The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-21
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE NOTES.

The Hackensack Heights Land Associa-
ton presented the New Jersey ana Ne w
York Railroad Company yesterday with a
plot of ground for a new station at Central
avenue, Hackeusack. The railroad COM
pany built a platform at Central avenue
q year ago. and has been stopping trains
there ever since. A new station to cost
$1,000, it is said, will be begun at once.
a new association to be called the Mon
mouth Beach Club company has been in
corporated with a paid up capital of $780,
900. 1t intends to erect a new club house
at Monmouth Beach on the sight of the
old club house owned by M. II. Hough-
ton.
The mails in Point Peasant are shame
fully behind time since the close of tho
summer season. 1t certainly is q mark of
ingratitude on the part Of the railroad
authorities to treat the natives in this
way. The many thousands of dollars
gathered In he summer season ought
surely to warrant different treatment in
the winter season, The postmaster, Mr..
Graham. has made complaint and we
hope to see fruitage for good.
There are now 1000 ducks and 5000
geese on Fairchild's poultry farm near
Mt; Pleasant station, Matawan.
The Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Association have purchased the Central
hotel and two acres or ground adjacent.
The hospital will be removed as soon as
possible from its present temporary
quarters to its new home. The hotel
building, which is in perfect repair, was
purchased at a cost of $25, 800, of which
sum Il. Percy Dobbins, the owner, gave
5000 and his partner, +. G. Loeb. $500.
The principal portion of the purchase
money was raised by subscription. The
building is opposite the New Jersey Cen
trail railroad passenger station at Long
Branch.
The presses of the J~erseyTedn, of Nor
ristown, are now driven by a t%wo-horse
power electric motor. This motor is o
Wonderful little affair, only about twenty
inches in height and weighs $50 pounds.
Il sits on a shelf out of the way and is
noiseIess. There is no fire to build, no
steam. smoke or smell, no ashes or
cinders, or heat. 1t certainly is a wonder
full and convenient machine, aud,
besides its other good points, it has only
two journals to oil.
The Trenton Iron Company at Broad
street and Hamilton venue are on
structing ar electric railway about their
works for the quick transit of coal and
wire from one part of their mill 10 an
other. The Thompson-H Houston system
is being used. They have applied to
Council FOR permission to cross Hamilton
avenue.
The Roeblines have purchased a plot Of
ground near Deutzyille, Upon which they
will erect q building for the manufacture
of iron rods.
Charles Mclaughlin dislocated his left
shoulder blade recently while assist
ing in pushing his recently moved frame
dwelling into its new position on Nelson
street, New Brunswick. The house wast
on the balance over the foundation, and
Charley, who was becoming impatient at
the Intellectual efforts of the workmen,
contributed his aid, at the same time ex-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will nave to go.''
GnVnafhinn did 00 NO Mralofn6 nhnun hnf
1t was not the house. DR.. Shannon set
the injured bone.
In the Cosmopolitan scholarship con-
test, which was open to students in all
the colleges of the United States and
Can ada, the first prize-$3O0-was won by
Ed win r. Guthrie. of Hackepsaok.
There is a report current that the col
ored people of Passaic county, number
ing about n thousand, have termed a
company with the avowed intent of start
ing a newspaper, the aim of which will
be the advancement of their race both in
nj out of New Jersey. 1t will be edited
by a well known colored journalist of
Brooklyn. In politics the colored people
OF Passaic have hitherto been Republi-
can But IL is said they their
intention to support Mr.. Cadmus for
Congress and other prominent Demo-
cratic candidates this fall.
The Dover IndeI says.-"While Har-
vey Blanchard and a friend were at Rock
away Valley on Sunday. near the old
blanchard place they saw a wild
He made his presence known by below
ing like u calf and when he approached
them after breaking through the bushes,
they noticed that his hair was very long
and unkempt, that he also were an old
suit of clothes and top boots and that he
presented a very uncouth appearance.
He was of medium size and could not or
would not talk, He crouched upon the
ground u uttered unearthly yells and
when an apple was dropped within his
reached he threw it at Mr.. Blanchard and
his companion, and then rushed into the
woods where he diappeared."
Ralph S. Demarest, who was a member
of Assembly from Bergen county in 1865
and 1856. a Senator from 1860 to 1868, and
a Democratic Presidential Elector in 1868,
died at his home at Cresskill on Wednes-
day. at the age of seventy-nlne.