The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-17
Personal AND NOTABLE

PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.
Colonel John J. Joffey, the State Treasurer,
has been elected q member of the Republican
Club. of Newark.
Henry C. Tiedemann, a former well known
resident and business man of Denver, Col, has
come east to spend the holidays with his parents,
He looks as though the Colorado air agrees with
him.
John Waters, formerly of Pattberg Bros.
factory, has gone to Colorado on a business
trip.
The Improvements at the Essex County Tobcg.
gan Club have been finished and the clubhouse
and slides are now ready for use. The date for
the formal opening has not yet been fixed as It
of course depends on the weather. 1t will proba-
bly, take place next Saturday evening.
The Legislature is to be asked to authorize and
allow che fishing with fke or fixes, and the neces-
sary nets appertaining thereto, leaders, fences,
weir or weirs in Barnegat Bay between the first
days Of November and April of each year.
Twenty apprentices employed at the Wood
bury Bottle Works went out on strike a few days
ago and stayed out four hours, over a question
of pay. Colonel @. G.. Green, owner of the works,
talked to them and they went back to work.
Bordentown has a new Building Inspector in
the person of Henry Fl. Vanatta, who is also
Superintendent of Construction of the Amboy
Division. Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Elizabeth Street Railroad Company has
begun to extend its route from East Grand
street, through Broad street and Morris avenue,
to the Union Station, where the future terminus
80 l. ,1al xr,iI IL T.a 10 the
result of a compromise between the Elizabeth
and Newark companies. and both roads will use
the same tracks.
The new tank furnace of the Cohansey Glas s
Company, at Bridgeton. next to the largest in
the United States, will be ready for work in a
fortnight. The capacity of the company is for
500 workmen.
The New York and New Jersey Telephone
Company is erecting a series of big poles
through New Jersey for the long-distance tele-
phone between New York and Philade lphia.
Each pole is over one hundred feet high and
costs, when erected, 500.
The State President of the women's Christian
Temperance Union, Mrs. Sarah J. Downs, has
recognized the Watsessing Branch of the Union.
The Union got into difficulties by the interior.
ChOS VI hA0 AiuAC thO III Tx NfAoO
Board, who undertook to enforce parliamentary
rules in the conducting of the business. Mrs.
Downs has excluded all male representatives
from the Board.
Luke North, a young man in Gloucester
county, was killed on Friday. A friend went to
his house to borrow a gun, North was busy and
asked his wife to get the gun. She did so, and
as she was going out with the gun the hammer
struck against the side of the door, dischargipg
the gun. The contents of both barrels took
effect in Mr.. North's face, killing him instantly.
On Sunday. January 5. it is expected that the
first sermon to the Unitarian congregation, that
is being formed in Orange, will be preached at
the Swedenborgian house of worship, on Essex
street. The Rev. D. W. Morehouse, superintend.
ent of the church extension work of the Ameri-
can Unitarian Association for the middle States
and Canada, will preach the sermon.
The Junior class of Princeton College has
elected James H.. Durham, of New Jersey, as
orator, and James G, Myer, of Pennsylvania,
debater for the public literary exercises to be
heels ON washington's birthday. The class also
elected J. S. Roddy, of Pennsylvania, athletic
captain. A literary society has been formed by
the sophomore class, of which the managing
committee is as follows:-v. L. Ceilings, of Lon
don, Eng, chairman; Max Farrand, of Newark
and W. X. Prentice, of New York. A boxing
club of about twenty men mas been formed Ii ii
the freshman class.
Anthony Lowe and Cornelius Carving, aged
about ten years, were arrested Friday at Pater
son, on complaint of Detective Loomey, of the
Erie Railroad, who charged them with arson
Several days ago a piece of burning waste wal
found in one of the empty freight cars, and con
siderable damage was done before the fire wa.
extinguished by the employees. Lowe and Cary
ing were in the habit of picking up coal and sus
picion rested on them. The children earnestly
protested their innocence, but in default of bal
they were committed TO the County Jail.
Nine girls in the family Of John Meister O
EVANS Mills, Gloucester county, aggregate
1900 pounds in weight. The Oldest is but fifteel
years old.
The Steel Die Manufacturing Company o
Plainfield has filed articles of Incorporation with
the clerk of Union county. The capital is 81 ,0Oo.
900.
Postmaster Conklin, of Newark, has mad
arrangements by which the carriers can pur
chase stamps inside the Office, and thus rssiev,
customers from the annoyance caused by carriers
ruShlng oul 10 the stamp WINDOW ana compel
ling them to wait until the carriers have beef
served.
Another petition for the incorporation of May
Landing as a borough is receiving numerous
signers,
An addition that will give employment to %
more hands is being made to the big cotton mill
al Mays Landing,
The Passaic County Democratic Committe
has elected officers, with John Sanderson a
president and Albert c. Hopper as secretary.
TOYS.
The large clothing store of Marshal
& Ball, on Newark avenue. looks a
though it had been converted into a to,