Unknown Newspaper October 11, 1911 BALDWIN-PHILLIPS Afternoon Matrimonial Event at the Bride's Home in Bethany. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. PHILLIPS of Bethany a very pretty autumn wedding occurred at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when their daughter, Miss May Blanche PHILLIPS, was married to Howard Getten BALDWIN of Batavia. To the strains of the "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin" the bridal party entered the room where the ceremony took place. Miss Emily CHADDOCK, a niece of the bride, strewed autumn leaves in the path of the procession. She was followed by Henry CHADDOCK, a nephew of the bride, who acted as ring bearer. The bride and gloom followed. During the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Donald B. MACQUEEN of Batavia, before an arch of autumn leaves and flowers, Miss A. Estella ALDRICH of North Tonawanda played the "Love Song," by Nevin. The bride was gowned in white silk marquisette over messaline, with pearl trimmings, and carried an arm bouquet of Bride roses and lilies of the valley. The flower girl wore white batiste. The decorations throughout the house were yellow and white and were arranged by L. C. STROH & Son of Batavia. Mr. and Mrs. BALDWIN will leave y rail from Batavia this evening for Washington, D. C., New York and the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts and will be at home after November 1st at No. 207 Jackson Street with the groom's father, J. S. BALDWIN. The bride received many beautiful presents of silver, cut glass, linen and money. The groom is connected with the Liberty Street Lumber Company. Both are well known and have the best wishes of many friends. Among the out of town guests were Frank P. HUNT of Rochester and D. D. COOK and daughter Arline of Canandaigua. Unknown newspaper and date - ca 1911 A. J. WHITTLETON, E. D. (photo) Mr. WHITTLETON is one of Buffalo's leading dermatologists, having graduated from the FOWLER Institute of Dermatology at Rochester, N. Y., also from the Louisville School of Electrolysis and Dermatology at Louisville, KY. Unknown newspaper March 8, 1911 UNDERHILL-BURKE Happy matrimonial Event at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. BURKE Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. BURKE's home, Summerville Farm on the Creek Road, was the scene of a happy event last evening, when their daughter, Miss Catharine Sarah BURKE, was wedded to Clayton Guiteau UNDERHILL, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. UNDERHILL. To the strains of a wedding march played by Mrs. Kitty E. HARRIS, an aunt of the bride, the bride and groom, who were unattended, entered the parlor, where the ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Donald B. MACQUEEN, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The bride wore a pretty gown of white crepe de chine. Only about 25 people, immediate relatives and a few intimate friends of the young couple, witnessed the ceremony, the guests from out of town being Mr. and Mrs. E. W. HARRINGTON and Richard HARRINGTON, of Buffalo and Walter BURKE of Pierre, S. D. The interior of the house was prettily decorated in pink and white. After the ceremony supper was served by Mrs. RANSOM, a Batavia caterer, and Mr. and Mrs. UNDERHILL left on a late train for a trip to New York. Mr. UNDERHILL is billing clerk in the New York Central freight office and he and his bride have a wide circle of friends, who will extend hearty congratulations and best wishes. Submitted by Kathy Helmer Kathle7297@aol.com

Unknown Newspaper October 11, 1911 BALDWIN-PHILLIPS Afternoon Matrimonial Event at the Bride's Home in Bethany. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. PHILLIPS of Bethany a very pretty autumn wedding occurred at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when their daughter, Miss May Blanche PHILLIPS, was married to Howard Getten BALDWIN of Batavia. To the strains of the "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin" the bridal party entered the room where the ceremony took place. Miss Emily CHADDOCK, a niece of the bride, strewed autumn leaves in the path of the procession. She was followed by Henry CHADDOCK, a nephew of the bride, who acted as ring bearer. The bride and gloom followed. During the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Donald B. MACQUEEN of Batavia, before an arch of autumn leaves and flowers, Miss A. Estella ALDRICH of North Tonawanda played the "Love Song," by Nevin. The bride was gowned in white silk marquisette over messaline, with pearl trimmings, and carried an arm bouquet of Bride roses and lilies of the valley. The flower girl wore white batiste. The decorations throughout the house were yellow and white and were arranged by L. C. STROH & Son of Batavia. Mr. and Mrs. BALDWIN will leave y rail from Batavia this evening for Washington, D. C., New York and the Berkshire hills in Massachusetts and will be at home after November 1st at No. 207 Jackson Street with the groom's father, J. S. BALDWIN. The bride received many beautiful presents of silver, cut glass, linen and money. The groom is connected with the Liberty Street Lumber Company. Both are well known and have the best wishes of many friends. Among the out of town guests were Frank P. HUNT of Rochester and D. D. COOK and daughter Arline of Canandaigua. Unknown newspaper and date - ca 1911 A. J. WHITTLETON, E. D. (photo) Mr. WHITTLETON is one of Buffalo's leading dermatologists, having graduated from the FOWLER Institute of Dermatology at Rochester, N. Y., also from the Louisville School of Electrolysis and Dermatology at Louisville, KY. Unknown newspaper March 8, 1911 UNDERHILL-BURKE Happy matrimonial Event at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. BURKE Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. BURKE's home, Summerville Farm on the Creek Road, was the scene of a happy event last evening, when their daughter, Miss Catharine Sarah BURKE, was wedded to Clayton Guiteau UNDERHILL, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. UNDERHILL. To the strains of a wedding march played by Mrs. Kitty E. HARRIS, an aunt of the bride, the bride and groom, who were unattended, entered the parlor, where the ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Donald B. MACQUEEN, pastor of the First Baptist Church. The bride wore a pretty gown of white crepe de chine. Only about 25 people, immediate relatives and a few intimate friends of the young couple, witnessed the ceremony, the guests from out of town being Mr. and Mrs. E. W. HARRINGTON and Richard HARRINGTON, of Buffalo and Walter BURKE of Pierre, S. D. The interior of the house was prettily decorated in pink and white. After the ceremony supper was served by Mrs. RANSOM, a Batavia caterer, and Mr. and Mrs. UNDERHILL left on a late train for a trip to New York. Mr. UNDERHILL is billing clerk in the New York Central freight office and he and his bride have a wide circle of friends, who will extend hearty congratulations and best wishes. Submitted by Kathy Helmer Kathle7297@aol.com

Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State March 30-1898 Mrs. Betsey C. HUGGINS Dead. Betsey Clement HUGGINS, widow of the late Harvey H. HUGGINS, died on Monday afternoon of consumption at her home in Bethany, aged 81 years. Mrs. HUGGINS was born in Bethany on March 18, 1817, and had always lived in that town with the exception of five years spent at Eagle, Wyoming county. Her husband died on December 24, 1891. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary H. WARD, of Bethany, with whom she resided. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow from the house, the Rev. J.M. SCARFF officiating. The burial will be at Bethany Center. + Frederick H. PAMPHILON Dead. Frederick H. PAMPHILON, son of the late Dr. Henry PAMPHILON of Stafford, died at his home in Brooklyn yesterday. The remains will be brought to Stafford for burial tomorrow morning at 7:20 o'clock and services will be held in the afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home of his brother, E.M. PAMPHILON. Mr. PAMPHILON was born in Stafford in 1865. He received his early education in the village school and the Le Roy academy. When 14 years of age he went to New York and engaged as a clerk in a drugstore, soon afterward entering the New York College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1885 and becoming manager of the private pharmacy of the late Dr. S. Fleet SPIER of Brooklyn. He had been engaged in the drug business himself for about six years, and was President of the Kings County Pharmaceutical society in 1894-95. His health began to fail in the early part of last year, when he took a long vacation to his old home in Stafford, but the change failed to permanently benefit him. + Liberal Contributions for the Cubans. The First Baptist church on Sunday took up a special collection for the suffering Cubans which amounted to about $21 and which was turned over to the King's Daughters. In addition to this, individual members of the church have sent away enough more to bring the sum up to $50. Eight bundles were received at C.E. PERRY's store yesterday and a quantity of supplies was also received at LAWYER's bakery for the Daughters. + Le Roy Light Order Not Yet Prepared. Owing to the fact that William F. COGSWELL of Rochester, attorney for the Trustees of the village of Le Roy, has been ill nothing has been done toward preparing the order setting aside the proceedings in the electric-light matter, which Justice WHITE proposed to issue. Mr. COGSWELL has now nearly recovered and intends to take up the work at once. + Dr. KEENEY's Funeral. The funeral of Dr. James Harvey KEENEY, formerly of Batavia, took place from his home in Oswego yesterday afternoon. The services were conducted by the Rev. G.F. LOVE, formerly of South Alabama, who is now pastor of the West Baptist church in Oswego, of which Dr. KEENEY was a member, being for several years one of the trustees. + Prayer Over WEELDER's Body. The body of Moritz WEELDER, the victim of a Central passenger train, was taken from the undertaking rooms of Sanford & Adams yesterday afternoon and interred in the Potter's field, next to Harry JOHNSON, a tramp who was also killed on the Central road. The Rev. John H. YATES offered a short prayer. + Sale of Presbyterian Sittings. A good many people went to the Presbyterian church yesterday afternoon to rent sittings for the coming year. About $3,000 worth have been engaged thus far. The annual meeting will take place next Monday afternoon, when Trustees will be elected. + Caucus on Cuban Matter Feared. General GROSVENOR has expressed his willingness to call a caucus of the Republican members to decide upon action with relation to the Cuban situation, but some of the most radical Republicans do not believe a caucus should be held for fear it would lead to an open division between the Republicans in Congress and the President. + Sale of Horses and Cows. Tuesday, April 5th at 1 p.m. on the John HUNN farm, 1 1/2 miles north of Corfu village, three-fourths of a mile south of the brick tavern in the town of Pembroke, I will sell to the highest bidder 10 tons of hay, 4 horses, 10 cows, implements, tools, wagons, etc. Terms of sale: All sums under $15 cash, over that amount six months credit will be given. John M. McKENZIE. + East Bethany. The annual meeting of the Rural Cemetery association will be held in the Brick church on Tuesday, April 5th, at 2 p.m.---While returning from Batavia Saturday afternoon Charles NORTON's horse became frightened near the Lackawanna crossing on the Center road. He was thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious, but no bones were broken. The rig was not damaged.--The weekly prayermeeting will be held at the church on Tuesday evening.--Born, on Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. John FOLK, a son.---Mr. and Mrs. CLAPSADDLE have returned from California. Mrs. CLAPSADDLE, who went there for the benefit of her health, is not improved. The Rev. E. MARION of Lockport is conducing a series of revival meetings at Bethany Center this week and is expected to be here next week. Mr. and Mrs. Loren FLEMING, who have given up farming, are now residing with their son, George. Miss Sophy PAGE is home from Cornell on a short vacation. Clark MERRITT of Buffalo is visiting at home. + C.J. ENGLEHARDT Trades Property. Charles J. ENGLEHARDT has exchanged his house and lot at no. 120 West Main street and his house and lot at No. 25 Vine street with Edwin BRADSHAW of Buffalo for a three story brick building on West Utica street in Buffalo which has three stores on the first floor. Mr. BRADSHAW, who is President of the Automatic Window Opener company of Buffalo, expect to take up residence in the West Main street house next fall. + Gypsies Proceed Eastward. The gypsies who have been in camp on the Pearl street road just outside of the village limits for about two weeks struck tents this morning and passed through town eastbound. Their outfit included two very handsome house wagons. They were well provided with trading stock in the way of horses. + 50 cents for 'The News' for three months. + Not a Fortune Teller. Mme. FAEZELL is not a fortune teller, but is a natural palmist and life reader. This wonderful woman has just returned from a trip around the world. Consult her in regard to love, matrimony, divorces, lost or stolen property, money, and business speculations, etc. Call at No. 103 State street. + Our store will be open at 6:30 o'clock in the morning for the benefit of those who cannot conveniently attend our opening later in the day. L.J. TOMPKINS. + CLANCY on the Stand. The twelfth juror was accepted yesterday in the case of Edward CLARK, on trial in Buffalo for murder on charge of killing Kittie HOUSEMAN, who once lived in Batavia and Le Roy. In opening the case of Assistant-District-Attorney PENNEY said that the prosecution expected to prove that CLARK killed the woman with a railroad brake key. Arthur ROCKWOOD, a civil engineer, exhibited plans of the room in which the woman was murdered and Dr. NASH, post-mortem examiner, and Dr. HALLER told about the woman's injuries. On the cross examination Frank A. ABBOTT, CLARK's attorney, endeavored to make the doctors say that the fracture in the woman' s skull might have been caused by a fall. Thomas CLANCY, who was with CLARK and the woman on the night of the murder and who discovered the body the following morning, was on the stand a long time. He said the woman lived with him for a time on two occasions and acknowledged that he had struck her, but said he never knocked her down. He had heard CLARK threaten to kill the woman and also threaten to kill him because of jealousy. He played cards and drank beer with CLARK and the woman on the night of the murder. After he retired to his room he thought he heard some one cry "Murder!" and he went to CLARK's room. The door was locked and all was quiet inside. Coroner KENNEY and Patrolman PYNE were the other witnesses called yesterday. + Spring Millinery Opening. Miss L.J. TOMPKINS's spring millinery opening is in progress today and will continue tomorrow. The store has been crowded all day with representatives of the fair sex who have feasted their eyes upon the dazzling display of colors in all the newest things in millinery. Flowers of the most beautiful shades are to be seen everywhere and a reporter learned that they are to be used more than ever before this season. The color which will be used most, perhaps, is yellow, the shades of which range from the lightest corn to burnt orange. Turquoise, too, will be used much. Dotted malines will be much in evidence for trimmings. Some of the shapes of the pattern hats are very unique, while others are revivals of old styles, such as the Shepherdess. One large double-deck case is filled with novelties imported from Paris including flowers of great beauty, braids, berets and ornaments. This display is the largest and finest that Miss TOMPKINS has ever shown and it is safe to predict that her customers will give substantial evidences of their appreciation of her enterprise. The young lady who occupies the corner show window is fair to look upon. She is attired in the latest colorings and her hair is dressed in the latest style. In preparing for the opening Miss TOMPKINS has added another room to her already large and complete establishment. It is a cosy and tastily furnished little apartment where hats may be tried on in privacy. + Low Rate Excursions to Washington. The Lehigh Valley will run one of its popular low-rate excursions to Washington on Thursday, April 14th. Tickets good going on all trains April 14th except the Black Diamond Express, and good to return to and including April 24th. Fare, round trip, only $10. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt

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>From the Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser Rochester, Monroe County, New York JUNE 12, 1900 PAGE 2 KICKED BY A HORSE. Lad Living Near Nunda in a Serious Condition. NUNDA, June 12. — Addison YENCER, a small boy living on the Creek road, near Nunda Junction, was nearly killed Sunday afternoon by being kicked by a horse. He went out in the pasture to catch the animal, preparatory to driving to Nunda to church, and when near to it, the horse suddenly reared and kicked at a horse on the opposite side of the fence, missing it, but striking the boy full force in the abdomen, knocking him down. He attempted to arise and go to the house but before he had gone far, he fell in a faint, with blood streaming from an ugly wound in the stomach. Dr. C.J. CARRICK was called and pronounces the boy in a very serious condition. No bones were broken. A young man by the name of LANGDON, who lives at Hermitage, was wheeling through this section of the country Sunday, being bound for East Koy. He inquired the way of some one at Portageville and they sent him in sport eight miles out of the way, by way of Rossburg. As he was going down a hill near that place, he lost control of his wheel and was thrown with terrible force several feet in the air and landed in such a manner as to injure him quite badly internally, besides reducing his clothing to rags. The commencement exercises of the Nunda High School will be as follows: The baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday, June 17th, in the Universalist Church by the pastor, Rev. Clara E. MORGAN. Wednesday, June 20th, will be class day, the exercises to be out of doors if the weather permits and in the Academy of Music if stormy. Those who are to graduate are as follows: Madeline E. BERGEN, Louis M. SPENCER, Mallie B. PITCHER, Margaret E. SMITH, Jessie M. JOHNSON, Gertrude M. WILLIS, M. Julia MURPHEY, John H. BARRON, Harry M. ELWOOD, Maurice J. NOONAN, Roy BRAINARD and Otis BRAINARD. The officers of the class are: President, Miss JOHNSON: secretary, John BARRON; treasurer, Miss BERGEN. The class colors are purple and white and the Academy of Music, where the commencement exercises are to take place, Friday, June 22d, is to be decorated in those colors. Hon. Otto KELSEY of Geneseo, assemblyman for Livingston county, will give the address on that occasion. The training class numbering fifteen, is to be represented by J. Winfield GURNEE, a member of the class. AVON HAPPENINGS. Wedding Announcements — Another Gas Well. AVON, June 12. — Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Belle HOUSE of Canawaugus to Dr. Wesley A. PARISH of this place, to take place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.M. House, Wednesday afternoon, June 30th, at 1 o'clock. Frank WESCOTT of Alden, N.Y., who drilled W.P. SCHANCK's gas well just east of the village, has struck another well on the Aaron BARBER farm, just across the road from the dwelling house of Charles STEVENS, and will commence drilling for gas as soon as a rig can be procured. A little son of Frank HALE, who lives about two miles south of the village, is very ill with diphtheria, and the house has been quarantined. Two thousand and five square feet of cement walks are being laid in front of the new residences of W. J. WEED, William H. FAR??M and George SOUTHGATE on East Main street. GORMLEY - McGRAW. Special Dispatch to Union and Advertiser. MT. MORRIS, June 12. — Miss Bessie GORMLEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh GORMLEY, and William McGRAW of this place were married this morning at half past 10 at St. Patrick's Church by the Rev. Father DAY. Miss Anna GORMLEY, sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and Joseph MURPHY of Belfast as best man. The bride wore a beautiful white gown and carried bride's roses. The bridesmaid was clothed in white trimmed with pink and carried pink roses. Mr. McGRAW was formerly of Avon. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents on Eagle street. After traveling east for a short time the couple will reside in Mt. Morris. JUNE 12, 1900 PAGE 3 THE NIAGARA SUICIDE. Proves to be Miss Gertrude ROTH of Allentown, Pa. ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 12. — The young woman who committed suicide yesterday by leaping into the Whirlpool rapids at Niagara Falls, and who was reported as Miss Mabel WILLIAMS, is believed to be pretty Gertrude ROTH, an Allentown girl, who, it is said, brooded over a recent quarrel with her lover. OBITUARY. George R. VAN BUREN. PAVILION, Jun 12. — The death of George R. VAN BUREN occurred yesterday. Since last December he has gradually been failing, until at last his death was caused by pro??tration. The deceased was born at Trenton, Oneida county, January 11, 1830. When 8 years of age he moved with his parents to the farm where he died. He was an only child of Martin and Sabrina VAN BUREN. February 28, 1853, he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza WEST of Middlebury. He leaves a wife, two daughters, one son, Miss Sabrina I.; who lives with her parents, Miss Hattie, and Romayne, who reside near the homestead, also two grandchildren, Rowe??e and Agatha VAN BUREN. The burial will take place in Maplewood cemetery at Union Corners. Mrs. Guilford DOUD. RED CREEK, June 12. — Mrs. Guilford DOUD died Saturday. Besides a husband she leaves a family of seven grown up children. The deceased was 62 years of age and a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church at Victor and an active worker in the cause of temperance. Funeral to-day. Rev. Frank BISBEE officiated, and the four brothers of the deceased acted as pall bearers. Submitted by Sylvia Myers Olson

