New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-07
LONG ISLAND.
NOTES FROM TOWNS IN QUEENS AND SUI
FOLK COUNTIES.


LONG ISLAND CITY AND FLUSHING.
The tender attached to Engine No. 2, OF the Long
Island City Fire Department driven by Johh a.
1Ioror wos unset Yesterday In Greenpont-ave IN
Long Island City. There was small hre III .ne
Rssyille part OF the city, and in order IN reac" ITO
place II was necessary for the tender 10 eios' W"
Long Island Railroad tracks at the tree"po 90,
crossing Just as the driver Horah' was c.
70 20 across the tracks the swchman at the cross
ing started to lower the gates, which mean. VII,
train was approaching Koran al once ,rscks would
danger and knew that to go on the 9raoN' He de-
cided to give the horses sharp turn and was So
sudden that the tender was Upset n ~, umped when
they saw What was the matter and esSs1eS INJURED
but Horan was not 50 ucsy d had haze 10 be removed
st. johns Hospital The tender was not ea any coo
aged. and Horan was praised loI h1s "e'
ness while In the dangerous posit'o"' =. ..o
Beginning on Thursday the drawbTidgs GI 5Se
karSsd Sys5 Fq FasSn S.s sss Closed
for period OF fourteen days for repairs.
At joint meeting Of the Hshway t,sqmoon Gng
Of and Flushing ss Xrscsed 70
catons for repairs to tn, the vii cost
causeway bridge. which. 1t Is es''''A'sN'
rna Cosgs Point town officers have decided to
change the Fourteenth District store. in
Thirteenth-st. III, ~, Nondav
County Treasurer Joseph Fykes will on M and ~
morning next sell at puo6S eh taxes have been
paid. There are s75 parcels Of land. .oa
The Good Citizenship League. wn,eh ~ - flushing
held an interesting meeting Wednesday aterh %ra
at which Go1d5ds &c Rre'lcs o%mstee
on on OF Se Osx
ton ss Mary 'he Lyes Of the
College Point public schools, read ss work. pae scco%
manual training and told OF ub 'nf sSe presides
"A Medical Education for Woman Mas Sae
he
OF every woman having a tnorou ;sii,0eutlv nur.
physiology to enable her to TO hey own
health and that Of her children.
The Flushing Fishing Club. at It's meeting e nsnt on
WITH ths Town Board Of Hampstead to arrange
terms for leasing thirty acres OF meadow iaha az
, sory he the Club S,uV viii all land within
radius OF half mile Of the clubhouse, Am Tnps
sressman Timothy j. Campbell and James W. Co
vert. The cub has thus far subscribed s0V" LOT '"e
erection OF new clubhouse
small party OF friends at their home at FIusn pr
and Metropolitan aves h nryes benH award
cd TO Mr. and Mrs. Frank Losee supper was
after the those r w ans
Mrs Frank Melnikheim. Miss F. Marshall G. C.
Meakm Miss Wss james Mea Hubs M ass Ness
Hamilton.
PORT JEFFERSON AND SETACKET.
The bazaar given by the Village Improvement So
cety last week was one OF the most successful In
the history OF that organization. The hall In which
IL was held was handsomely decorated. and there
was an unusually large attendance. The pro-
gramme for both evenings was carried out without
hitch and an admirable performance was given on
both occasions The expenses OF the entire enter
prise aid not exceed $50 while the receipts were be.
tween 500 and $500 This money Will be expended
drawings for prizes resulted follows: For the
bicycle John Murphy; for the silver tea set: FRANK
Captain c. f. Tooker.
The yach-repair!ng season Is at Its height IN Por
Jefferson that Is the ana bs d snp car
floating palaces that spend the winter In this harbor
handsomest pleasure craft in the country. both
and sailing, have their winter quarters In THIS
getting them ready for the summer cruise: John
+. Hawkins shipyard especially Is alive with the
hustle of fitting pleasure craft for commission.
Mr. and Mrs Howard Wallace. OF Setauket. enter
tanned the members OF the Epworth League at their
home February 2s An interesting musical and
literary programme given those taking part
being Miss Myra Reeve. James Quincy Byron Hal
lock, Jesse Johnson and the Setauket Orchestra;
consisting OF the Messrs. Howell Nevins. Hall and
Ferguson.
Skating on setauket Pond came abruptly to an
the last yestIse OF the Ice to dissppear This sport
has been enjoyed by hundreds OF people in and
Jefferson setauke furnishes one Of the best skat-
ing PAGES the island The pond generally freezes
@ se hc ana ."e skating ha been aua in
at night as well as In the day the beautiful moon
light evenings especially attracting a large crowd
OF skaters to the pond.
AS yet there Is no definite Information as to when
1t Is generally conceded that it viii not be until
April !. anyway. Meantime the several hundred
people employed In the factory have been out OF
work. with the result that hard times have been
experienced all round. the storekeepers feeling II as
much as the factory hands.
Miss Efie Smith OF Port Jefferson met with an
accident on Thursday, while driving In Man-st
she was alone In the carriage and was about to
pass another carriage. which going In the
same direction. when the shaft caught in the wheel
OF the other carriage. The horse broke away from
the vehicle and Miss Smith thrown Violently
10 the frozen ground. She carried into the
house OF James Fordham but was afterwari
taken home. Her back badly injured and
she received several bruises on the face and arms
ISLIP AND SAYVILLE.
The award In the freshman essay contest in the
American Wing Society OF Princeton University was
given to Richard Webster. OF Islip for his essay on
"Eramus"