The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-25
NEWS in NOTES.
ALL OVER THE STATE.

The Union County Board of Freehold
ers has appointed q committee TO lnveSti-
gate the books and ccounts of the Coun-
Ty Road Engineer, Mr.. Durham, against
whom charges have been made OF extrav-
Rgant expenditures.
The annual parade of the Elizabeth
Fire Department will take place on Octo-
Der 16. A feature of the affair Will pc tne
presentation to Rolla Engine Company
OF the prize which it won at Chester. Pa.
on the occasion OF the annual convention
of bremen of that State.
The Reformed Theological Seminary at
New Brunswick opened Tuesday, the en-
try class being eighteen, an unusually
large number. DIR. Mahon made tho
opening address last evening to the stu
year. Nine of the new class. arc from
Peddie Institute is obliged to refuse
pupils on account Of lack of accommoda-
TONS.
Laura johnson, the ffteen-year-old
school girl, OF Plainfield, who eloped last
June with William McQuade, q man
twice her age, has been found with him
in Boston. Mrs. Mansfield Robinson. the
girls mother, learned on SATURDAY where
The pair were and she at once caused Nc
Quade's arrest on q charge of abduction.
Hewas brought to Plain1eld Monday for
trial.
Postmaster Conklin, Of Newark, has
been authorized from Washington to in
crease the annual salaries of thirty-fonr
clerks 500 each. This will not include
any clerks recently appointed.
Diphtheria has spread 10 Cedarville,
near Bridgeton.
county, are dying of an unnamed disease.
Thousands of blue pincer crabs are
being caGfght in the oyster dredges of the
Maurice River Cove oystermen. ~
The reunion Of the Iwenty-second regi-
ment. OF New Jersey Volunteers was held
ticipated in by about n hundred veter-
ans. Colonel a. G. Dehfarest was re-
elected presidehtsHW. w. Harper, secre-
tary, and William e. Herring,l treasurer.
jonn h. Farnum, of the lVihefAhd, Gas
Company, has brought suit againsb] the
borough of Vineland for $500 for non
payment of a disputed gas bifl.s Sheriff
Shaw has served Mayor Lord with a sum-
nous to appear before the September
Circuit Court.
The Bound Brook Commissioners have
issued an ordinance prohibiting bicycle
riders from riding on the sidewalks III
any part of the town. During the night,
when riding along the streets, they must
display y light or be lined IS.
Charles ~ Woolston, OK Beverly, has
been nominated to the Assembly by the
Prohibitionists Of the Second Burlington
district,
f Thomas Glynn, of Salem, raised an ear
of corn which, in the husk, measured
2 feet 8 inches in length n weighed 2
pounds and IL ounces.
The September term of the United
States Circuit Court opened Tuesday,
Justice Bradley presiding. Every case
on the list went off for The term, except
that of the Jersey City Gaslight Company
against the United states Gas Improve
ment Company, which will be argued
without q jury October s.
The Fourth Ward Republican Club of
Camden has appointed a committee to
draft an address 10 the voters of the city
and county showing the dangers of spec
iAI legislation, II urging all to vote for
sustaining the constitu .ional sections at
the special election OF tuesday next.
The Monmouth Park Racing Associa-
tion has been sued by w. Il. Warren, a
contractor, for $25. 900, which he claimsis
due HIM for work. d. d. Withers was
served with the summons by Constable
j. Frank Patterson, OF Red Bank, Tues
day, and the papers will be r~eturnable by
October l.
Judge Garrison has adjourned the Bur-
lington county Supreme and Circuit
Courts for the term. as no cases were
ready; A number of lawyers asked for
leniency, saying that they would be ready
in u few days, but the ruling was per
emptOfy.