>From the Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser Rochester, Monroe County, New York JUNE 11, 1900 Part 2 Page 6 CHILD CARED FOR. Sent to the House of the Good Shepherd at Buffalo. Rosanna MURRAY, 10-year-old daughter of Margaret MURRAY, was to-day committed to the House of the Good Shepherd at Buffalo by Judge WHITE in the juvenile court at police headquarters because of lack of proper guardianship. The mother of the child was arrested a few days ago on a charge of drunkenness. The father, who was arrested a year ago on a charge of assaulting Mrs. MURRAY with an axe, was sent to the penitentiary, is now dead. There are eight children in the family and several are in the orphan asylums of the city. The case was investigated by Agent HEBBARD of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The home of the mother is at present at 19 Oakman street. When the father was living the family lived on Flower City park. WOULD-BE SUICIDE'S PROMISE. Elizabeth SMITH Takes the Pledge for Rest of Her Life. Elizabeth SMITH, the woman who was arrested by Officer MORRICE last Friday night when she was about to hurl herself into the canal from the bridge at Emerson street, and was charged with attempting to commit suicide, was arraigned in Police Court to-day. She admitted to the court that she had tried to throw herself from the bridge, but said that she had been drinking and hardly knew what she was doing. The woman wept and seemed to regret her action very much and said that if she was allowed to go she would stop drinking. Judge WHITE had her take the pledge and she agreed with her right hand upraised not to drink any more intoxicating liquors during her natural life. PHOSPHATE MACHINERY. Justice DUNWELL Disposes of it in a Decision Handed Down To-Day. Justice DUNWELL to-day handed down a decision in the case of the Traders Bank of Rochester against Thaddeus W. HULETT, as assignee of the property of Edwin B. CHAPIN, which involves the disposal of a quantity of machinery in the phosphate works of the defendant CHAPIN in the town of Chili. The mortgage which is being foreclosed was given on the phosphate works by CHAPIN to the plaintiff April 21, 1897, and on the 18th day of November, 1899, CHAPIN made an assignment to Thaddeus W. HULETT. The bank asked that the machinery in the phosphate works be adjudged real estate and that the mortgage is a lien thereon, and that the referee sell the property as a part of the real estate. Judge DUNWELL directs a decree of foreclosure and sale for the plaintiff; also giving the assignee a portion of the personal property to be administered as part of the assigned estate. D.D. SULLY appeared for the plaintiff and Thaddeus HULETT for the defendant. HOBSON IN TROUBLE. Is Charged With Not Properly Providing for His Family. Daniel HOBSON was arraigned in police court to-day on a charge of neglecting to properly provide for his wife and children. He said he was perfectly willing to support his children. His wife stated that if he would do that she would be satisfied. She feared, however, that he would not keep his promise. The case was adjourned a week to give HOBSON a chance to show what he intends to do. HIS ACCOUNTS SETTLED. Jacob LEHLE Discharged as Administrator of Emma LEHLE's Estate. Judge BENTON this morning issued a decree in settlement of the accounts of Jacob LEHLE, as administrator of Emma LEHLE. The administrator was therefore discharged from further liability. The administrator was charged with the sum of $594.76 and expended $354.76 in paying of debts of deceased and expenses of administration. The balance $240 will be divided among the heirs. WITH WILL ANNEXED. Lillian McKEON Will Administer Her Father's Property. Lillian McKEON was this morning appointed by Surrogate BENTON administratrix, with the will annexed, of the estate of her father, Patrick CAVANAUGH. The will was offered for probate on January 15th. The estate amounts to about $520. IN JAIL A WEEK. Thomas STORY Finally Became Sober and Was Released. Thomas STORY, who was arrested a week ago last Saturday for drunkenness and suffering from the effects of a long debauch, was released from jail to-day, having finally become sober. STORY informed the court that he had decided to quit drinking, and on this promise he was released. ARRESTED FOR SWIMMING. Youth Taken Into Custody for Violating an Ordinance. Edward HETTIG, 16 years of age, was arraigned in police court to-day on a charge of violating the ordinance relating to swimming in the city. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was paroled after he promised to go out of the city the next time he had an uncontrollable desire to swim. The boy was arrested last Saturday by Officer SIENER for swimming in the raceway near Court street. JUNE 11, 1900 Page 7 KILLED BY A TROLLEY. Frank KUHN Met His Death Near the Ridge Road. Frank KUHN, aged 30 years, of No. 404 Jay street, was run over by a trolley and almost instantly killed on Saturday night on Lake avenue, near the Ridge road. He died in a few minutes after being run over. Frank and his brother, William, were employed in Clum's brass foundry on Jay street. They went about the city on Saturday evening and finally wound up at Laufer's Hotel on Lake avenue, near the Ridge road, where they had drinks. They then went out to board a car for Charlotte. William KUHN says that he hailed trolley car No. 48, J.S. RYAN, conductor, and J. McGINNISS, motorman. The car stopped and he says when he got on the conductor signaled to go ahead. He told him that another fellow wanted to get on, but he did not wait. Frank attempted to get on, but was unable to gain a foothold on the step. He hung on to the hand rail for an instant then let go and fell under the wheels of baggage car No. 8, which was trailing the motor car. He was dragged some distance. The right side of his head was crushed. The car was stopped and the injured man removed to the roadside. The City Hospital ambulance was summoned, but the injured man died as it came up. Coroner SIBLEY was then notified and had the body removed to the morgue. Several men who witnessed the accident say that the brothers did not signal the car to stop, but attempted to catch it and exonerate the motorman and conductor from blame. Coroner SIBLEY conducted an inquest in the case at the morgue this afternoon. Theft of a Row Boat. The police were notified to-day of the theft of a rowboat from Charles CALHOUN of 157 Mt. Hope avenue. The boat was taken from a point in the river above the dam. MR. MAXWELL NOT A SUICIDE. He is Alive and Well and Will Soon be Back in Town. Frederick B. LORD, formerly clerk at Congress Hall hotel, on Saturday night received a dispatch from James A. MAXWELL, who was then in Cleveland, stating the he was alive and well. From description of a body found at Niagara Falls on Saturday morning it was supposed that the remains were those of Mr. MAXWELL. The description given tallied well with that of Mr. MAXWELL. Mr. MAXWELL in his dispatch stated that he would return to this city to-morrow morning. Alonzo DOLBEER. Alonzo DOLBEER, a well-known railroad man, died yesterday at Dansville, aged 56 years. At one time he was superintendent of motive power on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad. Deceased is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Geo. G. KING and Marie Kate DOLBEER, all of this city; and one brother, John H. DOLBEER of Short Falls. N.H. Announcements. — The funeral of Jacob W. MAGIN was held from the family residence in Gates at 7:30 o'clock this morning and at 8 o'clock from the Holy Family Church. — The funeral of Bertha Pethke HOE?TZER was held from the family residence, No. 81 Martin street, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. — Mrs. Flora M. BILLING died Saturday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. D. Summer WILSON, No. 24 William street, aged 76 years. The funeral was held from the house at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The remains will be taken to Providence, R.I., for interment. JUNE 11, 1900 PAGE 10 (Didn't get full title) — Before the Surrogate. ANGELICA, June 11. — Belmont, the county seat, and the home of the spiritualists of Allegany county, is highly excited at present over a most peculiar circumstance. The Union last week reported the strange acts of Adelbert BAKER of Belmont, the farmer who ran away from home, after having on May 19th, been pronounced insane, having been discharged some time before from the Willard Asylum as cured. Just before he was taken for the second time to the asylum and while yet in the Erie depot at Belmont, BAKER stood before the opening to the ticket office, facing the clock in the depot office. Suddenly he was heard to scream, and all that could be distinguished was: "Stop! I stopped the clock in Hornellsville yesterday, and I can stop you," His words being directed to the depot clock. Strange to relate, within an hour, the clock had stopped and refused to go again. The depot employees could not even get the pendulum to swing enough to make a noise in ticking. A message from Hornellsville stated that they had been having trouble with the depot clock there and could not make it run. Just what the cause is, cannot be told, but the spiritualists, it is stated, believe that it is a very superstitious sign and bad luck is soon to follow. Superintendent D.C. GRUNDER has been called to investigate five insane cases during the past week, which is an unusual record for one week in the country. The following late business has been transacted in Allegany County Surrogate Court: Letters testamentary issued to H.C. DRESSER on the estate of the late Laura WOODS of Rushford; personal estate, $450. Letters of administration issued to B.F. WHITNEY on the estate of the late Nora TORMEY of Amity; personal estate, $1,500; letters of administration issued to Mary BROWN on the estate of the late Jeremiah PERRY of New Hudson; real estate, $1,500; personal, $250; letters of administration issued to Sarah V. SPRING, de bonis non, on the estate of Salome VINCENT of Wellsville. Will admitted to probate, Katherine GONTER of Wellsville; real estate, $2,500; personal, $300. Will admitted to probate, Charles S. WHITNEY, late of Amity; personal estate, $100. Letters of administration issued to W.H. KELLER on the estate of the late Abial THOMAS of Alfred; real estate, $1,000; personal, $1,000. Letters testamentary issued to Alice H. CRANS and Agnes M. CRANS on the estate of the late Huldah J. CURTIS of Bolivar; real estate, $3,000; personal, $1,000. Death from Gangrene. PENN YAN, June 11. — Albert THOMAS died in Dresden Friday night. Early last spring, while suffering from rheumatism, Mr. THOMAS sustained a slight bruise on his foot, which soon developed into a very troublesome sore, gangrene finally resulting. A couple of weeks ago a toe was removed, but the gangrene spread and on May 31st his leg was taken off midway between the ankle and knee by Dr. E.P. STUART of this place, assisted by Dr. TOWNSEND of Dresden. The wound apparently healed well, but Mr. THOMAS' condition was such that he was unable to rally. His age was about 60 years. He leaves a wife, one daughter and one son. He was a veteran of the Civil war. Submitted by Sylvia Myers Olson

