New York, 1895
News in Brief
Captain James Baker, the oldest war veteran in Suffolk county, died Wednesday morning at Sayville. He was 77 years old. Heart failure was the cause of his death.
The death Thursday of Coles Carpenter, of Glen Cove, who had been employed by the Coles family at Dosoris for over half a century removes the oldest colored resident of the town. He was born in 1806.
Captain Edgar C. Bowen, U. S. A., instractor in military tactics at St. Paul's school, Garden City, has been relieved at his own request from further duty.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 3, 1895, p. 8.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Found All His Stock Dead
New York, 1895
William Johnson, the colored man who left his home at Glen Cove Landing suddenly about two weeks ago, leaving all his live stock locked up without food, returned late on Saturday night. He walked from Jamaica to Glen Cove. He found twenty-five pigeons, twelve hens and two dogs dead. He disappeared again the same night.
Fell and Fractured Her Skull
Mrs. Mary Burgus of Long Island City, while on her way home fell on Jane street and fractured her skull. She was taken to St. John's hospital.
How Boys Made Money
Constables Ashmead and Baylis on Saturday arrested Philip Linz, William Muse, William Rose, Frank Kople, John Kirne, William Carroll and Thomas Carroll, for stealing coal from the cars of the Jamaica yard of the Long Island railroad. The coal the boys sold for twenty cents a bag. Linz was sent to the county jail for ten days, Muse and Rose was fined $3 each, and the others were discharged.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 29, 1895, p. 1.
William Johnson, the colored man who left his home at Glen Cove Landing suddenly about two weeks ago, leaving all his live stock locked up without food, returned late on Saturday night. He walked from Jamaica to Glen Cove. He found twenty-five pigeons, twelve hens and two dogs dead. He disappeared again the same night.
Fell and Fractured Her Skull
Mrs. Mary Burgus of Long Island City, while on her way home fell on Jane street and fractured her skull. She was taken to St. John's hospital.
How Boys Made Money
Constables Ashmead and Baylis on Saturday arrested Philip Linz, William Muse, William Rose, Frank Kople, John Kirne, William Carroll and Thomas Carroll, for stealing coal from the cars of the Jamaica yard of the Long Island railroad. The coal the boys sold for twenty cents a bag. Linz was sent to the county jail for ten days, Muse and Rose was fined $3 each, and the others were discharged.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 29, 1895, p. 1.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Death of Littleton Teagle
New York, 1895
Littleton Teagle, colored, for many years coachman for John M. Crane, died suddenly Friday night at his home on Evergreen avenue. Jamaica, from heart disease. He was 72 years old, and was esteemed as one of the worthy and respectable colored men of the village.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Shiloh Baptist church, the Rev. W. T. Dixon, of Brooklyn, officiating. John M. Crane was present at the service, and made a short address, paying a high tribute to the character of the deceased. The interment was in Maple Grove cemetery.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 8.
Littleton Teagle, colored, for many years coachman for John M. Crane, died suddenly Friday night at his home on Evergreen avenue. Jamaica, from heart disease. He was 72 years old, and was esteemed as one of the worthy and respectable colored men of the village.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Shiloh Baptist church, the Rev. W. T. Dixon, of Brooklyn, officiating. John M. Crane was present at the service, and made a short address, paying a high tribute to the character of the deceased. The interment was in Maple Grove cemetery.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 15, 1895, p. 8.
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