The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-20
NEWS IN NOTES.
ALL OVER THE STATE.

ALL OVER THE STATE.
The Plaintield Water Works Company
has disposed OF its property to a new com
pany, of which, it is authoritatively
stated, John Kean, Jr., of Elizabeth. is
the organizer. The organization of the
Plainfield Water Works Company was OF
doubtful validity, and capitalists have
been unwilling to invest their money IN
the enterprise. Work upon the plant is
at a standstin owing in part to the litiga,
ton in the courts instituted by Israel
Lewis. 1t is said that Mr.. kean repre-
sents a company of capitalists who will
work under the provisions of a charter
granted in 1868.
The Mount Holly Exhibition, just
closed, was not a success financially. as
compared with the average previous
years. Up to Wednesday evening the
turnstlles registered over LOCO people IN
excess of previous exhibitions up to the
same day, but h rainy weather the rest
of the week u the record very mate.
rally, although the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company carried more people on
Thursday than on the same day last year;
Much dissatisfaction has been expressed
at the number of gambling schemes al
lowed in the fair. Seventeen wheels OF
fortune, roulette tables and other gamb-
ling schemes were licensed at $50 each,
VI AiAAG ~ OAACA 0hN 0R1S
worked quietly without license. 1t is
said that the society wa offered $1,000 by
q noted bookmaker for the privilege of
selling pools on the races, but his offer
was declined. No licenses were granted
for liquors to be sold on the grounds.
Among summer boarders at Clffwood,
Monmouth county, We're Miss Emily
Duncan, aged twenty-three, and Dayton
ID. Crosbey, aged thirty. Some days ago
they attended a church picnic, and a
mock marriage was proposed. A solemn
young man, a stranger to most of those
present, officiated as minister. 1t is now
known that he was the Rev. Mr.. Hemper-
freed, of the Church of the United
Brethren, Kansas City. 1t is probable
that steps will be taken to have the mar
rage set aside.
The Van Ripper Manufacturing Com
pany, of Paterson, is building a gigantic
driving belt. The. hides required in its
construction are the hides of seventy-five
cattle. The belt is three ply, and will
measure when completed about one hun
dred feet in length and forty-two inches
in width, being the largest ever built in
this State. though double belts Of nearly
the same proportions are occasionally
turned out of the same establishment.
While driving at a killing pace through
Mount Ephraim avenue, Camden, on
Thursday morning, Jacob Newcomb, a
farmer, came in contact with alamp-post,
fracturing his skull.
Benjamin E. Hartshorne. Jr., of Mid
dletoWn, Monmouth county, has been APP
pointed Il cadet at West Point.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church,
of Paterson, has received $13, 500, the
amount of a legacy by the late Mrs. Ann
Crossett.
The Fourteenth Regiment, New Jersey
Volunteers. held their twelfth annual re-
union at Hopewell yesterday. There were
about one hundred and twenty veterans
in the parade, which marched through
the streets of the village headed by the
Hopewell Band.
The Princeton College freshmen yester-
day elected these officers:-President,
Henry Riggs, BaItimore; vice president,
Z. I. Bailey, Huntington. Pa.
The Hebrew population of Passaic,
numbering about five hundred souls. con-
template erecting a synagogue, the gran
deur Of which will not be equalied in New
Jersey. About 500, 900 has been sub
scribed. The money was largely contrib
uted by friends in other cities, who will
become members of the new congrega-
ton.
The annual reunion of the Fiftieth New
Jersey Volunteers will be held at Ham
burg. in Morris county, on Wednesday,
October %.
a hay press. weighing 600 pounds,
crushed the life out Of Elias Philhower,
eighteen years old, a farm hand on the
Vredenberg farm, at R~aritan, on Thurs
day.
Robert Flaherty, twelve years old, is
held by the Newark police on suspicion OF
committing the burglary at the house of
james NJ. Seymour. No. 57 Mount Pleas
ant venue. The boy lives with his
parents at No. 75I Passaic avenue.
Rolla Engine Company No. 2, of Eliza-
beth, took first prize Thursday in the
parade of the State of Pennsyl-
vania at Chester. There were 142 COM
panies in line from various States, and
the victory was therefore a highly credit
able ane.