Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-08
SOUTH aMBOY.
LOCAL ITEMS.

Harry Higgins, of Newark, spent
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. James
Hackett, and family, of Maxville.
Mrs. Charles Bable has a position
in the Acme Underwear factory.
A meeting of the vestrymen was
held in Christ church to decide about
the "Y" in Christ church cemetery,
last night.
Miss Mae Schants, or John street,
has returned home after spending
Saturday and Sunday with her friend,
Miss Delphine Cranz, of Bath Beach.
Tonight is council meeting at bor-
ough hall and some are wondering
If Mayor -Treganowan will reply to
the Board of Health's assertions and
make things lively.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jewell, of
New York, will spend the summer as
the guests of Miss Elsie Applegate,
of Morgan.
Mrs. Martin Morrison and Mrs.
George Henry. of Yonkers, spent Sun
day with their grandparents, Rev.
and Mrs. Joseph Jackson, ST., of
Catherine street.
DR. .Gaul. of Matawan was i'm town
yesterday and treated a number of
horses.
A missionary meeting was held at
Mrs. George Taylor's last night.
Mr.. James Hackett is around again
but walks with a cane.
Mrs. Thomas Arnold and child and
her daughter and child were Keyport
visitors yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Hewlett, of Broadway,
is visiting her daughter in New York.
Mrs. Dave Kaufman, of Perth Am
boy, was calling on friends in town
yesterday.
Edward shelvey spent Sunday at
Morgan. MI. Shelvey had just re-
turned from a fishing trip in New
York state and according to the mess
of fish which he brought with him he
must have had very good luck.
Mrs. Hunt. of Augusta street. en-
tertained her daughter and husband
and child from Long Branch Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cornell and
children, of New York, spent Sunday
with Mr.. Cornelf's parents OF Main
street.
Mrs. Charles Pearce, of John
street, attended the temperance meet
ing at Woodbridge yesterday.
Daniel H%oagland, of Jersey City,
visited his parents, Captain and Mrs.
Luke Hoagland, of Augusta street,
yesterday.
Messrs. Ollie Welsh, Bob Adrain
Straub and Thomas Brown were
Perth Amboy visitors Sunday and
witnessed a baseball game there.
P. Monaghan has fitted up one of
his store windows as a bath room
and 1t Is very attractive.
There was a meeting of commit
teemen at the Y. M. G. A. last night.
Mrs. X. Bronx, of Broadway, was
a New York visitor yesterday.
Wheeler Bros. expect to have their
dock finished by the first of June.
The Smith Sand Company are ship
ping molding sand by railroad from
this borough.
Mrs. John Brophy, of David street,
was a Keyport visitor yesterday.
Demarest Bros, who have opened
a nightgown factory in the Delaney
building, expect to run their ma
chimes by electric power and they
say the power will be furnished by
the trolley company.
Joe A. Sexton has received part of
his goods for his hardware store and
the gas company has a lot of their
goods displayed there also.
Hon. d. G. Chase claims to have
w~hitewashed j.. Fuller at billiards
one evening last week. How about
those points now, Mr.. Fuller, is
the scholar getting ahead of the
teacher?
The lawn of the cottage corner of
Bordentown avenu and Broadway is
dotted with dandelion blossoms and
the vivid green and bright yellow
make a very pretty bit of coloring.
The dandelion is a beautiful flower
when examined closely. if it does be-
long among weeds. Take the wild
carrot blossom also, where can one
find anything prettier than the deli
cate, lacey green-shadcd white flow
er, borne on long stems? 1t makes a
lovely bouquet when mixed with
large red clover tops or other flowers.
Joseph VanCleaf, of Broadway,
attended a carpenters meeting in
Perth Amboy last week.
A great many people came to the
borough on the Keyport trolley cars
for the ride Sunday, returning at
once without getting off of the cars.
Miss Maggie Berry entertained her
sister from out of town yesterday. I
We received a very pretty and
unique souvenir card from Bermuda,
sent by Irving I. Turner. 1t is nice
to be remembered by the readers of
our columns and we appreciate it
very much. We have also received
souvenir postal cards, some of them
very beautiful, from Florida, Cali
fornia and Atlantic City, recently.
Walters & Henry caught two shad
and a number of small fish in their
net Saturday afternoon.