Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-19
NEWS ITEMS.

H WAC oOOA AOhAAh6 Oh
broadway Saturday evening and heard
hollering out ''I'se just heard that my
mother is dead" Some mothers boy
must have received a terrible shock, but
we have not yet learned who 1t was.
Perhaps someone visiting or boarding
here Whose real home wa elsewhere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Shelby, oflBrook-
iyn, have just returned from a three
months visit in California and are visit
ing Mrs. Shelby's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood Apologize, of Ye Ode Spy House.
at Morgan; The had a pleasant time and
were delighted with their trip.
Miss Gertie Petty, of Second street, and
her cousin, of Matawan, are spending
"a week at Jamesburg and Cranbury.
Mrs. John Reynolds was a Jersey City
' isitor Saturday.
William Taylor, of Goshen, N. Y,
spent a week with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Reynolds of Second street, and returned
to his home Saturday. Mr.. Taylor is
50 years oldgand Travelled from Goshen to
this borough alone. He is u fine looking
man II nhOCo WI appear near llHI aye.
He en- Dyed his visit greatly.
William Henrickson who resides on Con-
overs farm, found valuable eye glasses
whic he is willing the owner should have.
Mrs, Symms Campbell and Mrs. Pres
on King and son Johnnie enjoyed Satur-
day at Avon and Asbury Park, visiting
relatives.
Whitehead Bros. keep busy. They
have finished loading the schooner and
are nov loading to canalers with molding
sand at their docks.
Captain Lear, of Mechanicsville, lost
his canal boat the G. p. Lang in the late
storm. He had just finished overhaul
ing it and had just two months work on
it when he lost it. He says has located
1t, and If he finds 1t is too much damaged
will raise it.
Mrs, f. Giffen, of Broadway, and Mrs.
William Hendrickson, of the Heights,
were Perth Amboy visitors Saturday. j
Mrs. f. Haines and daughter, have re-
turned home from Virginia, where they
have spent several weeks. DR.. Haines
dil not 90 south as was expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Tice and daughter,
spent Sunday with their parents in Second
| street. !.
Captain and Mrs. Charles Reed, of the
Canaler Huron of New Haven, now at
the p. r. r. docks coaling, were. enjoys
ing shopping in the borough Saturday
evening. They expect to leave for 14th
street, New York, Wednesday.
Miss Rae Wolff, of Bergen Hill, is CT :
tertaining Mrs. NJ. Pickard, of Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Mrs. Harry Snow and two daughters,
of Linden, were visiting friends. in town
Saturday. Il
Several trees had their limbs broken off
during Wednesday nights storm.
Mrs. Joseph Compton, of David street;
spent saturday with friends in Hights
town.
Bernard Roddy, postmaster. enjoyed Il
day in New York City, tae pas week.
George Lcary, of Perth Amboy, was
calling IN friends in the borough Satur-
day.
William McIntire is back in Parisen's
drng store after a weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George La Forge, of Tot
tenville, were visiting relatives on Broad
way Saturday and Sunday.
Some farmer must have forgotten it
was Sunday when he drove into town
with a load of hay Sunday afternoon,
Leonard Furman's man brought some
fine peaches into town Friday.
c. Rose has been having the interior
woodwork of Greycote cottage on Borden
town avenue, reolled, some papering lone
and is going to have the outside painted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bright and children, of
South River, were visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. William Mathews, of Main
street, Saturday.
: Mr.. Ward has the contract for painting
Kollisch's building on Broadway.
A large tow came in Saturday to load
with soft coal. The Hugo and several
other boats are loading with coal.
They found five of the boats took in he
late storm on the flats this side Of the
bay. Out of the large number lost only
six are now missing.