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©< All The News From Surrounding IJowns. >° . . .... ' - I 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 t> „ - 1 ~ T „ ^ TT.-nor Tn li . 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. ) I 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 l fa/f. HO I . \ [ WOOD BRIDGE TOWNSHI P. | I ^OO DBRIDGE 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. r.ARTERET I 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 PERTH AMBOY, N. J — - ; gsasEi sES2SESEsasHSHSHeszs«asBSHsasEsasEsas*s«Bsa 1 CARTERET BUSINESS ^COLUMN^e fiz5*saH5asasasHS25HHHEasa5H5P£ wafiFisasasasHsas rss OTTO SPITZ, Sanitary Plumber. STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS. Rahway Ave. I Shop near CR Depot, Carteret,N.j JOHN THOMPSON i Careen r and Builder _1 Jobbing pron ptly attended to. Estimates given Mpl PORT READING, N. J. CHAIiLES < Painter and Paperhangor * A1 orders by mail promptly attended o. CARTERET N. J. \ L.