Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], June 20, 1903, SECOND EDITION, Page 2, Image 2

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SOUTH RIVER WOULD
I OWN LIGHTING PLANT.
Councilmen of that Town Favor
Municipal Ownership? Ordinance
Passed First Reading
Skrath River has taken the lead in
Hebe State for installing a municipal
/ lighting plant. Councilman Watts
introduced an ordinance Thursday
night, whioh, if adopted, will enable
the borough to construct a plant, con
sisting of poles, wires, lamps, trans
formers, fixtures and all things neces
sary for the distribution of electrio
light, ezoept engines, boilers, gener
ators and snoh other machinery as are
needed for the actnal generation of
electirc light current.
The ordinanoe gives the borongh the
power to distribute electricity for
public and private use. Incandescent
and arc lights will be constructed and
the bofoagh or council will have
power to enter into a contract for the
o^f?ent.
The council has power to designate
the streets upon which the wires are
tp be strung and the work will be
done in sections, as the funds at dis
posal shall warrant.
The ordinanoe was passed npon two
readings and laid^over until the next
regular meeting, * Jnly 2, for final
passage.
MR. MUNDY'S FURNERAL
The funeral of George C. Mundy,
who died at' his home in Bon ham town
yesterday morning, will be held Mon
day afternoon at 2. 80 in the Presby
terian church in Metnohen. Mr.
Mnndy had been complaining for sev
eral weeks past and he died while sit
ting in his chair. Interment will take
plaoe in the family plot in the Presby
terian cemetery.
J. D. Shepperd, J. Poknfsky, ,'Miss
Frida Matz, Chris Madsen, Ned Jay
oox, Pierre Hamel, Henry Hemmerle,
128 Gordon street, no name, N. N.
Sayis, William M. Bois, Mrs. John
Woerth, Joseph Zeska, Imre Guysral
Andro Vasil Pochvatila, Gondera
Matns, Captain Eetchnm, Capt. Fill
more N as ton, Oravski Trolis, Frira
Targos, Symko Komanow, Franz Rab
i Parstorik, Molnar
iUans.-MroniBtaw Korcoka, Wojcicok
? rirzyski, Friszteletel Kovacs, Salwas
tro Bornatomioz, Jan Georzi, Perigyi
Itsvanak, Jnlins Pettegrini, Stif Bol
ine, Lima Tokar, O. Henriksen, John
Owens, Stanislaw Majerewski.
Children in Peril.
Some of the most anxious hours of a
mother's life are those when the little
ones have the croup. Foley's Honey
and Tar is a safe and effective remedy
that never fails. "My boy would have
died from membraneous oroup if it had
not been for Foley's Honey and Tar,"
waites C. W. Lynoh of Winchester, Ind.
Sexton's Pharmacy 70 Smith 8t.
Advertised Letters.
Mszcribmik, Yan
I REAL ESTATE
ADVERTISING.
k Modern House.
Bight rooms. All improvements
large lot, on Rector Street for sale
at a bargain.
THE BISHOP COMPANY
122. aHlXM STREET
kwo.MK,.y.
If ypn are iHtcia?tfed, in good property
loir oo>t, o?U oi(Vb. I
We b?Ve Komi .iikie lots on William
street for Kale cheap.
Spynton Brothers.
AmJjoy '
Realty and Construction
Company.
A gopd business property for sale on
Smith Street, house nearly new, Store
20x44 feet, 10 large rooms, a decided
bargain, terras reasonable.
Post Offlpe Building.
U8T THINK OF IT T
A House and Lot ina desirable
part pf the City for $900. En
quire R., care of Perth Amboy
Evening News.
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GRJEISEX & DAHL,
Masons and Builders,
Boom 14 Schener Building.
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.ESTIMATES ITU RNI8IIED.
Open" Kvenlnurs 7 to IO.
SOUTH AMBOY
Continued from page 5.
PARTY OF P0LANDER8.
Quite a party of Polanders came to
this borough by train, 2.33 Central,
Wednesday and boarded a trolley oar
for Sayreville, where, it is said, they
were to be married The bride to be
was dressed in white silk, with veil
and wreath of flowers on her head.
