The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-04
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE NOTES.

The Rev. J. Y. De Baum, Of Hacken-
Jack. has received calls to become pastor
Of q church In New York and one In Fat
erson-
Solomon Mann, Of Fort Lee. has been
taken 10 the Morristown Insane Asylum,
crazed By . young lady's recent rejection
John p. Herring. aged 50. and James
Herring. 50. brothers, died at Demarest
last week, OF old age, within three days
OF each other.
The colorsd veterans of Woodbury. are
about to organize . post Of the g. A, X
An iron foundry u 10 be built AZ Eiiza-
beth on land recently purchased Dy the
Washington Hydraulic Pump Company,
A welLtoldo tailor of Camden, named
John Miller. was arrested Sunday night
on a charno Of having attempted to Grim
inally assault . Mrs. Hager, his neigh
Dor. He 10 believed to be the mysterious
Jack the Snatcher," who Is said 70 nave
assaulted seven women in Camden. n
Of whom the whole female population
The barns and stables OF the New Jer-
eey Agricultural Experiment Station &C
New Brunswick we're burned sunday
night and forty-two cows. hye horses and
three mules were destroyed Inc toeai
Robert Emmons,h his wife, two daughters
aged twelve, and an infant were seated
about 4 stove ia an old farm house a short
distance from Holmdel, on Saturday,
when the door beneath gave way, letting
the, family fall through 10 the cellar;
the hot Goals were spread about the fam
lily. The baby In the arms OF its mother
was crying piteously. as was also the
eldest daughter. Mr.. Emmons, bruised
and burned, soon helped his family out
and then FASTENED to throw water on the
fire. which was flashing up. Mrs. Em-
mons and the children were somewhat
bruised and burned. The baby suffered
most. The mother fell first with the
baby and the father, daughter. chairs
and stove on top of her. The house was
one OF the first built in that neighbor-
hood.
william HiIdreth, aged seventy-two. a
Respected citizen Of Cold Spring. Cape
May county, dropped dead on Saturday
He was a brother of ex-Assemblyman Al
win P. Hfldreth, Of Cape May.
Newark is minus the birth cert fcates OF
over three hundred babies who were born
in September. The record was lost
henlth office clerks. Tn State record viii
also be incomplete. A reward has been
offered for the return of the certificates
Company II, Seventh Regiment, Ma
fional Guard, Beverly. held an election
for commissioned officers at the armory.
John w. Adams was elected captain,
Michael J. Swift, first lieutenant, and
Edward Catersll. second lieutenant. Cap
tain Adams was chosen to command
Company F, before its transfer to
Atlantic City, but was never commissions
cd BY the State military authorities.
John LeavenclouRh of B~askingridge,
while cunning for Wild ducks on the
Passaic river a few days since, was acct
dentally shot through the upper left arm.
The main artery was fortunately not
severed, else the man would have bled to
death before assistance could have been
procured. The accident happened by
carelessly lifting his gun out Of the boat
by the muzzle, when the hammer caught
and the gun went OF.
Lightning lately struck the Methodist
church and parsonage at Alpine, Bergen
county, playing some peculiar pranks
aud doing damage to the extent of about
500.