>From the Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser Rochester, Monroe County, New York JUNE 11, 1900 Part 1 PAGE 2 AN ATHLETIC TEACHER Obliged to Whip a Brother and Two Sisters. Two Interfered While the Third Was Undergoing Punishment in School. Father of the Children Later Attempts to Punish Teacher, but is Trounced, Arrested and Fined. NUNDA, June 11. — Trouble in a district school in the town of Granger, just over the Livingston county line, has resulted in the disfigurement of two faces, the punishment of three children, an arrest of one man on two occasions, with a fine of $5, and a whole lot of excitement in the vicinity in which the trouble took place. John LAPP, a young man about 19 years old, who comes from the town of Hume, in Allegany county, is a teacher of the little school of Granger. One of the residents of that town is Frank PERRY, who resides in the Van Gilder District, and he has three children attending school, Mr. LAPP being their teacher. From the evidence in the trial, it appears that one of PERRY's children, a little girl about 7 years old, failed to get a lesson which the teacher had designed for her, and during the recitation in which this fact was revealed the teacher, LAPP, caught the child in an untruth. More for the fact that the child had not told him the truth than that she had failed in her lesson, the teacher decided to punish the little one, and was administering some little light punishment, he alleges, when PERRY's other two children, a girl of about 14 years, and a boy, perhaps 12 years old, jumped up from their seats, and before Teacher LAPP was hardly aware of what was taking place, the two children were at their sister's side, defending her as best they could, and while the boy attempted to whip the teacher, the 14-year-old sister was clawing at the teacher's hair and face, at the same time trying to liberate the little sister. It was finally necessary, Teacher LAPP alleges, to thoroughly punish the entire trio, before he could make them understand that he was master of the situation, after which things quieted down to their normal state once more, and the matter was apparently forgotten in the school. While perhaps the school had forgotten the incident, Frank PERRY, the father of the children, kept it strongly in his mind. He is a powerful built man, about 35 years of age, and, it is alleged, has borne the reputation of being quite free with his fists. Some time after the punishment of the children PERRY met Teacher LAPP in an out of the way place, coming along on his bicycle, and he called to LAPP to dismount, saying he wished to speak to him. Teacher LAPP jumped from his wheel, and alleges that PERRY commenced an immediate abuse of him, ending up in PERRY striking him with his fists in the face. While LAPP does not pretend to be a pugilist, he alleges that he defended himself as best he could, and soon had changed PERRY's appearance so that his own relation would hardly recognize him. PERRY managed to get his thumb in LAPP's eye, slightly disfiguring it, but found he was no match for the 19-year old athletic teacher, and he decided retreat was the most practicable thing, and he fled, leaving the teacher to arrange his toilet and be the victorious winner of the battle. Teacher LAPP then swore out a warrant for PERRY's arrest for assault in the second degree, and the examination was before Justice W.E. PIERSON of Fillmore, Allegany county. Justice PIERSON discharged the prisoner, on the ground of a lack of sufficient evidence. Teacher LAPP went right to work and secured more evidence, and another warrant was sworn out for assault in the third degree, and Saturday afternoon PERRY was taken before Justice LUCKEY of the town of Granger and the case was given a jury trial. Justice LUCKEY thought there was plenty of evidence for conviction, but he was also of the opinion that PERRY had been severely punished by Teacher LAPP already. The jury found a verdict of guilty, and recommended PERRY to the mercy of the court. Justice LUCKEY then fined PERRY $5 and warned him to be less free with his fists in the future, and to leave fighting off from his usual programme. AWFUL TRAGEDY. Four Members of a Family Murdered and Others Seriously Wounded. MOSSENIM, Assinaboia, June 11. — News has been received here of the murder at Welwyn, twelve miles north of here, of Postmaster Alexander McARTHUR and four other members of his family, and the fatal wounding of another, also the serious wounding of two others, by John MORRISON, McARTHUR's hired man. The dead are: Alexander McARTHUR, father; Mrs. Alexander McARTHUR, the mother; Dempsey McARTHUR, age 12; Charles McARTHUR, age 8; Russell McARTHUR, age 4. The wounded: Marie McARTHUR, age, 6; Henry McARTHUR, age 2; Baby McARTHUR, age three weeks, fatally. Miss McARTHUR, who was spared by the murderer is the only one able to give anything like a coherent account of the tragedy. She says that MORRISON came to her room, and awakening her from sleep, said that he had killed all the family but little Russell and herself, and that he would kill Russell but spare her. He then grasped Russell, who was in bed with her, and butchered him with an axe. MORRISON then rushed from the house, saying that he was going to shoot himself. The girl, frenzied by the horrible sight of the murder of her little brother, staggered into the other rooms of the house to find that MORRISON had killed four other members of the family in the same manner that she had just witnessed. Three others were wounded and left for dead. With some difficulty she reached a neighbor's house and told the ghastly story. Men turned out and got on the trail of the murderer. He was found during the evening bleeding from a wound in the chest, which he said he had inflicted with a gun after leaving the McARTHUR house. There appears to be an utter absence of motive for the act of MORRISON, who was considered a quiet, well-behaved fellow. He is 27 years old and was born in Glasgow and came to this country about eight years ago. The only logical theory is a temporary attack of murderous insanity. He will probably recover from his wound. The McARTHUR family were highly-respected residents, and the father was one of the best-known in this region. JUNE 11, 1900 PAGE 6 LIQUOR SOLD TO A MINOR Matter Being Investigated by the Police. Boy Was Found In the Street in a Beastly State of Intoxication. Committed to State Industrial School as He Had Previously Been Arrested for Vagrancy. The police and Agent HEBBARD of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children are investigating a flagrant violation of the Raines liquor law which came to their notice by the arrest of a youth on a charge of drunkenness. Mr. HEBBARD, it is understood, obtained from the boy arrested some information as to where he obtained the liquor which made him beastly drunk and when it is learned positively where the liquor was obtained an effort will be made to cause the arrest of the dealers who sold it to the boy. The boy arrested is Charles OPPEL, 15 years of age. His home is on Wait street and the boy has a rather bad reputation, having been arrested a short time ago on a charge of vagrancy. He was arrested last Saturday night by Officers MULCAHY and Jerry SULLIVAN. It was about 11:30 o'clock that the officers noticed a boy staggering along Central avenue near Clinton, north. The youth was small of stature and the officers were slow to believe that he was under the influence of liquor; they thought that he was feigning drunkenness and watched him for some time before they approached him. Several times he fell down and picking himself up after each fall he would stagger along the sidewalk sometimes stumbling over the curb into the street. Finally being convinced that the boy's actions were real and not feigned they approached him. The boy was deathly pale and when he attempted to talk his tongue refused to act and he was unable to tell the officers who he was. The boy was taken to the police station where he soon became deathly sick and Police Surgeon STAPLETON was sent for. It was thought for a time that he would die and the surgeon was obliged to remain in attendance upon him for several hours and he was finally brought out of the stupor in which he had fallen. The surgeon pronounced it a case of drunkenness. When the boy was able to tell his story he told who he was and said that he had purchased whisky in several saloons. He could not tell exactly what places they were, however, at the time. To-day he gave to Agent HEBBARD a better idea of where the places were at which he purchased the liquor. He was arraigned in the juvenile court before Judge WHITE. The youth's father was in court and said that he had for some time been unable to do anything with the boy and thought that he should be placed in some institution. He was therefore committed to the State Industrial School. The boy was a short time ago arrested on a charge of vagrancy and when he was released at that time he promised to behave himself. His father said, however, that his arrest at that time had little effect upon him and he had since been in the habit of remaining out at night more or less. GOT TWENTY DAYS. Young Man Sent Up for Unlawfully Riding on a Train. Frank WILES, arrested last Saturday night by Officer Jerry SULLIVAN on a charge of unlawfully riding on a Central train, was convicted in Police court to-day and was sentenced to serve twenty days in the penitentiary. WILES was arrested at the Central station just as he jumped from a freight train, on which he had been beating his way. DOG OWNERS DISCHARGED. Have Complied With Ordinance and Prosecution Was Dropped. Jacob LEVI and Simon DWARKOVITZ were arrested several days ago on complaint of Superintendent CRIPPEN of the dog pound, who charged them with failing to comply with the ordinance relating to the registration of dogs. They both stated when arraigned that they intended to have their dogs registered, but that they needed a little more time. The case was put over till to-day to give them an opportunity to look after (didn't get rest of article) BROKE INTO A CENTRAL CAR Two Supposed Thieves Taken Into Custody at East Rochester. Were First Charged With Burglary but Later the Charge was changed — Sent to Penitentiary. Both Appear to be Tough Characters and May be a Pair of Traveling Crooks. Henry AMES and Frank WALSH, tough looking characters, were arraigned in police court to-day on a charge of burglary, by breaking into a Central railroad car with intent to steal. There was no doubt from the testimony that the men had broken into the car, but as the car was only laden with oats there was some doubt as to whether they intended to steal any of the oats. Detective LaPOINTE of the Central, who was in court stated after the testimony was taken that he was willing that the charge of burglary would not be pressed providing a charge of unlawfully riding on a Central car would be made against him. The court consented to this and the men pleaded guilty and were committed to the penitentiary for a term of thirty days. The arrest of the men was made at a late hour last night at the East Rochester yards of the Central by Special Officer BURKE, whose attention was called to the fact that a car attached to a train that had just pulled in from the west had been broken into. The conductor of the train, John HULLIUS, of Buffalo, informed Officer BURKE of the fact and he, the officer, and several train hands, entered the car and found two men asleep. They were roused up and the patrol wagon was sent for and the men were sent to the station where they gave their names as Harry AMES and Frank WALSH. The conductor stated on the stand to-day that when the train was at Batavia he saw two men acting suspiciously near the train and concluded that they were about to break into the car. He was busy looking after the starting of the train, however, and he did not have time to stop and drive them away. Soon after the train started he discovered that the seal on the door of one of the cars had been broken. Concluding that the men had climbed into the car he called the fact to the attention of the other train hands and the car was watched so that they could not escape. The next stopping place was East Rochester and when the train arrived there the attention of the special officer was called to the fact that it was thought there was someone in the car. The investigation resulted as stated. AMES made a statement on his own behalf and claimed that he did not break the seal of the car. He said that his home was in Syracuse and that he had been in Buffalo looking for work. Detective La POINTE cross-examined him. He contradicted himself several times and was finally compelled to admit that he had beat his way on freight trains from Syracuse to West Seneca and that he was beating his way back again when he was arrested. WALSH had previously expressed a desire to make a statement, but after La POINTE got through with his pal he concluded that he had better be silent. The case was held for a short time after the testimony was taken and then it was disposed of as stated. Submitted by Sylvia Myers Olson

