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ROSLYN NEWS. ’ V ' AV. K, BUHL.ING, PildMUKTOn. KOSLYN, N. Y., JULY 27, 1878. TEKM8 -OF SUBsCHimOK. [ luvnriolily in advance.] no your........ . ........................... . at no . 81* 'Manilla ......... . ................................. .. 80 Three in'utlia. ................... ....| go ADVERTISING RATES. ' 1 incliiTinch ...$. % tt| !S5 ra 800 500 8 00 75 27B 0 00 10 00 15 00 3 irtoh a 1 75 2 50 3 25 4 00 8 00 14 00 20 00 1 ineertica... 2 \• ... 8 •* ... 4 ” ... 3 nwntho, .... 0 months..... 1 year ............ Ten linen make one Inch opiice. ■ Advertisements oobnpyfnK qnnrter of a coluimeor more Will be inserted at tbelol- lowlog rates r lw|2wi 8 witm|3iniflm|l_y i eolmnn . 88$ 5$ o 50$ 8$10$24$!» f ■■■ “ ,, ;... 5 8 to 00-12 24 80 54 Ono'* .... 0 1 Itl 17 00| 20> 401 001 JO Biislnoss Notices 15 eonts per Hno each Insertiun. Sanitary Pweantlono, . Tho telegraph warns no that the hot weather is on fta way eliitt. It commen ced in Manitoba, and thence lias boon travelling ' sonth and oast destroying auiraai lile. In England and in France the heat isdistressing', indeed', the whole world appears to bo broiling, under a Idasfqp sun. We can not bo too thank- (al that tho telegraph gives us timely notion of the extremes of heat and cold, for while tho fiery wavo comes toward ns wb'ban prepare for Its arrival. As pf vital* futorcst at tho present time, we copy from a St. Louis paper tho sugges- of S. B. Bouts, M. !>., which it will be wall for every one to road and remember. Ho says, and what ho says is born of tho dreadful experience that. St. Louis has undergone aud is still undergoing; 1. Persons much exposed to tho rays of the sun, from the nature of their busincRS, should bo elad in light cloth ing. Linen coatsare to bo preferred on aooonut of reflecting the direct rays of tho sun. Dark outer clothing is to bo avoided, as dark cloth absorbs heat and retains It. Clothing of any kind should be loose, so as hot to impinge on or pin oh tkpbody jattjwboro. Underwear should bo mixed material, cotton and wool, not too thick and heavy — wool nlohd is too boating; preferable to either in my opinion are tho knit or netting undergarments now very common in our shops, as they are perforated with little saaaros or air-oluunbers all over the body, thereby producing a freer dis tribution of air to the skin, which pre vents that smothering fueling sometimes experienced on a hot day when wearing heavy wool. All tightness about tbe nook, suok as tight colldts and necker chiefs, should bo dispensed with, as they interfere with the free return of \the venous blood'from the bead: hats should ha light and, well ventilated. It is woltbecaslcmally to wet tbe head with oold water; by evaporation the scalp is cooled. Hair should be out short. 2. The diet' Should be light, princi pally vegetable; very little meats should fee used, as they aro heat-producing. Sapper or tea must bo exeoptfonly light; Pup,of toa.toaat probabiy siloed tomatoes nre sufiloieut. loo water can bo drunk nt any time with proper precautions. It is very rofteshlug and produces per spiration, When you are very warm, first rinse the mouth, then swallow a small quantity; welt a short time, whan you.can drink auy anautity with perfect ..loolioUo stimulants should be sorupalously avoided daring the ox- eessfvb beat of the summer,. a8ltpvo<|u. .Cos an excess of carbon iu the blood, ' which, joined with tho excessive host; wiltparaliso the uervous centres, bring- ing on coma aud ending in death. A little sour wtao iu iced lemonade iu very • grateful and admissible. 4* Oold water will lower tho temper- atafoof Ike body, therefore bathing, is lienonaial — once a day or every otuer day- — romolniug in the water from twenty te thirty minutes is anillolent. ThS bowelB'ehoutd be kept regular by taking flame- cooling medlaiuo oeoasion- oliy.; nueh as- bottled citrate of magno • sia, Boldllt® powder or some of the aporl- tnt miuoral waters. Hy observing tho r tiles and principles above imperfeotly delineated, tkore.will bo very few atm- ttsokea, | About 2 a. m, Sunday morning some residents of Woodhavon lane, near the Jamaica Turnpike, heard the report of a pistol. At daylight a man was discover- od lying by tho road-side, with a large navy revolver