Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Fri Dec 6, 1889

WESTERN NEW YORK NEWS

ONTARIO

Another Phase of That Remarkable Reddington Affair in Kansas
   The people of Canandaigua are awaiting, with a good deal of interest, the return of George REDDINGTON, who was supposed to have died and been buried at Lakin, Kansas. His relatives are entertaining friends with ghost stories daily, relating how he was drugged by three unscrupulous young men, and that, after recovering from the effects of the drug, he was allowed to wander from place to place until he finally wound up in an insane asylum somewhere in the West, but just where the relatives decline to say. They have also declined to make known the names of the villains who played the prominent parts in the frontier drama, giving as an excuse therefor that the young men came from respectable families and they had no desire to hurt their feelings. They have also shown Mr. REDDINGTON'S trunk, which is filled with the "dead" young man's clothes. They admit that they have known of his whereabouts for the last year, but add that owing to his delicate frame of mind, they deemed it advisable to permit him to remain in the asylum. Urgently have they besought members of the press to refrain from writing anything which would again "upset George's mind." And now after listening to all of this the people of Canandaigua may be interested in learning something of the inside facts of the once-dead-but-now-alive young man's wonderful ordeal through which he passed from life to death and vice versa. A Democrat and Chronicle representative has spared no pains nor expense during the past few days gather all the information possible upon the subject. In the first place he learned that the young men who took part in the dark and mysterious affair were William RINGLE, August SHERMAN and Samuel MAYHERT. These young men were finally arrested and while confined in jail MAHERT made the following confession, which, while it does not intend to corroborate all the sad things said about REDDINGTON, will at least pacify the curiosity of the average Canandaiguan. MAYHERT said: "We were all living together on claims son_e twenty miles north of Lakin, in Kearney county. We made it up together that REDDINGTON was to get a policy payable to a woman in New York as his wife. In June, 1887, he got a policy on his ln November he wrote to us in Colorado to come and fix things up. We came down and stayed at REDDINGTON'S house. REDDINGTON went over to a neighbor's house, and the understanding was that he was to fall into a ditch and be seriously injured, which he did. Assistance came to his relief and a doctor was called, who pronounced him dangerously hurt. In two days he pretended to die. A coffin was procured and, the weather being stormy, very few people knew of the circumstances. The associates procured a coffin and he was suffered to be buried. The grave was reopened and REDDINGTON made good his escape, and the report was calculated that the grave had been robbed and his body spirited away. A gentleman of Lakin adds that it was a well laid scheme and proved to be a costly piece of rascality for Kearney county. The Kearney county Advocate upon learning of REDDINGTON'S existence says: "The information settles concinsively the opinion of our citizens as to the rascally attempt of REDDINGTON and his associates to defraud an insurance company of $5,000." One of the young men arrested forfeited his bail, another obtained his freedom by a technical error, and MAYHERT his by turning state's evidence.

--John DURRANT, of West Bloomfield, met with a serious accident Wednesday morning. He was engaged in loading cartridge shells ans while holding one of them in his left hand, in adjusting the cap the shell exploded, lacerating his hand terribly. Dr. FINNCANE was called, and putting him under the influence of chloroform dressed the hand. He thinks if no other trouble sets in that the patient may recover a partial use of the hand. About the same time M. W. RIGNEY took a dose of "Ayers Hair Vigor," mistaking the bottle for one containing his usual medicine. Dr. FINNCANE was summoned in hot haste. He promptly administered an antidote, and so far no ill effects have resulted.
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ORLEANS

Closing Session of the Niagara District Conference at Holley

   Wednesday's session of the Niagara District Methodist Episcopal Conference at Holley, opened with devotional exercises, led by Rev. A. A. CRAW, of Clarendon. The place and time of holding the next district conference was left to the programme committee. By resolution it was decided to hold two Sunday-school institutes, the time and place to be determined by the same committee. The following committee to act with Rev. C. T. GRACEY, of Buffalo, tract agent, was appointed, viz.: Revs. C. W. WINCHESTER, W. B. WAGONER and J. A. COPELAND. Rev. T. T. ROWE, of Lyndonville, presented one of the most interesting items of the conference in his review of Martman's "A Study of Religion," which drew forth a warm discussion. Rev. J. W. YOUNG, of New Jersey, was introduced to the conference and spoke for an hour and a half on "Co-operative Evangelism." Rev. L. T. FOOTE, presiding elder of the Rochester district, who had just closed his conference at Avon, was introduced and made feeling, fraternal remarks. Rev. G. T. GALBRAITH, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Holley, was introduced and spoke words of good cheer. Rev. I. B. HUDNUTT, committee on complimentary resolutions, presented the same expression of appreciation of the care and interest bestowed by the members of the Holley Methodist people for the generous and hospitable treatment the members of the conference had received at their hands. The conference was pronounced by all to be a very gratifying success. For want of time three papers which had been prepared had to be omitted.

--The Edgar Milne Company cancelled its date at Bent's Opera House, Medina, on account of the temporary retirement of Mrs. MILNE from the stage.

--The Board of Supervisors has nearly completed its labors and will be through with all work except signing the tax rolls about the first of next week.

--Roy SAWYER and Miss SPAULDING, both of Albion, are assisting County Clerk ROSS to clear up the accumulated work in the office, preparatory to turning over the reins to Clerk Alvin ALLEN, who takes possession January 1st.

--Frank W. THOMAS, of Troy, has been in Albion this week on business. Mr. THOMAS is United States civil attorney for the Northern district of New York and is the first person ever receiving that appointment in this state.

--A chapter of St. Andrews Brotherhood has been formed by the young men of the Medina Episcopal Church. These officers have been elected: Director, R. Stanley BRAINARD, secretary, Arthur CHAPMAN; treasurer, Lee W. MERRITT. Meetings will be held on the first Sunday afternoon in each month.

--E. P. WEBSTER, of the firm of Hawley & Webster, No. 125 Alexander street, Rochester, and Miss Clara M. BULLARD, youngest daughter of Gilbert BULLARD, of Carlton, were united in marriage at the home of the latter Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. WEBSTER will soon take possession of their new home on Edmond street, Rochester.

--The S. J. E. Social Club of Holley, gave the social reception of the season at the residence of Mrs. J. D. ARNOLD this week. The gathering was a large one. About thirty ladies were dressed in costumes representing various ladies of note in ancient and modern times. A literary and musical programme was presented as follows: Solo, Miss Jennie BISHOP; recitation, Miss Julia WESTCOTT; duet, Miss Hattie ROBB and Mrs. C. F. BENNETT; select reading, Miss Mina HATCH. The purpose of the society, to promulgate sociability, is proving a great success. As each gathering brings together new additions to the club.

--The electric lights in Medina have been rather erratic of late, but are now in use again. Charles SIMMONDS, who has charge of the plant, is as yet undecided what to do. He has made a proposition to the Common Council to light the streets with arc lights, a plant for the production of which is already to be placed in position. Medina is one of the poorest lighted towns of its size in the state. The present gas and oil system of lighting being very poor, light only being furnished when there is no almanac moon and all street lights being extinguished at midnight. There is a general desire expressed on all sides for the light, though several other public improvements now under discussion may tend to delay its adoption for some time.

--The competition for Medina's water works contract is much greater than was anticipated. Ten copies of the long contract were made but a much larger number of companies have expressed their willingness to enter bids. It is now found impossible to furnish copies of the contract to these late comers, but a copy may be seen at the office of Hon. E. L. PITTS, by the representatives of any responsible company desiring to enter a bid. In the form of proposed contract, it is specified that a company be formed under the laws of the state of New York to be called the "Medina Water Works Company" and all sealed bids must be filed with Hon. E. L. PITTS before 1 o'clock, December 17th. The water board will open the proposals one hour later. The board has reserved the right to reject any or all bids.
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YATES

The Social Event of the Week at Rushville -- Dangerously Ill.
   The social event of the season in Rushville took place on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. E. A. STEARNES, being the marriage of her only daughter, Miss Alice A. STEARNES, to Edward L. MOODY, son of Assemblyman Robert L. MOODY, of Seneca. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. W. TAYLOR. The spacious rooms were beautifully decorated, and filled with the many friends of the contracting parties. The bride was gracefully attended by her friends, Misses Hattie CARSON and Nellie JONES. The bridal party will make an extended trip to Chicago and other places in the West.

--The Catholic fair begins next Tuesday evening in the Armory at Penn Yan and will hold for four days.

--The Supervisors will hold their last meeting next Monday to sign the assessment rolls, prepared by the clerk.

--James BEAUMONT, one of the best known young men of Penn Yan, is very low with consumption and his death is expected at any time.

--Charlotte M. ALLEN will give her monologue on Switzerland at the Rushville Opera House to-morrow evening for the benefit of the Congregational Society.

--Dr. W. A. CARSON was called Wednesday to attend Oliver HARRINGTON, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Middlesex, and found his condition very critical, as is also Mrs. Samuel SALISBURY, who has just been stricken with paralysis.

--Mrs. John D. WAITE, of Utica, Montana, of Utica, Montana, arrived in Penn Yan this week, where she will spend the winter with her mother, Mrs. Mary SLOAN. Her husband, Hon. John D. WAITE, is one of the leading Republican members of the Montana Legislature and one of the foremost politicians in the new state.

--The Supreme Court is in session in Penn Yan this week. The case to which the greatest interest attached, that of the Central Baptist Church Association against ex-Superintendent O. C. WHITNEY, has been referred to Judge James L. ANGEL, of Rochester. The civil calendar is unusually long, and court will probably hold for two weeks yet.
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MONROE

Items if Interest Chronicled by Special Correspondents

--Charles COBB, of Webster, has been engaged to teach the winter term in District No. 7.

--Arthur HOLCOMB, of Brockport, is now located at Eagle Harbor, teaching school at that place.

--Herbert ANNIN, formerly of Le Roy, and late of Grand Rapids, Mich., has become a resident of Scottsville.

--Ernest RICHMOND, who has been spending a few weeks in Churchville, will leave for Leadville, Col., this morning.

--There will be an adjourned meeting of the Baptist Church and congregation of Webster to-morrow at the church.

--The annual meeting and election of officers of the Union Republican Club of Brockport will be held next Tuesday evening.

--Rev. D. D. BROWN's sermon at Webster next Sunday evening will be to the young ladies; subject, "The Golden Sceptre."

--Frank WALDEN returned to his home in Brockport from Austin, Tex., a few days ago. He is now quite ill at his home on Adams street.

--Mrs. Merrick GROVES, of Brockport, is very low of typhoid fever and doubts are entertained of her recovery. Her sister, Miss FLETCHER, is also very ill.

--A large heat radiator has been placed in the center of Stone & Briscoe's store at Churchville and the firm has purchased a Flanigan safe weighing 5,000 pounds.