Spirit of the Times Batavia, Genesee County, New York State November 29-1881 What We See, and What We Hear. The foundation walls of the new Erie Railroad depot are fast going up. The Board of Supervisors has appropriated $100 for religious services at the County House for the ensuing year. Mr. Russel L. KINSEY, of Darien, after a vacation of three months, has resumed his studies in M.H. PECK's law office. Mr. and Mrs. EVEREST have returned from the east. Mr. E. officiated at the funeral of the late Alfred W. RICHMOND on Monday afternoon. Mr. Jas. F. HAMILTON, a former prominent farmer in the northwest part of this town, recently died in Clinton, Wisconsin, aged 52 years. Mr. P.P. BRADISH, of the Genesee Agricultural Works, in an adjoining column presents his annual circular to the farmers of Genesee county. Miss Livinia TOMPKINS has purchased the business and stock of Millinery, of Mrs. MOLONEY, and will conduct the business in future at the old stand. J.F. PRUE, of Alexander, has tried credit business for the past eight months and don't like it. He announces that after the 30th inst. he will sell groceries very cheap, for cash only. Mr. Wm. E. KERSLAKE, for many years a clerk in T.F. WOODWARD's store, has leased the store of M.J. MORSE, adjoining, and will soon open the same with a full line of boots and shoes. Attica's young woman has set the fashion of hanging her "mushroom hat" on the back of the seat during a performance, putting on her head in the place of it, a worsted-worked "fascinator." Vennor in his weather prophecies says of December: "This, I believe, will be one of the Decembers that will cause inquiry of the oldest inhabitants as to whether there ever had been such a December before." "Bury Me Near the Old Home" is the latest Song and Chorus, by Will. L. THOMPSON. Price 35 cents. Since the death of President GARFIELD the sentiment expressed in this beautiful song has become universal. The melody is very pretty, and already the piece has become a great favorite. + The Catholic School Property Sold. The stone school building situated on Jackson street and owned by the Catholic Church Society has been sold to Josiah LORISH, of this village, for $3,000. Mr. LORISH purchased a strip of land north of the building about five feet wide, making a frontage of 35 feet and 8 inches. The property extends 95 feet back, and the Catholic people reserve an alleyway 18 feet wide back of it, as well as the lane on the south side of the building. It is understood that Mr. LORISH will make very extensive alterations and repairs to the building, and fit it up for the occupancy of his son, L.C. LORISH, who will remove his grocery thither. The floors will be lowered, a new front put in and an addition of several feet built on to the rear. The improvements will cost in the neighborhood of $2,000. + The Buffalo Body Snatchers. Last week we published the particulars of the body snatching affair in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, and the unsuccessful attempt to capture the ghouls. The mystery has at last been solved. It seems that when BURNHAM was taken sick (?) at THOMAS,' Babcock street, he employed Dr. COLTON, and shortly after, with his confederates, obtained a draft certificate in his name. A body of a man some sixty years old was obtained and the Lancaster man employed to bury it in Forest Lawn. In a few days BURNHAM and his pals got the idea that the insurance companies in which he was heavily insured, suspecting foul play, intended to exhume the body. He was fearful for his own safety, and with others attempted to raise the body and make away with it. But in this he was not successful, as everybody knows. The body was brought down town and Dr. BAKER, Coroner FOWLER and others made an examination and found it full of arsenic evidently used for preserving. + Wedding Bells. On Wednesday afternoon last a very happy wedding party assembled at the residence of Mrs. GRISWOLD, on Summit street, the occasion being the marriage of District Attorney Safford E. NORTH and Miss Cora M. GRISWOLD, sister of Mr. Gerrit GRISWOLD, editor of the 'News.' The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. H.L. EVEREST, rector of St. James' church, a select party of relatives and friends witnessing the ceremony, after which, happy congratulations and greetings were in order. The presents were numerous, elegant and appropriate.--The bridal party left on the afternoon express train for Ithaca, where they will spend a short honeymoon among friends, official business requiring Mr. NORTH's presence here at court next week. + Personal Paragraphs. Miss Katie BUELL, who is attending the Brockport Normal School, spent Thanksgiving with her parents on Ellicott Ave. Mr. Chas. W. GOULD, Revenue Collector, Buffalo, spent Thanksgiving at his father's residence in Batavia. Master Will SMITH, a student at Hobart College, also spent Thanksgiving at home. Miss THRALL and her niece, Miss Cornelia KNIGHT, are spending a few days with friends in Waterloo. Mr.and Mrs. George WASHBURN, who have been traveling during the summer in California, are expected home in a few days. + From California. Letter from J.M> PATTEN, a former Bergen Boy. We are permitted to publish the following extract from a letter written by J.M. PATTEN, a former Bergen boy, now in California, to John H. WARD, of this village. Mr. PATTEN went west about eight years ago, having spent most of the period in the mining regions and traveling over the State. The letter is dated Bodie, California, Nov. 14th, '81. ***I have been absent a good deal traveling on the west slope of the Sierra Nevadas. My health prior to this time was very poor, consequently I have been in no mood for letter writing. I was in the mountains most of the time; hunting and fishing were very good. In the valleys I found a great variety of fruit, flowers, etc., many things I had never seen before, oranges, figs, and that class. Grapes in great variety--all the foreign varieties. I saw the raisin made and helped gather the grapes. I improved rapidly under the new regime and can now report myself in good health. Among the novelties I visited the "big trees" and was in the Mammoth Grove of Calveras Co. I brought home some of the bark and seeds. Among other curiosities send you a piece of the bark and seeds. These big trees are really monsters, ranging from 250 to 400 feet in height and from 12 to 35 feet in diameter. The bark on some of these trees is fully twenty inches in thickness; that of the tree from which I took the bark I send you was twelve inches thick. This is a very strange, wild country, with scenery reaching far up into the sublime, high mountains, and deep into valleys holding mad plunging streams. Many of the roads are cut on the sides of the mountains, narrow roads, too, just a wagon track. Some places on these grades it is fully fifteen hundred feet to the bed of the valley below. The agates I found in a deserted placer mining claim in Tuolumne county. In many places in this country the soil has been entirely washed away by placer miners, leaving the surface a honey-combed mass of bare rocks. In one locality, near Columbia, there are hundreds of acres left in this condition, where millions of tons of soil and debris have been washed away. Several millions of gold dust have been taken from this district. This may seem to you like fiction, but is nevertheless true. The buttons are made from a shrub quite common on the west side of the mountains; you will observe the wood is very hard and heavy. One thing farther regarding those trees, observe how small the seeds are. It would, therefore, follow that very large trees from small seeds grown. J.M. PATTEN. + Mrs. BREWER Found Dead in Her House in Bethany. On Wednesday last the citizens of Bethany were much shocked to learn that Mrs.. BREWER, an old lady who resides about one mile east of the County House, was found dead on the floor of her sitting room. The particulars of the sad event are as follows: It seems that Mr. Rob. EASTLAND, who is a neighbor of Mrs. BREWER, had not noticed any indications for two or three days that the old lady was at home. On Wednesday morning last he went over to the house, and looking in the window, discovered her lying on the floor. He immediately called assistance, and on entering the house, the dead body of the old lady was found stretched on the floor, she evidently having fallen from her chair, and striking the stove caused a large bruise on her left cheek. From the indications of the body it is thought that she must have died about the Friday previous, as that was the last time she was seen alive. Deceased was the widow of the late Cornelius BREWER, of Bethany, and was about seventy-five years of age. + Obituary. Alfred W. RICHMOND. Although not unexpected, the sad news was telegraphed to Batavia last Friday that Alfred W. RICHMOND had breathed his last the evening previous at Atlantic City, New Jersey, where for many weeks he lay on a bed of sickness. Deceased was the eldest son of the late Dean RICHMOND, and at the time of his death was in the forty-seventh year of his age. + Neighboring Counties. The Perry 'Herald' denies that COLEMAN & TABOR commission merchants of that place, have made an assignment. A Dale, Wyoming county boy, who lately lost two of his fingers in a cutting box, was explaining the accident to a friend, and lost two more fingers in the same manner. Geo. W. MUTH's drying house at Bennington Center was totally destroyed by fire on Monday morning of last week. Only 200 pounds of stock was in it at the time. The proprietor feels all Muthed up. The Rochester compressed air motor, obtaining its power from the lower falls of the Genesee, will be in running condition in a few days, when the street cars of the city are to be run with it and horses retired. A severe and painful accident occurred to Miss Belle SHELDON at Perry Center on the 11th. She was engaged in papering a kitchen and while standing upon a table her foot caught the cover of the stove reservoir, which was full of boiling water, into which she fell receiving painful scalds upon her limbs. Dr. CRICHTON was called and found her injuries of a severe character. The authorities of the city of Lockport have issued circulars giving the exact condition of things as relating to small-pox in that city. The circulars contain a statement from the Lockport health officers, which shows that the disease has not prevailed there at any time very extensively, and that reports regarding the same have been remarkably exaggerated. An exchange says that a man in Dunkirk, who has got the money to do it with, is putting up a dozen neat, comfortable cottages, upon small lots, which he proposes to sell to respectable parties upon the payment of twenty-five dollars in cash, the balance to be secured by lien upon the place. In this way poor men can get a good home, the rich man can sell his land and houses at a fair profit, and at the same time help to build up a town. A hint to Batavia capitalists. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt

Bill, I hope you don't give up submitting the Tioga Co. NY news. We have communicated before regarding how much I enjoy your submissions to the OLD-NY NEWS. It must be hard for you to submit when you live so far away. At age 75, you are amazing. Pat Wainwright of Chemung Co., NY

