The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-30
PERSONALS.

The following officers nave been elected by the
Pequanock Pure Water Company President,
S. S. Sergeant; secretary, Allan L. Bassett;
superintendent, Alexander Wood; counsel, Fred
erick S. Fish.
William Watkins. OF New Jersey, has been
appointed a postoffice Inspector. Fourth class
postmasters have been appointed for New Jersey
as follows:-George A. Mott, Beach Haven; John
II. Shinn, Cookstown. and T. S. Harbourt, Titus
vile.
James Shapes, of Camden, shot a large owl
which was perched upon some piling adjoining
the ferry house at the foot of Market street on
Monday. The bird, which is known as the
Arctic owl, was almost entirely white and a very
rare species in this part of the country, but
quite common in Canada.
The State Council of the Catholic Benevolent
Legion met in New Brunswick Wednesday. Re
ports showed that the order, though but seven
years old, already has $500 members. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:-President, A. W.
Harding, New Brunswick; vice-president, u. G..
Ghegan. Jersey City; orator, James Donnelly,
Newark; secretary, Thomas Gallagher, Newark
treasurer. j. q. Matthews, Newark; marshal, /.
McFadden, New Brunswick; guard, William
Black, Trenton; spiritual adviser. Bishop OFar-
rell, Trenton.
The pretty young trotter Prince. which Alex.
Probasco sold to DeCamp and Gibbs, of Decker
town. about three months ago, has already won
for his new owners some $500 in prizes at the
t~rotting meetings where he has been entered,
and they have been offered s 1880 for him.
Senator George 7. Cranmer is making a des-
perate fight for President of the Senate. Senator
Thompson and Senator Nevius are contestants.
Miss Sally Hewitt, daughter of ex-Congress-
man Abram S. Hewitt, of Rlngwood, mourns the
loss of her pet donkey. The said donkey was
one of the finest of its kind and q very ''amoosin
cuss.H He was imported from England and soon
became a feature OF Ringwood. Some time ago
he got sick and a veterinary surgeon who was
from New York to attend him de-
clared that he was suffering with a disease which
he designated as a swelled head; in other words
some of the membranes in the donkey's head
were turning to bone. The surgeon declared the
animal incurable and advised his destruction for
fear that the disease might be communicated to
the rest of the stock in the stables. The donkey
was accordingly removed to the horse burying
ground, where by means of a combination OF
Mr.. Cooper Hewitt and his Winchester he was
made q fit subject for interment. There are lots
of other donkeys with swelled heads roaming
about this broad and beautiful land, but some
how or other they do not get in the way Of Mr..
HEWITT Winchester.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
awarded to Andrew Brandt. of Philadelphia,
the contract for the new passenger station in
Newark.
Mr.. George Hamilton, a farmer, residing neai
the Six Roads, Railway, was attacked by ar
Infatuated boar Tuesday afternoon about fouI
O'Clock; his left hand and arm were frightfully
lacerated by the brute, and his injuries are quite
serious.
Miss Adele Storms, of Barnegat, has invented
a steamer for cooking purposes. It can be at