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William Maxwell,. 1829
William Jenkins, 1805
Thomas Farrington, IS35
Caleb Baker,
1 806
Nathaniel W. Davis, 18.40
Robert Lawrence, . 1808
Isaac S. Boardman, 1820
First Judges.
Abram Miller, 1791
Latham A. Burrows, - 1825
John Patterson, 1798
Grant B. Baldwin, IS28
John Miller,. 1 807 !
John R. Drake, . IS33
Emanuel Corvell,
1810
Stephen Strong, IS38
Gamaliel H. Barstow ISIS
Alanson Munger, 1843
Silas Hopkins, 1823
*The compiler of this chapter desires to express his acknowledgements to Mr. LeRoy W. Kingman for valuable assistance rendered him; and also for the liberty of selecting material from historial sketches prepared by Mr. Kingman and published in the Quese Gazette, of August 2, 9, and 16, 1883.
tDate of Elections.
Alansan Munger, IS44
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County Judges and Surrogates.
Charles P. Avery, 1847-55 Charles A. Clark, . 1872-83
Stephen Strong ... 1856-59 Charles E. Parker, .. . 1884-89
Thomas Farrington, . . 1860-71
Special Judges and Surrogates.
Charles A. Munger, 1853-55 | J. Newton Dexter, 1872-74
Alanson Munger, 1856-58 | Jacob B. Floyd,. 1875-77
William F. Warner, 1859-61 J. Newton Dexter, 1878-So
Alanson Munger, .. 1 862-64 D. Wellington Allen, .. . ISSI-S3
Charles A. Munger, . 1865-67 Adolphus G. Allen, . ... 1884-86
Adolphus G. Allen, 1868-70 Judge F. Shoemaker,. . 1887-89
James B. Caryl, 1871
Judges of Common Pleas and Sessions.
Joshua Mersereau,
1
John Miller,
1798
Elijah Buck,
1
John H. Knapp, John McConnell, 1825
Emanuel Coryell, Caleb Baker,
Darius Bently,
J. Talcott Waldo, IS27
Phineas Catlin, Lewis Beers, 1 18IO
John G. McDowell, -
Joseph Speed,
Joseph L. Darling,
Elijah Shoemaker, IS32
George Fisher, 1833
J. Westlake, Ira Clizbee, 1836
Stephen Beers,
Samuel Barager,
Thomas Floyd,
1820
Elisha P. Higbee, 1838
William Jenkins,
Arthur Yates,
Clark Hyatt, 1844
Assistant Justices:
John Konkle, Thomas Floyd, John Robinson, Joel Smith,
1. Talcott Waldo, Thomas Yates,
1810
John Cantine, Benjamin Wynkoop, Elijah S. Hinman,
LIS16
Justices of Sessions.
1848-49 - Gamaliel H. Barstow, Samuel Barager, 1 1850
Jacob Willsey, Henry Miller. Benjamin Jennings, L 1
IS2I
Latham Burrows, David Williams, 1823
John R. Drake, I828
Henry Wells, August Boyer, 1814 John Cantine, Joshua Ferris, Noah Goodrich, 1816
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J. Talcott Waldo, Israel S. Hoyt,
Samuel C. Bidwell, - 1870
John H. Yontz, Luther B. West, IS71
Sylvester Knapp,
1852 H. H. Bidwell,
Oliver A. Barstow,
Luther B. West,
1872
Gaylord Willsey, Aug. T. Garey, 1854
Daniel B. Nash, 1873
Robert B. Miller, 1 1855-56
Anson M. Kimball, 1874
Samuel Barager, 1
John C. Parmelee,
Nathaniel F. Moore,
Daniel B. Nash, 7
John L. Howell,
John C. Parmelee,
Nathaniel F. Moore,
1858
Robert B Miller,
Edwin H. Schoonover,
Chas. F. Curtis,
Aug. T. Garev,
1859
Robert B. Miller.