near by nnd ft wound In iho right side of the head, from whieh tho brains were oozing. Though still alive, he wus unable to speak, A box of onrtridgoB fitting the revolver was iu one of bi« pockets, onda half-finished letter, in German language with no signature, also $8.70 in silver,were toand upon bir person. He was removed to the Town Hall, Jamaica, on'Sunday morniug. aud died of his injuries ubont 0 o ’ oloektho same day. He was O' feat, f inches in height, with dark bafr end moustache, dressed in a Wank .wit ot clothes, and a dark felt hat . A German readthe letter found upon the body, and it was thought by the name sddressed — thut the man ’ s . v . as Jut Wc net td about 8 years of ago. Ou Monday evening Cor oner Wood held uh inquest itudm vordiet . of sataide was rendered, Ho had Been seen some days ago wandering about Woedbaven, looking for work, but found none. , ' ... ______ *• An iWDendnent to \An not to regulate the fees of oorouetfl. ’’ passed at the lost session of the LSgialatore, provides that Elbe fees of Jurorfl neoessarily summon- Hwonei'a tosuest shell ba one dollar for each day ’ s baa.oonnty obsrgo.attd audited and allowed by tbe in tbo same 'man- Funning oa Lang Island It is being pretty ihorbughly'demon strated that the ” barren ” landaof tbe Idaud arc capablo of prodtieing excel lent crops. The Brooklyn Eagle gives the following very kiteresMug article on the snbject “ Tho Eagle ’ s consideration ol the pos sibility of making productive tbe four hundred thousand acres of waste lands in Queens and Buffolk counties has at tracted widespread attention to the sub ject, and tbe protrabitity is that at least experimental efforts will bo made to test the matter. It is to lie hoped, in that event, that tbo experimenter will boprao- Heal aud thoroughgoing men . Tho great trouble heretofore has been that tbo men who undertook the improvement of tbe barrens were not farmers, either by ed ucation or experience, and not thorough going enough to brink Oder out of cha os, so to speak. Nor wore they men with snffieient means to enable them to S roseaute the necesssiy clearing opera- - ons to bring tbe land to a state of pos sible cultivation. No one man power can over accomplish this. It requires combined, powerful notion, which can only bo obtained by the union of capital mid labor. It i« not so easy a matter to freo the soil from tbe presence of great s'.umps and roots, and Its heavy growth ot underbrush, as the imagination would suggest. But science has mado it possi ble to accomplish now in a day, in this peculiar work, what twenty years ago could not havo been accomplished in a week. It used to bo the fashion te dig or “ grab ” stumps out of the earth, and the excavations wore frequently deep and long that tho roots might bo completely upturned ’ . Now, the use of dynamite, and the powerfnl maoliiuory which lias made the work easy iu the Far West, do the work so thoroughly and so cheaply whore there Is ouougU laud to make it an object that the wonder is that tho work of clearing has been delayed so long. The fact Is, Out seven-tenths of what are called the barrens was onoe excel lent timber-land, and Costing nothing to grow It and tbo wood bringing good prices when oorded, was more profitable than It would bo If under cultivation. It costs little more than nothing to keep suoh lands twonty 'yeiirs ago, when now they are only taxed fifty eonts per acre, In those days low ipeu anew the extent of tbeir possessions, nor oared, because of their fnfiultesimal value, and tbo wood ohoppors chopped Indiscriminately, fat tened and sought fresh fields of labor. In this way old homesteads wore aban doned, and the descendants of the old settlers, growing up in a different at mosphere aud under difierent influences never returned to their ancestral one toms, and their being nothing to invite settlers, nothing to guarantee modest industry a livelihood, tbo country that became depopulated remained so, even to this late day. ' ~ It is not a matter for wonder -that these stubble barrens have not been brought under cultivation, as that would have required capital, when we reoolleot that the cleared barrens, better .known as tho plain lands, were neither settled nor ooltlvated, and that with thousands •ol aoros lying within twenty miles