--The annual donation for Rev. L. D. CHASE, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Scottsville, will be held at the parsonage, on Browns avenue, next Wednesday evening.

--The fourth of the series of sermons to the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, by Rev. G. B. F. HALLOCK, of the Presbyterian Church, at Scottsville, will be given Sunday evening.

--The regular monthly covenant meeting of the Baptist Church of Mumford will be held in the church parlors to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Ross LYNCH, of Rochester, is expected to be present.

--On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock the annual sermon before the Honeoye Falls Fire Department will be delivered at St. Johns Church by the rector, Rev. Henry S. DENNIS, at the invitation of the department.

--A special meeting of the Churchville school district is called for next Wednesday evening to hear the report of the committee appointed at the last regular meeting to select a site for a new school house. A full representation of the voters is requested.

--The following named were elected directors of the Brockport Y. M. C. A. for 1890: C. D. SEELEY, H. A. METCALF, H. D. CHAPMAN, A. TOOLEY, Daniel HOLMES, T. H. DOBSON, A. SMITH, O. L. HOWARD, A. D. DAILY, H. E. GOFFE, T. S. HINTON and H. W. WEED. The anniversary of the association will be observed on the evening of December 16th.

--The following excellent programme was rendered at the musicale for the benefit of the poor of Brockport given at the home of E. HARRISON; Music, by Mr. and Miss HEINRICH, piano and violin, recitation, Frank McGAHN; selections on the piano from GOTTSCHALK and HOFFMAN, Marguerite HARRISON; trio, Messrs, McCRACKEN, McMAHON and APPEL; recitation, Frank McGAHN; vocal solo, J. M. APPEL; "Home, Sweet Home," Mr. and Miss HEINRICH; Robin ADAIR, Marguerite HARRISON; duet, Messrs. McCRACKEN and McMAHON. It was a delightful entertainment and highly enjoyed by the large audience.

--The topic of the monthly concert last evening in the Pittsford Presbyterian Church was: "Syria;" and the pastor made it very interesting by giving an epitomized review of the history of the region. Contributions to the exercises were also given by Mrs. Angelo CRUMP, Mrs. George GOSS, Mr. SQUIRES and others in readings and remarks. The programme to be rendered this evening at the Presbyterian Church social in Pittsford will include reading by Miss POWLEY, a graduate of the Boston school of oratory, and teacher of elocution in the Livingston Park Seminary, Rochester. She is the guest of Miss Hattie CANFIELD, at Pittsford.
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WAYNE

Wedding of Miss Lillian Jones and Rev. J. R. Henderson, of Palmyra

   The marriage of Miss Lillian JONES to Rev. J. R. HENDERSON, of Palmyra, took place at the home of the bride's parents near Palmyra Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. M. LONG, of Manchester, performed the ceremony, and afterward a wedding dinner was served. The bride is the daughter of Thomas JONES the well-known contractor, and the groom is pastor of the Palmyra Baptist Church, and is one of the best known and most popular clergymen in Wayne county. The couple took the evening train for Washington and other parts, and after a trip of two weeks will return to Palmyra and make their home there.

--William H. PRICHARD, of Palmyra, has been appointed manager of the New York office of Henderson, Parsons & Co., a mince meat concern, and has left for there.

--The Clyde Ever Ready Chemical Company is making extra arrangements for holding it's four days' fair at the town hall, commencing December 11th. The object of the fair is to secure funds enough to cancel the indebtedness on the new engine.

--The fourth evening of the Clyde St. Johns Episcopal Church carnival and bazaar was pecuniarily more successful than any of the previous ones. The seven tableaux were much admired. There will be one extra evening of the carnival, and this will end one of the most successful church enterprises ever held in that locality.

--The following officers have just been elected by Vosburg Post, G. A. R. of Newark, for the ensuing year: Commander, L. B. VAN DUSER; senior vice commander, G. K. SMITH; junior vice-commander, Rufus SMITH; quarter-master, J. H. KIMPER; surgeon, D. A. LAKE; chaplain, Howard BURT; officer of the day, William KING; officer of guard, Amos BALDWIN, delegate, D. P. GAMBLE; alternate, P. BARTHOLOME.

--The Zenobia Cornet Band of Palmyra, has just completed its first year and Wednesday night elected the following officers: president and director, Professor C. F. PALMER; vice-president, P. H. CALLAHAN; secretary and manager, Lyman ODELL; treasurer, G. A. TUTTLE. The band now numbers twenty-five pieces and is hard at work on about one hundred new musical numbers. It will soon give a sacred concert in one of the Palmya churches.
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NIAGARA

Officers Elected by the County Lodge of Good Templars

   The County Lodge of Good Templars met at Lockport Wednesday. There were delegates from twelve lodges present. The following officers were elected and installed: Chief templar, W. H. CRAMPTON; councillor, W. H. OUTWATER; vice-templar, Mrs. B. J. SMITH; secretary, B. J. SMITH; assistant secretary, C. B. STRAIN: chaplain, K. GLEASON; treasurer, O. T. REED; marshal, L. MOONEY; deputy marshal, Jennie MENNICK; guard, Annis SMITH; sentinel, John DAVIS; past chief templar, L. B. GASKILL; superintendent Juvenile Temples, Mrs. Emma G. DIETRICK. Mrs. R. GLEASON and Robert DUNCAN were elected as fraternal delegates to attend the next session of Erie county and Orleans county lodges. The following were elected as the county executive committee for the year: W. H. CRAMPTON, B. L. SMITH, W. H. OUTWATER, Robert DUNCAN, W. WISNER. The lodge adjourned to meet with Mountain Lodge at Pekin the first Wednesday in March.

--John LEITER, of Lockport, was stricken with paralysis while talking to a friend and died three hours afterward.

--The Board of Supervisors want to make the office of coroner a salaried one. The board is Democratic and the coroners are Republicans.

--Strenuous efforts are being made to found a stock company at Lockport, with a capital stock of $100,000, for the manufacture of shoes.

--There is every prospect of a renewal of the celebrated fight at Lockport between the mayor and the Common Council with the Lockport Gas Company over the lighting of the city again this winter. Mayor OLIVER and the city gained widespread celebrity last winter and now he has started the ball rolling by appointing Aldermen RICHMOND, MORGAN and WILLIAMSON as a committee to confer with electric light companies, looking towards the purchase of a plant.
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STEUBEN

Death of John N. SCHUE, a Highly Esteemed Citizen of Wayland

   John N. SCHUE died at his residence in Wayland Wednesday morning. He was a veteran of the late war, and had never been well since his discharge. Five years ago he suffered from a paralytic attack and has had light shocks at intervals since. Tuesday evening he had another and did not rally as before. The funeral will be held at St. Josephs Church this morning at 10 o'clock. He leaves a wife and five sons, four of them residing at Wayland and one, Kuhn, in Springfield, Mass., and one daughter, whose home is in Erie, Pa. All of his life he has been a highly esteemed citizen.

--A teachers' institute will be held at Bath, beginning next Monday.

--The first car load of grain over the Kanona & Prattsburg railroad was shipped this week. It was from Prattsburg and consigned to New York.
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GENESEE

--At the annual meeting of the Bergen Fire Department Wednesday evening the following officers were elected: President, G. O. EMERSON; vice-president, M. F. BERGIN; secretary, George EMERSON; treasurer, Michael BOWER; trustees, J. J. SNYDER, James P. WHALEN, D. A. IDE; chief engineer, M. H. PARMELEE; assistant chief, Irving IDE; foreman Engine Company, George W. SACKETT; assistant foreman, M. F. BERGIN. The department has enrolled forty-nine members, of whom thirty-eight are in good standing. It was called out to two fires during the year.
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LIVINGSTON

A Serious Accident to a Dansville Musician - Chosen at Lima

--The fair given by St. Patrick's Church Society at Dansville was a success in every way. About $1,200 will be realized.

--Hoecker & Company have bought the Gunther Block on Exchange street at Dansville and will open a music store there April 1st.

--John GALBRAITH, of Lancaster, Pa., and Miss Lucy I. JOHNSON were married Wednesday at the residence of W. M. JOHNSON in Dansville. Rev. G. K. WARD performed the ceremony.

--At a special meeting of the Society of Christian Endeavor of the Lima Presbyterian Church this week the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. F. QUAY; vice-president, F. A. STRASENBURGH; secretary, Mettie GILBERT; treasurer, Mary S. MILLER; acting corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mary THOMPSON, in place of Mrs. H. H. THOMPSON, who is at present out of town.

--Royert DOTTERWEICH, of Dansville, had the misfortune to lose the middle finger of his left hand Wednesday. He was hunting and set his gun down by the side of a fence, and on taking hold of the muzzle to lift it up the gun was discharged and the finger blown off. The accident is a severe one. Mr. DOTTERWEICH is an accomplished pianist and zither player, and the accident will seriously interfere with his enjoying his favorite instruments in the future.
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WYOMING

Officers Elect of Gibbs Post of Warsaw -- Wedding Anniversary

--David JUDD, of Warsaw, died yesterday morning, aged over 80 years.

--George CUTHBERTSON, who has been a resident of the town of North Java for nearly half a century, is dead, aged 77 years. He was born in Scotland.

--The fifty-eighth marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen TAYLOR has just been celebrated. Mr. TAYLOR has resided on the farm which he now owns for more than three-quarters of a century, and is one of the pioneer settlers of Perry.

--The newly-elected officers of Gibbs Post, G. A. R., of Warsaw, are as follows: Homer O. HOLLY, commander; M. W. NORTON, senior vice-commander; W. M. DAVIS, junior vice-commander; I. B. SMITH, chaplain; L. J. SPENCER, quartermaster; C. H. CROCKER, officer of the day; W. E. YOUNG, officer of the guard; J. M. SMITH, I. Sam JOHNSON, Asa A. LUTHER, trustees; Augustus HARRINGTON, delegate; W. H. CORNELL, alternate.
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FAILED IN BUSINESS
   St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 5 - The A. FURST Distilling Company has assigned. The principal creditors are wholesale whisky houses.

Richmond, Va., Dec. 5 - Martin & Powers, wholesale dealers in white goods and notions, assigned to-day. Liabilities $45,000.
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A DRAWN BATTLE
   Boston, Dec. 5 - The fight to-night between McAULIFFE and DALY resulted in a draw.
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DIED

WITHERSPOON - At South Newbury, Vt., on Sunday, December 1st, Raymond ? WITHERSPOON, brother of S. F., William and Ruth C. WITHERSPOON, of this city, in the 74th year of his age.

