The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-18
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE NOTES.


The -three-year-old child of John Nc
Closkey, OF Beverly, is in a critical condi.
ton from the effects of drinking a pint oil
whiskey which he obtained somehow,
DIR. Adams, who was summoned, used 0
stomach pump and gave the little one
some relief.
Atlantic City's new national bank is in
operation.
The license question will come up again
before the Atlantic City Council next
Monday night.
The Camden police are still at work on
the census recount, and only half of them
nave made returns. One precinct OF the
Fourth ward shows a falling off from the
official census count.
One of tine female operatives in Starr q
Bros canning factory at Hancockfs
Bridge averte0 a panic by coolly shutting
off steam from the engine when the gov
ernor belt broke.
A rabbit farm is one of the curiosities
of Lebanon township, in Hunterdon
county. j. G. Stryker, a farmer, is max
ing money raising German hares for the
market. The epicures of New York have
pronounced stewed hare a very sGvory
morsel, ana they are accordingly quoted
high on the bills OF fare. German hare
are scarce and the demand for them is
brisk. Here and there in New York there
are young men raising English hare for
the market, but no one has started a Ger
man hare farm. Mr.. Stryker is about
ready to ship 800 of his Teutonic jack
rabbits to his customers, and will follow
this up with another shipment i'll a few
weeks. The profits are much larger than
those for raising chickens. The hares
need little or no attention and grow fast.
The force of the explosion of the Du-
pont powder works, in Delaware, was
distinctly felt in Pennington.
Mrs. Anderson g. Fisher, of Kingwood,
Hunterdon county, has raised q pumpkin
that weighs SO pounds. 1t measures five
feet in circumference one way, and four
feet nine inches the other.
A Reading Railroad official says that
the arrangement have been completed
for the organization of what is to be
known as the Oriental Hotel Company,
which will include Philadelphia, New
York and Atlantic City capitalists. They
will proceed at once with the erection If
a 5000, 600 hotel on the beach front, to ex-
tend from Rhode Island avenue to
Connecticut avenue, Atlantic City.
DR.. e. B. Reed, a physician of Keyport,
is the prognoSticator in a new a OF
physical surgery. Frederick Deitreich,
accompanied by his two sons, aged six
and nine respectively, called on DR.. Reed
on Thursday, complaining that the two
boys We're unable to speak the English
language, and insisted on the doctor split
ting the tongue of each child, which he
believed would unable them to speak
more plainly. The doctor refused, but
as the father insisted, DR.. Reed per-
formed the operation, cutting or splitting
the tongue of each of the children just
enough so the blood flowed freely, to the
satisfaction of the father, who eturned
home with the children with a bandage
on each of theirltongues. Mr.. Deiterich
says that he has long thought of this
operation and honestly thinks that his
boys will speak English to perfection
hereafter.
State Entomologist j. B. Smith and
Colonel A. w. Pearson have been pursu-
ing their investigation of the ''rosebug"
pest at ViDeland during the week.
The East Lake Wooden Mill Company,
having purchased the water right of the
East Lake, have informed the city OF
Bridgeton that they will be charged 81, 500
per annumf for the use of water.
MAJOR c. w. Raymond, U. S. A., and
i. Y. Schermernorn, of the Engineer
Corps. are at Cape May inspecting avail
able sites for the construction OF an arti-
fetal harbor at the mouth of the Della
ware.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Bowen, Of
BridgetOn, narrowly escaped asphyxia-
ton Wednesday night. The coal gas from
the heater escaped into their sleeping
room, and Mrs. Bowen was unconscious
when her husband awoke and crawled to
a window, which he opened.
The PSI signers of the petition for the
Citizens ticket in Camden county, con-
sisted OF SO Democrats, 90 Republicans, 2
Prohibitionists, 90 colored men from the
notorious nov Hill district and so whose
politics are not known-foaters. The
ticket IS intended to weaken the Republi-
can ticket.
Another glass factory is to be started at
Clayton.
The Swsdesboro glass factory is to use
oil as fuel.
The new Methodist Church at Wood
bury will cost $I15, ZOO.
The new Alva Glass Works at Salem
has commenced operations.
b Harris Paper Company has re-
opened its extensive paper mills at
Hawasia.
The American Type Telegraph Com
pany was incorporated in Newark, Thurs
day; with a capital Of $4,000 0 and $500, 600
paid in.