Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State October 5-1894 Dedication Day Matters. "The Famous Continental Continentals Coming" The Continental Drum Corps, famous all over this country, are coming to participate in the dedication ceremonies on the 13th. This drum corps was the great attraction at the National Encampment of the G.A.R. at Pittsburgh last month and men cheered themselves hoarse as they marched through the streets. The corps is composed of eleven old men, fifers and drummers. Seven of them are over 70 years of age and one of them, "the drummer boy," is 88 years old. One of the drums they use was in the War of 1812. They draw great crowds wherever they play. They were organized into a drum corps in 1824, and are now the oldest on the continent. At a meeting of the committee of arrangements held Tuesday evening it was voted to engage them. The old pioneers of Batavia are requested to appear in the parade in carriages provided by themselves or their friends. Our citizens who own carriages are requested to loan the use of them for the invited guests on dedication day. Those who will do so well please leave their names at Dodgson, Wilder & Co.'s store on Main street. It is said that one of our factories will have twenty platform wagons covered with the goods of their production in the parade. Marshall James A. LeSEUR has appointed the following aides for land-office day: Chief-of-staff, I.D. SOUTHWORTH; staff, G.W. STANLEY, L.L. CROSBY, Roy BARRINGEN, Ira HOWE, W.W. PLATO, W.M. TORRANCE, F.J. HARRIS, Bert WILLIAMS, Walter CHADDOCK, G.H. WHEELET, M.S. DUNLAP, Wolcott VANDEBOGART, Louis JOHNSON of Batavia, L.A. TERRY, W.H. WALKER, and I.W. WHITE of Byron, George PARISH, James BISSELL, and Asha DAVIS of Bergen, J.N. PARKER and C.H. REYNOLDS of Elba, Dr. C.S. PUGSLEY and C.B. AVERY of Oakfield, Frand DRARY, E.M. MOULTHROP, George CONSTABLE and George DOUGLASS of Stafford, C.H. SAMMIS and R.I. PAGE of Bethany, A.D. LAWRENCE, of Le Roy, Dwight DIMMOCK of Corfu, and William KINSEY of Darien. A special meeting was held at the Hotel Richmond Wednesday evening to consider the objections made by one of the Institution trustees to holding the ceremonies on the State grounds. The fear was that the beautiful grounds would be greatly damaged by the crowd. The objections were overcome by authorizing the sheriff to employ special deputies to control the crowd and to keep all teams off the Institution grounds, on that day. Land-Office Day Parade. General Orders by the Marshall, District Attorney Le Seur To all interested: It is desired to have decoration, generally, through the village and especially it is hoped that every building on the line of march will be decorated. The parade will form at the State park. Every body, order, or organization intending to enter the parade must be at the park at 9 a.m. The parade will start at 10 o'clock sharp. The line of march will be as recommended by the program committee as follows: From the State park south on State street to Washington avenue, east on Washington avenue and East avenue to Vine street, south on Vine street to Main, west on Main to Ellicott ave., north on Ellicott avenue to State park. All commanding officers of companies, organizations, orders, trade displays, or other bodies, will report immediately on their arrival to the Marshall, at his headquarters in the State park. J.A. Le Seur, Marshall of the Day. At the Mt. Morris Horse Show on Saturday last Wm. C. Underhill, of Batavia, took the first premium on his fine team of horses. A Wyoming County Teachers' Institute is to be held in Attica, commencing Monday, Nov. 12th, Prof. A.S. DOWNING, conducting. The Wyoming Medical Association will hold its next meeting at Attica Tuesday, Oct. 9th. Dr. BURBANK, of Pavilion, is to present a paper. Akron Post, G.A.R., has accepted the invitation to join in the Land Office parade on the 13th, and report that they will be present thirty strong. Kinne Post, G.A.R., of Corfu, has accepted the invitation to join the parade on Land Office day, and will come twenty or more strong. Miss Lillian HYDE, of West Bethany, left on Friday last for Augustus, Ga., to continue her work there. She went via steamship from New York. Mr. Ira CHADDOCK, of Bethany, is quite ill with typhoid fever. Wilber MOREAU and N.H. BLODGETT cut a bee tree in W.W. WHITCOMB's woods on Wednesday and got 75 lbs. of honey. Geo. F. CHILDS, collecter[sic] in Dist. No. 5, Alexander, has received the school warrant, and will receive taxes at his house at 1 per cent, until Friday night, Oct. 12th. After that date 5 per cent will be charge on all collections. Humphrey P. MADDOCK, teacher of broom-making at the Institution for the Blind, has just completed a large addition to his house on Bank street. He performed most of the work himself during his vacation turning mason, carpenter, painter, and paper-hanger as the work progressed. Death of Herbert J. Gardner. Herbert J. GARDNER died suddenly of rheumatism of the heart at his home. Timmerman - Barnett Eugene Timmerman, of Rochester, and Miss Jessie C. BARNETT, of Alexander, were united in marriage on Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. BARNETT, by Rev. W. J. McKITTRICK, of Batavia. The bride was a teacher in Batavia for a long time and made many friends who will congratulate them. Harding-Croff. Prof. Wm. E. HARDING and Miss Nellie May CROFF, both of Bethany, were married in Linden on Saturday last by the Rev. I. CHILDS. Prof. HARDING was formerly an instructor in the Institution for the Blind in this village and while here made many friends. The bride is the daughter of the late Dr. O.R. CROFF, of Bethany, and she has a wide circle of friends. They will reside at Bethany Center. submitted by L.Schmidt