of Brooklyn. It may be said within ton miles of Brooklyn, for, by striking a lino through Jamaica from tbe Ooeua to the sound, there are hundreds ot abandoned and untitled acres, of good quality enough to grow ooreals, if not vegeta bles, and which would Improve with use. There ia tho whole exleut of Gar den City, over sixteen thousand aoros, which for two hundred years went bog- for settlement. It grew a tough quality of grass in spots, and that was all. Farmers who jived and labored on either side of this extensive demesne turned their oattlo upon it, and out the grass, (stubble they called It) for bed ding purposes. One part of it was used as a raee course, ami another part as a hanging ground,, because It was sloping and ftt.tka base the gallows stood. No farmer would oultivato an acre of it gratis a hundred years .ago. Flty yearn ago no farmer would give five dollars au aero for it la foe, Twenty-five years ago half a dozen squatters wore scatter ed over the westerly portion, eking ont a preowloufl qxtetouoo by raising corn enough to food poultry for tbo market. Eight years ago tho late Alexander T. Stewart purchased the whole area at $55 0U acre. People thought him crazy then,, but he was as level headed as ever iu his life. * . . , The beauties of Garden City- — its land- soopo, foliage, cathedral, dwellings wnt« or works — must all be omltlod from this skotoh ot tho farming operations now carried on there. During Mr. Stewarts personal management of the plains, no farming: ot any aooonut was carried on. His busy mind was filled with, to him, more important ovento. Sineo his de mise, however, Judge Hilton has gone into farming extensively, aa only a man of Judge Hilton's means could. Ho has established beyond all cavil that the bar rens of Long Wand only need to bo un locked to become prolific in fertilization. There aro no finer crops on Long Island, nor in any part of this State, probably, than were yesterday growing on the plains uud being stored in their ripeness. Hundreds of acres ot rye, full headed and stout stalked rye. were being out by tea machines and laid by, tho same iu little piles for the small army of biud- are. The eutters had been through the clover and the timothy, and a dozen wag ons and gangs of men were housing it. Iu this oouueotiou it is interesting to note tho facility with which this busl ness Is done. Ordinarily it takes half an hour to turn a load.of bay from the shelvtogs of the wagon into the mow. Here it Is done in from three to fivo minutes. There ere twelve storage barns or racks scattered over the farm, each with a hold ing capacity of sixty tore. They are constructed after au original dosign, and there is nothing like it in any part of the country. Theeo racks aro movable. They go together like a piece of maohin- ery, and thoir contents aro protected from the storm by a detached roof. They oostabout glUl) 1 each, while a bam with the aame holding' capacity would cost certainly $1,600. Three poles, are run through the centre, and from one of these is rigged a fork whieh lifts tho hay from the wagons la short order, and can, with tho same dexterity, load it back up- on tho wagons when necessary. Beside the rye and: hay there were hundreds of eorea of wheat, headed ao , heavily that tho stalks bent over. There vmo hundreds! of eorea of mm giovnug finely. On land, whore tho bay oud rvo have beenout, athiek growth oltimotby come up another growth ot clover, and ' this th* seed will, be taken. The extent, and yield of the crops on I • MS « W who fhem. Tb«r all des re to know ’ \rt tho plain lamia are irbuudred thoimud aures ot o Hun. Gabriel Fsrwau, iu au ad dress before tho Queens Ooun'y Aoricnl- tornl Society, in 1847, qnoling from the earliest printoJ records of the “ Now- Netherlands, ” as Now York was called prior to 180 i, stated that -there was scarcely a traveler of any »oto>who visi ted North America that did not pay a visit to tho plates. Tho Rev. A. Bar- nnby, who traveled through the middle colonies in 1752, wrote of tho great in terest manifested by tbo inhabitants of Now York in reference to tbe “ Groat Plains ” at North Hempstead, and ob served that strangers were always car ried to see them “ os a great curiosity and tho only one of the kind I d North America.