Nassau County Review 19070201

              Nassau County
VOL. XII
FREEPORT,   N. Y.,   FRIDAY,   FEBRUARY  1,  1907
NO. 15
The sjiecial school held on feb. imh.
meeting   will   be
The Fire Alarm
Considerable dissatisfaction  is being 	
expressed at the blowing of our fire . j^Iiss Mildred Hergen of .Smith Col- alarm at some time between 5:.50 aifd j lege spent a part of la.st week with her 6:10 each evening. The firemen [find {parents, Mr. adn Mrs. George P. Ber- that   "familiarity   breeds   contempt" , ^^"•
and that they are becoming.'so used to : yv,,^,^ you want Valentines or Valeii- the   .sound  of  the   whistle that it does ; tine post cards call on Pearsall &  Mur
School ISotes
not alarm them at night.
FREEPORT NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. F'red Greaves   are tertaining a son since Monday.
ray, Keview Building.  We have a larg¬ er stock than ever.
Cold Run to Fire !
.-^bout (juarter past three Monday morning a sixth district alarm called the firemen out for a long run to Sea-; man Avenue, at the head of Ocean Ave-; nue, to the house occupied by Mr. and i Mrs. Roger LaMora, and Mrs. La-' Mora's cousin, Harry Smith.   The blaze ¦
was confined to the dining room in I ^here Will be no rhetoricals held in which young Smith was asleep on a; ^^^^^^ "igh School room until next Fri- couch. Mr. LaMora was awakened byj"*^' the smell of smoke in his room
ROCKVILLE CENTRE
WANTAGH
Last week there were 250 .successful regents' papers out of a possible 300.
There   are   now   forty   pupils  in !^th Grade A and 2.5 in 8th Grade B.
Have you a gas heater for weather?
this   cold
A meeting of the Village Board of Trustees will be held this Friday even¬ ing.
The prayer meeting in the .M. K. Church ne.xt week will be held Friday evening, in.stead of Thursday as usual.
Next Moiuiay evening the mastiuer- ade ball of the ".Jolly Four" will be held in Firemen's Hall, Rfiosevolt. Music by .Mole and Ilaynor.
No cold rooms when y..u hav.; a gas radiator in your home.
Mr. and Mr.s. Chas. N. Smith have returned from a week's visit with friends in Nov/ .Jersey.
On Aibruary 12 a pancake social will
be held at the residence of Mrs.   Frank
'J. .Sprague, Grove Street, at 8 o'clock,
under the auspices of the Church of tht
Transfiguration.
The sleighing for the past few days; has been the best in years and many j have taken advantage of the bright i moonlight nights and the smooth trav- ; eling.
j Joseph A. Shelly has sold his proper- ' j ty on Hillside Aevnue. to Henrj- Hess-' ' sner.
Past Grands" Night will be observed
' at Kockville Centre   Lodge.   No.   279.
I.   O.   ().   P.,   oil Wednestiay eveninp.
i Februarv l.'Uh.
Miss Cooper and Miss Dillon', [are both back at school after their recent illness.
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second floor.     He ran out   yelling   fire,
arid   the   tirst   neighbor   to arrive says
the head of the couch on which Smith ^ was sleeping was all ablaze, as was a j tablecloth three feet away, and that  a
lamp was burning   brightly   on a chair ; near   the   couch.     Under   the   circum- I stances the cause of the fire is myster¬ ious,   as   Smith  declares   he does  not
smoke, but that he was reading and I fell asleep.     He was unconscious of the
j fact that the room was on fire and   the;     (j„ Monday morning   the   results   ei Court Irotiuois. Foresters of .-Vmerica,    ^^'"'^'^   ^'tTe    uncomfortably   near   his : the grade examinations were announced will   hold   an   entertainment   at   their ^•''*''''',^^" '^^'"^''''^ ^'¦""¦''^^-     N^'K^^bors   ^nj   the    mit
re.sjionding to the alarm wt nt to   A'ork   j^^(\
All arrangements are complelm! for the annual entertainment and recep¬ tion of the  Eureka   H(xik   and   Ladder
A business meeting of the Chiistian Endeavor St.ciety will be held this (FridayI evening after the regular meeting.
