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I SOUTH AMBOY |
STILL NO TIDINGS
Trainmen Say George Liming did not Board
Jersey City Train.
The mystery deepens regarding the
disappearnuoe of George Liming. His
wife says he bade her an affectionate
good bye just before going through
the gates leading to his train, his
train was to start before the one which
she was going to take. She and her
little son George watched him as he
went along with the crowd towards
the train, he waving his hand to them
as far as they could see him. The
trainmen say he did not get on the
train at all. They would have recog
nized him had he done so. The so
cieties to which he belonged have
.Tepoited the case from one town to
another. The police have been noti
fied and hospitals searched in Phila
delphia, Jersey City and New’ York.
They have his picture also, yet not
the slightest trace have they been able
to get of him. Where he went, or
w-hat happened to him after he passed
out of sight, is a great mystery.
REAL ESTATE THE TOPIC.
There is a big Doom in real estate
in Broadway and excitement runs
high. Mr. Max Kaufmau has pur
_1_1 ^ t-» ntirl hf
that means lias t secure his store.
Others have been shaking in their
boots. At one time it was thought
that Mr. A. C. Parisen, druggist,
would be ousted and there were a few
others who might have been compelled
to move, but now it is said that a
party who lias been working hard to
build up a trade for the future, the
last two and a half years, is likely to
be compelled to move, as such a tempt
ing offer has been made for the rental
of the building that it cannot be com
peted with by the party now in pos
session.
Remarks are made on all sides, cen
sures, blame and the like are listened
to and agreed with by many, wliocau
Wot help but sympathize with those
|who are likely to be ousted. A num
per of predictions have been made for
those who have caused the trouble for
them.
The principal topic of conversation
in the stores is the boom in real estate.
Everybody seems to be inclined to be
in the swim and offers are being made
by different parties for property. It
is said that even the company houses
are being sought for and for one house
in particular there are three standing
■offers and others ready to make one.
It is said that Mrs. Mulholland is
about to sell the double house on
Broadway to Mr. William Sullivan for
$15,000. lnat is the latest.
THE COLLISION.
Editor Evening News:
Please spare me a space in a column
of your paper. At the time of the
collision we were on the northwest
side of the borough dock. It wns be
tween the hour of T.ilO and 8 o'clock.
The naptha launch was not at slow
speed becansetwhen it struck the skiff
it threw us around like a whirlwind.
The man who was’drowned was sit
ting in the boat when it was struck
and the men at the oars did all that
could be done to get the boat out of
the way. We are all sorrv for the
man who was drowned. His name
was Edward Burke and the others
with him were William Boyle, George
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O’Leary, Thomas O’Leary. Joe Fallon.
Thomas Bohan, Mike Bohan, John
O’Brien, Jerry Collins, Mike Barns.
We are willing to make the damage
right. We were not intoxicated at
the time of the accident as some of
the people said.
M. J. LEONARD. Jr.
SEVENTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY
Saturday evening, September o. there
was a happy gathering at the home of
Mrs. Catherine Weiler, on Conover
street, to celebrate the anniversary of
her 75th birthday. After spending a
few hours of merry making, social
chat and music, refreshments were
served. Among those present were
Mr. and Mrs. Ricnard Nieltopp, Sr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Nieltopp, Jr., Miss
Amelia Grohe, Miss Gertrude Niel
, Miss Elfrieda Nieltopp, Miss
icltopp, Mr. Edward Grean.y,
rk. At about 11 o’clock all.
siting her many happy
Machine Com
nes in
esday
get
MANY SAW CARNIVAL.
A great many people from this bor
ough went to New Brunswick to view
the carnival last evening. The trol
ley cars were packed all along the
route and a great many extra ones
were put on outside of this borough.
Some of the merchants say this was
a very dull pay day as far as business
was concerned.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. J. J. Scully and son, and her
mother and sister, have returned
home.
H. C. Perrine found the two young
hounds he had lost and on the same
day Mr. C. Bennett, of Swan Hill,
found a hound that he had lost some
time ago in Mechanicsville. .
They say the apple trees along the f
M. & S. trolley route are loaded with
apples.
A York, Pa., paper states that Mrs.
Edith Madden has been granted a
divorce from her husband, Thomas R.
Madden, for ill treatment. The Mad
dens were former residents of this
borough.
Mrs. Frank Petty and son have re
turned from Bradley Beach to their
home in Second street.
