Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Dec 31, 1891 WESTERN NEW YORK NEWS SENECA St. Mary's Church of Waterloo to Have a Fair - County News -Miss Olive WILBUR, an aged lady of Romulus, died from the grip Saturday. -Ogden WIXOM and Miss May STOUT were married last week in Covert by Rev. S. S. POWELL. -The L. C. B. A., of Seneca Falls, will give a leap year party January 8th, in Johnson's opera house. -Rev. M. W. HART, of Mt. Morris, has been called to the pastorate of the Farmer Village Baptist Church. -The grip prevails in Seneca Falls to an alarming extent, about one-third of the population being afflicted with it. -Bradley W. FENN, of Waterloo, and E. B. PERRY, of Dundee, have purchased the Olmstead stock of dry goods at Geneseo. -Miss Mary GODFREY, of Waterloo, gave a very pleasant party to a number of her friends Tuesday evening, at her father's residence. -Miss Kate RILEY, of Waterloo, and George JOHNSON, of Seneca Falls, will be married next Tuesday at St. Mary's Church, Waterloo. -William E. PHILES, who has been foreman of the Geneva Gazette office, has returned to his former similar position in the Waterloo Observer office. -Frank VAN TINE, of Athens, Pa., and Miss Emma HOUSEMAN, of Seneca Falls, were married Tuesday at the home of the bride's parents, Rev. H. MARGETTS officiating. -Magee's Corners Grange will install its officers the second Tuesday evening in January. It is expected that Henry VAN DEMARK, of Junius, will conduct the ceremonies. -The young people of Dublin have organized a dancing school, with Mrs. Randolph SWIFT, of Waterloo, as teacher. There are over fifty pupils and they meet Saturday evenings. -St. Mary's Church of Waterloo will hold a fair at the Academy of Music from February 22d to 29th inclusive, for frescoing and furnishing the church. The committee is: Mrs. George STILL, Miss Ellen HEALEY, Miss Sara HOPKINS, Miss Mary FLYNN, Miss Maggie WELCH, Miss Frances GRAHAM, Miss Kate GORE, Misses Mary and Ellen GILGAN, Miss Jennie REYNOLDS, Miss Julia GARVIN and Mrs. James FEGLEY. -Andrew CARNEGIE, of Pittsburg, Pa., has contributed three books, entitled, "An American Four-in-hand in Britain," "A Triumphant Democracy," and "Around the World," of which he is the author, to the Seneca Falls Library Association. His autograph accompanies the books, which are elegantly bound. The association now has over fifteen hundred volumes, which Mrs. K. J. DOWLING, of Rochester, is cataloguing. **** WAYNE A Joy Lady Attempts to Kill Herself - A Macedon Marriage -The marriage of Edward BOYD, of Wallington, to Miss Carrie McKINNEY, of Sodus, took place at the home of the bride last evening. -Miss Mercy COY, of Sodus, died of the grip Monday night, aged 86 years. The funeral will take place at the house to-day at 10 o'clock. -The funeral of James HANNAS, of Clyde, who died Monday evening, aged 72 years, will be held at his late residence this afternoon at 2 o'clock. -Rev. R. T. KERFOOT, of Brockport, who has received a call from St. John's Episcopal Church at Clyde to become its rector, will conduct the services in that church next Sunday morning and evening. -Yesterday morning the coroner's jury in the case of the Italian boy, Antoni CHISTORA, who was killed last week on the West Shore railroad at Clyde, rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his death through his own carelessness. -The grip prevails in and about Walworth to an alarming extent. One physician reports over two hundred cases under his care. So far all have recovered, and no deaths have been registered in the town during November and December. -The funeral of Mrs. Gilbert TRIPP, of Sodus, took place Tuesday at the family residence. Rev. J. DYK, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, conducted the services. The deceased leaves five sons and one daughter; Henry, Walter, Theodore, George and Laura, of Sodus, and Samuel, living West. -Mrs. William TINKLEPAUGH, of Joy, in a fit on insanity, while visiting the SUNDY family Tuesday afternoon, with a dull case knife cut her throat, making a cut two inches long, transversely entering the integument and the deep cervical fascia and the platysma myoides muscle, and partially severing the sterno hyoid and sterno thyroid muscles, making an incision into the trachea one-half an inch long. Dr. J. F. MYERS assisted by Dr. E. J. WHITTLETON, attended her. Recovery is looked for. -The following are the officers elected by Sodus Council, R. t. of T., Tuesday evening; Select Councilor, Mrs. Laura MILLS; vice-councilor, Eli WHITE; past councilor, Chauncey FULLER, Jr.; chaplain, Mrs. Louise STILES; recording secretary, Miss Clara TEETOR; financial secretary, C. W. MILLS; treasurer, C. W. GAYLORD; herald, Florence A. PARKER; guard, F. DOANE; sentinel, David F. TEETOR; trustee, S. N. PARKER; alternate, Ira PROSEUS. Installation of officers January 5th. -At the residence of I. S. SHOURDS, at Macedon, was celebrated the union of their daughter, Carrie, to Professor T. H. ARMSTRONG, principal of the Andover Union School, at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening. The groomsmen were: D. H. COOK, principal of Pompey Academy, and W. b. CONKLIN, of Brockport. Miss Orpha HOYT, of LaFayette, and Miss Mary SHOURDS, sister of the bride, were bridesmaids. The bridal party stood beneath an artistically arranged arch of holly and evergreen when the ceremony was performed. The bride and groom are highly respected by all who know them. They are members of the class of ‘90 of the Brockport Normal School. They left for Syracuse on the evening train and will spend a few days in the central part of the state and then go on to Andover, where they will make their home the rest of the year. The presents were numerous and costly, several beautiful ones coming from the board and different departments of the Andover school. About fifty-five immediate friends and relatives were present. The officiating clergyman was Rev. H. F. GILT, of Auburn. **** Find ALL of the News Abstracts for Monroe Co., NY at http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html -- GjS