The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-06-22
ST ATE ITEMS.


the position of Moral Instructor at the State
Prison, has declined that appointment, and has
accepted call to Calvary Churci at Summit,
n.
The Trenton Gazette promisesto appear in a
new dress shortly.
| fruit grower in Hammonton realized from
twenty-five acres of berries, during last season,
the amount of S8, 1896. Ten acr,s of strawber-
rles, sixty bushels to the acre, bought SO $40;
two acres of raspberries; sixty bushels to the
acre, $3.50; ten acres of black)e berries, eighty
bushels to the acre, $4 096.
AT public meeting held in Hightstown to
make arrangements for the celebration of the
coming Fourth, two citizens and reporter
were present. Considerable unanimity of SEN
timent prevailed, only one motion being lost
by tie vote.
Mr.. Isaac Dawson. of Hightsiown, discover
ed while ploughing, few wee HI since, num-
Der of old Spanish silver coins, Oh two Of which
were the dates l774 and 1771. One also bore
the title Phillippus W. and Oh some the i'm
pressions were quite distinct. They had been
buried several inches beneath the surface
The ladies of Newark gave strawberry feast
| to about seven hundred invalid soldiers from
the Mill street hospital, the other day. Some
sixteen hundred baskets of berries were con-
sumed.
| The Union League of Bridgeton is to give the
returned soldiers dinner and reception On the
4th of July.
boy caused considerable commotion in the
Paterson Guardian Office the other day bv ten
dering silver halfdime in payment for a copy
Of Vans weekly. The editor says he swooned
away Immediately upon learning the fact
The present appearance of the crops in Hun
terdon county is very fattering. The wheat
crop bids fair to be good, while every variety
of fruit will be unusually abundant.
Among the National Banks organized during
the week ending June 10th, were the Mechan-
ics, of Newark, capital $500, 900; the Essex
County, also of Newark, 100000; and the
Mechanics, of Burlington, $1O0,o
4 On Saturday evening, the 3D. inst, the mourn
ing drapery was removed clardestinely from
the Baptist Church in Bridgeton. The act il
laid to the charge Of some Of the copperhead
members Of the church.
Ground was broken for new Roman Catho
lie Cathedral in Paterson last week, and the
work is being pushed forward with energy. The
dimensions of the ground floor will be 200 BY
so feet The Cathedral will have three spires
on the front, the central cne to be $50 feet il
height The building win cost 5000 600 and
VIII not De completed IN less tnan nve years.
An immense business has been done in tn,
strawberry line in BERGEN comfy tbis season
, The avera oe sbipment by the Erie Railroad ba
exceeded 130 900 baskets a day. In addition
the Hackensack Dezaocrot savs & there nassa
lthropgb tba village Nv plank Road III Ney
York and IN tba Hackensacl Railroad not III
, +ban Al oo1 baskats malino IL iii en 0o0 ba .
Lass Thera ara also otbar ontlats which bav
~ to,, ,,a,t;oaa IA rcb;ah ,,;lI ,,.n,al,
~ ~ Ill sh;,,,,rt - ~ ~,
rs.s !; NJ, ~ a,,,at y oso 600 lna1,at
NJ, ~ uu
lnis speaAs Meii ioi ~ ,he anu enteipris
E Oh 'he iafinefs VI oiu Deisen'
ine Ne.eiN a~I :, s'se' say "e heaI thd
.lie clops IL nem p.onis9 W pe iuily
70 'ie ase.aso, "Ilee ~ SUN piaSes 1iieie ~
: present piospeos VI ials9' yieio Ihan US s ua :
ralininS opIlatons @ nase ueen solieMLae 1t
seruc.eo ~ .ile ia.o neasy iains, pue iapol R pt
ing now lol JUG ,nos. pa' no se'lo y
4ba .:n on .liis NJ Iauso
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, yleiu ~ ovno' se'.ss n ~ 'no o'oP
aie iepoiuou - - - Sp.Ia
! me somerset people are excited over severe
Q bold robperies which nave been committed
that county lately. Two have occurred !