The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-01
EVERYBODY; EVERYTHING.
a MEDLEY or Personal, POLITI-
Gil AND SOCI4L GOSSIP.

Havemeyer, the rich sugar merchant, has been
purchasing in Bergen county lately will be added
to his model farm.
The seyenty-sixth anniversary Of ex-Council-
man John Husted's birth took place Wednesday
at his charming home at Bridgeton. He is yet in
the employ of the Cumberland Nail and Iron
Company, where he began work when but thir-
teen years of age.
In a suit recently tried, john l. Blair testified
that his wealth ranged between $40, 600 and
S60OOO000. 1t is invested principally in railroads.
The first dollar he made was by trapping rab-
bits and selling their skins.
The special feature of the PENIS Neck harvest
home, September 4, will be an Grafton by w
Halt Apgar, of Trenton.
There is lively fight going on among the Re-
pnblicans in Cumberland county and it is be-
lieved that the next Senator will come from Vine
land. Horace P. Fuller and Leamon r. Fowler
are the candidates. Thomas Trenchard is also
looking for seat in the lower House. In the
Second district Reuben Cheeseman will have but
little opposition.
Ex-Governor Albeit Informally opened the
campaign last week by making speech to big
basket party at wautoga.
Chief Justice Beasly is one of the Supreme
Court Judges whose term will expire during
Governor Abbetts second term. He has been
Chief Justice for twenty five years and Is seventy
five years old, but retains all his old time intel
lectual vigor His father was for years president
of the University Of Pennsylvania The Chief
Justice was City Solicitor of Trenton when that
place was worth only S15 per year. He was
afterwards beaten for Mayor of Trenton, but
was president of the Council of that city in 1850
The First district Republican Assembly Con-
vention of Cumberland will be held at Brdgeton,
October 3.
The County Clerks throughout the State have
received notice from the Department of State a.
Trenton, that, under the act of April IS, 1885, the
term of service OF Governor Green would expire
In January, $780, and that someone must be
elected to fill the vacancy. Each Township
Clerk has been notified and they will act ac-
cordingly.
Sheriff Robson of Trenton, met with painful
accident last Sunday While he was hitching up
his horse, at his house in Kingston, the animal
kicked him on the leg half way between the knee
and hip infiicting painful injury.
man in Burlington who hopes to be q dele
gate to the next Democratic State Convention
has scheme for the holding of State primary
to nominate Governor which he intends to pre-
sent to the convention. ALI the Democratic can
didates are to send their names to the Secretary
of the State Central Committee by August /,
1892, and the Democrats are to vote for their
choice on a day to be fixed by the State Com
mittee. That man has greater head
Mr.. Robert S. Green, Jr., spent last Sunday
with his friend, Mr. Chauncey Parker the Demo
cratic member of the Courtlandt Park family
The Oldest woman in New Jersey is Mrs. Amy
Anderson. She is aged 10l and lives at Ocean
Grove.
The Prohibition State Central Committee re-
ports that it has been making an effort to obtain
the former political afinties of the prohibition
lists who voted for Fisk last year in New Jersey.
and they find that out Of the 5000 votes cast
5000 were democrats What whopper
John, James, Jefferson, Joseph and Emory
Erickson are Ave brothers from Monmouth
county, all of whom are railroad engineers who
began on the New Jersey Southern and the
Raritan and Delaware Bay Roads.
The coming Democratic State Convention on
September 10 will be grand Albeit pow WOW.
The State Committee already see the sgnf-
canoe of having fine picture of the man of
destiny hung up for the admiration of the short
horns and SO they have appointed ex-Sheriff
Thompson, of Elizabeth, and the Deputy State
Prison Keeper Jack Roberts to decorate Taylor
Opera House, and hang up two big pictures of
Leon Albeit.
Governor Green is to be a speaker at the Log
College celebration over at Hartsville Pennsyl-
vania, on September g. President Harrison and
| Postmaster General Wanamaker are also down
for addresses. Rev. J. w. Scott the Presidents
aather-in-law, is likewise to crate. The New Jer-
sey Presbyterians will be represented by Pres
dent Patton, of Princeton College.
General E. Burd Grubb, of Philadelphia, is in
| Milwaukee attending the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic. General
Grubb's name was brought before the convention
| for national COMMANDMENT Chief
There is some talk about Edwin Robert Walker
| for Democratic Senator In Mercer county. He is
not eligible because he is not old enough. Edwin
Robert himself thinks that ex-Judge Woodruff
would be the right man for the Democrats to
| take up.
Camden Republicans have arranged a ratifica.
ton meeting on the night of the day of the Con-
! yention
Amos Elwell claims to be the champion clam
eater of the State Recently he ate $50 at a
bake
Camden politicians are agitating the question
| whether Postmaster Browning should not resign
| his position as Councilman.
Mayor Haynes, of Newark, was figure at the
s5Oth anniversary of the settlement of Milford,
| Conn., last week.
/ Governor Green will be one of the visitors a
the Log College celebration at Hartsville Pa, on
| September s.
Sheriff Baird and family, of Cumberland, and
ex-Sheriff Fredericks and wife, Of Camden, left
yesterday for Natural Bridge, Jefferson county
| New York State, where Mr.. Baird has valuable
timber interests. A stay Of several weeks will
be made at Natural Bridge and excursions made
to Alexandria Bay, the Thousand Islands and
other points on the st. Lawrence and in the
Adirondacks.
The Bergen County Prohibitionists Convention
has nominated James L. Church for Senator and
]. B. Tibbetts of Englewood, for Assembyman
john F. Lovett, of New Jersey, the new Junior
Commander of the National G. A. R., is a mem.
Der of Post No. %, OF Trenton, and is a we'll
known roof painter of the city, living at
Hillcrest. Lovett went out with Company H, OF
the Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, OF
which his father was captain His record is
best given in the words of Thomas j. Stewart
who nlaceti hin, in nomination in the most Irii