Information is wanted of the whereabouts of one Fitzgerald, said to reside somewhere within a couple of miles of this village, and upon whose eyes was recently performed a surgical operation. Any person who can and will impart the information sought, to Thos. Yates, or to Mr. Bosworth, at the Post office, will confer great obligation on One Interested. NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. The Catholics of Brockport are Building themselves a $30,000 church. Col. Hosmer, of Avon, has been invited to speak before the Cattaraugus Indians the last of this month. Brockport Democrat is the name of a new and neat paper just started at Brockport. Success to you in all but your politics, friend Williams. Fred. Douglass is to deliver the address at the Orleans Co. Fair, which is to be held on the 16th and 17th of September. Much property in the town of Carrolton, Orleans Co., was destroyed by a fearful hailstorm a few days since. Cornfields and young orchards suffered most from its effects. The Brockport Republican says there will be in that County too many apples to be profitable to the growers. Wallace Wright, of Colden, Erie Co., aged 14 years, hung himself in his father's barn on Wednesday morning of last week. No cause is given. Cuba, Allegany Co., boasts a citizen one hundred and three years old. His name is Abner Huntley, and he is reported to be "as lively as a cricket." Rev. J.C. Thompson of the Baptist Society, Mt. Morris, Livingston Co., has resigned to accept a call at Medina, Orleans Co. The Erie R.R. Company offers $500 reward for information in regard to the person who turned the switch just east of Attica,, a short time since, causing an accident, which might have resulted in great loss of life to a passenger train. The Niagara Falls 'Gazette' says:--"Rev. Mr. Backus, pastor of St. Paul's M.E. Church here, has been appointed Steward at Lima, and will take charge of the department of that institution in time for the opening of the Fall Term." Mr. Guy Chappel, of Brockport, had his foot caught in the cylinder of a threshing machine, a few days since, and his foot and leg, to near the knee joint, "torn to shreds." The Shaker society of Groveland, Livingston Co., are just about gathering and drying for market over forty acres of sweet corn. MRS. BRYAN SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES. BATAVIA, N.Y. The Fall Term of Mrs. Wm. G. Bryan's School will commence on Thursday, Sept. 15, 1870. [Adv.] ~ source: Progressive Batavian, Friday August 19-1870 submitted by Linda Web-Page Editor BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml Contributor for the BUFFALO and Western NYS Website: www.buffalonian.com ~ History Through Newspapers