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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
9
Local notes report floods affecting Mansfield and Wellsville with property loss valued at $100,000. Community events include Uncle Tom's Cabin performances, Strawberry markets, and church meetings. Erie rail changes and factory plans mix with farm notes and a memorial for Darius Thurston.
Irregular updates from Friendship describe visitors and residents in Buffalo and nearby towns. Names include Mrs 8 M Norton Mrs A Bach Mrs G A Stillman and Floyd Kenyon with local mentions of weddings flood impacts and travel to Buffalo Niagara and Bolivar. Old ties to Colfax and local families appear amid routine society chatter and transit notes.
Judson Bellamy's family evacuated their home while Kendrick Hyde's house was briefly submerged. Stillman Davis reports the mill dam and raceway washed away, with damages around $1500. Col A J Wellman’s farm fields overflown and fences torn. David Spyder’s barn and local structures damaged. King's flat house floated away with five cutters lost or damaged. Lands of Andrew Hoadley and Samuel Cornwell buried under gravel. vinegar losses at Watson and Bradley Taylor factories near Van Capen. Total regional losses estimated near $1,000,000. rail bridge near Belont untouched. Repairs and reconstruction will be lengthy with multiple reports of washed-out bridges and extensive flood debris across the area.
Register correspondence reports heavy rain last week causing bridge and property damage in the area. Water reached foot-deep levels on Min Street and near-drowning incidents occurred as residents faced flooding. Decoration Day observances honored veterans, and local gossip and disputes included a schoolhouse argument, a handkerchief theft claim, and talk of church tensions.
Mr Silas Burchelk and family visit relatives at Dodge's Creek while Chas Tyler returns from Holly Pa. Cemetery care, stone placements, and monument donations mark family memorials. Equitable Aid holds ice cream festival raising five dollars. A severe May 30 to June 1 flood devastates Belmon t area with two foot water rise and damaged mills and shops.
Early Saturday a bridge abutment failed at Hood and Bradley’s mill area causing the west span to drop into the water. About twenty people were on the structure. Chauncey Sterhs and William Aller perished with others missing. Bodies found Monday on Tracy’s flats. Frank Thorpe reported missing from Belvidere.
Memorial Day activities in Friendship included an Academy hall gathering to hear Prof. L. C. Rogers of Alfred Centre recount national heroism. The town honored veterans with cemetery services at Mt. Hope, a strong choral program directed by Dr. Baxter, and efforts to revive local musical culture faced rain.
Cheese offerings totaled 3950 boxes with Marshfield 1300 Cloverfield 1300 Springfield 900 and Johnsonburg 450. The May week make blended fodder and grass with improved quality and firmer tone fueled by New York advices. Bids opened at 84 cents and rose to 88 cents as sales completed. local sales in Cattarango Randolph Franklinville Sinclairville ranged 78 to 81.5 cents. New York market closed with good temper and clear week supplies amid favorable weather. Butter prices remained well sustained with fancy colored at 8 cents and fancy white quoted similarly.
The Barnum of Them All tour presents Uncle Tom's Cabin with W N Adams Original Pavilion. Stetson as Mark, Birdie Blakely as Topsy, Nanie Evans as Ky a big company of 40 actors and 40 horses with Siberian bloodhounds. Parade at noon Saturday June 5. Admission 14 and 25 cents. Tent on Stanton's lot south of town. Ladies of the V R C No 90 meet Friday at Memorial Hall for important business.
A mother extols a teething lotion as a life saving remedy for her infant and asks if overuse is dangerous. Dr Hand replies advising cautious use and explains how undigested food and colic may stem from other causes. Sold by W. H. Scott and A. V. Jones, druggists in Friendship New York.
Pursuant to an order of the Allegany County Court dated May 27 1889 the undersigned as assignee of Noah S Blossom insolvent debtor will sell at public auction at the front door of the Citizen's National Bank in Friendship on June 15 1889 at eleven oclock in the forenoon. The sale includes a large amount of book accounts judgments and notes in favor of the assignee against residents of Friendship and vicinity. Terms of sale cash. Dated May 27 1889 Torn Horror
Advertises free copy of A Treatise on the Diseases of the Hare by Dr. B J Kendall Co Enosburgh Vermont. Claims standard authority with over four million copies sold in ten years and invites readers to send address with a two-cent stamp to obtain the work. Offer valid for a short time three weeks.
The notice states Rose Tyler Coon has left the home and that no person should furnish or charge any item to the author’s account for her after May 12, 1889. Dated Friendship. Signed by the petitioner with an unclear name.
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