Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-02-03
CURRENT GOSSIP
AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Items that ui11 Interest the
Home Circle.
REVIEW OF THE Weeks LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

REVIEW OF The Weeks LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
BRIEF NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO
PLEAsANTvILLE PEOPLE, WITH ODDS
AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AND VISITORS.
There was slight eclipse of the sun on
Monday.
Mr.. Samuel Branson was quite ill the
past week.
Mrs. Frank Webb has been quite i'll the
past week.
Mr.. Frank Lake is visiting his sister
in Bridgeton.
May, Marjorie and Stanley North have
toboggan slide.
Mrs. Charles Stebbins was in Atlantic
City on Saturday.
Mr.. Isaac Collins was an Atlantic City
visitor on Saturday.
MIR. Wesley Megronigle, of Philadelphia
spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. R. l. Risley visited relatives in
Atlantic City Saturday.
Miss Blanche Wisham was an Atlantic
City visitor on Saturday.
Mrs. Preston B. Adams was the guest
of her parents on Monday.
Several people united with Salem NJ.
E. Church on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Griffith Ireland and daughters
have moved to Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Willis are enter
tanning friends from distance.
Mrs. Florance j. Hallam spent few
days OF last week in Philadelphia.
Capt. Richard Willis has returned
home from voyage in his vessel.
Mrs. Reeves and son Mark have moved
on the old Tilton place at Bakersville.
Miss MiDta Andrews was the guest of
friends in Atlantic City on Saturday.
Miss Marcella Risley visited her sister
Mrs. Wright of Atlantic City last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Helfrich are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth of a
son.
Revival services are still continued at
Salem church and are growing in in
terest.
Mr.. Charles Allen and lady of Atlantic
City were the guest of relatives in town
on Saturday.
Mrs. Laura Adams and sister were the
guest OF Mrs. John Andrews of Atlantic
City last week
Rev. Mr.. Harris Presiding Elder of
this NJ E. Conference District was in
town on Monday.
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of Mre. g. Ireland who died last week
was buried on Saturday.
Mr.. Levi Hewitt and Mr. Ira Fenton
each ride new wheel of the 81 pattern
of which they are very proud.
Mr.. Robert Zane was called to his old
home a. Tuckahoe on Saturday by the
serious illness of his mother.
Mrs. Laura Adams and Mss Ella Ris-
ley spent a few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Andrews of Atlantic City.
Mr.. II. C. Thomas will soon open a
new store at Port Republic, to be man.
aged by his son, John G. Thomas.
Mrs. Lizzie Megronigle, of Philadel-
phia, has been spending the last week
with her mother, Mrs. Halsey, of this
place.
Alvin Risley ESQ. was the first TO take
advantage of the sleighiDg on Thursday
and was out with his trotter part of the
morning.
DR.. Eva Lake, son Eugene and daugh-
ter Myra were baptised by immersion on
Sunday by Rev. Arthur Douglas at the
Baptist church.
five have any more Winter don't lay
it to the ground hog. 1t blew a hurr'-
cane all Gay yesterday and rained in tor
rents, so the little fellow couldn't cast a
shadow.
DR.. J. Fl. North spent the most of last
week in shovelliug snow just in order TO
remind him of his boyhood times whsn
he lived away Down East" in Maine.
1t isn't often that South Jersey offers
such an opportunity, and the DR.. felt
that he must make the most Of it while
il lasted.
The snow of Wednesday night last
called out the numerous owners of fancy
cutters the latter part of the week.
Among those noticed by Press reporter
were John Ryon and wife. Alvin Risley
and wife, Pardon and Mrs, Ryop, Capt.
7. G. Adams and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Adams.
A good many people reached their
respective destinations last Thursday
morning considerably behind time, and
with their pantaloons full of snow. Tae
roads were badly drifted, the snow was
light as feathers, and the high wind
whirled it in binding sheets about fifty
feet high. With the mercury only Fix
n blo
day for South Jersey.