Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-02-12
ATLANTIC CITY.

ATLANTIC CITY.
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 11-Seven bids for
the proposed issue of $175,000 Az per
cent water bonds for improvements to
the citv's water plant were received yes
terday by the mayor.
The banks will be closed tomorrow.
(LincoIn's irthday) it being a legal
holiday.
The Rescue Hook and Lad1er company
is the name of a new organic ition.
Arthur Wescott, for several years city
assessor, died Yesterday.
The Atlaatic City Turn Nerein had a
grand masquerade ball at Albrecht's hall
last night. There We're about $50 0guests.
Mrs Mary Fleet is suing her father,
Jack Robinson, proprietor of the Pros
pect hotel, on South Mississippi avenue,
for $163 wages said to be due her for
work last summer.
No complaints hav., been heard about
lack of rain during the past week.
Miss Helen Mar Wilson, of Phiadel-
phia, talented young elocutionist, is ex-
pected to appear at the Amateur orches-
ira musicale on the 21st.
Mrs. Langley, of North Kentucky ave-,
teudered Miss Jennie Davis, of Scranton,
a reception last Thursday evening.
The Philadelphia Item has bicycle de-
| livery wagon in use here.
The Neptune Hose company expect to
have their new building ready for oc-
cupancv bv September. 1t will cost
about s. 600 and will be erected ont he
| ~ al re,
aves.
The healthy boy born to Mr.. and Mrs.
William C. EIdridge last week. has been
named and will be baptized James Gwin
Eldridge.
.In0. A. Boone has the management of
Capt. Glori's pavilion which is now
open for the season, and the returns of
the III Paso turnament will be received
round by round.
Neil Johnson the "old reliable can be
seen at Glori's right along. He is q
| character who plays on seventeen diffe-
rent musical instruments. and can make
them talk, too
NJ Doctus Fernandos, of Philadelphia,
is a guest of the Quaker City hotel. He
is the inventor of the intensfication
| PiONNSc ~ VI i'ufihS OuN thC 'ii'o vi
woods. 1t has been accepted by the gov
erment as the bestintensifer extant. He
is also an entertaining talker and vocalist
of great ability.
A. H. Simmons, musician OF no mean
abilities, is making his home at the
| Quaker City; where his recitals on the
| piano cause no end of favorable comment.
P. NJ. Gilligan and wife, of Wilkesbarre,
scopped over for couple of days with j.
J. Mahoney.
Majane, the pueilist, was arrested on
Sunday for encouraging a boxing matcn.
The three masted schooner Asentha A.
Shaw, Capt, Morgan, from Providence
TO Baltimore. went ashore on North
Brigantine beach during the storm last
week. The gaff of the main sail was
| broken and the fog was so dense that
Capt. Morgan did not know he had
drifted so far from the beach until it was
too late to avoid. The vessel was $50
tons burden and was owned by New
Workers.. she was built in WilmingtoD,
Delaware in 1888, and was a coal
| carrier.
City council has ordered Illinois avenue
from Pacific Ovenue to the beach to be
| DtNtu Wltu dSpDdiU DiOChS. DlOS we're
receive consideration at the first meeting
in March and tits desired that the work
should be completed by May 16.
The first detailed report of Atlantic
City for property was submitted to the
mayor by Comptroller Heston last week
The asset, which include the new water
works, amount to $1,419,719 and the
liabilities are valued at $685. The
| permanent population OF the CITY is
| figured at 10. 700 and the transient sum-
mer population at form 25 900 to 15O,-
000 Assessed valuation is shown to be
$1l, 1867, GIL and the real valuation is
placed ut $50, 100000
Miss Van Buren, gave a progressive
euchre party last week. Mrs. J. G. Shreve
won the first lady's prize, Miss Emily
Mace the second and Miss Bechtel the
consolation prize. The first gentleman s
1 prize was awarded to Mr. Ziegler, the
second to Charles Evans and the conso-
lation to Mr.. Van Buren,
A post-mortem examination was held
on the body of William H. Collins last
| Tuesday. This is man who died from
the effects OF injuries inflicted by Henry
| Curriden. 1t was found that the skull
was badly fractured, and the doctors ex-
pressed surprise that he should have
lived so long after the blows We're inflict-
ed. The next day corOner's jury was
empanneled and n number of witnesses
examined. Pitman Steelman testified he
saw Curriden strike Collins with the
handle of hatchet and knocked him
down two or three times. Edward Will
liams interfered during the struggle and
called to Currden to let Collins alone,
but Curriden answered, "This is what
ought to be DONE" Edward Doughertv
said he found Collins in dazed condi-
tion on Atlantic ave. with his head ban
daged. He assisted Collins to a street
car and sent him home. Libby Ireland,
in the rear of whose house the fight oc-
CURED, stated that Collins came to her
, house aud she screamed. This brought
Curriden from his home which adjoins
hers. She states she did not join in the
fight. Twenty-Five witnesses were ex-
amined and the jury, after deliberation
OF fifteen minutes, returned verdict
that William II. Collins came to his
death by violence at the hands of Will
liam Curriden. Curriden was committed
without bail to await the action of the
April grand jury. Libby Ireland was
released on $1,000 ball. Collins funera
took place last Friday from the residenct
| r,f his ronfc M 77QS E1,,r+b