Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-09
STATE NEWS.

Fishing was never better IN l1eld-
ware Bay.
Andrew c. Cook, of Pennsville, has
Just cut a field of rye which stood
seven feet two inches high.
Pastor Nelson, of the Clayton Pres
byterian church, is expected home
from his European trip by Sunday.
Several South Clayton women
formed a bucket brigade and put out
a fire at the residence of Martin
Madden.
Salem now has continuous electric
light service, and many plants are
arranging to INSTALL motors to run
machinery.
The nomination of Orwill Van
Wickle as postmaster at Matawan
was sent to the senate Thursday by
the president.
Robert Reeves, of Salem, has on
exhibition some strawberries raised
in his garden which measure six inch
es in circumference.
Mrs. G. II. Creepmore, of Pitman,
trimmed a corn with scissors a few
days ago, and is now suffering with
blood-poisoning.
Ministers of the New Jersey M. p
conference will meet at Westville'
next luGSudy 10 ulSCuSS pIOplSlho
confronting the conference.
Mule colts are seldom sen these
days, but on the farm of Charles ID.
Fogg, in Lower Alloway's Creek, are
three not quite a month old yet.
H.. G. Glen, a Glassboro black
smith, received a fractured skull
while seeing a fractions horse We'd
nesday, and Is in a serious condition.
NH Ipo1sAf A r.aafot Aax. ~ thN Mar
ara Hose Company, of Merchantville,
Wednesday night elected John Senft
treasurer, to succeed Henry Scull,
deceased.
Falling from a hammock at her
home in Millville Thursday, Margar-
ct, the four-year-old daughter of
Daniel Hawkins, broke an arm and
dislocated a shoulder.
Musicales were given by Mrs. En-
ma Stone in st. Georges M. e.
church and by Mrs. Charles P. John
son in Bethany Baptist church, Cam
den. Thursday night.
The recent rains have solved the
problem of keeping autos from
s~corching through Pitman. The
heavy downfall made gullies from
one end of the road to the other.
A safety pin, caught in her throat,
came near causing the death of q
little daughter of Harvey Harris, of
Mwillville, Thursday. The pin was
iislodged by a physician.
Henry Young, of Windsor, died
Wednesday in st. Francis Hospital,
Trenton, from injuries received by
being struck by a Pennsylvania rail-
Dad train near the city Thursday
night.
Charged with assault and battery
on Mrs. Annie, Ryan, his h~ousekeep-
or, Claude Rain, of No. 1872 Clinton
street, Camden, was Thursday held
in $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse.
With Bishop Scarborough presid-
ing,1 Rev. George w. Fales was in
stalled pastor of the P. e. church of
the Ascension, Gloucester, Thursday
light. A reception at the rectory
followed.
Miss Florence Copestick, of Multi
"a Hill, has been elected principal of
he West End school, Woodbury., and
Miss Marion Ware, of that city, will
AXE the sixth grade in the high
ichool.
Philip r. Remmele. a carpenter in
he employ of the Roeblings' plant at
ItllNOhs Ql0 ia ~ atAi(A
Wednesday night from a fractured
skull sustained in a fall of forty-five
'eet from a cupola. /
A cannon Weighing 1000 pounds,
IN it's journey to Fort Mott, broke
through a bridge in Lower PENIS
leck and was raised with difficulty.
The bridge will have to be rebuilt by
he government.
A. drill and inspection of Company
A, Third Regiment, were held in the
lrmory in Burlington Wednesday
hight by Colonel d. B. Murphy, De-
partment inspector. Captain Edward
B. Stone had rs of the n members
in line.
The Merchantville council eulog-
ized the late borough treasurer,
Henry Scull, in resolutions upon his
ieath Wednesday night. and the fin
lnce committee reported that his
BOOKS were in a condition that could
not be excelled.