1877
Robert B. Miller,
IS60
Junius Collins,
IS78
Robert B. Miller,
1861
Charles F. Curtis, 1879
Samuel C. Bidwell,
John C. Parmelee,
ISSO
Samuel Barager,
Daniel B. Nash,
Horace C. Hubbard,
Ira Hoyt,
ISSI
William E Gee,
1864
Noah Goodrich,
Lorain Curtis, 1865
John C. Parmelee,
ISS3 -
Samuel Barager,
Ira Hoyt,
1
John H. Yontz,
Noah Goodrich,
Samuel C. Bidwell,
Ira M. Howell,
IS85-86
William F. Belden,
1867
Ira Hovt,
Herbert Richardson, 1
1 86S
Ira M. Howeil.
Herbert Richardson, 1
1 869
District Attorneys.
William Stuart, 1795 Stephen Strong 1844
Vincent Matthews .. 1813 Ezra S. Sweet, 1847
John L. Tillinghast, ISIS
Alanson Munger. . 1850
William Maxwell, 1822
Benjamin F. Tracy, 1853
Eleazar Dana, IS23
Delos (). Hancock, IS50
Aaron Konkle, IS26
Isaac S. Catlin,.
1865
Andrew K. Gregg. 1835
Delos O. Hancock.
Stephen Strong, 1836
Eugene B. Gere .. . 18:0
Ezra S. Sweet, .IS38 Lyman Settle, .. 1873
John J. Taylor. 1841
Howard J. Mead, 1880
George S. Camp, 1843 John G. Sears, IS86
I857
Gershom A. Clark,
1876
Thomas Yates,
Daniel B. Nash,
Lorain Curtis,
Gershom A. Clark,
Samuel Barager,
I862
Samuel Barager, 1863
George H. Grafft.
William B. Georgia, 1882
Luther B. West,
Oscar Glezen,
1866
Ira Hovt, 1 - ISS4
John H. Yontz, 1
Junius Collins,
4. 1887
William F. Belden.
1853.
Samuel Barager, 1
George Cooper, Luther B. West,
IS75
J. Talcott Waldo,
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County Clerks.
Thomas Nicholson,. . . . . 1791-92
Matthew Carpenter, .1792-1817
Thomas C. Platt, 1859-61 Thomas Maxwell, 1817-28
Horace A. Brooks, 1862-73
John J. VanKleek,
I874-76
John C. Gray, ..
1877-82
Moses Stevens, 1844-52 John J. VanKleeck 1883-88
Sheriffs.
James McMaster, . 1791
Joseph Hinchman 1795
Edward Edwards, 1799
John J. Sackett, 1846
Nathan H. Woodford, IS49
John Cantine, 1804
William Woodruff, I 805
Samuel Mills,
I855
William Jenkins, 1806
Daniel L. Jenks, 1858
Jonathan Platt,
ISIo Frank L. Jones ..
1860
Miles Forman, .
ISII
Jonathan Platt, 1813
Miles Forman,
1815
Elijah S. Hinman, ISI9
Henry Wells,
ISI9
Miles Forman, .
1821 :
Thomas F. Pearl,.
I 869
Charles C. Brooks,
1872
William H. Rightmire,
1875
Timothy Robertson,
1878
Burr J. Davis, .
1881
Charles Rodman
1884
County Treasurers.
Jonathan Fitch, 1793
William P. Stone, 1847
Orringh Stoddart, 1795 Charles Platt,. IS48 .
David Pixley; 1798
Franklin Slosson, I851
Samuel Tinkham, 1 803
Ezra S .. Buckbee,
1854
Joshua Ferris, IS04-36
Gordon G. Manning, 1860
John Carmichael,. 1837 John B. Brush, 1863
Daniel Armstrong IS43 Eli W. Stone, 1872
Franklin Slosson, 1846 Charles F. Parmele,. 188I
1.
Barney M. Stebbins,
1864
Lewis W. Truesdell,
1866
William Jenkins,
1822
E. Shoemaker, .
1825
Henry McCormick, 1828
Lyman Covell, 1831
John Jackson,
IS34
Prentice Ransom,
1837
Robert L. Fleming,. IS40
Charles R. Barstow, 1843
Guy Maxwell, 1800
Robbins D. Willard, 1852
Barney M. Stebbins, 1860
Hiram W. Shoemaker 1861
Joseph B. Upham,
I 864
David Wallis, .1835-43
LeRoy W. Kingman,. . I853-58
Green M. Tuthill, 1829-34
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CHAPTER V.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS-TURNPIKES-NAVIGATION OF THE SUSQUEHANNA EARLY MAIL ROUTES-CAYUGA AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD-NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILROAD-SOUTHERN CENRRAL RAILROAD-GENEVA, ITHACA AND SAYRE RAILROAD -ELMIRA, CORTLAND AND NORTHERN RAILROAD-DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD.
