Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State September 12-1881 Mere Mention. Jones and his wife live in Vermont, Far from old ocean's side; Yet frequently their neighbors hear The murmur of the tied. Ebenezer was his name, And Flora hers, the records show; So that the murmuring of the tied Was but the Eb, and Flo. The Attica Fair begins to-morrow. The near approach of the equinoxial promises moisture. Every variety of job printing will be done cheaply and promptly at The News office. The Genesee County temperance Society will meet at Good Templars' Hall in this village to-morrow. In several places between Batavia and Alexander small patches of grass are on fire alongside the railroad tracks. Peaches of good quality have been quite plentiful for the past few days and the prices charged are about the same as usual during the season. There seems to be an unusual mortality among the children in this county at present, undoubtedly caused by the continued hot weather. A peculiar freak of nature may be seen in John MOORE's orchard, north of Bushville. On an apple tree there are both fruit and blossoms on the same limb. Editor BISHOP, of the Attica News, went to Warsaw this morning to attend court, his libel suit being on the calendar. It is probably, however, that it will be again deferred. Mr. William COURTNEY is to give a concert in the Corinthian Academy of Music, Rochester, on Thursday evening, the 22d inst. Miss Kittie TYRRELL, of this village, and several from his Rochester class will participate. The remains of Avery BROWN, whose drowning at Cleveland was recorded in Saturday's News, were taken to Oakfield late Saturday night, and buried immediately, it being impossible to keep the body. The burial took place at three o'clock a.m. Funeral services were held at the Cary M.E. church yesterday afternoon, Rev. A.W. HAYES officiating. ++ DEATH OF JOHN B. WOOD. John B. WOOD, who was well known throughout Genesee county as one of the very oldest inhabitants of this town, died this morning at the County House. His body will be brought to this village for burial to-morrow, the funeral services taking place at the grave at half-past nine in the morning. ++ MEETING OF THE LAND LEAGUE. Aurelius MacSWYNIE, a native of Cork, Ireland, but now a resident of Hartford, Conn., delivered an eloquent and favorable address last evening on the subject of Ireland's wrongs, to a large and sympathetic audience. Mr. MacSWYNIE dwelt upon what he was pleased to term the atrocious and tyrannical reign of the English in Ireland, during which time, he said, the latter county has been robbed of all glory as a nation except her nationality. This reign, the speaker continued, has stunted the genius of the Irish people and crushed their industries. Messrs. J.C. SHULTS, D.J. SWEENEY, M. MOLONEY, E. O'CONNOR,, T.J. FITZGERALD, T. LYNCH, and T.J. CARY occupied seats on the platform. Mr. MacSWYNIE was frequently applauded during his address, at the conclusion of which Mr. T.J. CARY made a brief speech which was well received by the audience. ++ All of the fall styles of hats and caps just received, at John THOMAS'. ++ ARRESTED FOR STEALING. This morning an old lady entered KENYONS' store and desired to change some white sauce dishes of a new style for some colored ones. Mr. YATES, who waited upon her, knew at once that they had been stolen, and told her so. She professed ignorance, saying that she obtained them from her daughter, a Mrs. George W. THAYER, who lives over PALMER's shoe store. The old lady left for her daughter's and Mr. YATES went and notified Justice JOHNSON. The gentlemen started to Mrs. THAYER's rooms and met her on the stairs. She was very indignant. Justice JOHNSON issued a warrant, however, and the woman was arrested and taken to the Justice's office, where she first stated that she obtained them from a boarder named WRIGHT in part payment for his board. Finally she confessed that her husband took them. Mr. THAYER was sent for and seeing how necessary it was for a plausible story, said that he bought the dishes one morning at 5 o'clock from an old man on the street. The stories of husband and wife, however, like the glassware, were very transparent, and the Justice made them understand that he did not believe them. Mr. THAYER magnanimously offered to return the sauce set and compromise the matter, which was done by his paying the costs of the arrests. The dishes were stolen last Friday morning from a barrel in the rear of KENYONS' store. ++ UNION SCHOOL MATTERS. Miss L. ROOD, who for many years has been a teacher in various departments of the Union School, has resigned her position in the eighth grade on account of ill health and Miss Kate BENHAM has been promoted to the position from the grade below. The place thus made vacant will be filled by Miss Lucy HAMILTON, an accomplished young lady who has every qualification for the position. Miss HAMILTON graduated from the Fredonia Normal School last year, and is thoroughly conversant with the duties which she has assumed. There were upwards of four hundred and fifty pupils registered in the Union School last week, notwithstanding the extreme heat. A larger number than ever before registered the first week of the school year. What to do with the pupils in the primary departments is a question that is perplexing the Board of Education. ++ Take a look at the new styles of soft and stiff hats, at John THOMAS'. ++ submitted by Linda C. Schmidt