The Sufolla Club untler the auspices of the King's Daughters, will give a two- act comedy called ""Timothy Delano's Courtship" ii. Ultsch's Hall. February 1-1.     Proceeds   for Parish House Fund.
The monthlv musical service  will bt
Company, which will tie  held  on   Feb-' held in the Memorial Church next Sun-
On account of sickness, .James Stiles has been absent from school for sev¬ eral davs.
d-year    promotions     were
with a will and extinguished the flames before the arrival of the tire depart¬ ment. They certainly did good work, as everything in the rootn was destroy¬ ed by the fire. The loss is estimatech^ oiDgy at $'2oO; no iivuirance.
Kay. Smith, formerly of the Kock¬ ville Centre Observer, has secured employment at the Keview oftice.
I'rof. A.  K. Walsh of  Brooklyn   will open select classes in dancing on Thurs¬ days, commencing   next Thursday Feb- ruary IS, at P"'raternity Hall,   Freeport. Kev. F. P. Tower, D.   I),   will    give ^ Ladies and gentlemen   8   p.   in. ;   chil- an illustrated stereopticon lecture "The I dren   4   t'-   nx. ;   all   up-to-date dances IMlgrim's Progress," in the M.E.Church I taught,   from   the society of .American thi.s Friday evening.^
meeting   room   in   Fraternity Hall   on i * Lincoln's Birthday, for which they  are arranging a good program.
Gilson 11. Kaynor, who hus lieen act¬ ing as assistant clerk to the Hemp¬ steatl Town Board of Assessors, has .se¬ cured a Jiosition as clerk in the tdfice of CJounty Clerk Thomas S. (.'heshire, at Mineola, succeeding (]has. Kowe, who becomes a copying. This appointment will be an advance in salary to $1100 ; bers of well-known families of Hemp- from $800. j stead, were both seriously injured Sun-
-     day as the result of an   automobile   ac¬
cident
Kecently Ralph Foreman, whti resides on  Fulton   .\venue,   jiurchased   a   new
The new apjiaratus for biology  work has arrived and been jilaced in the jihy¬ sical laboratory, in whieh mom the   hi- ass recites.
Hurt in Au(o Accident
.Mrs. Frank Foreman, aiul her sister- in-law,    Mrs.    Kaljih   Foreman, mem-
The fair jirojiosition to cough suffer¬ ers by Chas. P. Smith should be taken advantage of. See his adv. in this is¬ sue.
The funeral services of William B. Seaman were held from the M. E. Church Friday afternoon, with inter¬ ment in (Jreenfield/'.emetery.
I. .Mayer has purchased the jiroperty , at the corner of South Main Street and ; "'-'^hed house for the coming season
Professors of Dancing; thirty five years' experience in teaching the art.
Ortell & Lucas report the following sales: The house of E. S. Cartwright to Elbert Willets of New York; the hou.se of George Magill on Lexington .Avenue to Sidney H. Swezey of Free¬ jiort; Woodcleft Inn for the estate of Catherine Mulready t.o the firm of Or¬ tell   lifc   I.,ucas.    Also   rented   the   fur-
f
West Merrick road, from James H. Nichols; consideration said to be $23,000.
E. D. Seabury gave a turkey supjier to the members of the Past Grands' \ssociation, L O. O. E., of Kockville (Xmtre, at his home in Greenwich Point last Saturday evening.
.\ rummage sale for the Altar Guild of the Church of the Transfiguration will be held on Saturday and Monday, February '2 and 4, in tlie vacant store under Ojiera Hall,   on Main .Street.
A valentine social, entertainment and dance will be held Monday even¬ ing, Feb. 11, in Firemen's Hall, Koose¬ velt, under auspices of the Ladies' (Juild of St. Paul's Episcopal Chucrh.
The new pews and chancel furniture for the Episcojial Church have arrived and are being placed ready for Sunday's ser\'ices. The dedicatory exercises will be held after Lent.
Carman Pearsall   on   Grove   Street   to Henry   A.   McCarthy  of    Brooklyn.
A meeting of the Freeport Masonic Association was held at the residence of Mr. M. J. Suydam, Ocean .\venue. Wednesday evening, at which twenty members of the craft were jiresent. I It was decided to hold the next meet- j ing at Odd Fellows' Hall next Wednes¬ day evening, which we are retjuested to invite all Masons to attend. After the business meeting refreshments were served by the hostess of the eve ning.
