DEATH OF H. B. HORTON

                     A Brief Sketch of His Life
   Mr. Henry B. Horton, one of the best-known residents of this
community, died very suddenly at his residence on Aurora street about
four o'clock yesterday afternoon. For two or three days Mr. Horton had
complained of what he supposed to be rheumatic pains in his left arm;
but he did not consider himself seriously indisposed, and neither he nor
his family anticipated grave results from the difficulty.
  Yesterday afternoon two ladies called to see Mrs. Horton and they were
received by Mr. H. who then seemed to be in his usual health. After Mrs.
Horton came into the room to entertain her callers, Mr. Horton excused
himself and went into the dining room. A few moments later one of his
daughters had occasion to pass through that room and as she entered she
was horrified to see her father lyinghelpless on the floor. She bent
over him and raised his head. He gasped twice and was dead. Two
physicians were quickly summoned, but nothing could be done. Pulse and
heart were still and life had flown. The cause of death was neuralgia of
the heart.
 Henry Bishop Horton was born in Winchester, Conn., September 1st, 1819.
When but four years of age his parents removed to Covert, Seneca county,
where he remained until he was nineteen years old when he came to this
village and served for three years as a cabinet maker's apprentice under
Mr. George Whiton. After learning his trade he engaged in the
manufacture of melopeans, instruments somewhat similar to melodeons.
   In 1864 he invented the calendar clock attachments which have since
been extensively manufactured by the Ithaca Calendar Clock company.
   At an early age the deceased exhibited a taste for music to a
remarkable degree, and during his lifetime was the inventor of various
musical instruments, most prominent among which was the autophone. In
1879 a company was formed for the manufacture of this instrument, and
from the formation of the company until 1883, Mr. Horton was the
president of the organization. During the last named year he sold out
his interest in the business, realizing a snug sum therefrom. At the
time of his death was engaged in no regular business.
   His widow, and three daughters, Mrs. J. W. Jaggar, of St. Paul,
Minn., and the Misses Cora and Ida Horton, of this place, survive him.
   Mr Horton was a kind and genial man, widely known and universally
respected. His sudden and unexpected death falls with crushing force
upon his bereaved family, while a very large circle of friends will
sincerely mourn his decease.

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