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STATE NEWS.


packing state in the Union, her out
post last year being 362,650 cases,
against 40S,212 for Maryland, Penn
sylvania and Virginia combined.
Captain Charles w. Patterson, keep
er of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse for
twenty six years, died on Saturday
night of Bright's disease on bis farm,
in Fairfield. He retired one year ago.
A sharks tooth, perfect and we'll
preserved, was brought up the other
day out of the new artesian we'll being
bored at Atlantic City The well has
reached depth of between 500 and
600 feet
The work upon the State Capitol is
making rapid progress. The new
structure is to be finished in November,
1887, and it will cost $250,000 with
something like $4,000 additional for
furnishing,
Mrs. Mary Peddington, of Long
Branch, recently fell over dog in a
store and broke her arm. She has
brought suit against Miss Edith
Storms, the owner of the dog for ST.
600 damages.
Mr. Lorillard says he will sell for
$3.50, 900 his famous 5000-acre farm at
Jobstown, together with utensils, fur
niture and fixtures. His clearing sale
of thoroughbred stations, brood mares
and racets will take place on the farm
on Friday.
The Republican Executive Commit
tee will have it's headquarters in Tren-
ton this year. The change was made
at the desire of many Republicans in
the southern portion of the State who
found communication with Jersey
City difficult.
A large stock of household effects
which had been stolen piecemeal from
Edward O.Donnels residence at Home
steadville, were discovered concealed
in the house of Mary West, neigh
Dor, and Monday Justice Kersel, of
Camden, held the supposed thief for a
further hearing.
There was a big gathering at Somers
Point on Saturday afternoon, the
famous fishing club which is named
after that place giving an oldfash-
ioned clam-bake The steward s mem
oranda called for 5000 CLAIMS, 1000
oysters, and turkeys, chickens and
ducks in profusion.
A calf was killed in Zionville, Pa.
one morning, the skin was at the tan
merry by noon, was tanned and turned
over to shoemaker that evening, and
by the next morning was made into a
pair of boots which were worn by the
man who owned the calf that had worn
the skin the day before.
Maxwell, the condemned murderer,
who is awaiting execution in st. Louis,
is said to have become completely un-
nerved. and to show in every move
ment his distress. He rolls and tosses
all night, talks and starts in his sleep,
and is said to be haunted by vision
of the murdered Preller.
Seven thousand dollars in silver, the
proceeds of fair. were taken to the
bank at Mount Pulaski, ILL.,, recently,
when the horse ran away. the wagon
was overturned, and the money scat
tered in the street. Citizens gathered
it up, and when counted at the bank
there was but 60 cents missing.
A citizen of Newton, Sussex Co., no.
ticed his hens standing around tree on
which grapevine grew gazing up
ward intently. He looked further, and
saw another hen up in the tree picking
the grapes from the vine and dropping
them down for the fowls on the ground.
The citizen is said to be truthful.
Mayor Edmunds, of Cape May, has
been indicted for attempting bribery
of members of Council. The trouble
grew out of the attempt on the part
of Mayor Edmunds and certain men,
bers of Council last Spring to effect the
sale of the City Water Works to one
Taylor for a sum considered not half
the value of the franchise.
Cattle in Essex county have been
suffering from pleuro-pneumonla.
State Veterinary Inspector Lowe Or
dered several killed; and an examina-
tion was made which proved the dis
ease beyond doubt. All animals ex-
posed to the contagion have been
quarantined and it is thought that the
disease will not spread further.
A petition is being circulated in Jer-
| sey City asking Governor Albeit to