Following is the list of sjieakers   for the t'hurch of the Transfiguration   dur¬ ing Lent, so far .secured :Thursday, Feb. 14    Kev. J. H.   Melish. rector (if Holy Trinity   Church.     Brooklyn.    Sunday, Feb. 17 -Kev. Robt. E.   Wood   of   'Wu Chang,   ("hina.    Thursday,   Feb.   21 Rev. Dr. Lindsay Parker, rector of St. Peter's Church, Brooklyn.    Feb.   28 Kev. Dr. Spencer S.   Koche,   rector  of St. Mark's Church,   Brooklyn.    March 7    Kev. James Clarence   .Jones, rector of St. Marys,   Brtjokiyn.    .March   28 Maundy   Thursday    V Brvan.
The new j.ujiils registered in the High .School are: Dorothy Steele and Will¬ iam Kraft of Wantagh and I")orothy Fletcher tif Freejiort.
The long recitati<m tieska in Miss C. iper's room have been taken out and the regular school desks placed there, to ai-;-ommodate the 8th tirade   pupils.
As a result of the regents'  examina-
touring car.    In a few days he Ihought j tions   about   .10   scholars   jiassed   their he   had   become   (luite jiroficient in its: preliminaries, thus entering them   into
the academii.' dejiartment of the school
ta-
use.
Regardless of the icy contiition of the roatls, he decided to take a short run over the roads about Hemjistead, Freeport, Baldwin and Rtu-kville Cen¬ tre.
Mr. Foreman was at the wheel of the car and his brother, Frank, was on
the   .seat   bcsiilc   him.     Both   t.f  their I About 40 j.ujiils are using the new wives were on the rear seat. . bles   in   the j.hysical laborat.iry for bi-
The car worked well until the   coun-! <ilt)jry work, try seat of H. V. R. Kennedy had been i
passed, when trouble was noticed with! The High School jilay, ".Mr. P>o!i," one of the axles. When near lioose-: will be giveii in the ;\ssembly Hall this velt, Mr. Foreman endeavored to make I Saturday evening. The jilay is given a turn at high speed and the car struck ¦ by students of the High School, for the the ice and skidded for .some feet, caus- • benefit of the Student, the school pa- iiig tho wheel and axle to collapse. 1 per. The jilatform in the Asi^embly The car was moving with such rapidi- Hall will be enlarged by additions on ty that it jiartly overturned, and all both si'des of it, the scho.il desks to be four tif the occujiants were hurled out. lei c as thev are, accommodating two with much   force.     Both   the   brothers! to a seat.     I'uv vour tickets   before   it
Realizing the imjiortance of having the resident ta\-jiayers of Rinkville Centre to have a full ajiprehension tif the imjiortance of sujiporting the var¬ ious propositions that may lie .submit¬ ted for their ;ijiproval at the ciiming Spring Village election, the Kockville Centre Board .'f Trade at irs meetin.ir held last week ajijiointeti MesM-s. Tay¬ lor, Wiley. Fi.sk, Jaeger and Wright a committee to secure .-\theneum Haii for Thursday evening F'ebruary 14th. when a jiublic meeting of the tax-jiay- ers will be called to consiiler the var¬ ious jirojiositions that may be jiresent¬ ed for their approval at the coming Spring Village election, and thus afl'onl them ample tinie to c..nsider ami dis¬ cuss the advisability ..f svippm-tiiit: the same.
The I'l.mmittee on File Dej>artmeiit requirements 'rejiorted that «fter a thorough investigation, assisted by the Chief and .\ssistant Chiefs of the Fire Dejiartment as well as by the comjiany ofiicers, they deemed it advisable that each hose comjiany should be sujijilit-d with •"iO(i feet of additional ho.se .so that after a fire  the   coiiijianies   wtiuid
day evening. Mis sing Dutllev Buck"?: rael". The Pastt both services.
Gladys   Hall   will "Fear not   Oh   Is-
will     preach    at
HEMPSTEAD
.Members of the Ladies" Club » f tht M. E. (^hurch are arranging for a suji j'er t.> be held early in March.
t)rticers t>f the Nassau Cottage aiu! liealty Ct.mjiany have been elected as follows :Preside"nt. H. Willard Grifiiths; \'iec Presitleiits. Williani .1. Harnisch, George .M. L. Boehm and Williiim Wil¬ son: Secretary ami Treasurer. Charles K. Gauvain.
