The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-29
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE

The South Amboy Board of Trade has elected
the following oflcers:-Ex-State Senator D. c.
Chase, president; John Sculy, vice president;
Charles H. Marshied, secretary, and Bernard
Roddy, treasurer. At the last meeting it was
decided TO issue a circular extoling the virtues
of borough and attracting manufactures to To-
cate there.
Tho news comes from Washington that the
House Committee on the Library has author
lied a favorable report on the bill appropriating
$780, 900 for erecting and completing a suitable
monument on tue battle field Of Trenton, pro-
viding, however. that the Trenten Battle Monu.
ment Association shall raise $50, 600 additional.
Tho Res. B. Fay Mills, the evangelist, on Sat
urday closed a long series Of services which he
has been conducting in New Bruins wick, assisted
by Mr.. Lawrence Greenwood as musical director.
with a choir Of 200 voices.
A sixty days option has been given for the
purchase of the Newark and South Orange line
Of horse cars 20 a company of capitalists from
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other cities. The
price to be paid is 81, 700, coo, of which S300,C00
will be in stock. The road was Incorporated in
Ell. John Itadel purchased il and made it pay.
1t is thought the buyers mean to convert it into
Jan electric or cable road.
Although Judge Hopper is rapidly convalesc-
ng, ne deemed Il best FOR his health NOT to I'M
derso the e~sertious necessary for the trial Of
Indictments, and consequently Judge Dixon will
preside in the Quarter Sessions this week and
try all cases that may come up. 1t IS hoped by
next Monday that Judge Hopper will be able to
resume his scat on the bench.
The Royal Soap Manufacturing Company was
Incorporated at tho County Clerks office this
forenoon. II is to manufacture and sell soap,
soap powder and chemicals in Newark and New
York, and is capitalized at S250,O00, all paid i'll.
T. j. Mather, of Morristown; ]. C. Spencer, of
New York City, and Everitt Master, of Yonk-
ers, n. Y, arc the incorporators and own oil the
stock.
The Newark Adreytiser says an important
measure is to be introduced into the Legislature
TO reform the mode OF appointment and removal
of executive officers in the municipalities Of the
State.
The Government has decided to retain the
present.ordinance testing and proving ground at
Sandy Hook, as it satisfies the requirements OF a
site for this purpose much more nearly than any
other available site within the limits stated.
The Common Council of New Brunswick re-
Gently appointed y special committee to revise
the charter and city ordinances, and this COM
mittee has announced that Ex-Governor George
c. Ludlow has been engaged to do the work
with the assistance of the City Attorney. The
task will be u long one.
One day this week parties drew a net several
times in the Passaic river, and took fifteen hun
dred pounds Of carp. Not q bass or a pickerel
was caught 60 and but a few catfish. II IL be-
lieved that the carp will drive the better fish
from the stream by destroying the spawn. It is
a great pity that the carp were ever brought
into the country. a party at Pine Brook caught
- wagon lond Of carp and sold them to a man
from Newark for four cents each.
All the justices Of the New Jersey Supreme
Court who smoke at all have been enjoying tho
fragrance OF some very line imported cigars