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New Jersey Courier N ew Jersey C ourier. EVERYBODY READS IT :: THE COURIER IS THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF OCEAN COUNTY :: IT GIVES ALL THE NEWS E S T A B L IS H E D 1850. Toms River, N. J., Thursday Afternoon, February 4, 1897. VOLUME 47—NUMBER 19 INSOUTHERNWATERS Among Our Churches. FR0MC0UNTYT0WNS POINT PLEASANT. GOSSIP OF TRENTON. Sea Side Park Improvements. Flrat Baptist. There are numerous applicants for the post- Look eu t for Changes at that Beach With a Jersey Sneak Box. Next Summer. Public worship and preaching uext Sunday TUCKERTON. office when the ehauga Is made by the in com ­ This week marked another short but busy MILLIONS morning at 10 30 ing administration. W h o may have the neces- session. Both houses met on Monday evening The new company which has purchased Sea The Jolly Four Reduced to Two and 8unday-schooI at 12 o'clock. The marriage of Anna Glover, daughter of • try pull U a question the writer can’t answer, and Tuesday m orning. The 8enate then ad­ Side Park, are going Into tbelr scheme with They Paddle Their Own Canoe. Junior Christian Eudeavor at 3 i* m., led by Dr and Mrs. Joseph Shrove o f Burlington, and but if the wishes of the big majority of the journed for ihe week j but the House held over vim and energy. The Cou bikb Is Informed by for Defence, To the A'etc Jersey Courier. Cora Davis; topic, “ The Beatitudes: which do Samuel Pharo Bartlett of this place, occurred at patrons o f the office w ere to be considered, ii till Wednesday ta-enable its committees to them that perhaps a score of the Incorporators T r a d e r ' s Hill, Ga ., on the St. Mary's you most seed to remember ? ’’ the Friends’ Meeting House at Burlington at would without doubt lead to the re-appointment catch up v ltb tbelr work. (w ho Inolude In their number oyer 40 o f the But Not River, January 10—(.'apt. George Herring and Senior Christlau Eudeavor Society at 0 45 i*. 10 30 Thursday uiorm ng, a large number o f o f Thomas Graham w ho served under the last Some Important bills were Introduced Mon­ most prominent names lu South Jersey busi­ myself left Camp Mizell yesterday morning M, led by Miss M arlin; topic, “ Sincerity— relatives and friends witnessing tbe ceremony* Republican administration. day night. Senator Johnson o f Bergen, ness, professional aud political affairs) will with a mule team for this place and tramped wltb one’s self, with others, with G od."— Ps. Mlrs Ellen Leeds Bartlett, o f Atlantic City, W ork on the bridge haa been held back very brought out bis Railroad Commission bill, on erect cottages there this spring and summer. ONE CENT the whole eight miles as we only had ono mule 15:1-5; Z cb . 8:16, 17. j 'v»s maid of honor, and Ephraim G. Shreve, j inoch by the storms aud lc«. However some lines similar to those recommended by the Tbe Sea Side Park house is for sale if a reli­ this time. We have tried several routes to get Evening service at 7 30, subject, "The of Atlantic City, was best man. Tbe ushers o f the caissons have been sank in position In Governor. able purchaser can be bad, but w ill be run this through to the Suwannee River, Fla , all of pearl." Iu addition to the leguiar music led were Messrs. Charles D. Gauntt of Burlington; the river bed. Senator Ross o f Cape May, Introduced the summer by the company as a family hotel, for Tribute” which have been blocked by the great storm of by the choir, there will be special music Edward 0. Leeds, of Camden; J. Crawford A large house owned by Mrs. Sarah Dorset! borough bill, applying to all boroughs. after a thorough renovation. It Is proposed September last. We have passed over thou­ furnished by the music committee o f the Bartlett o f Philadelphia, and Charles Alltfn near Beaver Dam C reek, burned down on This D the lesult o f many conferences be­ to run a small steamer from Toms River to sands of acres of big pine timber land here in Christian Eudeavor. Bariletf, o f fladdonfield The certificate o f Sunday night, tbe first alarm being given at tween representatives of the various borougus Sea Side uext summer, and another from Sea W as the cry o f patriotic Americans one hundred years Georgia, where the trees had been so weak­ Prayer meeliug on Friday evening at 7 30. marriage was read by Rowland J. Dutton; 1115. Tbe borough fire com pany tried to get o f the