FIomI Wei-kes lias tn.ught the projiei'- t.N ofthe Henry ('. Richarii.son Estate, ciirner Front and N'illa Court. Pros- jiect street will l>e (.jieneti thrtiugh to Villa Court, other streets opene<l and the lilts j.lacetl on the market at ome.
VALLEY STREAM
Ottti   has   iiu.veil   into his new
This   makes a total registration of lllO have sufiicient hose to   jilace   ujh.ii the
in the High School. ¦ hose wagons and allow the hose in use,
  time lo be thoroughly tlried.    They al-
Ali   new   classes    that    have    been so recommended   that   a   new   jnndeni
formed are large, there being ;-58 jiujiils ho.se carriage be secured for   the   Live
in   First    Year   Latin,   4:{   in   United Oak   Company;..    After discussing   the
States   History   and    4^i    in    botany, matter, the   comniitteo~vas   v»rHinued
Max
house.
Cha ,.ii t<
Mrs
is seri
Smith   is barn.
luililing   an  addi-
11 iam ill.
.•smith t-f Merrit-k Koail
.\rchdeacon
James E. Stiles has been confined  to his home for .some time with LaGripjie I and a severe attack of tonsilitis, but is j improving   nicely,   and   exjiects   to be j «>ut   again   within   the   next week.        !
  I Presbyterian Church
.\ delegation from Freeport Council, ; 'j'l,,. sacrament of the Lord's Sujijier Jr. O. U. A. M. accomjianied State j^-ill be (diserved Sunday morning and Vice Councilor Che.sbire to a meeting ] tJie jiastor, Kev. K. P. ketcham, will of Hidlywood Council at Sjiringfield I j^^ve charge of both services. A cr.r- Thursday evening and sjient thi- time | ^ji^i i„vitation is given to everyone, very pleasantly. |     Because of   the rajiid growth of  the
i village it would be of great helji to the
DanielMorrison, dealer m mantles | ^^^^^tor if new comers would give their and grates, has a new gas I'adiator. i .^j^^^,g .^.^^ ..^ jr^^j.^^, to an usher and if which exceeds anything in the line yet ^^^, members of the congregation would shown.     It is worth the time .cal ing ati j.^.^oj.t   the coming of   jieople likelv   to
barely missed a tree that brought the car to a standstill. They fell inahcaji of snow on either side and were unhurt beyond a shaking up.
Mrs. Frank Foreman struck the ground and base of the tree with ter- riflic force and broke her thigh. She was also badly contused and wa.-. later taken ti> the Nassau Hosjiital, where she will Jirobably be for some weeks. Mrs. Kaljih Foreman was taken in an ambulance to her home in Hemjistead. She also struck the ground with great force, landing on her face and chest, and was injured internally. Dr. New¬ ton of   Freejiort was in attendanct..
is too late.
BALDWIN
Miss f"loience .Smith   has   been   con¬ fined to her home with a severe colil.
M. DaSilva   has Grand .Avenue.
closed   his store t n
G. H.   Southari the Bermudas.
1   has   letuineil   fr
t^arman Southard is ill  at with an attack t.f la gripjie.
SEAFORD
Edw. Steck -and   Lou Wanzer Sunday with friends in p-reeport.
<pent,
The   Trumji   Club   will meet day night with Miss Emile Nisot
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his show rooms on   Grove   Street, and letting him show you one.
Hereafter the degrees of Freeport L-xige, No. fiOO. I. O. O. F., will be i^onferred as follows: I''irst Monday night, initiatory degree; second Monday night, degree of Friendship; third! Monday night, degree of Brotherly j Love; fourth Monday night, degree of Truth.
The FreejHirt ("horal .Society will give its first concert in thc .M. E. Church on Monday evening, February 11. Be¬ sides the selections by the society, special New York talent bas been en¬ gaged including Prof. Kudoljih .lacob, violinist, and Prof. Walti'^tvDe Nike, 'cellist.