T HE internal improvements of our state were commenced at the close of the last century, and were a stupendous under- taking. More than half of the state was in forest. To make passable roads through an almost unbroken wilderness, over rugged mountains, and to bridge swift and broad streams, required indomitable energy and an unshaken faith in the future growth and prosperity of the state. We cannot withhold our admiration of the wisdom of those men upon whom devolved the duty of shaping legislation upon this subject. The plan adopted was that of granting charters to companies for the construction of turnpikes in all parts of the state. The first act affecting the county of Tioga was the appointment of commissioners, in 1797, to lay out a turnpike from " Kaatskill Landing," on the Hudson, to the town of Catharines, in Tioga (now Tompkins) county. The completion of this work led subsequently to the construc- tion, by citizens of Owego and Ithaca, of the Owego and Ithaca Turnpike, and, as early as 1816, Tioga county appears to have had connection with all the great thoroughfares of the state.
The next step in the matter of internal improvements was the construction of canals. The Hudson and Erie was opened for traffic in 1825, to the great advantage of the state at large, but with very little direct benefit to the people of Tioga county, indeed it rather retarded the growth and prosperity of the county. We return for a moment to the period of the construc- tion of the Ithaca and Owego Turnpike. The opening of this avenue gave an outlet from the north, through the county, to Owego upon the Susquehanna, and a very considerable traffic in salt, plaster, flour and grain was carried on to supply the markets in Pennsylvania and Maryland. A circumstance connected with the construction of this turnpike is perhaps of sufficient interest
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to be noticed. A "contest arose between the owners of the two rival taverns on Front street, the Bates tavern and the Franklin, as to the terminus of the road at Owego. The present McMaster street was the original highway leading northward from the village. Each of the owners of these public houses strove to secure the terminus at his inn. The contest was sharp and even bitter. The proprietors of the turnpike finally compromised the matter by fixing the terminus of the road at the intersection of North avenue with Main street, about midway between the rival taverns.
Large store-houses were built at Owego, and for many years this was the principal source of supply of the above mentioned articles for a large territory. The traffic became so large, in fact, that in 1824 an effort was made to navigate the Susquehanna by steamboat, but which was not only a failure but caused a serious disaster by the explosion of its boiler. The river furnished means of transportation by canoes and the Durham boat, propelled by the use of setting-poles, and later, by a modern "ark," which, like the ephemeron, had but a brief existence, terminating with a single voyage down the Susquehanna. By means of these Dur- ham boats and arks an extensive traffic was maintained. The citizens of the county, not willing to be left behind in the growing prosperity of the state, with commendable energy obtained a charter, in 1828, for a railroad from Ithaca to Owego, which was opened for use in 1834, the cars being propelled by horse- power, making a line of communication with Cayuga lake and the Erie canal. Direct communication with the city of New York was accomplished by the extension of the Erie railroad to Owego in the month of June, 1849.
A second effort was made, about 1835, to navigate the Susque- hanna by steam-power. The Susquehanna Steamboat and Naviga- tion company was formed, which procured the construction of a stern-wheel boat. This novel attempt at river navigation also proved unsuccessful. It served to illustrate, however, the enter- prise of the commercial men of that period, and their desire to keep abreast with the internal improvements going forward in other portions of the state.
