The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-16
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE NOTES


About fifty men began work at
Sandy Hook last week Un the new
fort. 1t is to be 400 feet long by 600
feet wide, and is located just east OF
the main light. A railroad is being
laid from the ordinance dock, upon
which two trains will be run to and
from the fort and pier, carrying the
material to be used. Lit is understood
that 2O0 men will be engaged on the
work in the spring. In the future no
visitors are to be allowed on the Gov
ernmcnt grounds at Sandy Hook.
The Government troops now sta
toned at that point will be compelled
to do guard duty at the soutnerly end
OF h Government lanes.
The Hackensack Improvement
4 Commissioners have been empowered
.xby q a meeting of voters there to
bond the town of Hackensack for &c.,
goo, providing the necessary legisla
ion can be secired. The sum will be
FUSED to macadamize all the unpaved
z streets in Hackensack.
The State Industrial Senate, which
is composed of delegates from the
various assemblies of knights of La
Dor and the Farmers Alliance, held q
session in Camden on Sunday. The
oOJCtb vi tIt nACtbtnG was ~ tOtloi0tI
Z legislation to be asked of the coming
Legislature. They have, at present,
twentv-one bills under consideration,
which were reported at this meeting.
The main discussion was the proposed
Constitutional Convention, which the
Senate has demanded.
Ex-senator Dater, the model farmer
of Ramseys, Bergen county, harvested
a second crop OF hay just before the
cold snap.
Charles Honeyman, foreman of
William Waiter Phelps private farm
at Teaneck, was gored by an angry
bull last week, receiving too long
eashes in the hip. He finally saved
himself by literally taking the bull
by the horns and landing on its back.
DIR. McFadden dressed the wounds,
and Mr.. Honeyman will come around
all right.
Smart boy pupils in the West Cape
May school stole the bell from the Gu
pola and threw it in a swamp. When
discovered, compelled to dig for the
bell and to buy q new one when I'M
successful all the grins left their
faces.
A lady of Bogota, who is accus-
toned to walk to Hackensack by way
OF the railroad track, was surprised on
the bridge one day lost week and be-
coming confused had narrow escape.
She threw herself fiat beside the track
until the train passed.
Frost fish were washed up on the
beach near Long Branch in large
quantities last Thursday and Friday
nights, and hundreds of people were
out with lanterns and baskets gather
ing them in. From fifty to one hun
bred pounds each vera secured by
some persons.
Retta Truck, employed in the Hori-
con mill at Manchester. attempted to
wash the face OF a boy with snow
day last week. The boy carried a
4 the scramble the blade penetrated the
gsiae of Miss Truck, making a danger
l{ous wound.
4 Nearly 200 survivors of the Twenty
Y fourth Regiment, New Jersey Volun-
teers, held their fourth annual
Teu4ion at Millville on Saturday.
Previous to the opening session there
was a parade through the principal
streets, in which the survivors and G..
A. Il. Posts Nos. 40 and 50 took part.
At the head of the parade was the old
horse of Colonel Robertson, the de-
ceased commander of the regiment.
At the business session the following
o.aicers We're elected for the ensuing
year:-President, Frank L. Knight,
Camden; vice presidents, J. A. Sea-
grave, George Dunlap, John l.. Gar
wood, Samuel III. Deal, Benjamin
Hancock, Isaac Cowgirl, Charles NJ.
Peace, James McGowan, Joseph Hen
bricks and Clarkson Ogden; secre-
tary, Robert b. Potter, Bridgeton;
treasurer, Benjamin L. Bright, Bridge
ton. A dinner was served to the vet
Grams by the G. A. II. women of
Millville. 1t wa decided to hold the
reunion next year at Glassboro.
Esther L. Sweat is the new postmis-
tress at Elwood, Atlantic county.