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Babylon Local RecordlUtbi/fOil -Township erected in 1872; 1ms a bay and ocean front of 7 miles; soil heavy loam,thoroughly umlerdrained and free from malaria; pop. n.JiVi. Village of Babylon, a summer resort. I’. ().. K’y, Telegraph ami Telephone station on (treat South Huy.35 m. i;.o! B'klyr; pop. J.T’/J. Street It. It. and Kern to l’ire Island.UcYi.Fi:’# Choice Con focLionay at the•• Prick Drug Store on the Corner. T. C.I'h u-ln-r. soel uLOMit.Thk New York World of Friday last contains a lengthy article charging Sethllutibard, keeper of Fire Island Light, with neglect of duty, oflensivo partizau-ship, and having received goods stolen \ Irotti the Oregon. '\ lie article contains ( statements purporting to have been made ,bv well-known residents of Bab\lon—* ^among others being James B. Cooper. Mr. C. informs us that the article, -4o far as his statement is concerned, is very in- ^ correct, lie did notice that for about an hour one night last summer the light was invisible*, but as there was a fogat the lime attributed his failure to see the beacon to that cause. He could see tne light at the Government House and the Oak Island Club House, but as those buildings are comparatively near Mr. Cooper's cottage, it is not surprising that lie should see their lights, though that in the tower ot the light house could not he obervelt;l. Mr. Cooper is not the man to do mpi-tice to anyone, whether an official or a private citizen, and in his conversation witli ilie reporter did not say a word relative to the management of the light house. T he statements of George Sticknevand George Jayne, former members of the Fite Island Life Crew ; Sherman Pearsall, recently Second Assistant Kcvperof the Light ; and Leonard C. Pel-lit arc made under oath, and must be correct. But in justice to Mr. Hubbard we would say that we were previously unaware that he was even suspected ot being j neglectful of duty. If the statements (made are correct —and as the majority are made under oath they cannot be doubted— tt.cre is eeitainly cause lor invest»ga- 1 lion; hut so far n* Mr. Cooper’s statement L concerned the reporter drew largely on his imagination. Furthermore it s possible that on those nights when ' the light is said to have buen dim the 1 fault may have been due to no negligence I on the part of Mr. Hubbard, but to some defect in the machinery wholly beyond his power to remedy, or the light may 1 have been obscured by atmospherical condition--. Mr. Hubbard has not yet been heard in defense, and until he has been heard it is unjust to judge his case. So far as receiving goods from the steamer Oregon is concerned, we indue to thebelief that Mr. Hubbard was guiltless ofany wrong intent. The divers gave manypersons articles from the steamer, which were prized as souvenirs rather than for their intrinsic value. They were, we are told, received by the parties—Mr. Hub-hard among the number - not as a bribe or a reward, but as a gift freely made. Possibly they were, in accepting the gifts,technically guilty of wrong-doing, but so far as the intent is concerned we believe them innocent. Until the matters have been fully investigated a suspension of public judgment seems in order. Since writing the above we learn that Mr. Hub-hard h.rwarded his resignation to Washington on October 15, and is now waiting lor the appointment of his successor.
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Babylon South Side Signal
Babylon, New York, US
Sat, Oct 30, 1886
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