There were six young ladies all in
white, one in white silk. All had
flowers on their heads and the six men
who aooompanied th em wore flower
boatonnieres in their Jooats. Thoy had
several musicians, with them.
STRAYED AWAY.
Three little boys living on Broad
way, two brothers named Taylor and
Robbie , who wore told not to go
away from the house, stravod away
and when found, were about pushing
off a boat that leaked badly, lying
near the borough dock preparatory to
getting into it and bound for a trip to
Soa Broezo across the bay. They were
found jus tin time probably, to save
them from a^ water grave.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. Will Moore, of Catherine
street, who, it was though was con
valescent, is again very ill. Dr. E.
E. Haines is attending her.
The public schools closed Thursday.
The examinations ended 'on [Monday.
A largo number of scholars were pro
moted.
Miss Nellie Thomas, of Second
street, was at the State Normal school
at Trenton, Thursday to be present at
the graduating exercises. Miss Nellie
will not be graduated until a year
from now, but there are two graduates
from this borough, as stated before.
The members of Sterling Temple
No. 13, L. G. E. , are requested to be
present at next meeting on June 20th.
Important business is to be transacted.
Postmaster B. Roddy visited Rut
gers College at New Brunswick, Tues
day and enjoyed the Class Day exer
cises and the essays of the Juniors
very much. It was really a literary
feast for Mr. Roddy and it goes witn
out saying that the affair was one of
the timesj[of his life, his busy, useful
life, for there are few men who can
boast of the useful life that Mr.
Roddy has led.
Miss Stella Havens is expected to
return home from the Perth Amboy
hospital today, but will not walk on
the foot that has been operated on.
Mrs. Thompson, who was so very
ill when living out on Pine avenue,
The Heights, and was taken over to
her daughters, Mrs. Charles DeWorth,
of Perth Amboy, is still very ill and
bat' just able to walk across the floor
with great difficulty. She writes that
Rev. H. M. P. Pearse, of Christ
church, of which she was a member,
has been over to visit her. Mrs.
Thompson is a member of the Eagles
in this borough.
The merchants say that the gas
lights have been very poor for the
past week. On Tuesday night they
were almost as bad if not worse than
oil lamps.
Some of the electrio lights were out
again Thursday night.
Mrs. Willis Fisher was a New York
visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Hunt has been getting in some
very pretty hydrangeas. Cut flowers,
especially pinks, are very high just
now.
Quantities of sand has been shovel
led up and removed from the around
around the turn of the trolley tracks
oorner Broadway and Borduntown
avenue, washed there by the late rain.
Cannot something be done in stormy
weather towards keeping our stieet
crossings free of mud? They ought,
it would seem, to be washed clean
considering all the rain we have had
of late, but instead of that pedestrians
feet sink deep into the oozy mass at
every step.
Miss Olive Dunham, of Browntown,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Walter
Mundy, of Broadway, was a New
Brunswiok visitor Thursday. Mrs.
Walter Mundy's health shows signs of
improvement.
Mr. Robert Higtcins, of Browntown,
was a borough visitor Wednesday
evening.
Mr." Walter Mundy has a position in
the Hadassah. ,
FOR SALE? Horse, Wagon and Bot
tling Route at' low price, Inquire 85
First St. South Amboy.
1970-6-20-st.
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WE are Prepared to Make Installment Payments to i
BORROWERS OR PARTIES BUILDING. '
File Plane, Specifications, Bids and receive all information.
Contractors Pleade Note,
Citizens' Building and Loan Association,
194 HIGH STREET.
A Physician Healed.
Dr. Geo. Ewing, a practicing physi
cian of Smith's Grove, Ky.. for over thir
ty years, writes his personal experience
with Foley's Kidney cure: "For years I
had been greatly bothered with kidney
and bladder trouble and enlarged pros
tate gland. I used everything known to
the brofession without relief, until I com
menced to use Foley's kidney Cure. Af
ter taking thiee bottles I was entirely
relieved and cured. I prescribe it now
daily in my practice and heartily recom
mend Its use to all physicians for such
troubles. I have prencribed it in hun
dreds of cases with perfect, success. Bex
ton's Pharmacy 70 Smith Sf.