Slate, held at Intervals for several 8ide to Barnegat City. ened by 41 boxing " on one side fo collect tur­ Presbyterian. remarks and supplications offered by John their chemical engine to tbe Ore but stopped months past. It provides for annual election Judge Joseph H. Gaskill of Mt. Holly, presl- a^o today—and they meant it! pentine that the storm laid them low, together at Havens’ store in preference to being stalled Preaching at 10 80 a m Topic, " The word Dillingham, o f Philadelphia; Charles Rhodes, on the second Tuesday In March, when a o f the com pany, has been a yearly visitor at with other pines three and four feet iu diameter among Thorns o f Haddonfleld, and Elizabeth Dunn, o f by the snow drifts. The house contained about mayor, six couocllm en, a freeholder, a borough Sea Side Park for many summers past, and is at the butt. We And it very bard to travel Why should not we be as patriotic as our forefathers? Sabbath-school at 11.45 A M Camden. 4The bride wore a gown of plain 16 rooms but was unoccupied at the time o f treasurer, three commissioners o f appeal, A e., probably tbe prime mover in the new enterprise. some parts o f the forest because the trees are Junior Christiau Endeavor pi aver meeting at brown, and no color to offset its monotony. the fire. shall be elected ; also two additional council- Sea Side Park has many advantages over cm get just as well managed, just as strong companies at piled up across the rouds like a child's cob A movement Is on fo o l to r lease the trolley 12 45 i* m. Topic, "T h e Be.iutluides: which The ceremony consisted in the young people men for each ward where a borough contains any other section of beach on the coast} house. do you most.uccd to remember?" joining their right hands and promising to be company from the $300 yearly tux which it is over three wards. Provisions is also made for It Is the nearest beach to Philadelphia, being Tbe St. Mary’s river is blocked for miles now compelled to pay. As ihe road has not home. Cbiietiun Eudeavor prayer at 6 30 r. m faithful until death. Then all present signed certain appointive officers. The Mayor and several miles nearer than Atlautic City, and with some 75 000 logs, and the lumbermen are Topic, "S in cerity with one’s self, with others, the immense marriage certificate, a handsomely yet paid Us expenses, our people see little hope Councllmen hold office for two years, the with express trains could be reached muck hastening to put more into the water before W e represent some o f the strongest American Fire with G od." embossed parchment, two and a half feet wide o f its being incorporated iu the trolley system Freeholder, Assessor, Constables and Com­ more easily. Its narrowness brings every tbe worms attack it. as they will when lying Preaching 1 j the evening at 7 30. Topic, by three feet in length. A reception followed north o f the Manarquan river with this tax missioners o f Assessment three years, and most cottage that can be built there iu close on the ground. Of course they ought not to Insurance Companies and nothing but A M E R IC A N com­ ‘ Conviction of sin.” at the residence o f the bride’s parents, on West hanging over it. of tbe others one jear. The Mayor's salaiy proximity to either bay or ocean, and insures block navigation but they took chances od The weekly prayer meeting is held Wednes­ Union street. Several o f Mr. Bartlett's Ocean St. Mary’s Episcopal church will give not to exceed $300, Councllmen, no salary; a cool retreat In the hottest summer weather. that os so few vessels go above Traders Hill. day evening at 7 30 county friends were present. another social on Saturday evening of next Treasurer and Collector, a percentage on the Then the boatiDg, fishlug, crabbing, etc., is panies. U K tat The Ladies Aid Society wit) hold its reguiar Tbtf Grammar school has been Jilted out week, 13th in st, at the h om e of Mrs. Thom as business they do. Every borough shall be fat suneriot Ya sale\y, comlort and sport, lo rJrera'ama Aaadred tmTcs further. monthly meetb g at tbe Lome of George T. with additional chairs to accommodate the 0 . Curtis. separate lu local government and shall con ­ any that can he bad at any o f the beach re« Streams here are very low—natives say they Fischer, Brown & Co. Crook. Thursday afternoou at 2 30 lncreafe in the number o f pupils.
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