The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-15

the price of soda water to ten cents q glass,
early in the season, ION account Of the hiRh
price of ice, have been compelled to reduce
the price to five cents. as the people refused 10
drink high-priced soda.
Considerable complaint has been made re-
Gently about the vandalism at the cemeteries N
the Oranges. Many lot owners take prlde IN
keeping their lots in fine condition, and many or
the choicest flowers are picked by those who
visit the cemeteries.
The annuel meeting of the New Jersey Den
tai Association will take place at the Coleman
House, AsOury Park, on Wednesday. An III
t~eresting programme has been arranged. and
the report of the mmitt which secured the
passage of the new dental law viii be read.
A sale of property for arrears of taxes under
the Martin act was held in Newark yesterday.
1t Included $50 pieces, of which about three hun
bred were sold and the city bought In 81 at the
amount of the liens
NJ. L. McGraw, of the Fifth Congressional
district, has been appointed cadet at the United
States Military Academy, with Thomas j. Hill
lery as alternate.
The Baptist churches Of Middletown township,
Monmouth county, are having hard luck There
are only four churches of this denomination in
the township, and three of these have been
struck by lightning this year. The Baptist
church az New Monmouth was the first to be
struck; then lightning struck the steeple of the
Middletown Baptist Church, tearing 1t down and
causing considerable damage in its fall, and a
day or two ago the Baptist church at Atlantic
Highlands received a stroke of lightning. The
only other Baptist church in the township is at
Navesink, and the congregation of this church
is in a constant state of mingled expectation
and fear every time there is a thunder storm.
Efforts are being made in Newark, N. j., to
organize a large combination Of ceiluloid manu-
facturers. The body is to be known as the
United Celluloid Company, with a capital OF
about $600,U0o-
Charles Cahen on Tuesday afternoon was load
ing mountain stone upon a wagon near the
Scotch Plains quarry, when a green snake four
feet long sprang from a clump of underbrush.
The reptile sank Its faDgs into an artery of
Cashen's arm just above the wrist. The MEM
Der Ind swollen to large proportions before
Cashen could be brought to Plainfield. but seri-
Gus results are believed to have been averted BY
medical skill.
Postmaster Scarlet, of Jamesburg, has been
made an aide-de-camp, with rank of Colonel, on
the staff Of General r. A. Alger, Commander
in-Chief of the G. A. R.
The old oak in the Friends Burying Ground in
Salem has been measured, and it is IL feet in
circumference, while the spread of branches is
1I0M feet one way, and l0T feet the other. 1t is
said to be the largest oak in the country.
The West Side Park Land Company, of Pater-
son, has organized with a capital of $4,000, the
joining the West Side Park. The stock of the
company is divided as follows:-Samuel New
man, Philip Voss, Martin Lehman, Myron J.
Furst, Jacob Danzig and Gustave Friend, each
one hundred shares. MIR. Newman belongs in
Paterson, the rest of the stockholders being
from New York.
Camden proposes to establish a County Work
House.
S. H. White, of Red Bank, is proposed as sue
cessor to u S. District Attorney Duryee.
The farmers and wine manufacturers of Allan
tic county are becoming disheartened over the
failure of fruit and grape crops. The peach,
apple and pear crops will be a complete failure
this year. There will not be one-haif the usual
yield of raspberries, blackberries and other
small fruits: Rot is playing sad havoc among
the grape vineyards OF Atlantic county.