****************** Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 24-1868 In Memorium. Died.-In Bethany, July 7th, of consumption, Carrie R., only daughter of Elias and Sally CHAPMAN, aged 15 years and 10 months. Sweet sufferer, gone to rest- Each pain, each pang, is o'er; Thy weary, writhing breast At peace, forevermore. The beaming eyes are closed, The forehead cold and chill, The quivering lips composed, The tossing hands are still. Sweet sufferer, gentle girl- Thy hope of Heaven was sure; An angel wing might furl Around a heart so pure:- And angel hands unseen, Uphold the drooping head, And ministered between The living and the dead. Sweet sufferer, patient one- Rest in this sleep serene; How faithfully well done Thy mission work hath been And calmly, softly sweet, Thy life-barque left our shore, And found a safe retreat Where billows toss no more. M.E.E.[presumably written by Mary E. ERWIN] * * Died.-At West Batavia, on the 11th inst., Ruth, wife of Joseph W. HEATH, formerly of Oswego county, aged 63 years. * * Attica. Attica continues to go ahead; the building and improvement mania is yet raging and bids fair to hold out during the season. The American Hotel is undergoing thorough repairs and is to be made to look like new, outside and in, while the barn is being enlarged and will be made much more commodious. With J.C. BUMP, Esq. to look after and attend to the wants of the traveling public the American as certainly become a first-class house. FAY & Son have got on a full "head of steam": and are prepared to do all kinds of turning in wood, brass, or iron. They are putting in a new plainer, jointer, saws, &c &c., which will make theirs a complete shop for all kinds of wood and iron work. We are glad to welcome to Attica, M.K. TRIPP, a Photographist, of superior skill. Mr. TRIPP has had years of experience in Cincinnati Ohio, and Rochester N.Y., and has opened a gallery here, where he is prepared to take pictures of all kinds and sizes. If you want a good barrel of apples go to PEMBER's barrel factory, for-well, PEMBER is bound to furnish the barrels, good ones too, for all that come, but not the apples. Willis PARKER, an employee on the R.R. between here and Hornelsville, got one of his thumbs badly mashed by the cars one day last week. It will be quite likely to make him "loaf" sometime, a thing Willis is not use to. We have not had a frost in Attica in three weeks or more, and unless the thermometer takes some pretty short turns we shall not look for one much just yet. J.G. DORANCE's Arctic Soda Fountain keeps things tolerably cool, though. * * The Warsaw 'New Yorker' and the Perry 'Sun' are "phighting" about Silver Lake.-The 'Sun' heats up awful because the 'New Yorker' alluded to the pond as a Warsaw attraction; and the 'New Yorker', on after consideration, don't think the puddle of any great account anyway. Pshaw, neighbors, don't contend over so small a matter. * * On Monday of last week a horse and buggy was stolen from the main street of Brockport in open day-light and to Thursday, the 16th inst., no trace of the thief or property obtained. A remarkably sharp thief, or remarkably stupid officials. * * The citizens of Hornellsville have passed a resolution to build four brick school houses in that village, at a cost of $2,000 each. It is designed that these school houses shall have two rooms each, and each room capable of accommodating fifty scholars. * * Local Record. Where are our Local Itimizers? That's the question. If you're yet "in the flesh," gents and ladies, we should like to hear from you-if you're in the-shade-keep cool. Not "By Permission."-Mr. YATES did not ask permission to read his "Ode to the Blind Asylum" at the ceremonies of transfer on the 15th inst. He read it at my request. H.I. GLOWACKI. The Le Roy 'Gazette' says a boy 13 years of age, name Blackmer, while riding on a reaper in Mumford, on Saturday, was sunstruck, fell from his seat, was run over by the machine and instantly killed. James ROWAN, Esq., of Corfu, in this county, announces himself in our columns to-day, as an Independent candidate for election to Congress from this District, and appeals to the people for support. He takes a kind of "mixed" position and will probably secure something of a following. An Innovation.-A School house located some two or three miles east from this village, and on the Leicester road, has its yard adorned by beautiful shade trees. Is this allowable? Are not the laws of custom thereby violated? What right has a country school-house to be other than sun-exposed and sun-dried? In the name of the inhabitants of the vast majority of our common school districts, against whom anything like comfort and adornment in connection with a school-house must be a constant reproach, we protest against this innovation. * * Business Notices. Cool yer bowyells with soda at Mackey's. McLachlen and Curtis have a good assortment of Lumber on sale at their yard near the depot. You cannot obtain better Boots and Shoes, nor at better prices, in Batavia, than at C.H. Kirkham's. Do you want a nice Buggy, Carriage, or strong Lumber Wagon? Call on Foster & Broadbrook's. Throw away your old, cracked and broken crockery and replenish from the splendid stock of Stone & Bowen. No Monument or Tombstones is this part of the country are superior to those manufactured by Joseph Hamilton. Smokers say the Mackey Brothers sell splendid cigars. Well, that's just what they advertise to do. Dailey's sugars can't be beat, in quality and figures, in this market. Other goods in ratio. Have you noticed it? The nice new sign of A.T. Graham's Photographic Parlors.-Call in and examine the specimen work. Everybody wants a book, of course he does. Well, Alverson & Janes have opened a store, to supply that and kindred wants, at 76 Main street. * * submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************