Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-23
LOCAL ITEMS.


LOCAL ITEMS.
1t Is said that anyone wanting
work at braking can get it with the
p. r. r. company, as there is to be a
change in the shipment of coal to
this place and they will require lots
of brakemen.
On IL of the roads last Saturday
quite a distance from this borough
someone's household goods appeared
to have been put out in the street.
The house was an old affair, but the
goods looked to be quite good. No
n was near them to watch them.
A lady was going around town last
week soliciting orders for SilYer's
goods, the grocery house being in
Cranbury. Another lady was also
going around showing a new cereal
and distributing written matter con
corning its merits as a food and the
Magic Yeast Company had a party
giving away free samples to all of
the residents in town.
Mrs. Cornelius F%ouratt, of Me
Gainesville, is very i'll again.
1t Is said that Mr.. Charles Rose
is going to have q cottage built on
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Bordentown avenue.
Louis Meinzer, of Broadway, was a
New Brunswick visitor Monday.
Commissioner of Streets Collins,
who got ahead of the residents of
upper Broadway by having the weeds
cut down in the street without wait
ing to be asked to do so as has been
the case heretofore, thinks the resi-
dents should now the weeds off of
the edges of the sidewalks now, and
he is right.
Peppler & Bastdo, builders, are
very busy just now and have put on
some extra men
Walter Mundy has had city water
put in his residence on Catherine
street.
The will of the late Ward Perrine
is one of the topics of the day.
Mrs, c. Fisher, of New Brunswick.
is spending a few days with her
niece, Mrs. Walter Mundy, of Cath
crime street. Mr.. Fisher spent Sun
day as her guest.
Mrs. Noah Furman, of John street,
and her daughter, Mrs. b. f.. Howell,
of New Brunswick, are spending a
week at Saratoga.
The store now occupied by Harry
Parisen will be opened by Mrs. Pari-
sens father and brother as a fruit
and vegetable store when Mr.. Pari-
sen vacates ii to move into the Smith
building on the first of September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Stratton and
Myrtle Barkalow, of Gordon street,
were entertained by their grand
mother, Mrs. Bloodgood, of George
street, Sunday.
ond street, and Miss Helen Apple
gate, of First street, who have been
enjoying their vacation visiting in
Trenton and Philadelphia, have re-
turned home.
John Stolte, who lives at Mechan-
i%csville, and employed in the p. r. r.
yard at South Amboy, was injured
Tuesday night.
Miss Constance Kerr, daughter of
Round House Foreman Kerr, has ac-
cepted a position in Jersey City.
Miss Ada Thompson, of Second
street, has returned home after an
extended %sojourn in New York city.
Mrs. Charles Jones has rented the
house on David street formerly occul-
pied by John Berlew.
George French, Sir, of B%ordentown
avenue, who has been on the sick list'|
for the past few weeks, is improving
and we hope soon to see him attend
ing to his usual occupation.
Mrs. Guy Hawkins was a visitor in
Perth Amboy yesterday.
Mrs. John Perkins visited Perth
yesterday morning.
j. N. Patterson, who recently puT-
chased the bakery business from j..
A. Sexton at the old stand, formerly
owned by Oliver Welsh, is reported
doing a thriving business.
Last night about s O'Clock at the
Of business hours, Charles
Compton stepped into Justice Mas
Office and asked the justice to
step over to his house, which is just
across the street, and view a night
blooming cereus, that was just about
blooming.
Mrs. Commodore Chauncey, of
street, having been to New
York ON business for several days,
has returned home.
Mr.. Hochizer, of Bergen Hill, who
net with an accident some time ago.
.'esulting in the breaking of several
ribs, has SO far recovered as to have
plaster cast removed.
Waroavgeniece Lach, who was so
seriously wounded in the fight at
Louis Kitkoski's saloon on July 20,
md removed to st. Michael's hospi-
al, has so far recovered that he was
discharged and is now at home iii
South Amboy.
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