Monday, July 7, 2008

The Surrogate's Court

New York, 1895

Surrogate Weller yesterday admitted to probate the wills of Richard Dudgeon and Thomas H. Quigley.

To-day's calendar — Will cases of Sarah L. Smith, Adeline A. Way, Elbert Ludlum and William H. Smith; accounting in the estates of Jacob Schaefer, Josephine S. DeBevoise and Joseph Mead; matter of the estate of Hugh Potter; administration case of Sarah L. Smith.


Damages for His Boy's Death

Bartley Delaney of Astoria on Wednesday received a judgment of $2,500 against the Steinway railway company, before Judge Barnard. His 6 year old boy was [killed*] by a trolley car.

*Piece of the newspaper missing, so this word is a guess.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 8.

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