The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

Anotner new hotel is talked OF for
Belmar.
Hon. John W. Herbert, of Wicka
tunk, is at Saratoga
W. @ Let's is now the editor of the
Eatontown Advertiser.
The members of Life Saving stations
are to be uniformed.
Mr. and Mrs James A. Bradley are
at the White Mountains.
About two thousand people bathed at
Asbury Park on Wednesday.
Another lot OF Johnstown sufferers
will soon arrive at Belmar.
William Walter Phelps will leave
this country about Sept. 7th.
Mrs. John Steinbach and family, of
Long Branch, are at the Adirondacks.
Charles Southwick. OF Allentown, has
re-opened the Ocean mills at Oceanville.
Hon. Stacy P. Conover, of Wicka-
tunk. has been spending short time at
Saratoga.
Rev. W. @. Stinson will preach in the
Manalapan church every Sunday until
October.
On Wednesday OF last week it was
estimated that ten thousand excursion
lists were at Asbury Park.
A hop was given at Freeholder Bor-
den's house. at Little Silver. Thursday
evening, which was greatly enjoyed.
During the illness of Gen. Perrine,
his son, Col. Lewis Perrine is acting
quartermaster at the State Camp, at
Sea Girt.
The Keyport and Holmdel Turnpike
Company has declared dividend of
per cent. free of tax. on the earnings of
the year.
Nellie, the eldest daughter OF Reuben
and Emily Lukens, of Philadelphia,
died at Spring Lake, on Wednesday,
August 21st
Among the Fourth class postmasters
appointed last week were franklin Pat
terson, Of Turkey. and John E. Hunt,
of Englishtown.
Andrew Leitch, an old printer, was
arrested at Asbury Park, on Wednesday.
for slightly stabbing Officer Stilwagon
in the shoulder.
The total number of pieces Of bag
gage handled at the Asbury Park staa
ton on Monday OF last week, was 1850.
On Saturday upward of 1000.
Mrs Charles H. Brautigam fell down
stairs, at Asbury Park, Sunday morn.
ing, and fractured her skull; but slight
hopes are entertained of her recovery.
Stacy P. Conover. of Wickatunk, sold
his apple crop to New York parties for
$1,000 The estimated yield of the or
chard will be between 600 and 700 bar
rels.
| Colonel Charles W. Fuller, OF Bay.
onne, ex Superintendent of the Public
Schools of the State of New Jersey, and
legal practitioner of Bayonne, is at
Asbury Park.
The persons arrested when raid was
made on Thomas Williams house at
Hog Swamp, near Asbury Park, have
been discharged, as the testimony was
not sufficient to hold them.
Mrs. Charles Throckmorton and
children, Mrs. Amos s. Borden, Mrs
John Applegatc and Miss Ella Throck-
morton. OF Red Bank. have been at As
bury Park during Camp Meeting.
The Republican City Central Com.
mittee, the Union League and Young
Republican Club, of Newark, are ar
ranging reception to George A. Hal
sey Thursday. upon his return from
Europe.
Rutherford Brown, the eleven year
old son of William Brown. of Asbury
Park. is missing together with 80,
which he procured from a baker by
means OF his signing his mothers name
to an order.
The Lakewood Journal says The
best muskmelons we have eaten this
season was grown by Hon W. 81. Ben
nett, at Bennett's Mills Well, every
body says Mr.. Bennett is an expert
fruit grower.
The baggagemen were kept very busy
Saturday, at Asbury Park. The north
end men handled 695 pieces of baggage,
while the south enders got away with
CAT pieces. two-thirds of the batch being
outward bound
A Commander in Chief Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic will be chosen at
the Milwaukee National Encampment,
and New Jersey veterans are expressing
considerable interest in the election.
General e. Burd Grubb seems to be the
unanimous choice OF the G. A. r. men
of this State.
William Jeffrey. of Elberon, who is
the agent for the Hoffman estate on the
Raritan, opposite New Brunswick, has
had street half mile long cut through
the place It will be lined with cottages
to be rented to railroad employees.
The old mansion has been divided into
three houses, and other buildings on
the estates will be turned into cottages.
The whole will make quite fiourishing
hamlet. It is situated near the railroad,
and many men who at present work on
the road and live in New Brunswick are
expected to move there.
Ground has been broken at the Col
lege of New Jersey for the erection Of
the massive new four-story brown and
gray stone dormitory, fifty-four by 180
feet. Mrs. Susan d. Brown, Of Prince
ton. has given $75. 600 towards the cost
of the building. The beautiful edifice