The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State February 3-1897 MERE MENTION. The Ladies' Aid society of St. Paul's German church will meet at the usual hour tomorrow afternoon. The C.E. Sewing society of Daws will meet with Mrs. F.A. DEAN tomorrow afternoon. Supper will be served from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Lieutenant-Colonel SULLY speaks in the Salvation Army hall tonight, assisted by Staff-Captain ATKINSON and Captain VRODENBURG,with is graphophone. William BROWN and William DILLON, tramps, were discharged from custody by Police-Justice WOODWARD this morning. They had spent the night in jail. The King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. A.E. WHITESIDE at No. 13 Jackson street at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow to make garments for the Batavia Relief Association. In Buffalo yesterday Justice CHILDS ordered an interlocutory judgment in partition in the action of G.A.&R.I. PAGE vs. Martha NELSON and others and appointed Myron H. PECK, Jr., Referee to sell. Drs. BARRINGER and L.L. TOZIER reduced the dislocation of the left hip of Edwin McCARTHY, the Prune street boy, yesterday afternoon. The lad is likely to be laid up for some time as a result of the injury. The annual ball of the Iron and Moulders' Union, No. 123, will be held at Odd Fellows' Temple on Friday evening, February 5th. Fresh oysters and clams and Wehle's Rochester hot sausage at Phil PERFIELD's. ++ PERSONAL. Miss COMSTOCK of Bergen is the guest of her sister, Miss Emma COMSTOCK of Tracy avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. OTIS have returned from Buffalo, where they have been spending several days visiting friends. Miss Ella SHEERN, formerly of Batavia, has returned from Oakham, Mass., to take a course in Miss BLOUNT's commercial school. Mrs. Florence BUXTON, who has been spending the past three months visiting relatives and friends in Groveland, has returned home. The members of the Art League are requested to meet with Miss DOUGLASS of East Main street Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m. A full meeting is desired. ++ THIS END OF THE STATE. The Y.M.C.A. of Niagara Falls is threatened with dissolution for lack of funds. It is proposed to expend $633,450 on the park system of Buffalo this year, bonding the city for $450,00 of the amount. S.Van WINKLE, an aged tailor at Hornellsville, hanged himself to a stepladder yesterday, being found dead. He was seventy years old. An appeal has been issued by the Methodist preachers of Rochester for aid for the students at the Lima Seminary who lost all their effects in the recent fire. Casper TOEBLER, an inmate of the Erie county almshouse, fell down a flight of stairs in that institution yesterday and broke his neck. He was 53 years old. The Coroner's jury in the fatal case of hypnotism in Jamestown find that the negro boy came to his death through hypnotic practices performed by half a dozen young men. The Perry Knitting company has increased its capital stock from $71,000 to $100,000 and reduced the number of directors from seven to three, with the Hon. Milo. H. OLIN as president. ++ AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. Charles L. FISHER, landlord of the hotel at East Pembroke, died there this morning after a brief illness from inflammation of the brain. He was taken ill last Thursday, but was up for a while on Friday. On Friday night he became worse and from that time on his condition became more unfavorable. Since Monday he has been delirious all of the time. Mr. FISHER was about 40 years of age and is survived only by his wife. He had been landlord of the East Pembroke hotel since April, 1896, when he moved there from Alabama. ++ MRS. WAGENKNET OF OAKFIELD. Mrs. Rachael WAGENKNET, aged 76 years, a native of Germany, died on Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Louis MYERS, about two miles north of this village. She is survived by three daughters and six sons. The funeral services were held yesterday at 1 o'clock at the house and at 2 o'clock at the German M.E. church in this village. ++ JOEL BARRETT OF BATAVIA. Joel BARRETT, who had lived in Batavia only a short time when he was sent to the County House in Bethany died from old age on Sunday. He was 85 years old and left no relatives. ++ FUNERAL OF MRS. WOODBINE. The funeral of Mrs. William WOODBINE, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Peter FARRANT of Byron, yesterday, will be held from the house on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. ++ TUMALTY-CAMPBELL. Seward Edwin TUMALTY of Alabama and Miss Frances CAMPBELL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew CAMPBELL of Perry, were united in marriage at Silver Springs on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. W.R. PIERCE, pastor of the M.E. church, the ceremony being performed at the parsonage, only the contracting parties and witnesses present. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. TUMALTY went to Geneseo and thence to the bride's home in Perry. They will reside in Alabama, where the groom is a well known dealer in produce. He is a brother of Postmaster TUMALTY of Alabama. ++ SUES FOR AN ACCOUNTING. An action brought by Charles J. JENNE of Buffalo, formerly of Bethany, against Charles B. BENEDICT, the Attica banker, individually and as executor of the will of Henry W. GARDNER, came up before Judge NORTH as Referee this morning. Mr. JENNE is the residuary legatee under the will, and the action is brought to compel an accounting. Judge NORTH made a preliminary order instructing the executor to file his account on or before the 4th inst. and that the plaintiff file his objections on or before the 13th inst. The trial of the action was set down for Monday, the 22d. The Hon. George BOWEN appears for the plaintiff and Myron H. PECK, Jr., for the defense. ++ TODAY'S BERGEN BUDGET. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered in the Congregational church next Sunday morning. The preparatory lecture will be given in the chapel on Friday afternoon at 9:30 o'clock. Auctioneer WILCOX will begin the sale of a stock of groceries and dry goods at Clifton today. The sale will continue until Saturday. H.W. ARNOLD is seriously ill. His daughters, Mrs. RUDD of New York and Mrs. CLEMENT of Albany, came on Sunday to visit him. Spencer WILCOX and wife went to Rochester yesterday to attend the meeting of he State Grange. The Rev. J.E. LYNN went to Le Roy by rail yesterday afternoon to preach in the Presbyterian church last evening and this evening. Deacon BREW will lead the Congregational prayer meeting this evening. H.J. JOHNSON will leave the C.F. BISSELL farm on the banks of Black creek for the Sylvester BROWNELL farm of 262 acres, a mile east of Mumford. ++ RESCUED BY MRS. KENNY. Since the opening of the New Year the officers of the Batavia Y.M.C.A. have been in a quandry. They felt that what was in sight in the shape of an income was not sufficient to warrant them in commending another year's work, as the prospects were that they would be plunged into debt. John F. MOORE of Albany, Assistant State Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., came to town yesterday. In the afternoon he called upon Mrs. Adeliade R. KENNY and when he left her he had her subscription for $500 toward the support of the local association during the coming year. This places the association on a sound financial basis again and makes it possible to carry on the work in all departments. It is possible that the association will change its quarters, but nothing definite has yet been done in the matter. There has been some talk of leasing the SMITH mansion on Park place. ++ ICE HARVESTING IN BYRON. All the ice houses are now being filled. The ice gotten at FULLER's pond is in faver, where it is to be used for drinking purposes. The securing of ice in a commercial way at the Center by the Buffalo Crystal Ice company attracts lots of sightseers. From 70 to 80 men are doing the packing, floating , etc. Four horses are busy scraping the snow and cutting the ice. The hoisting is done by an engine. The mammoth house is now about one third full. Many farmers are buying their ice of this company, getting it delivered on their sleighs for about what it would cost them for cutting in the old way. The cakes are 22 by 32 inches and weigh about 250 pounds. The wages paid the employes are 15 cents an hour. The company has all the help it can use. The stockholders of the ice company had an excursion to Byron Center yesterday to inspect their plant here. There were about thirty in the party. They were highly pleased with the plant and the quality of ice, which they think is superior to the Silver Lake ice. Considerable stock was taken by new parties and the Byron Center ice business promises to be a profitable industry. ++ OAKFIELD PHILOURGIANS. The Philourgian society of the M.E. church will hold an important meeting on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the M.E. parsonage. The Ladies' Aid society of the Presbyterian church will hold a special meeting on Friday afternoon with Mrs. Jacob GANN. J.B. ARNOLD and B.B. BRIGGS are filling their ice houses with ice cut from the reservoir. The ice is of good quality and about 12 inches thick. Sylvester BROOKS, the oldest resident in the town, aged 95 years, has been seriously ill, is reported better. At the competitive sociable under the auspices of the Epworth League, held at Mr. and Mrs. George HAXTON's last evening. The High Five club was entertained last evening at Mr. and Mrs. Fred PARKER's. Miss Mabel CALKINS is visiting in Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. A.B. RATHBONE are visiting in Nunda. Nellie, the little daughter of Judson OTT, has been quite ill. Miss Mae BRADBURN of South Alabama is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Emery ROOT. Mrs. Harry STEVENS is again confined to her bed by illness. Miss Pearl FULLER is spending some time in Rochester. Joseph V. MULLEN has accepted a position in a drugstore in Buffalo. ++ A FEW REAL BARGAINS. A two story ten room house with good lot on Pearl street. Price $1800. Small payment down, balance on easy terms. A two story house containing ten rooms, large lot, some fruit and good barn, on West Main street. Price $2200. Small payment down. This is just the place for some farmer of moderate means, who wishes to retire. Six room house on LaFayette avenue. Price $1000. Six room house on Columbia avenue, large lot. Price $1000. A new house with double lot, within five minutes walk of Gun works. Price $1100 will take $100 down, and $12 per month thereafter until paid for. Comfortable house, large lot and barn, Bank street. Price $1000, $100 down. A good house and lot, and vacant lot centrally located. Price $1000, $400 down, long time on the balance. Small house and 1-2 acre of land, 1-2 mile from Court house. Price $700. ++ submitted by Linda C. Schmidt