Woodhaven and Ozone Park News

New York, 1895

Counselor Merrill is bound to have his say in some newspaper. He has taken to writing for the Brooklyn Times.

The town board met at Stroh's hotel, Brooklyn Hills, on Monday night and listened to about fifty of the residents tell their tale of woe about the placing of the lights lately erected. After considerable oratory on the subject, the board agreed to replace several of the lights.

Constable Swift, while driving with his wife on the Plank road on Sunday night, was run into by a trolley car and upset. Mr. Swift escaped with a few scratches, but his wife was injured, it is feared, internally. She is confined to the house. The buggy was a wreck.

Valentine Rossbach has been granted a pension of $2 per month for disabilities received during the rebellion. The amount awarded to him is about $700. Mr. Rossbach was an orderly sergeant in Major Jacob Roemer's famous Flushing battery, which fought in thirty-four distinct battles.

The star chamber investigation in the case of Miller selling liquor without a license is over as far as the star chamber proceeding is concerned. Mr. Miller was placed under arrest on Monday evening and taken to Wantagh. Justice Seaman, after reading the complaint against him, paroled him until Feb. 28, to appear for trial at Valley Stream. If Mr. Miller should be convicted and fined, the fine will go to the town of Hempstead and the town of Jamaica will have the bills of the counsel to pay. We have competent justices in this town who are capable of hearing the case and deciding according to the evidence. There promises to be some very pointed evidence given in Miller's favor at this trial. There is considerable behind this case which may explode easily.

The Woodhaven board of education held its regular monthly meeting on Friday. Returns from the collector showed that of the $22,000 to be raised by tax, only $12,000 have been collected. There may be $10,000 remaining unpaid at the close of the present school year. The resignation of Miss Elizabeth Davies as a primary teacher was accepted. Miss Carrie C. Fox, of Toronto, was appointed to fill the vacancy. A resolution was passed requesting the Long Island members of the Legislature to oppose any legislation looking to the adoption of the proposed new basis of district quotas, recently recommended by State Superintendent Crooker. Under the proposed new system, the Woodhaven district would lose $1,500 of its present apportionment.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 12.