At the first session of the VIth Congress of the United States, 1709-1Soo, a mail-route was established from the Hudson, by way ¿ Kaatskill, Harpersfield, Oleout, Unadilla and Windsor, in New York, to Tioga Point (Athens), Pa. The same act provided for a mail-route from Wilkesbarre, by way of Wyalusing, Tioga
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Point, Newtown (Elmira), Painted Post and Bath, to Canandaigua. It is difficult to conceive how a mail could have been conveved over these routes, where there were neither roads nor bridges. For fifteen years, however, the pioneer had been dependent upon private hands, and chance ways and means for receiving by letter or verbal communication, intelligence from distant friends. A postoffice was established at Owego, with Stephen Mack as post- master, about 1803. In 1814 the mail was carried between Chenango Point and Tioga Point in a one-horse wagon. This was continued until 1816, when Conrad Peter commenced carry- ing the mail between Owego and Newburg, on the Hudson, in a wagon drawn by four horses. Nine years later (1825), Stephen B. Leonard established a line of coaches running twice a week between Owego and Bath, Steuben county. Subsequently Lewis Manning and his son, Chester J. Manning, of Owego, Major Morgan, of Chenango Point, Cooley and Maxwell, of Newtown (Elmira), and John McGee, of Bath, became the proprietors of the great Southern Tier Mail and Passenger Coach Line, between Newburgh and Bath, which became a daily line and was con- tinued until the opening of the New York and Erie railroad, in 1849. Thus the first fifty years of this century were a period in which were made three marked advances in the mail service : first, from the irregular and chance service, to one at intervals of two weeks ; second, a mail twice each week, and improving to a daily delivery ; third, the present mail service by railroad. beginning in I849.
The changes wrought in the facilities for travel, commerce, transportation of the mails, and by the invention of the telegraph, all within the past forty-five years, are as marvelous asany of the thousand-and-one tales of the " Arabian Nights" Entertainment." As an illustration of the magnitude of these changes let it be noted that towns distant from each other twenty miles by coach have practically been rendered but two miles apart by the intro- duction of the railroad.
The Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad was the second rail- road chartered in this state. It was incorporated January 28. 1828, with a capital stock of $150,000.00 and authorized to con- struct a road from Ithaca to Owego. No attempt, however, was made to construct the road until the building of the Chemung canal from Elmira to Watkins. The successful accomplishment of this project was regarded by the citizens of Ithaca and Owego as detrimental to the interests of their towns, and a movement
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was started by Simeon De Witt, then a resident of Ithaca, and others to build the road. In March 1832, the capital stock was increased to $300,000.00 and the road was opened in April, 1834. In the following month the capital stock was increased to $450,- 000.00 and in April, 1838, the legislature authorized a loan to the company of $250,000.00 taking a lien upon the road and its appurtenances. The "panic" of 1837 crippled the company ; it failed to pay the interest to the state, and on May 20, 1842, the comptroller sold it at auction to Archibald McIntire and others. The road as originally constructed was twenty-nine miles in length, with two inclined planes ascending from Ithaca. The first of these was 1,73313 feet long, with 405 feet rise, and the second was 2,125 feet in length, with a rise of one foot in twenty- one. The total elevation in eight miles was 602 feet above its southern terminus at Ithaca. It was operated on the first plane by a stationary steam-engine, while horses were used as the motive-power on the balance of the road. After passing into the hands of Mr. McIntire, the inclined planes were replaced by others of lesser grade, traversing the mountain in a zigzag man- ner, and locomotives superseded the horse-power and stationary engine. The main line of the road is now 34.61 miles in length, and the total track mileage is 40.61. The road is leased to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company, and is operated by them as the Cayuga division.
The New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad company was incorporated as the New York and Erie Railroad company, April 24, 1832. In 1861 it was re-organized as the Erie Railway company, which organization was continued until 1878, when it was again re-organized, this time as the New York, Lake Erie and Western. The first section of this road was opened for traffic from Piermont to Goshen, in 1841 ; from Goshen to Mid- dletown in June, 1843 ; to Port Jervis in January, 1848 ; to Bing- hamton in December, 1848 ; to Elmira in October, IS49; to Corn- ing in January 1850; and through to Dunkirk, the then western terminus, May 14, 1851. The opening of the road brought a wealthy and comparatively isolated section of the state in com- munication with the sea-board, and soon became the outlet for a large Western traffic. Although the " Erie," as it is familiarly known, has had a checkered career, it has ever been regarded as one of the representative railways of the United States. The road crosses the towns of Owego, Tioga, and Barton, in Tioga county.