DUNN - In this city, on the morning of December 5th, 1889, Harold S., infant son of Bernard and Katharine DUNN, aged 3 weeks and 1 day.
-Funeral from the residence of his parents, No. 3_ Marshall st, this (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends of the family are invited. Burial private.
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THEY BURNED HIM NEARLY TO DEATH
   Wheeling, W. Va. - Dec. 5 - This afternoon the police were notified that a colored man was lying in Hunt's barber shop, suffering from very severe burns. The man was James ROBINSON, of Elmira, N. Y. His breast, abdomen and side were literally fried and smelled like a piece of broiled beefsteak. A physician pronounced his injuries dangerous. ROBINSON went into the shop Tuesday night and went to sleep in a chair. Wednesday a gang of loafers, who hang about the place, turned a quart of alcohol over the sleeping man's clothing and set fire to him. In a moment ROBINSON was enveloped in flames, which for a time resisted all efforts of several men to extinguish them. To-night warrants were issued for four men named GREEN, TYLEY, THOMPSON and PROCTOR, charging them with the crime. They will be held to await the action of the jury.
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HIS CLOTHES FULL OF MONEY

A Man Arrested in Troy Because His Actions Were Queer
   Troy, Dec. 5 - William Franklin TRUSTAN, found acting strangely in a hotel near the depot early this morning, was taken into custody by an officer. The man is a stranger, and it was found that he was dressed in three coats, two vests, two pairs of pantaloons, and five shirts. Money amounting to more than $3,000 was found sewed in one of his shirts.
   TRUSTAN says he was born in England and was several years ago a ranchman in the West. He removed to Michigan, where he engaged in the brokerage business. According to his story he served in the Senate in Michigan three years from 1876. He gave up politics and business on account of ill health, and went to sea. Afterward he went to England and again came to this country, having as nurse and traveling companion Anna ROSS. He was on his way to San Diego, Cala., when he was found here. It is understood he has considerable property in the West. He will be examined by physicians at the jail.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Sat Dec 7, 1889

WESTERN NEW YORK NEWS

ONTARIO

Capture of a Prisoner Who Escaped from Jail Over Two Years Ago
   In August, 1888, a notorious gambler named Frank FORSYTH, alias Harry HILL, was arrested at Chapinville, two miles east of Canandaigua, charged with gambling and obtaining money under false pretenses. He was lodged in jail at Canandaigua, but it was not long before he and George BARCLAY, another inmate, who was under indictment for burglary and larceny, broke jail and made good their escape. In October of the same year, HILL was arrested by Constable SLEGHT, of Canandaigua, but while on their way to the railway station HILL got away from the officer and was not heard from until this fall, when Under Sheriff McPHILLIPS learned that HILL had been seen in Rochester and Buffalo. The officer informed the chiefs of police in those cities that HILL was under indictment and was wanted in Orleans county, and on Wednesday last Officer McPHILLIPS received word from Buffalo that HILL was in that city. He at once telegraphed to arrest him, and on Thursday last the criminal was brought back to Canandaigua and is now in jail there.

--Mr. PAYNE's billiard business in the Jacobs Opera House Block at Victor is closed.

--The "St. Plunkard Company," which was in Clifton Springs a few weeks ago, disbanded in Waterloo Tuesday.

--The net proceeds of the entertainment given by St. Francis Dramatic Society, of Phelps, Wednesday evening, were $250.

--The Methodist and Presbyterian churches of Canandaigua are hereafter to be lighted by incandescent electric lights.

--Special services were commenced in the Methodist Church at Clifton Springs last evening. Rev. Mr. DEAN, the evangelist, will conduct them.

--At a meeting of the Board of Education of Canandaigua Thursday evening Samuel F. WADER was elected clerk in place of Joseph B. O'BRIEN, resigned.

--The fair and festival given by the Universalist Society of Clifton Springs, was a very successful affair. The net proceeds from all services amounted to about $200.

--Mrs. C. BULL, wife of Rev. J. M. BULL, of Clifton Springs, died Tuesday. She had been a great sufferer for nearly two years, and had been confined to her bed for over a year.

--The following are the new officers of the A. O. U. W. lodge in Geneva: M. W., H. J. LOY; foreman, J. HIRSCHFIELD; overseer, Homer SMITH; financier, Charles KIPP; receiver, M. S. SANDFORD; recorder, F. W. MILLS.

--The lecture by Rev. T. R. GREEN, of Canandaigua, on "Quarantine," in the Methodist Church at that place Thursday evening, was received by an appreciative audience with marked satisfaction. It was full of instruction.

--The funeral of the late Christiana WHEELER, of Naples, was held Thursday. She was 95 years old last September, and the mother of Seymour WHEELER, an old resident of Naples. Her remains were taken to Patten for interment.

--The overcrowded condition of the primary and intermediate grades in the Victor school has resulted in the Board of Education hiring a fifth teacher, Miss Inez SEARLE, a student of the Brockport Normal School, and she has entered upon her duties.

--A special dispatch to the Democrat and Chronicle last evening from Phelps, says: Charles HOLBROOK, of this place, who has been ill in New York with peritonitas, died there to-day. The body is expected here Saturday night on the late train.

--The festival and ball given by St. Agnes Society of Clifton Springs, was a great success, the net proceeds being about $200. Jesse COOLEY drew the gold watch, Mary HOGAN the easy chair, P. FLANIGAN a ton of coal and G. LINDEMER a painting.

--A term of the County Court and Court of Sessions will be held at Canandaigua next week, beginning on Monday. Although the county clerk failed to draw a jury, it is the opinion of Judge ADAMS and Judge RICE that the court has the power to empanel a jury and that the court can proceed as usual.

--The annual meeting of the Erina Hose Company of Canandaigua was held Thursday evening, at which time officers were elected as follows: President, Thomas H. O'BRIEN; vice-president, Peter TURNER; secretary, John E. DOYLE; foreman, William D. POWERS; first assistant, Thomas MURPHY; second assistant, Thomas M. CRONIN; trustees, John COLMEY, James R. DWYER and John E. MURPHY.

--Professor William CLARK, L. L. D., of Trinity College, Toronto, will deliver a course of five lectures before the students of Hobart College in Library Hall next week, one each evening, beginning Monday. His subjects will be: "The Study of History." "The Middle Ages." "The German Reformation." "The Revolt of the Netherlands." "The Thirty-years' War." A general invitation is given to the citizens of Geneva to attend.

--This afternoon William BOSWELL, of Canandaigua will be arraigned before Justice DWYER at that place on the charge of running a gambling room. The complainants are James NAHAR, George NAHAR and William SUTHERLAND, who claim to have been defrauded out of $64 by BOSWELL and his partner, A. S. BOSTWICK. The latter, having received warning of the action of NAHAR, left for Washington, where it is reported he has received an appointment.

--Mrs. E. BEARDSLEY, of Phelps, died Wednesday night. She had been in poor health for a long time, and recently her disease assumed a more serious nature, affecting her mind. The best medical advise and nursing could do but little for her, and she gradually failed. She was in her 66th year, and had been a resident of Phelps for about forty years. A husband and one son survive. The funeral will be held at St. Johns Church to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.

--The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of the Methodist Church at Canandaigua has elected these officers: President, William H. LIGHTFOOTE; vice-president, Sarah M. BANTA; secretary, Hattie PATTISON; corresponding secretary, Mary J. VOAK; treasurer, Charles W. LEE. The Young Ladies' Society elected officers as follows: President, Mrs. Aize SACKETT; first vice-president, Jennie L. WILSON; second vice-president, Mary KINGSBURY; treasurer, Martha MAGGS; secretary, Myrtie SIMMONS.
   At the last meeting of the Canandaigua board of Trade this week it was decided to send the secretary, Henry M. HUBBELL, to Lynn, Mass., for the purpose of negotiating with some of the manufacturers who were recently burned out with a view to having them remove to Canandaigua. Mr. HUBBELL started for the East Thursday evening. Owing to the ill health of Henry S. PIERCE, treasurer of the board, he was obliged to tender his resignation, and Mr. HUBBELL was appointed to fill the vacancy. The committee on public improvements recommended that the electric lights be lighted on every dark night during the year, and also that the village be supplied with some kind of a fire alarm system.

--Andrew INGRAM, of Port Jervis, is in Canandaigua searching the records in the county clerk's office in trying to find a title in his favor to three acres of land in the centre of Geneva. He claims that his grandparents went there at the close of the war of 1812 and bought the land and had the deed of the property recorded in the clerk's office. His grandfather's name was James McBRIDE, and although INGRAM has so far failed to find such a name among the records he has found a number of old residents in Geneva who well remember McBRIDE and know that he at one time owned the land to which INGRAM makes claim. One aged man named DYE says he himself once conducted a shoe-shop on one corner of the property. None of these persons, however, seem to know anything about how the property came into the possession of the present owners. The land to which INGRAM makes claim is now occupied by the Franklin House. The picture frame manufactory and the celebrated mineral spring.

--Some time since while Charles NORTHROP, of Canandaigua, was examining some old papers belonging, to his grandfather now deceased, he came across a deed for several acres of land in the state of Michigan, situated in the ore section. He at once began to investigate the matter and found that the land was being used by a man who had no title to it. Mr. NORTHROP informed the man in possession of the property of the deed which he had found, etc. The occupant at once began negotiations to purchase the property offering Mr. NORTHROP $300 for it. This the latter promptly declined, and it was not long before he was offered $800 and then $1,000. These offers were also promptly declined, and finally $1,600 was offering. Mr. NORTHROP then began to think that there was a bare possibility of there being some kind of a mine on the property, and he has gone West to investigate the matter. He is a hard working, industrious young man and his lucky find is well deserved.
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SENECA

Literary Exercises by the Pupils of the Waterloo Union School

   The "A" division of the Excelsior Literary Society of the Waterloo Union School held exercises yesterday afternoon, President Roswell E. TRAPHAGEN and Secretary Miss Bessie K. NUGENT occupying seats of honor. Miss Lida BECKER gave an essay on "The History of a Shoe" Edward SALEMAN'S paper told all about "The Moving of Brighton Beach Hotel"; Miss Alice WOOLEDGE read an essay upon "Enoch Arden"; Benjamin BACON'S essay treated of the subject of "Bridges"; Arthur LONG's essay was "The Life of General William Henry Harrison." Recitations were given by Walter MARSHALL, Miss Mary SCHLICK, Leroy HOPKINS, Miss Mary WELHAUSER, Miss Martha MILLS and Miss Kittie MOORE. There were readings by Miss Jessie DEAN, Miss Hattie STEVENSON, Miss Beth CARMAN, Miss Mary EBSEN and Miss Mary BACON. The subject of debate was: "Resolved, that the national government should pension all who saw active service during the late war." The affirmative side was debated by Charles J. HOWARD and Jesse STEVENS. Miss Anna BROOKS and Eugene BUCK took the negative. The judges, Miss Anna YOST, Miss Luella YURY and A. B. REED, decided in favor of the affirmative. Miss Edith MAYNARD furnished the critic's report. Other exercises will be held on the 13th and 19th insts. On the latter day, there will be an industrial exhibit of the pupils of all grades.