Or.e hundred and twenty members of the Freoport Club attendetl the annual dinner, in charge of Caterer Ketcham at the club house Thursday evening. Kntertainmentwas furnished by Trouba¬ dour (Juartette and Mr. Holden, magic¬ ian, and President Dean made a few re¬ marks of welcome. The evt nt was a pleasant social success.
Cortland F"itzsimons of Brooklyn has been visiting Louis Ketcham.
.\ daughter arrived at the li.nne of .Mr. and .Mrs. Rov .Millani last Thurs¬ day.
The Ecientrit in Y. M. I. C of next week.
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s.    Isaiah Thonias, who   has   l.eti ill for some time, is recovering.
Mrs. W. .1. Cowing of Sj.okane, j Washington, is visiting her jiarents j Mr. and Mrs. Thus. Scott. I
Club will luild a dance hall .Saturday evening
A. D.  C. ness.
lyrne   left   for   Washington, Wednesday   night   on   busi-
Fraiik Condit of Brooklyn sj.ent Sun¬ dav   With   his   Jiarents,   Mr.   and .Mrs. w'illiam   H. Pearl Naeile
(a.ndit,   as did also   Miss! of the same Boroough.      j
The  .Misses   Dorea   and   Mabel   M Arthur spent several   days   with   th.drjthe   arrest   and   conviction sister, Mrs. W. J. Steele.
attend the church.
The Junior Society of (."hristian En¬ deavor meets in the chajiel Thursdays at ;i :20 o'clock. All the younger mem¬ bers of   the Sunday School are   invited
to attend regularly. |    '
The   Women's    Missionary    Society j     Haarry Ungrich   has   bought a farm | will meet at the residence   of   Mrs. D. | at Lagrangeville,   i'. miles from Pough
A .social euchre was   held at W. H.
Con(lit"s     Saturday      evening. First
prizes were   awarded   to   Mrs. (."urtis Sniith and John Raynor.
Frank Dikeman, Bergen Place between Merrick Koad and Pine Street, next I Wednesday at 2 ji. m. Mrs (". L. Koe will be the leader with .Mr.s. Raymore and .Mrs. Baxter conducting the study classes. "North American Iiitlians"' and "China"' will be the current tojiics. A cordial ir.vit-ition is extended to all.
Jr. O. U. A. M.
.\l the meeting held last Friday eve¬ ning Louis Seigel   was   electeil   to   be- ! come a   member  of Freejiort   ("ouncil. No.   •')7,   and   K. B. Raynor of General I Schuyler   ("ouncil,   Brooklyn, formerly I a member of this council, was re-elect- ' ed to become a member of this council. Tlie case <if Past Councilor Walter .M. Nichols,   charged with jiublic intoxica¬ tion, was then brouglit into court.     Af¬ ter several witnesses had beeti examin-
keepsie, and will move there to engage in the jioultrv business, about the tirst nf March.
The Ladies" Aid Society of the .\1. E. ' Church is jilanning to give a   jirogress- j ive dinner in the t-hajiel on the evening of F"ebruary 21. j
Owing to the snow storm there was very smal! attendance at the Box So- t-ial held in tiie M. K. Cliunh Ch;4jiel on Tue.sduv evening.
and was directed to urge the \"illage Board of Trustees lo j.lace a sufiicient • sum to fill these reiiuirenients in their next budget. The secreiary was tiirec¬ ted to ('(.mmunicate with the Village Board of Trustees and urge them to strenuous efforts, at this particular time, in jiutting a stoji to the Humerus robberies that have been taking j.lace. . .so that the security of the residents of RockviUe (centre ma.v be assured.
Considerable time was sjient in tiis-, cui^sing the advisability t>f'supporting I the Boanl of Education at the special ; school meeting to be held on February 7th. in raising sufiicient funds f.ir the , erection of necessary school   facilities. ;
.\i a meeting oi the Village Board of Trustees held last Fritlay night. ' Street ("ommissioner Hendrick B. Ry¬ der was instructed to correct the dam built across Park .-Avenut.- by Mr. Kirschbaum. I
Chief Josejih R. Roesi-h rejK'rled that j all of the fire ajijiaratus of  the   village ! with the excejition of the hose carriage connected with  the   Live   Oak   Engine' (Comj.any was etpiijijjed with shafts  ft.r horses.    The clerk was directetl to   se¬ cure bids for the use of horses   for   the j fire ajiparatus whenever an alarm   was I sounded.
