Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State November 23-1887 Mere Mention. The Town Board will meet to-night. Aldermen will hold their fortnightly meeting to-night. Elizer CHURCHILL, who was an esteemed resident of Akron, died on Monday, aged 77 years. Weeks & Williamson presented each of their employes[sic] with a plump turkey for Thanksgiving. Peter TOMPKINS has a letter from Jerry BOLLES saying that there is a large number of ducks at Conesus Lake. The East-bound train due at 6:35 a.m., and the West-bound train due at 8:43 a.m., on the Erie, have been taken off. Richard BULLYMORE, a well known citizen of Buffalo, died yesterday afternoon, aged 71 years. He was born in England. Frank CURCIO, the Italian murderer of Frank MARINO in Buffalo, was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. To-morrow afternoon and evening the Casino Rink will be open for skating and dancing. In the afternoon the band will give a street parade. The annual pew rental at the Methodist church in South Byron took place last evening. The highest price paid for a seat was $40 and the lowest $8. Edward COPELAND left last evening for Indiana, where he will make an effort to recover some of the money taken from him by the swindlers, who are now incarcerated in that State. The drillers at the gas well are still at work rimming out the hole. They are now down between 600 and 700 feet. Driller Jameson has gone to Bradford to spend Thanksgiving. A meeting of the business men of Rochester was held yesterday in the Mayor's office, where a Business Men's Association was formed. Several speeches were made, and a large number attended. "Cutting the book" is a form of gambling apparently entirely new to the Buffalo 'Express,' as one of its unsophisticated reporters minutely describes it and refers to it as a "new fake." Buffalo is a slow town on "fakes." You can have your eyes accurately fitted with spectacles or eye glasses by Caney & Bradley, practical opticians, who charge you nothing for making an examination, and guarantee a fit every time. Call and see them at 89 Main street, corner of Jackson. Personal. Mrs. Erastus S. DODGE, accompanied by her niece, Miss COX, left for Rochester Tuesday, to remain during the winter. Wheaton MILLER, who has been seriously ill at his home on East Main street for some time past, has so far recovered as to be able to ride down town. Mr. and Mrs. D.M. MONROE started for their new home in Michigan yesterday. They have been detained from the journey on account of the illness of Mrs. MONROE's mother, Mrs. F.G. DENTON. Death of Byron's Centenarian. Dewey MILLER, the centenarian of Byron, who died on Sunday, will be buried this afternoon, the funeral services taking place at the Free Baptist church at North Byron, of which church he had long been a member. The Rev. D.M.L. ROLLIN, who is upwards of eighty years of age, will conduct the services. The deceased was one hundred years old on October 8th last, and THE NEWS of that date contained a long and interesting story of his life. Mr. MILLER was then feeble, although he delivered an address to the friends who assembled at his son's, where he lived, to celebrate his advanced age. Since that time, however, he had gradually failed. A Crayon and Pencil Factory. Batavia has a new industry of which B.F. CALLENDAR, who recently removed here from Toledo, is the proprietor. It is the manufacture of oil and lithographic crayons, lumber pencils, cake colors, special inks, etc., and the business is conducted under the name of the Franklin Manufacturing Company. Mr. CALLENDAR has a large trade for his goods. He lives at the corner of Jackson and Maple streets where at present he does his manufacturing. submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************