The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-15
WHO'S THAT?
Oh, Yes, Know Him---Whats
You Don't Say So!

met Justice W. y. Cornell at the door of tae
Police Court several days ago. GOOD morning
Judge" said l. "a case here this mornings"
Not here" replied tho Judge, With peculiar
smile that would have puzzled savant i've
one at the house." whats the nature of it1'' !
asked. 'Its a grill" And the smile then
easily interpreted as one of parental joy.
Fire Commissioner John Brown just Cts Fire
Board chair.
Professor j. B. Ferry. the efficient choir
master of St. Peters Church, is preparing some
elaborate music for the Christmas services.
Norman L. Rowe has been appointed Assistant
| Prosecutor to act in the place Of Joe Noonan I'm
til the latter RECEIVERS sufficiently to attend to
the duties OF the office.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Worth have returned to
their homo on Ogden avenue, after a protracted
visit to the West, including Colorado.
John Boyd, tho only original John; John, tie
clerk of the Board of Freehoders; John, the ex-
| Boss of the Board Of Education; John, the ex-
contractor for city work; John, the good and ac-
commodating fellow, quotes Scripture now.
When Freebooter Tierney yesterday suggested
that the proper thing for John TO do was to
crack bottle he was overpowered with the
reply:-"Get thee behind me, SATAN Tierney
has been i'll ever since.
Rats have honeycombed large area Of tn e
street under the asphalt pavement at Fourth
and Market streets, Camden, and made dan
gerous hole.
Major S. V. s. NIuzzy has been elected Lieuten-
ant Co lionel of the First Battalion. N. c., N j.,
at Paterson. Captain John r. Beam of Com
pany A, was chosen Major
|
Camden and his bondsmen have been sum-
moned to appear before the Supreme Court to
answer in an action upon contract wherein the
city of Camden demands $4,000. 1t is alleged
that Mr. Rightmire failed to collect certain
taxes.
Steps have been taken by the City Attorney of
New Brunswick to perfect the lien of the city
| against all denquents who have not yet paid
their overdue taxes. Under the law the occu
pants of houses sold under the Martin act for
taxes may be elected, and this will be done and
the city will take possession.
The Erie Railroad Company gives notice that
navigation through their bridge on the branch
from Newark across the Hackensack win be OBJ
structed after January |, owing 10 the necessary
repairs in rebuilding the bridge.
Que of the largest trout ever caught in the
brooks of Monmouth county was found by James
Bray, Jr, of Leedsville, in his muskrat trap. The
fish had Owed into the trap and had been held
fast 1t weighed twenty three ounces.
A law and order league composed of clergy
men and other influential citizens have had
detective at Plainfield to ferret out Illegal liquor
selling, At the latest reports, his diligence was
repaid by finding three places where such selling
was going on. The other sixty places about
which there has been so much twaddle iterated
and reiterated, have not materiali2ed.
Joshua P. Stockton, a farm hand, working on
the Asylum farm, near Trenton, has had a
thrilling experience with furious bull. He had
led the animal out TO water and turned his
attention from it, Instantly the treacherous
beast made Il lunge at him. Stockton started to
run, crying for help. The bull caught him
against the stone wall Of the barn, and pinned
him there between his horns, believing madly
and paving the earth. Stockton's cries were
heard by two men who went to his assistance
! and after hard fight got the bull away. Stock
ton is at home in precarious condition.
The following officers and directors of the new
Central Coal Company in New York have been
elected: II. S, Little, President; Mr.. Blodgett
Vice-President; G. D. Baldwin, Treasurer
Directors, e. r, Livermore. w. S. Jacques, H. H
Bunnell of Bunnell & Scranton. New Haven; e
c. Romans, Superintendent Sinclair of the com
pany's mines D. G. Legget, NJ. Hawkins, fol-
many years connected with the property, and
Jose A. del Vale. The new members of the
Board are Messrs. Little, Romans and Bunnell
While investigating the work going on Al
| Bradley Beach, Asbury Park, on Tuesday, Mr..
James A. Bradley endeavored to wade in his
hightop rubbers over soft spot to see what il
really was like. Two or three steps vera suffi
| cient to prove that there was a very insecure
foundation under foot. In lifting boot out
the foot reached the top first, and in trying tc
right himself, the founder went swoshl on his
hands and face in the mud with one stocking
dangling in the air, and not dry spot on which
to put il. Superintendent Walker hurried to his
assistance, and by dint of much pulling and
twisting succeeded IN getting him high and dry
With a pocket handkerchief some of the mud
was wiped OH and Mr.. Walker went TO neigh
/ boring store for a dry pair of socks. The as
sortment was limited only two grades being
kept IN stock at ten and twelve cents pair re-
spectvely. The woman who sold the hose re-
| gretted afterwards, when she heard they Were
for .'the Boss" that she didn't charge half dol
lar for the twelve cent pair Mr Walker carried
of No serious consequences have thus far re-
suited from the mud bath.
English harcs threaten to overrun some Bur
! lugton county farms. They are descend9nts OF
a pair imported by Pierre Lorillard and
turned loose q year ago. A law prohibits theii
slaughter for period.
Nessrs John j. Post and Henry Tintle, of Pat
ersou, started for Stockholm, Sussex county
| Monday, on hunting expedition; they re
turned Friday with sixteen rabbits and one wild
goose. Mr. Post shot the latter on Hopewel
Pond and would have got q number of others
had he had q rifie; as it was ne killed the birt
with No. shot,
Clifton w. Tayleure has been fined $50 and
costs by Judge walling as the result Of his con
viction of libeling DR.. John p, Pemberton in the
Long Branch Ne,cS Mr., Tayleure has appealed
his case to the Supreme Court.
G. A. Hobart has been appointed President oil
the Paterson Municipal Reform Association.
a. J. Fallow. of New Jersey, has been ap
pointed doorkeeper of the House Of Representa-
tives
G. A. Holsey S s. Battin and other residents
OF Newark visited the uniou League ciub a