Rochester, Monroe, NY
Union & Advertiser
Aug 28, 1865
DIED
In this city, on the 27th inst., of consumption, Dennis McGINNIS.
-Funeral to-morrow (Tuesday) from No. ?? Bolivar street, at 9 a.m. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.
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PERSONAL - Inspector General George S. BATCHELLER is at the Osburn House. He comes here to meet his Associate Commissioners
to decide upon the location of an Arsenal and Armory to be constructed by the State in this city.
Col Samuel NORTH was in town on Saturday, on his way to Buffalo. He has friends, who congratulated him upon his
complete vindication of the charges alleged against him last fall, for which he was confined three months in an
American Bastile at Washington. Thurlow WEED vouches for the innocence of Col. NORTH. His arrest on the charge
of complicity in the alleged hands by soldiers was only made for political effect.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY - Between seven and eight o'clock last evening, as three young Germans from the Eleventh Ward were
going down North St. Paul, to visit one of the gardens, they met a crowd of men and boys, in attempting to pass
through the crowd one of them was beset by a thief who deprived him of his watch. The man escaped but information
was given to some of the police, who arrested four persons this morning upon suspicion of having been concerned
in this swell mob robbery. Where the prisoners were taken we cannot say. No mention was made of the arrest at the
Station this morning.
IN LUCK - Miss Jennie MORRIS was on Saturday the recipient at the Metropolitan Gift Book Store, of a beautiful
silver plated cake basket, which she received as a gift accompanying the purchase of a photograph album. Mr. Wm.
B. HASKILL, with the purchase of school books, received a five bottle silver plated castor. A lady from Medina,
with the purchase of a family bible received a silver plated ice pitcher. Remember you pay no more for a book at
the Metropolitan than at any other store, consequently your gifts are so much clear gain, be they more or less.
A MIXED THEFT - A young chap named Albert BUCK, who has sold papers on the Central Railroad, was under arrest at
the Police Court this morning charged with stealing $180 and a revolver from a soldier named Wm. H. ALLEN. Just
how when and where the crime was committed, if committed at all, could not be understood by those who listened
to the examination. The magistrate postponed the investigation to get more testimony, which appears to be needed
very much to make the case understood.
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LOCAL MATTERS
THE BREWERY THIEVES - There is a hitch in the case of the thieves who stole five hundred dollars and more from
the safe at Beyler's Brewery on Friday. They were arrested at Buffalo, or rather two of them, while planning a
theft there. Mr. BEYLER'S clerk went to Buffalo on Saturday, and at once recognized the rogues as the fellows who
were in the brewery at the time the money was stolen. He also identified some of the bills he had marked, which
were found upon them. They had about $450. Policeman McLEAN went to Buffalo to bring the prisoners here, but the
authorities declined to surrender them. They have cunningly handed over a portion of the money to a lawyer to defend
them, and he will, of course, see to it that they are held at Buffalo and tried on a petty matter compared with
the offence committed here. There is a strong case - indeed positive proof to convict them here, while it is doubtful
if any thing can be made out against them at Buffalo. The money that was stolen here will of course be used there
for their defense, and Mr. BEVIER will probably not see it again. He has gone to Buffalo to- day with the Chief
of Police, and we hope that they will be able to so present the case to the authorities as to induce them to surrender
the criminals for trial here. It is for the interest of every friend of law and good order in society no matter
where he may reside, that these bold and systematic thieves should be punished, and tried upon the charge that
will ensure punishment and the largest sentence.
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PAINFUL ACCIDENT - A serious accident occurred on Saturday evening at the Vickery Cotton Mills. A girl employed
there, as she was about to leave the factory, passed an upright shaft and instantly her clothing became fast to
the shaft. She was wound up and carried around by the shaft until the wheel could be stopped. Unfortunately the
shaft was near a wall and the girl was thrown against it. When released from her perilous position it was found
that one of her arms was broken and a knee seriously injured. The girl was taken to the residence of her parents
on Orange street, in the Eleventh Ward, and had surgical aid. It is thought that she will recover. The girl is
a German and her name reported to be BEECHER or BUTCHER.
We were told that the proprietor of the Cotton Factory is now having all the shafts that are so exposed as to endanger
the operatives, boxed to avoid the recurrence of such an accident.
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GIRL WANTED - A tidy, intelligent girl, who has a good knowledge of general housework, can find a pleasant and
permanent situation at liberal wages by applying, with reference, box 1164, Post Office. A protestant and an American
preferred.
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