--Stephen WORMSTEAD, an employe in Gould's shop at Seneca Falls, Wednesday evening by an accident had his cheek bone badly crushed.

--Mrs. Charity HENDRICKSON, who has been bedridden for dome time, has been allowed a pension of $12 per month, with $364 arrearages.[sic] Her son, now deceased was a soldier in the civil war.

--Dr. BELLOWS informed a Democrat and Chronicle correspondent at Waterloo that there was no truth in the report that diphtheria existed in Waterloo. The cases in Western Fayette have been placed under quarantine.

--Yesterday a party of surveyors arrived at Waterloo from Rochester, and began to make surveys for the new branch to the South Waterloo stone quarries, which is projected to connect with the main track of the Central-Hudson railroad.

--Mrs. Mary FISHER, wife of Joshua FISHER, aged 46 years, died Thursday afternoon at her home in Seneca Falls after a protracted illness, leaving surviving her husband and three children, Jennie, Fred and Wallace. She was a Christian and a kind and loving mother.

--Joel B. TUBBS, for sixty years a resident of Waterloo, died suddenly at that place Thursday. He was a gunsmith by trade and had worked in the forenoon at his bench. At noon, he complained of a pain in his arm and soon after was seized with an apoplectic stroke. He was put to bed and a physician summoned, but medical aid was of no avail. He was 76 years of age and leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter. The funeral will be held from the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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WAYNE

Drawn to Serve as Jurors at the County Court Next Week

   The following trial jurors have been drawn to serve at the term of the County Court which commences Monday: Isaac JONES, John WILSON, Henry JONES, Abram CILQUINOI, of Butler; George TALBOT, James H. HADDEN, John L. ALLYN, Myron L. HOAG, Frank ALLYN, of Macedon; Charles E. WILBUR, Joseph R. WARNER, Peter SNYDER, of Palmyra; John M. MERCHANT, Daniel GOETZMAN, Jr., T. W. BROWN, John CHRISTMAN, of Lyons; Merritt D. WHITE, of Joy; Theron R. GATES, George DOWN, of Ontario; Charles H. HILL, of Sodus Point; Emmett TEATS, of Ontario Centre; John BOSS, Jr., Charles TRIMBLE, Winfield O'BRIEN, of Williamson; William CORLETT, of Marion; James W. GIBSON, Thomas AUSTEN, of Sodus; George P. GRAVES, Ferdinand MERRILL, of Wolcott; William FEEK, Smith R. PAYNE, of Huron; George WEST, of Newark; Frank BRANT, of Sodus Centre; Charles POWERS, of Clyde; Edwin J. ALLEN, William DOWNS, of Walworth.

--Rev. R. A. WARD, of Killoggsville, has been called to the Presbyterian Church in Huron.

--Arthur PAGE, a young man of Newark, sustained a broken arm yesterday while coasting.

--Rev. C. E. WELLS, of South Butler, will deliver an address on temperance at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Savannah to-morrow evening.

--A large number of the members of the Clyde Grange will attend the County Council at Macedon to-day, in consequence there will be no regular meeting of the Grange this afternoon.

--Two weddings have taken place at Fairville this week. Wednesday Frank R. WELCHER and Miss Hattie SEE were married, and Thursday the nuptials of W. H. WELCHER and Miss Helen SHEER were solemnized.

--"Is There Such a Place as Heaven and Who Will Inhabit it!" is the subject upon which the Rev. Arthur COPELAND, pastor of the Clyde Methodist Episcopal Church, will address his congregation to-morrow evening.

--W. H. CHAPMAN, of the Auburn Theological Seminary, who had been announced to fill the Clyde Presbyterian Church pulpit to-morrow, finds it impossible to keep the engagement. His place will be filled by Courtney H. FENN, of the Senior class of the same institution. Mr. FENN was born in the Clyde Presbyterian parsonage, being a grandson of Rev. Robert E. WILSON, a former pastor of the church.

--Thursday while Nelson HOGAN, of Savannah, was leading a young horse from the barn the animal reared, throwing Mr. HOGAN to the ground and stepping on him. A physician was called and found his injuries to be quite serious.

--Nelson HOGAN, a farmer living about a mile and a half south of South Butler, was seriously injured Thursday. He was driving from his barn, when the horse took fright and ran, throwing Mr. HOGAN out. He struck violently on his side and hip. Dr. M. F. SWEETING attended him.

--Thursday evening was the last of the Clyde St. Johns Episcopal Church carnival and bazar. The hall was well filled. The beautiful plush mantel drapery, painted by Mrs. Elma R. STOCKIN for the most popular fire company, was awarded to the Hook and Ladder Protectives, while Miss Clara B. GOODMAN secured the sewing machine.
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LIVINGSTON

Programme Rendered Yesterday by Students of the Geneseo Normal

   The following programme was yesterday rendered at the Geneseo Normal by the class of '90:
Essay...............................................Sara CREWE
                      Miss BAILEY
Essay ...............................................A Trip on Long Island Sound
                     Mrs. McDONALD
Essay...............................................A Story Retold
                     Miss MANN
Recitation.........................................__________
                    Miss SHELDON
Essay..............................................Salaries of Our Public Officers
                     Mr. SHEPARD
Essay..............................................The Fairy Serpent
                     Mr. BAKER
Recitation.........................................__________
                     Miss PALMER
Vocal Solo.......................................__________
                     Mr. VALLANCE
The Story of an Ancient King.............__________
                    Miss CHAPIN
Essay............................................A Queen and Her Conqueror
                     Miss POWERS
Recitation......................................__________
                      Miss MEGAFFE
Essay...........................................The Liquor Traffic
                      Mr. BOWEN
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MONROE

--Mrs. Dr. MASON's mother, who has been seriously ill, is better, and hopes are entertained for her recovery.

--Dr. William DOAN and Mrs. DOAN have returned from their bridal trip to their new home on Church street, Pittsford.

--Mr. CLARK, of the Rochester Theological Seminary, will preach in the Henrietta Congregational Church to-morrow morning.

--There will be a Christmas sale at the temperance hall in Brighton village this afternoon and evening, with a 5 o'clock tea and supper in the evening.

--Mrs. Elon LEE, an old and highly respected lady of Clarkson, mother of George H. LEE, of Greece, died at her home in Clarkson yesterday morning.

--St. Lukes Guild, of Fairport, held a very successful fair and entertainment at Shaw's Hall yesterday afternoon and evening, with an excellent musical programme, the tenor solo rendered by W. M. WILBUR and the soprano solo by Mrs. J. H. SNOW, being particularly fine.

--The Young Ladies' Mission Society of the Pittsford Presbyterian Church will carry out this evening, at the home of Miss Ida BARKER, their new plan of combining social, musical and literary features with the usual deliberations of the organization. In pursuance of the idea, young gentlemen have received written invitations to be present.

--Michael REICHNECKER, working for Thomas DOYLE, on the Harrison OLNEY place on East street, Pittsford, while drawing hay yesterday was swept from the load by an overhanging branch of a tree and sustained a fracture of the right arm at the elbow and also a fractured hip. Dr. CARPENTER, the attending surgeon, pronounces the injuries very grave and says the unfortunate man will probably always be lame.
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YATES

--Christer HARRINGTON, has arrived at Middlesex, from Rome, N. Y., to dare for his father, Oliver HARRINGTON, who is rapidly failing.

--At the annual meeting of Scott Post No. 819, G. A. R. held at Rushville, this week, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Commander, W. Nelson REDDOUTT; senior vice, George N. FORD; junior vice, R. B. LEWIS; surgeon, M. F. WARFIELD; chaplain, George PARSHALL; adjutant, N. H. GREEN; officer of the day, John HOGAN; officer of the guard, John P. KELLEY; trustee, D. J. HOLMES; delegate to state encampment, John HEADLEY; alternate, Charles STERLING. Comrade W. N. REDDOUTT, has been chosen commander for several terms.
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NIAGARA

--Ephriam WEAVER, formerly a prominent resident of this county, died Thursday, in the Buffalo Insane Asylum. He leaves a wife and five children. The remains will be brought to Lockport for interment to-day. Mrs. Maria HODGES, mother of Preston HODGES, formerly clerk of the American Hotel at Lockport, died in Buffalo this week.

--An Aurora, Ill., dispatch says: a divorce has been granted Mrs. Ella A. BOWDOIN in the city court. Mrs. BOWDOIN is the daughter of Remington JAMES of Lockport, N. Y., an old citizen well and favorably known there, and she married Frank A. BOWDOIN there in 1874. Mr. BOWDOIN was the famous Buffalo tenor at the La Fayette street Presbyterian Church.
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GENESEE

--Henry CROCKER, a traveling agent residing in Le Roy, was found dead in his room at the Commercial House at Hornellsville, Wednesday. He had been suffering during the forenoon from severe pains in his stomach and after dinner went to his room to lay down. At 3 o'clock Landlord FALLIHEE went to his room to call him and found him dead. Thursday the body was taken to Le Roy by his daughter. He was 70 years old and a widower.
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MORTUARY MATTERS

An Old Rochesterian Dead -- Funeral Announcements

John KEDZIE, one of Rochester's citizens, died at Passaic, N. J., on Wednesday, of pneumonia, in his 81st year. For the last twenty years he had been connected with the custom house, New York city. Mr. KEDZIE enjoyed good health and up the last of November regularly attended to his public duties. He went to Passaic to spend Thanksgiving with a relative at that place and on the way contracted a cold which resulted in the disease which caused his death. Mr. KEDZIE was prominent here among the early opponents of slavery and lived to see his unpopular doctrines successfully established.
   In the early days of Rochester when citizens relied on wells for their drinking water Mr. KEDZIE invented the "KEDZIE filter." They are still in extensive use. Mr. KEDZIE was a quiet, unostentatious citizen, but he was well known and recognized as a straightforward, upright and public spirited man and was beloved and respected by all with whom he came in contact. The remains will be brought to this city for interment in Mt. Hope Cemetery. They will arrive to-day. Mr. KEDZIE's wife died in 1884 of the same disease under similar circumstances, and was buried here. He left two daughters, Mrs. N. F. HASKELL, of Utica, and Mrs. George N. FOREMAN, of Lafayette, Ind.
                                ANNOUNCEMENTS
--The death of James CAMPBELL occurred last evening at his residence No. 125 Frank street.

--Mark KING died yesterday at his home in Parma, aged 65 years. A wife and seven children survive him. Notice of funeral hereafter.

--Francis A. CREEGAN, infant child of John and Mary CREEGAN, died yesterday at No. 418 State street. The funeral will be held this morning.

