The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-04
FREEHOLD.
SPICY GOSSIP OF SOCIAL AND


Mr.. VIM. r. Craig is i'll.
Miss Annie Kelly, of Red Bank, is
visiting Freehold.
Mr.. Ely Mount has removed to
Ocean Grove.
Mr.. Elihu B. Bedle, who has been
dangerously i'll at his residence on
Main street, is convalescing.
Curtis A. Clark, of Freehold, has
gone to visit his former home in
Hastings, Nebraska
Keith Council, Royal Arcanum,
will meet on Friday evening at
Masonic Hall.
Miss Minnie Buck, who was run
over by a wagon i'll New York City
recently, has recovered from her In
juries and is home again.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Fisher attended
the wedding anniversary OF Mr. and
Mrs. S. T VanArsdale in Brooklyn
last week.
Miss Sarah Schlosser fell and broke
her wrist Friday night OF last week
at the home of Mrs. B. Schlosser on
Broad street.
Mrs. Col. James S. Yard and Mrs.
Joseph Naar, of Trenton, are attend
ing the Inauguration at Washington,
ID. C.
Mr.. John III. Baird, of Manalapan,
has gone to assume q position with a
nursery company at Fort Valley,
Georgia.
Mrs. Robert Wolff has rented the
centre store in ID. v Perrine's build
ing and will open millinery and
fancy goods establishment about
April 1st.
Mr.. f. c. Skellinger, Organizer. of
the National Building, Loan and
Providentt Association of Newark, ITS
in Freehold organizing a branch in
Freehold.
Eleven more persons were baptized
in the Freehold Baptist church on
Sunday. There will be baptism also
next Sunday.
Freehold Division, No. II, U. R.,
X. of P, held reception last even-
ing in the Freehold Opera House.
tion drill after which there was
dancing.
Mr. Henry Campbell, while cutting
brush on his farm near Freehold, hit
his big toe with an axe and sustained
a painful wound. He will be laid up
for some time. Dl. /. S, Long is at
tending him.
1t was discovered that the resi-
dences of WIN. III. jackson and Theo.
w. Morris had been entered a few
days ago. Nothing of any great
value was taken and it is thought
that some boys are responsible.
A surprise party was given to JOS
eph NJ Stillwell by his friends at
Turkey, Tuesday evening of last
week. The company met at Mr. r.
III. Wagner's.
James Hulse. formerly of Freehold,
but now of Colorado Springs, ac-
cidentIy shot himself in the hand and
badly shattered it few days ago.
John Cooper will move from Mrs
Kate Neafie's house to rooms over
Voorhees, bakery on South street.
Fred Grouse, ST., will remove to house
vacated by Cooper.
The Home Trainer has been receiv-
ed by the Jimmy Cycle Club and the
members feel under obligations to
Mr.. v. Henry Rothschild who so
kindly presented it.
There was Home Missionary Ser
Freehold Presbyterian church.
About fifty members of the Knights
of the Golden Eagles attended the
services and listened to an eloquent
discourse by the pastor, Rev. II. b.
MacCauley.
Columbia Lodge, No. Ss, of English
versary supper at Columbia Hall. on
Wednesday evening, March 10th.
The committee consists of Benz l..
Herbert, G.. ID. Vandenbergh, and j.
Trautmann.
The curtain back of the show win
dow of G. A. Clark's store was discov7
cred on fire on Friday evening, Feb
14th. Chas. Mount ran into the store
and pulled the curtain down and
threw it in the street. Mr.. Henry q.
Denise had lighted the gas in the
window and it is thought spark
from the match may have dropped
on the curtain, igniting it.
A surprise party was given Friday
evening, Feb. Goth. to Spencer John
son, at his residence on Hudson
street, by several of his former school
mates. Music and games were the
features of the evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
3 Oscar V. Hess, of Red Bank, who
have been visiting Mrs M. III. john
son, rendered some very fine DUETS
with mandolin and guitar, Mrs. NJ
III. johnson accompanying them on
the piano. Refreshments were serv-
ed.
Mr.. d. Aug. Vanderveer saw an
account of an apple named the Van
derveern in farm journal and wrote
to Samuel Reynolds at Lawrence,
Kansas, its owner, regarding it. Mr..
Reynolds replied. that the tree was
the largest apple tree he knew of.
Its circumference is 12 feet at the base,
but the diameter of its spread limbs
will hardly go 100 feet. The young
tree came from a nursery in Jackson
Co, Mo-, in the Spring of 1858, and
was planted on rich sound bottom
land. 1t blooms full every Spring
but never bears full and the most
ever gathered from it was 30 bushels
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