, 1904-01-13
Holly Beach.

marley JOHNSON ana his partner
went out to sea a distance of seventeen
miles last Friday in their fishing skiff.
On account of the falling snow in the
afternoon they could not find their way
back, so they took refuge at the north
east lightship, which vas nearby where
they were fishing. They left the light
ship at eleven O'Clock on Sunday and
reached Holly Beach at five in the after
noon of the same day, bringing with
them a barrel of goldfish which they
shipped by express Monday morning.
Jennie NJ. Burk, aged 81 years, wife
of John l.. Burk, died at her home, 1872
north AID street, Philadelphia, an Tues
day, January 5, 1904. Funeral services
were held at the Philadelphia home
last Thursday evening, and on Friday
the remains were taken to Vineland,
and after services in the Presbyterian
church interment was made in Sloan
cemetery.
The lumber is on the ground for the
erection of the handsome building for
Joseph Geisenberger, at the corner of
Schellinger and Pacific avenues. Mayor
Frank K. Smith has the contract.
Oliver J. Leigh, of Philadelphia, one
of the heaviest property owners on the
island has in contemplation the erection
of a pier and pavilion OIL the ocean
front at Rio Grande avenue.
Mrs. l.. D. Stultz, wife of the pastor
of the First NJ. p. Church, Bridgeton,
has been visiting Mrs. Geo. Albus, OF
the Thelma, a few days.
On Friday evening of last week, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. w. Matthews, of the
RarNVind onforfoi,aA n rorfu Af uattaAn
people i'll honor of the Harris brothers.
The evening was spent in the enjoy
ment of fine piano selections, dancing
Haddie Morris, Miss Edna Fildes, Miss
Lizzie Clark, Miss Eva Washburn,
Miss Ida Godfrey, Miss Bessie
Hughes, Miss Edna Whitaker; Messrs.
Duncan Spooner, John Whitaker, Har-
ry Newcomb, Morris Glickman, Allen
Grace, Walter Holmes, Thomas
Holmes, Harry Churchill, Rufus
Hayes, Stanley Kalbach.
Full line of woods, Germantown knit
ting woods, saxonies, ice woods, ETC., at
Mech q Co.'s.
A New Years party enjoyed a fine
dinner at the Centre House on January
LIST. The party was composed of the
following: Chas. o. Struse, Miss Mary
A. Struse, Mrs. George Fighter, of RoX-
borough, Pa; Mrs. Chas. Shemelley,
Avalon; Mrs. VIM. Mcpherson, Mrs.
Ellen Nickel, Fishing Greek; Miss
Emma l.. Nickerson, Court House;
James Conover, Bridgeton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Barnett and daughter Florence;
Chas. Barnett, Mrs. Montgomery, Oak
ford Cobb, DIR. G. B. NJ. Adams, Mr..
and Mrs. Somers Barnett.
DIR. G. b. NJ. Adams made a trip to
Reading, Pa, on Tuesday, returning
this morning.
The Senate Chamber at Trenton has
just been handsomely furnished with
chairs, desks and other furniture by the
j. B. VanSciver Co., through their
agent, Councilman +. S. Culver, OF
Holly Beach.
Deputy Collector l.. o. Smith was in
Trenton on Tuesday moving around
among the political lights.
A special meeting of the Holly Beach
Borough Council was held in the Dor
ough hall Wednesday evening of last
week. Mayor Smith and Councilmen
Forcum, Lopez and Pinker were pres
ent, as vas also Borough Clerk Hewitt.
A communication was read from j.
Spicer Leaning, Esq, solicitor for the
Cape May County Board of Chosen
Freeholders, calling the attention of
Council to the fact that the steam
dredge in filling up Rio Grande avenue
was taking the material from very
near the bridge, and that there vas
danger of undermining the piling and
injuring the bridge. Council was asked
to see to it that the material is taken
from a greater distance from the bridge
in order to avoid any possibility ofdan-
ger to it. Council directed the borough
engineer to notify the dredge operators
to carry on their work at a greater dis
lance from the bridge. A committee
of Council reported inspecting the heat
ling plant installed in the new borough
hall by Clarence Kilmer and that the
system was working in an excellent
manner. The report was received and
a motion passed formally accepting the
job and ordering the balance of the
money paid to Mr.. Kilmer. John w.
Young & Son was ordered paid $1,000
as the first payment on their contract
of grading Rio Grande avenue. 1t was
decided to call a special meeting OF
Council for Saturday afternoon, Jan.
10Th, at II O'CLOCK, fof the purpose OF
giving the citizens and taxpayers a
chance to confer with Council as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of building more j%etties,
the meeting to be held at the borough
hall.
DR.. Katherine Hollock and daughter,
Miss Lily GRAM Hollock, of Philadel-
phia, who cottaged at Holly Beach
several years ago, were recent guests at
the Centre House. This was their
first visit in five years. Other guests
there have been Geo. w. Knight, Joseph
r. K%enderdine, Joseph H. Hall and
P. M. Grist.
The JOURNAL received this week an
unsigned communication from Phila-
delphia, which is not published because
no name accompanied it.
Henry Heiligman, of Philadelphia,
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