The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-14
NEWS IN NOTES.
sTATE NOTES.

NJ. Divide Musin, the violin virtuoso,
begins his fifth concert season In this
country with a concert at the new
Lyceum Hall at Englewood, N. D.; ne1o
Tanner, Mrs. Inez Parmater, dramatic
soprano; Karl Storr. a new German BARI
tone. and Edward Scharff, the pianist,
are among the artists who will ASSIST MI.
Musin. -
The formal opening of the club house
of the Democrat League, at trenton, villa
take place on October q, Wnen q re-
ception will be given to Governor ApDesb
and staff.
The Grand Jury in the United States
District Court finished their labors yes
terday at Trenton and brought IN Jour-
teen bills Of Indictment. There are sey+
eral indictments for passing counterIelG
money. Two trials are set down Tor
The work of protecting Sea Isle City
from being over1owed by back water
from the bay is nearly finished. An en-
bankment nearly three miles mas
been built around the city by Charles X.
Lands. It will be The means OF draining
several hundred acres of land to be con-
verted into building sites. The Work mas
cost many thousands of dollars. The
embankment is similar to that erected on
the Hackensack meadows some years
ago.
The New Jersey Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church will con-
rene at P~ennsgroye on October 81.
The Monmouth county Grand jury is
investigating the cases against the pool
sellers arrested at Monmouth Park.
There are seventy-five of them under bail.
Thomas T. Kinney. of the Newark I'D
Tertiser, has bought the Journal Dulid-
ing on Market street for $4,000. This IS
at the rate of 81, 500 q front foot.
Mrs. M. E. Berry. OF Lake Hopatcong,
has just completed q bed-quilt containing
1850 pieces. Mrs. Berry began working
on this odd quilt when she was q small
girl and lived at High Bridge.
David Sutton. who died recently IN
Somerset county, was the first butcher to
run a wagon through Washington valley
to Plainfield, having commenced business
in 1915, and never missed q day uatll MS
fatal illness afflicted him.
Salem county will have packed 12.00O,-
600 cans of tomatoes when the season
ends.
Assemblyman Francis Woodman. of
Camden, returned home last evening ac-
companied by his wife from Europe.
where they have been travelling FOR
about three months.
The Tax Commission has held sessions
at Newton and Belvldere. The feeling
fayors State and County Boards OF Equal
ization. The Franklin mines are SAID to
be assessed at not more than ten per cent.
III blClI fuluO.
Mayor Edmunds, of Cape May, will be-
gin an official inquiry to test the legality
of the liquor saloon licenses recently
granted by the City Council. He believes
somesof the petitioners are not freeholders
and others are females, neither OF whom
are competent signers.
Patrick Kilby, a gardiner in Plainfield,
died in q greaJ agony from lockjaw. On
Thursday he fell from a tree, striking Oh
his right shoulder, and sustaining a COM
pound fracture of the elbow. An oper-
alton was performed on Saturday, which
was pronounced successful, but lockiaw
set in.
Mrs. Edward Maggie, residing on Gar.
den street, Hoboken, died at her home on
Sunday, after intense suffering. She was
cutting a corn Oh her foot about three
months ago, when the knife penetrated
her toe. She paid little attention to the
wound and blood poisoning soon set in.
During the week previous to her death
she was unconscious.