Miss Mae Compton, of Second street,
is spending a week at Jersey City.
Charles Stuart has leased Levy’s
store for another year, it is saul, but |
others say that Mr. Levy will not give
a scratch of the pen on paper to him
but considers his word sufficieut.
.John Jeffreys has a pool table in
place of ice cream fixtures in his ice
cream parlor back of his store on
Broadway.
The Middlesex County Sunday
school convention, to be held at Tren
ton, will be well attended by ladies
from this borough, it is said.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds and
daughters, of Second street, have gone
on a pleasure trip to Washington,
D. C.
“Now you’ve got em, and now you
haven’t,” said several of the electric
lights Wednesday evening as they
would be blazing with great brilliance
oue minute and the next minute would
disappear entirely. Some of them
went out altogether.
The John street baker has a fine
new wagon and has started a business
route through the borough with Mr.
VanCleef, who once ran a bakery in
this town, to engineer it by driving
the wagon and drumming up cus
tomers.
Again the rumor is current that cer
tain parties who once were popular
merchants here, have negotiated with
one of the store-keepers in this bor
ough. and that the said party, who
has been desirous of selling out, will
vacate the store in their favor and
that the merchants will once more
cater to the residents of this town,
for their patronage.
Mrs. P. King, of John street, has
returned home from a visit with her
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. G. Morris, of
Island Heights.
The Misses Mamie Kelly and Julia
Connell, of this borough, viewed the
carnival Monday evening from the tug
boat Pencoyd.
The bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Stults, have returned home
from their wedding trip, which they
spent amid the beauty and grandeur
nf the Delaware Water Gab. They
will remain at the bride’s parent’s
home, Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeGraw,
for the present.
Miss Maud Mackey, of Sontli River,
and Miss Emma Semmoneit.hf South
Amboy, spent Sunday with friends
at Perth Ambov.
Mrs. William D. Dayton and daugh
ter, of George street, attended the
“Fashion Show” at Madison Square
Garden last Thursday and pronounced
it exceedingly fine.
Miss Dottie Jones, of George street,
entertained Mr. Frank Ritter, of
Newark, last evening.
A load of people went, to Browntown
to attend a Harvest Home at that
place Wednesday evening, ft was
rather cold for a straw ride, some
thought.
Miss Annie Scully, of George street,
entertained Mr. Asa Dey, of Brooklyn,
Wednesday evening.
Lawyer Hommann is having a sur
vey made of “Charles Rose’s Corner’’
property on Bordentown avenue. One
of his men, a civil engineer, has been
busy out there for the past three days
and Lawyer Hommann has been there
alio. Whether the pmce has been sold
is mot known, but it was understood
thataill of Mr. Rose’s property was
for saw ■
TOTTENVILLE.
The Evening News is on sale at Ost
bnrgs’ 44 Main street,! and at John
Boss' Hotel, formerly John Kail’s
stand. Extra copies of the News and
all NewYork papers can always be se
cured.
PRESENTED GOLD BADGE.
Foresters Give Past Chief Ranger a Token
of Esteem.
At the last meeting of Court Totten
ville 413, Foresters of America, held
in the Knights of Pythias Hall, a,
handsome gold badge was presented j
by the members to Past Chief Ranger j
John O. Bo)an. The presentation was ,
made by Mr. Choen, one of the grand i
court officers.
Mr. Bohin was the organizer of the ,
Tottenville Court and is held in high ]
esteem by that bodv. The court is
now nearly one hundred strong and is
well off financially. At the last meet
ing three new candidates were added
to the roll.
WORKING ON SEWERS
The department of Sowers, of Staten
Island, will complete the placing of
all the sewers "on Amboy avenue as
for Mnin afropt hv tomorrow. Am
boy avenue has been torn up for over
a week and the people of that thor
oughfare will be pleased when all the
work is completed. The work of put
ting sewers in the different streets
will take about two mouths.
Base Ball Notes.
Tomorrow the Arbutus team and an
out of town toam will cross bats on
the Excelsior diamond at Pleasant
Plains. The game will be called at
2.510 o’clock. Eilenberg aud McMurry
are the battery for the Arbutus.
The Keystones, of Giffords, are busy
making arrangements for their coming
entertainment and will not play Satur
day
Tho Mt. Loretta team and the Cres
cents, of Perth Amboy, may cross bats
Sunday afternoon at Tottenville.
