The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-08-23
New jersey
Items


rendered Ralph G. higgins recently APP
pointed postmaster at Bridgeton, a
testimonial diner at this place.
Lower Alloway.-Farmers of this
place are permitting villagers to dig
white potatoes for their own use.
Alloway. Q~uartermaster William
jenkins, a former resident, has been
selected Ly Secretary of the Navy
DENLY to sail on the Henderson on q
cruise around the world.
Woodbury.-W. III. Albright, secre-
tary of the stae senate, and Mrs. Wads-
worth Creese Of this place announce
their candidacy for members of the Re-
publican State Committee.
Gibbstown.-David Perogiory, the
lad of this place who recently lost
both legs under a train, is now able to
walk with the aid of a cane. Artificial
legs were given him by the County
Chapter of the Red Cross.
Gloucester.-County Superintendent
Charles Albertson has made a request
Of the Board of Education of this
place to take care of the twenty-five
high school pupils from Centre town
ship. a
Elizabeth.-Kern J. Holcomb, a tree
expert, employed on the Kean estate,
was killed when lightning struck a
tree 100 years old, in which he was
working. After the storm Holcomb's
body was found hanging in the tree,
held by a rope. He was taken to the
Elizabeth Hospital but was pronounced
dead.
Atlantic Cfty.-John Eiszard, United
States commissioner, resigned, declar-
Ing the great number of prohibition
cases brought before him were taking
so much time that they were running
his law business. Hiram Stellman, his
predecessor, resigned recently for the
same reason.
Trenton.-The State Public Utility
Board announced the dismissal of the
application Of the Weehawken Town
ship Committee and a number of jitney
bus owners for an order restraining
the West Shore Railroad Company
from excluding jitney buses from space
heretofore occupied by them at the
Weehawken ferry terminal.
Branchville.-Shortly after the con-
gregation had left the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at this city, On a picnic
to Culver's lake, fire was discovered
in the basement of the church. 1t Is
believed that someone carelessly threw
a lighted match or cigarette upon the
fl or. Calls were sent to Newton and
Franklin to aid the local firemen. Their
combined efforts saved the building,
but it was badly damaged by water.
Harrison.-Police and prohibition en-
forcement agents ar investigating II
fire which caused about $1,000 dam
age to a three story frame building.
The firemen found tire fifty gallon
stills In operation whehn they respond
ed to an alarm. Thirte n barrels of
rye mash were found in a real room Of
the building. The owner of the build
ing Samuel Lupico.
Passaic.-Otto Brueckner, aged six
ty-seven, retired treasurer and general
superintendent of the Gera Mills, n
of the largest wooden and worsted
plants in this city, died in Lenox Hill
Hospital, New York, after an illness of
two weeks. He was born in Germany.
After a common school education he
went to work as a hand loom weaver
In Gera, Germany. In 1900, when the
Gera mills were founded in Passaic,
Mr.. Brueckner was made treasurer
and superintendent. He retired two
years ago.
Convent Station.-Sister Mary Paul
inc, founder of the College of st. Eliza
beth, and its active head for twenty
three years, died at the college after
seventy-five years old.
Trenton.-Falling from the running
board of his fathers automobile as 1t
was being brought out of the garage,
Norman Breese, four-year-old son of
Grover G. Breese Of Dutch Neck, was
killed when the wheels passed over
his body.
Elizabeth,-High up in a tree when
a severe storm broke here, Fern U.
Holcomb, Of Hiram, o., a young tree
surgeon, was instantly killed when a
bolt of lightning struck l m Several
men at the foot of the tree were
stunned.
Elizabeth.-The belief that they
have In custody three professional
crooks Is expressed by the local police
following the apprehension of Selvi-
tell Orazio, 232 Riverside emu /;
Amelio Sacco, Ga Ship avenue, and
John Kohnte, "a Ship avenue, all of
Medford, Mass. The prisoners range
in age from twenty-three to twenty
SIX years.
N~ewark.-An automobile in which
were six passengers went over the
embankment in Harrison turnpike at
the approach to Dead Mans Curve"
and was no one removed from the
tracks of the Public. Service Railway
where it landed than two other ma
chimes collided at the curve. The cars
were badly damaged in the second ac-
cident, but the one that went over
the embankment was able to proceed
after the accident.