The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-13

be reached ald n thorough Investigation o. il
made. 1t is thought probable that at least 81
feet viii have to be pulled down and rebuilt
Superintendent Ravens, of the Life Saving
Service, has arranged a code Of day and night
signals, to be used in case of %shipwreck where a
vessel strands in reach of operation by life lines.
The signals required are cheap and simple The
matter is to he brought to the notice of the
National Maritime Conference now in session at
Washington.
Bills OF indictments were found Tuesday by
the Gloucester county Grand Jury against John
Long. a recent candidate for the Assembly, and
Thomas D. Cunningham for throwing stones at
the homes Of several non-union glass blowers IN
Glassboro. Both men are members of the Glass
Blowers Union.
The twentieth annual report of President e.
H. Stokes, of the Ocean Grove Association
shows that there has been an increase of fifty
one cottages this year; 16, 600 square feet CT con-
crete walk was laid by the Association, and 40
600 by property owners, making nearly seven
miles of new walk; thirteen artesian wells we're
sunk; 341, eco people crossed over the two iron
bridges connecting the Grove and Asbury Park
On Sundays and from October TO June the
bridges arc free. The financial statement-shows
the total receipts to have feen Si05.gs1; total
payments, SOS, 1es; resources, S1t5,tsf; liabiIi-
ties, S19C.4sS; bonded Indebtedness reduced,
$1,000.
When the appointment Of a successor to the
late UDi.ed States District Judge Nixon was un-
der Amusement at Washington. President Har
rison stated that he would appoint no man over
ffty-fve, 1t is understood that members of the
Cabinet favored A. Q. ksasbey, of Newark, who
in years exceeds the limit placed by the Presi-
dent. The Newark Journal, Democratic. has
an editorial strongly favoring Judge Dixon as
Justice Bradiey's successor on the United States
Supreme Bench, on the assumption that the
limit of age named will obtain in the selection of
a successor to Justice Bradley upon his retire
ment, which would shut out Cortlandt Parker.
The Wing Hall Literary Society, of Princeton,
at its annual sophomore oratorical contest,
awarded prizes which consisted OF gold medals.
as follows: First prize, Edward G. Rawson, Jr,
Albany, N. Y; second prize, John Zimmerman,
of Wisconsin.
As Jesse West and Lewis Chasey, fishermen,
of Long Branch, were setting lobster pots from a
small fishing boat Thursday morning, they saw
a large, dark object rising from the water about
eight feet to the eastward. A few seconds later
a stream of water spouting in the air told them
that a whale had intruded on their fishing
grounds. The animal was abeut forty feet long,
and Spouted and hounced away in a manner
that made the hair of the two fishermen stand
on end. They Immediately pulled for shore with
all their strength. The whale turned and
headed in the direction of the boat, and at one
time came SO near it that the fishermen dropped
their oars, and were about to spring into the
water and attempt to swim ashore, when the
whale slowly sank below the surface, The men
again grabbed their oars and pulled with might
and main. In a few seconds the monster came
up again about fifteen feet from the boat. After
sporting about q few minutes it headed south,
and then went down and was not seen again. 1t
is the first time a whale has been seen off the
coast in four years, and never was one seen so
near shore.