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HISTOKY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



a temperance paper, Miles G. Graham, editor, and Graham 

 & Dawson, publishers. It continued in this way till Jan. 1, 



1876, when it was purchased by E. H. Hough, the present 

 enterprising editor and proprietor. It is a well-conducted 

 weekly, with a good circulation. 



The Hornell Times was established Jan. 1, 1867, as 

 the " Canisteo Valley Times," by Thacher & Tuttle, who 

 purchased the '• Yidette" (Democrat) office. In Septem- 

 ber, 1875, Mr. Thacher retired, and for two years following 

 it was conducted by Mr. Tuttle. Jan. 1, 1877, it was 

 changed from a weekly to a semi-weekly, and the name 

 changed to its present popular cognomen. Sept. 1, 1877, 

 Mr. Johnson Brigham became a partfter with Mr. Tuttle, 

 since which the firm has been Tuttle & Brigham. October, 



1877, the paper was changed back to a weekly, and in Feb- 

 ruary, 1878, a daily was started, which is still continued 

 with the most flattering success. The Times is an enter- 

 prising paper, Bepublican in politics, and is well sustained. 

 There is also a well-furnished job-office connected with it. 



The Greenback Champion, by J. D. Adams, was 

 started in the- interest of the Greenback movement by J. 

 Willett Smith, Jan. 19, 1878. He published it two weeks 

 from the Tribune office. It then passed into the hands of 

 J. D. Adams, present editor and proprietor, who publishes 

 it from the McGuire Block. It has attained quite a circu- 

 lation during the recent " soft money"- agitation. 



ADDISON. 

 ADDISON ADVERTISER. 



Prior to the publishing of the Addison Advertiser many 

 attempts had been made to establish a newspaper at Addi- 

 son. Some fifteen different publications had been issued, all 

 of which eked out a short and unprofitable existence. 



In March, 1858, the Hon. Edwin M. Johnson, the pres- 

 ent clerk of the Assembly at Albany, established the Addi- 

 son Advertiser. It was first issued as a four-paged paper, six 

 columns to a page, and " independent on all subjects." Col. 

 Henry Baldwin, of Addison, took quite an interest in start- 

 ing the paper, and was a partner in its publication for sev- 

 eral months. In the summer of 1858, Col. Baldwin retired 

 as a partner, leaving Mr. Johnson as sole proprietor. 



The office was first located in the second story of the 

 frame building then occupied by William II. Manners as a 

 bakery, nearly opposite the river bridge, on the north side 

 of Water Street. 



At the time the paper was started the material used was 

 mostly second-hand and small in quantity. The only press 

 used was a Washington hand-press. But notwithstanding 

 the poor facilities the paper was entirely printed at home, 

 and never appeared with a patent outside, nor was it ever 

 issued from stereotype plates. Before the close of its first 

 year the paper dropped its independent principle^ and an- 

 nounced itself '' Democratic on all subjects." This, how- 

 ever, did not last long, for in January, 1859, we find the 

 paper again "independent on all subjects." Soon after the 

 paper espoused the cause of the Republican party, and con- 

 tinued a Republican paper till the presidential campaign of 

 1872, when it advocated the election of Horace Greeley, and 

 remained a Liberal Republican paper till January, 1873. 



The Hon. Edwin M. Johnson was editor, or senior editor, 

 from its first issue till Jan. 30, 1873, when the paper was 

 sold to George H. HoUis, the present publisher. 



In July, 1865, Mr. Johnson enlarged the paper to seven 

 columns and associated with him H. S. Dow and W. R. 

 Bates, as editors and proprietors, under the firm-name of 

 Johnson, Dow & Bates. Jan. 1, 1866, both Dow and Bates 

 retired, leaving Mr. Johnson sole editor and proprietor. 



Sept. 4, 1867, Amos Roberts purchased a half-interest, 

 and its publication was continued under the firm-name of 

 Johnson & Roberts. June 17, 1868, the Advertiser was 

 enlarged to eight columns, which size it has continued to 

 the present time. At the time it was enlarged it donned a 

 new dress, and about the same time a power-press took the 

 place of the old hand-press. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Roberts 

 were both practical printers, and set themselves at work to 

 make the office complete. A half-medium Gordon and an 

 eighth-medium Liberty press were added to the office, as 

 well as many other valuable machines and improvements. 



The present editor and publisher, George H. Hollis, pur- 

 chased the office Jan. 30, 1873, and published the Adver- 

 tiser as an independent journal till the nomination of Sam- 

 uel J. Tilden for President in 1876, when it supported 

 Tilden and Hendricks, and has since been published as a 

 Democratic paper. 



At the tmie Mr. Hollis purchased the paper he was well 

 known to the inhabitants of Addison and adjoining towns, 

 and, although not a practical printer, the Advertiser^ under 

 his management, gained rapidly in circulation and influence. 

 This acquaintance with the people in the south towns of 

 Steuben and the people of Cowanesque Valley, Pa., brought 

 a large number of subscribers and friends. The paper may 

 now be considered as established on a firm and paying basis. 



URBANA. 



hammondsport herald. 



The Hammondsport Herald was established May 1, 1874, 

 by Mrs. B. Bennett and Mrs. E. B. Fairchild. It is a local 

 w^eekly paper, devoted to the interests of the locality. May 

 1, 1875, the half-interest in the paper owned by Mrs. Ben- 

 nitt was purchased by Mrs. Fairchild, the latter having 

 charge of the paper until the fall of 1876, when Mr. L. H. 

 Brown bought a half-interest. The partnership existed for 

 one year, when the interest owned by Mrs. Fairchild was 

 purchased by Mr. Brown, who still continues to edit and 

 publish the paper. 



COHOCTON. 



The Cohocton Vallet Times is published in the 

 village of Liberty. It was established as the Cohocton 

 Herald in 1872, by H. B. Newell, and afterwards pur- 

 chased by James C. Hewitt and changed to the Cohocton 

 Tribune^ and in 1875 was bought by William A. Carpenter, 

 and changed to the Cohocton Valley Times. It is a weekly 

 newspaper, independent in politics. 



obsolete papers. 



The Farmer s Gazette was commenced in Bath in 1816, 

 by David Rumsey, and was published about one year. 

 Tke Steuben i¥esse;i^er was started at Bath, April 17, 



