Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-22
NEWS ITE S.

Miss Mccoy, vice principal in School
No L., will spend the Easter holidays at
her home in New Brunswick.
Mrs. John Ward of George street, re-
turned home Thursday from a trip to
Washington, ID. c.,
A mistake was made by the cores
pondeut in the statement that Miss Ruby
Slower was still teaching in a school at
Rutherford, instead of in School No. 9,
of this borough. There is a substitute in
Miss Slover's place for the present.
Little Rachel Slower is very i'll and not
much hope was entertained for her re
covery on Friday. She is one of the
three remaining children of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Slower, of i~Sayreville, who are i'll
with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Charles Springer. of Church
street, was q Perth Amboy visitor Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Selbs' daughter,
Mrs. Snigner, of Camden, is being enter
taired by them at their home ia Church
street.
April asserted her rights Friday aud
treated us to several sunshowers, one Of
which was accompanied by viviI flashes
of lightning and high winds.
Miss Julia Emiluessen was a Perth
Amboy visitor Thursday.
Miss Anabel Rue is salesladv in NJ.
Kanfman's dry goods emporium in Miss
Luttie Green's place.
Between s 30 and Q O'Clock the electric
lights suddenly w~ent.4outa and plunged
the borough and several stores in semi
darkness. Friday evening. They flashed
uD in the stores again about Q O'Clock
and then went OUT for the rest of the
night.
A very large trolley flat car passed
through this borough Friday.
Mrs F. |, sStults, Jr, has accepted a
position in NJ. Kaufman's dry goods EN-
porium aud will start work on Easter
Monday.
=. Monaghan has the contract for put
ting in hot and cold water and bath in a
house corner of Second street, and the
railroad for the Cen trail RAILROAD Com
paDy.
Mrs. Burnett is making caps for seve-
raj of the girl members of Christ church
choir.
Mrs. Fred Hewlett accompanied her
son-in-law, Mr.. Megrath and little babe,
who were recently bereft of wife and
mother, to their home in Broo klyn Fri
day, to help settle up affairs there.
A handsome monument has been
erected in Christ church cemetery to the
memory of Mrs. Robert Marks.
Mrs Thomas Scully. of Augusta street,
is soiourning at Lakewood, where she
will spend two weeks.
monument erected Ia his plot in Christ
church cemetery to the memory Of his
wife who recently died.
Samuel Brown, who has charge OF the
p. r. II. C%ompany's repairing depart
men;. will spend Easter at his home in
Mt Holly, with Mrs. Brown and his
daughter. Before going to his home Mr..
Brown had a large box of beautiful
pottei plants shipped from this borough
to his family for their Easter.
The girls choir of Christ church meets
fer practice Monday evening.
Masterson has opened his restaurant in
P. Monoghan's building in David street..
There is not u vacant store IN this
borough at present Notwithstanding the
dull business that struck this borough
the past year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred How!ett's grandson,
who resided with them last winter and
worked at the Terra Gotta Works, is
very i'll at his home in New York city,
with pneumonia.
The attendance at Christ church was
very large at all of the services-Good
Friday, Rev. Mr.. Pearse told his con
gregation that this was the nineteenth
century since Jesus gave his life for
them. 1t ought to be pleasing to the
rector that one Of the sabbath school
children listened so atteDtively to his
discourse that she was able to repeat
this to the correspondent of the NEWS.