News from Springfield

New York, 1895

Mrs. Hicks is occupying her new house near the Springfield road.

Philip Stehlin and Miss Minnie Bergman are to be married soon.

Frank Watts has rented John Baylis' cottage on Farmers' avenue.

Charles Eckert has broken ground for his new hotel on the Merrick road.

Miss Allie Jeals of Brooklyn has been spending a week with Mrs. Charles Mills.

Miss Hattie Bisbee, of Brooklyn, has been spending a few days with friends here.

Philip Hartman's meat wagon was demolished on Tuesday evening by his horse running away.

Rev. W. P. Estes will preach his farewell sermon in the Methodist Episcopal church on Sunday evening.

The ladies' aid society of the Methodist Episcopal Church gave a pleasant entertainment Wednesday evening.

Isaac Hendrickson was tendered a house warming Wednesday night. About 50 guests were present and a most enjoyable evening was spent.

The board of education sold another $1,000 bond on Friday evening. This is $10,000 that has been used to purchase the site and complete the new school building, leaving a balance of $1,000.

At the annual meeting of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church, J. G. H. Bedell, George H. Higbie and E H. Thomson were elected members of the finance committee; William P. Amberman, secretary, and George H. Higbie, treasurer.

The rigid enforcement of the rule of the city works department of Brooklyn in regard to the protection of the streams will do serious damage to property along the shores of the streams at Springfield. The rule states that people cannot fertilize land within 150 feet of the stream. As a result, people owning property will have to discontinue their gardens. A number of property-owners will plant their gardens and test the law. Among the large property holders affected are ex-Supervisor Styles, of Brooklyn, who owns property fronting one hundred feet on the stream. Christopher Abrams has a frontage of five hundred feet.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 29, 1895, p. 8.