Wyoming County Mirror Warsaw, Wyoming Co., NY March 16-1852 Written for the 'Mirror.' The Early Settlers. Number XVIII. by Hugh T. BROOKS. Jabez WARREN and Mr. SILLECK were mentioned in my last as the associates of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN in the settlement of Middlebury. Mr. TURNER, in The History of the Holland Purchase, names the following individuals as settlers in Middlebury during the year 1802--(it shall be 1803--)Jabez WARREN, Sterling STEARNS, Joseph SILLECK, Frederick GILBERT, Israel M. DEWEY and Reuben CHAMBERLAIN. Jabez WARREN is represented as being a man of unusual enterprise and intelligence. He was employed by the Holland Company to open a road from the Transit Line to Lake Erie, in 1804. He had also been employed in constructing other roads.--While at the Land Office in Batavia one day, Mr. ELLICOTT remarked to him--"Mr. WARREN, a man of your abilities is entitled to more than a common chance--I will give you an agency." Accordingly Mr. WARREN removed in 1804 to Aurora, Erie County, where he was agent for a township. Mr. WARREN was quite successful in his new home, and died in 1810, rich and respected, at the age of 47 years. Gen. Wm. WARREN, of Aurora, is his son. His improvements at "Wrights Corners" were a log house and a small clearing, on which he raised crops in 1803. His neighbor and associate, Joseph SILLE, was a man of medium size, active and industrious. He made the largest improvement in that part of the country, about 100 acres, and sold out after a few years to David PALMER, father of Stephen PALMER, who succeeded to the property, and sold to Mr. HENDERSON, whose widow now occupies the farm. Mr. SILLECK realized about $3000 by this sale. He removed to Avon, where he _ purchase and "built himself," as the saying is "out of house and home." Becoming involved by his outlays in making improvements on his Avon purchase, he lost his property, and went to reside with his children at the West. Frederick GILBERT was an active, energetic man, of easy and gentlemanly address, but most unfortunate in his domestic relations. His wife seems to have had a gift for living alone; at any rate she did not choose to make herself agreeable to other people. Her husband had the full benefit of all her peculiarities; and it was finally agreed that they would live apart, as the surest way to promote "domestic tranquility." Mr. GILBERT was absent for several years, and his wife remained in this part of the country, sometimes residing with her children and sometimes in families about the neighborhood. Two of his old neighbors, Maj. WILSON and Esqr. BELKNAP, on their way to Canandaigua, stopped at Gansons, in Leroy, to spend the night, where they found Mrs. GILBERT. Maj. WILSON seeing an Irishman in the bar-room asked him why he did not get married, and suggested the "widow GILBERT," as a suitable "help-meet." "Very well," says the Irishman, I am ready if she is." The lady assented, and Esqr. BELKNAP pronounced the irrevocable sentence--"husband and wife." BELKNAP, after waiting as long as delicacy required, ventured to suggest that he was ready to receive his fee. "Come, come," says the Irishman, "take something to drink." BELKNAP and the company readily joined in this, and matters went on briskly for a while. BELKNAP again turned his attention the finance--"take another drink," says the Irishman, and again the company joined them in a social glass. This was repeated several times, till the happy "groom" became oblivious to all earthly cares and composed himself to slump on the bar-room floor!--The late "widow GILBERT" made her broom play in a most amiable manner the next morning, and she found her spouse stretched at full-length among the rubish of the bar-room.--Whether her second trail of married life was more auspicious than the first, tradition has not informed us; but the beginning, most assuredly, was not very full of promise. I will close, with this peep at social life, fully convinced that our staid ancestors had their failings. + Middlebury Academy. The Annual Examination at this Institution occurred on Thursday and Friday, the 4th and 5th inst., and was highly creditable to both instructors and pupils. All the classes did well, and several of them exceedingly well. There were everywhere exhibited these marks of thoroughness in the instruction which can alone secure the proper discipline to the mind. The great object of each teacher seems to have been to have the subject in hand mastered, and not simply the text book committed. We were especially pleased with the exhibitions in the Languages--Latin and French--also in Chemistry, English Grammar, Rhetoric, and Intellectual Philosophy. While the pupils generally gave highly commendable proofs of their diligence and success in study, some won our admiration. Upon the whole we were deeply impressed with the belief, that under the present Board of Instruction, few, if any, Academies in the land could hold out such substantial inducements to youth as resorts for intellectual and moral training. Of the Principal, we have no occasion to speak, by way of commendation. His rare qualifications as a teacher and presiding officer are widely known and appreciated. Miss MACLAY, during the comparatively brief connection with the Institution, has become deservedly and to a high degree popular.--Mr. CARPENTER, though recently introduced as a teacher, appears to be thoroughly qualified for his place. Wyoming, as a location, possesses advantages unrivalled. It is healthful, moral and quiet. And should the Trustees of the Academy succeed in the laudable undertaking of increasing their accommodations, we see no reason why it should not be thronged with students. + Married. In Warsaw, on the 25th ult., by J.W. HINES, Mr. Solomon MORRIS, and Miss Jane ENSIGN, all of Warsaw. In Gainesville, February 2d, by B.F. BRISTOL, Esqr. James SMITH, of Attica, and Miss Malinda COOK, of Warsaw. + Died. In Warsaw, on the 14th inst., Lucy MORRIS, wife of Rufus MORRIS, aged 52 years. In Warsaw, on the 9th inst., Ann V. BEEBE, wife of James U. BEEBE, and daughter of Elijah BASSETT, aged 21 years. In Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., on the 27th ult., Mrs. Emily LEACH, wife of Isaac LEACH, and sister of Mrs. F. NICHOLSON, of this place, aged 35 years. In Attica, on the 7th inst., at the residence of her mother, Mrs. Josephine PADDOCK, wife of Robert PADDOCK of Detroit, formerly of Middlebury in this county, and daughter of the late Col. Joseph WILDER, in the 34th year of her age. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt and Kathy Then

To Bill of Tioga Co: If you want to send your transcribed newspaper articles to me, I can copy them over and post them to the list. I have never had trouble posting anything so maybe that would work. We do appreciate what you are doing. Patricia Stillwell Mims Rici2@aol.com

Just one other thought, too -- I had a couple of transcription submissions bounce because I'd forgotten to check and make sure my outgoing email was sent to "plain text"; I was using a program that automatically reverted to HTML every time. Changed to one I could set permanently to plain text, and no more problems. Nan

Hi Bill, I also had problems when I first started sending in submissions, but the problem was with the address I was trying to send to, NOT with Rootsweb!! I was copying and pasting the address from my address book, which has SEVERAL list addresses in it, and occasionally, I'd copy the semicolon at the end of the address, which makes the address invalid!! I have never had Rootsweb themselves send me a reply, as it's a huge organization with THOUSANDS of members!!! I understand the effort that goes into transcribing, and if you feel you would rather spend your time on other things, I'm sure everyone will understand....or they SHOULD anyway!!!! But if not, then you might want to start sending your submissions using the "reply" button on a submission received from the list, since that address MUST have worked!!! Just remember to delete out anything in the body of the reply before you type in your submission, and to change the subject line to read YOUR submission rather than the original!!!! One other thought is....do you have more than one screen name that you use???? Because I do, and the ONLY screen names that you can send e-mail to Rootsweb lists from, are the address(es) you are subscribed to a particular list under!!!! I made THAT little mistake too!!!! I TRIED to keep my surnames separated under specific screen names, and the next thing I knew, I was trying to send replies to lists that I was NOT subscribed to with that particular screen name!!!! It got SO confusing that I finally unsubscribed from all my mailing lists under various screen names, and then subscribed to them all again under just this screen name!! Outsmarted myself on THAT one!!!! THANKS for all your hard work! Joan

THE OWEGO RECORD Tioga County New York, News March 26, 1891 #1 WADE-WALKER WEDDING. ---Newark Valley, March 26 - The marriage of Miss Adelia WADE and Emmett WALKER of Waverly, took place on Wednesday evening at the bride's home in South Newark, Rev. J. W. TREIBLE of Waverly officiating. About fifty-invited guest were present. Among those from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Leander WALKER, Mrs. T. S. WALKER, Mrs. BUCK, Miss Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. VANARTWICK, Waverly, N. F. WALKER, Misses Clara and Ada Walker, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. MAY, Athens; Mr. and Mrs. J. STRUBLE, Nichols. The wedding march was played by J. D. JOSLYN, coronet and Fred WADE MOSES, clarinet. Mr. Edgar Wade acted as best man and Miss Eva WADE as bride's maid. Many handsome and valuable presents were received by the bride among which were a handsome gold watch, two handsome chairs, lamp and other articles too numerous to mention. The bridal party left on train No.15 for the east where they will spend a few weeks. The best wishes of a large number of friends go with them in their newly wedded life. ---A. BYINGTON was in Elmira on Monday of this week. ---It is understood that A. N. FORD of Speedsville, formerly of this place, is about to move to Patterson, NJ, where he will engage in the commission business. ---Miss GRISWOLD returned Monday evening from a visit to her brother near Owego. ---Mr. BARNES, corresponding secretary of the Baptist Home Missionary Society, spoke from the Baptist pulpit in this place on Sunday. ---Miss BRADLEY of Ithaca is visiting friends in town. ---S. W. BYINGTON has moved from the ROYS' house to the ANDREW'S house. ---Rev. Mr. BENN has moved into rooms in Mrs. Anna FIVAZ'S house on Whig street, recently vacated by Mrs. CULVER. ---Mrs. Henry JAYNE is visiting her son Charles at Dushore. ---The pulpit of the Congregational church was occupied on Sunday by Rev. Walter MITCHALL of Auburn, who preached very excellent sermons morning and evening. ---Anna HOLLADAY is in New York, purchasing goods for the spring trade. ---The people of Newark Valley are expecting a rare treat. The attraction will be the noted FISKE jubilee singers of Nashville, TN, who will give a concert on April 9th, under the auspices of the Y P S C E, of the Congregational church. ---Mrs. C. HOWARD of Easton, who has been passing a couple of weeks at Franklin DAVIS', returned to her home on Saturday. .Mrs. J. T. HOWLAND, who has been confined to her home by sickness, is again able to be about. .George CLINTON of Binghamton spent Sunday at the home of his mother in this place. .Elmer SETTLE of Speedsville was in town on Saturday last. .Mrs. Lyman BROWN of Berkshire visited her sister, Mrs. DOHS, a part of last week. .A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Egbert BERKLEY of East Newark on Sunday last. .It is reported that A. D. ROYS and family who have been living in Galeton, PA, the past year will return to this place this spring. .Fred WATERMAN of Nichols passed Sunday at the residence of Harvey NEAL. .Mrs. William LEE of Dixon, IL, is visiting her brother H. W. HUTCHINSON, on Whig street. .Mame Van HORN of Union is visiting at the residence of Franklin DAVIS on Whig street, .S. B. DAVIDGE and wife have been visiting a short time in New York City. .James Brown of Buffalo visited friends in town over Saturday. .Prof. George BURR of Cornell University has been visiting his father, Dr. W. J. BURR, on Whig street. .The home sugar social held by the Home Missionary Society, on Wednesday evening, was well attended, considering the bad condition of the roads, and a pleasant time was had by all. .F. W. RICHARDSON was in town during last week. Bill Grummons bgrummons@imt.net

