The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-11

Roman Catholic Church, Orange, have present.
ed to him a purse of $500 10 pay inc expenses
ct q trip 70 Europe f2r the eene,t q si M hs1i bIs
knowledge, and the presentation, winch WAS
made by ex-Mayor Halford, was a complete sur
prise for him.
Vineland has an Insecticide Society.
Pitman Grove is fast receiving its summer
population.
Surf bathing at Cape May was superb and was
well patronized Sunday.
.Original packagese are popular in prohibits
ory Vineland, aiillville and Bridgeton.
Friends Of Senator Nevius,. Of Monmouth
county, hasten to say that he Will surely be re-
nominated by the Republicans.
John w. Quick, an insurance agent at Port
Morris, Morris county, died in st. Joseph's Hos
pital a day or two ago from injuries received on
the railroad at Lake Hopatcong. He had been
fishing with a friend, who is lame. and Quick
tried TO jump on the engine Of a freight train 70
ask the engineer to slow up so that his friend
| could get on the cahoose. Quick missed his foot
ing, but the trainnen say he could have saved
himself if he had not tried to keep hold OF his
string of fish. He fell under the wheels and was
fatally injured. Quick was unmarried, and his
| parents live at Remington. In his pocket was
an affecting letter from his little sister, asking
him TO come home and see her and mamma, and
adding proudly that she wrote it all herself.
The ladies of the Central NJ. f. Church,
Bridgeton, have hit on a novel way to earn a
dollar each toward paying the debt of the new
edifice being built. Some wifi black their hus-
DanQS DOcIS, OtnerS VIII DliCh their uuSUduuS
boots, others will take in washing, and various
other ways of earning a dollar-which they
must account for by July Twill be resorted to.
A new industry will soon be ilaugurated at
Pennington by which the surplus shale may be
utilized with profit to interested Parties. Messrs-
Roberts and Fell, brick manufacturer at Tren4
ton, are prosecuting experiments with this
shaie, which they mix thoroughly with cfay. If
the batch Of bricks now being turned out prove
a successful venture then a large force OF men
will be set to work at once.
Senator Mcpherson has presented the Mutual
Library of Red Bank with a set of ffty-eight
government books, embracing volumes on edu-
cation, commerce., agriculture, etc.
Another forest fire was started by q West
Jersey Railroad engine about three miles below
Mays Landing Sunday. 1t burned all day and
was not extinguished until after shutdown.
The fishing sloop Woodduck, Of Camden, ran
aground on Saturday night on Cold Spring bar
and bilged. Captain Sooy, Of the Cold Spring
Station, with volunteer lifeguards, got the four
men comprising the crew on shore. The Cap
tain of the sloop is reported to be John Nc
The Mays Landing Record wants to change
the name OF the town TO Maryland.
N. T. Hough, of Newton, recently sheared
fourteen pounds Of raw wool from a two-year-
old sheep.
The one hundred and flftieth anniversary of
the founding of st. Mary's P. L. Church, Coles
town, was quietly celebrated on Sunday. The
Rev. R. G. Moses, of Merchantvilie, preached a
historical sermon.
The farm house on the William Bennett place
at Point Pleasant was burned on Monday night.
The building had been vacant for some time and
even the nearest neighbors did not know the
building had burned until the large brick CHM
ney was seen standing alone the next morning.