His Lust of Office

New York, 1895

The Long Island City Herald, the leading Republican newspaper of the county, asks:

"How many offices does the Hon. William J. Youngs, Chairman of the Republican County Committee, want before he will be willing to give other Republicans a chance? Recently he was appointed secretary to the committee appointed by the Assembly to travel over the State and examine the condition of the public roads, and now he is a candidate for Counsel to the new Tax Arrears Commission. There seems to be no limit to Mr. Youngs' lust for office, though in making him a member of the State Committee and Chairman of the County Committee it was supposed he would unselfishly devote himself to his party and neither solicit nor accept a salaried office from the state or county."


Interesting Masonic Event

There was a great gathering of Masons Friday evening in the rooms of Wamponamon lodge at Sag Harbor, to help in the commemoration its one thousandth communication. The hall had been tastefully decorated and everything had been done for the comfort and entertainment of the visitors. About 200 members were in the lodge room during its communication. At midnight the members and visiting brethren filed into the banquet hall, headed by Wor. Bro. William R. Reimann, Junior Warden B. A. Sawyer and Wor. Bro. Francis H. Palmer, the committee in charge, who made them welcome.


Suffolk County's Criminals

According to a report made by County Clerk Duvall to the secretary of state, it appears that there have been sixty-one convictions in the courts of special sessions of Suffolk county during the past three months, classified as follows: Vagrancy, 24; intoxication, 15; petit larceny, 7; assault and battery, 6; contempt of court, 1; misdemeanor, 1; violation compulsory education law, 1; cruelty to animals, 1; violating excise law, 1.


"Queen Lily

and rose in one." —Tennyson.

A peculiar sort of hybrid, known only to Tennyson, apparently, but we have the new hybrid tea rose "Belle Siebrecht," the grandest rose ever grown. Perfectly hardy and an ever bloomer. Call and see the blooms Friday and Saturday of this week. We are the sole agent in Jamaica, J. B. Cooper, 70 Fulton street. [1895 advertisement]


Mr. Corbin's Tour of Inspection

President Corbin and other officials of the Long Island railroad made a trip of inspection over the new extension of the road to Easthampton Saturday afternoon. The people of Easthampton gave them a cordial reception.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 10, 1895, p. 2.