\ The immense priaries of the West woro then unknown. The whole extent of tbo plains comprehend about sixty tboasauu acres, and that portion known os Hempstead Plains, now of tbe Stewart estate, about seventeen thous and acres. Before Mr. Stewart made bis extensive purchase, Dr, E F. Peek, now of Brooklyn, battled against the idea that tbe plains were barren. Ho made a forty years fight for their settle ment without any noteworthy success, frequently writing about them ia a man ner to inspire confidence in settlers, who however, became disheartened at eight of so vast a wilderness. In one of the doctor ’ s letters he said : “ It is an elevated table land with a southern aspect, with « descent of about twenty feet to the mile. It is bounded on the north by the high ground or ridge of bills running through the Island from west to east ; with this regular aud gen tle descent to the south shore, tbo under drainage is most complete and perfect. Then th® surfaoo of tho plains from West to east is gently undulating, in long swells, elevations and depressions, and these depressions, looking southwardly, have exactly the appearance of tbo dried bed of streams; and following them down toward tbe south borders of the plains, streams of purest water are found in many of them. The surfaoo soil is a dark loam, from fifteen inches to two feet in depth. It looks just like what a lady would select to fill her flower pots with, mid Is highly productive. The turf upon this upper aud dark soil is so thick and strong as to require a team of three horses with a strong plow to turn a furrow4hrougH it. Under this layer of dark loam Is a layer of yellow loam of about equal thickness, la many places a olay loam or olay and undor these at a depth of two aud a half or three feot is tbo firm, oompaot gravel and sand that every where form the main body of Long Island. ” Dr. Peel ’ s conjectures as to the fer tility of the soil of tho plains have boen substantiated In a most surprising form, and this being tbo foot, bis views of the productiveness of the barrens are not to be rashly disputed. lie has made the barrens a study and is competent to judge of tho quality of tho soil. For forty years ho was unable to induce any one to settle au experimental tract upon tho great plains, when hundreds of acres ooulu have been had for the asking, be cause those inclined to agriculture oould seo nothing but failure aud want ahead. It was the Iron will of ignorance swaying the will of lutolligonoo and oulturo. In two yoafs Judge Hilton has proved to tho world that the soli of Hempstead S lains Is not barton but fertile, aud iu olhg this he has proved that the barrens four hundred thousand aores strong, ate barren, only for tho want of utilization ; that they need only to bo brought undor the initeenee of the husbandman, back ed by capital. The productions of tbo plain lands last year was slmply uston fshlng. The yield was os follows : Tim othy grass seed, 205 bushels; Oats, H,- 000 bushels ; buckwheat 5,000 bushels; wheat, (peculiarly flue), 7,000 bushels ; Hungarian grass seed. 100 bushdls ; car rots, 3,000 bushels; turnips, 000 bushels; potatoes, 850 bushels ; hay, 850 tons ; straw, stalks, cto.; housed, 1,000 tons. . This year there Is under cultivation almost two thousand aoros of land, whieh is considerably more than were oultivat od last year, and tho aoreago is to bo In creased annually\ until ton thousand aoros are yieldlug. That will ho in the course of about four yours. Judge Hil ton is an enthusiast te this new business (to him). There are seventy men and seventy horses employed. The land un der cultivation is divided as foltows : Ityo, 425 aores; (a erop of timothy and clover will bo taken from this laud te the fall, and next year it will produce two crops of hay) ; corn, 455 aoros ; wheat 80 aores; buckwheat, 200 aoros ; oats 240 aores; Hungarian grass, 103 aores (this crop will mature te sixty days and.yield two tons to , tho acre) ; hay, 400 aores ; carrots, 8 aoros ; olovor (for seed), 150 aores. Mr. W, It. Hinsdale, manager of Gar den City, permitted tho writer to drive through tho prolific fields. Tho grain stood as high as tho horse ’ s back, and the oats, were level with the top of n five foot fence. Tho hay (second growth) was as thick as tho first crop usually is an avorago grass