The Monitor., 1885-01-16
STATE NEWS.


Jersey City is the terminus of twelve
railway lines.
Trenton introduced the electric light on
Saturday night.
State Treasurer Wright died on Thurs
day of last week.
An up-Jersey skating rink took in $3.50.
on Christmas day
There are $40 convicts in the State
Prison and 800 of them are employed by
the contractors.
The Grand Division Sons of Temperance
of New Jersey will meet in Trenton on
Wednesday, the 2sth inst
Moses d. Naar, editor of the Trenton
True 4meriean, died on Sunday after a
short illness, aged about 80 years.
Dr. Rogers, of the State Board of Health.
says there is no hog cholera in this part of
the State as far as he is officially advised.
In 1853, Delaware township. Hunter
don county, contained eight dstilleries and
ten hotels Now there are but two of
each
Two citizens of Vneland abruptly left
town on hearing that they had been iu-
dicted by the Grand Jury for selling liquor
Illegally.
The Secretary of the Treasury has re-
hundred dollars from an unknown party in
Newark.
The Legislative printing for the present
session has been awarded to f. f. Patter-
son, of the Camden Co,trier. he being the
lowest bidder.
The annual encampment of the New
the Republic will take place in Trenton,
in February
The employees of Beattys organ works at
Washington, who have SO. eco due them
for wages, received ten per cent. of that
amount on Christmas Eve
Governor Albeit handed his message to
the Legislature on Tuesday. 1t covers
nearly forty y-Seven pages of pamphlet and
embraces a wide range of subjects.
The twenty ninth annual meeting of the
New Jersey Editorial Association will be
held at the American House, Trenton, on
Monday, January 18th, at II o'clock,
A. NJ.
Thomas Riley, who was convicted of
killing d. Pitman Borden. at Burlington.
last December. was sentenced on Monday
in Mt. Holly to twelve years in the State
Prison by Judge Reed.
The Belvidere apollo says that farms
which readily sold for 800 an acre, twenty
years ago, will not bring $50 an acre now,
and good farms in the upper part of War
rem county are being sold at $50.
The liquor sellers IN the upper part of
the State are having Legislative bill pre-
pared providing for the election of Excise
Commissioners by the people and limiting
the number of signers to petition for
license to three
dog got in among the machinery of the
| clock in the city hall at Trenton the other
night, and prevented it from being as strik-
ing an attraction as usual. The silence of
the bell led to an examination and the do @
was eXtricated.
The Deputy Marshals and L. S. Super
visors who served at the late election, and
who were refused pay for the full amount
of time named i'll the certificates of service
issued by the Chief Supervisor, are present
ing their grievances to the Senator's and
Representatives in Congress, asking for an
adjustment of their claims
For some years Trenton has desired to
annex the borough of Chambersburg, with
a population of 10.0 600 and much valuable
property. The citizens of Chambersburg
have just held mass meeting, in which
they decline to be annexed to that city. on
the ground that Trenton taxes are to high
and its advantages less than those of the
borough.
a resolution introduced by Senator Sew
ell, in the L. S. Senate, last week. author
ICES the Secretary Of War to pay $25. 600
to the Washington Association of this State.
for the purpose Of improving Washington
Headquarters at Morristown, and for the
purchase of ground in which to place the
remains of Continental soldiers. and to
erect monument over the spot
AS yet there have been but eleven licenses
taken out by tie one hundred saloon keep
efS now selling liquor in Camden. This
state of affairs has been brought about by
the expectation that at the next meeting of
Council strong effort will be made to
have the license fee reduced from S195 to
seventy-tiye dOllars-the old figure. This
effort, it is stated will be backed up with
several hundred dollars in cash raised by
the saloon keepers with the understanding
that a certain member of Council is to be
seen. The money has all been raised, and
has been placed in the hands of we'll
known party in that city. who will use it to
the best advantage.
GENERAL NEWS.