The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-22
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was found in the wall, and q gang of men was
set at work repairing it. Some of the earthen
embankment was washed away, but further than
this no damage was done.
Mary Fisherman, of Gloucester City, has
been fined 500 and costs in the Camden Court
for being a common scold. Jersey City leads
the State.
The New Jersey Tribune, a prohibition news
paper of Asbury Park, has been sold to E. H.
Cook, owner and editor of the Atlantic Highlands
Independent, the Monmouth Press, of Freehold,
the Keyport Press and other newspapers.
Arthur H. Opdyke, son of the Rev. D. Fl. OPP
dyke, will be its editor. 1t will be Republican.
Two United States mail bags were found on
Railroad avenue, New Brunswick, on Monday
night. They were lying by the side of the rail-
road track. Each bag contained mail matter,
and had not been tempered with in any way.
One contained letters for Washington, D. G.
Postmaster Price said the bags were not for his
office, and that he had not been ~officially notified
of the affair.
One hundred Plainfielders of wealth have
Joined together for the purpose of forming a
riding school in this city. This recreation has
been for some time very fashionable there, and
with the formation of an organization will be-
come much more SO. The following gentlemen
are backing the enterprises Messrs. L. E. How
ard, ]. Wesley johnson, J. w. Murray, G.. W.
McCutchen, o. T. waring, j. /. Holly, Martin I.
Cooley, Morgan S. Taylor, E. J. Waring, Justus
H 0. Cooley, A. c. Vail, +. o. Herring, William
Bloodgood, Jr., w. T. Broadway and B. o.
Bowers.
Fishing still continues good at Seabright de-
spite the lateness of the season. Several large
hauls of blueflsh have been made lately. It is
seldom that these fish are caught so late in the
season. They readily bring fifteen cents per
pound, wholesale, In New York markets. Weak
fish are also being taken in large quantities. The
season for Goldfish is at hand, but the catches are
comparatively small.
Woodruffis Station has got to be one Of the
largest poultry shipping stations in South Jer-
sey. Buyers from Bridgeton, D~eerield, Hus-
ted's Station and Centreton buy aud pack
poultry and game here every Monday and
Thursday.
A. L. English, the founder of the Atlantic
Rerieic, and who is confined in the State Lunatic
Asylum. is rapidly improving and his friends
hope for his ultimate recovery. His general
health has improved so rapidly of late that the
ply sicians have hopes that his mind will soon
be fully restored and that he can be set at
liberty.
The Gatling Gun Company. of Camden, took
in $4,000 at a recent fair.
Mr.. William Lamar, of Glassboro, former sec
rotary of the Glassblowers' League, says the
blowers at Glassboro are firm TO a man in re-
sisting the manufactures in their efforts to re-
duce the lowers wages and break up the or.
ganizatlon.
The joke is now on q Fairton mar who is the
captain of a beat. He game home TO vote for
'Grubb every time Well, he had two kinds OF
tickets in his pocket and both were for "Grubb.' y
This was all right, but one was a bill for grub
and the other was a ticket for Grub. He
voted and when the election board counted off
the votes they found a slip of paper conveying
the information that Mr., Blank was indebted to
another for provisions for his vessel.
The Atlantic City Journal brings ont Allen B.
Endicott, OF that city, as the next Republican
candidate for Congress from the Second dis
trict.