The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24

lats Andrew v Stout, known as Crowndale
at Bernardsyille. The price is $4,000. The
property contains nearly 400 acres and cost ovei
100000.
The term Of Postmaster Mckinney, Of Key
port, expired August 4 The most prominent
candidates for the position are John S. Spreul,
Asbury r. Bedle and Major B. A. Lee.
John Dilts, of Lambertville, celebrated his
ninety-fourth birthday Thursday His seven
children and many grandchildren assisted Mrs.
Dilts is eighty-eight years Old, and tha aged
couple have been married sixty-seven years.
Two Camden painters were recently sent to
paint store front az No. 5s2 Federal street.
| They made mistake and went to work on q dry
goods store front at No. 5ss and had nearly
finished the job before the mistake was dis
covered.
A new Democratic club il to be formed in the
Eighth ward OF Camden.
The Camden Maennerchor celebrated its
twenty-hfth anniversary at Stockton Park
Wednesday.
William Buchanan, uncle iof Congress sinau
Buchanan, died at his home near sergeantviile,
Hunterdon county few days ago. He was
ninety two years old.
An electric ball dropped into Henry Elwell's
tomato patch, in Lower Creek Salem county.
| during recent thunder storm and exploded,
killing fifty tomato plants.
Mr.. L. A. Exton, an extensive peach grower
near Clinton expects 60 be able to market loco
baskets of peaches out of his extensive or
chards
The New Jersey State horticultural Society
will hold its fifteenth anniversary meeting In the
college buildings, New Brunswick, on Monday.
september ~
Part of the needle which ran into the right
foot Of Mrs. Archibald alccall, of Camden, five
years ago, came out at her right elbow last
Thursday.
Belvidere yotsd 1853 to III in favor Of building
new $4,000 school house.
The Burlington county bands viii have their
annual contest at Bridgeboro on September 3.
One Mount Holly church member tried to get
another to bet that he was the better Chris
tian
An eight and one-half- pound eel, four feet
long, caught by Captain Charles Bowen. is on
exhibition at Bridgeton.
The taxpayers Of Warren county are finding
much fault with the action Of the Board OF
Freeholders in purchasing a law library for the
court house. They consider this expense
an imposition, and argue that if, for half a cen
tury, the judges have suffered no inconvenience
because of the lack of court houss library.
they need no such luxury now.
The New Brunswick street railway was sold
Wednesday, foreclosure of mortgage. The
purchaser was J. b. Price, of Newark. who rep
resents some of the bondholders. they Will ex-
tend the road
The Farmland spiritualists' campmeeting AS
ISOLATION FLED articles OF incorporation at the
County Clerks office Camden, Wednesday.
Capital. $4,000, Of which $1,000 is paid.
The McKergon Oil Company, Of Newark.
branch Of the Standard OH Company, is about
TO build a large storehouse in New Brunswick,
together with a depot for train of supply tank
wagons. The depot and storehouse are to be
near Railroad avenue
The Borough Council. of Rutherford, met on
Tuesday night to revise the assessment of the
town. Some grievances were presented by tax
payers, but nothing OF Importance was done
and the Council will have another revision
meeting. The present assessment estimates the
value Of real and personal property at about
100000.
Colonel Webb, Of Chester, Morris county, is in
his nine teth year. He can stand upon a chair,
bend backward, touch his head upon the floor
and rise up again without the aid OF his hands.
He goes fshing nearly every day in the Black
River stands in the water up to his knees from
morning until night, and oftiines lands as many
as forty and fifty catfish day.
The Plainfield Common Council met on Tues
day night and fixed the tax rate for the year
at 22i. The rate last year was 2l5 and the
year before 2.1s. The new rate is the highest in
the hi story Of the city and is due to the increase
IN the county tax providing for the new county
roads. The Water Works Company has paid
the 5000 due the city.
| Patty Coleman, of Lower Creek, Salem
County, mas tri-colored cat the colors beng
| yellow, white and blue
The government will soon begin the erection
of a steel and iron lighthouse on the ocean front
| at Sea Grit
| Crabs have btsn unusually plentiful this sea-
SON. William Nelson, of Salem, caught seventy
dozen last week. and during the season has
| captured over $50 dozen.
a mortgage Of $500 on the home of a poor wo-
man Netherwood Heights has been raised in
| novel fashion by the guests of Hotel Neither
| wood. For week much enthusiasm has been
manifested concerning the number OF seeds con
| by the steward. Three hundred guests paid fifty
| cents apiece for the privilege of guessing The
melon was cut last Friday evening. The mum
bsr of seeds was COZ. William }. Rocme, of
| Washington Park, North Plainaeld, had guessed
| 1910, and won the prIzs offered by Mrs. II. W.
| williams. Besides the $3.50 paid in by the guess
| ers, there were numerous private wagers, rang
ing from ten to twenty dollars each, that were
added to the fund for the relief of the poor
| woman.
The special committee appointed to investi-
gate the condition of the Warren County AIMS
house has made its report and condemns the
managers for neglectiag the institution The
A nshouse has been literally stripped Of all use
ful articles, and the entire building is in state
OF neglect The bedding, towels and bed cover
ing are mere rags. They have never been
| mended, and no new articles have been pur-
| chased for the institution Notwithstanding the
thousands of dollars devoted to the place every
year. The steward never made report to the
Board of Freeholders until he was requested to
do so at the last meeting.
| About three months ago it became known that
| q party OF men had conceived the idea that
silver could be found in the extreme western
! and unsettled part Of Plaintieid. They com