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in the adjoining store on Pine Street, and a cigar-store at- 

 tached. His sales amount to $35,000 or $40,000 per 

 annum. Commenced business in 1875. 



Douglas & Brown, Wholesale and Retail Druggists. — 

 This iSrm was established in April, 1878. Mr. Douglas had 

 been previously for sixteen years connected with the drug 

 house of W. B. Turbell & Co. A. K. Brown is the other 

 member of the firm. 



There are two ready-made clothing-stores in the village, 

 Messrs. M. P. Ansorge, doing a very large business, and 

 J. W. Werner. 



C. E. CoRBiN and E. S. Barnes have each well-supplied 

 book-stores and news-rooms on Market Street. 



LovASSO Field's Steam Granite and Marble- 

 Works is a leading interest in the manufacture of all 

 kinds of monumental and cemetery work from foreign and 

 American granites and marbles. He runs a steam stone 

 sawing-mill and steam-polishing machinery, and does a large 

 amount of business. JCstablished in 1875. 



Another enterprise in the same line is the Haischer 

 Brothers' Marble-Works. In August, 1875, Messrs. 

 Victor and Anthony Haischer purchased the works of Mr. 

 John Mcintosh, and 1878 erected their present new and 

 commodious shops. They do a business amounting to from 

 $16,000 to $20,000 a year. 



There are two large furniture and undertakers' establish- 

 ments, as follows : Thomas Taylerson, established in 1858, 

 and J. W. Darrin, established April 12, 1871. Mr. Tay- 

 lerson came from England to Corning in 1843. In 1858 

 he started a furniture manufactory. In 1862 he erected 

 his present building, and in the same year added the under- 

 taking department. The business was conducted by Tay- 

 lerson & Sharpsteen, 1869 to 1871 ; then Taylerson & 

 Lathrop, and Taylerson & Sill, till 1877, suace which Mr. 

 Taylerson has carried on the business alone. 



J. W. Darrin, established April 12, 1871. Mr. Dar- 

 rin purchased the interest of John Mallory, and, in 1875, 

 built his new and commodious store, where he now carries 

 on a prosperous business. 



DICKINSON house. 



Among the many well-known and popular first-class 

 hotels, the Dickinson House enjoys a reputation second to 

 none. This is owing to the superior manner in which it is 

 kept by the Fuller Brothers. The house is capacious, and 

 elegantly furnished and equipped throughout with all that 

 can conduce to the comfort and satisfaction of guests and 

 the traveling public. This hotel was built in 1850. In 

 1865, Mr. George W. Fuller, and in 1871, his brother, D. 

 L. Fuller, became proprietors. They are the sons of an 

 old and popular landlord, and have inherited a predilection 

 for correct and successful hotel-keeping. Mr. John Yeezie 

 has for many years occupied the position of clerk, and Mr. 

 Thomas Argue has been head porter ever since the house 

 was opened. 



globe hotel. 



The Globe Hotel, a new brick building near the Erie 

 depot, was opened in November, 1877. Charles Barry, 

 proprietor. 



BANKS. 



Corning has two banks, which are among the sound and 

 prosperous monetary institutions of the State. They are 

 as follows : 



J. N. Hungerford's Bank, organized 1860. J. N. Hun- 

 gerford, President; E. C. Pond, Cashier. 



Q. W. Wellington & Co.'s Bank, organized 1862. Q. 

 W. Wellington, President ; Theodore Olcott, Cashier. 



BUSINESS SUMMARY. 



The business of Corning may be briefly summed up as 

 follows: dry goods, $145,000; groceries, $610,000; 

 liquors, $95,000; hardware, $146,000; foundry and 

 machine-shops, $260,000 ; planing-mill and sash-factory, 

 $75,000; furniture, $25,000 ; drugs, $100,000 ; confec- 

 tionery, $60,000 ; hats and caps, $15,000 ; oil, $35,000; 

 hotels, $65,000; flouring-mill, $250,000; glass-works, 

 $180,000 ; glass cutting and engraving, $100,000 ; mis- 

 cellaneous, $100,000 ; railway and express business, 

 $1,000,000, making a total of $3,975,000. 



LAWYERS. 



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The following are the lawyers at present practicing in 

 Corning: Geo. T. Spencer, Geo. B. Bradley, A. S. Ken- 

 dall, D. F. Brown, F. A. Williams, A. Hadden, E. B. 

 Ross, E. D. Mills, C. H. Thomson, John W. Brown, C. 

 D. Baker, F. C. English, Egbert Shoemaker. 



SCHOOLS. 



Corning is celebrated for the excellency of her schools 

 and school buildings. From her earliest history there has 

 been a public sentiment strongly progressive, and the 

 unanimity with which the school officials have been sup- 

 ported in their efforts is worthy of emulation. Education 

 forms so important a part in the growth and progress of 

 this enterprising village, that a brief history of the schools 

 cannot fail to be of general interest. 



The first movement towards organizing a school in the 

 then District No. 14, town of Painted Post, village of 

 Corning, was made Sept. 2, 1839, at the house of S. B. 

 Denton, where a meeting was held for that purpose. At 

 this meeting H. W. Bostwick was chosen chairman. The 

 result of the meeting was the appointment of Thos. A. 

 Johnson (late Judge Johnson), Wm. L. Waller, and 

 Charles Clark, trustees, and William J. Arnold, clerk. 

 Judge Johnson was made chairman of the board, and was, 

 therefore, the first president of the board of school trustees 

 in the village of Corning. A room was secured over a 

 store, and the sum of twenty-eight dollars voted for books, 

 book-case and fuel. Comparisons are sometimes odious, 

 and the reader will appreciate the force of the expression 

 when it is stated that in 1840 the clerk was directed by 

 the board to call a meeting of the tax-payers, to determine 

 how the public money should be disposed of, — an idea new 

 to the present age. 



At this time there were two schools : ten dollars were 

 applied to one taught by Miss Mary Bonham, and the 

 balance, a small amount, to the one taught by Col. Jona- 



'•• See Bench and Bar of the County. 



