Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 2-1875 part #1 News and Other Items. They are reports of a revolution in Mexico. A death from Hydrophobia is reported in Brooklyn. Reverdy JOHNSON has just closed his six-times ten years of active legal practice. An unknown man was found on the Central track near Oneida recently, with his head, arms and legs cut off. The Buffalo lager drinkers drink over twenty thousand barrels of beer more in summer than they do in winter. A fatal cattle disease has broken out at Fishkill. The cattle die within twelve or fourteen hours after being attacked. Alice SINGER, daughter of the sewing machine man, recently got married and her papa gave her $200,000 for doing it. William H. AIKINS of Ithaca, the inventor of the calendar clock, has been taken to the Williard Asylum. He is hopelessly insane. James L. SEELEY, of Canandaigua, N.Y., who was the know-nothing candidate for congress in his district in 1854 is now an inmate of the Steuben county poor-house. A small woolen factory has been discovered among the ruins at Pompeii. Several charred fragments of tapestry were found, besides various machines for carding and weaving wool. The police of New York are charged with being in league with the keepers of panel houses, gambling dens, etc. Testimony to this effect has been given before the legislative committee. What is the use of being troubled with potato bugs? A farmer says that if at night a fire is built at both ends of the potato patch the bugs can be seen flying towards the light and dropping into the flames. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt *********************************************