The news., 1886-04-27
State News.


The vote on the conviction of State
Prison Keeper Laverty in the Senate was
not exclusively partisan, rs one Democrat
Vanderbilt, voted with the Republicans
for conviction.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John
Ill. Patterson, of Monmouth county, to be
State Prison Keeper tor the unexpired
term of p. III. Laverty; Waters p. Miller
Commissioner of the State Sinking Fund
and Richard J. Byrnes Judge of the Infer
ior Court of Common Pleas for Atlantic
county.
The Spring meeting of the West jersey
Game and Protective Society was held in
Helleman's Hall, Camden, on Wednesday,
President William Eisenbrown, of Phila-
delphia, in the chair. Special Officer Platt
reported that during the past year he had
made twelve arrests for cunning without
license. Each offender was fined $50 and
in default was committed to the Glouees-
ter county Jail, but afterwards released Dy
the Board OF Freeholders. Eight men were
| arrested for cunning out of season, and
were fined according to the amount of
game killed and found in their possession.
The Secretary reported that 233 quail had
been distributed in the counties under the
| Jurisdiction of the society during the past
season. Secretary Barnard gave an ac-
count of the laws the New Jersey .Legisla-
ture had passed. One was law changing
the time for the killing of reed birds and
quail. The close season against the kill
ing of game birds and animals is as fol-
lows. Qudll, DcIWCcn december ISL ana
November 14th next, changed from No
vember lst; reed birds, the same as rail,
from December lst to September lst,
changed from August 25th; gray fox and
black squirrel, from January lSt to Octob-
er 3lst, and rabbits from December 3lst to
November l4th, under a penalty of $25.
The Legislature has also passed Il law pro
hibiting the killing of English pheasants,
grouse or quail for the period of three
years.
The silk weavers of Union Hill have or
ganized for the purpose of securing eight
hours as II days work
Farmer Vanderbilt. who ran u quiet dis
tillery in Monmouth Comfy, and was
found out a few months ago, has Just com
promised with the Government by pay
ing $500.
Chief Justice Beasley, of the supreme
Court, has been petitioned by the citizens
of Hunterdon County to appoint am ex-
pert to investigate alleged crookedness in
the finances of the county. The charges of
unlawful and corrupt expenditure of pub
lie funds implicate seriously the Demo-
cratic Board of Freeholdois and other
county officers.
C. H. Davis, the Parkertown SUNDAY
school teacher, accused of assaulting his
cousin Florence, was found in New York
by New Jersey officers. He was taken to
Red Bank and locked up. He was not
taken to Parkertown because the popular
feeling against him there is very bitter.
His wife has renounced him and gone to
live with her parents.
Through the efforts of Rev. N. A. Haskell
pastor of the Vinelend Unitarian Church
the only one of that denomination in New
Jersey, the movement to establish a Uni
tartan church in Camden is rapidly pro-
crossing. permanent board of trustees
has been appointed, as follows: Wilson
Erust, Miss Emma Ginger, Charles H. Eel
ton. Thomas B. Harmed, Mrs. L. b. FELTON,.
A. B. Wilkinson, A. r. Bailey, Mrs. A. b.
Wilkinson, and Alvan Sanderson. The
building committee, after reporting in
favor of lot on Broadway, near stevens
Street, has been discharged, and the trus-
tees have appointed another committee to
lease lot, if possible, and erect temper
ary building. Although not two months
old, the society already has fifty members
and 1t is expected that by next Fall it viii
have its own pastor.