--Ella Martha, daughter of Adam and Annie MARKLINGER, died yesterday at her home, No. 429 Plymouth avenue. Notice of funeral hereafter.

--James E. FAHY died yesterday at his home on Hawley street, aged 43 years. The funeral will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church Monday morning.

--Clara KREPP, aged 73 years, wife of Adam KREPP, died yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. John METZGER, No. 372 Scio street. The funeral will take place to-morrow morning at 8:30 o'clock from the house and at 9 o'clock from St. Josephs Church.
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NOT KILLED YET

He Lives in Spite of All Hard Knocks
   DANIHY will give in the Sunday Star to-night, pictures of four prominent citizens. Two pages of Rochester news. Musical dramatic, base ball; fashion and commerce news. It is a clean paper for the family. Increasing circulation.
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MARRIED

PERRY - WARE - At Belvidere, Ill., by the Rev. O. H. DE_SA, Charles E. PERRY, of Rochester, N. Y. and Prudence A. WARE, of Belvidere, Ill.

NIXON - GAGE - In this city, Thursday, Dec. 5th, at 11 Arnold Park, by Rev. I. T. WALKER, William Henry NIXON, of Rochester and Miss Blanche GAGE, of Davis City, Pa.
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DIED

COSTBAHN - Friday, Dec. 6, 1889, at the family residence 93 Clarissa street, Amelia COSTBAHN.
-Funeral from the house on Sunday at 2 P. M.

KEDZIE - At Passaic, N. J., Dec. 4th John KEDZIE in the 80th year of his age.
-Funeral services at Mt. Hope Chapel, Sunday, Dec. 8th, at 3 P. M.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Sun Dec 8, 1889

MORTUARY MATTERS

The Local Record of Deaths and Funeral Announcements

--The remains of Martin PULVER were taken to Gorham, N. Y., for burial yesterday.

--The funeral of Amelia KOSTBAHN will be held at her late home No. 93 Clarissa street at 2 o'clock this afternoon.

--The funeral of Jacob HOFMEISTER will take place at St. Michaels Church at 8 o'clock this morning. St. Leo's Benevolent Society will attend in a body.

--The funeral of Catherine CRAWFORD will take place from the residence of her son-in-law, No. 114 Frank street at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow morning and at the Cathedral at 9 o'clock.

--The funeral of James FAHY will take place at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow morning from the residence on West Hawley street, and at 9 o'clock at the Immaculate Conception Church.

--James CAMPBELL, who died Friday night at his residence, No. 125 Frank street, was born June 24, 1825, in Cambridgeshire, England, and had resided in this city thirty-six years. He had been in the restaurant business for a number of years and had many friends. His wife and six sons survive him. The sons are Henry, David E., Charles W., George H., Edward J., and James R. CAMPBELL. The deceased was a member of Windsor Lodge, Sons of St. George. The funeral will take place at the family residence at 2:30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
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DIED

KOSTABAHN - Friday, Dec. 6, 1889, at the family residence 93 Clarissa street, Amelia KOSTABAHN.
-Funeral from the house on Sunday at 2 P. M.

SHEPARD - In Pittsford, at the residence of her son-in-law, George W. FARNHAM, Mrs. Mary E. SHEPARD, widow of the late William N. SHEPARD, aged 76 years.
-Funeral from the house on Monday, December 9th, at 2 P. M.

WRIGHT - In this city, on the 7th inst., Ellen WRIGHT, aged 78 years.
-Funeral from 96 Caledonia avenue, Monday, at 2:30 P. M.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Mon Dec 9, 1889

A LOCKPORT MILL BURNED

One of the Largest Plants of the Kind in the State.
Quarter Of A Million Loss
An Eight-Story Building and Thousands of Barrels of Flour
and Bushels of Wheat Destroyed -
A Severe Blow to Niagara County

   Lockport, Dec. 8 - SAXTON & THOMPSON'S flour mill, capacity one thousand barrels a day, one of the largest in the state, burned this morning.
   The property is a total loss. The walls of the eight stories, fully one hundred feet in height, have collapsed, and on one side have fallen into the canal, filling it up over the banks.
   The fire caught in the northeast corner of the upper floor, either from the dust around a hot box, or was incendiary -- probably from the latter cause. The flames spread with lightning rapidly and in an hour from the first alarm were leaping heavenward fully fifty to seventy-five feet. There was little wind and the adjacent buildings stood in no immediate danger. Great crowds of people assembled in the pouring rain and watched the destruction of nearly fifty thousand bushels of wheat and eight thousand barrels of flour.
   The firemen were powerless to do anything. It was a long time before a stream was playing on the building and some of the hose companies did not know where the hydrants were. When the department was all there, ten streams were finally got into play. After the fire caught, the flying sparks and cinders fell down the elevators and in a short time every floor was on fire.
   Charles T. RAYMOND, the manager of the mill, reached there in time to save all the office books and empty the safe. Telegrams were sent to S. Burt SAXTON, the proprietor, at Troy, but no answer was received up to noon. He is expected here to-night.
   The mill was running until 6 o'clock this morning, when it shut down and all the employes went home to breakfast. The mill had an elevator in connection with its bins, whose storage capacity was fully 110,000 bushels. It had a capacity of 1,000 barrels of flour a day, and was shipping three car loads daily.
   The loss to the New York Central in freight alone will amount to nearly $400 a day. Mr. SAXTON's trade amounted to over $100,000 a year and was mostly to the retailers. The mill was equipped with thirty-seven double sets of Stevens rolls. It was re-built in 1884 by John T. NOYE, of Buffalo, at an expense of $100,000. the new machinery included the rolls, six flour packets, cleaning and bolting machinery, purifiers and centrifugals, and was classed as one of the most complete and one of the largest mills in the state. The plant was estimated at $175,000. There were eighteen storage bins ninety feet deep by ten feet square. When the walls fell and these broke, thousands of bushels of wheat, some cooked and burned, poured out and down into the canal and debris below. Every now and then there would be a rush and roar as a floor fell with its load of machinery, and the flames would leap up into the sky.
   The mill was commonly known as the old Douglas mill. It was burned some thirty years ago and rebuilt by DOUGLAS & JACKSON. It was formerly owned by SAXTON & THOMPSON, of Troy, but Mr. SAXTON bought out his partner several years ago and has been running it himself. He has all the insurance placed in Troy and it will be impossible to ascertain the exact amount until he is heard from. The loss of this mill will be a severe blow to Lockport and Niagara county, as a great amount of the wheat brought in by the farmers was sold there. The cooper business will also be seriously affected, as the shops were doing a good business for this mill. Thee were twenty-five experienced millers employed in the mill, who will be thrown out of employment. The probabilities are that the mill will not be rebuilt.
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BIG BLAZE IN NEW YORK

The Miallard Building and its Inmates Suffer Heavy Losses
   New York, Dec. 8 - A fire broke out this morning in the five-story Miallard building, Fourteenth street and University Place, and it was only after two hours' of the hardest work that it was extinguished. Shortly after the fire was discovered an explosion took place that shook the whole building. The fire traveled through the elevator shaft with great rapidity to the top floor. The roof was constructed of very inflammable material and the flames made short work of it. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to be a leakage of gas, hence the explosion.
   Firemen LIVINGSTON and VINCENT were overcome by smoke but were rescued and will recover. The following are the losses:
Simpson, Hall & Miller, silverware $50,000
Dempsey & Carroll, printers, $10,000
Maillard Chocolate Company, $20,000
F. W. Stammler, importer of French satin, $30,000
Maise, Brisard & Roger, cordial manufacturers, $50,000
The building, which is owned by Henry MAILLARD, the chocolate manufacturer, was damaged $25,000.
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FAITH CURISTS ARRESTED
   Brooklyn, Dec. 8 - John JOHNSON, Henry STREET, Marie PETERSON and Anna JOHNSON were arrested here to-day for a violation of the sanitary code. They are Faith Curists and JOHNSON is the leader of the band. His family is sick with diphtheria and scarlet fever and he refused to administer the medicines ordered for them.
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POLYGAMY IN CANADA

Mormons With a Surplus of Wives in the Northwest Territory

   Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 8 - Unpleasant reports are coming east respecting the Mormon settlement in Alberta Northwest Territory. In spite of the declaration of the Mormon leaders that the British custom of one wife to each husband would be observed. polygamous practices are inferred from the fact that the women are far in excess of the men. It is not unreasonable to suppose that the usual accessories of Mormonism are already following the invasion of British soil. The newcomers would not be Mormons if it were not so. The pretense that the extra women in each household are unmarried relatives of the orthodox wives or of the latter's husbands is not believed here, and legislation on the subject will be enacted at the coming session of Parliament.
   While the authorities are discussing whether our Mormons are to be trusted to keep their pledges to give up their practices or not, the strangers are settling the problem by bringing in their supplemental wives as fast as they can get them. If Canada is indifferent to polygamy the Mormon immigration will grow and prosper.
   The government officials in the Northwest deny that the Mormons practice polygamy.
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MORTUARY

Death of John H. Frick -- Funeral Announcements

John H. FRICK died yesterday afternoon at his home, No. 39 Hamilton Place, aged 59 years. The deceased was a well known business man and had for several years been in poor health. Mr. FRICK was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to America in 1853. In 1856 he came to this city, where has since resided. Ten years ago he engaged in the undertaking business on East Main street. The deceased was a member of Salem Church. The deceased leaves a wife and four children, Frederick A., George W., William H., and one daughter, Miss Lizzie FRICK. Notice of funeral hereafter.
                                          ANNOUNCEMENT
--The funeral of Ellen WRIGHT will be held at her late home, No. 96 Caledonia avenue, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.

--The funeral of James CAMPBELL will be held at the family residence, No. 125 Frank street, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.

--The funeral of Catherine CRAWFORD will take place from the residence of her son-in-law, No. 114 Frank street, at 8:30 o'clock this morning and at the Cathedral at 9 o'clock.

--The funeral of James FAHY will take place at 8:30 o'clock this morning from the residence on West Hawley street, and at 9 o'clock at the Immaculate Conception Church.

--Mary Agnes LIEBECK, wife of Engelbert LIEBECK, died yesterday afternoon at her home, No. 12 West Orange street. The deceased left a husband and six children. The funeral will be held from the house at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow morning and from the Holy Family Church at 9 o'clock.

