The Jersey City news., 1890-04-18
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.

The forest fires near Pleasantville have burned
fiercely on the Doughty tract of about thirty
| thousand acres. The damage from the fire has
now reached S4010eo Richard Doughty, the
| jockey, and Absalom Doughty are the largest
losers. ALI the young game, with many deer,
| rabbits and quail have been destroyed in the
/ vicinity of Abseeom and North Pleasantvile.
/ Suit was begun Tuesday in the Union County
| Court at Elizabeth against the Lincoln Park
Blood Horse Association by Louis Queen, a CON
! tractor, of Elizabeth, who wants to recover
| money due him for erecting the buildings on the
| grounds Of the association.
The next City Council of Bordentown will
stand five in favor of restricting liquor licenses
through the city.
The fourth of the sales under the Martin act
was held at New Brunswick recently, and the
city realized nearly $1,000 from the properties
bought by individuals while buying itself
twenty-three properties. Thirty-one parcels of
property were redeemed before the sale, from
which ever $1,000 was realized
Samuel j. Allen, the Orange hat manufactur-
er who made an assignment last Saturday, has
offered his creditors fifty cents on the dollar and
has asked to be allowed to continue his business,
books yesterday and recommended the accept
anee Of Mr., Aliens offer, they found that fifty
per cent. was all he could pay.
The committee of the New Jersey Society Sons
of the American Revolution having in charge
the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the
Battle of Springfield, on June % next, have de-
cided to hold the celebration at Springfield, N.
J. Public exercises will be held and addresses
made by those whose ancestors took part in
that memorable bsttle.
Last Thursday evening General j. Augustus
Fay entertained Ukse Dahlgren Post and the
surviving officers of his or regiment, the Thirty
fifth New Jersey, at his residence on Railway
avenue, Elizabeth, the occasion being thetwenty-
fifth anniversary of the surrender of General
Lee at Appomatox.
A Camden justice made himself useful recent
Iy Justice Chester. discovered a man in the
act of breaking into the house of Augustus Tede,
at Eighth and Sylvan streets The justice chased
him long distance, caught him, gave him a
hearing, held him in $500 bail and will be the
principal witness against him.
| Luke Sooy replies to correspondent from
| Skunktown as follows: I'll wish to say regarding
| the large pumpkin which was grown on my farm
Lnat tDe SSsiS RSrS put there ny my OWL nauuS
| and can prove 1t. II Mr.. B. viii attend to his
| own business and his band-box horse and fatted
calf he will have enough to do.n
| A valuable hound dog of Aaron Kanouse, OF
Butler, while trying to eat the bait iii steel
trap set in barn at Meriden had its tongue
caught by the sharp prongs. In the endeavor to
extricate himself the dog lost his tongue, which
was pulled out by the roots and the animal had
/ to be shot to end its sufferings.
| Among the passengers on the unfortunate In
man steamer City of Paris which had such q
narrow escape from being wrecked, was the
Rev. Alfred Wells, of Drew Seminary, Madison
| John Carpenter, editor of the Sussex Regular,
| is to become resident Of Sussex county an6
| con templates moving his family from Clinton
! Hunterdon county, to Newton in May.
/ The entire license ticket was elected at Hights
town. Monday. George B. Miller was choser
| Mayor by thirty-six majority.