Show death of a ithica N Y sept 18 hon V sare died here aged 83 mr sage vie best known through his donations for educational purpose he was a descendant of saga who bottled in Middleton Conn in 1652 mr sage was preparing toi yale when his family removed to ithica N Y where he engaged in mercantile in 1850 be established a lumber manufactory at simco ont and later with john mcgraw another at winona now bay city mich in 1873 he gave to cornell university a collese hall for women which is known as sace hall he succeeded eucce eded ezra cornell as president the board of trustees ot cornell university tie endowed the lyman beecher lectureship of preaching at yale and presented to west bay city mich a public library which cost he also endowed and built several churches and schoola |