The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-06

probably a dozsn years ago, since which time he
has done little or no work, seeming to take littl'
rotice Of what Is going on around him. Many
think he would be better off at the County
House than he is at present.
Col. James NJ. Scovel has a sketch entitled
Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln" in
Lppincott's Mdoazine.
Col. D. j. Bechtel, the well known engraver oil
Trenton, has been awarded, by Governor Green
the order for making two handsome gold badges,
which are to be presented by the Governor othe
champion and best marksman Of the National
| Guard. Col. Bechtel also received from Gen
Spencer the order for making, in all, five hun
bred and sixty-four gold, silver and bronze oadge
bars and crosses of honor, all to be given by the
State for proficiency in rife practice.
The First National and the Asbury Park Ma
tional Banks are objecting strongly to the asses
ments that have been placed upon their STOCK
the former being assessed at S1Gs per share, and
the latter 500 per share. This they declare is
unjust discrimination against corporations. They
contend that the assessment on the stock should
bear no larger proportion to its value than does
the assessment on any other piece OF property.
Both banks have made application before the
Borough COmullSStOucTS VI AppS1iS $3.50
ton.
Charles Hoffer, a Long Branch bar-keeper,
after eating half q rabbit on a wager, ate forty
raw soft clans, a dozen fried oysters and a
pumpkin pie within an hour. He suffered no i'll
effects
The return of Mrs. Berry with some of the old
followers of the fanatic Mnason T. Huntsman
(now in PRISON. to Park Ridge, Bergen county
has caused her husband, John Berry, of Newark,
to post the village with circulars stating that he
will not be responsible for any debts contracted
by his wife. The little band of cranks are still
holding prayer meetings at the farmhouse OF
Carrot Storms.
Work upon the new $3.50 0 brick building for
Ocean Lodge No. SO, X. of p, now in the course
of erection at Long Branch. has been inter
rupted. The site is on an elevation three feet
above the level Of Broadway. aud in digging out
the cellar water was struck at q depth of My
five feet. The water was found to be a running
spring which furnishes ffty-nine gallons of pure
water a minute. The spring is directly where
the furnace was to be placed. and will necessi-
tate many alterations in the building.
The 'sManalapan Horse Breeders Association
is a new organization which has been formed in
Monmouth county to improve the breed of
horses. Its officers are:-President. Asher Ely;
treasurer, Emerson P. Baird; secretary, Peter
Forman. The Members number ten. The capital
stock is $4,000, divided into twenty shares.
The Paterson Turnverein intends soon to build
a new hall. The present quarters, at the corner
of Cross and Ellison streets, are inadequate for
the rapidly growing organization. The member
ship is about TIRES hundred, which, being dis
tributed through a nuniber of subdivisions for
special objects, requires more space than is now
provided.
During the high water at Kingston last week
q party of colored people desired to cross the
raging current near Mrs. Sweeny's, but were
non-plussed regarding the females in the party.
The men had on rubber boots and one OF them
carried a blushing damsel over the stream cling
ing to his manly back, but when he returned for
number two damsel, her immense weight bore
him to the ground. However, equal to the
emergency, he enlisted the services Of another
colored man, and making a chair of their hands
they carried safely over the water the damsel of
immense avoirdupois.