--Frank RICHTER died suddenly at his home, No. 188 South avenue, Saturday afternoon. Coroner KLEINDIENST was called, but as death resulted from heart disease his services were not required. The deceased was well known in the Twelfth ward. The funeral will be held at St. Bonifaces Church at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow morning.
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WESTERN NEW YORK NEWS

MONROE

Death of Captain John W. Webster, of Spencerport
   Captain John W. WEBSTER, of Spencerport, died quite suddenly of typhoid pneumonia at his home Saturday morning, in the 82nd year of his age. He was confined to the house but two days. Mr. WEBSTER was one of the oldest residents of the town of Ogden and one of its prominent citizens. He was born on what is known as "Colby" street, before the township of Ogden was organized, and had spent his long and useful life within its borders. The major part of his life he spent in farming, at which he accumulated a large property. He retired from farming eighteen years ago and took up his residence in Spencerport. He was a close newspaper reader and well versed in history and politics. He had ever been a staunch Republican, and one who did his own thinking. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Russell CHAPMAN, of Ogden; one sister and one brother, Mrs. Persie PARKER and Nathaniel WEBSTER, of Ogden. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence.

--Michael DAILY, formerly of Scottsville, and Miss Carrie ALLEN, of Greece, were married recently.

--George C. MEYERS, of Webster, has gone to Naperville, Ill., where he will take a theological course.

--The ladies of Grace Church, Scottsville, realized about $140 from their sale and supper last Friday evening.

--Miss Cora M. JONES, who has been enjoying an extended trip in the West, returned to her home in Henrietta last week.

--C. KNAPP, of Rochester, has leased the Coddington store at Spencerport, in which he has opened a merchant tailoring establishment.

--To-morrow evening the Pleiades Society will hold an oyster supper in the parlors of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Webster.

--William SULLIVAN, Fairport's centenarian, was 105 years old on the 2nd inst. He walks about town and retains remarkable health and vigor.

--The Literary Society of Webster has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President N. C. HOLT; secretary, Miss Cynthia O'DELL; librarian, Miss Mary ANDREWS.

--The annual meeting of the Livingston County Medical Society will be held at the Court House in Geneseo to-morrow. Papers will be presented by Drs. DODGE, BROWN and ROWLAND.

--The Catholic people of Scottsville will hold a fair during the holidays for which they are making elaborate preparations. Some of Rochester's best musical and literary talent will assist.

--The new "Model Market" in the Upton Block at Spencerport has just received its finishing touches, and will be opened to-morrow by Dunn & Beeney, who have leased it for a term of years.

--The social held in the lecture room of the Presbyterian Church at Pittsford Friday evening was well attended and netted about $20. Besides the very entertaining readings given by Miss POWLEY, two much enjoyed solos were contributed by Mr. and Mrs. REYNOLDS.

--John HARADINE died last Thursday morning in North Parma from the effects of a tumor on the brain. He had been somewhat ill about twenty months, and totally blind for more than a year. Last fall he was taken to New York and examined by some of the most eminent physicians.

--The following named were elected officers of the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday-school at Scottsville last week: Superintendent Dr. Charles E. WILCOX; assistant, William W. WELLS; secretary, Rice FRANKLIN; librarian, Chandler G. FRANKLIN; treasurer, T. E. SANDERS; chorister, Harvey SMITH; organist, Mrs. M. MILLER.

--The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Fairport Baptist Church, at its eighteenth annual meeting last week, elected the following officers: Mrs. H. HUNT, president; Mrs. C. G. De WITT, first vice-president; Mrs. L. J. De LAND, second vice-president; Mrs. E. J. SANFORD, secretary; Mrs. Dr. B. De LAND, treasurer. This society has raised nearly $300 for mission purposes during the year.

--Cady Post, No. 236, G. A. R., of Brockport, has elected the following officers: Commander, S. H. HOLBROOK; senior vice-president, Charles HILBERT; junior vice-president, George H. ROWE; surgeon, Charles D. VEAZIE; chaplain, E. A. MAYNARD; adjutant, L. S. KRAUSEY; quartermaster, H. C. HAMMOND; officer of the day, W. H. PETERSON; officer of the guard, H. DEYO; trustees, S. H. HOLBROOK and Charles HILBERT; delegate to state encampment, S. P. FROST.

--The next meeting of the Henrietta C. L. S. C. will be held to-morrow evening at the residence of Miss Carrie WADSWORTH, when the following programme will be rendered: Roll call, quotation from "King John;" piano solo, Professor WADSWORTH drill on the early Plantagenets, Mrs. TOMPKINS; vocal solo, Mrs. LANDERS; five minutes talk on the following subjects: "Thomas A. BECKET," Mrs. WADSWORTH; "The Second Crusade," Mr. LANDERS; "King John and the Great Charter," Professor WADSWORTH; select reading, Miss SIPPERLY; query box.

--Mark KING died Thursday at his home in Parma, after a long illness, aged 65 years. The funeral took place from the Church of the Mother of Sorrows Saturday. He leaves a wife and seven children: John J., Thomas and Mark KING, of Greece; Maurice, Mary, Lillian and William KING, of Parma, and Mrs. Rose STEIN, of Rochester. Mr. KING was a quiet and unostentatious man, but was well known and recognized as a straightforward and upright man, and was respected by all who knew him. He was a member of the Church of the Mother of Sorrows for forty years.

--The Fortnightly Club, of Mumford, will meet with Mrs. G. T. BORDEN to-morrow evening. The theme for the evening is "Scotland." The following programme has been prepared: "History of Scotland," Mrs. A. F. McPHERSON; map exercise, Miss Jennie WALKER; synopsis of Scottish church history, Hugh CAMPBELL; "The Poets," Miss Kate E. ALLEN; "Medley of Scotch Airs," Mrs. Franc A. CAMPBELL; "The Prose Writers." Miss Mary CARMICHAEL; selection, Miss Maggie A. CAMPBELL; music, Mrs. Charles MENZIE; selection, Belle CAMERON.

--Dexter AMIDON, an old resident of North Parma, died suddenly Saturday morning. He arose about 5 o'clock, complained of not feeling well, went back to bed and before his wife could call in the next-door neighbor he became unconscious and in less than half an hour was dead. Mr. AMIDON moved to North Parma from the eastern part of the state over forty years ago, and had been a successful farmer. He leaves, besides his wife, four children, all living in the town; Mrs. George INGHAM, Mrs. D. C. BARRETT, and two sons, Warren and Oscar. The funeral will take place to-day, the Rev. G. R. HOLT, of the Free Baptist Church, officiating.

--Mrs. Mary Emeline SHEPARD, widow of the late William Nelson SHEPARD, died at her home in Pittsford, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. George FARNAM, Friday evening, at the age of 76 years. Mrs. SHEPARD was the youngest child of the late Isaac BARNES, who came from West Stockbridge, Mass., to the town of Brighton and settled at Allen's Creek during her childhood and remained in that vicinity until his comparatively recent death. From the pioneer home of her parents the daughter Mary was married in 1838 to Mr. SHEPARD, of Pittsford, who had then lived for twenty-five years in the farm-house of his own erection, which became the permanent home of the bride and the place of his death a few years ago. The children born to them were seven, of whom Lottie died lately and William MILLER very recently. Those who survive are: Mrs, Oscar STONTENBERG, of Princeton, Ill.; Mrs. Abram CULVER, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mrs. George FARNAM and Isaac SHEPARD, of Pittsford. The only living brother of the originally large family circle to which the deceased belonged, is Mr. BARNES, of Batavia, aged 86 years. Those who knew her best loved her most. Mrs. SHEPARD united with the Presbyterian Church of Brighton fifty-two years ago, but after her marriage became a member of the church at Pittsford. The funeral will be held at Mr. FARNHAM's at 2 o'clock to-day.
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LIVINGSTON

Items of Interest Chronicled by Special Correspondents

--The York Salt Company has one of its wells again in operation.

--A corn social will be held in the Lima Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening. There are sixteen different dishes on the bill of fare.

--The winter term at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, will open next Wednesday, with the prospect of a very large attendance.

--Last Thursday evening, Don McCALL and Miss Maggie CULLINGS, both of York, were united in marriage at the home of the bride. They intend making their home in Denver, Col.

--A social gathering of the United Presbyterian congregation of York will be held at the home of J. W. McARTHUR to-morrow evening. A general invitation is extended.

--County Court and Court of Sessions, with Judge NASH presiding, will be convened at Geneseo to-day. About fifteen criminal cases are to be disposed of, besides a number of civil causes. The Equity Term of the Supreme Court, with Justice ADAMS presiding, will be held at the same place beginning December 16th.

--Marshall CLARK, of Fowlerville, and Miss Alice TAYLOR, of Mumford, were married by Rev. R. M. RUSSELL, of Caledonia, last Wednesday at the United Presbyterian parsonage. A reception was given to the young couple by Mr. and Mrs. Silas JOHNSON, of Caledonia, the latter being a sister of the bride.

--The G. A. R. Post of Caledonia has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: P. W. McNAUGHTON, commander; R. M. PLACE, senior vice-commander; R. W. SCOTT, junior vice-commander; Frank BARK, quartermaster; Charles SPRING, chaplain; John WAGART, surgeon; John MONROE, officer of the day; Edward McINROE, officer of the guard; delegates to state encampment, P. W. McNAUGHTON, D. D. CAMERON, R. M. PLACE.

--I. G. SNAPP, who has been telegraph operator for the last seven years at the Central-Hudson office in Caledonia, has resigned to accept the position of ticket agent for the Erie Railway Company at Warsaw. Mr. SNAPP will be greatly missed in Caledonia. He had been the superintendent of the First Presbyterian Sunday-school there for the past two years, and also a member of the choir and holding other officers in the societies of the church. He enters upon his new duties to-day. His family will remain in Caledonia for a time.

--The death of Mrs. Robert LAFFERTY, of Caledonia, occured at her late home in that village Friday. She had long been a great sufferer and her death was not unexpected. She leaves besides a husband, one son, and several married daughters. Her age was about sixty years. She had been a resident of Caledonia over twenty-five years, coming there from Nallykelly, Ireland. She was a kind wife and mother, a good neighbor and in every way an estimable woman. The funeral was held from the First Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, yesterday afternoon, Rev. J. A. HENDERSON officiating.

--Friday night Zachens W. BARRETT, living near Nunda, died while sitting in the chair reading. He was 80 years old and a worthy citizen. He had been into another room where his wife was occupied with her household duties and asked her if he could assist her, and receiving a negative reply, returned to his reading. But a few minutes had elapsed when she heard a strange noise and going to his side found him with his head thrown back and a moment later he was dead. Apoplexy was undoubtedly the cause of death. He leaves a wife and one son, Charles H. BURRITT a resident of Rochester. The funeral was held from the family residence at 2 o'clock yesterday.
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ORLEANS

Coming Session of the County Lodge of Good Templars

The nineteenth quarterly session of the County Lodge of Good Templars will be held next Thursday in the Holley Presbyterian Church. The session will open at 10 o'clock with an address of welcome by the Rev. G. T. GALBRAITH, pastor of the church and past chief Templar of the Holley lodge, which will be responded to by Rev. E. J. WHITNEY, of Waterport. The day will be occupied with business, interspersed with entertaining features. The grand chief templar of the state, Dr. D. H. MANN, will deliver an address in the evening. At the last session of the County Lodge, Holley Lodge won the banner for the largest increase in membership during the quarter and is in a fair way to retain it as it is now one of the strongest lodges in the county.

