Estes Visiting Friends

New York, 1895

News from Springfield.

Rev. W. P. Estes, of Oyster Bay, is visiting friends here.

Stephen Wright lost a large number of tomato plants by the frost.

Henry Murray has improved his property by painting the buildings.

Charles Small has taken a position as flagman on the Long Island railroad.

Miss Allie Jeals of Brooklyn is spending a few days with Mrs. Charles Mills.

Mrs. Sarah F. Higbie had her pocket picked of $30 while shopping in Brooklyn.

Much damage was done to the early crops by the heavy frost Friday night. Many farmers lost not only the tomato plants they had set out, but also the plants in frames, which cannot be easily replaced for this season's work.

B. A. Everitt is having his grocery store land out buildings improved by a coat of paint.

Walter Gross is having his pond improved. It will be a beautiful lake when finished.

Rev. A. C. Bowdish will preach a memorial sermon in the Methodist church on Sunday evening.

Richard Dooley and family have moved to Freeport, where he has a position on the Brooklyn water works.

The first quarterly conference will be held in the Methodist church on Sunday morning, June 2, when the presiding elder will preach.

John Jacobs, Jr., while out driving had the misfortune to have his horse run away, throwing him out and breaking his leg in two places.

Look out for L. E. Decker's new price list of groceries, etc. Prices reduced to rock bottom for first quality goods. None other is cheap at any price.

The temperance lodge gave a strawberry fair in their new hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance and a most enjoyable time was spent.

William Mills has purchased 18 acres of ground from Cornelius Vandeveer on the Rockaway turnpike, and will shortly commence the erection of several new buildings.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 8.