land, aud tho clover that grew with it was astonishingly fine. The corn, too, was looking fully as well, and was as tar advanced as that seeu growing ou any farm from Nowtowu all the way out. There will bo .niuo hund red tons of hay stored. Tho lour bund- ,red ond twenty-five aoros ot rye were to bo harvested in throe days. Tho hay is pressed iu bales and marketed lu Now York and Brooklyn. In fact everything raised is marketed, resolving only enough for home consumption, “ This land,\ said Mr. Hinsdale, “ Was always productive. You sea that It is note sandy soil. Wo never permit o plow to skim bvor the ground to tho depth of five or six teohes, as our neigh bors do — and that Is why they have such poor crops — but wo put the plow in from ton to fifteen fnchea, ” > “ Are tbo baireim of the Island til- ablet Mr. Hinsdale ? ” “ Yes, every foot of sell ou Long Is land can bo mado te produce. I have seen some of tho eo ealled barrens, prompted by curiosity, and I would not ask for a better opening to success. Every foot of soil iu these barrens Is su perior to the best soil iu auy part, of Minnesota. ” ■ “ Would it pay to spend $20 au acre to clear them? ’ ’ • “ It would pay beyond question. But why epend $20 au aero ? ” It oau bo done for leaa than that. The trouble is, that people who undertake this work do not handle it right. The lauds could be burned over Iu the Fall, and the surface growth cleared away; thou a powerful plow oould do the rest of the work. There might bo, hero and<thero, an ex ception, of oonrse.'' Mr. Hinsdale said that the nlain lauds had always been chemionlly looked up. The soil was allnvkra, mid nil it needed i ‘ ll «b tu ! u i id » « * land soil might hot be good to grow veg etables, but all of it would grow cereals. Ho thought that the worst soil, alter thorough plowing, and with tbe applica tion ol bone dUM. oould bo; made to grow Lot to > v Id ,i lev ),« ,« That w > xii t e|i 4 ” msid - tiitt.WMtor, total? wforeubo to a Hoc!* of three hundred aud fifty iu a dovnr field. “ Y ob ,'' Said Mr. misdate,. You sue Hiere Is plenty of grass ; thuy eauuot be gin to consume it- * It is the intention to increase tlie flock to five.thousand. “ Are they profitable? ” “ Iguessthey are) Now, why domcn go West to raise sheep, when right on this Island there nre advantages that carmot ba surpassed, The worst land Will grow grass. The barrens would make splendid sheep folds. Wo keep a shepherd to tend them, and they are thriving splendidly. “ It might: Cost too much to fertilize the barrens? ” • ‘ Not a bit of it. Now, there is where people make a mistake. Yon don ’ t want high priced stable manure for this land. There is nothing more beneficial than unadulterated bono dust. The street garbage of New York and Brooklyn would be the best fertilizer that could be applied to the barrens. ” • “ Now let mo relate a little incident in that conneotion. I proposed to apply tho garbage to this land. It would have to bo composted, of course.' I went to Now York, not expecting to have the least trouble in obtaining the garbage I offered to pay the expense of having it towed up Newtown Creek, and the ex pense of unloading it, bnt I found I could not get a cart full without bribing cVery man who had anything to do with it. If the City of Now York would con sult its own interests, it would and could -gefr-rid -of-all its -garbage-ou Long Is land, ond save the money now expended^ in creating a nuisance along the water ironts and choking up navigation. We oould have no better fertilizer for this peculiar soil. Seventy per cent, of it is tho same as stable manure, and tho bal ance of bone and vegetable matter, ” Mr. Hinsdale has groat' faith in the prpductability of tbo barren lands, aud he has reason to have faith, in view of the great success achieved in Garden: City. There is at Garden City, two ’ steam trashers, one of which carries the straw through sideways, thus keeping it whole and making it a superior article for the market. There is also a steam grist mill. Tho farming operations, be side being the most extensive in the State, are conducted most systematical ly. The fields are all mapped out ; tho thqoostof Implements, labor of all kinds fertilizers, and whatever goes into tho general expense, are ascertained before hand, as near as may