THE OWEGO, RECORD Tioga County News January 11, 1900 CANDOR. Candor, Jan. 11, -- Veritas Lodge, No. 686, I. O. O. F. celebrated its sixth annual anniversary, with appropriated exercises in the lodge room. The following was the program. Selections from the phonograph, J. DIMON, prayer by Rev. M. T. MANUS, male quartet, C. F. FIEBIG, F. E. DEWEY, F. E. HUMISTON, F. L. HOYT, D. F. HOWARD; address of welcome, J. T. GRIDLEY, duet by Misses HALE; response to the address, Rev. M. T. MANUS; male quartet; recitation Mrs. Charles KETCHUM; male quartet: After the exercises, supper was served in the opera house. Frances SACKETT, May ROSE, Rule LEET, Neta FESSENDEN and Bertha ALLEN visited Mrs. Fred BURT at Canatonk Thursday evening. Mrs. Mary BROOKS of Orange, NJ, is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. L. FESSENDEN in town. Charles and F. L. HOYT have begun work on Dr. M. B. DEAN'S new house. Rev. M. T. MANUS preached at the M. E. church Sunday morning. A petition is being circulated to present to Congressman RAY for an increase of pension for Frank GIBBONS, who is totally blind. The selected and appointed chiefs of Oneka Tribe, 848, Imp. O. R. M., were raised Friday evening, Jan. 5, in the presents of members and their wives, and families by past Sachem Horace A. BOOTH, assisted by past Sachem A. A. MORES and W. L. WILKINS and Bryan CRONK, C. S. BOLTON and W. R. Van NORTON. After the ceremonies refreshments were served, following which J. H. DIMON, Candor's popular jeweler gave a phonographic entertainment which was greatly enjoyed by all. The company was also entertained by Mrs. Charles KETCHUM, who gave a recitation which received hearty applause. F. E. HUBBARD is in Livingston county buying furs for a large wholesale house. W. N. FESSENDEN of Kingston, NY is visiting friends in town. Frank LITTLE of Lestershire was in town Sunday and Monday visiting friends. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Waverly, Jan 5, -- John WATSON of this village, a colored lad of about 19 years, now lies in the Packer hospital at Sayre, where his left foot was amputated last night. WATSON'S misfortune was brought about as follows. He and another colored boy named Harry DORSEY had had some trouble with Jason BLOSSOM and fleeing from the wrath to come, for no man or boy ever yet antagonized "Uncle Jason" but they got the worst of it, the two boarded a Lehigh Valley freight train and started south. Near the Towanda bridge a trackman found WATSON lying beside the track with his foot crushed. He was taken to Dr. JOHNSON'S office in Towanda, who bound up the injured member, and had the boy returned to the Sayre hospital, in charge of "Ed" JUTER, a colored resident of Towanda. JUTER informed the young mans father that a gang of tramps on the same train had robbed the boys and then thrown them from the train. WATSON was relieved of his overcoat and hat and what money he had about his person. No trace of DORSEY as yet been found. PERSONALS Miss DELAVAN left for Syracuse Saturday after spending her vacation at home, to resume her studies at the university. County Clerk F. W. RICHARDSON was in Wyalusing, PA, in attendance at furneal of his cousin, James WALDO. Mrs. Albert MIDDAUGH of Reeds Corners, NY, is in town called here by the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. C. M. BARTHOLOMEW. Mrs. Robert JAGGARD of Williamsport, PA, has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. LaMONTE, 442 Front street for the past week. Charles STONE of 96 South Depot street went yesterday to Hornellsville, where he will commence his duties again as brakeman on the Erie. Sheriff F. G. THURSTON and B. F. BIRDSELL left Monday night for Montrose, PA, to witness the execution of the death penalty by hanging of SHEW and EAGAN Tuesday. Prof. Martin H. OFFINGER of the Buffalo Commercial and Electro-Machanical institute, Buffalo, spent part of his Christmas vacation at H. B. SMITH'S, Tioga Center. Fred A. DUNHAM, formerly a salesman at the STORRS & Co., hardware store but who has been on the road selling stoves through the southern states for several months, is in town. Junior Vice Commander J. S. GROSS of the department of state of New York, G. A. R., went to Albany today to attend a conference of the executive committee of the department. Miss Bessie GERE when to Rochester Friday to attend a reception given that evening in honor of Miss Marian JONES formerly of Owego, on account of which appears in today's RECORD. A. P. SEARLES of 85 Chestnut street, who has been suffering from a cold for the past five weeks, was taken much worse Sunday after the morning church service and was quite ill. He was better Monday afternoon. Miller HUNSBERGER, junior member of the firm of EMENS and HUNSBERGER, who sprained his knee Dec. 27, by falling through a trapdoor in a barn at Dryden, was able to resume work Friday but feels the effect of his injury. Mortimer H. GASKILL who is ill in the Homeopathic hospital at Rochester, has so far recovered from his several surgical operations that he sat propped up in bed a little while the other day. This is the first time he has sat up in 115 days. George SHAYS, who has recovered enough from his recent illness to be able to be out and attend, in a measure, to his business interests, is yet so extremely week that the least exertion fatigues him more then a day's hard work would have done before his illness. Platt DUNHAM, one of the well known older residents of the town of Owego, father of Charles DUNHAM of 398 Main street, is seriously ill with pneumonia at the home of his son, Platt DUNHAM, Jr., near Sulphur Springs. Bill Grummons > [email protected]