Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 30-1906 Well Known Farmer Dying at Hospital. George CONIBER, aged about 59 years, who lives at the junction of the State street and the Elba-Batavia townline roads, is at the hospital in a dying condition. He is suffering from severe injuries caused by being trampled by a horse on Saturday afternoon. Mr. CONIBER was alone at the time, his family having gone on the factory employes' excursion. He placed a harness on his horse, took the animal out into the yard, and attempted to get on its back to ride it to the field, where he intended to do some work with a machine. He became tangled up in the reins, fell, and the horse trampled on him. He says that the animal stepped on him three times. After trampling on Mr. CONIBER the horse ran to the house of John C. STORMS across the road. Suspecting that something was the matter Mr. STORMS hurried to the CONIBER place and found Mr. CONIBER lying helpless on the ground. He telephoned to Dr. JOHNSON, who hurriedly responded, and, finding Mr. CONIBER badly injured, summoned the ambulance and had him taken to the hospital. An examination showed that three of the man's ribs were broken, his left lung being punctured by the broken pieces, and that his liver was badly lacerated. It was said at the hospital this afternoon that Mr. CONIBER was slowly sinking and that all hope for his recovery had been abandoned. + Damage on County Farms. After a careful examination it is estimated that damage amounting to over $2,000 was done on the county farm in Bethany by the hailstorm on Friday afternoon. About 24 acres of corn and twenty acres of beans were nearly ruined and much damage was done to fruit. Apples and pears which were not knocked off were badly bruised by the hailstones. It develops that the area covered by the storm was very small, being not much more than 1 1/4 miles long and half a mile wide, with the county farm as the center. Leander GAY, whose farm is across the road, lost fully $1,200 by the storm. He had 25 acres of beans, which were wholly ruined, the vines being cut off close to the ground. Much damage was also done on the farm owned by Keeper HART of the County House and on the farms of James TORREY and W.S. PAGE. Mr. PAGE's extensive orchards, however, were not in the path of the storm. Not all of the hailstones were circular in form. Some of them were oblong and flat on the sides and many which were picked up were almost black in color. Forty-seven birds which had been killed or were badly injured by the stones were picked up on the County House grounds after the storm. + Edward Kaneley. Le Roy.-Edward KANELEY died at 7:30 a.m. today, after a long illness from consumption, at the home of his brother, James KANELEY of Lathrop avenue. He was born in this village 24 years ago and had always lived here. He was a member of St. Peter's church. Besides James KANELEY Mr. KANELEY is survived by his father, Thomas KANELEY of this village, three brothers, Thomas, Jr., Charles, and Frank, all of Le Roy; two sisters, Mrs. Anna LOTTON of Clifton Springs and Miss Mary KANELEY of Le Roy. + Clarence W. BIRGE. West Bergen.-Clarence W. BIRGE, a lifelong and much respected resident of this place, died on Saturday afternoon, at 4:45 o'clock, after a two weeks' illness with typhoid fever. Mr. BIRGE, who was born 55 years ago on the farm where he died, was a prominent member of Bergen Grange and also a member of the Bergen Maccabee Lodge. He was an accomplished musician and possessed a gentle disposition. He was married to Miss Ettie KELLAR, who survives him, with a daughter, Ola, and two sons, Raymond of South Byron and Clare, who is at home. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the house and the interment will be at Stone Church. + Man from Alexander Fell Among Thieves. It was the same old story that has been aired in Police Court hundreds of times that a man who gave his name as William MALLORY told yesterday afternoon to Sheriff WILLIAMS. MALLORY, who said he was a farmhand from Alexander and whose appearance did not disprove that assertion, blew into town sometime prior to yesterday afternoon with a little money and proceeded to have what he considered a good time. Things went smoothly until, after cruising about for several hours, he hove[sic] to at the Central hotel on Jackson street, having decided on that place as a likely port to double his cargo of booze. According to the story he told he got all he wanted, but it cost him his fortune of $17. After MALLORY had soaked up a number of large drinks, as he told it, and proved himself a pretty large fellow, he as the cruiser ran afoul of the enemy's fleet, which had made plans for piratical work. MALLORY, after displaying his roll of ones and twos, looked pretty good and soon became the object of attention in the hotel. While a woman gained and kept his attention two men, he said, went through his clothes and when he came to his treasury box was depleted. Sheriff WILLIAMS was notified and Officer McCULLEY started after the suspected brigands, with the result that George GERARD of Batavia was arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the robbery. GERARD insisted that Theodore EAST, a mulatto who claims to be manager of the Central, did the job and EAST also was taken to the lockup. When searched GERARD had $1.85 and EAST had between $2 and $3. They both spent the night in the police station and will be arraigned before Police Justice SANFORD this afternoon, being charged with grand larceny. + submitted by Linda C. Schmidt