News from Springfield

New York, 1895

A. Nettleton Higbie is very ill.

Hamilton Stevens is at Riverhead with friends.

William Finley, of Farmers' avenue, is the father of a daughter.

The old school house property will be sold on Saturday morning.

William Dodge has moved into his new hotel on the Rockaway turnpike.

The snow kept the people busy Saturday and Monday opening the roads.

Mr. and Mrs. James Cornell have gone to Far Rockaway to spend a week with friends.

William Boll had one of his ears frozen Friday morning while going from his home to the railroad depot.

Miss Louisa Fisher, who has been sick for a week, has recovered and resumed her position in the school at Pearsalls.

At a special meeting of the Forresters Monday night, Louis Heise and Stephen Wright were chosen a committee to buy the school property for a meeting hall.

The fourth quarterly conference will be held in the M. E. Church on Sunday evening, 24th. The presiding elder, Rev. C. S. Wing, will preach at the evening service.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 15, 1895, p. 12.