The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-20

cessor to the late United States Court Judge
Nixon Mr.. Keasbey has powerful influence at
Washington.
The marriage of Mr. Harry Riddle and Miss
Ella wyckoff, the only daughter of Senator
| Wyckoff, is announced to take place on the
| twenty-flfth.
Edward Conway, an ex-member of Company
| G. Fourth Regiment, will leave next week for
South America, where he win remain for several
weeks.
Alderman Hoos has positively declined to &C
cept the Democratic nomination for member Of
| tee Assembly for the Third district.
Robert S. Green the son of the Governor had
decided to study law, but recently he
changed his mind, and has determined to enter
into mercantile business in New York;
That was gooo deed that Colonel John Nc
Anerney did when he sent fifty tickets to the
Children's Home to enable the children to listen
to the Tabernacle Band Concert. President John
A. Walker deserves like credit for having the
children transported to the Tabernacle and home
free of cost by the generous order of Charles B.
Thurston, president of the Jersey City and Ber-
gen Railroad Company.
James Paterson, of Passaic county, has been
nominated by the Republicans for Member of
Assembly from the Second district.
| Brigadier General William f. Albeit an
nounced to his father few days ago that he
was engaged to be married to q charming Chi
cago lady whose father counts his cash by the
millions. Happy William.
From every portion of the State Allan L. Me
Dermott receives letters of congratulation for
the manner in which he has knocked out little
| Senator Griggs.
Ex-Assemblyman Thomas F. Noonan met his
match one day during the past week. He and
several convivial friends standing in front
of the Court House discussing a case the coun-
seor had just won, when the seediest and most
tramp-like looking tramp who ever paced rail
road ties approached. With Chesterfieldian
politeness he bowed and enquired thus:-''win
you please tell me how far it is to Patersons
is it your purpose to make peripatetic ex-
| ploration with the aid of your pedal extremitiesy
the counsellor asked. If the leather holds out
| it is" was the quiet response. Then" said
| Mr. Noonan, you will not arrive there. The ex
ceptionaly ill-conditoned thoroughfares that
| must be traversed will so impede your progress
| that the leaves and the spring time will greet
you before you start. Say, will you inform me
just how drunk you aref" "Young--er-m dye
| know hover Gov nor overwhelmingly made
thic) fortune?n NO how was it" We'll
| er-(hc) en- the Gov'nor made one-half-er-b-by
mind II his own bisness and--er-'totherh half by
| thic) by keep'n it-er-to HIMSELF that's me
sure" Mr.. Noonan now invited the man to in :
dulge and gave him car fare to Paterson.
AT the tenth annual reunion of the survivors of
the First New Jersey Cavalry the following
officers were elected-President, George A.
Bovine, of Mlddlesex; secretary, G. F. Crosel
mire, of Newark; treasurer, William H. Lam
bert of Dover; chaplain, Richard Lawrence;
sergeant-at- arms, James E. Lindley, of Trenton;
vice presidents, j. Geiger, Company A; c. F.
Croselmire, Company B; George Inspen, Com
pany G; Samuel MCGOWAN, Company D; Hugh
Greene, Company E; Charles H. Wardell, Com
pany f; Cortlandt Englin, Company G; w. H. II.
Jackson, Company H; Abram Voorhees,, Com
pany I; Seth w. Slate, Company K; Ephraim
Case Company L; Joseph f, Layton Com
pany NJ.
Cyrus c. Corby, of Montclair, has received 100
prizes from the Wavery, Trenton and Mount
Holly fairs for exhibits of grapes.
Frank L. Roudebush, of South Orange, sailed
for Europe on the steamer Teutonic on Tuesday
Charles Wills, for many years Democratic
leader in Burlington county, died at his residence
in Mount Holly. on Friday morning of last week,
of Brght's disease, aged sixty years. He
was County Treasurer for three years, and was
defeated in 1885 for State Senator by W. H..
Carter Mr.. Wills was for many years editor of
the Mount Holly Herald.
The Democratic convention of the Third Dis
trct of Monmouth county, held at Keyport on
| Wednesday, nominated Charles WINS, of Red
Bank, for the Assembly the first ballot, all
townships voting for WINS except Middetown
and Holmdel, which voted 70 Captain John Fl
! Heyer Director of the Board of Chosen Free
holders.
a hen owned by MIR. George Crittngton, of
West Asbury Park, has astonished the natives in
the size of her egg productions. OF three
samples Monday, the largest measured three
inches in length. six inches around the smaller
circumference and eight and one-half inches the
longest way The three would have made a
breakfast omelet for a lnoderate-sized family.
John C. Goodhridge, Jr., was elected Friday
by the East Jersey Propretors, Supervisor
General in the place of the late Prof George H.
Cook.
Leon Albeit will speak at the Park Rink
Orange, October 81, aud large audience is ex
pected to greet him.
The Republicans of the First district of Mon
mouth county have nominated Justice of the
Peace William L. Conover, of Englishtown, for
Assemblyman. The Republicans of the Second
district nominated David p vandeventer and the
Third named John L. Sproul.
Peter L. Voorhees,, of Camden is suggested as
a successor TO United States District Court Judge
Nixon.
The estate of the late ex-senator Cramer, of
Warren county is valued at $4,000. He had in
surance on his life to the amount Of So, 800 BY
his'win Mr.. Cramer left $500 to Samuel Minnich.
miller. who had worked for him twenty-ons
years, the same amount 20 Peter Y. Chandler a
driver employed by him nineteen years, and Ss0l
to Tilghlnan Hass. another employee.
Secretary Kelsey states that owing TO the dc
lay In completing the Mcclellan monument to
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