Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-02-05

bert Grist, Harry BaiIy, Walter Hard
castle, A. T. Wescoat, J. B. Adams,
Henry L. Greene and Meyer LETTER.
The Golden Rods OF the First Baptist
church will give a social in the lecture
room of the church next Thursday even
ing.
Atlantic City has 65 grocery stores,
26 restaurants, 33 dry goods stores, 81
meat markets, 15 gents clothing stores,
| 26 confectiOnaries. 119 hucksters, 173
one horse busses, IA express wagons, 13
boot and shoe shops, IA hardware and
plumbing establishments. This list does
not include the IS or 100 small establish
ments on the boardwalk during the sum-
mer mouths.
The tax payers who appealed for a
reduction of their tax bills, are some
what dissatisfied with the work of the
board, and have requested the state
board of assessors to hold brief session
in this city.
The Misses Nichtenlein of lib North
Carolina ave. entertained their. friends
last Thursday evening.
| 1t has been decided that the Sons of
Veteran base ball teams shall be made up
| as follows for the coming season: Catch
ers. J. Wright and F. N. Cunningham !;
pitchers, W. Huber, II. V. Brown, II. B..
Brown and Robert Prasch; first base,
George Huber; second base, j. B. Adams !;
third base, E. W. McCann; right field, 81.
ObergfeIl; left field, F. McCullum; cap
tain, L B. Adams.
The next social OF the Daughters of the
Legion of the Red Cross will be held at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. John K.
McAllister, on Arctic ave. Feb. 13.
Daniel J. Galanaugh, backer of young
Mitchell, who won the bag punching
match with j.. J. Mahoney last month,
has put up forfeit of 5000 for match
for $500 or $1,000 side to meet Ma
honey within two weeks. If Mahoney
does not accept in that time challenge is
open to Tommy Ryan or any other man
in the world, and if no one takes him up
he proposes to claim the bag-punching
championship of the world.
The Chelsea Fire Company, No. 6, will
give concert in the Morris Guards Hall,
Feb. 26 for the benefit of the treasury.
Col. Eyse Pile, of Al S. Virginia ave-,
celebrated his seventieth birthday anni-
versary last Wednesday. Col. Pile has
sailed on every ocean, he comes from a
royal family, he is an intense American
patriot, and we wish him many more
years of happiness.
Chris Raisor, who was at one time pro-
prietor of a hotel here, died in Philadel
phia last week.
Mabel Layton, seventeen-year-Old
daughter of Lewis Layton, who is in
the Mays Landing Jail with others on
the charge of stealing and killing Mrs.
Scull's cows at English Greek, has been
arrested on the charge of stealing money
from Silas Wilkins Of % s. Massachu-
setts ave. She was held for court.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Hood have
issued cards for a reception for Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph II. Marvel at the Pennhurst
on the evening of Feb. 8.
CITY Solicitor Endicott has rendered
an opinion on the law passed by the last
legislature making it lawful for mayor
OF a town of not less than 5000 and
more than 81, 900 to appoint the asses
sors instead of their being elected by the
people as has been done heretofore. MIR.
Endicott holds that the law is constitu-
tional and that it is mandatory for
Mayor Stoy to act under it.
Columbia Council No. 46, L. o. r. C.
will have prize drawing at Odd Fellows
hall, Feb. 81, for banquet lamp, rock
ing chair and silk umbrella. ses
Bell & Scott, furniture dealers, Atlantic
and Tennessee aves., have dissolved part
nership. Mr.. Scott retired because his
duties as county clerk needed his entire
attention. He will be succeeded by John
L. German brother-in-law of Mr.. Bell.
1t is said that another hook end ladder
company will be organized in a few days,
and then the city will have seven fire
companies, with an equipment of five
engines, three chemical and two hook and
ladder trucks.
The city hall commissioners are still
considering the revised plans submitted
by Architects Cope and StewartsOD, of
mitted to council at It's next meeting.
Belmont Perry, q brother of S. E. Perry
of A tlantic county, has been succeeded as
prosecutor of the pleas for Gloucester by
Louis Starr. The appointment was made
by Governor Griggs and confirmed by the
senate.
Shinn 4 Risley have consummated the
sale OF tract of land bounded by Lewis,
Main and Arctic avenues, from Howard
Lewis, of Philadelphia, to Isaac Bacha-
rach, for $4,000. Mr.. Bacharach will
divide the land into lots and sell them. :,
A team of valuable horses belonging to
the Atlantic City Flour and Feed Co. be-
came frightened on Baltic avenue last
Tuesday morning and ran away. After
running for some time they reached the
sea and plunged in. In a short while q
large crowd lined the beach and the lite
savers came up and tried to rescue the
animals. One was pulled out in a Grip
pled condition and the other was
drowned. The truck went to the bot
| tom. The horses were worth $4OO and
the wagon cost 5000.
American Star lodge, No. 14S, l. o. o.
F. will visit Philadelphia Feb. 6, by
special train, leaving here at O'Clock p.
m. Returning the party will leave Phila-
delphia at o'clock a. n.
A branch of the National Association
of Post Office Clerks was organized in
this city Friday last. The following
were elected officers: President, Joseph
Conover; vice president, Chris. Reilly
treasurer, George Evans secretary, Chas.
O'Donnell; trustees, H. II. Postoll, Miss
L. B. Hughes and Clarence Massey. Ap-
plication has been made for charter.