The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-29
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.

The non-union glassblowers in the South Jer-
sey manufacturing Towns are said to have begun
retaliatory measures against the striking union
men who SO cordially hate them.
To the Pond Tool and Machine Company of
Plainfeld has been awarded a Government con-
tract to build ten great lathes, which are to be
used in making the monster guns near Troy, N.
Y. Each lathe will cost Se5,OoO. Three years
are allowed to complete the contract.
The Immense sasometer Of the Metropolitan
Gas Company at Elizabeth is rapidly approach
ing completion. The cost of excavation alone is
said to be 5000
Ed. Grosscup was being shaved Saturday, at
Salem, when the barber accidentally cut off a
mole which had for1fed on the iugular vein.
Blood gushed out, threatening serious results,
nor was the flow brought under control for
more than an hour, though one skilled in the
business was early in attendance.
The New Jersey Colored Industrial Associa-
ton is taking steps to form a training school in
New Brunswick. It is said that there are AZ, 600
colored people in the State whose children are
without an industrial training school. BY a re.
cent law the State must contribute $1,000, pro-
vided a similar amount is raised by subscription.
Five hundred tons of Canadian ice, or thirty
four car loads, have just arrived at Pennington.
This ice is delivered at Pennington for $3.50 a
ton.
While the Ocean Grove workmen were hoist
ing the topmast of the big flag pole facing the
Association office, last Wednesday, the rope
broke and the spar dropped to the ground, shiv-
ering the butt and grazing the editor of the
Record. who fortunately escaped with a torn
pocket in his o~vercoat.
Professor Devoe says we are to have another
wet summer, with thunder showers in rapid
succession. Next thing Professor DeVoe knows
hen be mobbed by Sunday school picnic COM
mittecs. According to his idea the dryest
weather will be the last part of April and first
part of May.
An effort is being made to organize a company
for the purchase of Colts Hill, Paterson. The
price of the whole hill is $685., 900, of which SC5, 900
is to be paid in cash. Considerable subscriptions
for the stock of the company have been received.
The object of the company is to grade the hill
and cut it up into city lots, which are to be
offered for sale.
Amortgage of 500, 900 on the property of the
Paterson Consolidated Brewing Company was
placed on record in the county clerks office at
Paterson Friday morning last. The mortgage
was given by the company to Messrs. G. A.
Hobart and Eugene Stevenson, as trustees, to
secure the payment of 5000, 900 in bonds, issued
by the company in payment fprg the brewery
property recently acquired bytAeR.
The petition of the Common Council of Madi-
son bonding the borough to the amount of
ST., 1000, for the purpose of providing water and
electric light works, having received the neces-
sary number of signatures, the Common Council
have designated Wednesday, May IA, for hear
ing the arguments by the friends or opponents
of the scheme.
Towards Ocean Pier at Atlantic City was sold
at auction on April "a, and will be taken down by
the purchasers.