The Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State Monday Evening, July 3-1893 No Paper Tomorrow. Business will be generally suspended tomorrow, on the 117th anniversary of American Independence, and no edition of THE DAILY NEWS will be printed. Mere Mention. About forty Batavians went to Rochester yesterday on the Erie's excursion. The steamer Osphey, owned by Fred FOSTER, will commence its regular trips on the creek tomorrow. The meeting of the Ladies' Home Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will be postponed one week, till July 11th. Several specials will be put on tonight to assist the regular policemen in keeping the youth of the community from getting too patriotic. Pavilion is to have a big celebration tomorrow. Among the good things of the day will be an oration by Dr. J.W. LeSEUR of Batavia. Tomorrow the Postoffice will be closed for the day at 10 a.m. The carriers' window will be opened until the same hour. There will be no deliveries. There will be a display of fireworks at ex-Mayor SEACORD's on Tracy avenue tomorrow evening for the benefit of young people. The display will be in charge of Mr. SEACORD's sons. An ice cream festival is to be held at the residence of Hugh E. HUNTLEY at Darien Center on Thursday evening for the benefit of the Methodist-Episcopal Sunday School of that place. Captain and Mrs. RICHARDS of Buffalo, Captain SHERMAN and Lieutenant La BARR of Attica and a number of comrades from Corps 1, Buffalo, will take part in the services of the Salvation Army Fourth-of-July evening. There will be an ice cream festival held the same evening. Small exhibitions of fireworks from $1 to $10 at Smiths' newsroom. Personal. Miss Jessie TALLMAN is visiting friends in Warsaw. Mrs. Henry BROWN is ill at her home on Maple street. Mr. and Mrs. M.F. CROSS of Rochester are guests of relative in town. Mr. and Mrs. W.D. MOSIER and Miss Gertrude MOSIER left this morning for the World's Fair. Mrs. Michael McMAHAN and Miss Minnie McMAHAN of Racine, Iowa, are the guests of T.J. GALLAGHER. The Lockport 'Union' of Saturday said: "Messrs. Horatio KILBORNE and Alfred TARBOX drove to Batavia this afternoon." Miss Grace HOLMES has returned from Rochester, where she has been attending the convention of the State Music Teachers' Association. Mr.and Mrs.. Frank SHINGLER and their little daughter Marguerite are in Batavia to spend the Fourth with their sister, Mrs. F.M. HOMELIUS. M.G. HOWE of Brooklyn, son of the editor of the Le Roy 'Courier,' accompanied by Mrs. HOWE and his sister, were in Batavia on Saturday. The Buffalo 'Courier' says: "The marriage of Henri JACOBSEN and Miss Jessie COTES is announced to be celebrated at the bride's home in Batavia late in August." The Buffalo 'Express' says: "Mrs. Charles H. WOODWARD of No. 850 West avenue gave a 4 o'clock dinner last Friday in honor of Mrs. F.W. BOARD and Mrs. W.W. LEWIS of Batavia." Mr.and Mrs. A.E. SWANSON of Akron, O., formerly of Batavia, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.L. HUTCHINSON of Pavilion,, drove to Batavia yesterday. They are on their way to New York. George WALDRON, foreman in the Buffalo Car Manufacturing Company's shops, who was in Batavia over Sunday, the guest of his sister, Mrs. George EDDY, went today to East Pembroke to spend the Fourth. News Notes from Alexander. The Fourth will be a quiet day here, there being no celebration of any kind and many people intending to go out of town. The regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Wednesday evening, July 5th. Mrs. C.I. RIDDLE is having a handsome porch put upon her house, the improvements upon which are nearly completed. Nettie PARISH is visiting in Buffalo. Mrs. Alburtus KELSEY and children returned yesterday from a visit of a few days with relatives in Folsomdale. Mr.and Mrs. PIXLEY and Miss ANNABEL of Bethany spent Sunday at the home of V.R. HAWKINS. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur CADY of Batavia and Mrs. SOUTHWELL of Flint, Mich., called on friends in town on Saturday. Mrs. Henry FELLMAN of Rochester are[sic] guests of Mrs. Newton CARROLL. Mrs. A. NICHOLS is visiting her son, Arthur NICHOLS, of Oakfield. Two Wills Admitted to Probate. In Surrogate's Court the will of George SEAMANS, late of East Pembroke, has been admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to H.H. SNELL and Harris BECKWITH. The will of Cyrus PRENTICE, late of Batavia, has been admitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to George W. PRENTICE. King's Daughters' Worthy Work. West Bethany, July 3.-The King's Daughters will meet with Miss Florence WILSON on Thursday afternoon. sewing is to be done for the widow and children of the unfortunate man who was killed a few nights since by the cars. Notwithstanding the busy season the Grange meeting at MR. and Mrs. J. BALDWIN's was largely attended on Saturday, there being over fifty present. A fine literary programme was rendered and one new member was initiated. John GARDNER, who is quite seriously ill, is improving somewhat. Miss Cora GARDNER is at home on her vacation. Mr. MILLER of St. Louis is the gust of Miss Lillian HYDE, who is also entertaining Miss PATTERSON, who arrived on Saturday. The District school closed on Thursday afternoon and the literary exercises were very interesting. Dr. J. Steiner. Veterinary Surgeon, Bergen, graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, treats all diseases of domesticated animals; prepares condition powders, worm powers, colic and fever medicines, hoof ointment, liniment, and blisters. Calls promptly attended to-day or night. New Members of the Church. Stone Church, July 3.-The following persons untied with the church at the preparatory service on Saturday: William G. PARMELEE on profession of faith, and, by letter from the Pilgrim congregation of Buffalo, Edward FAY and Mrs. Sarah M. FAY. Miss Ora RAPP and her sister Grace of Batavia are spending a few days with their many friends. The Colt Not Stolen. J.J. BUETTLER, a Jackson street tailor, found a colt he recently purchased missing from his barn on State street, near North, yesterday morning and concluded after a vain search all day, that it had been stolen. But it had not been. H.A. CLEVELAND, who found the colt in his garden yesterday morning, returned it this morning. YOU are not actually sick but have no power to generate vitality. The cause is mal-nutrition. The cure is H-O Hornby's Oatmeal The perfect nutrient. [adv.] submitted by L.Schmidt