Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-10-04

house were about without their iden-
tity being discovered Several weeks
aga nine full-grown chickens were
taken from the premises and are still
at large. He has suspicious who the
thieves are.
Mrs. Albert Lange visited her
daughter, Miss Alberta Lange, in train
ing at the Mckinley hospital, Trenton.
Two additional names of boys in
the National Army have been added
to the honor roll within the past few
days that were not available at the
time OF the publication of the list.
Harold Scranton and Joseph Kuskey
are the men who are doing their bit.
This makes thirty-three local boys
enlisted. Every one will be given a
comfort kit by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Woman's War Relief unit with
in a few days.
The session of the borough coun-
| cilmen for October was one of the
briefest in the history of the town. not
over a half hour being necessary to
| transact the business. Councilmen
present were Messrs. Clarence Thorne,
! Harry Groves and Jacob Hausser and
| Clerk Brooks. The following bills
were paid: Standard Oil Company,
, $6.3S; Marshal Fillhower, 50; Wood
house Manufacturing Company, Sass;
Jamesburg Electric Company. $780,
A; Frank Hersche. $28. The finance
committee were instructed to have
erected G. new iron railing at the en-
trance of the voting booth to replace
the wooden affair.
| A speeding autoist ran amuck with
the trafic sign at upper Jamesburg
several nights ago and moved same
several feet, breaking the lamp globe.
| Miss Evelyn Deveney left on Tues
day for Baltimore, where she will en-
ter Goucher's College for Girls.
John Ruhl, Jr, of Lincoln avenue,
with the George w. Helme Company.
The Rev. John Ehrenstine and Mrs.
Albert Lange represented the local
Baptist church at the convention Of
the Trenton Baptist Association OF
New Jersey, held at Hamilton Square
Tuesday of this week.
Harold Bennett, of town, was one
of the main speakers at the county
convention Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union held at South
River today.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Hickman mo-
tored to New York city on business
yesterday.
John H. Baremore, William c.
Crosby and John Vohman were among
the local men in attendance at the
meeting of the Middlesex County Lo-
cal Option League held in the Second
Reformed church last night.
The Rev. w. J. B. Edgar spent
TUESDAY in Philadelphia on business
Lincoln Hayes is substituting as ru-
raj mail carrier for Earl Collins, who
Is enjoying his sixteen days vacation
Frank Segar, of the Home for Boys
is again on duty after two weeks
vacation spent In Trenton and vicin-
ity.
Lexington Reid's attempt to prove
at q suit for damages before a jury
in borough hall yesterday afternoon
that a cow owned by Biajia Pergola
of this place. had eaten produce from
his garden to the amount of $40, wa.
non-suited before Justice w. E. Pax
ton, before the jury were allowed tt
ponder over the question. 1t was no
the actual damages done, but it wal
the loss that Mr.. Reid, Is alleged t.
have sustained by the crop not matur
ing, due to the raids of the COW. Mr.
would have brought him $40 If the!
had not been destroyed. Among
the crops destroyed were 1872 hills o
lima beans and LAP hills of corn. On
, cross examination by Lawyer Johl
; kirkpatrick, Mr.. Reid admitted tina
r he pays no rent for the ground, bu
8 had twenty years ago paid one dolla
. for the use of the ground. 1t wa
1 at this point that Mr.. kirkpatrick
: asked for non-suit that was allow
Ell ed before the case was allowed to e.
0 to the jury. The following serve,
0 on the jury: Jacob Hausser, Alber
n Soden, Edward Heyman. Benjamin.
Goldstein, Thomas Perrine, Charlie
D Roberts, Norman Jobes, Lincol
! Hayes, John Ewing. John Clark, Gus
tave Fillhower. Anthony Dughi.
ri There was a meeting of the senio
e class of the high school in the audi
e torium this Thursday afternoon.