The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-24
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.


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PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.
Bishop John P. Newman, known in contempor-
airy history as Grants Parson, " and ex-chap-
lain of the United States Senate, will preside
over the Newark Conference, which will be held
in the Centenary Church, Sumner avenue, New
ark, beginning Wednesday morning, April ?.
1t is predicted that game birds and fish will be
plentiful next season, because of the mild win
ter. But there is no rose without a thorn. 1t is
predicted that all kinds of insects and bugs will
be unusually numerous next summer, because
OF the warm winter. The worst Of it is, it is
easier to catch bugs than fish.
The residents of R~idgewood have organized a
Citizens improvement Association, and sub
scribed 81 200 to use in the county road litigation
on the side of the majority Of the Board of
Freeholdrs who started to macadamize the FIVE
mile road that leads from Ridgewo0d to Pater-
son, M. T. Richardson was elected President
of the ass ~ociation.
Surgeon Corbin Decker, of the United States
Navy, is visiting his parents at vineland.
Charles K. Lands, of Sea Isle City, is now in
Egypt, but will start for home in a few weeks.
The horses and carriage which belonged to
the estate Of the late Abraham Browning, of
Camden, and which were lost overheard from
one of the fsrryboats of the West Jersey Ferry
Company early in January, were found Thurs
day in the middle of the Delaware River, oppo-
size Race street wharf, Philadelphia. They
were towed to Market street wharf, Camden.
A trotting circuit was formed Thursday, EN-
bracing dundee Park, waveriy and Pennington,
in this State, and Wilkesbarre and Allentown,
Pa. The spring races will begin at Waverly on
Decoration Day. at Dundee On June 3. at Flem-
ington on June ii, at Allentown on June II and
at wilkesbarre on June "a. 1t will be called the
Midway Trotting Circuit.
The Kings County Improvement Company was
Incorporated in Newark Thursday for the pur-
chase Of real estate. The offices are in Orange
and Brooklyn. The capital is $500, Oc0.
Cape May People are circulating a petition to
Congress for q breakwater off the Cape A bill
has been prepared by John Fl. Sloan, of Phila-
delphia
Dr.. Daniel Strock, of the Cooper Hospital
staff, Camden, has been appointed assistant
surgeon of the Sixth Regiment, National Guard
OF New Jersey, with the rank Of first lieutenant.
The Asbury Park Commissioners, at a recent
meeting, earnestly considered the question how
to close the illicit gin mills of the town. 1t was
decided that there was no use in having the
owners indicted, as the cases couldn't be got
through Freehold.
While P. Dawson was ploughing in his apple
orchard, near Englishtown recently, the pillow
turned up a cannon ball Weighing Sc sven pounds.
The ball had been in the ground probably one
hundred years or more, and was well preserved.
Dawson has at different times plowed up several
Indian stone axes, and has them in his posses
sion.
The reserve militia is estimated at cs4, ss7 and
apportioned to the counties of the State as fol-
lows:-Atlantic, 5,sss; Bergen, $500; Burlington,
1906; Camden, 1852; Cape May, 2,450; Cum
berland, 9,119; Essex, AZ, 100; Gloucester, 6,270:
Hudson, 55.117; Hunterdon, 1853; Mercer, 1928;
Middlesex, 1870; Monmouth, 1880; Morris,
i0.6e9; Ocean, s,41l; Passaic, 1872; Salem,
5,603; Somerset, 5,sT4; Sussex, 4,s6s; Union,
is,ass; Warren, 1921.
Sea Isle City viii settle by ballot next Satur-
day the question of incorporation.
The window-glass factory was put into blast
by Bennett & Co, of Millville, on Thursday.
Mrs. Hannah Wiegand, of Beverly, celebrat d
her oath birthday on Friday of last week, with a
reunion of her family. 1t included eight chill
dren, thirty ourAgrandchildren, forty-ive great
grandchildren and several great great-grand
children, with other relatives. The dinner was
superintendent by the old lady, who moved
about with her usual vigor.. She received a
number of appropriate presents.
MI. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison have returned
from a six weeks trip TO the South. Mr.. Edison
has been inspecting the North Carolina mines,
o.d toe Hear ant,{,,.%ix,r ,,n~of;o@{o.s oot~s~~ -
the introduction there of his magnetic ore sep
arator.
The Electric Cutlery Company have recorded
articles OF incorporation in the Essex County
Clerks office. The object Of the company is the
manufacture of razors and cutlery. The place
Of business is Newark. The capital is $50, 700,
and the incorporators are Louis c. Fuller, New
York; David Eastman, Arlington; James e
Fuller, East Orange; Clifford 3. Fuller. Easi
Orange, and Benjamin e. vanderyeer, New
York .sF @raN5 mi
The quarterly meeting Of Che Essex County
Teachers Association wss held Saturday morn
ing in the hall of the Franklin school. in East
Orange. Nesrlxas0 membefs Of the association
we're PRESENT. ~ session soHsaed AthA@aaaI
AfteF ming Al inn{wAh @ class sseypisein bkska
culture conducted by Miss Caroline Swift, Of
Franklin school, she had,twslvs pupils Npresen
IN s9mnasticF spit s,And~gaSaaAsaaaskdss if
t~eresting illustration of the advanced work il
tAisl most Important department. The pupils
entered the room with books balanced on theil
4 heads, to secure tie needed erect position ant
steadness. She then carried them through 4
series of exercises, including deep breathing
lip and mouth exercise, marching to music and
a series OF exercises calculated to bring lax