The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-24
NEWS IN NOTES.
ALL OVER THE STATE

The State Firemen's Association of
Trenton will meet at Masonic Temple
This morning.
The new bill for free postal delivery. if
i becomes a law, will include In New
Jersey:-Bordentown, Burlington, Cape
Sranch, Miilvilie. Mouns Holly, Newton,
Ocean Grove, Perth Amboy, Phillipsburg,
Railway, Red Bank, Rutherford, Salem,
Bonneville, Vineland, Westfeld and
Woodbury..
The Botany Worsted Company has filed
an increase of stock with the Secretary Of
State from $3.50, 900 to 81, $50, 900.
The Haentz Medicine Company, of Cam
den, has become Incorporated, with $780,
600 capital stock. They will manufacture
the Haentz family medicine.
Asbury Park reports another sensa-
tional elopment. Wing Ching, q Chinese
iaundryman. has run off with Miss Lottie
Dickinson, a comedy American girl, who
was employed at a boarding house near
Ching's laundry.
A telegram was received in Orange
Monday announcing the death of eX-
Mayor Henry B.. WigRin. of Orange, at
Northwood, N. III. II is not known to
what MI. Virgins death was due, but
it was sudden, and it is thought to have
been due to paralysis.
While two young men, named Cham
bers and Morrison, were cunning at Ew-
ing's Neck, Cumberland county, Morrison
received a charge at close range from his
companions gun. and was badly injured.
He was literally peppered with shot.
When Albert Michael and his family
returned from the fair at Egg Harbor
city on Sunday night they found their
house and barn in smouldering ruins.
No a thing was saved. The fire is sup
posed to have been kindled by an in
cendiary. The loss is $1,000. with no in
Surance.
There are ~forty-one l~ife-saving stations
Oh the New Jersey coast.
J.. w. Fredericks has been appointed
postmaster at Oak Ridge.
North PlainfeId citizens object to tele-
graph poles and wires.
Measles has become epidemi c at Green
Creek, Cape May county.
The State Tax Commission will sit in
Camden on Thursday and Friday.
The West jersey Democratic League is
moving into handsome new quarters on
Third street above Market. Camden.
A new set of blowers started work in
the big tank furnace at the Cohansey
Company's works, Bridgeton, Monday.
James B.. Goff, of West Creek, Cape
May, picked three pears, which weighed
ounces.
Elias Jones, William Farrell and
Thomas Jones were arrested Monday at
Arlington tor breaking the Sabbath by
engaging in building a house.
A company has been formed to build a
dry dock for repairing Delaware Bay
oyster boats at Buena Vista. The West
Jersey Railroad Company, it is said, is
interested in the enterprise.
The scream of a wild animal, thought to
be a panther, has again been heard in the
sparsely settled country. between the
main seashore road, below 5Beesley's
Point, and Petersburg, Cape May county.
Some years ago the s~creeching of a cata-
mount or panther alarmed The women
and children of the locality. and several
persons saw it at different times. Captain
Howell, an old gunner and trapper, had
an experience with the creature after his
dogs had been whipped out of the jungle
where they made IN attack. Job Van
Glider and James Corson made their
escape by whipping up their terrified
horses. Other persons have heard the
animal, some claiming it came out in
open sight just at dusk of evening.
JERSEY CITY NOTES.
The Board of Finance will meet this