THE OWEGO, RECORD Tioga County News February 9, 1899 TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO OCCURRENCES IN AND ABOUT OWEGO DURING THE YEAR 1872. Mrs. John B. BRUSH died March 11, 1872 Anna DICKENSON lectured in Owego, Feb. 25. Harrison COREY sprained his ankle, Feb. 25. Roscoe CONKLING spoke at WILSON Hall, Oct. 8, The infant son of W. L. HOSKINS died, Jan. 30. 1872 The "TIOGA COUNTY RECORD" was enlarged, Jan. 1. T. L. GRISWOLD was principal of the Owego schools. Fred DOUGLASS lectured at WILSON Hall March 20. Tommy DODD was reinstated as an Erie conductor in April. ELY Bros. bought the PLATT & HULL drug store in November. Hon. Thomas FARRINGTON died, Dec. 2, 1872, in his seventy-fourth year. Edward E. STRAIT and Miss Ellie JOHNSON were married on Aug. 7, 1872. Charles P. STARR'S father, B. D. STARR died, Aug. 7, 1872, about 61 years. Lightning struck the L. D. DURPHY block doing slight damage, July 3. George TUCK and Miss Amalia Grant were married in Elmira, March 10, 1872 HOUK, DOUGHY & TRUESDALE moved to the new DECKER block April 1. Robert BANDLER and Miss Gussie FOX were married in Brooklyn, March 10, 1872. The Bristol Iron Works were in full blast with a large force of men in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. J. KENDALL observed their golden wedding anniversary at Richford, NY in May. 1872. The Democrats and liberals nominated Hon. Milo GOODRICH for congress. Freddie GREENLEAF, son of J. M. GREENLEAF died, Dec. 20, 1872, aged about 16 years. The last number of Horace A. BROOKS' paper, The "AHWAGA CHIEF," was issued Dec. 28, 1872. "Epizootic" was very prevalent among horses in Owego, in October and November . William A. SEWARD died, at his residence in Auburn, Oct. 12, 1872, he was ill five days. Dr. P. S. STERNS and Miss Ida Cornelia BENTON, were married in McLEAN, in September, 1872. Albert S. WILLIAMS and Miss Anna CASTERLINE, were married by Rev. W. H. KING, Sept. 11. 1872. Mrs. H. P. Van KIRK opened the :"Health Institute" at 45 East Main street in June. Charles ARCHIBALD skated from Owego to Binghamton in two hours and 30 minutes. The "OWEGO, RECORD" office was moved from North avenue to the new BUCKBEE block March 30, 1872. Mr. John B. G. BABCOCK died, April 14, 1872, and Enoch HOOKER, father of John J. HOOKER, April 18, 1872 Lyman SETTLE, was appointed police justice, in April, under an amendment to the village charter. Philo JEWETT, of Campville, was drowned while crossing the river on the ice at Apalachin, NY, March 28, 1872. Wheeler H. BRISTOL received the contract for erecting the state fair buildings in Elmira, in August. BAYETTE Bros., bought the DECKER store in 1872, and settled in Owego in the cigar making business. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin DEAN were enjoying a wedding trip to Chicago, about holiday time, in 1872-3. Tim ROBERTSON, chief of police, was presented with a seven-barrel revolver on Christmas day. Candor celebrated the Fourth of July in great style. Edward C. VanDUZER delivered the address. J. M. HASTINGS and G. E. PENDLETON succeed GOODRICH, CADY & Co, in the dry goods business in February. William A. SMYTH entered "THE TIMES" office, to assist his father in the editing and publishing of that paper, May 8. Prof. TENNEY, former principal of the Owego schools often occupied the pulpits of the village. On account of the "epizootic" in horses, KEELER and HOUK, are using ox teams for their heavy hauling. Mrs. Warren WILLSEY , of Candor. died, Aug. 11. 1872, aged 49 years, and Mrs. John McCARTHY of the same town, died, August 13, 1872, aged 68 years. C. C. BROOKS was elected sheriff in the fall of 1872, his son Edward was appointed deputy and occupied the sheriff's residence. William T. MATTHEWSON, a former grocer of Owego, fell from the second story window of the WYCKOFF block in Elmira, July 14, 1872, the result of somnambulism. Death was instantaneous. Bill Grummons @ [email protected] Much more news of Tioga county may be gleaned at: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~nytioga/index.htm>