Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-09-30

severe thunderstorm that paEE6d
the Court House at May ,anfan
a few days ago. The Judi6GaI Gghtnl
fell in several places, al some peopls(
were knocked into Sta Prison far
year or two. Several i'm this J.
did not land there hadAtheir 8
awiully shocked by the filthy discl
concerning the Derby Inn, and feel as
| if they had touched q dynamo and been
rolled into the middle OF the street and
| dumped into the middle OF a puddle.
Some people thought they had suifi-
Gent "pulr' to DEFY all the decencies Of
| our daily existence, and when they found
| they hadn t, it was a most diEtHeEsiaezsnu
| and nlookedforsituation. Judge Thong
| son seemed to fully understand the
| tus OF all these oii-color cases, am
| administered a dose of Jersey jI
| that ought to be timely warn
| the class OF moral offenders who
| toppled over when the lightniY
Real estate matters, as hay
in previous letters, show increas
OF activity. People who ha
| to invest seem to think it a.
to plant it in sand or mud
present depression. hear
being made, or in progres
properties on the mort
OF the City, and people
a boom" in properties
where, few years aa
have felt insulted if
to him for fiftieth
There are still some fIch ClZiis
in meadow lands if one has mOneS
invest and knows Just where to pl
it. The big sand dredger has bed
eye-opener to q good many people, fou|
it has enabled them to see somet1
OF what lies beyond our present b
aries. I predicted the boom for
sea last year, and all my predi
were more than realized; and son
were OF my way OF thinking are
al thousand dollars richer
Some OF the City Departmd
shaping up to render better sery
Board of Health which has
such excellent service in the pas
paring to do still better in the
The same may be SAID nf the =
Fire departments, although both o.
in splendid condition and a credit to
made many changes for the BETTER and
adams ale' will soon be furnished
in abundance at a moderate cost. Taking
everything into consideration the bust
ness prospects OF Atlantic City are good.
The banks are in good condition and
disposed to be liberal to, their patrons.
When the great political contest, now
going on, is decided, we may look for
revival OF business whichever candi-
date is elected. The great army OF alarm
lists are alarnssd 10 more6 haye0
about made up their mn
ever money they can
OF yellow
The little caioleries that e
is trying on with this country
ridiculous l would not mention
were it not for the fact that they
opened the eyes OF the average Ameri
England needs America more than Ami
lea needs England, and now, inner extre
ity, when she can no longer bully tina
miserable wretch, the Sultan Of Turkey,
| she would gladly make an alliance with n
| the United States. But for England g
greed Turkey would long ago have been
| blotted from the map OF Europe. Now
when she really wants to crush the 'un-
speakable Turk. she finds herself on
| ironted by other formids le nations
who take her by the thrt t and ga
Hands OFF, How conven mt it would
be, Just now, to have Unclc Sam forret
| his course in our great civil war
the recent bluff in Venzuela. ar *
arms with John Bull The policy 81
| this country, however, has been To avoid
all entangling alliances with foreign
powers, deventhetrucNingan 5lureI-
| ing Grover Cleveland will not be 20
| dumb as to violate the traditions Of
Washington and Jefferson in the vdM
| hope OF reinstating himself In popular
favor. 1t would be a master stroSe i
| Grover and his little band OF where
are we ats could spare the time to look
| at poor suffering Cuba and ha t the butch
| cries of the inhuman scounCrel Weyler.
But the cries OF outraged Cubans and
| insulted Americans fall alike upon ears
deaf to all pity and symparhy 7 am
| willing to admit that the average voter
in this country is OF long suffering and
much inclined to forget; but ] have ans
idea that Grover Cleveland and his littis
band OF devoted followers, ehen they
retire from office on the foul v OF next
March, will 60 into obsclr and z
debth OF forgetiullness to Mcn even
blast from Gabriel S horn wanld not
penetrate. Decent democrats ang their
heads in shame when they contemplate
the ruin which these discrediLed time
servers have brought upon theiT country.
AS stated in previous liter th9'
Pennsylvania Railroa adCompans is going
to make extensive and impe ertant Inn
provements that must greatly benefit
this City. The Press was the iigst news
paper to make public this iniI ortant
bit OF real news, but that is of5io par
ticular consequence The road to be,
double-tracked, and the new depol huiid J
ings wrote about are practical " aecldA
ed upon When they are finisted they
will compare favorably with any ot
their class OF structures in the country
Supt. Dayton is no drone and. whiia
he doesn't talk as much as solne men
would in his position, he has q good
business head located in about the right,
place. He can be depended upon Is Go'
everything in his power to aid . fAe
development Of Atlanta. Citg. Wy
AS the day for holdiA - he2 sis
county convention a y s
fight for the nomipn &c