--Arthur WARREN, of Albion, who has been ill a long time, is slowly improving.

--The Orleans County Agriculture Society will hold its annual meeting at Albion to-day.

--David C. JONES, of Kendall, is one of the largest land owners in Orleans county, owning 710 acres.

--Rev. Joseph KETTLE, of the Shelby Free Will Baptist Church, will be given a donation Wednesday evening.

--Rev. J. E. WILLIAMS, of Buffalo, will lecture at Lyndonville to-morrow evening on "The Girl That Wins."

--The Medina mince pie factory begins to-day running in complete order, and with a good sized force of employes.

--The Medina Presbyterian society has elected C. A. McCORMICK and A. J. HILL trustees and F. H. HURD, clerk.

--Rev. W. W. WALSH, former rector of the Medina Episcopal Church, and family are expected home from a trip in Europe this week.

--Rev. F. T. LATHER, of the Medina Baptist Church, will lecture on temperance before the I. O. G. T. at Hart House Hall, to-morrow evening.

--Rev. O. F. ALFORD, of Mansfield, Pa., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Ridgeway Universalist Church, and is expected to assume his duties early in January.

--The T. A. Hook and Ladder Company of Albion has elected the following officers for the year: W. C. RAMSDALE, president; Joseph WEILHEIMER, foreman; W. C. ROBERTS, assistant; John COGHLAN, secretary; Martin BRITTON, treasurer; Jacob CARTER, inspector, and Byron O. GRAVES ensign bearer.

--A tumor weighing eight pounds was removed Friday from the arm of Mrs. MALLOY, of Barre. The operation was performed by Dr. E. P. SQUIER and Dr. Tousley LEWIS, of Albion.

--The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Albion Methodist Episcopal Church is having a series of lectures by the pastor, Rev. L. CARDUS. Tuesday evening the subject will be "Italy."

--A. WHEELER has been installed president, James ARNOLD vice-president, John ROMP secretary, Henry GRAY Treasurer, and G. WATERSON chaplain of the Medina Lodge of the Sons of St. George.

--Franklin CLARK and family, of Albion, have moved into their elegant new residence on upper Main street. The house they vacated, next to E. K. HART's residence, and owned by him, will be taken down, thus improving and enlarging his grounds.

--The election of officers for the coming year of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church at Albion took place at their last meeting, as follows: Benjamin HATMAKER, president; Charles HUTCHINSON, vice-president; Bertha FLOYD, secretary; Clara GOODWIN, corresponding secretary, and Sam BIDELMAN, treasurer.

--The Medina Lodge of Knights of Honor has elected the following officers: Dictator, H. T. UNDERHILL; vice-dictator, E. CALLAGHAN; assistant dictator, O. O. MOORE; reporter, Dr. A. BOWEN; financier, C. S. MURDOCK; treasurer, H. A. FAIRMAN; chaplain, Charles Newton HOOD; guide, John BACON; guard, M. H. COLBY; representative to Grand Lodge, Henry E. ALLEN.

--The following are the newly elected officers of the Medina Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school; Superintendent, Mrs. John ALLEN, assistant superintendents, Bert TIMMERMAN, Mrs. C. A. HOWARD, and Mrs. C. W. WINCHESTER; secretaries, G. M. FRARY and Miss V. M. PARISH; treasurer, Miss M. E. STRATTON; librarian, Miss Jennie CHASE; chorister, A. GLEDHILL; assistant, John B. TUCKER.

--Henry D. REED, the popular supervisor of the town of Albion, gave a dinner to the Board of Supervisors and about one hundred of his friends at Down's Hotel in Albion Saturday. Roast pig, roast goose and turkey were served to the heart's content, and the old rule, that the last of the feast was the best, was not overlooked on the occasion. Internal Revenue Collector HANLON, from Medina, and several others from surrounding towns were present.
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WAYNE

Narrow Escape of a Boy From Being Accidently Killed by a Sportsman
   An accident that might easily have been a fatal one occurred near Palmyra Saturday afternoon. A sportsman was hunting in SAWYERS woods just south of the village and found a covey of partridges in a swamp thicket near the main road. He approached as near as possible and just as the birds flew up, fired. The instant he fired, a wagon, having as its occupants Mr. HACKETT and his young son Fred, came into view and part of the charge struck Fred in the face and head. He was immediately taken to Dr. HENNESSY'S office and although only 8 years of age bravely stood the pain while several of the shot were picked out of his face, and he is doing well.

--Andrew PIERSALL has been assessor of the town of Savannah for the past thirty-three years.

--A . W. HYDE, of Wolcott, raised this year 1,505 bushels of corn from ten acres of land.

--Miss Emma J. BURRUD has been appointed as a second assistant at the Marion postoffice.

--Mr. ROCKFELLER, the Standard oil king, has purchased "Chelsea D.," the Huron trotter, for $5,000.

--The marriage of Carl FULLER and Miss Lucy De ZUTTER, of Williamson, is announced to take place to-morrow.

--Mrs. Thomas HOWES, of Clyde, has presented to the Hook and Ladder Protectives of that village a beautiful lambrequin of her own make.

--The quarterly meeting of the Wayne County Homeopathic Medical Society will be held at the office of Dr. W. H. SWEETING in Savannah to-morrow.

--Charles A. BATES has been chosen by Savannah Council, R. T. of T., to represent that organization at a convention of the order to be held at Syracuse next Wednesday.

--About thirty of Newark's business men have signed the constitution of the board of Trade and Progression Association of that place. A meeting is to be held to-morrow evening for the election of officers.

--The friends of Miss Edith HELMER, of South Butler, to the number of about thirty five gave her a genuine "surprise" last week. After refreshments were served, they presented her a beautiful toilet set.

--Michael SULLIVAN, residing west of Savannah, while going down cellar fell, striking his head on a stone at the foot of the stairs, cutting a long gash in his forehead. Dr. W. H. SWEETING attended him.

--The quarterly election of officers of the Clyde High School Lyceum resulted in the selection of M. E. PATTEN as president; T. W. KNAPP, first vice-president; Ernest COVIL, second vice-president; A. C. TILLISON, secretary and treasurer.

--The Wayne County Evaporators' Protective Association met in Pound's Hall at Williamson Saturday, with President S. W. SWEEZEY in the chair. The deliberations of the association resulted in a unanimous determination to defend its members to the last extremity of the law against the claim of A. J. RICE for royalty on any device used in the Tower evaporator.

--At a session of Marion Lodge, A. O. U. W., last Friday evening, the following officers were elected: P. M. W., S. F. DURFEE; M. W., C. S. VAN OSTRAND; foreman, J. Henry HENION; overseer, Adelbert HOWELL; recorder, F. H. DURFEE; financier, H. M. WINSLOW; receiver, A. B. CRANE; trustee, Thomas GEER; Grand Lodge representative, Dr. D. RICHARDS; alternate, Thomas GEER.

--The Ladies' Society of the Presbyterian Church of Palmyra concluded a very successful fair at that place Saturday evening. It was held in a vacant store in the Aldrich Block, and the booths presented a very pretty appearance. The Japanese booth was largely patronized. The young ladies in charge of it were handsomely attired in Japanese costume. The receipts will amount to about $130.

--Snedaker Post, No. 173, G. A. R., of Clyde, Friday evening elected officers for the ensuing year, as follows: John D. McVIEAR, commander; James RACE, S. V. C.; Clark POTTS, J. V.; A. H. GILLETT, J. M.; J. N. ARNOLD, surgeon; William M. NICHOLS, chaplain; Valentine KLEINE, O. D.; A. J. HUTCHINS, O. G.; delegate to the state encampment, J. N. ARNOLD; alternate, Jacob F. VAN BUSKIRK; trustees, James RACE, Leonard COLLINS and Clark POTTS.

--The dwelling of Mrs. David CAYWOOD, at South Butler, occupied by G. L. SAYRE, caught fire last week while the family were in attendance at a party a few doors away. The flames were extinguished but not until the carpets, bedroom set, and some chairs were ruined. Mrs. SAYRE lost all her clothing and bedding, and contents of the dresser. There was an insurance on the on the goods but none on the house. It is a hard blow to Mrs. CAYWOOD, as she is in limited circumstances and unable to repair the damages.

--A short time ago a warrant was sworn out for Samuel TAYLOR, of Savannah, who had been shooting tame doves after being forbidden to do so by the owner. Constable George FITCH went to serve the warrant, but TAYLOR resisted arrest and showed fight. The constable was therefore obliged to use violent means, and thus TAYLOR received several bad cuts and bruises, after having pointed a pistol at the officer. TAYLOR then had Constable FITCH arrested for assault, but at the trial before Justice RISING the defendant was acquitted. TAYLOR was compelled to pay a large fine.
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STEUBEN

The Number of Licensed Liquor Places at Bath -- Closed Their Hotels

--The teachers' institute for the Second district of Steuben county, will be held at Canisteo, commencing December 16th.

--The Davenport free library of Bath is growing very popular. In the month of October 1, 237 books were circulated, and during the month of November the number increased to over 1,500.

--The excise board of Bath has just granted an ale and beer license to Frank DURHAM. This license makes the thirty-fourth for the town and the twenty-seventh for the village, and gives a drinking place to every 133 inhabitants.

--Recently the W. C. T. U. instituted proceedings against the liquor sellers of Prattsburgh for violation of the excise law. As a revenge the hotel proprietors closed their doors and received no guests. The Relyea House has opened again. The actions against the liquor sellers have been sent to the Grand Jury by order of Judge HAKES.
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WYOMING

Cases Disposed of in the Circuit Court -- Indictments Found

   Court adjourned at Warsaw Friday night, only three jury cases have been tried. In that of Edmund E. MUNGER against Samuel O. SHARP and Samuel SHARP, the jury rendered a verdict of no cause of action. In the action brought by Hiram D. TRUESDELL, of Warsaw, against the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway Company, to recover damages for barn and sheep destroyed by fire, the fire supposed to have been occasioned by sparks from a passing engine, the plaintiff was awarded $550. The case of Betsy GAY and Orlando GAY, as administrators of Benjamin F. GAY, deceased, against the same railway company, has been on the court calendars at intervals since July 1870. It was brought to recover damages for the death of Mr. GAY who was killed by the cars. The defense claimed that the decease came to his death as a result of his own carelessness. Judge CHILD'S charge to the jury was of unusual length and reviewed all the evidence carefully. At 8:30 o'clock Friday night, after a long deliberation, the jury brought in a verdict of no cause of action. The Grand Jury was discharged Friday evening. In addition to the indictment for murder found against Anna SCHIRM, of Darien, as reported in a special dispatch from Warsaw to the Democrat and Chronicle, she is also charged with endeavoring to conceal the birth of a child by secreting its dead body. She will be tried at the April term of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. An indictment was found against Edwin SUMMERS, of Wethersfield, for intentionally pointing a fire-arm at another person. He is now in jail at Warsaw. An indictment was found against Vincent FONTAIN, of Sheldon, charging him with burglary in the third degree. He was admitted to bail. Both of these cases were sent to the Court of Sessions.

