The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-14
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her school census of any other county in the
State. The percentage is $50. 1t ranks third, or
next. to Salem, in the lowest percentage of chill
dren attending no schools.
Theodore Havemeyer has 100 horses and $50
men at work on his new park near Mahwah.
The Peoples Bank, of East Orange, is now
considered a certainty. The directors are Ed
ward P. Aling, Edward w. Ashley, Frank Q.
Barstow, David Bingham, Canton L.. Decker,
James B. Din, William NJ. Franklin, William w.
Jacobus and Abraham H. Ryan. The directors,
at a meeting on Friday evening, elected the fol-
lowing oficers:-President. William NJ. r franklin;
vice president, Edward P. Alling; secretary,
Abraham II. Ryan; treasurer, Frank Q. Bar
stow.
genuine cinnamon bear of gigantic proper
lions has taken up his abode in the woods near
Old Bridge, and has thus far defted the brayest
of the local Nimrods who have attempted to
hunt him down. The animal was seen rolling in
the sandy road running along the margin OF the
woods a few days ago, but he took to the TIMBER
before a shot could be levelled at him. The an
tics Of this particular bear have been recounted
at the village inn until the imaginations of the
residents have been cruelty distorted. The half
eaten carcase of u lamb was found near the
haunt of the bear a few days ago, and this
stimulated the farmers to arm themselves for
the animals destruction, but the bear has cum
ningly eyaded the hunters, although repeatedly
trailed for miles. 1t is believed that this bear
escaped from Doris circus at Camden several
wears ago. He is of the cinnamon species, and
is considered valuable on that account. The
animal created CONSERVATION In the vicinity Of
Bear Swamp, near Trenton, several months ago,
and was finally driven away by a hunting party.
| Doris circus is now in Australia, but there is a
standing reward of 500 for the return of the
| bear alive to it's owners.
The John /. Blair family monument, which is
to be erected at Blairstown, reached that place
last week from Barry, vt. 1t is a granite shaft,
obslisk style, and when erected will be thirty
feet high. The largest stone weighs seven and
q half tons.
The monument to perpetuate the Camden and
Amboy Railroad, one of the first in this coun-
try, is about to be erected near the High Bridge,
about a mile north Of Bordentown. The mas
sive blocks of stone, the original rails. spikes,
plates, ETC., used in 1881, on the occasion of the
John Bulls first trip from Bordentown to the
High Bridge. in the presence of the New Jersey
Legislature of that day, are all carefully pre-
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week that some fifty of the spikes which had
been driven into locust plugs inserted in the old
stones, which were dug up, were obtained to
complete all that was desired for the monu-
ment.
Over 100000 words were sent out by the two
telegraph offices of Trenton last week to New
York, Philadelphia and other cities about the
Kniffin murder. This was all for the news
papers, and besides this a large amount of mat
ter was sent by mail and express. This would
make a nice little book if printed in that form
and bound.
II is stated that Senator Robert Adrain, of Mid
dlesex: A. r. Kuser, of Trenton, and Michael
Barrett, of Newark, have been selected as mem
beers of Governor Abbett's staff, with the rank
of Colonel.
The number of deaths in Newark last week up
to Saturday was 1850. This is about double the
death rate, and more than occurred during any
other previous week of the last year, the largest
mortality being a week in last July, when 1870
deaths were recorded, principally of children.
Most of the deaths last week were caused by
pneumonia, bronchitis and bronchial pneumonia,
superinduced by .'la grippe" 1t is estimated
that there are Is, 900 sick in this city.
New Jerseyranks first in the Unien in produc-
ing mari and zinc and in silk manufacturing. i
The stockholders who control the Mount Holly
fair held 3 meeting on Saturday and decided by
amaiority of two not to permit the selling OF
pools or beer at their exhibitions. Those who
advocated bee- and pools said the horsemen had
said that they would not attend if pools were
not sold and that beer selling Mould do away
with The pocket bottle nuisance. The date of
their next fair was made the secona week in
October. ~
The Orange Canoe Club propose building a
club house on the Passaic River in Newark hav.
ing a frontage of thirty-five feet. The club has
elected the Following ofacers:-commander, J.
G. Massa; vice commander, George Manley; pur-
ser, Robert Stra chan, Jr.; trustee for QUE year.
G.. G. Dane; for two years, @. w. Burroughs; for
three years, Daniel E. Mcaullen.
Thomas Runkle, the bartender at the State
Street House, Trenton. threw some refuse in the
stove on saturday, and among the articles was