Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-07-06
CURRENT GOSSIP
AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Items that uuill Interest the
Home Circle.
1 REVIEW OF THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
BRIEF NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO
PLEAsANTvILLE PEOPLE, WITH ODDS
AND ENDS TO ENTERTAIN OUR FRIENDS
AMI VISITORS.

AMI VISITORS.
james Lewis Ris'ey has a new wheel.
DR.. R. |. Miller passed Saturday in At
lautic City.
Mr.. Peter RisIey was an Atlantic City
visitor Monday.
Arthur Ryon was an Atlantic City
visitor on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Scull passed Fri
day in Atlantic City.
Rev. aud Mrs. Jewett entertained
friends over Sunday.
Mrs. Jot Lake was a Bargaintown
visitor the past week.
Supt. Mcdonnell, of the Asylum, was
in Atlantic City on Friday.
George Jeffries and wife have moved
to Anglesaa for the summer.
Mr., Halbert and family of Baltimore
have arrived for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bowen of Allan
tic City were Wednesday visitors.
Clay ton, the young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Ingersoll has bicycle.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ashmead passed
the 4th with Atlantic City friends.
Mr. Charles Allen and bride will spend
the summer with the formers parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Risley and fam
lily went on sailing party on the 4th.
Mrs. Pardon Ryon and Mrs. John
Ryon were Atlantic City visitors Mon
day.
There will be a ball game here Satur-
day between Pleasantville and Ocean
City.
Rev. A. E. Douglass and wife spent
the 4th with Rev. j. A. Crawn at New
field.
Miss Marjorie North passed last week
with her aunt Mrs. DR.. North of Allan
tic City.
The Misses Matte and Marcella Ris-
ley spent the Fourth with friends in At
lantic City.
Miss Carrie Allen was home from
Ocean City to spend the Fourth with
her parents.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas. Collins and Mrs.
Harry Collins were Atlantic City visi-
tors Thursday.
MIR. Samuel Moore of Phila. was the
guest of his sister Mrs. Jethro Adams
over the Fonrth.
Mr.. and Mrs. n s. Albertson of Phila.
are eDj )yipg short stay with Mr.. and
Mrs. Humphreys.
Where oh where is the chap who said
we were not going to have any hot
weather this year.
Edward Hall rode his wheel on Sun
day to Bridgeton where he spent the
fourth at his home.
Rev. Father Petri will say Mass on
Sunday July 10th, at 8 80 a. m. in the
house of DR.. Wallis.
Ex-Postmaster and Mrs. C. P. s. Gar
wood come home from Phila to celebrate
the Glorious Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. james Lewis Risley had
as their guests on the 4th, Capt. and Mrs.
B. Steelman of Phila.
Miss Lydia Budd and Miss Eva Jones
have returned from pleasant visit with
friends in Hammonton.
Miss Nettie Collins the young daughter
of Joseph Collins Esq. was thrown from
q wagon the past week and considerably
bruised.
The w. c.. T. U. meets at Mrs. Nettie
Adams this week, ON Thursday p. m.
Lawn fete on the 18th inst. Particulars
next week.
The Transfers ofrell estate in Atlau-
tic County, Tor the month of June, will
be found on the editorial page of this
wet ks issue of The Press.
Miss Emma D. StuIz of Baltimore is
visiting Mrs. J. Brown HaIbert, where
she will give fine display OfArt Needle
work Wednesday 9Th and 7th OF July.
Lex SONS also given.
Last Sunday was the hottest July
day for more than twent y-fve years,
aud the mercury ranged from $50 to
1O4o in tie shade according to the local
ity. The wind was quite fresh but it
seemed d like the breath of an oven as it
blew from the southwest about noon.
Rev. A. E. Douglass and wife leave
this Wednesday morning for Pottsville.
NY. where Mr.. Douglass will spend bis
vacation. They expect to be absent one
month. Dnrirg the pastors absence
the pulpit of the Baptist Church will
be supplied next Sunday by Rev. j. A.
Crawn of Newfeld will occupy the
pulpit.
The account of the terrible tornado
Monday afternoon at Hampton Beach
New Hampshire, when 80 many persons
were killed wounded and drowned, has
more than passing interest to the
Editor of this paper. Many of the kill
ed and injured were his personal friends
or acquaintances. and we await the full
details with painful solicitude.
Our local Chinaman beat all the
ssMeIican Men, in bis firecraker celebra
ton of the GLORIOUS Fourth. He burn
ed them literally by the bushel in front
of the Chinese Laundry Monday evening
much to the delight of the small boys
Robert Willis also fired off huge strings
of them in front of his barber shop. Be
tween the two, things were decidedly
fire crackery for awhile.
Several prominent citizens who oc-
casiopally take "a wee drop" to stimu
late their patriotism on the Fourth o
July, were SUI prised to find the m selves
patterns of sobriety at Dightfall Mon
day evening. In comparing notes will
each otl er none of them could tell exact
ly why OF how it happened, but al
agreed thet it was burning shame te
be foun perfectly sober on such an oc'
casion.
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