The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-23
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE NOTES.

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Ex-Judre John w. Wescott has been
appointed by. Judge HARRISON 70 Ne Ne
lend Lingo, the alleged OIL MRS.
The veteran Zouave Band of Elizabeth
celebrated its fifteenth anniversary on
Tuesday at the Zouave Armory. Wlllian
Mcdowell Drake, the leader and
IF the band. who is q son of General .;
Madison Drake. received a beautiful gold
badge studded with diamonds nd pearls.
There was a lively scene on TUESDAY az
the City T~reasurer's office, Elizapetn, IL
being the hast day for paying taxes peIore
the interest will be added. Up to seven
seventy per cent. of the entire tax levy.
and over 500 letters remained 70 ne
opened. e.
silk Overs and their helpers employed n
the Weidmann Silk Dyeing
works. at Paterson, due to the discharge
of three of the dyers for ~endeavorIng 10
form a union among the men. Inree
hundred men are employed in the WORKS
at Riverside, and of this number forty
eight remained at work.
/ DR.. H. H. Davis, OF Camden, Is sulIsT.
pg with a a arm poisoned by a needle
Nund in the finger during a post NOR
examination.
when the law which was SO construed
6y the officers as to allow them certh.n
fees for arresting and conducting TO Jail
trnmps was declared unconstitutional py
the Legislature. the Board of Freeholders
of Warren county, through their attor-
ney, notified certain Justices ana con
stables throughout the county TO return
to the treasury money Wnlcn t1ey my
been paid for these services. some ~
them did SO, while others did not, u tne
selves into trouble. The attorney now,
for a second time, has notified these ue-
linouents to forthwith disgorge their IL
legal fees or submit to the consequences.
Ihe Board is determined they snaii reiin-
burse the treasury or stand trial LOT
taking illegal fees. The amounts aue
vary from $50 TO 500.
Some Of the congregation of the WICK
life Presbyterian Church, Newark, OF
which The Rev. j. Garland Hamner ~
pastor, are dissatisfied with his haDlts.
Thc Rev. Mr.. Hammer is thirty years old,
unmarried and given to attiring. him
self in knee brooches and riding a bicycle.
The minister greatly enjoys this Sport,
and a great majority of his c~ongregaUon
consider that because he is a minister ne
need not necessarily throw aside Dicycle
riding or other mild forms of recreation.
There are older members, however, who
believe they n have the same re-
spect for their bachelor preacher when
they see him IN the streets with Knlcker-
bockers and bicycle.
With his right arm ground TO q pulp
Patrick Killian coolly wiped his feet on
the door mat at Cooper Hospital, Cam
den, on Tuesday and apologized Tor spot-
ting the steps with blood. kIll1an is en-
ployed as engineer at the Keystone
Chemical Works, South Camden While
oiling the machinery his shirt sleeve was
caught in the gearing wheels, his arm
was drawn into the cogs and Literally
chewed as far as the elbow. With ms
nerves sueeled Killian drew his arm out,
and coolly walking to a fellow workman,
told him to telephone for a patrol wagon.
When taken to the hospital klillan was
the coolest OF all about, and remarked
smilingly, as he held up the shattered
stump. sIt'll be a little unhandy for me,
won't It'll"
Of the 4,121 teachers employed in the
public schools of New Jersey. only T9o
are men. Their number is decreasing
every year.
county succeeded in unearthing a voter
who was born five minutes after twelve
O'Clock on November 5, 1869. He will
vote on November 4, 1890. as he attalnS
his majority on that day.
Gideon Dolbow, of Pennsgrove, dug n
hill containing forty-eight sweet potatoes.
seventeen being first size; another a hill
Of thirteen, the two largest weighing five
pounds, lie had four hills OF sweet Pc
tatoes to fill one basket of marketable
potatoes.
Three tramps broke into the Jarrett
farmhouse. on the Hainesport road, near
Mount Holly, on Tuesday, by prying open
the door with a club. just as they opened
the door q little way the h~ousekeeper
opened fire on them with q squirt gun
filled with hot water, which quickly put
them to flight.