"Alfred Sun"
Alfred, Allegany County, New York
April 3, 1884

[Surnames that appear on this page: Ainsworth, Alamas, Allen, Beebe, Bliss. Braste(?), Burdick, Burrows, Chamberlain, Clark, Comstock, Cottrell, Crandall, Eaton, Forsyth, Green, Hamilton, Heseltine, Hough, Hurlbut, Jacobs, Kenyon, Leslie, Lewis, Livermore, Marvin, Maxson, Mc Elroy, Mc Tige, Miller, Mosher, Palmiter, Pierce, Potter, Summerbell, Titsworth, Tracy, Var, Whitford, Witcomb,  A surname may appear more then once on this page. ]

CHURCHES:

• The Seventh Day Baptist Church has services every Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. W.C. TITSWORTH, pastor. Sabbath school at 8 o'clock P.M. followed by a prayer meeting. Friday evening prayer meeting at 7 o'clock.
• Services at the chapel during term time every morning at 10:30 o'clock.
• Services held at 11 o'clock at the Second Alfred Church every Sabbath morning, followed by the Sabath - school. Rev. J. SUMMERBELL pastor. Prayer meeting Friday evenings.

SOCIETIES:

• Alfred Centre Lodge, No. 77 E.O.M.A., meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday evenings of each month at their rooms.
• Canseadea Council, No. 226, Royal Arcanum meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month.
• B. Frank MAXSON, Post, No. 428, G.A.R., meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings each month.
• Alfred Lodge, No. 148, A.O.U.W. meets at their rooms on the 1st and 3rd Saturday nights of each month.
• Alfred Union, No. 142, E.A.U. meets in the A.O.U.W. rooms on the 2nd and 4th Saturday evenings of each month.
• Sons of Temperance Lodge meets in the rooms of the A.O.U.W. on every Thursday evening.

LYCEUMS:

• The Alleghanian Orophilian, Alfredian and [unreadable] Societies meets at their respective rooms every Saturday evening during term time.

LOCALS:

• Thunder!
• New spring hats at Mrs. PALMITER's.
• April fool! Who didn't get fooled! It's fun for the boys.
• Rev. L. BRASTE(?) was the guest of Mrs. Allie PIERCE last week.
• Miss Sarah MC ELROY has returned from a week's visit at Squintville.
• We had a very cold snap Saturday night and light snow since.
• Miss Mathie HOUGH of Hornellsville, is a guest of Corabelle CRANDALL.
• Miss Corabelle CRANDALL who has been spending a time at Horseheads, has returned home.
• Meal the Valley Mills from A no. 1 Corn $1.25; Balted, $1.30; Feed, good corn and oats, $1.30.
• The Annual Meeting of Alfred Building and Loan Association occurs next Tuesday evening April 8th.
• Subscribers do not get their papers will please notify us at once, as it is not our intention that anyone should be overlooked.
• A meeting of the Trustees of the Loan Association is to be held at the store of J.G. ALLEN & Son this (Thursday) evening at 7:30.
• The Star of Belmont comes to us this week enlarged, the pages now measuring 10x12 1/2 instead of 5 1/4 x 7. It is a decided improvement and we wish it success.
• Chancellor James MARVIN, D.D. formerly of Alfred University, and latterly of Kansas University, has sole charge of the Indian Training School at Lawrence, Kan.
• Manning LIVERMORE, who lives in Tinkertown, a fixer and shiner of old chairs, will reset and make as good as new, any worn out chairs, at a very small price. Try him.
• Mrs. H.S. PALMITER would announce that she has just received a full line of new spring hats, and would invite the attention of all those desiring anything in this line.
• The Cattaraugus County Republican comes to us this week, folded, pasted and trimmed by one of the Brown's Newspaper Folders, a new machine which has just been added to the outfit of the Republican office.
• Will L.HOUGH, formerly local editor of the Hornellsville Herald, but more recently from the west, was a caller at this office Wednesday afternoon. He is new in the employ of the Consolidated Telephone Company of New York.
• Misses Jennie and Fannie EATON had a leap year party on Tuesday night after the Leslie Concert. Some of boys were "awful sleepy" next morning.
• Our streets present quite a lively air these mornings, as old and young, with their singing books under their arms, throng to attend the musical convention at the church.
• Mr. LESLIE promises to be with us again in about one year. We want Mr. LESLIE to bear in mind that if it should happen on the first of April, as it did this year, the people will return the joke.
• The next regular meeting of the Republican Prohibition League of the town of Alfred will be held in Temperance Hall, on Tuesday evening April 9th. All friends of temperance are invited to attend.
• If the party helping themselves to the wood from the yard of J.P. MOSHER, will come at once and make satisfactory settlement they will save themselves the exposure that is due them and a final settlement by the law.
• At the Dime Socialable last week at Mrs. M.J. GREEN's, while the company were assembled in the middle room listening to some exercises, the floor suddenly settled not enough to do any material damage, but enough to create quite a scare. The exercises were interrupted but for a moment.

