Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-04-07
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items Of Interest from Hd-
joining Towns.
HAPPENINGS AMONG The SHORE RESIDENTS.
WHAT Is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CORREsPON-
DENTS. EvERYBODY'S BUSINESS.
ATLANTIC CITY.

"A
Rev. Thomas l.. Bailey has been
laid up with a severe attack OF the
Grippe.
The railing along the Boardwalk
is nearly completed and City Council
will probably formally accept the
new structure in the near future.
The Peerless Ice Cream factory is
said to be the largest in the country,
with a single exception, and has a
capacity of fonr thousand quarts a
day.
Hon. Charles Emory Smith, ex-
Minister to Russia and editOr-in-chief
of the Philadelphia Press, is one of
Haddon Halls most prominent
visitors.
VIM. nj. Clevenger, young enter
prising and deserving lawyer, was
elected solicitor for the Board of
Health on Thursday night at the
annual meeting of the board.
The summer reorganization OF the
Mosquito Fleet was affected Satur-
day evening They met in w. H.
Bartlett's office in the Bank building.
The reports of the various commit
tees showed the club to be in a most
fiOurishing condition, and the
promise was for pleasurable
summer season. The holding of a
Ladies Day on May 30th next was
considered, and committee ap-
pointed to arrange for the same
The following officers were elected 4:
Commodore, S. Cameron Hinkle !;
Vice Commodore, G. W. Cook, and
Purser, w. H. Bartlett. Charles w.
BarstOw was selected for fleet
captain. The committees appointed
are as follows : Board of Managers,
Joseph C. Clark, w. B. Loudenslager,
7. E. Scull, j. P. Cope, H. r. Albert
son, Y. S. Conover Regatta Com
mittee, Somers 7. Woolbert, S. O.
Willis, B. H. Bullock, Stewart H..
Shinn, E. A. Mcclure Boat Mea-
surer, Barclay II. Bullock Sail
Measurer, Stewart H. Shinn. The
club has a membership of siXty-three,
and there are many propositions.
Vital Statistics Report by A. T.
Glenn to the President and members
of the Board of Health-Gentlemen !:
l herewith submit my annual report
OF vital statistics for Atlantic City,
for the year ending March 81, 1897.
During the year there were 262lmar-
riages 40 births 444 deaths, in
Guiding 27 still births, and II pre-
mature births.
Marriages = Two hundred and
sixty-two marriages We're solemnized
during the year, an increase of 27
over the year of 1896; 219 were white,
and 43 were colored +; 12O were resi-
dents and 142 were nOn-residents !;
132 ceremonies were performed by
the Methodist clergy 81 by the
Baptist Z by the Presbyterian II
by the Episcopal II by the
Lutheran by the Hebrew !; 19 by
the Catholic II by Justices OF the
Peace by the Mayor, and l by the
Alderman.
Births-Four hundred and forty
births We're reported during the year,
an increase of "a as compared with
last year. OF these there were 27 still
born, and II of premature birth 220
were males and 220 were females !;
372 were white, and 6S were colOred !;
excess of births over deaths, "A.
Deaths-Permits were issued by
the Department of Health for the
y Z,
an increase of siXty-one as compared
with last year. OF this number q
were still born, and II were prema-
ture born; leaving a net total for the
city of ALI deaths; 21S were residents,
1919 were nOn-residents 349 were
white 6S were cOlOred 240 were
males III were females. OF the de-
cendants 80 were born in the United
States, and AZ were of foreign birth j;
107 died under the age OF one year ;
43 between the ages of one and five
years 25 between the ages OF five
and twenty years II between the
ages of twenty and forty years ; "
between the ages of forty and sixty
years IA between the ages of forty
and sixty years; "a between the ages
of sixty and eighty years, 10 were
over eighty.
Under the Zymotic class of diseases,
which are either epidemic or contag-
ious, there were II deaths recorded
and fifty six were the result of viol-
ence.