The County of Nassau is composed of the towns of Oyster Bay, North Hempstead &nd that part of the town of Hempstead not in Queens Borough. The act creating the new county passed the Assembly on March 24, 1898, and was signed by the Governor on April 28 following. It was the outgrowth immediately of the new conditions caused by the creation of Greater New York and the consolidation of the western towns with the metropolis. The new county is sixteen miles in width from the eastern boundary of the borough of Queens to the western boundary of the County of Suffolk, and twenty-two miles in length from Long Island Sound to the ocean. It had, in 1892, a population of 42,613-twenty-two counties in the state at that time had less. It has an assessed valuation of about $25,000,000. It has the following villages: Hempstead, with a population of 5,000; Glen Cove, 4,000; Freeport, 2,500; Rockville Center, 2,000; Oyster Bay, 2,000; Hicksville, 1,500; Lynbrook, 1,000; Port Washington, 1,250; Garden City, 800; Sea Cliff, 1,300; Roslyn, 1,300; Farmingdale, 1,100, and Manhasset, 800. It has about 70 public school buildings, costing, some of them, from $25,000 to $60,000. It has also the splendid parochial schools of St. Paul's and St. Mary's, at Garden City, costing near $500,000. It also contains 91 churches, including the magnificent Garden City Cathedral. It has two fine libraries, cathedral and school, at Garden City, of 5.000 volumes each; public libraries at Hempstea, Great Neck, Massapequa, Oyster Bay, Rockville Center, Roslyn, Sea Cliff, and school lbraries accessible to the public connected with nearly all of the schools. In contains several fine harbors, including Cold Spring, Oyster Bay, Hempstead Bay and Little Neck Harbor, and a number of navigable streams and bays on the south side of the towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay. It has about 200 miles of fine new macadamized roads, completed January 1, 1899. Over two and a half millions of dollars have been expended on the construction of these highways. The grounds and buildings of the Queens County Agricultural Society, upon 148 June 16, 97 410 Nov. 4, 97 which a hundred thousand dollars have been expended, are located at Mineola, in the new county. The government of the county, officials of which were elected November 8, 1898, consists of a County Judge and Surrogate, the two offices united, at a salary of $3,000; a District Attorney. Sheriff and County Treasurer, $2,500 each; County Clerk, $3,000, and a Superintendent of the Poor, salary $1,500 per year. The present officials of Queens County, living in Nassau County, w serve out their terms. All searches as to titles of property in Nassau County will after January 1 have to be made in the County Clerk's office of both counties. Legislative Bodies of Europe. Here are the names of some of the law-making bodies of Europe: The Reichsrath, Austria. Bureau des Affaires Tunisiennes, Tunis. Reichesrathe, Bavaria. Staatsministerlum, Brunswick. Diet, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Herren Haus and Abeordnetenhaus, Prussia, Senato and Camera Di Deputati, Italy. Statesgeneral, Netherlands. Volksraad, Orange Free State. Cortes Constituentes, Spain. Standrath and Nationlrath, Switzerland. LONG ISLAND CHURCHES. NASSAU COUNTY. (Fer enurches in Brooklyn and Queens, see New York City churches.) Baptist. Freeport, Rev. E. M. Jones. Oyster Bay, Rev. C. S. Wrightman. Valley Stream, Rev. Herbert E. Ryder. Congregational. Wantagh, Charles F. Wood. Lutheran. Foster's Meadows, St. Boniface (German), Rev. Joseph Hauber. Glen Cove, St. Patrick's, Rev. Bernard O'Reilly. Great Neck, St. Aloysius', Rev. Edward Smith. Hempstead, Our Lady of