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The Southern Central Railroad company was incorporated in September, 1865, as the Lake Ontario, Auburn & New York railroad, but subsequently its present corporate title was substi- tuted. The company as originally organized was authorized to construct a road from Fair Haven, on Lake Ontario, to Athens, near the Pennsylvania state line. Twenty-five miles of the road were opened in 1869; forty-three in 1870; twenty-seven in 1871 ; and the remaining twenty-two miles in the winter of 1871-72. The Southern Central railway is 117 miles in length. It crosses the towns of Richford, Berkshire, Newark Valley, Owego, Tioga and Barton, in Tioga county. On January 1, 1887, the road was leased to the L. V. R. R. Co. for a period of 975 years.
The Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company is successor to the Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroad Company, which was formed by a consolidation, May 25, 1874, of the Ithaca and Athens and the Geneva and Ithaca Railroad Companies. The former was opened in 1871, the latter in 1874. Having defaulted in payment of interest, the G. I. & A. R. R. was placed in the hands of a receiver, March 24, 1875, and re-organized under its present name, October 2, 1876. On April 5, 1879, the Cayuga Southern Railroad, by an act of the legislature, was consolidated with the G. I. & S. R. R. Co., and now forms a part of its line. The former road was organized as the Cayuga Lake Railroad in 1867 ; opened May 1, 1873; sold under foreclosure July 26, 1877, and re-organized. The G. I. & S. R. R. enters the southwestern part of the county, and after passing through a part of Barton, enters Chemung county, to appear in Tioga county again, pass- ing through the town of Spencer.
The Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad Company is a re-organization, March 7, 1884, of the Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railroad Company. That company was constituted by a con. solidation of the Ithaca and Cortland, and Utica, Horseheads and Elmira Railroad Companies, the former of which was organized July 31, 1869, and the latter April 2, 1870. It traverses the towns of Spencer and Candor, in Tioga county.
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, as it passes through Tioga county, traversing the towns of Owego and Nichols, was originally built as the New York, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. In October, 1882, it was leased to the Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, thus extend- ing that company's line through to Buffalo.
TIOGA COUNTY.
CHAPTER VI.
NEWSPAPERS OF OWEGO-OF WAVERLY- OF NEWARK VALLEY-OF SPENCER -- OF CANDOR.
T HE first newspaper published in this part of the State of New York was The American Constellation. It was estab- lished November 23, ISoo, and was dated at " Union, Tioga County, N. Y.," although it was really printed at Chenango- village. a small settlement on the Chenango river, about one mile above the present city of Binghamton. Mr. Cruger after- ward removed his printing office to Owego. The name of the paper was changed in August, ISO3, to The American Farmer, and some time afterward Stephen Mack became its publisher. In the winter of IS13, Stephen B. Leonard purchased a one half interest in the paper. June 15, 1814, after the death of Judge Mack, Mr. Leonard changed the name of the paper to The Owego Gazette, which name it still bears. In October, IS27, Jonas B. Shurtleff became Mr. Leonard's partner. This partnership continued two years, when Mr. Shurtleff withdrew from the firm. John J. C. Cantine was Mr. Leonard's partner from 1833 to 1835. In the fall of the latter year the establishment was sold to Shurtleff & Bull. In July 1836, Mr. Shurtleff purchased his partner's inter- est and continued the publication of the paper until February, 1839, when Edward P. Marble became the proprietor. In December, IS41, the paper passed into the hands of Charles C. Thomas, and Alanson Munger became its editor. July 15, 1842, Thomas Woods succeeded Mr. Thomas as proprietor of the paper, and Gideon O. Chase became the editor. In January, 1843, Hiram A. Beebe purchased the paper, subject to a chattle mortgage of $400, which had been given by Mr. Marble. At this time the division of the Democratic party into "Hunkers" and "Barnburners" occurred. The leaders of the "Barnburners" induced Mr. Woods to foreclose the mortgage, and the establish- ment was sold to Mr. Woods. Mr. Beebe at once secured a new press and material and opened a new office. The result was that two papers called The Owego Gazette were published at the same time. A suit brought to collect payment for certain
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legal advertising, resulted in a decision in favor of Mr. Beebr, court holding that the sale of the Gasette printing office on : mortgage foreclosure did not include the good will or the nat. of the paper. Mr. Woods was accordingly compelled to desea tinue the publication of his paper. Mr. Beebe sold the Gazettet Thomas Pearsall, in July, 1845, who sold it to David Wahr & Son, in March, 1846. The next year Mr. Beebe repurchase the paper. In August, 1871, he sold a one-half interest in the establishment to LeRoy W. Kingman. In September, ISSo, the latter became sole proprietor. The Gasette has always bec. Democratic in politics.
