Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State December 14-1896 #2 Stranded Actors Leave Town. Edwin Gordon LAWRENCE, the actor, received enough funds on Saturday afternoon to pay the hotel bills of himself and company at the Genesee House. He left at 5:04 o'clock on the Central that day for New York, with all his people except Frank MUNNELL and S.C. MILLER, who left for other points later on, Mr. LAWRENCE having given them money with which to buy railroad tickets. ** Date For Darien's Highway Hearing. Thursday, December 24th has been fixed as the date when the Commissioners appointed by Judge NORTH will meet to pass upon the necessity for the proposed new highway in Darien. The proceedings will be held at the house of D.C. HOLMES of that town, near the location of the proposed highway. ** Haitz & Dellinger, Opera House Block, have placed on sale a full line of Holiday goods, including Bibles, albums, photograph and handkerchief boxes, manicure sets, toilet sets, collar and cuff boxes, shaving sets, gift books, musical instruments, Christmas cards and calendars. ** A pair of slippers for a Christmas present. Do you know of a much better suggestion? We have them in all makes and at all prices. GILLETTE, Successor to Bosworth. No. 71 Main street. ** A big Bible sale is now going on at Jewell's Pharmacy, the Bible store of Batavia. Remember this is the agency of the American Bible society, and we have in stock all kinds of Bibles, testaments and books of psalms. Our prices are interesting. ** Exquisite designs in mufflers. Wm. Lord. ** Catholic prayer books at Haynes's. ** Hood's Pills cure Liver Ills, Biliousness indigestion, headache. A pleasant laxative. All druggists. ** Three Tramps Given Work. Five tramps lodged in the County jail last night. In Police court this morning Justice WOODWARD sentenced Cornelius RILEY, Robert FISHER, and William LOVE to three months each in the Monroe County Penitentiary. John KANE and William SMITH were discharged. ** Mrs. Usinger's Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. USINGER will be held from her late home, No. 39 Center street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. ** Death of Erastus Root. Erastus ROOT died yesterday morning at 6 o'clock at the County House in Bethany from paralysis, aged 68 years. The interment to take place at Elba tomorrow afternoon. ** Bowen's 25-cent counter. Have you seen it? If not, don't miss it. ** Bohemian glass, large assortment at C.K. Hanes's, No. 67 Main street. ** E.&W.'s swellest collars at Wm. Lord's. ** Begasse Lodged in Jail. Loranz BEGASSE of Haller place got drunk Saturday night and was transformed into a howling, shrieking, whirling Dervish. He was arrested by Officer HORSCH and jailed, yelling like a mad man all the way. BEGASSE is the man whose three children were shipped to him from Germany last August, making the journey alone and getting their pictures in the New York papers. Mrs. BEGASSE tried to secure his release yesterday, but failed. This morning he was fined $5, but sentence subsequently was suspended at the request of Officer HORSCH, who said the family was very poor. ** Village Property Sold on Foreclosure. A house and lot on Harvester avenue were sold this morning at public auction by Frank S. WOOD as Referee at Bowen & Washburn's law office. The sale was virtue of a judgment of foreclosure in an action brought by the Hon. George BOWEN against Bartlett _. HALSEY and others. The property was secured by Henry SHEPHARD for $726.09, the amount of the claim with interest and costs. ** Miss Smith Says She Has Been Robbed. Miss Lizzie SMITH of Bethany alleges that she is the victim of an unprincipled youth named William J. NICHOLS, who for some time worked in the vicinity of her home. NICHOLS has skipped, she states, and taken with him jewelry of hers, consisting of a gold watch valued at $13, a silk chain valued at 75 cents, and a $4 ring, which, she says, she loaned to him. ** Call at Haitz & Dellinger's store, No. 105, Main street, and look over their line of Christmas goods just placed on sale. ** Newest ideas for Christmas at Austin & Prescott's. ** Art novelties at Haynes's. ** "I want some more." - Oliver Twist Yours for health, wealth and a good breakfast every day of 1897--H-O. ** Cutters and Sleighs. We have some very fine Cutters and Pleasure Bob Sleighs, Three-Spring Wagons, and one Surry. Our own make and cheap. Everything in repairing done. Wood work, blacksmithing, painting, and trimming. Horse Shoeing. Come and See Us. Shop on Seaver Place. Thomas MOORIDGE, Agt. ** submitted by Linda Schmidt *********************************************