Loretto, Rev. Wm. B. Farrell. Hicksville, St. Ignatius, Rev. Lawrence Fuchs. Hewletts (Woodsburgh), St. Joseph's, attended from Cedarhurst. Hyde Park, attended from Westbury, Manhasset, St. Mary's, attended from Roslyn. Oyster Bay, St. Dominick's, Rev. John L. Belford. Queens, F. W. Dotzauer. Rockville Centre, St. Agnes', Rev. Patrick M. Fitzgerald. Roslyn, St. Mary's, Rev. Nicholas Doran. Westbury, St. Bridget's, Rev. Herbert F. Far Congregational. Aquebogue, Rev. A. A. Robertson. Patchogue, Rev. Charles N. Gleason. Greenport. Rev. Karl O. Salzmann. Methodist Episcopal. Amityville, 1st Church, Rev. H. B. Munson. Bayport and Blue Point, Rev. James Robinson. Central Islip and Hauppauge, Rev. Fred Gunton. LONG ISLAND CHURCHES-Continued. Coram and Middle Island, supply. Easthampton, Rev. James T. Leggett. East Quogue, Rev. B. F. Reeve, supply. Huntington, Rev. Frank Walter. Islip, Rev. Edward Cunningham. Lake Grove and St. James, Rev. M. S. Poulson. Mattituck and Jamesport, Rev. Julius Nelson. Orient, Rev. David McMullen. Hand. Sag Harbor, Rev. Jos. Baird. Amityville, A. M. E., Rev. J. Shepard. Zion, vacant. Bellport, Christ Mission; summer services only. Bohemia, St. John's-on-the-Plains; Rev. John H. Prescott. Brentwood, Rev. Henry A. Dexter. Brookhaven, St. James'; lay reader, L. E. Witherspoon-Morony. Central Islip, Messiah; Rev. Henry A. Dexter. Centre Moriches, St. John's; lay reader, L. G. Witherspoon-Morony. Easthampton, St. Luke's; Rev. Charles H. Gardi ner. Fisher's Island, St. John's (open summers). Greenport, Holy Trinity; Ven. Robert Weeks. Huntington, St. Andrew's-at-the-Harbor; James F. Aitken. Rev. Huntington, St. John's; Rev. James F. Aitken. Islip, Emmanuel; Rev. Thomas S. Pycott. Islip, St. Mark's; Rev. R. L. Brydges. Mattituck, Redeemer; Rev. Geo. W. West. Northport, Trinity; Rev. W. Holden. Patchogue, St. Paul's; Rev. Jas. W. Diggles. Port Jefferson, Christ; Rev. Wm. G. Webb. Quogue, Atonement (open summers). Riverhead, Grace Church; Rev. George W. West. Ronkonkoma, St. Mary's; Rev. Henry A. Dexter. Sag Harbor, Christ's; Rev. G. T. Lewis. Sayville, St. Ann's; Rev. John H. Prescott. Setauket, Caroline; Rev. D. Marvin. Shelter Island, St. Mary's; Rev. Charles H. Gardiner. Smithtown, St. James'; Rev. J. Q. Archdeacon. Stony Brook, St. James' Chapel; Rev. J. Q. Greenport, A. M. E. Zion, Rev. L. D. Will- Archdeacon. Amagansett, Rev. James B. Finch. Huntington, First, Rev. Samuel T. Carter. Middletown, Rev. James Bassett. Mattituck, Rev. Charles E. Craven. Melville, Rev. Philip A. Schwarz. Moriches, Rev. Clarence Geddes. Northport, Rev. Charles G. Ellis. Port Jefferson, Rev. Thomas R. G. Peck. Shelter Island, Rev. Jacob E. Mallmann. South Haven, Rev. Frederick V. Frisbie. Southampton, Rev. Richard S. Campbell. Westhampton. Rev. Egbert C. Lawrence, Ph. D. Protestant Episcopal. Archdeacon Ven. Robert Weeks, Riverhead. Amityville, St. Mary's; Rev. Herbert J. Glover. Babylon Chapel, Rev. George D. Sparks. Bay Shore, St. Peter's-by-the-Sea; Rev. John Stevenson. Southampton, St. Andrew's-on-the-Dunes; open in summer only. West Islip, Christ; Rev. George D. Sparks. Yaphank, St. Andrew's; lay reader, Geo. G. Ballard, jr. Sayville, Rev. West Sayville. Reformed. East Islip, St. Mary's; Rev. C. A. Duffy. Greenport, St. Agnes'; Rev. Patrick Farrelly. Huntington, St. Patrick's; Rev. John C. York. Kings Park, St. Joseph's; Rev. J. A. Bennett. Lindenhurst, Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Rev. John Koeberle. Mattituck and neighboring stations, attended from Southold. Moriches, St. Mary's; attended from Brooklyn during summer. North Amityville, St. Martin's: attended by Benedictine Fathers from Farmingdale. Northport, St. Phillip