The News of Richmond Hill

New York, 1895

Mrs. R. B. Lawrence, of Chestnut street, is recovering from an attack of the grip.

Captain Henry Dawson, of Elm street, returned home from his western trip on Friday.

Amos Aller has been appointed police commissioner for the village, without salary.

George A. Harris, janitor of Association Hall, is recovering from an attack of pneumonia.

Frank Aspah, Jr., has been appointed a special deputy sheriff. He has been doing duty at Maspeth.

Joel Fowler & Brother on Monday sold to New York parties 18 lots on Wood's Addition to Morris Park.

James F. Deehan is making a grade map of the territory included in the corporate limits of the village.

The Boys' Brigade of the Congregational church gave a musical and literary entertainment in the church last evening. Miss Lou Heminway, of Saratoga, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Fowler, returned to her home on Friday.

Dr. William T. Scovil will shortly commence the erection of a cottage for his own occupancy on his property on Hillside avenue.

The masquerade ball to be given by the Glee Club for the benefit of the Jamaica Emergency Hospital on Monday evening promises to be a pleasant affair.

Counselors Van Vechten and Delevan, who represent Michael Baisley and others in opposition to incorporation, have their appeal to the General Term printed and their brief ready to submit. They seem to have a strong argument.

A lamp shade in the sitting room of the residence of Mr. Chapin, on Central avenue, caught fire Friday evening. The flames set fire to the lace curtains at one of the windows, some of the furniture in the room was burnt, and the carpet soaked with water before the flames were extinguished. Loss about $100.

Charles Burton, Jr., a highly esteemed resident of the Hill, died Thursday night after a few days' illness from pneumonia. Funeral services were held at his late residence on Chestnut street, Sunday evening, the Rev. Mr. Billman of the Congregational church officiating. The floral gifts were many, one, a large wheel of white roses, being sent by the Wheelmen's Club, of which he was a member. There was also a floral piece from the Morris Park hook and ladder company. The interment took place Monday in Cypress Hills Cemetery.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 8, 1895, p. 12.