Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-25
ALL OVER JERSEY

The Aura N. e. church will hold
its annual Harvest Home Thursday
in the church grove.
The Bridgeton Electric Company
is increasing the capacity of its plant
to meet growing demands.
Incendiaries burned down the
wheat stacks of Thomas Perigo, a
poor farmer, of neal Blairstown.
The disease hat has been killing
off horses in the lower end of Cum
berland county has spread.
The Hammonton Universalist
church is planning to celebrate it's
| silver anniversary on October 10.
Accused of assault by ffteen-year-
old Florence Elder, of Camden, sew
IN youths were locked up in the
county Jail Monday.
The Williamstown w. C. T. y. has
elected Mrs. Chris Kleinhenn super
intendent of the Loyal Temperance
Legion.
At a sale of lands for taxes in
Blackwood the township committee
bought in the properties, as there
were no other bidders.
The Cumberland county Sunday
otASOl VII DS utlu III lut
First M. E. Temple, Millville, Thurs
day, October 10.
The new school houses at Barnes
boro and Sewell are promised to be
finished by January /, when longest
ed conditions will be relieved.
At a special meeting last night
the Pitman borough council opened
bids for the lay of 1000 feet of ce-
ment sidewalks on Highland Ter
race
The cornerstone was laid for the
new edifice of the John Wesley Me-
mortal M. E. church, Bridgeton, with
appropriate ceremonies and eXer-
cises Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Ladd, who has been pres
ident of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Clayton Fire Company even since it
was organized, has been reelected
for another year.
Nearly $50 delegates, representing
siXty-five church, will attend the an
nual convention Of the Epworth
League of the Paterson district, at
Phillipsburg, October %.
When her horse stumbled and fell,
at Vineland, Mrs. Henry Walker was
thrown yer the dashboard between
the horse and the wagon, but was
rescued without injury.
Patrick Dillon, seventy years old,
of Vineland, fell from a load of hay
and broke his breast bone. Dr..
Cunningham restored him to con
seriousness and found the injury very
serious.
At a meeting of the Atlantic Coun-
ty Singers held in Egg Harbor City
it was decided to hold a ~saengerfest
next year. Prizes will be awarded
and a grand concert will be given in
Atlantic City.
Sheepshead are running we'll at
Ledge Light, Delaware bay, and
Samuel Moore caught one weighing
10 pounds; Charles B. Ireland hook
ed one weighing 10, and Reuben
Hoffman landed a contemporaries.
improvements to the branch of
the Pennsylvania railroad running
from Bridgeton to Bivalve are ex-
pected as the result of a recent in
spection of the road by the com
pany's officials from Camden.
The Collingswood Library Asso-
citation has adopted resolutions re-
questing the borough council to call
an lCbllOH loI d NOlc ol lit QucOllOu
of making the Public Free Library a
borough institution.
Seriously accused by his daughter,
Valentine Funk, of Gloucester City,
was committed to Jail by Justice of
the Peace Huyett, of Camden, Mon
J day. Marie Funk, of Pensauken,
declares that she was compelled to
leave home because of her fathers
actions.
The Swedesboro w. c. T. U. has
elected these officers: President,
Mrs. Mary e. Black; vice presidents,
Mrs. Mary C. 0askill, Mrs. H. NJ.
Pancoast, Mrs. Elizabeth Headley;
recording secretary, Miss Minnie
Young: corresponding secretary,
Mrs. M. H. Pancoast; treasurer, Mrs.
Arletta Tonkin.
While riding his motorcycle Sun
day night Charles Dreyer, of Cologne
crashed into the buggy of Mandus
Doell. The horse dashed away and
kicked the greater part of the wagon
to splinters. Doell, his wife and
daughter escaped with bruises, and
Dreyer escaped with bad decorations.
The large museum of Indian rel
les, birds and birds eggs maintained
for many years by the West Jersey
Academy, at Bridgeton, has been
sold, the Indian relics to the Cum
berland County Historical Society,
which will have a museum in the
new county building. The bird eX-
hibit was purchased by the Board of
Education for the high school.
Under the direction of Rev. Sam
uel Sargent, a Methodist Brother
hood has been organized at Riverton
with these officers: President, J..
Horace Finney; vice president, Ar
thur Winner, Harry Holt, Eliason
| MArthman. Harry Rmddnck. sacrn-