Ceres Mail, Wednesday, August 14, 1901

          PORTVILLE
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  PORTVILLE, Aug, 13. -- J.H. Fair-
child was in Olean on business yester-
day.
  J.H. Peckham and wife are taking 
in the sights at the Pan-American this
week.
  Charles Burdick of New York city
visited his parents, A.O. Burdick and
wife at Main last week.
  Floyd Frair and wife and O.L. Hatch
and wife are visitors in Buffalo today.
  M.F. Riley was up from Olean yes-
terday in search of potatoes.
  Mrs. L.H. Brooks of Olean visited 
Portville friends yesterday.
  Miss Alice Holden is visiting friends
in Buffalo this week.
  Leonard Hatch and wife returned
this week from a three months' visit in
Utah.
  A reunion of the Wood family was
held at the Wood home now owned
by A. W. Scott near Gordon's last
week.
  I. L. Fox and daughters, Mary and
Minni, spent Saturday and Sunday
in Buffalo.
  A.J. Armstrong and wife of Alfred
are visiting friends in this vicinity.
  A.B. Mann, a well known lawyer
and insurance man of Coudersport was
in town yesterday.
  Dr. H.A. Place of Ceres found busi-
ness in Portville yesterday.
  J.S. Hodges and wife of Annin
Creek were guests of Mrs. Julia Hol
comb yesterday.
  The old opera house has been trans-
formed into a very comfortable double
house of seven rooms each.
  Miss Adell Amoes left last week on a
two weeks visit among Pennsylvania
friends.
  Herm Rice and wife are entertaining
Miss Julia Quigley of Philadelphia.
  The sum of $2,500 has been voted for
school support for the coming years.
  The young peoplle of the Bas...
at                ....               ay evening. A
good time is expected.
  James Fairchild, Jr., has returned
from a visit to Ontario Beach. He
made the trip on his bicycle.
  Our fire laddies did some excellent
work at the grist mill fire last Wednes-
day.
  Miss Lillian Estes of Oswayo and
Clark Randall of Coudersport were
united in marriage at the residence of
Rev.  Roulo in this place Friday.
  The buildings of the new tannery are
coming along at a lively gait. The
large brick smokestack is beginning to
show above the buildings.
  The trolley people have got permis-
sion to extend their line to the southern
limit of the village line.
  The large flour and feed mill of J.
H. Fairchild & Sons was entirely de-
stroyed by fire last Wednesday after-
noon, together with its contents. There
was no fire kept in the building as the
motive power was furnished by a large
gas engine. The fire originated in the
shingle mill on the ground floor, and
is thought to have been set by boys
smoking in there. Their loss is esti-
mated at $6,000. They had but $1,000
insurance, which was taken out with
our local agent, O.A. Devore. This
is a severe loss to Fairchild & Sons
and will be keenly felt. Work rebuild-
ing will be begun as soon as the loss
can be adjusted.