Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-01-30
grM@ GAZETTE
ELIZABETH-TOWN,
TUESDAY, JANUARY so. 1921.


The weather, during part Of the last
week, was more intensely cold, tits stared,
than has been known in forty years, On
Tuesday evening last, after pleasant
day, the weather became cold, which con-
ltinued to increase until Thursday morn
ing, al which time, in this town, The mer-
curry 10 the thermometer stood at | de-
grees below zero. Many persons in this
vicinity, who were exposed to the wealth.
err were severely frozen, and We Know OF
some who were so overcome with the
cold as TO be in danger Of perislling.
In New-Y ork, on Thursday morning,
one thermometer stood at Ia degrees be-
low zero. The harbor OF New. Y ork has
been completely ice-bound, aud hundreds
of persons, aud many loaded sle,ls, crossed
the North river on the ice OH Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, circumstance
which has not before occurred since the
year 1880.
| Number Of deaths in the city and coun.
Ity of Newly ork in The year 1920, 1915;
viz. DAT men, 7S4 women, 979 boys, 805
| girls. Ages--8o7 of or under year
36 between | and 2, 254 between and
IS, 1875 between 5 and 10, l76 between
10 and 20, Alb between 20 and 80, 409
between 80 and 40, $50 between 40 and
SO, 224 between SO aud 60, 1856 between
so and 20, l0l between 20 and 80, 4e
between 80 and 90, IL between 80 and
100, and 2 aged upwards Of 100 years.
i 1t was ascertained by measurement or
Thursday last, that the width Of North
river, at Powles' Hook, is 1880 yards. OF
one mile.
i Daring the past week oak wood sole
in New York for IS the carman's load
and nut wood for ST..
We understand (says the True Ameri
cau) that Governor Williamson intends
to postpone the election Of Representa-
tive in the nert Congress, in the place o
Judge Linn, until the general election il
October-.by which the expense am
; trouble of an extra election will be saved
to the state. A successor could not b,
elected in time to supply the vacancy il
the present Congress, and therefore NJ
election for that purpose will be held.
r 1t is stated that Cornelius White ant
+ Catharine, his wife, have been committed
, to prison in New York, on suspicion 0
Isetting fire to the house No. 2O5 Front.
street, which occasioned the recent con
| flagration in that city.
A fire occurred in Boston, on the eve
, ming of goth inst. A stable was consum
. ed, together with several horses thai
could not be got out.
1 Congress. hour Of meeting, which
had been changed to ii O'Clock, was re-
) stored to IL O'clock in the House of Rep.
} resentatives on the 10Th inst. Were 4
merchant to open his shop at IL O'clock
or mechanic begin his daily labor Al
midday, we should say he would make
but a poor days work. --Newark Cent
| The last Sussex Register says, that on
Friday the 18th inst. a number of the
friends Of Judge Linn, deceased, set on
for Washington City, for the purpose O
bringing the body Of the deceased to his
native place for interment. -ib.
4 On the 4th of Dec. Mr.. MAfee, Of the
Kentucky Legislature, laid a resolution
before the House, iostruciing the Senators
, aud Representatives Of that state in Con.
gress to use their best endeavors to reject
the Spanish treaty If it should again be
before either house, because the country
between the Sabine aud the Rio del Norte
ought not to be relinquished.-
The u. S. branch Bank at Cincinnati
have issued 270 writs for the purpose O
collecting in their outstanding debts
These are said TO amount 10 the enormou!
i sum Of 81 800, 00O.--ib.