"Alfred Sun"
Alfred, Allegany County, New York
July 9, 1885

[Surnames that appear on this page: Bassett, Bray, Burdick, Carmody, Carter, Coon, Emerson, Garrett, Green, Hough, Howell, Leonard, Perkins, Potter, Saunders, Smalley, Stevens, Stillman,   A surname may appear more then once on this page. ]

• There is talk of another daily paper in Hornellsville.
• Charles HOUGH is again at work in the Publishing House.
• Luin STILLMAN and wife, of Hornellsville, were at Albert STILLMAN's Saturday and Sunday.
• Miss Maggie LEONARD, of Tonawanda, N.Y. is in town, the guest of her many friends.
• Arthur SAUNDERS, of Westerly, R.I. commenced an engagement in the Publishing House today.
• Mr. GARRETT, of Harrison Valley, Pa., was a guest of Miss Susie HOWELL over Saturday and Sunday.
• During the remodeling of their residence, W.C. BURDICK and family are occupying rooms at the hotel.
• Jerome POTTER, at Five Corners, is building himself a new house which will be ready for occupancy before fall.
• People are cautioned against eating beet greens this year. A small white worm clings to beet tops this season.
• Cuba was represented in our midst by the presence of Mr. T. CARMODY over Saturday and Sunday, as the guest of Miss Mae CARTER.
• J.C. GREEN is having a flag storne walk put down. B.S. BASSETT is also about to do the same, he having the stone on the ground.
• In the way of building and repairing in the lower part of the village, Milo B. GREEN has his "upright" up and Olin EMERSON is re-shingling his home.
• A horse was struck and killed by a freight train a little west of Alfred station last Friday.
• Dr. COON has fallen into line, and has added to the beautiful appearance of his grounds by removing the fence from in front of his house.
• Miss BRAY, of Brooklyn, N.Y. arrived in town Monday night. She is to spend some little time as the guest of Mrs. C.W. SMALLEY and family.
• During the severe thunderstorm of Sunday, the lightening struck a barn just west of the village belonging to Daniel PERKINS. It split the girt, ran down one of the post, off onto a cross-cut saw and thence through the floor into the ground. Strange to say the barn was not set on fire.
• Chas. STEVENS has shown us some strawberries which are largest yet on record. One of them measured 7 1/4 inches in circumference one way and 6 the other.

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