The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-01
NEWS In NOTES.
ALL OVER THE STATE.

A macmillan instance Of the working of q com
science was developed at the Newark Tax Office
last Saturday. Frederick H. Carter presented
his tax bill upon which was written In PLAIN NJ
ures $3.50 the amount due the city as Mr.;
Carter's share of taxes. Mr.. Carter saidhe nao
been assessed on only $1,000 of personal prop
erty when he was possessed of about $4,000. lie
asked that the tax bill be rectihed. Comms-
fioner Darcy was dunfounded- thousands OF
taxpayers had made objections to the amount
for which they were assessed, but no one had
ever before asked to have his tax Increased.
Mr.. Carter insisted on the correction and It was
made. He then made out his check for SlO9.2D,
handed it to the Receiver and departed.
Mrs: Gilroy, probably the Oldest woman IN
New Jersey, died Monday morning a. her resi- resi-
dence in Newark. Mrs. Gilroy was born in Fer
managh, Ireland, in 1888. She came to this
country forty-three years ago and lived the re-
niainder of her life in Newark. She had TWO
sons and two daughters, allof whom are dead,
the last having died eight months ago. She
leaves q number of grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
sembly Hall, at Bloomfield, who died last Thurs
day, was buried on Sunday to the music OF q
brass band. 1t was his dying wish that MS
funeral should be headed by o brass band and
that there should be a demonstration by MS
friends and the societies Of which he was a mem
Der. In the funeral procession were about one
hundred coaches and fourteen societies.
Congressman Bergen on Saturday night tele-
graphed from Washington to ex-senator Isaac
7. Nichols that he could not be appointed post
master at Bridgeton, and that another man must
be named immediately. MI. Nichols Immediately
telegraphed to Mr.. Bergen to name William N.
Hewitt, a prominent Grand Army man. and the
appointment, it is said, is likely to be given to
that gentleman this week.
The Somerset county Grand Jury has indicted
Mrs. Newton p. Drake, daughter OF one of
Plainfield's most prominent merchants, and wire
Of a well known New York salesman, for abusive
reatment Of her stepson. Mrs. Drake last Satur-
day pleaded not guilty. She will be tried IN Oc-
toOer. She is charged with having beaten her
husbands child so cruelty that the boys head.
arms and chest were a horrible pulp. The
physician who saved the boys life is expected to
give some startling testimony.
Samuel Cole. forty-four years of age, who was
one of the scar ching party to the Arctic Seas to
relieve the Inflated expedition of Com mander
belong, died on Monday at his residence III
Camden. He was born at Glen's Falls, N. ". in
1916, and removed to Pennsylvania in 1851,
when he enlisted at the age of sixteen years in
Company l of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania
Cavalry. He served during the entire war with
this regiment, and received several wounds.
After the close of the war he entered the navy
and continued in the service until the return OF
the Arctic Relief expedition. During the trip TO
the Polar regions Mr.. Cole held the position OF
master-of-arms.
Emanuel Nelson, a Swedish miner, 20 years
old, employed in the mines at Ringwoud, Pas
sale county, while returning home drunk on Sat
a shaft, stumbled and fell into the shaft. He
was not missed until next day, when his body
was recovered from the shallow water at the
bottom of the shaft.
Hayden r. Storm, q wellknown resident of
North Cramer Hill, Camden county, died Mon
day evening after a brief illness. He had sew
eral teeth extracted a little over a week ago,
ending in his death. He leaves a wife and two
children. ~