Rochester, Monroe, NY Democrat & Chronicle Dec 31, 1891 WESTERN NEW YORK NEWS ORLEANS The Forty-eighth Separate Company Mustered in at Medina Fifty-six prominent Medina young men have formed a military company, which was mustered into the national guard of the state Monday evening as the Forty-eighth Separate Company. Inspector General Thomas McGRATH was present, accompanied by two surgeons and several members of Rochester companies. Senator McNAUGHTON was also present and made a few pleasant remarks to the young men. The second and third floors of the Hoag Building have been leased for an armory. S. A. ROSS' is captain of the new company; S. BRAINARD, lieutenant; Louis BACON, second lieutenant. The members of the company are very enthusiastic and the organization promises to be a very creditable one. -The marriage of Allie KENYON, of East KENDALL, to Miss HAIGHT, of Brooklyn, will take place in that city next week Wednesday. -The funeral of Mrs. Martha A. S. WEBSTER was held on the Transit, town of Murray, Monday afternoon. Mrs. WEBSTER was 61 years of age. Her husband and one son survive her. -Joseph WILDNER, who was tried before Justice EDDY for petty larceny at the Franklin bakery and grocery store at Albion, has been sentenced the full penalty of the law, 180 days in the Monroe County Penitentiary. -The death of Mrs. Frederick HETSLER, of Medina, occurred yesterday morning. She had been sick for many years. Mrs. HETSLER was highly esteemed by all who knew her, and lived in Medina for thirty-two years. A husband and one son survive her. The funeral will take place Thursday. -A. F. BUSH, an old resident of Medina, died yesterday morning, after a long illness. Mr. BUSH was born Orwell, Vt., in 1811. When he was 8 years old his parents removed to St. Lawrence county, where he lived for some time, and removed to Barry, this county. In 1840 he took up his residence in Medina, and had lived in that place since it was a little village. During his business life he was engaged in the grocery trade with the late A. M. IVES. He leaves a wife. The funeral will be held at the house Thursday at 2 o'clock. Heart failure was the immediate cause of his death. -The usual holiday entertainment of the Albion Historical Club was held at the residence of C. Judson DAY Monday evening. There were about fifty present. That bright and very funny farce. "The Mouse Trap," was given by the following members of the club: Miss E. B. BENTON and B. J. HATMAKER taking the principal parts with Mrs. S. T. CHURCH, Mrs. Fred TAYLOR, Miss Loraine F. HART, Miss Mary HUBBARD and Miss Anna SEARS. It was admirably acted. Two solos were sung during the evening by Charles HUTCHINSON, accompanied by Mrs. S. T. CHURCH on the piano. Ice cream and cake were served. There were a number of out of town guests. -The remains of Denis B. MURPHY; who died in the hospital at Yonkers from the effect of injuries received in the Frightful railroad accident at Hastings, were brought to Medina yesterday. A large number of the friends of the popular young man were at the station and the scene was an affecting one. The body was conveyed to the home of the sorrowing parents, where it will remain until to-morrow morning, when the funeral services will be held at St. Mary's Church. Many beautiful floral emblems were received. The young man's friends among the operators in New York forwarded a piece representing a miniature telegraph line with poles and wires and one of the wires broken. Miss Annie FORD is still in the hospital but is said to be positively out of danger. **** ONTARIO Horse and Buggy Stolen but Recovered - Death at Victor -Miss Belle REYNOLDS, of West Bloomfield has gone to Orange, N. J., where she will take a two years' course in a training school for nurses. -The horse and buggy belonging to David C. BENHAM, of Hopewell, which were stolen Monday night from the Presbyterian church sheds in Canandaigua, were found yesterday afternoon hitched under a shed in the outskirts of Lyons. The name of the thief is unknown and he is still at large. -At the regular meeting of Rescue Lodge, I. O. O. F. held at their rooms in Phelps Monday evening, the following officers were elected: N. G., Charles BURGESS; V. G., P. B. SABIN; recording secretary, John T. WATKINS; permanent secretary, John MOSLEY; treasurer, Wm. H. HUNT; trustees, O. CORWIN, W. H. HUNT, W. W. HALL; janitor, A. H. FORT. -Mrs. Lucy S. NEWMAN died at her home in Victor yesterday, of pneumonia, aged 85 years. Mrs. NEWMAN is the last member of the family of eight children of Isaac MARSH, who settled in Victor early in the present century. She was first married in 1853 to J. G. SPENCER, of Brighton, Mich., who died in the army in 1863. Her second marriage was to Benjamin NEWMAN in 1868, who died on Thursday of last week and was buried Saturday. Mrs. NEWMAN'S funeral will be held at the Methodist church in Victor at 2 P.M. on Thursday. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church from girlhood, and lived a beautiful Christian life. **** -- Glenda Whitaker Subyak Monroe Co. & N. Y. State News Coordinator Find your Ancestors at: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/NY/Monroe/index.html Assistant Coordinator for Pike Co. ILGenWeb site http://PikeCoILGenWeb.org Please visit my Web Page & sign my Guestbook http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~glendasubyak