Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Butcher Lilie Breaks Ribs

New York, 1895

News in Brief.

Butcher Lilie, of Winfield, had three of his ribs broken by being thrown from a wagon.

A boy 3 years old, named Daniel Duggan, of Long Island City, was fatally burned at a bonfire on Monday.

Among the fortunate applicants for a free scholarship in Cornell University from this county are Elbert A. Hawkins of Rockville Center, and Nellie P. Hemins of Maspeth.

Mrs. Mary W. Coles, wife of ex-Assemblyman Isaac Coles, of Glen Cove, died Friday morning. Mrs. Coles was descended from a long line of Quaker ancestry, and was a daughter of the late James Willets, and a sister to the father of ex-Supervisor Fred E. Willets.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 21, 1895, p. 1.

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