Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-23

LOCAL ITEMS.

TO-, G. M. Church, Broadway.
Rev. J. Y. Irwin has chosen for his
: Sunday nights ermon the subject
''The Lords Need of the most stupid
Animal" which will, no doubt, be
! very interesting when elucidated by
him in his able and eloquent manner
Anotho" Joint meeting will be held
by he Is thian Sisterhood and the
Knights at X. of z. hall next Tues
) day night.
Miss Lou Chase has returned home
from Broadalban, N. Y, after a pleas
ant visit there.
Several ladies and gentlemen en-
ioycd playing lawn tennis at the yacht
club grounds Friday.
The large plate glass windows are
in John Sullivan's store and they look
fine. The lowering Of the windows is
a great improvement and S%ullivan's
advantage. 1t locks like a new one
and no II would think it had ever
been in u fire.
Patsy Monaghan has n very sick
horse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Sexton are oc-
cupying their new home in First
street.
Miss Stella Ravens, of George
street, is on the sick list again.
A number of people are suffering
with malaria and the numerous dis
eases that follow in its train.
August Fuller, of this borough, has
purchased a farm at Freneau, q horse
and carriage, farm wagon and a lot of
chickens. He still works in Amboy,
but his household goods have been
taken to Frencau and he and his
family are occupying their new home
there.
Merchants are saving business is
dull and the whole town is dull.
Two horses and wagons came in
contact on Bordentown venue Friday
night on account of the darkness pre-
vailing there, it being a very long
block and no lights excepting at the
foot of Broadway and at Littell'sI
corner.
There are quite a number of men
from this borough working at Eliza
beth handling freight
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Pimlott were
New York visitors Friday.
Jay Sexton has Morris Cove oysters
and has already served customers with
a fine stew.
Mrs. Il. S. T Church entertained
her sister, Mrs. William R%iesdorpb,
of Hasbrouck Heights, but who is So
journing at Ocean Grove, at luncheon
Thursday.
The electric light in front of Kol-
lisch's store, Ia Broadway, burned
with unusual brilliancy Thursday
night. 1t was fine.
Jersey cucumbers appear to be en-
tirely gone. but Gottlieb Straub has
been getting some fine ones from New
York city tho past week. !
Peaches are getting scarcer but
some beauties have been selling at
81 25 a basket. They came from
Davis in upper Main street,
Mont Willett had u party from New
ark out lishing Thursday.
Rev. II. Il. Hampton has but three
more Sundays to spend in this bor-
ough before conference. One of Mr..
Hampton's reasons for wishing to
leave Amboy is his wife's health. Mr..
Hampton is IL worker and has re-
NAMED in several places in which he
has had charge Of u church five, four
and three years the latter being in
South Amboy, so he is not fond of
moving.
MIR. Buchner and his daughter
Annie, of Burtts Creek, drove into
town Thursday afternoon and Miss
Annie presented Mrs. Bronx and her
sister, Miss De Mott, of Broadway.
with a basket of beautiful flowers from
their garden. There were purple asters
amo7g them of immense size AMI very
beautiful. The rebenias, h~eliotroDe
and other lovely flowers were as fresh
as if just beginning 10 bloom in sum
mel time instead of in the fall. Those
who saw them thought Mr.. B%uchner's
garden must be a beauty spot.