THE OWEGO, RECORD June 18, 1891 CANDOR. Candor, June 16, - The road bridge at Hubberdtown has been discontinued. Supervisor JENNINGS got the consent of taxpayers in that neighborhood and the town board was called together Tuesday and officially closed the bridge. This removes another old landmark, but the taxpayers will not complain. Mrs. James BARNES and Miss Carrie BARNES are visiting friends in Hornbrook, PA.. Miss Villa SEAGERS of Ithaca is home for a few days. Rev. A. G. BLOOMFIELD has a strawberry on exhibition at the post office which measures six inches in circumference. The same stem had four others measuring nearly the same. I. G. PESOS, deputy grand dictator for the Knights of Honor, made the Candor lodge an official visit Monday night. Slate for the roof of F. W. SMITH'S new home arrived Tuesday. Clarence JOHNSON and wife of Owego visited Frank Holmes' Sunday. Mrs. M. L. BOSTWICK is threatened with typhoid fever. Mrs. E. McCONNELL is at Monreton, PA, called there by the illness of her mother. Died, Monday, June 15, 1896, Daniel LOUNSBERRY, aged 60 years. He is survived by his daughter. Mrs. Frank DEWEY. The funeral was held from his residence Wednesday afternoon. Rev. A. G. BLOOMFIELD officiated. Mrs. Jesse SACKETT has returned to her home at Great Bend. Rev. Kengo MORIYA, a Japanese student of Syracuse university, will preach Sunday morning and evening in the M. E. church. Mrs. Henry FISHER of Rushville is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin JENNINGS. Children's day was observed by the Baptist and Methodist churches Sunday. The churches were trimmed with ferns, evergreens and flowers. The exercises at the M. E. church were conducted wholly by the little ones and were among the best ever given in the church. Rev. S. D. GILPIN gave a history of the origin and keeping of the day in the evening. Monday evening, June 22, the promotion exercises of the academy will be held, followed by a nice ice cream and strawberry festival, in which everyone is cordially invited. The receipts are to be given to the school library. The following Wednesday evening, June 24, the regular commencement exercises will be held. SUICIDE NEAR DANBY. Candor, June 12, (Special) - William REED, aged 26 years, son of Wadsworth REED, who lives about six miles from here, committed suicide today by hanging. He was dead when found. He was a married man and father of two children. He had shown evidence of insanity for some time. Dr. WASHBURN will hold an inquest. WEST CANDOR. West Candor, June 16 - Luther SAWYER and wife of Halstead recently visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. Ira SAWYER of this place. Ally VOCE is in some part of the west whether on pleasure bent or seeking his fortune is not known. Mrs. Earl HANES of Owego is visiting in this place. Mrs. Rose EMERSON is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred BARNES. Rev. Mr. BLOOMFIELD of Candor preached a very able and instructive discourse at the school house Sunday afternoon. Efforts will be made to secure his service here during the summer. James MONROE was in Owego Sunday. Mrs. B. KIRK has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. WHITE of Lounsberry. Sylvester ROSS of Auburn accompanied by his wife visited his brother, Dewitt ROSS of this place, as well as his brother, Bryon ROSS of Candor and other relatives at Willseyville. Miss Mable WOODFORD anticipates a new wheel. An ice cream social for the benefit of the Christian Endeavor of this place is being agitated. A SUSQUEHANNA SURPRISED A Susquehanna man, while crossing the river bridge last night about 10 o'clock, was ordered by a descendant of Jesse James to "hold up his hands." Instead of obeying the command he reached for his revolver and the highwayman took the "leg bail." - Susquehanna Transcript. MARRIAGE RECORD GEER - MCLEAN Married at Owego, NY, Wednesday, June 17, 1896, by Rev. M. D. FULLER, pastor of the First Methodist church, Andrew H. GREER and Miss Anna McLEAN. The ceremony was preformed at 3 p. m. at the residence of the brides mother, Mrs. Marilla McLEAN, 242 East Temple street and was as pretty a quiet home wedding as one ever sees. There were only the immediate relatives and intimate friends of the two families. The groom is the youngest son of R. J. GREER of 113 Liberty street and is one of the most popular young men in his large circle of friends. The bride is a charming young lady whose home for a number of years has been in Owego, where she has a host of admiring friends. The parlor where the ceremony was performed was very tastefully decorated with ferns, water lilies and beautiful June roses. The bride looked lovely in a suit of drab with trimmings of white satin and lace and carried a bunch of white roses tied with white ribbons. After congratulations were over Mr. and Mrs. GREER started amid a shower of rice and with good wishes of friends on Erie train 1 for Buffalo and Niagara Falls, on their return will visit in Elmira. They received many elegant presents from loving friends, who join in wishing them a long and happy life. Bill Grummons [email protected]