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Rochester, Monroe, NY
Rochester Daily Union
Tue May 8, 1855
 
BURGLARY - The store of S. F. & W. WITHERSPOON opposite the Eagle was entered by some person last night and a lot of cigars and some fish lines were taken away. The rogues came in by the way of a sky light in the rear from Irving Hall entrance. It was quite likely a boy's operation, similar toothers that have been perpetrated lately. No arrests have been made.
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CHRIST CHURCH - The new Episcopal Church on the East side of the river, organized at Palmer's Hall yesterday, under the title of "Christ Church."
The following gentlemen were elected officers:
     Wardens - Silas O. SMITH and David HOYT.
     Vestrymen - A. J. BRACKETT, J. M. WINSLOW, Jno. FAIRBANKS, E. M. SMITH, D. WENTWORTH, D. M. DEWEY, C. R. BABBITT, D. B. BEACH.
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RETURN OF MAJOR LEE - We understand that Major C. G. LEE, who has spent the past winter in the South for his health, arrived at New York yesterday, homeward bound, in improved health. --
The Union Grays, of which he is Commander, will probably go to Syracuse or Utica to-morrow or Thursday, to meet him and escort him home.
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Monroe County, New York
Rochester Daily Democrat
May 23, 1855

DIED
JEWELL--In Brooklyn, N.Y., May 15th, Sarah Elizabeth, only daughter of Theodore E. and Eliza Jane JEWELL, aged 10 months.

HENDERSON--In this city, on Tuesday, May 22d., of congestion of the lungs, Henry D. HENDERSON.
Funeral at St. John's Church, on Thursday, at 2 o'clock P.M.


May 24, 1855

MARRIED
CHAPIN-STRINGHAM---In this city, on the evening of the 22d. inst., by Ald. WARREN, Mr. Henry M. CHAPIN and Miss Margarett STRINGHAM.

DIED
HENDERSON--In this city, on Tuesday, May 22d., of congestion of the lungs, Henry D. HENDERSON.

TRAVER--At Kalamazoo, Mich., on Monday morning, May 21st., Frances D. GUERNSEY, wife of Simeon TRAVER, and daughter of the late James R. GUERNSEY, Esq., of Pittsford.

ROBINSON--At Union Springs, on the 22d. inst., Isabella ROBINSON, wife of Dr. Daniel A. ROBINSON, of Farmington, Ontario county, and mother of Dr. B. ROBINSON, of this city.

Discovery of the Body of MORTIMER LOOMIS
We learned late evening, by a dispatch over the Genesee Valley telegraph, politely furnished by Mr. L.S. HOYT, House operator, that the remains of the late Mortimer LOOMIS, who disappeared from Avon sometime since, were found in that vicinity.
The dispatch reads as follows:
                                         Avon, May 23
The body of Mortimer LOOMIS was found in the Genesee river, near the Railroad Bridge, in the village, this afternoon. Mr. LOOMIS disappeared on the evening of the 19th March last, and his continued absence has caused a considerable degree of excitement in Avon and vicinity.
We learn from Mr. S. Jor_, messenger on the Valley Railroad, that the money known to have been in the possession of the missing man, was found upon his body, and there were no evidence of violence to indicate that he was wrongfully deprived of his life.
He was last seen alive proceeding along the road from West Avon, going westward, and probably fell off the highway bridge accidentally. He was about 40 years of age, and had no family, but had been a great traveller.
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