New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
NOTE THE EMPIRE STATE
COUNTY STATISTICS FROM HoRNELLsvrLLE
A VENERABLE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE


A VENERABLE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE
PERSONAL.
HoRyrtIsyiLLr Nov 27.- The Board OF Super
yisors for this county which has been in session lot
about ten days at Bath closed its business last
week and adjourned. The following interesting
items appear in the record There are s3Z'ooo
acres of land in the county. The real and personal
estate is assessed at over S25.00O,OOO The county
has n nonulation of over 80 900 and last year paid
so4O 600 in taxes The number of patients Mt the
Willard Insane Asylum charged to the county is
forty-ive and the keeping of them for the present
year is estimated at $685.. There are fve dear
mutes at the Western New-York Institute for Dear
Mutes at Rochester, whose keeping and tuition tor
the past year cost T1.225 The county has nifty
patients Mt the BinghamtOn Insane Asy lum at aa
annual expense of $500 On Novem Der, 1883,
there were ifty-nine panDers at the county house.
There were received during the year l3l making
"A total of 1913. The whole number OF weeks p0ard
furnished to the inmates of the County House
during the year was 3, 1856 The number OF INN 'tes
during each week averaged 7l.63: Inc total
amount of expense incurred In running the PO0r
HOuse, including incidental expenses during the
year, was $4,l21 o. showing the average cost OF
supporting each pauper per week to he ~ 10 ID.
There has been expended in the comfy for tenn
porary outdoor relief OF paupers during the past
year the sum of 1896 81. There has been ex-
pended in tho various towns OF the county on
account of paupers having no legal settlement IN
any town. and for expenses incident to the examln.
atoms maintenance and transportation OF I'dlBenI
insane persons, the sum OF S5,s55 o. mere were
raised during the year on the County Farm 2,5oi
bushels of produce, forty-ive tons OF nay ana
straw and 800 head of cabbages.
An amusing and novel suit was disposed OF az
Corning last week before the Supreme Conrt: III
was an action for breach OF promise OF marriage.
The title of the was Jane Austin against
James Travis The plaintiff is sixty-iive years Old
and the defendant sixty-four Both have growm-up
children and bad lost their other halves Ihey
occupied adjoining farms in the town OF HornDy'
II appeared on the trial that at various times NJ.
Travis swore that he would marry no one but the
widow Austin, and that on divers occasions ,au
ton upon tho widows face. Last Decemer, IL
seems the tickle Travis began Irritation with one
Phoebe Cooper which ended in marriage WIN
Miss Cooper in May last. summons for Dreach
of promise suit among the wedding presents:
Damages were laid at $500. +. A. Williams. of
Corning. and Elder Bemis, of Hornellsville, aD-
peared for the widow and ex-wldower. IL was
learned upon the trial that Mrs. Austin nad
occupied masculine laps other than MT lIaV Us.
and had kissed strange men. In spite Oh al tns
the Jury brought III a verdict of $l0O against the
defendant -, ,..
1t has been announced that the Rev Father
Colgan. of Corning is to be appointed the successor
of the late Bishop of Harrisburg. PENN. 49,.
Mark Prindle of The firm of Prindle Bros, IN ths
city, was taken to the Insane Asylum at bunalo
few days ago. The firm are the largest tanners III
this locality. =, &c
Mr.. Martin Doty, who has been in the employ OF
Adam Davidson, in this city, for some time, and MS
sister MAY Doty left for Montana last week, where
they expect to reside for the future.
On Tuesday evening at the Alhambra on Main-st;'
of Cleveland. Ohio The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Mr.. Jacobs, of bradford Penn. accord
ing to the rites of the Jewish ChuIch IN the pres
ence of q large gathering of friends