The Monitor., 1884-12-19
STATE Ne VS..

Tie legislature Of this state conyenes
On tie 13rh Of next month.
0fthe q members Of the next LegisIa-
tnre oi This State. IF are lawyers
The first victim Of cholera in Paris. It is
said, vas CArl,tian Christensen. cabinet
maker and carpenter vino formerly lived in
somergille He died November 18th
Chancellor Runyon. at Trenton, on sat
urday appointed Luther g. Billings. Of
Ridgewood receiver Of the Daniel F.
Beatty Organ Company, Of Washington.
NJ.
Col. T. P. O'Reilly. Of Newark, one
Of the elect0T, on the Butler ticket in this
state, has brought suit against the New
York Uord for libel. claiming 10000
damage.
i check for q. .0s032 was given on Mon
day IN Mrs. Mary (. Baxter. widow Of En-
gineer George Baxter. who was killed
IN tie Pixies Peak collision, on the Camden
and Atlantic railroad. last summer Tie
money was raised by contributions
The Hazard powder mills. at Sccaucus.
New Jersey on the line Of tine Erie Rail
road blew up about half-past II o'clock
on Monday night Tie shock was felt as
far north as Youkers and as far south as
Staten Island. No person was injured
Windows in farm houses were shattered
for several miles around.
At Newark, on Tuesday morning, Judge
Depue directed the attention Of the Grand
Jury 70 the failure Of the Newark Savings
Institution. reviewed the causes leading to
the suspension aud laid special stress upon
the Fisk & Hatch loans. He said that IF
the facts show a conspiracy Of any Of the
managers Of the bank with each other, or
with outside persons. they may be indicted
for conspiracy whether the overt act was
in this or another State
The proposition to build a bridge across
Staten Island Sound, joining the states Of
New York and New jersey, is again the
subject Of comment in Trenton. The act
permitting the erection Of the bridge failed
TO pass Congress at the last session, and it
is said that it viii be difficult to put through
at this session The measure will be
strongly opposed by the jersey Representa-
tives. as being part Of a serious movement,
it Is said. 10 divert railroad traffic from the
New Jersey shore to tie water front Of
New York
OF the $50 convicts in the State Prison
al
owing to tho expiration Of contracts, these
will soon be thrown into idlcness. The
enactment Of the law abolishing convict
labor prevents the making Of new con
tracts. The board Of prison inspectors, at
a meeting On Monday passed resolution
calling upon the next Legislature to pro-
vide some method Of employment for the
prisoners for the sake Of their mental, mo
raj and physical welfare. Besides the in
jury done to the health Of the conyicts the
State runs behind this year from $40, 900 10
$4,000 for the support Of the prisoners.
President Stokes fifteenth annual re-
port Of the Ocean Grove Association shows
that the expenses for the year were $50,
3lG.0j, and the income 81, 1G0.50 over that
sum. In years previous the aggregate de-
ficiency has been 1900 There are now in
the place s31 cottages and 60 hotels, and
the largest population during the season
was 10000 During the three and half
months ending September II there were
$50 600 arrivals at the Ocean Grove and
Asbury Park railroad stations. In one day
there were 3. 700 regular passengers, and
on another day the arrivals, including ex-
cursionists, were $500. Three miles Of
sewers were laid during the year, making
seven miles in all in the Grove.