Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1895-07-10
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. EvERYBoDYs s BUSINESS.
ATLANTIC CITY.

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Geo. Alfred Townsend ("Gath'O the
well-known newspaper man is stopping
at The Windsor.
On Friday there was general cloud
burst of rain and the streets were 'all
afoat" for short time.
The railroads brought down on Satur-
day and Sunday 270 carloads Of passen-
gers or a total of 16, 200.
The city is in gala dress and brilliant
decorations to welcome the thousands of
visiting Elks who are here from all parts
of the country.
The new census just completed, shows
q population of 1924, gain of 5,219
since 1890. Atlantic City now ranks
eleventh in population in theState.
''Trolley Parties" is the new fad for
the Summer, and cars can be engaged
at fixed late for the exclusive use of
those who hire them for a stated time.
On Saturday morning Second Engineer
Davidson fell from the second story of
the Cold Storage Company's building,
Baltic and South Carolina Avenues and
was very severely injured.
The crowds that came down on Sun
day partly atoned for the bad business
done on the Fourth. Thousands of
bathers were in the surf at one time, and
many thousands watched them from the
Boardwalk and Pavilion.
Thieves recently broke into the Luth-
eran Church at Baltic an Michigan aves.,
| aly hI1i1 tn1n
from the study a silver communion ser
vice which was present to the pastor,
Rev. DR.. Kunklemap, by friends in Phila-
delphia. Contribution Boxes were
opened and ritied and other mischief
done.
On Sunday evening an accident occur
red on the Boardwalk, below Arkansas
avenue, in consequence of the breaking of
the railway, by which Frank Goldey,
manager OF Doyle's Pavilion, and several
others were precipitated into the water
ten feet beneath. In falling Mr.. Goldey
struck wooden post and was knocked
insensible. Another man whose name
was not learned, broke his knee cap and
an old lady was knocked unconscious.
The children screamed and there was
great excitement, which Officer William
Cassidy, after assisting the injured to
places of safety, succeeded in quieting
The old lady was so severely stunned
that it was sometime before she could be
revived. Those who escaped injury were
drenched by the tide.
Sunday morning the Philadelphia
Mannerchor gave their eighth annual
excursion to this city. About 25O mem
bers and their wives and friends arrived
via the Reading Railroad shortly after 8
O'Clock, and while few went home on
the earlier evening train, the majority of
theparty didnotre return until the IL ?. NJ
train. The society was escorted in an in
formal way about the city by the officers
of the Atlantic City mannerchor, and the
usual excursionists programme of bath
ing, visit to the Ocean Pier, and other
Promenade amusement resorts was
heartily enjoyed. The excursionists took
dinner and supper at Schaufer's, which
famous hostelrie was their headquarters
all day. In the evening grand sacred con-
cert was given by the visl ting society and
several artists from Philadelphia and
the Ladies' Orchestra of the Milton
Aborn Opera Company, at the Academy.
The M@nnerchor rendered four splendid
selections, greatly to the credit of Mr..
S. L. Herman, the mnsical director.
The GLORIOUS Fourth" came around
as usual, but the weather was dismal
failure for the excursionist and his best
girl. The day was cold, damp, drizzly,
rainy and miserable, and the evening
was no better. The bathers in the cold
+or. ho
vendors OF Ice Cream and soda water
felt as though "Old Prob" had done
them grievous injury. The crowd
that came down over the railroads was
a general disappointment all around.
The trains to Longport, and the
steamers and yachts there did very
| light business, and the same was true OF
the Brigantine Beach r. R. and the
yachts up around the Inlet. At the
Inlet Pavilions and Frank Smiths there
were scores of empty tables at the hours
| when they are generally crowded, and
| the Chelsea Excursion House at 3 o'clock
| in the afternoon had about what would
| be considered a fair crowd at a big
| church picnic. The merry-gO-rounds,
and places where people could get shelter
from the rain did thriving business, and
a good PERCENTAGE of the chairs in the
pavilions We're occupied. The cheap
shows and fakirs reaped fairly good
| harvest from the excursionists, and some
| off the ones that were as far "Off-color'
as the police would allow were crowded.
| The day was one of the quietest ever
known here on the Fourth, and only
one arrest was made. The fire cracker
was as noisy and abundant as usual,
but the rain in the evening prevented
any elaborate display of fireworks. The
off-shore crowd was not quite so large
as usual, but there were several hundred
who braved the bad weather for the
sake of their annual excursion to Allan
tic on the anniversary of the Nations
birth.
The Review says: With most com.
mendable quickness has the mystery sur
rounding the Law Building robbery, one
of the most daring ever committed in
this city, been cleared up, and the thieves
concerned been placed behind strong
bars, one here, within square of where
| the work was done, and the others in
the Central Station, Philadelphia. A
large share, if not all of thecredit for this
neat piece of detective work rightfully
belongs to Sergeant j. r. Leeds, of the
Police Department. On Thursday last,
Just one week after the robbery, despite
the fact that it was at first thought the
thieves had not left q single clue behind
them, Wallam McKim, Of this city, q