The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-22
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE

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The White House Mountaineering Company. of
White Houss, has filed articles of Incorporation
for the manufacture of wooden goods. The
capital stock is $4,000.
DR.. A. g. Barnitz, of Burlington, an eccentric
relic gatherer and venerable natural historian,
has been presented with a valuable gift from P.
T. Barnum, the veteran Snowman The relic
consists OF an Egyptian viper, which is alleged
ITO be one owned and petted by Cleopatra. DIR.
fBarnitz was made the recipient OF the present
ON account OF his rescuing the same when Bar
NUNS great American museum was burned in
the seventies,
The Secretary of the Navy awarded to Samuel
1. Moore & Co., OF Eiizabethport, at their bid Of
$3.50, 900, the contract for the construction of a
steel practice cruiser OF 1903 tons. The vessel is
intended for use at the Naval Academy.
A letter has been received from Father Me-
Cormick, of Camden, now in Rome, in which he
states that he assisted at the private mass of the
Pope. and was granted an interview with His
Holiness. Father Mccormick received the spe-
cial blessing Of he Pope for himself and his con-
gregation here. He was also accorded permits
sion to give the apostolic benediction to the
The Rev. Father Kelley, the popular assistant,
who is acting as pastor during the absence of
Father Mccormick, is pleased to hear of these
ifavors.
The United States authorities refuse to furnish
ice water for the Judge of the United States
Court and United States Marshal and other
fofIicers occupying the Federal Building at
Trenton.
Henry Itgen, one Of the oldest grocers of
EIizabethport, and who kept the largest store
of that kind In that section, has failed and his
establishment has been closed by his creditors.
He has outstanding debts on his books Of over
$4,000.
The committee of the Union County Board of
Assessment appointed to examine into the man
ner Of making property valuations in the vari-
Gus townships of the county reports that 1t has
discovered wholesale tax shirking in the Demo
cratic township of Summit, where property
worth thousands of dollars was assessed for
hundreds. 1t is said that the valuations of the
town are hundreds of thousands lower than they
ought to be.
Long Branch women are usually equal to any
emergency. Last week three young women
went grabbing. The wind blew strong and they
were without an anchor. They tied the boat at
the bow, but they wanted it fastened at the stern
also, in order to keep it from being blown around
by the wind, which was blowing quite hard.
There was no rope IN the boat but the young
the hustle strings soon made a cable strong
enough to hold the boat in place. Then they
went on with their grabbing, and had the good
luck that should always attend young women
who know how to make the most of their OPP
portunities.
Marshal Carrot Alderman, Of Ridgewood, is
the owner of a patch of melons containing 5000
Hills, which he claims is the finest in Bergen
county.
James CARING, of Fairview, Bergen county,
last week caught an eel weighing more than
seven pounds, supposed to be the largest ever
taken from the Hackensack.
County Solicitor. j. Boyd Nixon has advised
1.-THE Cumberland county Board of Freeholders to
pay the bill of Sheriff Shaw, wherein he charges
forty cents per diem for feeding prisoners, thu
i0ld rate. Some time ago the Board cut down
the rate to thirty cents, but it was not accepted
by the Sheriff.
During the heavy storm which occurred at
Boonton, Thursday night, John Beatty and
John Mannerney, railroad workmen, while near
their homes, returning from work, were struck
by lightning. John Beatty Is around with a
black stripe extending down one side Of his
body. The electric fluid wrenched his dinner
pail out OF his hand and twisted it into a mass
Of old tin and tore his nat to pieces. Mannerney,
although not a scratch is visible on his body,
physicians say if he gets over it he viii be very
lucky.