Friday, July 18, 2008

Dug Out of the Mud

New York, 1895

The body of a man was dug out of the mud of Newtown Creek on Monday morning. It had evidently been in the creek about two weeks. There was nothing by which to identify the body. No marks of violence were visible.


Bishop Littlejohn Home

Bishop Littlejohn returned on Tuesday from Kingston, Jamaica. His health is greatly improved.


Three Months in Jail

Abram Craft, of Far Rockaway, was sentenced to three months in the county jail by Justice Smith on Friday. Craft assaulted his brother with a beer bottle recently, inflicting a severe wound.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 3, 1895, p. 1.

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