The Monarchs and a team from
Pleasant Plains, will play tomorrow
afternoon at Pleasant Plains. The
game will be called at 51 o’clock.
The Little Giants and the Juniors,
both small teams, will cross bats at 51
o’clock tomorrow afternoon at Totten
ville.
FESTIVAL TONIGHT.
From tne number of tickets already
sold the ladiesjn charge of Bethel M.
E. Sunday school festival and enter
tainment, which is to be held tonight,
can easily expect a large crowd. After
the entertainment ice cream and cake
will be tor sale.
Real Estate column page 2
SODTH AMBOY
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Dayton
and daughter were entertained by
Mrs. George Lahue, of Bordentown
avenue, near Whitliead’s dock on Mon
day evening and enjoyed the excellent
view of the carinval from her house.
Mrs. Ella Compton, as representa
tive of Sterling Temple, L. G. E. of
this borough, and Mrs. Catherine j
Disbrow, and Mrs. Sarah Compton, as j
visitors, attended the meeting of the
Grand Temple of the Ladies of the |
Golden Eagle at Trenton on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Saunders ami
son George, of Jersey City, visited
friends on Second street, Sunday.
Miss [Nellie Thomas, of Second
street, will return to Normal School
at Trenton when it opens on Tuesday
the 18th.
Mrs. Mulholland ana son were in
town Wednesday evening.
Mrs. A1 Parisen, of the Heights,
was a New York visitor Wednesday.
Bernard Roddy, of Broadway, has
been attending to the probating of the
late Thomas Bakers’ will, the past
week.
It is said that Mr. Blum will have
a candy counter, same as the city
stores, in his five and ren cent store
on Broadway.
An electrician with rubber gloves
on his hands drew dnite a crowd
around him as he fixed a lighted elec
: trie light, corner of First and Broad
way, Wednesday evoning. One of the
small boys said if the man should step
' off a box on which he was standing,
; while fixing the light, he would be
killed instantly. As th(e box was a
small one it would appear tnat the
man was running a very great risk if
i the boy was right in his oonjeoture.
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READY FOR CLAMBAKE.
Everything is now in order for the
old fashioned clambake which is to be
given in the grove at the end of Main
street, Saturday afternoon, under the
iusDices of Richmond Lodge No. 80,
Knights of Pythias. The tickets have
sold fast and a crowd will be in attend
ance. A large platform for dancing
has been erected. The danoing will
jommence at 2.30 o’clock and the bake
will be served at 5 o’clock. The fol
lowing gentlemen are on the commit
tee of arrangements: Capt. C. T.
Smith, Harry Olsen, Geo. DuBois,
Jacob Velton, Benj. Dewhurst, Wm.
J. Carpenter, Irving Slaight, Gustav
Nowak, W. D. Frerichs, A. C. Cort
right, Edward Gross. The music for
the occasion will be furnished by M.
J. Morrissey’s orchestra.
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY.
The pupils of Staten Island are get
dug ready to attend school on Mon
lay. The first to come will be the
first to be seated. Prof. Lowe, who
is in nharm of Sohnnl No t n.t Totten
rille, will try to seat all the pupils
who apply from his district for ad
mission.
QUARTETTE TO VISIT.
The Tottenville Quartette, composed
of Messrs. T. Shea, R. Brown, H.
Powers and George Sniffen, will
ittend a sociable to bo given at the
aome of Miss Della Johnson, of South
i^mboy, on Wednesday evening next.
CHURCHES
St. Paul’s M. E.
At St. Paul’s M. E. church a pente
mstal service will be held from Sep
tember 30 to October 11, and from
October 18 to 30 evangelistic services
will bo held. They will be conducted
;>y J. H. Robertson, of New York.
The position of organist has been
filed by the acceptance of L. F. Colby,
of Tottenville.
NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. J. O. McKee has returned to
aer home at Giffords after a visit in
New York State.
Mrs. M. A. Shawney and Mrs. Ella
Bergen, of Eltineville, are spending a
few weeks at Philadelphia.
A. H. Burbank and family, of
Giffords, have returned home after a
i trip to Hartford, Conn.
Miss Lois Slocum, of New Britian,
Donn., is visiting Miss Grace McKee,
of Giffords. ,
Reuben Gandy Jr., and Clinton
Graham, of Pleasant Plains, are at
Ocean Grove for a few days.
