Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-01-29
ATLANTIC CITY NEWS
IN BRIEF MENTION.
What is Going On at tbs
Se0shore.
A BRIEF DIGEST OF The WEEKS HAPPENINGS

QUICK READING, THAT READERS MAY
KEEP POSTED ON THE DOINGs IN TIL
CITY BY-THE-sEA.
The artesian well in the Hotel Dennis
y is now working.
George Bew, of the Hotel Berkley. has
a pretty baby boy.
The Good Will Hook and Ladder Co
expect to have new insurance patro
next month.
Patrick Lavery, the barber, has new
baby. This is a boy, besides which he
has two girls.
The United States Fire company has
decided to have chemical engine. Il
they do, they will have five in town.
Miss Stella Wright, daughter of the
late base ball veteran, was married last
week to A. Borden by Rev. G. d. Sinkin.
son.
'Hod' Leeds has gone into training
for his match with Everhardt with a
vim, and is confident of winning the
match.
There was quite pleasant gathering
at the home of William Monroe at ORR
entail and Connecticut aves. last Friday
evening.
The elevator in the Real Estate and
Law building is to be run by electricity
for which Coty, Albertson ( Co. will put
in the equipments.
Captain Francis, Mate John Nixon, OF
Atlantic City, and Mr.. Chapman, OF
/ Philadelphia, have had much pleasure
lately on a cunning cruise.
Ev Sbor;T Cb,rloo
county, is being advanced as a probable
winner Ill the race for the appointment
OF head prison keeper, at Trenton.
About S15O worth of damage was
done by fire last week to Booye 4 Steel
mans dredger which is filling in the
/ ground on the meadows facing Mont
| PETER ave.
Two marriage certificates over one
hundred years old were found on the lot
OF the old Virginia house, by John Hav-
ems, few days ago. The papers were
! yellow with age, and the red ink wrl ting
almost ilegible.
Peter Adams, driver of a night bus.
fell asleep on his seat one night last week
and his horse wandered to the back part
of the city and into deep pond caused
! III.
the horse had to be killed.
/ Eight modern cottages, and two hotels
are now Ill course of erection on st.
Charles Place. 1t is said that the aggre-
gate amount of the operations will foot
up over 100000. This is remarkable
as happening within one square.
1t is stated that a company of capi-
talsts are negotiating for lot on the
beach between New York and Tennessee
avenues, for $4,000, with the intell-
ton of constructing a Shooting the
Chutes,' similar to that up in the Inlet
district.
! The bids for the erection of the new
/ 500, 900 Garden hotel, at Pacific and
Illinois avenues, were opened Saturday
in Philadelphia, but the contract was
not awarded. The six or more bids were
held under advisement, pending proposed
changes in the plans.
The Myrtle Athletic club has been re-
organized with Joseph Retzbach as presi-
dent; Eben Matthias, Jr., vice president
William McMemamin, secretary and
John Schootz, treasurer. They intend
giving monthly athletic exhibitions and
will maintain gymnasium.
Superintendent of the Water Works
George L. Prince has rendered his resig-
nation to take effect March 1st. The
reason assigned for his resignation is
that Mr.. Prince has been offered a posi-
ton at Omaha, Neb., at q salary OF
$500 annually, which is $500 more
than he is receiving here.
The plumbers have organized and now
we may expect to pay big prices when
! our water pipes burst, or else whistle
and let the water run. The president OF
the organization is George Pallock; vice
president, Harry Bower; secretary, W.
Walsh; inside sentinel, Edward Eydden;
outside sentinel, Jerry Huges.
We had quite severe storm Thursday
night and Friday morning. and reports
from various points along thecoast show
that it was by no means local. The res
idence of Druggist Clinton X. Harris at
the corner of Pacific and Texas aves.,
this city, was demolished. The loss is
about $25OO.
It is probable that Mahoney, Of this
city, will appear IN the near future under
in a match with "Young Mitchell oi
Philadelphia. Most of the friends oI
Mitchell say that the decisions given at
the recent match in Philadelphia were
unfair to Mahoney.
At regular meeting of city council
Monday night ordinance No. 27, grant.
ing the Atlantic City Southern Railway
company the right to lay tracks on At
lantic avenue to operate a trolley line,
was killed by unanimous vote of that
body. The company failed to file the
| customary bond for good faith. 1t was
proposed to compete with the Camden
trio road on atlantic avenue.
1t has been discovered that the mayor
is invested with power to appoint ward
assessors under a law proved March %
1895. This act provides that in all
cities of the state having q population
between $4,000 and $4,000 the city
shall be divided into three assessing dis
tricts and that the assessors shall bt
appointed at large, aud no two from the
same ward and shall have term Ol
three years each.
The Lady Golden Eagles gave a turkey
supper in Memorial hall last Friday
evening, and among the guest were
Misses Underwood, Lulu Freas, Lens
Smith, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Davis, Mrs
Scull, Mrs. Freas, Mrs. Name johnson
Mrs. Griffinberger, Mrs. Young, Mrs
Tage, Mrs. NJ. Demott, Mrs. Wickem
Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Monroe. Also the fol
lowing gentlemen with their wives
Simon Wescoat, George Webb, Johl
p;elov Crownl1 Lotion Adams Hnaklcv