last Friday via the Lackawanna from Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., where she has been passing some time. Mrs. Emma SWARTWOOD of New York is in town for a few weeks, visiting her mother, Mrs. R. W. CORTWRIGHT, 54 West Main Street. Lewis H. LEONARD has returned from Brooklyn, where he was called by the illness and death of his mother, Mrs. W. B. LEONARD. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. THOMAS and two sons arrived in town Monday noon from Reno, Nevada and are being welcomed home by their many friends. Mrs. Jane LIVERMORE of 113 North avenue, who was so ill at the time of the death of her sister, Mrs. Louise SEYMOUR, is improving quite satisfactorily. Mrs. C. S. Adams of Watertown is visiting her mother, Mrs. A. ORCUTT, 45 Fox street. Mr. ADAMS, who is business manager of the Watertown Standard, is expected to pass Sunday here and return home with his wife the first of next week. John TRUCK was convicted at Cortland Friday of murder in the first degree for killing F. W. MILLER of Virgil a year ago. Officer ALLEN took the four school house tramps to Syracuse Saturday to serve 60 days each at the Onondaga county penitentiary. Sheridan BIXBY of Morse's Lane is driving and collecting on the Wells Fargo Express company in place of Loren KYLE, who is ill. The formal announcement has been made of the engagement of John M. DAVIDGE and Miss Isabelle McCloud WINANS of Binghamton. C. S. BALLOU has purchased of O. T. GORMAN, a thoroughbred Guernsey bull; also a pair of bay geldings, weight 2,400 pounds, of J. C. ARMSTRONG. W. E. HARVEY who has been at Newark Valley for some time, is in town at the Birdsall House and had a bad time Tuesday afternoon with his lungs. We understand that J. Seth SMITH has rented the Wm. WILLIAMS place, just south of the village, and will move here from Owego. - Newark Valley Herald. WANTED AT ALBANY. Chief FOSTER of Albany reports that last Thursday two men entered a store between 11:30 and 12 in the morning and while one engaged the attention of the proprietor the other stole a large amount of money from the safe. In making his escape this man drew a revolver, which he pointed at the proprietors head. One of the men is described as about 29 or 30 years old, five feet ten inches in height, weighing about 155or 160 pounds and slim built. He had a short black mustache, and wore a short gray mixed coat, no overcoat and a dark, soft "cigarette" hat. His completion is very shallow. His partner is described as from 40 to50 years of age, five feet eight or nine inches tall, of stout build. he has a sandy moustache and florid completion and wore a dark blue overcoat with velvet collar, dark trousers and a dark derby hat. He has a very red face. A similar job, the notice said, was committed by the same men yesterday. Bill Grummons @ [email protected] Much more news of Tioga county may be gleaned at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytioga/index.htm