Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-09
CURRENT GOSSIP
AND Personal NOTES.
Items that ui11 Interest the
Home Circle.
REVIEW OF The Weeks LOCAL. HAPPENINGS
BRIEF NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO
PLEAsANTvILLE PEOPLE, WITH ODDS
AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AND VISITORS.

PLEASANTVlLLE PEOPLE, WITH ODDo
AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AND VISITORS.
Mrs. Caleb Mathis is q graceful
bicyclist.
Mrs. David Fairbrothers spent Friday
in Atlantic City. 2
Mrs. A. Dahlam recently had number
of Phila. visitors.
Mrs. James Hewitt was in Atlantic
City on Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Baily has opened his cottage
here for the summer.
Principal Charles Ingersol was in At
lantic City Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Risley was an Atlantic
City visitor on Friday.
Mr.. David Myers was in Atlantic City
on business Saturday,
Mrs. I. Mcconnell was an Atlantic
City visitor on Saturday.
Mrs. J. Henslor of Phila. is visiting her
daughter Mrs. F. Reinar.
Mr.. Samuel Ireland was in Atlantic
City Saturday on business.
Mr.. Peter Risley has had a concrete
walk laid around his house.
Mr.. Curran of Phila. has moved into
his house here for the summer.
On Thursday night there will be an
Epworth League rally at Absecon.
DR.. J. II. North has some handsome
peonies and poppies in his garden.
Hon. and Mrs. W. 1. Newell passed
Monday at their Longport cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lake has returned
from e few days visit to Ocean City,
The weather is still quite cold, and
overcoats don't go amiss evenings.
Mrs. Wilt am; Adams is entertaining
her sister Mrs. Hires of Palmyra N. j.
Mr.. VIM. Boice and wife spent Sunday
with his brother james who is very ill.
Miss Mary Ward, of Atlantic City,
passed part of Saturday here in town.
Miss Hattie Rogers was the guest of
her brother in Atlantic City on Satur-
day.
William and Isaac Collins have gone
to Ocean City to engage in the meat busi-
ness.
Miss Matte Risley who spent last
winter in Atlantic City has returned
home.
Mrs, M. L. jackson, of Hammonton,
was the guest of friends here the past
week.
Mr.. Isaac Collins commenced straw
berry picking on his handsome patch on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Collins of Allan
tic City were the guests of relatives here
on Sunday.
Did you see the wheelmen's parade on
Sunday? 1t was great show Ofwheels
and shanks.
Miss Alexema Thomas, of Atlantic
City, was the guest of Robert Willis, Esq,
over Sunday.
Mrs. L. C. Lake spent Sunday with her
parents at Bakersville Mr.. and Mrs.
John Burroughs.
Mr.. Walter R. Palmer of Camden was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Fair
brothers last week.
Mr.. John Thomas of Port Republic
spent Sunday with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Thomas.
Mr.. Alfred Hackney and wife of Cape
May Court House are visiting their
father Jerry Hackney Esq.
A. Daham is erecting a fine octagon
garden house on his lawn at his
cottage on West Washington avenue.
Mrs. D. T. Steelman and Mrs. E. C.
Ryon were in town last week on their
wheels. They are both graceful riders.
Mr.. Emeul T, Roser of Absecon and
Miss Matte Martin of Pleasantvile
were married last week by Rev. Mr..
Sinkinson OF Atlantic City.
Ill
firm of E. Adams & Bros. has returned
home from Pennsylvania where he went
for his health several weeks ago.
A six-year old boy was among those
who successfully made the trip from
Philadelphia to Atlantic City in the
great run of wheelmen last Sunday.
The members OF the st. Pauls A. NJ E.
Church will give au Old Folks Concert
in their new Hall at Smiths Landing
Saturday June 12. Admittance 10 cts.
children 5 cts.
The Ladies Aid of st. Johns Church
will give Lawn Social on the Church
grounds next Saturday evening. Ice
Cream, lemonade, cake and Strawberries
for sale. All are welcome.
Commencing June 2 the Somers Point
Branch of the W. J. 4 Seashore r. Il. ex-
tended the freight service on the after
noon train to Somers Point. Hereto
fore this service was only in operation
from Pleasantville station to Atlantic
City.
Mrs. John Burroughs has been enter
tanning her children from Camden, Mr..
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Champion and son
purr0nnha a Miss Nina
Turner and Charles Turner rode to Cam
den on their wheels. The girls stood
the ride well.
Baptist Church.-Ou Pleasant avenue,
Pastor, Rev. Arthur E Douglass. Sum
day services at 0.3O a. m. and 7.45 p.
m. Sunday school at 2 80 p. m. Bap-
tist Young Peoples Union meets every
Sunday evening at z O'Clock. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7.45.
Mr.. D. L. Risley was in town on Sun
day inspecting his houses under way on
the Bayview track. He has sold five of
them already. A boardwalk leading
from the foot of Bayview and Edgewat
avenues will be built to the bay. He
reports having sold the cottage on
Pleasant avenue recently occupied by
Mr.. Shaner to Mr.. Brown an official OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
DR.. j. 81. North has started in to
raise bumblebees, and on Saturday had
several hundred of them corralled on the
beautiful peonies and poppies with
which his front yard is filed. When one
of the bees absent-mindedly stepped on
the Doctors nose, he threw, q pitch-fork
half way across the Borough and re-
marked Jerusalem but he's got hot
foot" Jerusalem wasn't the word the
DR.. used, but it is near enough to it to
answer all practical purposes.