Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-07-03
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items Of Interest From Hd-
joining Touns.
HAPPENINGS AMONG THE Shore RESIDENTS
WHAT Is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CoRREsPON-
DENTS. EVERYBODY s BUSINESS.
ATLANTIC CITY.

"A LIAM ~ S11
Twelve additional Life Guards went
on duty Monday.
Schlecht & Mehrer's band will give con
certs daily until September.
Miss May Blaine, niece of the late
James G. Blaine, is stopping at the Den
| mis-.
The Atlantic City Base Ball team de-
teated the Media boys Saturday. Score
13 to 3.
Mayor Stoy has issued a proclamation
against fireworks being set off in the
compact part of the city.
The new Rudolph house is one of the
finest hotels on the eislanG-cost $65, 900,
and has accommodations for 600 guests.
A very large number of excursionists
came down on Saturday and Sunday
more than hundred carloads on each
railroad.
On Saturday Schaufer's Garden was
opened for he season and big crowd
was in attendance during the evening to
hear the music by Boehm's military
band.
The Brigantine Beach Railroad was
sold at auction last Thursday, and
bought i'm for $51 900 by Geo. H..
Cook, who represented the old bond
holders.
The new Palace Casino, at the foot of
Tennessee avenue, will be the finest place
of Amusement ON the coast. 1t will cost
about $4,000 and is lighted by 1900
electric lights.
Joseph Leaning. q painter, was over
come by the heat last Thursday while at
work ona scatfold, and fell to the ground
a distance of twenty five feet, sustaining
serious injuries.
One man and two young lady bathers
who ventured too far out on Saturday
were rescued by the Life Guards. The
man was unconscious when brought
ashore, and the girls were badly fright
ened. The latter refused to give their
names.
The new iron tower at the foot of New
York avenue, was opened for business on
Saturday evening and a large number OF
people made the ascent to the top, 160
feet, and were delighted with the superb
view of the city and its surroundings.
The second drowning accident of the
season occurred on Saturday, when T.
Lee Raguiel, II years of age, of Philadel-
phia, was drowned near Virginia avenue
He was an expert swimmer but went
out quite distance from shore, and was
probably seized with cramps. His body
i n - bo1, n j.
morning.
Members of the Central NJ E. Church
organized a Senior Christian Endeavor
Society Wednesday evening with the fol-
lowing officers: President, T. Y. Smith;
President, George r. Johnson; Cor
responding Secretary, Miss Mamie Shinn;
Recording Secretary, Clarence Petit
Treasurer, Miss Katie Eldridge. The
Society will meet every Sunday evening
A matrimonial case of January and
May, with the months reversed, is that
of DR.. A. B. Talbot, OF Philadelphia, aged
33, who is stopping at the Windsor on
his wedding tour with his newly-made
bride who is 7S. She was widow re-
siding in Buffalo, n Y, where he mar
ried her, and is worth a round million
dollars. The DR.. and wife will shortly
start on trip to Europe.
The Atlantic City Carette Company
commenced operations Sunday, running
eight conveyances on schedule time
When in full operation, during the height
of the season, sixteen carettes and ninty-
six horses will be used. The route on
which these vehicles will be run will be
over Pacific and Arctic avenues from the
Inlet to the Excursion House, and on
cross avenues Kentucky, South Carolina
and Virginia. The fare will be only five
cents.
Professional burglars made night of
it and had everything their own way in
the big Law Building last Thursday
night. They broke into offices and un-
locked safes in a manner that indicates
that they were expert cracksmen. The
building, although open all night, has no
regular watchman, so the visitors prob
ably worked leisureIy and, as the result
proved, securely. The Offices burglarized
were Tax Collector Godfrey's, from which
forty dollars in money was stolen Judge
Joseph Thompson's, from which was
taken $500 gold watch and $3.50
worth Of coupons of the Atlantic City
Water Company. Stamps were taken
from Justice Perkins office, and cigars
and stamps from Insurance Agent Wood
wards. Major Geo. T. Ingham and