Progressive Batavian Batavia, Genesee County, New York State July 9-1875 Died. MOGRIDGE--In this village, on Wednesday, 7th inst., Thomas A., son of Thomas and Sarah E. MOGRIDGE, aged 19 months. WAITE--In this village, on Friday morning, July 2nd, 1875, Dan E. WAITE, eldest son of Mr. D.D. and Mrs. E.A. WAITE, aged 37 years, 11 months, and 16 days. + Neighboring Counties. The Odd Fellows of Buffalo talk of erecting a grand temple in that city. Potatoes, best quality, are selling in Stueben county for 20 cents a bushel. The Livingston County Agricultural Fair is to be held September 16th and 17th. The Wyoming County Pioneers festival at Silver Lake on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The seats of the new Presbyterian church at Albion have been rented for about $4,000. F.C. PECK, orator at Portage Bridge on the "glorious fourth." That's celebrating the day in a "measure." Some of the Seneca county are so discouraged at the ravages of the potato bug that they are plowing up their potato fields. The next regular meeting of the N.Y. State Teachers' Association will be held at Fredonia, on the 27th, 28th, and 29th proximo. The proprietor of a hotel at Corning, NY has had to pay $800 and costs to a married woman of that place for selling liquor to her husband. Bishop COXE has designated Grace Church, Lockport, as the place and Sept. 24th the time, for the next Convention of the Diocese of Western New York. "Elder BEMIS," of Hornellsville, preached the Fourth of July discourse at Angelica. The "elder" has our sympathies and so by the way, do his hearers. An Allegany county clergyman says: "The devil always gets into the church through the choir." We think it would be very impolite to dispute the assertion. Mary CARRON, of Buffalo, attempted to start a fire with kerosene oil on Tuesday of last week. The can exploded and the girl received injuries from which she died in a short time. The pastors of the churches in Hornellsville, and in Geneseo unite in holding open air meetings on pleasant Sabbath afternoons. Why couldn't our clergymen do likewise, advantageously? John TREVOR, a Rochester bank policeman, was shot a few nights since by a scoundrel named John CLARK, whom he was assisting to arrest. TREVOR has since died. His murderer is in custody. Mrs. Emma WHITE, widow of Peleg WHITE, of sticking salve fame, was one hundred years of age on Friday, April 21st, and is still strong and hearty. She's "stuck" to life in this town of Farmington, Wayne Co. A little two-year-old girl, named Della COTEN, was drowned in the G.V. Canal at Cuylerville, Livingston county, Tuesday morning of last week. She was not missed from home until her body was found one mile away. There is rumor that the Erie Railway Company are to take the portion of the Rochester, Nunda and Pennsylvania road from Swains to Mt. Morris and put the same in operation at the earliest practicable moment. There are six lodges of the Ancient Order of Good Fellows in Buffalo. Four are German organizations and two are English. Very Rev. Wm. Gleason, of Buffalo, has been nominated as Bishop of the proposed new Diocese of Syracuse, and his name has been forwarded to Rome. James G. Clark, the poet vocalist, concerts at Niagara Falls on Monday evening, 12th inst. Mr. W.P. Letchworth, of Buffalo, offered a prize of $25 to the newsboy that would within a year deposit the largest amount from his earnings, in the Savings Bank.--The prize was won by John Wilson, a colored cripple. Eleven and a half cents a pound is the ruling price for cheese in Allegany county at present. During the month of May the Erie Railway forwarded 2,399,613 pounds of freight from Tonawanda. An enterprise is on foot to secure the running of cars through Buffalo from Erie street depot to Exchange street depot. The Tonawanda 'Enterprise' announces that Joseph A. Bliss, of that place, who carries on the most extensive shingle works in the State, has a raft on the way from Michigan that consists of three million feet of pine timber. That Attica "Stocking Knitting Manufactory" has gone up. A man named Parker was the enterprising individual who established the manufactory--in prospect. He came to Attica and "legged" it around town, "footed" it up and down stairs in search of rooms, got boarding housekeeper Neff's "foot in it."--for a big board bill---and then "healed" and "toed" it out of town. All true--no "yarn" about this. A malignant type of diptheria is prevailing in Cuba, Allegany Co. Several deaths have occurred. A woman's dress with a card attached saying, "Died 1875 by one blow of my rifle, G.W.B.," was found in a ravine known as Bloody Run, near Gibson, Steuben county, Sunday, May 23d. A pair of woman's stockings were found close by. Search has been made, but no woman as yet discovered. How they came there is yet a mystery. Gov. Tilden has committed the sentence of Daniel Doran, the Lockport murderer, to imprisonment for life. W. W. Whitney is offering his immense stock of watches, clocks, jewelry, silver and plated ware &c., at prices which would frighten even Buffalo Bill. Please call and examine prices before purchasing elsewhere. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ......to be cont'd. ..... submitted by Linda C. Schmidt *********************************************