The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-10-31
NEWS OF NEW JERSEY.
Brief but Pithy Mention of the
Happenings of a Week.
In THE VICINITY AND ELSEWHERE

Crimes and Casualties and Other I'M
portant Matters, Arranged Attractively
and Given in Few Words.
HoBoKEN. N. j., Oct 25.-A fire which
started in the smoke house of the pork pack
ing establishment of G. Hertler's Sons, at GO
Washington street. caused loss of $4,000;
fully insured
NEW YoRK, Oct 24-There was a heavy
fall of snow at Sandy Hook. Snow to the
depth of &c of an inch fell at Philadelphia.
Sergt. Dunn says the local predictions are
for slight fall of snow or rain.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Oct. 24.-The first snow
of the season is falling here. A steady fall
of large white flakes began at about 9
o'clock There is no sign of its ceasing. The
snow melts as soon as it strikes the earth.
A Cashiers Serious Mistake.
NEWARK, N j., Oct. 25.-While Cashier
George C. Werner, of the German Savings
bank, was counting his cash yesterday two
men entered the bank and told him that a
lady who was seated in carriage outside
wanted to speak to him. He went out, fol-
lowed by one Of the men. The woman en-
gagged him in conversation about proposed
deposit of some trust funds At the conclu-
bank, meeting on the way the second of the
two men On reaching his desk Werner
found that s., 600 in bills had disappeared.
A package of $1,000 had been overlooked.
The two men and the woman had driven off
and escaped before the loss was discovered.
An Atrocious Assault.
NEWARK, N j., Oct. 26-Thursday night
q peddler obtained lodging at the house of
Isaiah Marsh, a shoemaker living at Mil
burn six miles from Newark He paid for
IN lodging and breakfast yesterday morn
ing and left Marsh went to his work, leav-
ing the honse in charge of his housekeeper,
Jane Strowbridge. About noon the peddler
returned, and demanded that the woman
give him whatever money was in the house.
On her refusal he beat and knocked her
down, took the keys from her pocket, opened
a trunk and obtained S27. He then forcibly
outraged the woman and departed. A
neighbor who called soon afterward gave
the alarm, and Marsh overlook the peddler
on the road near Short Hills. He nearly
kicked the scoundrel to death before some
passersby interfered. The peddler was taken
to police station in Newark and locked up
He was recognized by the police as John
Mcclure, Newark rough. The woman is
in a critical condition.
Injured at Fire In Paterson.
PATERSON N j. Oct. 26-The Peerless |
Plush Manufacturing company's buildings
at SO Franklin street, with contents, were
burned yesterday. Loss, $50, 600; insurance,
$65 000 Stephen Desmond, an employe, was
badly burned by an explosion of gas, and
Amos Edison, a hoseman, was seriously in
jured by fall during the fire.
No Reprieve for Hillman.
TRENTON, N. j., Oct. 26.-Application has
been made to Governor Green to reprieve |
Joseph Hillman, the Gloucester. county muir
derer. The application has been refused
Shot Him on Moving Train.
SoMERv1LLE, N. j., Oct. 26.-As freight |
train was running through Van Deventer's
cut, near here, at 3 o'clock IN the morning,
a pistol shot was fired through the darkness,
and the fireman fell back groaning, with
bullet in his back. The unknown assailant
is supposed to be a tramp who had been
elected from the train. The fireman was
seriously hurt.
Passaic's New Catholic Church.
PAssAIc, N. j., Oct 2S.-The handsome
new Catholic church here was dedicated |
Sunday with imposing ceremonies. Bishop
Wigger preached the sermon, and the mayor
and common council were present in a body. |
Father Sheppard has not only succeeded in
paying off a mortgage of $4,000 on the old
church ediice and building the new church,
the estimated value of which is $780, 200, but
has also built rectory, houses for the sisters
of charity and parochial school
A New Railroad to Be Built.
LONG BRANCH, N. j., Oct 2S.--A new rail-
road is to be built which will shorten the
distance from Philadelphia to Long Branch
about fifteen miles, 1t will run from Trenton
to Point Pleasant. 1t will traverse a part Of
Burlington county, near Crosswicks. The
repair shops will be at Allentown, whose
citizens have subscribed Sa5, 900 to the capital
stock of the road, which is to be completed
by June l. 1890.
Eyes Opened by Prayer.
JERSEY CITY, Oct 29-Miss Annie Ryder,
of 1S9 Mercer street, created q sensation Sum
day evening in the Church of the First Born
by testifying that her eyesight had been re-
stored after seventeen years of suffering by |
faith in God and prayer Miss Ryder is 19
years old and very handsome. She has, how
ever, been blind since she was 2 years old.
All efforts of physicians to relieve her had
failed Thursday evening, while she was
praying at home and Sister jackson was
praying for her in the church, she felt that
her eyes were slowly and surely opening. The
cure has caused great excitement among the
church people
Burglars Rob a Minister.
ELIZABETH, N. j., Oct GA great many
burglaries have occurred here of late. The
most daring of all was committed at the
residence of the Rev. Alexander Bryce. The
preacher was absent from home when the
thieves entered. They carried away silver
ware, jewelry and clothing worth $780,