The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-23

time that there was q clearing away of much Of
this legal bric-a -brac. The last house.cleaning
acts passed at the sessions of 1874 and 1916 wiped
out 649 defunct laws Many have been wiped
| out by repealers, but there still remain about
lS0O0 statutes more or less operative, indicating
| Pioneer
Much indignation Is fell over the action Of
! the Plainfieid Common Council in granting a
license for liquor shop in the Post Office
4 building.
The Elizabeth Board Of Trade has been invited
| oN Congress mann Geissenheiiner TO go 70 Wash
| lnHton and have conference with the River and
Harbor Commute respecting proposed improve
ments in the Elizabeth RIVER
Next Monday evening the Orange Athletic
Club holds series OF athletic sports in the fem
ms building. The events viii consist OF running
high Jump (handicap), rope climbing, horizontal
| par. ring exercise and tug OF war 6550 pounds
limit Handsome diamond pins are offered as
| first prizes.
Ground has been broken for a new shoe fac
tory at Dserfield
Postmaster milford. of salem, has received
his commission.
engine.
Vlclets were blooming in Salem yards on Tues
day.
An epidemic of whooping cough. aggravated
py the grippe. prevails in PENIS Neck, Salem
county. and Samuel Lawrence lost three chill
ofen from the maady in one week.
u has been proved that Captain Amos Padget.
an aniiuentlai citizen Of Qanton, who buried
al bridgetou last week. died from the effects Of
cnloFoIorn administered while being robbed on
MS vessel in Philadelphia
Judge Van SICKLE began bis fourth term of
Service on the bench this week. He has been a
Judge for twenty-on years.
A great many costly jewels were lost at the
washington Hall fire in Paterson by the Knights
Iemplar and other Masonic bodies but hopes are
sun entertained OF recovering some OF them
fr .arn4 fE4af l..e%c
valuables of this kind from the debris and the
masonic officers state that they will prosecute
al unauthorized persons who attempt TO remove
any of their property
One of the most remarkable freaks Of this
strange season can be seen on Mr.. L. &. Hearns
lawn at Wellington, where the flowers are bud
dlng open as II it were May, instead of February.
Register Charles L. Henry yesterday issued
the 4O0th liquor license for the fiscal year which
ends March 20, making the total receipts from
this source just $1000 to date for the year
liquor shops, or about one to every 100 Of popu-
laton.
Thomas H. Phares is a candidate for the
Mount Holly postmastership.
County Clerk Hand will end his fifty years
continuous term in Cape May county on Febru-
airy "a, his successor, Mr.. Rice, then taking
charge. tits to be presumed that Mr.. Hand is
somewhat familiar with the business of the
office by this time
The residents of the thirteen seashore resorts
charters lthe Court having decided them I'M
constitutionaD are in a quandary. These Dor
oughs, which have been ID existence since 1873
hold their spring elections in March. This year
no local elections be held unless some i'm
mediate action is taken by the lawmakers at
Trenton IL the Legislature does not do some
thing soon to relieve these boroughs loss of
many thousand dollars will be incurred Sea
Isle City, Holly Beach, Angle Ocean City,
Avalon Somers Point Cape May Point and sew
eral smaller resorts are anxiousy waiting to
elect city officers SO that ordinances can be
passed authorizing improvements along the
ocean front. All these places suffered severely
during last September's storms by having their
board walks, bulkheads and driveways washed
away Nothing can be legally done, although
funds are plentiful. Many summer visitors will
be kept away by the uninvitng appearance of
the beach, as no Improvements can be made
The New Jersey Iron Mining Company after
sinking COS feet in the solid footwall rock has
opened very large vein Of Old 1rondale ore Of
very rich quality. Preparations are being
made to run n side track from the new Sterling
slope, where large pockets viii be built for con
venence in shipping. This will be a great ben
eft to the air sadly thriving town of Port Gram
The census enumerators will soon be on their
rounds The law provides that the head OF the
family who refuses all proper information may
be sued and fined $50 In the absence OF the
head of the family any adult member thereof,
an agent OF the family shall supply the re-
quired inform alton, under similar penalty.
The Executive Committee of the State Fire
mems Association has prepared an explanation
of the tax exemption law, which will be printed
in the shape of n circular and sent to the fire.
men throughout the State.
The Plainfield Water Works Company has
purchased of the Central New Jersey Land I'm
wood upon which it will erect pumping
station.
The State Prison at Trenton contains one
thousand convicts