I     The Board ajijiroved the   election   of I (^"harles   Heilman,   Charles   W.    ."sund- ' bacher antl Henry Wahlen as   membi-rs I of the Live Oak Engine Comjiany . I     The t-lerk   was   tlirecteil   lo   make   a claim for street lights that had  burtie«l oul l.efore the lime limit ha.l exj.ired. j        Tne clerk was tlirectetl   lo   j.lait-   a i fire insuram-e jiolicy on the  ofiice   fur- j niture, in the sum of $7.')n. ;     The clerk was directed t.>   iiave   jila- i cards jirinted ami jiosted.   warning   all j persons  from   interfering   with   street 1 lights or  other   village   jiroj.erly.   and I the Board ofl"ered ji reward of  $'2'i   for
>f anyone breaking any of the .street lamj.s. or interfei^ing with or injuring any other village Jirojierty.
The Contract for st raping and  jiaint¬ ing of the   standjiijie   and
Mr. and Mrs. John  Clamst.r   ar joicing over the arrival of a son.
.Mrs. F. Delialke has recoveieil an altat-k of sj.inal meningitis.
-Mrs.   Charles  W. ing from an attack
Smith   is   recover- if the la grijijie.
Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Van Witklen have mtived into their new ajiartments in the N'orwot.tl house.
On Tuestla.v evening .Miss Emma Moll and Charles Koch were marritd at the britle"s home in Franklin Stjuare.
(In Suntiay   .Messrs.   Phillijis. Sinith
ami   Hendrickson   jilayeil their violins
in   the M. E.  .Sunday   SchtMil. This is
to   be   a   Jiermanent   feature in the fu¬ ture.
BELLMORE
.-\.   ."styles of Fret-jioit has moveti lis new cottage here.
.Mrs.    Umhaiier new t-ottage.
ha<
Lorenzo his ret-ent
R. Smith i- illness.
imj.roving
frt.in
.1
Iim. tlav
Oliver, j.rojirictor of Bell-.Merrit k slij.jietl ;ind broke his   ankle .Moii-
The Democratic Club will hold a meeting in Firemen's hall this Thurs¬ day evening.
Wm. X'oiiSeh-: has .solil his busine.ss in Brooklyn and witb his wife will makt-   his   home   here   lu-rmaiu'iilK.
.-\s aiiii.iunce.l last wt-ek   the   sj.ecial
..hool meeting will be held on Feb.  lil.
smt.kt-.stack j ^.^jj resitlents of the distriil  sh-.ultl
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village , ..rticer 1 an .und j of   anv
Bt n Erjieigh's horse Tue.sday. The shafts . were   broken,   and   .Mr.
ran a-.vay < n f th(- \sag(.ii Emt-igh    was
thrown out but mil seriously iniurel.
LYNBROOK
The usual music; l.e helti al Christ eveniiiL'.
I Jiraise servi'.^e will Church   on   Sunday
Cit'or'gk'   .'\.   Barker,   fornurlv   well- kiiowu    iii    a    resident    ol   Baklwin, dietl on Thursday at Broiixville,   N.  Y.. i after a brief   illnesi.    Before settling j in   lialdwin   Mr.   Barker sold his Wan- 1 tagh   home   lo   K.   (i. Dun. buying the ! Francis   B.   Baldwin   jilace,   which   he ' called Lai<cview.     This he fitted ujj   at large exjiense.     He was a lover of birds and (luring his   lifetime   malt-   a   very fine collection.     He entertained lavish¬ ly and on the Fourth of July was in the habit   oi   invitin.g the children   of   the neighborhood   to   help   him   celebrate. He was executor of the (ieorge D. Bell .t-Ktatf, Hi«l had  a   largf   inctHne.     He was a widower when he   marrietl   .Miss Edith M. Titsu lasl fall.    She was   his housekeejier and shortly after the weti¬ ding he   took her   to the   .\dirondacks. Daniel Abrams. the life-saving   caji-   Returning to New York he stdtl the ct.n- lain al Kockaway Point, has .saved him-   tents of his Lakeview htime at auction, self   fmm   going    to   jail   by    j.aying   Ope of his characteristics was his  love $39..''lO to Earl J. Bennett,  counsel   for i ^f sports, being an experi   wing   :^hot. the Overseers of the   Poor   in    Hemp-: Funeral services were held on   Mondav
at the jjower ntjuse was awanietl Josejih Theykin for $l.'i(».
