Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
SOUTH AMBOY.
LOCAL ITEMS,


ished will be a large building.
Among other rumors afloat just
now is that Moss Brothers own the
Jersey Central trolley road and that
the change was made four of more
weeks ago. 1t is told as a fact.
The Raritan River Railroad Com
pany has been taking up old tracks
and laying new ones along the road
in this borough.
The New York and New Jersey
Telephone Company has had men col
lecting the telephones which they
placed gratuitously for three months
in a number of houses in this bor-
ough and almost all were removed
from the houses in First street.
Walter Compton retained the n in
his house.
There is IA report that one of the
Drilling children at Mechanicsville is
II with sore throat and that diph-
IBERIA is feared. Henry Dill's little
roy is said to be doing nicely and
crank Anderson has been over the
'~iphtheria nearly a week and his
'ather has gone back to work.
Inspector Of the Board of Health
jeXton wishes to contradict the state
nent made in one of the daily papers
o the effect that two boys of Mr..
Anderson's are i'll with diphtheria.
rhe house has been cleared of quar-
milne. Mr.. Sexton says he told the
'eporter of that paper that there was
10 sickness in the Anderson family.
One of Mr.. Thumhart's daughters,
, resident of Ernston. was married
o a gentleman in New York city a
'ew days ago and the couple were out
isiting the brides parents Wednes-
'ay.
1t is said that one of the borough's
vidows, who has been married twice
'efore, was married yesterday, but
he truth of the report or who the
lappy third husband is, could not be
earned as it was said they had left
own.
Justice Mason was a South River
'isitor yesterday. The justice claims
o be very busy.
]. A. Sexton has purchased a new
nd greatly improved peanut rooster
Or his store. 1t roasts peanuts by
ne clock and afterwards keeps them
warm.
B. Adrian Straub was a New
Brunswick visitor yesterday.
The merchants, etc. in the vicinity
VI First street and Broadway, were
delighted to see the electric light
burning once more on that corner,
asst night.
We were informed last night that
he new gas light was left burning all
one day in George street near the
bridge. 1t would seem that some OF
the residents would have attended to
it after being so eager to have it
there.
Mrs. Bradshaw, of Henry street, is
expecting her mother from Africa
FOR a visit. When her mother re-
to her home Mrs. Bradshaw
to accompany her there for a
visit to her old home, in Africa. The
3radshaws are English.
Miss Tessie Collins, of New Haven,
spent Wednesday in Amboy. Miss
came on p. barge No. l with
her father.
Edward Rue, of Henry street, was
improving after a severe illness, at
last reports.
Joseph Algair, Jr., was in town
Tuesday and enjoyed a drive and a
with NJ. Welsh's family.
The name of the man who was
held up near Littell's coal yard is
Yacob Jensen. He has not made any
complaint although, as we stated be
fore, ii is known who the parties are
Mrs. Irving Turner spent Thursday
in New York city.
Miss Beatrice Martin, of Broad
way, who is visiting Mrs. Wright
Naylor, of S%ayreville, entertained
Dewitt Biard, of South River, We'd
uesday night.
The tug Paola brought in three
barges from Boston to load with hard
coal Wednesday. They were the
oxford, Upton and Randolph. Barges
have been very scarce for the past
two weeks at the docks anG II mer-
chants miss their trade.
Miss Sarah Bennett, of Borden
town avenue, who has been i'll sever
al DAYS with a heavy cold, was able
10 resume work Wednesday.
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