Identifier: delawarecountyne00murr (find matches)
Title: Delaware County, New York; history of the century, 1797-1897; centennial celebration, June 9 and 10, 1897
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Murray, David, 1830-1905, ed
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Publisher: Delhi, N.Y., W. Clark
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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itizen of Bovina,then living on the farm now owned and occupied by Mr. StejihenRussell. Naturally the most intense excitement and deepest con-cern were felt for the fate of OConnor. The sentence was how-ever changed to iiuprisoumeut for life, and early iu 1847 at therequest of nearly 12,000 petitioners, Governor Young pardonedVan Steenburg and OConnor with all who had been iinprisouedfor this tragedy. The result of this Auti-Reut afritatiou was thatthe tenants bought the soil of the laud they bad tilled andoccupied, at easy pi-ices. But it had created bitter feelings andanimosities among the jjeojile that took years to remove. Busi-ness men who were iu sympathy with the landlords were boycottedto an extent that drove them from the town. Horace Greeleys2iaper was iu sympathy with the Anti-Reuters aud was uuiversallypatronized. Almost everybody in Bovina took the Tribune. Itwas jestingly said that up in Bovina the people didnt readanvthing but the Bible aud the New York Tribune. But the
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TiJWX OF noviXA. 301 Auti-Keut couriict has goue iuto liistory, a history oi whiih thetowu to-tliiy scarcely remembers with either pride or pleasure. The tirst post-oflSce iu this towu was estalilisheil at LakeDelaware iu 1821. Previous to that time the mail was broughtfrom Stamford, a distance of sixteen miles, ouce every mouth,people takinjj turns in briufjfiuy it over the mountain. The post-office iu Bovina Centre was established iu 1S41 with Johu Erk-sou as postmaster. The present postmaster is Wni. McCuue.The early mail carriers iu briuffing the mail, wheu withiu a mileof the post-oflice commenced to blow a horn, aud continued toblow every two or three minutes until their arrival at the post-office. The first physician, as has been said was Dr. Kelly—present-physicians, Drs. Phinney and Dickson. AVben this towu was established there were upwards of 4tM)children of school age; nt)w there are less than 275. The most important trade center is the little village <)f BovinaCentre

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