The clerk was directed to communi cate with the residents of the retjuesting them to notify Timme of any jiersons going begging t.r of the aj.jiearance suspit-ious tharacters. i "^
Charles Wallers was awanietl thei William Waring, a ma.son, ha.l a iiar- contracl, for unloading coal at 12 cents I row escajie from leing killed by falling Jier ton. aiul he was also awanled the through a new house in i-ourse of erec- contrad for i-lt-aiiing Vilhige .-Xvenue j lion here, on Friday afternoon last, at $111 Jier numth. He was at work running uji a chimnd-y.
It was deciiletl that in 'ihe fufare all and was on the attii- of the lu.ust- when electric lamps be t-ommittetl to the .-are one end of the st-affoldiiig on whith ht- of the village clerk, who is to keej. a ' was stamling tijijied with him, and be- corret-l acct.unt of all lamj.s taken from   (ore   he   could   save   himself   he    was
Uiuler the ausjiices of Christ Ciiurch, a Lincoln tlinner will be given al the Lvt-eum Hal! on Lincoln's   Birthday.
.-\ meeting of will be held at Effie Oaklev on o'clock.
King's Daughters Miss a I :'.
th
the residence of
Fritliv afternoon
and ret-.irned to the oflfice
Engineer Loll was directed t" M.unt and jmck uji  ready   ft.r   shijtment.   all of the old and burned eut lamps at   the Jiower house, and to ship  the   sanu-   to the Anchor Lamj. (/omj.any
thrown   from it.
His tiescent wouhl jirobably have been successful, as he started down feet first, had it not bei-n for the 101.*-- fortuiie of striking a ladder on the wa.v dowfi, and one of his fet-t   t atching
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 ¦ ed, the jury retired, and, owing to lack
Mystic Kebekah Lotige will hold an j,f sufficient evidenceagainst the defend- installation of ofticers next Thursday .j^t, they returned with a verdict of evening. The jirincijial officers are :•'not guilty." These cases are very Nobie    grand.     Miss    Annie    Bedell;; interesting and serve as   a   few   hours
vice-grand, Mrs. Alice Toombs; record-1 of entertainment ftir the members, dur-j stead, who askt\l County Judge Jack-1 the officiating clergyman beihg Kev. ini? aeeretary, Mrs. Nettie Wallace; fi- '. Jng their Winter meeting nights. son to punish Abram* for contempt  of j j,   s.   Braithwaite. Pastor of the   Me-
noncial secretary, Mrs. Mamie Van ¦ The next class initiation of the coun- eourt in failing to pay $1.50 a week to- morial Church, Wantagh. The inter- Riper; treasurer. Miss .\nna Fatter-' ^U will be held on the evening of Fri-1 ward the support of hia aged mother, ment was in the Cemetery of Sl. Md. ' tlay, Februarf 8. "wbo resides in Lynbrook. ' Paul's Chapel,   in the family vault.
A cnmmun iration t'mTTi the Bnarti  "fj it. and breaking his   ankle.     When   Ye
struck the lat'.der il swung him around, and threw him ht-adlong tht- remainder of the ilistaiice. .Some lime during the descent the unfortunate man, wh«i still clasjK-d his mast.n's trowl, struck him¬ .self in the head with it, making a bad gash. When the man struck the ground he lay uncon.scious, and a jihy- sicjan was rummoned. Dr. Rhame, cf Wantagh. resjionded to the call for help, and did up the man's wounds, which   were considered rather serious.
referem-e to havinii' cross- aid across the main street cross- ] ings and in nd'eremf b. the numerous burglaries that have been taking j.lace recently, reijuesting them to atiojit some plan .so as to jiut a stoj. to the same, was ordere'l jilaced on file.
The matter of securing someone to read the electric light meters was re- fered to Trustee d^uinn with power.
After ttlncluding other routine busi¬ ness, auditing bill."*, etc.. the Board ad¬
journed until Friday evening. February I and he was taken to his home where he 8th, at 8 o'clock. ¦      ' is slowly improvinjf.