The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-15
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.

A mammoth cranberry crop is anticipated in
Atlantic county.
The East Lake Wooden Mills, at Bridgeron.
will shut down for O few weeks on account OF
overproduction.
Frank Watson, of Aldine, Salem county, re
Gently killed a water snake containing ffty-three
| young ones, all over half a foot long.
Cape May is expecting a company of the First
Regiment, Philadelphia, to encamp there.
At a meeting of the Republican League of the
'Iron-bound District Newark, at its headquar-
tiers, Hamburg place and East Ferry street, it
was decided to invite four speakers 10 attend a
meeting to be held on Tuesday, August 26, to ex-
plain the new Ballot Reform law. The speakers
to be invited are Frederick S. Fish, City Counsel
Coult, Henry NJ. Doremus and Revenue Col
leetor Large.
Mrs. Lille Brill, of Belieyilla, is an excellent
swimmer and fond of the water. While rowing
on Saturday she saw a boy fall from a canal
boat in midstream into the water and iInmedi-
ately sink. Mrs. Brill pulled to where he had
disappeared and without u moments hesitation
plunged in after him. She succeeded in Selling
the lad when he came to the surface and with
difficulty got him into the boat. The boy, who
had lost consciousness, was transferred to the
canal boat, where he soon revived.
Secretary Dye, of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, furnishes the following dates of important
events among the New Jersey armers:-Next
Saturday the Changers of the State will gather
In q picnic at Belvidere, at which Governor Alb
bett will be present; the Burlington county Po-
mona Grange will have their basket picnic at
Browns Mills on August 20; the Warren County
Board meets at Blairstown August %; the Glou-
cester County Board, September i; the Mercer
county Changers picnic at Hopewell on Septem-
Der 8.
The tomato crop promises to be a very large
one, and some claim that it will average twelve
tons per acre, although ten tons would probably
be a tairer estimate. The entire pack lii Salem
county will reach over ten million cans this sea-
son, If the weather continues favorable to the
crop, which means from $750,000 to 81. 900. 900 re-
ceipts for the total amount packed in the
county. One half fha Total mack of + he cniDfu iS
put up in Salem. Over two thousand men,
women and children are employed in the can
ming factories in Salem county during the sea-
son-from ten to twelve weeks-and from $40, 600
to SIS, 900 is paid out each week in wages. Farm
ers receive So per ton for tomatoes delivered at
the factories.
The Executive Committee of the State Board
of Agriculture will officially visit the State Fair
at Waverly. the Mount Holly Fair, Trenton In
~terstate Fair, New York State Fair and the
Williams Grove picnic in Pennsylvania.
The Bach Manufacturing Company, incorpor-
ated at Plainneld with $4,000 capital. has
bought the old mandatory of j. Bach & Sons,
No. 40 Warren street, New York. The company
will manufacture boots, shoes and slippers. The
field.
President Gates, of Rutgers College, is to meet
q committee of the trustees of Amherst College,
to announce his decision on the call extended 10
him recently to the presidency of that INSTITUTION.
In case DR.. Gates leaves Rutgers q probable sue
now occupies the chair of history and constitu-
tional law at the college.
The Iron Car Company, parent of the Shackle-
ton Car Heating Company, of Bound Brook, has
reorganized with a capital stock of So, 100000.
The purposes of the company are to inanufac-
ture and sell railway cars and all sorts Of rail-
way supplies. The headquarters will be in
Summit, but the mill will bs at Bound Brook.
This means that the company proposes to buy
the Shackleton works at the receivers sale
next month and start up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Leach, of May Landing.
celebrated their golden wedding on Monday.
Their twelve children and twenty grandchil dren
we're present.
E. B. vanderhercken, a missionary, whose
work is along the canal at New Brunswick, is
suffering from an assault made upon him by a
gang OF ~ruffians, with whom he had remon-
strated for swearing. They seized him. beat
down, and tearing up his tracts and papers,
scattered them abroad. His collection OF books
and other valuable papers were lost.