Neri's, Rev. M. Fitzgerald. Orient and Shelter Island, attended from Greenport. Patchogue, St. Francis de Sales; Rev. James J. Cronin. Quogue, Immaculate Conception; attended from Riverhead. Ronkonkoma, St. Joseph's; attended from Say ville. Riverhead, St. John's; Rev. P. Creighton. Sag Harbor, St. Andrew's and Chapel Sacre Coeur de Marie Vierge; Rev. Michael H. Carey. Sayville, St. Lawrence's; Rev. Thomas S. Duhigg. Setauket, St. James'; attended from Kings Park. Smithtown, St. Patrick's; attended from Kings Park. Southold, St. Patrick's: Rev. Myles O'Reilly. Southampton, Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary. Rev. Wm. S. Kirby. Yaphank, attended from Riverhead. Universalist. Huntington, vacant. Southold, Rev. B. D. Bowin. For Queens County Officials, see chapter on New York City Government. Southampton. Patchogue. Fisher's Island. Patchogue Riverhead. OFFICERS OF LONG ISLAND INCORPORATED VILLAGES. Village. Amityville. Babylon. Freeport.. Greenport Hempstead. Lawrence Northport Patchogue. Samuel P. Hildreth. Henry De Languillette.. John Kortright. Edward Thompson.. John W. Olmsted Rockville Centre Edwin D. Seabury... George W. Rorar. Stephen J. Wilson.. Treasurer. Willis B. Inglee. Henry C. Smith. Eugene Velsor, Amityville Joshua H. Smalling, Babylon. SUFFOLK COUNTY TAXATION, 1897. 45,298,118 5,421,543 116,412 78 88,323 58 18,885 78 22,428 42 27,115 94 273,166 50: *Includes $160,971 railroad property, by law exempt from all taxes except for redemption of railroad bonded indebtedness. Total area of Suffolk County is 470,935}% acres. LONG ISLAND SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. Miscellaneous. Bayport Road Company-Joseph H. Stoppani, Pres.; M. J. McMath, Sec.; Regis H. Post, Treas. Bay Shore Village Improvement Society-Wm. A. Hulse, Pres.; W. R. Jones, Sec. Blue Point Mutual Benefit Ass'n.-Byron Moger, Pres.; John Dommett, Sec.; John F. Danes, Treas. Breslau Cornet Band-Located at Lindenhurst. George Torns, Pres.; Arthur Parthe, Sec.; Hugo Waldan, Treas.; Fred Torns, Jr., Leader. Bridgehampton Treas. Board of Managers composed of one from each of the six former towns of Queens County. Mattituck Literary Society.-Charles W. Wickham, Pres.; Mrs Geo. T. Bergen, Sec. and Treas. Mattituck Temperance Society.-Henry J. Reeve, Pres.; A. C. Penny, Sec.; John G. Reeve, Treas. Middleroad Farmers' Club.-P. O. Address, Riverhead. H. J. Howell, Pres.; J. R. McCabe, Sec.; E. B. Fanning, Treas. Millburn Literary Society-Annie E. Hamilton, Evergreen Cemetery Ass'n-Pres.; Olive B. Schuman, Sec. Stephen Hedges, Pres.; Elisha O. Hedges, Sec. and Treas. Bridgehampton Ladies' Benevolent Society-Mrs. Henry Halsey, Mrs. Worth and Miss Belle Hildreth, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. Frank Halsey, Sec. and Treas. Bridgehampton Village Improvement Society-G. F. Hallock, Pres.; F. A. Burling, Sec.; Mrs. E. C. Hedges, Treas. Cutchogue Pequash Recreation Club-Wm. A. Fleet, Pres.; J. C. Albertson, Sec.; Geo. B. Corey, Treas. Easthampton Women's Improvement SocietyMrs. Wm. O. Hedges, Pres.; Mrs. D. W. Talmage, Sec.; Miss Ella Osborne, Treas. East Moriches Mount Pleasant Cemetery Ass'nJohn S. Havens, Pres.; J. S. Raynor, Sec.; Ellison Bishop, Treas. Northport Literary and Library Union-R. A. North Side Teachers' Association-John Roe, Orient Literary Society James H. Young, Pres.; Oyster Bay Town Historical Society-Wilmot T. Cox, Mill Neck, Pres.; George W. Cocks, Sec, and Historian, Glen Cove; John B. C. Tappan, Glen Cove, Treas. Oyster Bay Women's Club Miss Sara C. Frye, East Quogue Village Improvement Ass'n-Mrs. Glen Cove Library Lyceum-Paul H. Grimms, Glen Cove St. Paul's Club.-Benj. F. Heley, Pres.; Corbin Wheeler, Sec. Great Neck League.