be. That expense is reduced to so much per aero ; thou tho yield is calculated, aud by the results the gain or loss is verified. There has not been any loss so far. It is not al ways possible to make every aero profit able on account of tho necessity of rota tion in crops, nnd the distribution in labor. Whether tho barrens shall bo made productive depends largely ou tho spirit ol the railroad management. It would be some years before thobnrrous would be able to produce garden stuff, aud daring that time it would bo necessary for the experimenters to keep their cuds up by the raising of such crops as are grown on tho plains and would grow on tho barrens, all being more profitable than garden trunk iu those times, aud more certain of a market, provided tho profits were not consumed by the rail, roads for freights. Tho railroads have never manifested a disposition to encour age industry in tlioso pans, because, up to wilhln a few yours, tho largo ship ments of wood gave thorn greater profits than Oould bo turned in any other way. Now there is very little wood shipped, and self interest should dictate to the railroad companies a liberal policy, A Mad'Cnso of Destitution. A shocking case of hard hearted neg lect of a poverty striokeu family te the Villinge of College Point c ,mea to light through tho death of the mother of the family. Mra. Noil was the mother of throe children,, when her husband through excessive drink reduced him self to poverty, und ho loft his ruined homo forever and his family ut tho mercy of tho wolf ol starvation, unless tho neighbors and the dispensers of public charity attended to their wants. While they woro all Suffering from hun ger, a fourth child was born to Mrs.Neil and upon her nine year old son devolved the duty of nurse. It is charged that application for relief was frequently made to tho Town.Ovorsoor of tho Poor, and ns frequently denied, beoauso an order was not obtained Irom a Justice of the Peace, and tho little boy, uow the head of the family, did not realize the nature of the refusal. The illness consequent upon childbirth aud tho want of tbo commonest necessaries of life and modioino terminated in tho woman ’ s death on Friday, Tho infont which had to depend upon its mother for subsistence, waa found to be n mere skeleton, and it was thought eould not livo many hours. The other children, too, wore much emaoiatod. Pretty much everything ol value te tho house had boon sold to sustain life before tho hour of direst want fell upon tho house hold. Now tho orphaned ohildron aro paupers on tho town. Narrow Escapes. The train which left Long Island City at 1,80 F. M. on Sunday consisted of 21- cars heavily loaded. Arriving at Fresh Fond, whore cab are ordinarily taken on from the Bushwiok branch, It was lound necessary to make two trains. One of these was started ahead, but had pro- beaded but a short dlstauoe when the on- gino gavo out. Meantime, the other tralu started, and, as 'alleged, not being flagged, oamo very near telescoping with tho irate ahead — a slight collision notu- olly ooouring, and causing considerable consternation among the passengers, nonoof whom, fortunately, wore injured.' Later lu tho afternoon there was a simi lar narrow oaoapo at Far Rookaway. When at Jamaica, two heavy trains, from Long Island City and Bushwiok, wore increased by a third from Flntbuoh avenue, Brooklyn. These followed each other to the beaob in quick succession. Before reaching Far Rookaway tbe heavy thunder storm canto on, and the atmos phere was thick with falling rain, so that it was dillleult for tho engineers to see far ahead. One of tho trains was stop ped at iho Far Rookaway station, and the following tr^n-wos flagged, but the fl-igrinan, It appears, was not seen. The consequence was that tho second round ed tho curve near the station nt good peed, and - ml a 1 oi tivu wu vil ’ oi - nbo.! 1 More About the Kelseys. The Kelsey family of Huntington, which became notoriouB some time ago throngh the outrage of tarring and feath ering ono of its members — Charles G- Kolsey — is about to become involved in litigation'over the fotriily estate , Mrs. Charlotte Mott, nee Kelsey, has served a complaint against the other fleiro of the- unfortunate Charles G. Kelsey, in-a suit for a partition of his real estate. It is