"Alfred Sun"
Alfred, Allegany County, New York
July 2, 1885

[Surnames that appear on this page:Bliss, Burdick, Campbell, Clarke, Coates, Cottrell, Crandall, Ensworth, Fox, Kellogg, Livingston, Niles, Oviatt, Platts, Randolph, Sanders, Saunders, Sherman, Smith, Stillman, Very, Witter,   A surname may appear more then once on this page. ]

• Chas. FOX has tendered his resignation as postmaster at Richburg.
• The County Fair is to be held on Oct. 6, 7 and 8, 1885.
• Daniel OVIATT and wife of Wellsville, were guests of L.W. NILES last Sunday.
• An insect has made its appearance in Suffolk county which is destroying potato bugs.
• J.R. LIVINGSTON and wife returned to their home in East Saginaw, Mich. last Monday.
• D.E. BLISS of Little Genesee has been elected president of the Allegany County Agricultural Society.
• A man named Thomas Sanders was run over and killed by a Lehigh train near Cameron Mills Monday night.
• The depot at Hornellsville is soon to undergo some changes. Among them the small ladies' room will be enlarged.
• Clark WITTER, the veteran mail carrier resumed his duties again this morning. He having the contract for the coming four years.
• C.C. CLARKE, M.B. COTTRELL and Irving SAUNDERS started Monday night upon a trip to Buffalo with their bicycles.
• The fire which destroyed twenty-three houses at Portville last week, is suppose to have been the work of an incendiary.
• Sol. CAMPBELL of Painted Post, a former clerk in the store of A.E. & W.H. CRANDALL was in town the first of the week. He came up on his bicycle.
• Mr. ENSWORTH has returned with his family to their home in North Bingham, Pa.
• Mrs. C.B. STILLMAN is absent from town on a visit at her father's in Westerly, R.I.
• Will COATES received a severe cut on his left hand while working in the slaughterhouse one day last week.
• Clark STILLMAN al little son of Albert STILLMAN, had one of his eyes quite badly burned while firing firecrackers.
• Rev. L.A. PLATTS has accepted  the pastorate of the Hornellsville Seventh Day Baptist Church for the coming year.
• A large number of our people were present at the ordination Miss Perie RANDOLPH at Hornellsville last Thursday.
• Fred A. VERY returned to his home in Wellsville, last week from Boston, where he has just graduated from the conservatory of music.
• Mrs. Ebson BURDICK has furnished another candidate for the Five Corners Sabbath school. Mother and child are both doing well.
• Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Matie SHERMAN and Arthur B. GREEN, at the home of the bride on Thursday evening, July 9th.
• Last Sabbath, Rev. L.A. PLATTS occupied the pulpit of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Wellsville. Next Sabbath it will be supplied by Rev. E.P. SAUNDERS.
• B.L. GREEN and wife have gone to Battle Creek, Mich. For the purpose of being treated at the Sanitarium by Dr. KELLOGG. We hope that they will return soon very much improved in health.
• Noel SMITH takes the "biscuit" on large strawberries. He sent us Tuesday, two baskets of the largest and finest ones we ever saw in this section of the country. We did not learn of their variety, but know they were very sweet and delicious. Many thanks.

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