The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-23
NEWS IN NOTES.
ALL OVER THE STATE.

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ALL OVER THE STATE.
Five generations were represented at
the recent celebration OF the ninety NTH
birthday Of Mrs. Mary Morgan at Glou7
cester. b is the grandmother OF ok
Congressman Thomas NJ. Terrell, OF
Glassboro.
State Senator Gardner has shipped forty
tons of tomatoes from his Atlantic county
farm, and he is not done picking yet;
His winter crop of. political plums will
not be SO heavy.
A t~hree-year-old son of William Stan
ley, of Hancock's Bridge, dived into the
well bucket of an old-tashioned sweep"
Down he went to the bottom of the well;
but he bravely turned over on his feet,
cried for help, and was safely raised 10
light.
DR.. Julius d. Rose, well known in the
theological and medical circles of New
Jersey, died on the thirteenth at his home
at Short Hills. In his early years DIR.
Rose enjoyed the advantages OF The
thorough training offered by European
academies.
William E. Lamb, a member of the
County Board of Freeholders and the
chairman of the Essex County Road
Board, died at his home in West Orange
Sunday, He was thirty-eight years Old,
and was q prominent figure in West
Orange politics. He was born in Eliza
beth. N. j.
Atlantic county farmers are selling po-
tatoes to q syndicate for shipment to the
West.
Hammonton expects to soon have the
shirt factory OF a large Philadelphia dry
goods house.
In these days of high priced fruit Louis
Chatt and Michael Azot had the hardi-
hood Sunday to enter j. Dunbar Hylton's
- $500. N-<.AA H-~1~r- n-1 nnfhars
up 81 worth of nice pears. They were ar
rested and sent to Camden jail. Both are
PhiladelphlanS.
e. E. baldwin. of Parsippany, brags of
a tomato weighing 81 pounds. a &c
of Is pounds and an egg plant OF .
pounds.
John J.. Mowerson, OF Paramus, after
being happily married for twenty-five
years, has been surprised by the advent
Of d daughter.
The Hazelton House, at the lower end
of the Teaneck Ridge, Bergen county,
WAS burned to the ground some six years
ago. The ruins remained und1sturbed
until a few days since, when The Work OF
clearing them off began. In a closet OF
the former mansion was kept q large
amount of the family solid silverware.
When this location wasreached the work
men unearthed over $500 worth OF the
plate. 1t had been but little damaged or
melted by the fire.
Al curious incident occurred at the
burial of Mrs. Dubois Baird in the Genie
tary at Frankfort, Somerset county, on
Sunday. The services of a grayedlgger
were dispensed with and a farm hand
was sent on Sunday morning to dig the
grave. After digging to the depth OF
about four feet, he stopped under the i'm
preston that that depth was sufficient.
When the funeral corteGe reached the
cemetery. it was found, after lowering
H. E-f A,,& xwur- GaAN
of space remained between the top of the
casket and the surface. The law requires
that the top of theB outside coffin shall
be at least four feet below the natural
surface obythe ground" The coffin was
covered over with earth end left there I'm.
til the following morning, when it was
dfsinterred and the grave was dug to It's
proper depth and, the body reinforced.
A delegation of9 Democrats called on
Mr.. WiisonsD. Haven, president of the
Phoenix Iron Works, yesterday, and
asked him If ne would accept the
Democratic nomination for Congress IL it
should be rendered him. Mr.. Haven
said that while not seeking the nominal
ton, he would accept it il the conven-
tion should name him.
The new Life of Horace Greeley" a
book by DIR. Zabriskie, OF Princeton, has
made It's appearance.
Fourth class pOStmasters have been ap.
pointed as follows.-T. B. Gibbs, Clemen-
Il. j. o4 ''''zs
Asbury Park is talking Of a town hall.
The Rev. Father Gessner, of st. Pat
rick's Church, Elizabeth, announced last
Sunday from his pulpit that he will at
tend the meetings of the Elizabeth Elk
else Board to see II he cannot check the
increasing number of saloons in the low
er wards of the city.
A. Harry White has been nominated
for the Assembly by the Democrats of
the First Assembly district of Burlington
county.
New Brunswick's Board of Trade is
trying to boom the city. Several commu-
nications have been received from manu-
facturers asking what Inducements
would be offered them to locate there.
An amusing accident happened yester-
day TO James Edmunds, a farmer from
Railway. Edmunds went to James r..
Sayre & Co.'s Centre street place to get
some lime to use for fertilizing. They
put some wet and dry lime in the wagon.
The lime began to slakef and boil over
the top ,ptJthe wagon. Officer Burke
stopped him and took him to police head
quarters. Old carpets were tied over the
top and Farmer Edmunds went his way
rejoicing.
JERSEY CITY ITEMS.
The John McPhillips Club, composed Of
thirty-eight Republican soldiers, was
organized at No. Al Morris street last
night. Its officers are:-President,
Thomas Maher; vice-presioent, Henry
Dillon; Secretary. John Cahill; sergeant
alarms, Charles Keefe.