Suit Against a Newtown Official

New York, 1895

The suit of John Kraukofski against Highway Commissioner John J. Young, of Newtown, will be tried at the June term of the Supreme court. Kraukofski alleges that the highway commissioner illegally arrested him and claims $1,000 damages.


Capsized the Catboat

A 26 foot catboat capsized in Long Island Sound off the clubhouse of the Ravenswood Boat club shortly after 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. There were four youths in the boat, only one of whom could swim, but they were all rescued.


Wholesale Foreclosure Proceedings

Counselor Nelson, representing A. W. Parker of Brooklyn, has filed papers in the county clerk's office in seven suits for the foreclosure of mortgages on Rockaway Beach property. The amount involved is over $60,000.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 1.