FROM ALFRED:

• Collins BURDICK, from Almond, is cutting wood for E. BEEBE.
• Mrs. W.R. BURDICK is visiting her daughter, Mrs. ALMAS of Buffalo.
• Mrs. HURLBUT, of Canaseraga, was a guest at M.A. GREEN's last Friday.
• Mrs. Dell TRACY has a quilting at her sister's, Mrs. WHITCOMB Wednesday.
• Rev. J. KENYON preached one of his good sermons in our church last Sabbath.
• A maple sugar party at R.F. BURDICKS on Wednesday evening; the proceeds go into the Parsonage fund.
• J.P. HAMILTON had the land he sold surveyed last Sunday, and the deeds are to be made out to-day to the purchasers.
• Cush LEWIS has got his house ready and intends to move into it in a day or two.
• Mr. S.M. BURDICK is making preparations to raise his jewelry shop higher and build a new wall besides making other improvements.
• The Sons of Temperance have a maple sugar festival at the house of D.F. WHITFORD, next Saturday evening; one-half the proceeds go for the Parsonage.

FROM INDEPENDENCE:

• J.P. LIVERMORE is suffering with distemper in his head.
• Mrs. J.T. LIVERMORE is sick abed with a [unreadable] rheumatism.
• Dr. A.W. COTTRELL says it is very sickly in our town this spring.
• Mr. Chandler D. COATS lost a valuable two-year-old heifer a few days ago.
• We had the boss freeze of spring last night, and the ground froze solid.
• There was prayer meeting at the house of Mrs. Mary GREEN last Friday evening.
• There was a sociable at the house of CLARK Bros. last Tuesday evening 25 inst.: receipts $9.
• Mr. Jacob BLiSS, an old pioneer and well know in Allegany County, died the 21st inst. of Bright's disease.
• Mrs. A.W. COTTRELL, of Whitesville, who has been sick for about one month is, I am glad to learn, on the mend.
• Mrs. S.P. POTTER and two daughters, who came from Friendship to attend the silver wedding of Mr. & Mrs. E.D. POTTER, returned home last Thursday.
• The oil well on the FORSYTH farm is down 600 feet, and there was a free flow of gas the other day. [rest was unreadable]
• Some time ago, Dr. A.W. COTTRELL lost his mustang, that he drove on his professional rounds, under circumstances that created a suspicion that the beast was poisoned, and, on being opened, it was discovered that the stomach was eaten out, showing conclusively that some powerful foreign substance had been introduced in his stomach.

[dated March 29, 1884]

FROM ANDOVER:

• Snow this morning.
• Everything froze up solid.
• The public school as a vacation this week.
• Dr. Frank COMSTOCK seen out yesterday with his new rig.
• BURROWS & MILLER have had a large sign painted on the north side of their store. They mean business.
• By the number of cans carried out of town, we should judge that there was much maple syrup being made around here.
• Rev. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN preached at the Methodist Episcopal church last Saturday afternoon from the text, "Abide with us."
• Quarterly meeting at the Methodist Episcopal church last Saturday and Sunday. The Presiding Elder, Rev. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN was in charge.
• MC TIGE & Sons have been changing and improving the inside of their store. They have put in new [line unreadable] room.
• The people of our quiet little town were startled yesterday afternoon by the cry of fire! fire! and several were called in putting out a fire in the roof of the back part of O.E.VAR's house. Although the roof was burned quite badly about the chimney, by the timely aid of friends, the house was saved. Had the fire got a little more start, the probability is that much damage would have been done besides burning the one house, for the wind was right to have swept the whole south side of Greenwood Street. Is not this a warning to our townspeople to prepare themselves with the necessary apparatus for protection against the fire-fiend? Has there not been enough lost within a recent time to pay for all the needed apparatus? We join our neighbors of Alfred in raising a word of warning, and urge our citizens to think soberly upon this matter.

[dated April 1. 1884]

CHINA WEDDING:

    Last Wednesday evening, the 26th inst. about twenty of the relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. R.S. JACOBS met at their little "home on the hillside," to celebrate in a quiet way the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. The host and hostess, with their two daughters and little grandson, welcomed them right royally, and furnished a good substantial feast, that appeared to be appreciated to the full by all present. The evening passed pleasantly enlivened by music, singing, and visiting with old friends. About forty invited guests failed to put in an appearance owing to the execrable condition of the roads; but some of the Alfred Centre friends sent gifts and regrets at not being able to attend. Following is a list of the gifts and names of the donors: Majolica water pitcher, Rev. L.E. LIVERMORE and wife, Alfred Centre; white china fruit dish, china moustache cup and saucer, china cup and saucer, Mr. and Mrs. E.D. POTTER, J.P. LIVERMORE, Mrs. Frances CRANDALL [rest of article was unreadable on my copy]

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