Ollie McKee, of Giffords, was a
Tottenville visitor yesterday.
Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Jones, of
Pleasant Plains, have been entertain
ing their son, Frank Jones, of Phillips
burg, Pa., for the last week.
Mrs. S. H. Slover and Mrs. Susan
Chadwick, of Pleasant Plains, are
back home from Asbury Park.
Elmont Bedell. of Main street,
will return home from Trenton, N.
J., tomorrow.
P. G. Williams and family, of Pleas
ant Plains, will start on a trip in the
south, shortly.
Misses Lula and Ida Honig, of
Newark, returned to their home to
day, after two weeks’ visit with their
uncle, Otto Weiss ert.
Fixing tlie illume.
Caller—So the doctor brought you a
little sister the other night, eh?
Tommy—Yeh; 1 guess it was the doc
tor done it. Anyway, I heard him tellin’
pa some time ago 'at il' pa didn’t pay his
old bill he’d make trouble fur him.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
A Backwoods Product.
Mrs. De Style—1 never saw such a
countrified thing as that Mrs. Nextdoor
Mr. De Style—What’s the matter with
her?
Mrs. De Style—She always dresses
according to the weather.—N. Y.
Weekly.
Compliment. ExcIinnKed.
“You are a peach,” said the callow
youth, “and good to eat.”
“You also are good to eat,” responded
the maid in blue.
“Am I a peach, too?”
“No; a lobster.”—Chicago Daily
News.
Getting Buck at Him.
She---This is a very pleasant expres
sion you have in this picture. 1 suppose
the photographer told you to look pleas
ant? ,
He—No; hs didn’t have to; I wasn’l
married then.—Yonkers Statesman.
MMiMS
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BOULEVARD SUGGESTED.
Would have one from Woodbridge to New
Raritan River Bridge.
What's the matter with a boulevard
between Wcclbridge and the new
Raritan river bridge? We are talking
about local improvements, and all the
trolley companies find difficulty in se
curing the right of way, owing to the
objection of property owners.
Moreover, the township needs open
ing up. We have only one road be
tween W'oodbridge and the new bridge,
why not open a boulevard direct from
the bridge to Woodbridge, to give
access to travelers from all sides?
This improvement might settle the
trolley difficulty. It should involve
no expenses to the township as the
opening of the boulevard would be a
great improvement and enhance the
value of the property through which
it passed.
FIRE ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
How Danger off DeKtrnctlon to Great
SiioukIumIn in the Sierras
In Subverted.
In his article on “Fighting Fire
Above the Clouds,” in Pearson's, Mr.
Robert Wells Ritchie describes the
precautions taken by the railroad
company as follows:
“Two and one-half miles in an air
line, north of Ci :co, a little town on
the line of road, about 14 miles
from the summit of the range,
the bald granite peak of Red mountain
lifts its serrated front to the winds,
7,860 feet above the level of the sea.
From the top of this peak, which is
one of the loftiest in the vicinity, with
a field glass one can see the stretch of
the mountains for miles below, until
they broaden out into the Sacramento
valley, 75 miles away; over 30 lakes
may be counted, dotting the moun
tains of two counties. It was on this
desolate, wind-swept island in the
clouds that the Southern Pacific es
tablished vts fire alarm station, prob
ably the highest in the world.
“Upon the highest point of the sum
mit, known now as Signal Peak, a
little cabin was built. It was 12 by
12 feet, solidly constructed and with
a roof calculated to stand the strain
of winter snows. Telephone commit
unication with Cisco was established
and the minature observatory fitted
with powerful telescopes, maps, and
a surveyor's transit. Then a man
and his wife were established as al
ternate watchers by night and day,
and this alarm station was complete.”
CAT ACTS AS PLUMBER.
Shrewd Device of 1’ennnyl vnnla
Woman to Find Leak in
Water I’ipe.
Making her cat act as her plumber
was the ingenious feat that a woman
1 of Manavunk accomplished the other
day, reports the Philadelphia Record.
This woman had noticed that one of
the pipes connected with the wash
stand in her bathroom leaked, and she
wished to locate the leak precisely
without tearing out any more of her
wall than was needful. Accordingly
she shut her cat up in the parlor—
the parlor is directly below the bath
room—and into the basin of the de
fective washstand she poured a vial of
the oil of valerian.
