The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-05-13

John L. johnson. fifty-two years old.
who was crushed to death while at
tempting to couple freight cars on the
Lackawanna railroad at Phillipsburg.
was laid at rest.
Motor driven pumps capable of lift
ing five times the amount of water of
the old steam pumps have been in
stalled in the new sewage station at
West Burlington.
Nearly 1000 delegates from various
parts of the state attended the sixty
fifth grand council of the Improved
Order of Red Men in the New Audi
forum at Newark.
Because the new building code is said
to interfere with its plans for a $4,-
600 addition to its fire house the I'm
ion Fire company, Westyille, asks the
council to modify it.
In recognition of their services dur
ing the last year the employees of the
Eastwood Manufacturing company OF
Belleville have received a bonus equal
to one weeks wages.
Boston mackerel are being caught in
large numbers off Cape May, and more
than 100 fishing smacks are landing at
Cape May, shipping their catches to
New York and Philadelphia.
Councilman Pomelear, who is also a
member of the Pitman board of edu-
cation, has taken up the movement
started by the Mothers club to have
go Slow signs for automobiles.
With nearly 10000 tulips in bloom
the garden of DR.. Thomas Emley at AL
lentown is the showiest in New Jersey.
DR.. Finley has made a hobby of col
lecting rare tulips for several years.
Mrs. William S. Holmes, daughter of
the late William NJ. WINS, has been
appointed the official dog catcher by
the Freehold board Of town commits
sioners. She will serve without pay.
After feeding the prisoners two
meals a day instead of three as an ex-
pertinent for some time, the sheriff of
Newton declared that the new schedule
was a failure and returned to the three
meal plan.
noIzu.. 1;A;1a-. foo, +lo e.ooIJ no r,
opposite the railroad station will be
sold, as the Society Hall association,
its owner, has received a liberal offer
for the ground for the erection of a
large garage.
With the close of the term this month
the schoolhouses at Friendship and
Yorkstown. Salem county, will be clos
ed, and all the pupils will be trans
ferred ext year to the new central
school at Woodstown.
The family of Peter Beer of Vine
land had 500 worth more of roast
ed the other morning. The brooder
house caught fire and was consumed
There was no insurance.
The young people of the South Pres
byterian church of Montclair will col
lect a mile of pennies, between $500
and 5000, to give toward the new edi-
fee being erected by the congregation
at Orange road and High street.
The Paterson grand jury recently
returned a presentment against the
board of freeholders, charging that
they are making criminals by combining
youthful offenders with hardened law
breakers in the antiIuated Jail there.
A very large specimen of the deep
sea feeding angler, or goose fish (Lophi-
us piscatorius), was shot In Shelter
Haven basin, Stone Harbor, by Mi
chael Zucarro, a resident. 1t was three
feet long and had a mouth a foot
across.
Because the powder plants have TAX
en- so many young men the Capital Cor
net band, which has been in existence
thirty years at Mays Landing, will not
be r~eorganized this year, and the sum-
mel concerts in the public park will
be discontinued.
David X. Thorn of Delanco, one of
the oldest motormen in the employ of
the Public Service Railway company,
died at st. Francis hospital, Tren-
ton, from injuries recently received in
a real end collision at De Cou's lane.
neal White Horse.
The economy and efficiency commits
sion authorized by the legislature will
investigate the "state use' system as
it's first task, with the intention of OBJ
tanning a clearer and more business
like understanding between state de-
partments and to lessen the overlap