claimed that Charles G. Kelsey died in testate on Nov. 4,1872, being unmarri ed, and leaving as bis heirs his brothers Henry F., George ond William 8., and his sisters Sarah W. Willetls, wife of Platt B. Willetts and the plaintiff in tho suit. Ilonry F, Kelsey was appointed Administrator of his dead brother ’ s ef fects. Tho plaintiff claims the latter was, at the time of his death, indebted to her in tbe sum of $200, borrowed mon ey. Since tho disappearance of Charles a portion of his property had been sold for about $3,800, from which the plain tiff claims to have derived no benefit, al though entitled to one-fourth of that sum, as well as a proportionate share of the property remaining unsold. In an ■ swor to tbe oonspiniat thodefendantsal-.. lege that Charles died possessed'of po personal property, but, ou tho contrarr, was considerably iu debt, and that tho real estate sold was disposed of to liqui date a portion of his indebtedness. There still remains unpaid, it is said, a debt of his amounting to several bund - red dollars. Having' no proof that tbo deceased owed Charlotte $200, the de fendants deny tho statom ent that he did .but they request the Court to instruct tho Reforoo to decide upi n the claimsyet outstanding against tho ortf-ate of Charles. Tbo same plaintiff has Brought a suit against William 8. Kolse y for the sum of $1,443. The claim is a remarkable one, -being ‘ Tor 12 years ’ sarvioe at washing, cooking, and general household work, ” To this claim the dc/ sndant interposes a general claim of sen ice in providing fu el, food, medical attendance, &o,, devol ving upon him, ns :inalo member of the tamily, for tho com mon welfare of the family. Besides thi s ho claims that tho services of tho plain dff were of a very in ferior oharao.tor, am i were performed as a member of tho family, without stipu lation as to her wag es. After tho death of Charles Kelsey, the father of both plaintiff and defendants, the heirs volun tarily agreed to nurrendcr to William about 100 acres of land, foolnding the homestead, and they severally signed a quit-oloim deed to that effect. The re mainder of the property was equally di vided among tho other heirs, with the exception of Goprgit, who was supposed to bo dead, end Cb irlotte, who was not believed to bo oapa ->lo of caring for her self. William, ho vever, agreed to pay Charlotte $400 te on .1), and to provide a homo nn(],m(:dicnl at.ei.danco for her dur ing her life. Ho claim; that ho was rea dy to pny tho stip.ulatt d sum of money, but it was not called frr uutil recently, and ho was not then, s ad is not now, in clined to pny it until other matters in dispute were settled. Both suits will probably bo tried at tb a next term of the Circuit Court at River! lead. A W ord op C amion — The excessive beat for the past til ree weeks lias given rise to thunder stor.as of terrible sevori- ity in different par-j of the State, in two of these storms Ufa was lost by taking refuge uuder trees. Nature and science have done their best to demonstrate that the person who iu a thunder storm takes shelter under a tree (Iocs exactly the most dangerous thing possible, but the innate foolhardiness of human beings seems to triumph ia this matter over reason and experience. Death of King I ’ haraoli. David Pharaoh, King of tho remnant of the tribe of Montank Indians, died in Montauk on Thursday last. His body was buried at the expense of the town of Ensthampton, the eastern extremity of which is Montauk. The Indians, now largely, mixed with African Blood, hold a right of occupancy on the promontory which Judge Dykman has decided must bo looked upon os an incumbrance. King David was the son of Eleazer and Aurel ia Pharaoh. King* Eleazer died some five or six years ago, and the title, in stead of falling to his son by right of pri mogeniture was conferred upon him by election, this being the manner otseleot- The Queens County Glorious mot at Qian Cove last week, when tho Rev. J. C. Middleton, D. D., Warden ol tho Ca thedral Schools, Garden City, and rec tor of St. Paul ’ s Ohnroli, Glen Cove, read a very able and instructive essay upon Prayers for tho dead. Tho next meeting, will bo bold at Huntington when a paper- upon the best methods ot sermon writ ing will be read by tho Rev. W. A. Mat- son. _ Two ohildron