Cats are excessively fond of the
odor of valerian; a cat would rather
inhale this odor than eat fish. The
Manayunk woman's cat, after it had
been in the narlor a few minutes, be
gan to purr. Purring, it crossed the
room; it settled itself on the floor with
its face to one spot on the wall, and
here its mistress found it when she
came down stairs, its nose glued ta
the spot, sniffing and purring ecstatic
ally. The wall was opened at this
point, and here, sure enough, the leak
was found. Here the valerian had
trickled through, imparting its intox
icating odor to the cat.
Sfenm Room, nt Seimhore.
Seashore bathing establishments
that have added steam rooms to their
equipment have found that the outlay
has been more than repaid by the in
I creased patronage. In the places thal
have installed steam rooms all the
comforts of a Turkish bath are added
to the surf bathing.
At* one
HALF THE COST
Lion Coffee
has better strength and
flavor than many so-call
ed “fancy” brands.
Bulk coffee at the same
price is not to be com
pared with Lion in quality.
In i lb. air tight,
sealed packages.
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NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. Otto Worth spent Sunday in
Rahway.
Mrs. William Cutter spent Saturday
afternoon at Boynton Beaoli.
Miss Helen Donnelly was the guest
of Miss'{Jessie Slugg, on Sunday.
Mr. Benson spent Monday at Boyn
ton Beach.
Miss Mary Albrecht, of Woodbridge,
is the guest of Miss D. Falaner.
Mrs. C. King will leave on Thurs
day for the south, where she will
spand the winter.
Miss Edna Slugg, who was the guest
of her uncle, Mr. T. L. Slugg, left on
Monday for her home in Philadelphia.
Miss Zettlemeyer spent Saturday
afternoon at Boynton Beach.
William Colligan spent Saturday
evening at Boynton Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. James Shepherd, who
have been spending the summer at
their cottage at Fortisque, N. J., have
rfltnrnpil fnr thft wintar.
Miss Margaret Falkinlmrg, of Barn e- I
gat, and Miss Mary Cramer, bf Cocks- I
town, have returned to town for the H
winter. H
ATOMIC THEORY EXPLODED. M
Tlie Nineteen! Ii < rn Inrj Saw Its Birth.
But Now It Is lie- H
“Atoms"’ as indivisible and unal
terable particles disappear from our
philosophy. In their stead we have J
“electrons,” of which the streams
from radium are partly composed, and I
which are nothing more nor less than ™
minute electrified masses. If we ac
cept the atom at all, we must consider
it as composed of a whole stellar sys
tem of “electrons,” all in orbital mo
tion, says Woman’s Home Companion.
Chemistry bids fair to become the as
tronomy of the infinitesimal. Just
how much smaller than an atom an
“electron” is. Sir William Crookes has
shown in a striking example: The
sun’s diameter is about 930,000 miles,
and that of the smallest planetoid
about 15 miles. If an atom of hydro
gen be magnified to the size of the j
sun, an "electron” will be about two
thirds the diameter of the planetoid. !
The nineteenth century saw the birth
of the atom. We now see its destrue- j
t.ion. Perhaps at some future day we
may conclude with Crookes .that the
universe is composed of a swarm of
rushing “electrons.”
KHAKI IS DOOMED.
“Athol Gray'" Is leleeiod by King; Ed
ward for the Ise oC Ills
Soldiers.
Khaki is being abolished in the Eng
lish army, and the responsibility for this
move on the part of the war department
| is laid at the door of King Edward, says
the New York Tribune. It is to him
| likewise that is ascribed the new cam
paigning and field dress of his troops*
I which is of a bluish gray material*
| known throughout Scotland as “athol
gray.” It has long been known as a fa
vorite color of the king. But, of course*
there are more serious motives than this
mere fondness of the sovereign for a 4
particular hue to determine both himself 4
and the war department to go to the ex- J
pense and trouble of changing the entire B
fighting and field dress of the British I
army, a uniform that will be forever as- ^B
soeiated with the Boer war. Amongmil
itary men the change is popular, since VS3
the ugliness of khaki was undeniable.
And there is no doubt that we shall soon B
be hearing as many ditties about “the ^
lads in ‘athol gray’ ” as ahout the "boys
j in khaki” of the last few years.
THOMAS F. BURKE
■ Funeral Director..
This is the only up-to-date Funeral
establishment in Perth Amboy & vicinity
Office Residence
363 State St. 27 Mechanic St.
Telephone 45f Telephone 45m
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