On the 2d of September, 1828, Stephen S. Chatterton contr menced the publication of the Owego Free Press, and supporte i John Quincy Adams, the Republican (or Whig) candidate for President. Gen. Jackson, the Democratic candidate, was elected and after the election the publication of the paper was discol. tinued.
The organ of the old Whig party, the Owego Advertiser. was established in Owego, in 1836, and its first number was issued March 25th. In June, 1853, the establishment was sold to a stock company, composed of William Smyth and eleven other persons, and the office was leased for one year to Powell & Barnes. A: the same time the name of the paper was changed to the Souther :: Tier Times. Mr. Smyth purchased the interests of the other stockholders, in June, 1854. June 7, 1855, he changed the name to Owego Times. In 1872, Mr. Smyth took his son, Wm. A. Smyth, into partnership, and the paper has since been published : by Wm. Smyth & Son. Since the formation of the Republican party the Times has been its organ.
The division of the Democratic party in this state into two factions, one of which was known as the " Free Soil" Democrats. resulted in the establishment of a "Free Soil" newspaper in Owego. It was called The Tioga Freeman. Its editor was Gideon O. Chase, it was owned by a stock company, and John Dos was the publisher. Its first number was issued May 2, 1848. In September, 1849, the office was destroyed by fire and its publi- cation was discontinued.
In April, 1853, Chas. P. Avery, Thomas C. Platt, Chas. . 1. Munger, and others, issued the first number of a monthly ma .. azine called St. Nicholas. It was published one year. It con- tained among other thingsa series of papers entitled " The Susque-
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hanna Valley," written by Judge Avery, and which have been the foundation of all early history of Tioga county.
August 23, 1855, Andrew H. Calhoun issued the first number of the Owego American, the organ of the American, or "Know- Nothing " party. Its business office was in Owego, but the paper was printed on the press of The American Citizen at Ithaca. Mr. Calhoun was the " Know-Nothing" candidate for State Senator and was defeated. At the conclusion of the campaign the publi- cation of the paper was discontinued.
In 1870, Charles H. Keeler, the proprietor of a job printing office, commenced the publication of a small advertising sheet, for free circulation, known as the Trade Reporter. It was enlarged and called the Tioga County Record, March 18, 1871. August 3, 1885, the paper was sold to C. S. Scott and is now published as a daily and weekly, by Messrs. Scott & Watros.
The defection of a large number of the prominent men of the Republican party, known as Liberal Republicans, resulted in the establishment of an organ in Owego. It was called The Ahwaga Chief, and its first number was issued February 23, 1872. Its last number was published November 1, 1872, with the close of the Presidential campaign.
The publication of The Workingman, the organ of the Green- backers, was commenced in Owego, November 1, 1877, by two printers, Webster & Graves. It died a natural death with its issue of February 28, 1879.
Benjamin B. F. Graves commenced the publication of a news- paper in the interest of Temperance on the 18th of January, 1879. It was entitled The Family Journal and Temperance Advo- cate, and was published but five weeks.
Another Temperance organ, The Resolute, was published the same year. Its first number was dated April 12, 1879. Its editors were G. M. Jordan and G. W. Tyson. It expired with its thirty-fourth issue, November S, 1879.
The Owego Blade, a Republican newspaper was established January 1, 1880, by McCormick & Young. It afterward became the property of Eugene B. Gere, who published it until April, 1887, when it was discontinued.
The first number of the Owego Press, a monthly newspaper devoted to educational matters, was issued by C. R. Burnette, in September, 1886, and expired with its twelfth issue, August, ISS7.
Daily Journalism in Owego .- The first attempt to establish a daily newspaper in Owego was made in 1838, by Mr. Calhoun,
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publisher of the Owego Advertiser. Its first number was issued October ISth, in that year. It was published but a few weeks.
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