of Mr. Sbapter of Hemp stead, and two others, aged respectively 7, 9, 11 and 13 started on Monday to take a walk. They wandered along all tho way to Eldord ’ n Grove, Rookaway Boaob, eight miles. Not returning at night Mr. Sealy started with a wagon to look for them. Ho found them on the roadside at Valley Stream, footsore and weary, two of them 1 ' asleep. They had walked over fifteen miles. Sir. Eli jali Abrams of Greenvale, while at work te a field ou tho 7th test,, waa stung by a bee. He was soon after wards seized with vomiting aud purging- and so continued uutil tbo 12th when ho died. Dr. Baisely, who attended him pronounced it a ease of hy ornio, or blood poisoning. ______ A total eclipse of the aqu will occur on-Monday, July 29th, and will bo visi ble as a partial eolipse in this latitude. Hero the eolipse will oommenoo at 10.15. a. m., aud end at 5.51 p. m. The mid dle ot the transit will be at four minutes past two. Rev. J. Bryant Smith, a Presbyterian minister, formerly preaching at North- port, is dead. Ho graduated at N. Y. Uuiversity iu 1860 and studied theology til Union Seminary. TWa is the fourth death in Nassau. Presbytery in iouryoare Dr. Sprague and Roys. Hoover and Sohmoll being tho other throe. A cistern te Mr. Wm. Durland ’ a jr ., yard, Jamaica, caved in ou Sunday priysrto rewdmfoo to dote an.estate. toft Hi ,1 u Wtoi - Or to Uzo \ . Queen Aurelia was found dead on the floor of her cabin something less than two years ago, David married early a daugh ter of William Fowler, another Indian of the tribe, and the union rosuUed'in num erous offspring, the oldest of which is ‘ about 21. David was only 40 years of age, though old and decrepit in appear ance. Lost spring he tottered into the cyurt room at Riverhead and gavo testi-' iSOfiy Before Judge Dykmamhr the Mon-. tank partition suit. His shattered con stitution and early death were, no doubt, the result of those vices which are so common with tho aborigines. His last djsease, however, was pulmonary eon- sumption. Ou the Saturday previous to ins death ho was in Sag Harbor, and lay for hours in tho body of an open wagon, nnable to jnpyo from it without help. He expressed a desire to see the village again before he died. Tho same eve ning ho was carried to Montank, ' thirty miles distant, and never came off again. His funeral was attended by his immed iate family nnd a few whites.' In stature the late King was rather short. His fea tures were well marked, though not so strikingly Indian as those of his half- brother, Stephen Pharaoh, on whom the title ol King will probably descend. Da vid claimed to bo tbo only foil-blooded Mohawk-.-- He was fairly intelligent and proud of bis royal extraction, but shift less in his habits. Stephen, the probn- bie sflcoeBsor in the line, is said not to be entirely fall-blooded. Ho is, however, commanding in stature, reserved and dignified. He was a soldlor in tho army of tho Union, and possesses much endur ance. He is remarkable as a pcdcstri Two Yonng Girls Drowned. On Tuesday afternoon Mary McCoy, aged 12, and Lizzie Sweeney, aged 15, of Miueola, while gathering pond lillies in a millpond near Great Neck, waded out beyond their depth, and before ns sistanco could reach them woro drowned. Their bodies were recovered Wodues day. . ______ A oar load of col. s arrived nt Mip last week for Mr. Lorillard. Ho pur cbnsod thorn in Kentucky, and paid from $1,000 to $2,000 each. A colored camp meeting will bo hold nt St. Renan ’ s Well, Flushing, commenc ing on Thursday, Aug. 1st, and closing ou Sunday, 18(h. Christ Church, West Islip, havo deci ded to call Rev. ; John Milton Stevens, late of Garden City, to become pastor of that church. “ Home Again, ” AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF (2 11 OCXS HI e S DRV ROODS, HOTIOHS, HARDWARE, HATS AND CAPS. Moots and Shoes, ' ' ■ - ‘ H CROCKERY, .GLASSWARE,. &c., &c. IT “ UK BOTTOr Very Respectfully Youra, Valentine Downing. Roslyn, June 2Clh, 1878. During tho thunder storm on Sunday last, two cows belonging to Martin Hooker, Jamaica, were struck and kill ed. . • _______ ^ J . l '. ' Hon. John A. Lott, well known to the people of this county, died at his resi dence in Fiatbnsh, on Saturday morning last. - SPECIAL NOTICES. 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