--Mrs. Mary MILLER died at her home in Bennington last week, aged 61 years.

--The people of Silver Springs are agitating the question of building a town hall.

--Rev. A. A. BROCKWAY of Attica, leaves this week for a tour of Europe and the Holy Land.

--Rev. C. H. JAMES united in marriage John M. KNAPP, of Buffalo, and Miss Elva EASTMAN, of Attica, on Wednesday.

--There is a milkmen's war at Perry and the lacteal fluid is selling at three cents per quart, delivered at the door, and with indications of a still further reduction.

--Edward SCHROEDER, aged 25 years, died at his home in Attica last week, of Bright's disease. He was a young man with bright prospects for the future.

--The Hillside farm at Wyoming has changed owners, and become the property of Mrs. R. CONLEY, of Chicago, who will improve the old place by the erection of new buildings.

--The young people of Castile and Perry have purchased a dozen or two telegraph instruments and private lines with fully two miles of wire are now in use all over town with fifteen offices. There are really some good operators among them. Castile has full half as much amateur wire in use.

--At the annual meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church at Attica last week, the following officials were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. John BELDIN, re-elected; vice-president, Mrs. Thomas BALLARD; secretary and treasurer, Miss Carrie SMITH. The society has over $313 in the treasury, which was voted to be used as an organ fund.

--The regular meeting of the Attica Chautauqua Circle will be held to-morrow evening on account of the Westminister concert this evening. It is Milton's day, and the following programme will be carried out: Roll call, to be responded to by quotations from Milton: "Milton as a Traveler," Mrs. W. C. LAWRENCE; "Milton as a Patriot," Miss Eva C. DREW; music, Miss Maud TOWS; "The Romans as Colonizers," O. M. TAYLOR.
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SENECA

Prizes to be Given at the Colored Citizens Ball at Waterloo

   The annual colored citizens' ball and cake walk will take place at the Waterloo Academy of Music, Tuesday evening, December 17th. The following are the prizes and names of donors: Best cake walker, fancy cake by Lambert GOODMAN; best gentleman waltzer, a box cigars, Nelson DUNTZ; best lady waltzer, a bonbonniere, Alfred THORNE; best gentleman lancier, gold pin, John E. DOWNES; best lady lancier, two pairs kid gloves, by Towsley House guests; best dressed gentleman, one bottle champagne, Ira HENDRICKS; best dressed lady, discretionary prize to be chosen and awarded by the judges.

--Cross Post, G. A. R., of Seneca Falls, will hold its annual election of officers this evening.

--The concert and ball of the Working-men's Club of Waterloo will be held next Friday evening.

--Alonzo STOUT has bought the interest of his partner, Edward YOST, in the merry-go-round at Waterloo.

--The Board of Supervisors adjourned at Farmer Village on Friday and will meet again at Ovid to-day.

--Martin FLANAGAN is a candidate for the office of village treasurer of Seneca Falls on the Democratic ticket.

--The officers of the C. M. B. A. of Seneca Falls are as follows: President, Michael CARRAHER; vice-presidents, Philip GARGAN, Edward DAVEY; recording secretary, John H. JONES; assistant secretary, James A. FLANAGAN; financial secretary, C. H. ASHLEY; treasurer, John McKEON.

--Wednesday and Thursday a fair and festival will be given at Johnson's Hall, in Seneca Falls, under the auspices of the ladies of the Trinity Church Building Fund Society.
   The cold weather of last week froze over Cayuga lake at a considerable distance from its foot. There was a great quantity of ice in the lake on Saturday, some of it being quite thick.

--The religious interest in the meetings being conducted by Rev. E. E. DAVIDSON at Waterloo is increasing. Friday evening some twenty-five persons went forward for prayers. A large and earnest meeting of the Societies of Christian Endeavor was addressed by Mr. DAVIDSON at the Methodist Episcopal Church on Saturday afternoon. Last night there was a crowded union meeting again at the Presbyterian Church. The meetings will be held at that church this week daily at 4 and 7:40 o'clock.
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GENESEE

Annual Election of Officers of Wilbert Fuller Post of Bergen

   Wilbert Fuller Post, of Bergen, which has forty-five members, last Friday evening elected the following officers: Commander, Dr. M. W. TOWNSEND; senior-vice-commander, E. M. WILCOX; junior-vice-commander, Elmer HOWELL; quartermaster, Ira D. RICHARDS; chaplain, J. T. CRITTENDEN; surgeon, Patrick KERIVAN; officer of the day, Albert E. WILBER; officer of the guard, William CASWELL; guard, J. FEATEERS. E. M. WILCOX was elected delegate to the state encampment and James A. MILLER, alternate.

--J. H. DODGE has removed from Conesus Center to Bergen, where he will open a hardware store in the Joslyn building. This will make three hardware stores there.

--Alonzo S. HUME, a native of Riga, and a father of Mrs. D. J. McPHERSON, of Bergen, died last Friday at the home of his son Edwin, near Lansing, Mich., aged 78 years.
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ONTARIO

--Henry WATERSON, of Louisville, Ky., is announced to lecture in Geneva February 8th.

--Bertha, daughter of Frank CARPENTER, of Victor, seriously sprained her foot playing at school, and the physician says a month or more will be required for her recovery.

--Swift Post G. A. R., of Geneva, has removed its headquarters to rooms in the J. W. Smith block. They have put in new furniture and carpets and their rooms present an attractive appearance. At the last meeting the following officers were elected: Commander, J. H. HITCHCOX; senior vice B. W. SCOTT; junior vice, T. BEARD; chaplain, Rev. J. P. FOSTER; surgeon, M. H. PICOT, M. D.; quartermaster, John DENNISON; officer of the day, William LAM; officer of the guard, Abraham JACKSON.

Rochester, Monroe, NY
Democrat & Chronicle
Tue Dec 10, 1889

MORTUARY MATTERS

Death of John R. Eveland -- Funeral Announcements

John Reid EVELAND died early yesterday morning at his home, No. 30 Upton Park, of typhoid fever. The deceased was born in Brooklyn where he passed his youth. He was a graduate of Packard's Business College, of New York city, and afterwards held a responsible position in the Nassau Bank. He subsequently came to Rochester, and for the last nine years had been in the employ of H. H. WARNER. The deceased was ambitious and a man of remarkable business ability, and his genial disposition won for him many friends. He was a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of this city. He leaves a wife and one child. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah EVELAND, two sisters, Mrs. J. B. FAULKS, of Haverstraw, and Mrs. Susie E. BLUE, of Jersey City, and an uncle Rev. J. M. REED, of New York city, also survive him. The funeral services will be held at the house this afternoon at 5 o'clock, and the remains will be taken to Jersey City on the Erie train at 8:15 to-night. The principal services will be held in Jersey City to-morrow. The remains will be buried in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn.
                                               ANNOUNCEMENTS
--The funeral of Frank RICHTER will be held at St. Boniface Church at 8:30 o'clock this morning.

--The funeral of Mary LIEBECK will be held at the Holy Family Church at 9 o'clock this morning.

--The funeral of John H. FRICK will be held from his late residence, No. 39 Hamilton Place, at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.

--Lawrence TOOLEY, father of Michael TOOLEY, of Fairport, died Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital. The funeral will be held at Fairport at 9 o'clock this morning.

--The funeral of Louisa BADHOR_ will be held from her late home, No. _6 Maple street, at 8 o'clock this morning, and from SS. Peter and Pauls Church at 8:30 o'clock.

--Maria, wife of Michael BUFF, died yesterday afternoon at the family residence, No. 120 Campbell street, aged 8_ years. The deceased left besides her husband, three children George BUFF, Mrs. Maria _UHN and Mrs. Anna BENEDICT all of this city. The deceased was born in Germany and came to this country about forty-two years ago. Notice of funeral hereafter.
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JOHN LIST'S SUDDEN DEATH
   John LIST, aged 80 years, was found dead yesterday morning at the residence of William GLASSER, No. 126 Chatham street. Mr. LIST was a respected farmer of Irondequoit. The deceased came to the city Sunday and feeling unwell decided to stop over night at the home of Mr. GLASSER. He complained of severe pains in the side during the day but refused to have anything done for him. He slept on a couch in the sitting room and at 7 o'clock yesterday morning he was alive and talked with Mr. GLASSER. Shortly afterward a domestic passed through the room and found him lying on the floor. He complained that he was unable to walk. When she entered the room at 9 o'clock he was dead. The deceased left a brother of Irondequoit, and one daughter, Mrs. Walker LEE, of this city. Coroner KLEINDIENST held an inquest at Bender & Schauman's last night, a verdict of heart disease being rendered.
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ROYAL ARCANUM ELECTION
   At the annual election of Monroe Council, No. 43, last night the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Regent, R. S. TOWNSEND; vice-regent, F. S. PRYOR; orator, H. A. LODER; past regent, R. W. CHAMBERS; secretary, A. J. BEVIER; collector, W. F. OWEN; treasurer, J. M. LEONARD; chaplain, Rev. M. S. MOLL; guide, H. B. CARLTON; warden, W. H. BURNETT; sentry, C. A. COLLER; organist, J. A. VARS; trustees, R. W. CHAMBERS, G. A. DIETZ, F. S. PRYOR; representative to Grand Council, R. W. CHAMBERS; alternative representative, J. M. LEONARD.
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DIED

FORD - In this city, Dec. 9th, Mrs. Jennie M., wife of Phinehas FORD. - Notice of funeral hereafter.

EVELAND - At his residence in this city on the morning of the 9th inst. John Reid EVELAND, aged 33 years.
-Funeral services this afternoon at 5 o'clock from 30 Upton Park. Remains will be taken to his former home, Jersey City, for burial.

FRICK - The funeral of John H. FRICK will be held at the residence 39 Hamilton Place Wednesday at 2 o'clock, P. M.

HARTLEY - On the 7th inst. Philip HARTLEY, father of Rev. James E. HARTLEY of St. Patricks Cathedral, aged 64 years.
-Funeral from the Church of the Assumption in Fairport, Wednesday morning at 9:15 o'clock.
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