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    1. [NY-Old-News] Genesee co., Oct 23-1882
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    3. The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State October 23-1882 Removed. The 'Daily News' office has been removed to the stone building back of the New Post Office, where the business will be conducted in the future. The entrance is from Jackson street, next to the post-office. + Worth Saving! What? Quince seed. N.W. STILES wants to buy all the quince seed in Genesee county, at $1.00 a pound dried. + Oysters. 25 cents a quart at the Hotel De Peters on Jackson street. + Mere Mentions. Several of the sidewalks on Washington avenue are being flagged. Mrs. Mary POWELL died at her home in this village last night, aged 61 years. Wm. C. WATSON has sold a village lot to Mrs. Charles H. CALDWELL for $850. Humpty Dumpty will undoubtedly attract a large audience Wednesday evening. Soloman DILLARD finds so much to do driving wells, that he often works late into the night. A few out of town bicyclists improved the pleasant weather yesterday by wheeling to Batavia. The Harvester buildings were yesterday visited by many citizens. The work is rapidly progressing. Several rows occurred on the back streets Saturday night but no serious disturbances are reported. The Buffalo base ball club have returned from their Eastern trip and will probably disband this week. The comet is slowly receding from sight. Those who haven't seen it should improve the present opportunity. Carey H. CHOATE of Darien, who has bought a place on North street, is to commence the erection of a dwelling immediately. + Personal. Miss Mary RILEY of Le Roy, spent Sunday in Batavia with friends. Mr. Norman BLODGETT left this morning for a trip to the oil regions. Mr. J.B. HEWITT is in New York for the second time this season replenishing the stock in HEWITT's store. Mr. O.W. CUTLER, proprietor of the Lockport 'Union,' is attending the Congressional convention in Batavia to-day. D.A. DENISON, of the Attica 'Argus and one or two other papers, was in town a short time this morning on his way to Rochester. Mr. Malcolm D. MIX stands second among the marksmen of Penn Yan in the competition for the marksman's decoration for 1882. Mr. Ballard SMITH of the New York 'Herald,' is at the St. James. Mr. SMITH is in Batavia for the purpose of looking over the political situation. Charles H. HOWARD wheeled over to Avon on his bicycle Friday afternoon and returned Saturday evening, visiting Mt. Morris, Geneseo and Moscow in the interval. Mr. Byron E. HUNTLEY[sic], the European representative of the Johnston Harvester company, paid his first visit to Batavia since the works have been located here, to-day. Mr. HUNTLY[sic] returned from abroad a few weeks ago. Mr. Fred E. OGDEN, for the past year book-keeper at Capt. McDONALD's mill, has give up his position and gone to Buffalo to enter his father's mill. Mr. OGDEN is an excellent accountant and has made many friends in Batavia who regret his departure. + Opera House. One Night Only! Wednesday Eve'g. Oct. 25th Complete New Pantomine, Geo. H. Adams' Own New Pantomine Company! Humpty Dumpty, The Post Boy of Paris. + Wanted. Situation as housekeeper in a small family, or as assistant, to be treated as one of the family, in farm house or otherwise. Good needlewoman. Good references. Address S.B., Box 998, Batavia. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt

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