The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-07
ALL OVER THE STATE.
A Batch Of News Nuggets, Personal
and Curious.

the deed of sale of Elephant of the Co mmon-
wealth Water Company. of Summit, to the
Mountain Water Company was placed on record
here Thursday. The Mountain Company pur-
chases all the other corporations land and also
the right Of way through the streets of Summit.
and other privileges conferred by the township
authorities on the Commonw ealth Company.
The price paid is $4,000.
The next meeting of the New Jer sey Confer
ence Local Preachers Association viii be held at
the NJ. E. Church, Highstown, on Saturday and
Sunday, September 90 and 21. Essayswill be read
on live topics and interesting discussions are ex-
pected.
Mayor Du Bois OF Bridgeton, will in a few
days have two or three parties arr ested for
selling cider
Detached gearing that few in all directions
created panic in the r ink Canning Works.
Bridgeton, Thursday. Women and children
were thrown into CONSERVATION and ran wildly
about.
One Of the Cumberland county delegates in the
Republican Congressional Convention, in Cam
den, on Thursday, was Oh aries Eldridge, of
Shiloh. He had tough tim reaching the CON
vention in season TO vote. Mrs Eldridge is a
Democrat, and when Charles sta yed away in the
morning Mrs Eldridge barricaded bedroom,
door, preventing him from securing his creden-
tials, which lay in the bureau. An axe and
little excitement gave Eldridge the victory, but
his spouse caused his arrest on q charge of as
sault. Eldridge managed to get bail and drove
TO Millvile in time to catch the Cape May ex-
Press.
a singular case of somnambulism occurred in
Remington on Monday night. Miss Bertha
Shaw, well-known society young lady, had
narrow escape from death while walking in her
sleep. The young lady accompanied by gem
tleman, attended a picnic and returned home
after midnight After her escort had left her at
her house Miss Shaw went into the parlor and
fell asleep on the sofa. Suddenly she arose and,
while asleep, went upstairs TO the second story.
opened the window and walked out. She fell
upon the soft grass without being injured The
fall brought her TO consciousness, and she began
calling for help which was responded to BY her
father and mother
Miss Hattie Dahl, of Philadelphia, and VIII
liam B. Perkins, of Washington met for the first
time in Atlantic CITY on Wednesday In half an
hour they were married. 1t was a case of des-
perate love at first sight.
Daniel Van Sickle, of Deckertown has a peach
tree one-half of which bears extra fine large
fruit but which clings TO the pit like hungry
dog to juicy bone, while the other half OF the
tree produces fruit about one-half the size, but
which is a perfect freestone variety.
At meeting Of the Salem county Board Of
Assessors the total valuation of taxable prop
eriy was given at S14,ess9e7. The total indebt-
edness was given at So. GeS,e The amount to
be raised by taxation this year is $4,000, OF
which s4s.s1l0s is for schools and $50 Ges 90 for
county purposes.
The assessed valuation Of property In Cuniber-
land county IS Si4,851,o0o against si4, 597, 900
last year. The decrease In valuation is said to
be a depreciation in farm land, the reduction
being about eight per cent.
The Rev P. IT, Pockman, pastor Of the First
Reformed Church at New Brunswick. has re-
ceived very hattering CALL il is said, from a
leading Reformed Church in Buffalo, n. Y. The
Rev. Mr.. Pockman is on his vacation.
Or. George P Swift of LambertvilIe while
cunning in West Amwell township on Thursday.
was wounded in the right foot BY the accidental
discharge Of his weapon.
Bergen county's real and personal valnat ions
amount TO SI6,922. 1870 gain OF 500, AS over
last year. The number Of polls taxable is os4s
Last year the number was e.s5s
eaorge and Henry schottman pf0thers, be-
tween twenty i've and thirty ears Old Of Moore
house Town. Morris county, With companion