The News of Richmond Hill

New York, 1895

Miss Ida B. Graves is visiting friends at Stamford, Conn.

Miss Wilhelmina Kessler, of Central avenue, is visiting friends in Philadelphia.

Haugaard Brothers have contracted to build a cottage for George Seib, on Maple street, to cost $3,500.

Jacob Riis, who has been confined to his home for the past fortnight with inflamation of the eyes, is again able to attend to business.

The masquerade ball held at Columbia Hall on Monday evening, for the benefit of the Jamaica Hospital, was well attended. Over 700 tickets were sold.

A Shakespearean recital by Miss Jean Stuart Brown, of New York, will be given at the residence of Mrs. Alrick H. Man. "A Winter's Tale" will be the subject.

The last entertainment under the auspices of the Church of the Resurrection, for the benefit of the parish fund, will be given at Association Hall on the evening of February 25.

During the recent cold snap the water pipes in almost every residence in Richmond Hill were frozen. Much difficulty was experienced in obtaining water for household purposes.

Mrs. O. B. Fowler, who has been spending the past two months in Brunswick, Ga., arrived home Sunday evening. She left Brunswick on Thursday and should have reached home on Friday evening, but was delayed on the road by the storm.

The entertainment given by the Boys' Naval Brigade of the Congregational church on Tuesday evening was largely attended and in every way successful. The program consisted of vocal and instrumental music, drill of the brigade, tableaux representing ten leading nations of the world, and a drill by the household guard of eight young ladies.

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