The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-09
NEWS IN NOTES.
ALL OVER THE STATE.

Mt Trenton by Architect Brown OF Jersey
City have been approved by the State
Board of Education. Work will be be-
gun at once.
A great ship canal is proposed to be
constructed across the State from the
Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Two routes are proposed, one rea ching
the sea at Stark River, and the other at
Toms River. The latter appears to De
the more practicable.
Rot, produced by continual rains, is
said to have ruined n~arly The whole po-
tato crop of South Jersey.
Estimates are now being made for the
erection of the David Brown hall dormi-
tory, to be built for Princeton College.
An ordinance authorizing the Paterson
Horse Railway Company to use electric
propulsion has been passed by the Board
Of Aldermen.
After nine o'clock at night all boys
found on the streets of Deckertown must
give a satisfactory explanation OF them
selves or suffer arrest.
A system of proposed roads will be de-
vised and reported to the Bergen county
Board of Freeholders at its next meeting
in November.
The postmastership of Fanwood has
been given to A. p. Downer.
October Is and IS the grand lodge, l. o.
O.. F., will be held in Trenton.
A premium of s.. so was paid for Passaic
county 0 bonds by the Paterson SAY
ings Institution.
The corner stone for a new SIS, 900 ad-
dition TO the Home for Feeble Minded
Children, near Vineland, was laid on
Tuesday.
The policemen of Camden are kicking
against the order which compels them to
take the census of the city during the
daytime without relieving them of night
duty. They claim that the time they
have been ordered to put in on census
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claim that they cannot do good police
work and good census work, If they are
compelled TO perform the extra work
without assistance. 1t will take about
three weeks to get the census returns.
The schooner r. w. Godfrey. Captain
Sharp. from Virginia for New York, with
pine WOOD, went ashore on the outer bar
OF Hereford Inlet, at 4 o'clock Tuesday
morning. The crew was taken off by the
surfmeM from Life Saving Station 81, the
captain, it is said, having been made vic
lently insane by mis- misfortune. The
Godfrey was built at Tuckahoe, Cape
May county, in 1859, and is 100 feet long,
carried about 200 tons, and is owned on
the Maurice River.
The Putnam Grove Camp Meeting AS
ISOLATION held its annual meeting in
Camden on Tuesday and elected these
Directors:-The Reys. A. +. Ballard, Fl.
NJ. Brown, H. G.. Williams, William
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Messrs. James d. Hoffman, A. H. Mead,
and James M. Cassidy. These officers
were Observation-Disclosures, the Rev. A. 4.
Ballard, vice president. james d. Hoff-
man; secretary, the Rev. w. Walton;
treasurer, James NJ. Cassidy; superin-
tendent, Harry p. Young.
DR.. S. H. Hunt, president of the Mon
mouth Memorial Hospital Association,
has purchased on behalf of the society,
the Central Hotel and two acres of
ground adjacent at Long Branch. The
hospital will be removed as soon as pos
sible from its present temporary quarters
to its new home. The hotel building,
which is in perfect repair, was purchased
at q cost of $25, 500, of which sum r.
Percy Dobbins, the owner, gave IS, 900,
and his partner, i. G. Loeb, $500. The
principal portion of the purchase money
was raised by subscription. The building
is opposite The New Jersey Central Rail-
road passenger station.
Th Lambertville Beacon offers to have
q new census of the town taken il some
n will put up $35 to pay for the W
LaSneertys!lsans think they have more
people than the census takers returned.
Seven hotel and saloon keepers at
Phillipsburg have been indicted in the
Warren county court, of selling liquor
on Sundays and keeping disorderly
houses. They will be tried on October Is.
There is a scarcity of houses to rent in
Paterson. Those in demand are such as
can be built for from s., 5000 to So, 1000.
The Keyport oystermen are shipping
nearly all their oysters to the Western
States.
). ;. Gunterman, of Lafayette, Sussex
county, has raised on his farm Yellow
Danvers and Wethersfield red onions
four inches in diameter.
CITY NOTES.
The North Hudson County Railroad
Company has commenced to pave Grove
street between its tracks. The
IS using granite blocks of the same de-
scription as those which the contractors
are laying.
The sidewalks on Ocean avenue, for a
considerable distance south OF Bramhall
avenue, are in a most deplOrable condi-
ton, as every one who has had occasion
TO walk through that part of the avenue
during the late storm can testify.
The policemen have been ordered to
wear tull dress uniforms and white
gloves when on duty during the day. rs
result the men present q hne appear
ance.
The argumantin the LafayetGe Esail-
road Company's case against The city was
concluded yesterday afternoon, and the
Chancellor reserved bis decision.
AL halt-pass ten this morning Charles
hrause. aged twenty, of No. 62 Sherman
h'SAASs rAl0 oetIuuluS " HGnG OF STAIRS
Glissed his footing ana fell backward TO
The eottop1. lie struck upon his head and
vas Instantly killed.
James and Peter Parker, of Pittsburgh.
anc James Seltman, OF Altoona, Pa, were
held for further examination by Justice
.stlls1ng this morning on a charge of
breaking the seal OF q PENNSYLVANIA
railroad freight car with intention to
a.eal.
james Casper, the barber Justice Of
The peace, was this morning held ia the
sum of $500 by Justice Stilsing, to answer
charges Of extortion of illegal fees from
one james Murphy. of Morgan street.
James Carey, OF No. 16S ST. Paul's
avenue, sustained serious injuries YES
terday, as the result of a fall IRON the
loft OF Ogden's Express stables, No. is
Cottage street.
Katie Lynch, of Eleventh street. this
morning preferred a complaint OF assault
and battery in the First District Police
Court against Polly Sexton, of The same
street. Both girls work in Lorillard's to-
bacco factory. Both appear TO be struck
with y Long Docker," who finds IL i'm
possible to keep his clandestine enpace-
menus with both of the beauties. 4 few
nights q Katie repaired to nar usr,eI
trysting place and was Mortified To find
The Long Decker" in conversation with
Polly. Fur flew for the brief spaca Of d
lew SECONDS, a Polly seems to have gor,
the worst OF it. 9e1'
The notorious William Harvey. fanil-j
larry knoWL as "Belchn Harney. vas
committed for trial by Justice Stilsinp
lnlS morning on q charge OF assault nud