THE OWEGO RECORD Tioga County New York, News March 26, 1891 #2 NORTHERN TIOGA NEWS. ________________________________________________________________ William P. BELDEN is the RECORD'S Authorized Agent at Richfield and all Subscriptions Accounts may be paid to him. .Richford, March 25. - G. D. BARNES spent part of last week in Owego. .The Richford school is having a vacation of two weeks. .A. G. WATKINS and wife and George W. RAWLEY returned from Owego Friday night.C. F. CURTIS left town one day last week to visit friends in Michigan. .George D. MORELAND, Richford's well known, Constable, took two prisoners to Syracuse last week and one last Monday. .Warren PIERCE of Ithaca was in town part of last week. He with others of the same family played quite an important part at the late session of court. . Leslie POTTER, who has been studying telegraphy at the depot during the past year, has commenced work as assistant operator at Newark Valley. The RECORD wishes him success. .At the close of this rather brief and uninteresting letter this week, the reporter desires to make an explanation. The reason the Richford department is not filled with so many bright and witty things, as to cause it to be forever preserved amid the classics of this land, is that the RECORD'S representative in this place is slightly ill; in fact even as he is dictating this explanation, he is holding an old hat over his mouth so that if his slippers do come up, he can save them. He trusts that this will be received in the spirit in which it is given. THE REBELLIOUS VETERANS. .A Buffalo dispatch says; "A number of the mutinous inmates of the Soldiers' Home at Bath have been arriving in the city since Saturday. As a rule, they are penniless and consequently have applied for aid to the Grand Army men here. These applications have been refused and several have applied to Justice KING to be sent to workhouse as vagrants. The mutineers are in a sorry condition." THE ERIE'S FAST FREIGHT RUN. .The RECORD publishes below an account of a fast run on the Susquehanna division of the Erie, furnished by one of the brakemen on the .A remarkably fast run was accomplished Monday on the Susquehanna division of the Erie by engine No. 222, BRINK, engineer and CARRIER, fireman. A train of thirty-five cars of dead freight was hauled from Hornellsville to Susquehanna in 7 hours and 20 minutes. The run from Hornellsville to Corning and from Corning to Waverly was made for water. The train was in charge of Conductor LEWIS and it is claimed to be one of the best runs recorded. AUCTION. .Charles H. KETCHUM will sell at auction at his residence, at Gibson Corners, Thursday April 2, 1891, at 10 o'clock a.m. the following property: One pair 4-year-old bay geldings, sound, kind and gentle, four choice cows, two yearlings, two fine shoats, one lumber wagon, one top buggy, one platform wagon, one skeleton wagon, one cutter, one new mowing machine, one pair of bob-sleds, one Perry spring tooth harrow, one double harness, one single harness, one Syracuse chilled plow, some pine lumber, fifty hens, some turkeys, eight ducks, and many articles of farming utensils and other property not mentioned. Sam SHIRLEY, the popular auctioneer, will officiate. KILLED HIMSELF IN A HOSPITAL. .Plainfield, NJ, March 26, -- Henry G. WOOD, a well-known contractor of Elizabeth, NJ, killed himself in the Muhlenberg Hospital here. He had been despondent over money troubles and had eaten hardly anything for four weeks but had been drinking almost incessantly. Tuesday he was attacked by delirium tremens and taken to the hospital where his ravings became worse. His nurse left him for a few moments when WOOD cut his throat with a penknife and also made several cuts slight wounds in his breast near his heart. He died almost immediately. NEWSY NICHOLS NOTES. .Nichols, March 25, -- The Wappassening Grange will hold an entertainment and supper for the benefit of the grange in it's hall next Friday evening, March 27th. A cordial invitation is extended to all. .Miss Julia JOSLIN is reported on the sick list. .Miss Jennie WARWICK entertained a number of her friends very pleasantly at the parsonage last Saturday afternoon. .D. J. SMEAD has sold his property on Cady avenue to Platt L. WHITE of this place. . Cap. RUSSELL of Windham, PA, Has purchased the property formerly owned by Samuel CLAPP in this place and intends building a new residence upon it soon. ...The Easter service will be rendered very finely at the M. E. church on Sunday, evening. BG

Wow Bill, I am sorry for the grief you seem to have felt over this mailing list. I am of no consequence to the list...for I am just a member. I do however, know the efforts one has to go through to be able to submit a transcription. If there is someone not grateful for your efforts...the entire list of members should protest on your behalf!!! Sincerely, Kathy

One day, I will send in a submission to NY-OLD-NEWS and it is published. The next day as fast as I send them in they are returned to me as having fatal errors or I am not authorized to send. I questioned this once before, with no answer from Rootsweb. I now live in Bozeman, MT, but my home will always be Newark Valley, Tioga County, NY The only relative I have left in Tioga County, is my sister, Mrs. Robert Sharp of Berkshire. It would be nice, after someone agrees to give of their time and money, to be part of something as fine as Rootsweb/Ancestry.com, to simply state in simple terms, that they are not interested in your efforts on their behalf. To all those that sent letters of encouragement, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. But at seventy-years of age, there are other things I can do, besides try to please the iron maiden, guarding the gates to .com. Bill Grummons

Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee Co., NY October 30-1874 Mr. Augustus THAYER of this village, died on Monday last, aged 75 years. Mr. Frank McFARLAND, of Batavia, teaches the winter school at Pavilion Ctr. Prof. FULLER has so far recovered his health as to be able to take charge of his fine school again. Mr. E.M. ASHLEY, of East Bethany, has engaged to teach the school at Stone Church where he taught last winter. Hon. Seth WAKEMAN has so far recovered from his recent severe illness, as to be able to be around town again. Chas. KIRKAM, Esq., and Capt. RAND are visiting their friends in this village. Glad to see the boys around again. Mr. James F. TILEY, of Oakfield, who has been dangerously ill of typhoid fever, is, we are pleased to learn, recovering. Mr. Shubel GREEN, who died in this village on the 21st inst., aged 75 years, had been a resident of Batavia over forty years. Mr. John LAUDERDALE, of Pavilion, who has been traveling in the west for a number of weeks, has just arrived home. Mr. John SELDEN, of Stafford, has engaged to teach the school in Dist. No. 4, in this village. School commences Monday next, Nov. 2d. A team belonging to Mr. H. GRISWOLD, of Darien, ran away in Attica the other day, and collided with a shade tree, badly injuring one of the horses. Mr. James HUDSON, of Pavilion, aged 37 years, died on Saturday last, 24th inst., of typhoid pneumonia. He leaves, to mourn his loss, a widow and two children. On Tuesday evening of this week, a Mr. C.B. BLAKE lectured at Alabama Ctr., and that's all we know about it. Why don't some friend there send us Alabama items? Rev. Schuyler SEAGER, formerly resident and pastor of the M.E. church here, and well known, respected and loved by our citizens, died at Lockport Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew KRAUSS of Attica were thrown from their carriage, and the lady considerably bruised, by colliding with the buggy of Dr. CROFF, in Attica one day last week. Walter B. KELLY, of Alabama, died suddenly on Friday last, from rupturing a blood vessel in a fit of coughing. He was 34 years of age, and had been in poor health two or three years. Sudden Death.-On Wednesday of last week, 21st., inst., Mr. Charles P. DANIELS, of Stafford, died suddenly in an epileptic fit. The Le Roy 'Courier' says "he had not been feeling very well for some days, and on the morning of his death was about starting for Batavia to procure some medicine. About 8 o'clock he complained of pain in the head, and going to the house lay down on the lounge. His wife was in the cellar, but was called by the hired girl. Almost immediately upon her entering the room he threw up his hands, apparently in a spasm or fit, and with his wife's name upon his lips, passed into a state of unconsciousness from which he never recovered." + Linden. Burglars at Work.-One night last week the grist mill of J.W. BOSWORTH was entered through a window, and 75 cents and a sack of flour carried away. On the same night the ware house of Wm. E. KEMP was entered, and the desk pried open, but no valuables found. Also, on the same night, an attempt was made to enter the store of DURGEE & HUGGINS by abstracting a window, but Charlie sleeps in the store, and while the burglars were at work at the window, he fired a shot at them from his revolver, which somewhat flustrated[sic]their designs, for they became non est comatibus immediately. An attempt was made on the same window in June, and a shot fired, at that time with the same result, of which no public mention was made. Charlie is plucky, and burglars had better beware, or they may get marked. J.W. BOSWORTH's barn was burglarized of a one-horse harness last Saturday evening. No clue. + Bergen. We are sorry to learn that Squire HULL, of Stone Church, is ill with congestion of the brain. D.J. McPHERSON returned from Batavia on Wednesday evening of last week suffering from an abscess in his left ear. He has not since been able to leave his bed. Mr. WOOD, of this place, thinks he has two large specimens of the Greening apple--one measures 11 1/2 inches each way and weighs 14 ounces, the other 10 1/2 inches and weighs 13 ounces. He also raised a muskmelon which weighed 14 1/2 lbs. John BARRON and family, who sojourned for a short time in Belcoda, have returned to this place and taken up their abode in the Congregational parsonage. The people's teeth should be well looked after, for we have a new dentist in town. He occupies the small building next to J.G. PERRY's, and his name is J.S. WALTER. Mr. HESCOCK, and family, have moved into town from Churchville. Mr. H. will open a meat-market in the new building now in process of erection on Perry's corner. Another cider mill. PARISH & COOPER are the proprietors and the old grain elevator the place. + Alexander. Mr. Albert ROWE of this place has just returned from New York, having made his annual visit for the purpose of purchasing goods for the winter trade, and judging from the many boxes just arrived he must have found a large quantity of goods both pleasing to the eye and to suit the purse of the masses. Last Sabbath Capt. FELLOWS, an old pioneer, formerly of this place, but laterly of the town of Bethany. In died in the County House. The deceased was 82 years of age, had lived in Alexander 70 years, came here when there were but three buildings standing. Alexander had quite an excitement on Sunday last over the death of a Miss Lucretia HOLMES of Honoey Falls who died at the house of Mrs. Olive RICHMOND, where she had come to be nursed. She died suddenly and the good people of this place imagining there was something wrong about the matter became considerably excited. A coroner's investigation was held by Dr. TOZER, with Philip ZWETCH, E.F. MOULTON, John HINTZ, M.W. BROWN, Albert ROWE, J COLLINS, and S.B. HAMMOND as jurors. Drs. MULLIN and HORTON, who made the postmortem examination, and Mrs. RICHMOND, in whose care the girl was, were sworn, and the verdict rendered was "Died of heart disease." + MARRIED. BRIGGS-STORER.-At the residence of Danforth STORER, West Bergen, on the 21st inst., by Rev. A.B. BARTOLPH of Stone Church, assisted by Rev. E. ALLEN of Byron, Mr. Gilbert BRIGGS, of Lima, N.Y., and Miss Julia A., adopted daughter of Danforth STORER. + submitted by Linda Schmidt

Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State April 1-1898 Preparing the Papers William E. WEBSTER has commenced work upon the brief to be submitted to the Court of Appeals on the appeal from the conviction of Howard C. BENHAM on charge of murdering his wife, Florence T. BENHAM. When the work will be finished he is unable to say. The brief will be an exhaustive one and much time will necessarily be spent and great care taken in its preparation. Mr. WEBSTER is supposed to have it in readiness in a reasonable length of time, no period being specified. The brief will first be submitted to District-Attorney Le SEUR, who is given time to prepare one presenting the prosecution's side of the case, so it is likely to be two or three months before the case reaches the Court of Appeals. + Probably a Crank. An Englishman who gave the name of John BLANCK, said he was 46 years old and had a wife and four children in Philadelphia, struck town yesterday morning and went to the factory of the Baker Gun company in search of work. He was well dressed, smoked good cigars and claimed to be worth considerable money. The company had no work for him and sent him to John H. BLAKE, the rifle manufacturer. Mr. BLAKE asked the man how he came to visit Batavia and he replied that he had a letter of introduction from a mutual friend to Mr. RYAN, President of the Bank of Genesee. He made a critical examination of Mr. BLAKE's gun and showed a good general knowledge of rifles, but fell down when it came to details. He said that he had visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard and claimed to be a friend of General MILES and General SCHOFIELD. Mr. BLAKE conceived the idea an agent of the Spanish Government in search of information that might be of use to that government. Mr. BLAKE hired him for $18 a week. This morning the stranger showed up at the factory early and was greatly excited over the prospect of war. His desire for work had vanished and he discussed guns no longer. He said he was going on to Washington at once and left the factory. + His Boat Capsized. East Pembroke-Fred EICK, who works for John DENNISON, had a narrow escape from drowning on Wednesday afternoon. MR. DENNISON's farm is on the north side of the creek and when members of his family desire to come to the village they cross the stream in a boat. EICK had been to the village and was returning. When his boat was near the north bank it capsized and he fell into the water, which is quite deep at that point. The current was strong and he was being carried down stream, but Mr. DENNISON happened to see him and hurried to his assistance and succeeded in rescuing him. The boat was carried down stream and was found near the Paper mill. + Mrs. CLAPSADDLE's Funeral Changed. The time for the funeral of Mrs. Fred J. CLAPSADDLE has been changed. It will be held tomorrow instead of Sunday at 10:30 a.m. from the house at West Bethany and at 2 p.m. from the M.E. church at Stafford. + Special Announcement. Wanted, 5,000 tons of sugar beets by the Binghamton Beet Sugar company, for which a flat price of $5 per ton will be paid for properly topped beets delivered on board the cars at their factory at Binghamton. Seed will be furnished by the company and deducted from the first shipment of beets. Further particulars will be furnished by Charles A. KIBBE, office No. 13, Bank street, Batavia. Money to loan on real estate security. + Millinery opening tomorrow at Hewitt's. You are invited. + Pretty and inexpensive gifts for Easter at the P.E.C. Easter sale. + Today's Briefs From the Wires. Saratoga.-Two inches of snow fell at North Creek, Warren county, yesterday. New York.-Steve BRODIE arrived in this city today. The story of his death was a carefully arranged hoax. Elmira.-Miss Eleanor ROBINSON, daughter of the late Governor Lucius ROBINSON, died here yesterday afternoon. Poughkeepsie.-Arnant CANNON, a prominent architect, went to the Masonic Temple yesterday, and committed suicide by shooting himself. New York.-The 'World' says that Mrs. William C. WHITNEY, who was injured by a fall from a horse at Aiken, S.C., several weeks ago, is in a serious condition. + For Sale Cheap. Two nearly new, six foot show cases. + Clark Takes the Stand. The prosecution finished yesterday in the CLARK murder case in Buffalo and the defense had nearly all of its evidence in before a recess was taken. The defendant himself went upon the stand. He is a big good-natured looking fellow, who hasn't the least appearance of a murderer, and as he told his story in a straightforward, convincing manner, it was plain that he made a favorable impression upon the jury. He was still on the stand when a recess was taken until today. Justice SPRING decided to admit as evidence the written statement made by CLARK to the police immediately after his arrest. In this statement CLARK said that on the evening before the murder he expostulated with Kittie HOUSEMAN for having so much to do with Thomas CLANCY. He went to bed about midnight. About 3:30 a.m. the woman awakened him, began to call him names and slapped his face. He got up and struck her several times with a broomstick. She fell to the floor and died in a few minutes. The statement closed with the following words: "I killed Kittie HOUSEMAN." The evidence of a few police officers was taken and the prosecution rested. Mr. ABBOTT, attorney for CLARK, stated in opening for the defense that it was expected to prove that the woman attacked CLARK with a frying pan and then he struck her. In falling she struck a chair and the injury thus received caused her death. A grocer testified to having seen the woman slap CLARK's face because he would not pay for groceries she had bought for other men. CLARK cried when she struck him. A number of men for whom CLARK had worked testified that he was peaceable, industrious and honest. CLARK himself testified that he was 41 years old, was born in Seneca county and had served eight years in the United States Army. He went to Buffalo in 1892 and met the HOUSEMAN woman a year later. He took her to live with him at her request. He gave her money frequently and she would get drunk and buy liquor for other men, especially for CLANCY, for whom she left CLARK several times. At times she was very violent and threw flatirons and a knife at CLARK. She also hit him with his dinner bell. CLANCY was constantly following the woman up. CLARK said he put up with it because he loved the woman and intended to marry her. That was as far as his testimony went yesterday. + Death of Miss Catherine Hagan. Miss Catherine HAGAN, a former resident of Batavia, died yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas WALKER of Attica, aged 71 years. She was born in Ireland and had lived in this country 45 years. She is survived only by nephews and nieces. The funeral will be held from the Catholic church in Attica at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday and the interment will be in St. Joseph's cemetery in this village. + To Reopen Tomorrow. A.T. BOYD, successor to E.W. CLARK & Co., will reopen the dry goods store which has been closed for a week, tomorrow morning. The store has been restocked with a large variety of choice goods, and the reputation gained for excellence of merchandise and fair dealing will be fully maintained. + A Well-Known Batavian Man. Harry C. BUXTON of No. 21 Otis street, a manufacturer of various kinds of ironing boards and extension ladders, is again able to attend to business. Mr. BUXTON states that he has been suffering from general debility, nervous dyspepsia and constipation and owes his speedy restoration to perfect health to "The Cactus Blood Tonic." To introduce this grand medicine the agents at 116 State street are selling large $1 bottles for 25 cents for a limited time only. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt

The Dansville Advertiser Dansville, Livingston Co., NY January 10, 1884 New Year's wedding - Elbert FOSTER of Scottsburg and Miss Hattie SINCLAIR of Kanona. Our citizens generally will regret to learn of the death at two o'clock this morning of Mrs. Joseph KNAPPENBERG, who has long been ill. She was a very excellent woman. Daniel BOSLEY an old resident of Bosley's Mills in this county died on Tuesday at the age of 70. The ice crop is being harvested here. It is thick and of good quality. We regret to hear that Rev. Mr. WILBOR of the M. E. church has been sick since Sunday night. We hear that Major PRATT's children are all down with the measles. He ought to have stayed in Dansville. J. PFUNTNER recently had the misfortune to fall from a wagon and break the forefinger of his right hand so badly as to necessitate its amputation. The east side of Main street will be still further re-enforced if Thomas EARLS occupies the fine brick store which he recently bought of Ralph T. WOOD. Last Friday the horse of E. H. WILLIAMS went so fast that Mr. Williams and his companion Gill FOWLER thought they would get out - and they did. The horse finally brought up with little damage. Andrew J. BROWN of Chicago is at his old Dansville home. Miss Minnie FAULKNER will spend the winter in Washington. Mrs. Maria WALTER is home from a short visit to Rochester. Mrs. Jennie M. ATKINSON of Lima is visiting her brother My YORKS. Miss Josie D. BLAKE of Ingham University was at home during the holidays. Sheriff O'MEARA's familiar face greeted many Dansville friends last Saturday. Jacob LILL, George MATTERN and George WAHL of Rochester have been visiting Michael BLEK this week. Nic J. CARROLL has gone to Florida in vain if he expected to find warm weather there. This late cold wave chilled even that land of flowers. W. A. NOBLE, formerly of this village, has recently removed from Syracuse to Buffalo, where he is foreman of the car shop of the West Shore railway. Miss Carrie HALL and Miss Ernestine HOLMSTEDT left yesterday morning for their respective schools, Miss Hall to Wells, Miss Holmstedt to Wellesley. Mr. Jamie JACKSON went to Rochester on Monday, where he enters school. Odd Fellows - The following officers of Canaserage lodge of this village were installed last Friday evening by A. P. BURKHART, D.D.G.M.: E.R. WOODRUFF, Noble Grand, J. E. CRISFIELD, Vice Grand, F. W. KREIN, Secretary, A. LOZIER, Per. Secretary, Fred T. BRETTLE, Treasurer Joseph TOMPKINS, Warden H. B. McNAIR, Conductor, J. J. GILDER, O.G., G. McLOUGHLIN, I.G., J. C. WHEATON, R.S.N.G., W. H. DICK, L.S.N.G., P.J. OBERDORF, B.S.V.G., H. SEHWINGLE, L.S.V.G., A.G. LESTER, R.S.S. C. H. ROWE, L.S.S. E. S. PALMES, Chaplain. * * * * * C. V. PATCHIN, M.D. Physician and Surgeon. Office over Fowler's dry good store. Office hours 10 a.m. to 12 m.; 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. * * * * * Submitted by Nan Lambert Starjak