Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-29
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Work on upper State street is
now going forward rapidly.
Prizes will be offered for shoot
ing at the picnic of Dana Relief So
ciety.
"A meeting of the Factory League
will be held one night this week.
The work of putting the con-
crete bottom on Madison avenue has
been resumed.
Along shore things are begin
ming to liven up.
Lawrence Ledger Odd Fellows,
will meet Friday night
-Patrolman Qaihhn had his
monthly night off dgaS last night.
The residence of Mrs. l.. r.
Greenley, at 100 High street, has
The store ofupie Perth Amboy
Floral Company ahSTh Smith street
will be discontintfed from the end or
this month on, and the company will
sell it's flowers at Wholesale in New
York. fooi'A
The improvements in the IA
part Of the Raritan Yacht Club
house, comprising ag,dining room and
a kitchen, have been completed.
Max Gibian, of Madison avenue,
has purchased, through Lawyer Leo
Goldberger, three houses and four
lots on Elizabeth street. They were
owned formerly by the estate of JOS
eph G%oldberger.
"A bay horse was taken to police
headquarters yesterday afternoon af-
ter S O'Clock by two boys who had
found it straying. They were told
to take it to blossoms livery stable.
Oleson found that the horse was i'll.
AN investigation by the police
yesterday of the report that a man
had been thrown out of a saloon at
High and Washington streets failed
to locate any injured man in that
vicinity.
considering the inclemency of
the weather the attendance at the
moving picture show in Wilder Hall
last night was very fair. The scenes
included some from San Francisco.
The Baltimore Eastern League
team did not play yesterday but plays
at Providence today.
Robert Porter's milk wagon
broke down at State street and New
Brunswick venue yesterday after
noon. 1t was taken to the repair
shop this morning by Herbert Ford.
A meeting of the boss black
smiths and horseshoers of this city
will be held at the home of J. J
Deveny, As New Brunswick avenue
Friday night.
Contractor Edward Peters. o.
this city, has finished the repair work
to the water works boilers at Run
lyon and will shortly start jobs in this
city.
The public library will be CLOSED
all day tomorrow.
Stephen Swift, who had one OF
his legs badly injured some weeks
ago, has now been able to throw
aside his crutches and has returned
to his duties as a clerk in the office
of the Chesebrough Vaseline Works.
"A number of local carpenters
have gone to Elizabeth, where they
have secured jobs and where work is
said to be brisk,
The task of tearing down the
old Shipman building in Smith street
has been about completed.
Repairs will shortly be made to
the old steamboat dock at the foot
of Smith street.
Captain Louis Boozy of the high
school team, is suffering with a badly
burned hand, the result of a fiashlight
powder going off suddenly.
While at work at the Ostrander
factory, Frank Overton, the engineer.
had his right arm badly scalded by
some steam. He was unable to go to
work yesterday.
-Workmen are engaged in tear
ing apart a number of the old boats
owned by John H. Gregory. at the
foot of Madison avenue.
Because of the carpenters strike
a number of masons and b%ricklayers
have secured work in other towns.
1T is expected that commencing
tomorrow an automobile stage will
run from the old post Office corner
TO Union Grove in Woodbridge road.
While going up Smith street
from the ferry this morning, about
11:30 o'clock, a big red autom obile
broke down whom in front nj Wool-