The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE Nores

Nearly lou c1tlzenS OF bOrucntOWn.
who had contributed toward the ex-
tension Of the Eagle Shirt Factory
there, made merry Ove a collation. in
the completed building Wednesday
night
Mrs. II. Maroy, OF Little York,
Hunterdon county, has now entered
on her Tooth year, and she walks a
mile TO church and reads without
glasses. She was born In tTvf.
The pioneer ~scttlers OF Asbury Park.
and Ocean Grove are going to form a
Pioneer association TO be composed,
of persons who settled In Asbury,
Park and Ocean liroye prior to the
year 1874. The association will hold
sreunion every yeer. Founder James.
a. Bradley will be the frs. prssi-
Il dent.
Mt Real Estate Dealer Thomas w.
kM'coper, OF Long Branch, has at his
\fhAme a novel curiosity. Thirty years
INC next July he placed a tiny Gu
8tmbcr 10 a small bottle. The bottle
IS NOV entirely. occupied by h
Etplckle, which looks very tempting to
lovers OF his bittership. The young
cucumber was grown on land upon
which is now located Mr.. Cooper's
reat estate Office, nenr the Southern
u station. aa5
While William Post. aged eighteen,
was putting a belt onsome machinery
ia thu Gregory sink Manufacturing
Company1s Mil, at Paterson, on
Thursday both his arfns were caught
= In the pulley. When he was extri-
Gated by his fellow workmen it was
found that his right arm bad been
tori. completely of at the right
shoulder and the left broken in five
places. 50 that it is probable he will
never be able to Use 1t again.
The Mount Holly Herald reports
the sale of q farm OF 115 acres, bought
a few years ago for $40 an acre, Oh
SIP, $50. There were two mortgages
ON the farm, the first for 81, 600 INT
the second for 80, 200. At the sale the
holder of the first mortgage had to
take the farm, tine second mortgage
being wiped out,
1t Is stated by the Morristown Jer-
seynan that Mount Olive township,
Morris County, which has a popula-
ton OF | 300, has Ave Justices of the
Peace, while the constitution OF the
State allows only two Justices of the
& Peace to townships and wards with
less than 2, 900 inhabitants.
The receipts for liquor licenses un-
der the Werts Law, in Newark this
year, will amount TO $500, 000. Under
the old law they were not more than
$50. 900.
The Farmers Alliance now num-
bers 200 in New Jersey. A strong
Alliance is being formed in Morris
county.
A tax muddle that is likely to result
seriously has shown itself in Bridge
water township, Somerset county.
Justice Rigger, the assessor, presents
to the Town Committee and Commis-
s~ioners Of Appeal an astonishing dup
licate of ASSESSMENTS, showing an in
crease of taxable values of more than
81, 1000, 900, aud $500, 600 above any
. other assessment ever made. An in
"a yestigation shows that many pieces of
have been twice taxed, and
~ ut different values. In all cases where
i, 1.-The property was mortgaged the
nfbroperty itself was taxed at full
lFgvalue and the amount OF the mort
~ gage was also taxed. The citizens are
greatly aroused and threaten to pros
ecute the assessor for violation of his
oath. The Commissioners of Appeal
have been in session several days and
have already allowed deductions
amounting to nearly $4o0, 900.
CITY NOTES.
The Rev. David Mitchell gave a
warm and instructive lecture in the
Scotch Church last night on Whats
ina Manner" The audience was very
appreciative and highly applauded
the lecturer.
During extensive improvements in
st. Paul's NJ. E. Church regular SER
vices will be held in the comfortable
lecture room.
James Devlin, No. 294 Grand street,
was held for further examination by
Justice Stilsing this morning on a
charge OF malicious mischief. He
smashed a window in a saloon belong
ing to Police Commissioner Kelly.
William Zachinan is the complainant.
The fair in progress at Roche's Hall
under the auspices of Lincoln Circle
No. 8. Ladies of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, vas again well attended
last night. The table in charge OF
Mrs. Daniel Shea, Mrs. Wandell and
Mrs. Van Wickle was especially well
patronized and the mails that went
through the post Office in charge oil
Miss Ryan and Miss Carroll were un-
usually heavy. The Sons of Vete-
rams attended in u body and many of
them took a. lead pencil to drop a line
in the fish pond In charge OF Miss
Lulu Van Nostwick. Daniel Shay is
ahead in the race for the silver tea
service.
A grocery wagon, the names Of
whose owner and driver are unknown,
was smashed to pieces by an Erie
locomotive at tire Jersey avenue
crossing at six o'clock last evening.
A fire in George II. lie Blanche's
dry goods store, No. 1856 Pavonia ave-
nue., caused by workman setting fire
to a gas metre last night, damaged the
stock and fixtures to the amount OF
$500.
John Hennessy, No. Is West Third
street, New York, was committed for
trial In Justice Stilsings court this
morning. .Hennessy is one of the
New York crooks u persists in
playing his she'll games oh the Erie
.erryboats on race days. Yesterday
he played until the boat arrived in its
slip on this side. He attacked the
crew when they set upon him TO hold
him until they could hand him over
10 an officer.
Gospel temperance nesting, under
the auspices of Crusade, Division
]. of II, on Monday evening,
December 10, at Rescue Mission,