Mrs. Briggs Recovering

New York, 1895

The News of Richmond Hill

Mrs. Jeremiah Briggs is recovering from her recent illness.

Justice George Lester, who has been seriously ill for the past four weeks, is slowly regaining his health.

John Kurz of Myrtle avenue and the Jamaica and Brooklyn road is laid up with inflammatory rheumatism.

Major Bowen, superintendent of the slum department of the Salvation Army, delivered an interesting lecture in the Congregational church on Sunday afternoon.

The ladies connected with the Church of the Resurrection sent last week several boxes of groceries and clothing to the Sheltering Arms and St. Phoebe's mission, Brooklyn, as Easter gifts.

The tax payers of the newly incorporated village are considering a proposition to lay stone sidewalks and macadamize the streets. A meeting to take definite action in the matter will shortly be held.

At the Easter election at the church of the Resurrection on Monday, George L. Fowler and Henry Valk were elected wardens, and Col. William A. Jones, M. A. Bronson, Henry Willets, A. H. Man, W. J. Colson and J. S. Stokes vestrymen.

Miss May, daughter of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sloan, and William Satterlee of New York were married on Wednesday at the residence of the bride's parents, Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island. Many of the Richmond Hill friends of the bride were present.
The Easter services at the Church of the Resurrection were both interesting and impressive. The interior of the church was beautifully decorated with flowers and the new vested boy choir sang for the first time. The offerings at the service amounted to $210, which will be devoted to the payment of the expenses of the parish.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 19, 1895, p. 8.