Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-06-15
NEWS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
Items Of Interest from Hd-
joining Tomns.
HAPPENINGS LIOHG The SHORE RESIDENTS
WHAT Is GOING ON ALONG THE SHORE.
SPICY NEWS GATHERED HERE AND
THERE BY OUR REGULAR CoRREsPoN-
DENTS. EvERYBoDY's BUSINESS.
ATLANTICCIrY.

The two-year- son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. G. Ham was strangled to death Sun
day afternoon by swallowing collar
button.
The granting of numerous licenses and
the reading of an official communication
from Mayor Thompson asking for a
better bicycle ordinance was about all
the business done by Council at it's Mon
day night meeting.
The new steel pier at the foot of Vir-
ginia avenue will be formally opened
next Saturday afternoon. The Cover
nors of New Jersey and Pennsylvania
have been invited and are expected to
take part in the dedication exercises.
Miss Armstrong, Philadelphia young
lady. while riding her wheel on the
beach, Saturday afternoon, between
LoDgport and South Atlantic City was
run down, thrown from her wheel and
quite badly injured by two ''scorchers''
who, when they found what they had
done, gallantly mounted their wheels
again and rode away without rendering
the lady any assistance. Her escort, DR..
Lloyd, returned here, procured a carriage
and had her sent to Philadelphia by
train for treatment.
Jake Borodky, member of The
Brighton Casino orchestra, was thrown
from bis bicycle Saturday afternoon and
SO badly injured that he died at the Hos
pital, Sunday morning, from fracture of
the skull and concussion of the brain.
He came in collision with George Kelley,
who was arrested and placed in custody
pending an investigation. Kelley claims
the accident was wholly accidental.
BorodBy leaves a widow and five children
who were dependent on him for living
and who are left in destitute circum-
stances.
August Stephany the well-known
lawyer, died Thursday afternoon at the
age of 55 years.
Deceased leaves widow and five child
ren, Robert, Minnie, Albert, William and
Ida.
Mr.. Stpphany was born in Nordausen,
G ermany, December 16, 1S41, being the
son of Ferdinand and Nina Stephany.
He was educated In his native country,
graduating from high school in 1858.
Coming to America in the same year, he
first located in New York, where he was
employed on the New York States
,itung until 1865, when he moved to
Egg Harbor City, N. j., and took up
the study of law with William Moore,
of MAYS Landing. He was admitted to
the New Jersey Bar at Trenton as an
attorney at the February term of the
Supreme Court, 1881, and since then
successfully practiced his profession with
offices in Atlantic City and Egg Harbor
City. In February, 1894, he was ad-
mitted to the bar as a counsellor and he
as also Supreme Court Commissioner.
/ Mr.. Stephany followed a general law
business, giving special attention to
practice in chancery, and for many years
was q prominent member of the bar of
South Jersey. He was the first President
of the Atlantic County Bar Association,
serving from June, 1895, until June,
1896. For several years he was Solici-
tor of Egg Harbor City, also Solicitor of
the town OF Hammonton, and Solicitor
of the Egg Harbor Commercial Bank
since it's organization in 1888. As an
attorney and counsel he was connected
with several important corporations in
the county.
Deceased was elected City Clerk of Egg
Harbor for thirteen consecutive years;
was City Treasurer for several years; and
was one of the first Justices of the Peace
elected in that city. He was member
of the Egg Harbor Sterbekasse, the Odd
Fellows and Turn Verein societies.
He was married on June 16, 1870, to
Miss Louise, daughter of Charles Grunow,
of Galloway township. In 1896 Mr..
Stephany moved his residence from Egg
Harbor to Atlantic City.-Atl. City
Press.