The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-18
AND NOTABLE.

PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.
Miss Stockton gave a lunch Saturday after
noon at Newark to Mrs. George L. Halsey. 1t
was a very pretty affair.
1t is rumored that Miss Roberta A. Ballantine,
of Newark, will be married to Mr.. John o. H.
Pitney. son of Vice Chancellor Pitney, of Norris
town, on January IS.
The Commonwealth Water Company, of New
ark, has about completed the plant for supply
ing water to Summit. They have laid in all
some six miles of pipe. The water is obtained
from a well fifteen feet in diameter and thirty
feet deep, situated in q gravel bed in the Felt
vile Valley. 1t is then pumped up through
pipes into a stand pipe on a hill about three
quarters of a mile from Summit. This stand
pipe is about 1850 feet above the level of the
town, and from it the water will be distributed
through mains. 1t is expected that the company
will begin supplying the town in about two
weeks.
The crop reports. made in response to the cir
cular issued by the State Board of Health, show
that the present year had been a very poor one
for far mers-as nearly all the crops are short
from ten to fifty per cent, in consequence of the
rainy weather, freshets and other causes.
Much damage was done by insects of various
sorts. Prof. Smith, of New Brunswick, says the
only practical way to get rid of the pests was
by sprinkling the trees with water and Paris
green.
During the past year the managers of the
Hackensack Public Library have been annoyed
by the thefts of magazines and weekly papers
from the library tables. A detective has been
employed to try to find the thief.
The railroad station at Swedesboro was robbed
of a small amount of cash on Friday night.
Monday morning the station agent found the
money in a tin cup on the platform. Remorse
or disgust had caused the thief to return it.
The new organ at the Brick Church, Orange,
was used for the first time Sunday morning. Mr..
| w. K. Bassford, the organist Of the church, pre-
sided. The organ contains l., 531 pipes, and is one
of the largest instruments in the Oranges, The
action is pneumatic throughout.
Orders have been issued at the New Brunswick
public schools that the pupils shall not give their
teachers any presents at Chriztmas.
new and permanent organization has been
effected by the students in the electric depart
ment at Rutgers College, having for it's object
the cultivation and furtherance of the knowl-
edge of electricity Associate members will
be chosen from the professors and noted cleo
tricians.
The knitting mills of R~ockaway are making
preparations to add to their business the making
of ladies' jerseys, which will increase the num-
Der employed to about 1850 persons.
James X. Lane was caught in a shaft at the
Whitney Glass Works, Glassboro, and whirled
around with fearful velocity. All his clothing
was torn off, but he escaped serious injury.
The Trenton State Gazette responds to the en-.
| quiry why the Deputy United States Special
Marshals who served in New Jersey during the
Presidential election last year have not received
their pay by s~aying:-"The appropriation made
by the last Congress was insufficient to pay all,
and the United States Marshal for New Jersey
neglected to send in a requisition for the amount
needed in this State. Marshal Deacon sent on a
request for the money soon after his appoint
ment, and received word from Washington that
Che funds were exhausted, and there would be
no more money available until Congress should
make another appropriation"
Mrs. Dennis Grear, of Pemberton, Burlington
county, last week accidentally ran a needle into
her leg above the knee, which broke off, leaving
part of the needle in the limb, which is now
swollen to immense proportions. 1t is feared
that amputation win be necessary to save the
woman's life. She is in a very critical condition
Captain Mulligan, of Life Saving Station No. 4,
Monmouth Beach, reported that a schooner
laden with cordwood was driven well in shore by
Saturday nights storm, and anchored abont half
a mile from land The vessel was in distress, the
men on her firing guns and burning signals in
the darkness. The sea was so high that the life
savers were unable to launch a boat to go to the
schooner's aid. The tug Haviland was summoned
by telephone from Sandy Hook, and at two
O'Clock Sunday morning made fast to the
schooner, which proved to be the Clifford. from
virginia. and lowed her inside the Hook.
The petition for changing the county seat Of
Atlantic from Mays Landing to Pleasantville is
receiving numerous signers. The Legislature
will probably be asked to authorize a special
election upon this subject.
After forty-seven years on s''crazy" quilt,
Mrs. Lizzie Weaver. of Bridgeton, has pro
nounced it finished. 1t contains SO,o75 separate
pieces.