-Org. 1892: Silas McBee, Pres.; Robert A. Ellard, Sec., Great Neck. Great Neck Village Improvement Society.Moses R. Schenck, Pres.; J. B. Van Der Ven, Vice-Pres.; Alfred Wilde, Sec.; Elbert J. Schenck, Treas. Greenport Lecture Ass'n.-Rev. W. S. Morgan, Pres. and Cor. Sec.; G. C. Adams, Treas. Greenport Literary Society.-John F. Booth, Pres.; Miss Mary B. Skinner, Sec.; F. B. Corey, Treas.; Dr. A. C. Soper, Editor. Greenport Philharmonic Society.-Wilbur Hammond, Pres.; Robert W. Hawkins, Sec.; S. Forest Preston, Treas.; Adolph Johnsen, Musical Di rector. Greenport Sterling Cemetery Ass'n.-Aaron Benefit Hempstead Volunteer Firemen's Ass'n.-George Wallace, Freeport, Pres.; R. B. Rope, Baldwins, Sec.; Hiram R. Smith, Rockville Centre, Treas. Hicksville Mutual Benefit Ass'n.-Henry Graf, Pres.; Frank Reinhard, Sr., Sec.; Andreas Ruger, Treas. Hicksville Saengerbund-Dr. E. G. Huntington Musical Culture Club.-Mrs. Clinton V. Barnes, Sec. Islip Sterling Club.-Clayton R. Grover, Pres.; Christian H. Truax, Sec.; John C. Doxsee, Treas. Islip Town Firemen's Ass'n.-W. K. Post, Bayport, Pres.; C. H. Truax, Isip. Sec. Wm. Long Island Associated Physicians.--Dr. Browning, Brooklyn, Pres.; Dr. Robert J. Morrison, Brooklyn, Sec. Long Island Chautauqua Assembly Ass'n.-Nat. W. Foster. Riverhead, Pres.: W. J. Griffin, Brooklyn, Cor. Sec.; H. S. Conklin, Patchogue, Rec. Sec.; Geo. D. Gerard, Patchogue, Treas. Long Island Farmers' Club.-R. Franklin Titus, Westbury Station, Pres.; Oliver Whitson, Old Westbury, Sec.; Garret Van Dine, Flushing, Patchogue Sorosis-Mrs. Wilmot M. Smith, Pres.; Miss M. Edith Brundage, Sec. Port Jefferson Cedar Hill Cemetery Ass'n-Simeon H. Davis, Thomas H. Saxton, William T. Hulse, Trustees. Port Jefferson Good Roads Ass'n-F. E. Raynor, Gov.; Chas. A. Squires, Sec.; E. M. Davis, Treas. Port Jefferson Ladies' Village Improvement Society-Mrs. W. P. Leek, Pres.; Mrs. H. T. Bayles, Sec Port Jefferson Women's Club-Mrs. W. W. Saxton, Pres.; Mrs. H. T. Bayles, Sec. and Treas. Queens County Bar Ass'n-John Lyon, Rockville Centre, Pres.; F. N. Smith, Long Island City, Sec.; M. D. Gould, Flushing. Treas. Queens County Mutual Assistance Assn.-Headquarters at Bellmore. George R. Williams, Pres.; John Kobin, Wantagh, Sec. Queens County Medical Society-John Ordronaux, LL.D., Roslyn, Pres.; James S. Cooley, Glen Cove, Sec. and Treas. Queens County Non-Partisan Taxpayers' Asso0iation L. N. Manley, Pres.; P. H. Scudder, Sec., Glen Head. Mitchell, Pres.; Geo. H. Brooks, Ocean Side, Sec. Riverhead Lecture Assn.-George F. Stackpole, Riverhead Town Agricultural Society-Henry L Hallock, Pres.; Sherwood E. Tuthill, Sec. and Treas.; John A. Reeve, Purchasing Agent. Riverhead Village Improvement Society-Nat. W. Foster, Pres.; George M. Vail, Sec.; J. Henry ¡ Perkins, Treas. Sag Harbor Ladies' Village Improvement Society -Mrs. Joseph Fahys, Pres.; Mrs. Herbert Nickerson, Cor. Sec.; Miss Addie Sayre, Treas. Sag Harbor Lecture Association-Francis H. Palmer, Pres.; William C. Greene, Sec. Sag Harbor Historical and Antiquarian SocietyJ. J. Harrison, Pres.; Chas. W. Payne, Sec. Sea Cliff, Clifton Park Improvement SocietyGeorge W. Cox, Pres.; Cornelius Lockwood, Sec.; George W. Collard, Treas. Seaford Young Men's Improvement Club-Freeman S. Mahan, Pres.; Coles C. Powell, Sec.; David Warring, Treas. Setauket Literary Society-Mrs. Dan. Marwin, Pres.; Miss Helen V. B. Ridgeway, See, Southampton Art Museum-Org. 1898. Samuel L Parrish, James P. Lee, Frank P. Hoffman, of New York, Trustees. Southampton Vocal Union-W. J. Post, Pres.; Miss Fannie Huntting, Sec.; Miss E. Eggleston, Treas.; Dr. E. G. Pierson, Musical Director. Southampton Temperance Society-Mrs. Eliza |