Lost anything: A cent-a-word ad.
in the Evening News will find it for
you.
ROOMS WITH
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33 SMITH STREET
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1 Our Candies are the Best and 1 1
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1 P. SANTORO,
NerwmYorkof 105 Smith street.
Ladies' and Gentlemen's
j tailor]
We have ju.st opened a first-class tail
oring establishment Tor ladies and gentle
men at the above address. Tho public is
invited to call and inspect our stock.
Repairing and Cleaning a Specialty.
Honest Goods. Low Pi ices, aud Perfect
Fit Guaranteed.
Summer lake
CHAMPLAIN and
Homes in TBE GBEEN
Vermont mountains
Illustrated Book with complete list
of Hotels and Boarding Houses.
Board $4.00 per week and upward.
Mailed for 4c. postage.
Improved Service? Parlor and
Sleeping Cars between Grand
Central Station, New York, and
Vermont without change.
A. W. ECCLESTONE, S. P. A.,
C. V. Ry? 385 Broadway, N. Y.
THE RIGHT PLAGE
TO BUY
Lawn Mowers
Rubber Hose
Garden Tools
Refrigerators
Wire Cloth
Elizabeth Hari hare Go
158 SMITH STREET
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Return* From Krln, In VircMi-tl.
CATSKILL, N. Y.. June 20.-Bern:ird
Smythe. who liroko jail hero in Decem
ber, was returned to his cell, having
been arrestt>d at his hoi(n> in Brooklyn
on his return from a trip to Irelnnd.
Smythe assaulted .his employer, V/il
liam Friend, a farmer of Stanton Hill.
Before making hta escape Smythe lib
erated a prisoner, Robert Burns, who
in October attempted to shoot down,
Peter Welsh, a Catskill merchant.
Burns is still at large.
Conlil Not Get In Font Clnim.
NKW YORK, June 20.? Coming to
tlio wire heads apart. Lady Uneas,
Blurs and Astarita finished in the or
ider named in the Coney Island handi
cap at Sheepshead Ray. Blues was
thrown on the* fence and had his side
b:.d!y bruised, and Hoar, his rider, liad
hi.i leg hurt. Before Hoar could as
cend the steps leading to the stewards'
stand to claim a ?.~>ul the red board an
j nouncing everything to be all right
' was run up.
It will pay you to go up to SOMEAVIILE when you want a
WAGON OF ANY KIND
and see the immense stock of
Ballantine & Van Fleet Carriage Manufacturing Company
BEFORE YQtJ BUY.
Charles Geer, our representative, will call and see you, if you drop a postal as a line.
* THE LARGEST AND BEST STOCK IN THE STATE TO SELECT FROM.
Keep Cool in Hot Weather
j
Residence Telephone Service adds
more to comfortable living in hot
weather than any other one thing.
The New York and New Jersey Telephone Co
100 Market Street , Newark, N. J,
55 SMITH STREET, PERTH AMBOY, N. J .
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COLDS THAT HANG ON
So frequently settle on the lungs and result in Pneumonia or Consumption. Do not take chances on a cold wearing
away or take something that only half cures it, leaving the seeds of serious throat and lung trouble.
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR
Cures Coughs and Colds quickly and prevents
Pneumonia and Consumption I
ftnueiiMPTinM tudcitchcii
CONSUMPTION THREATENED
C. Unger, 211 Maple St., Champaign, 1)1., writes:
I was troubled with a hacking cough for a year and
I thought I had consumption. I tried n great many
It cured me, and I have not
>ed b
remedies and I was under the care of physicians for
several months. I used one bottle of FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR.
been troubled since."
HAD BRONCHITIS FOR TWENTY YEARS
AND THOUSHT HE WAS INOURAN^|
Henry Livingstone, Babylon, N. Y., / 1
had been a sufferer with Bronchitis for r/
and tried a great many with poor results
FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR whjjf
my Bronchitis which I suppos
THREE SIZES, 25c> 50c and $1.00- Refuse
?^?KIBSOLD m RECOMMENDED BY
Sexton's Pharmacy, 70-72 Smith SI
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