The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-06
CITY AND STATE.
Notable Sayings and DOings of
Noted Men.

Census Supervisor John Bumsted is wading
manfuiy through the piles of census returns.
The task is no slight one. During all this hot
weather the painstaking supervisor has put in
twelve hours a day at his office, taking time to
talk only with his thumbs and fingers between
the pages while counting.
Ex- Mayor Oliver, of Bayonne, was reared on
a farm in Warren county, N. J. For a time he
was engaged in the manufacture Of alcohol at
Cincinnati, but he amassed his fortune from the
grocery business. from which he retired in 1861.
His time at present is engaged in attending to
his estate. OF late he has not given so much
time to politics formerly. He is reputed to
be the heaviest tax payer in Greenyille where
be now resides.
Presiding Elder D. R. Lowrie, of the Jersey
City District, is talked Of for Bishop by many of
his friends in the NJ. E. Church. The election
takes place two years hence in Omaha, Ne
braslka.
Mr.. Joseph D. Bedle Jr., has been taken into
the law firm of Bedle, Muirheid & McGee. The
firm now goes by the name of Bedle, Murheid,
BIcGee & Bedle, Jr. Mr.. Bedle graduated at
Princeton 's5, and is member Of the Palma
Club
Private Secretary Leon Albeit is a mechani-
cal genius. He fitted up Governor Aobett's
house on Sussex street with electric lights when
the Governor resided on that street. Mr. Abb
belts only diversions are mechanics and yacht
ing.
Assembyman James Erwin is the best poIiti-
cal SPEAKER in tireenville, He speaks in CON
ventional way and always has salient points in
his addresses which he follows closely. The
only pity is that he too often lets his politics run
away with his Judgment.
The Rev. DIR. George, of Greenvile, has had a
rowing career He has been stationed In Eng
land, Canada, Michigan, Arizona. New York
and New Jersey. He was stenographer at one
time for one Of the Circuit Courts of Michigan,
and Bishop Newman utilized his knowledge Of
stenography at the late session of the Newark
Conference, by making the doctor his private
secretary during the conference.
The class Of 70 of Princeton College is raising
81, 5O0 the interest on which is to be devoted
yearly to prizes in the English department, for
the purpose of stimulating study Of English
philoIogy and literature.
Supervisor Starr has given out the census re-
turns Of the towns and cities in South Jersey.
There is great disappointment as to the show
ing Of Camden. 1t was predicted that the
population would be 10000, but it is only IS, 600
This is an increase of 1854. Merchantviie has
population of 1900; ten years ago it only had
49, Bridgeton has II SIC an increase OF 2,64s;
Woodbury., 1000, an increase of i,702; Salem,
$500, an increase of little over 1000; Giouces-
ter City, 6,G00, an increase of 1853. Burling-
toms population is $3.50, an increase Of s6 per
cent. Florence has 1850. The population of
sea shore towns is given as follows:-Sea Isle
City, 100; Ocean City, 4eo; Holly Beach, 22o.
Captain Holmes, of Lower Creek, Salem coun-
ty has an apple tree that doomed in the spring,
which resulted in good set of fruit. About the
time the fruit commenced to form, shoots put
eff from the body Of the tree that also fruited,
tie apples now being about the size Of hickory
nuts, In the meantime other shoots put out
from the tree trnnk which now out in bloom
for what seem the third crop.
The protest Of citizens against the concession
made by the postal authorities in allowing the
PIaipileid Post Office to remain over liquor sa
loon recently licensed by the municipal govern,
ment. has raised such ruinpas about the ears