The Jersey City news., 1891-06-04
STATE NOTES.

DR.. Arthur L. Kimball OF Orange, who
has been for the last five years the asso-
ciate professor in physics at Johns Hop
Rins University. has just accepted the
chair OF physics at Amherst College.
A fat-boiling vat containing 1900
pounds of fat in J. a. Blatt & Bros pork
pdcking house at Newark, exploded on
Monday and damaged several buildings,
burned boy who was swimming in the
canal, tore off the side of tenement
house and covered the occupants with
lard. The loss was about 5000, fully in
sured.
Mrs. S. C. Cobb of Belvidere, while
opening clam yesterday found a large
and beautifully variegated pearl, the yio-
let shade predominating. It was found TO
weigh one pennyweight and four grains
The jewellers here pronounced 1t beautf-
full and valuable pearl and one OF the lar
cest they have ever seen. IL Will be sent
to a well known New York firm in few
days to learn its real value.
EIlwood Parsons was yesterday elected
President of the First National Bank of
Trenton to succeed Philip p. Dunn, re-
signed. Mr.. Parsons was reluctan5 to ac-
cept the position with its duties and re :
spoDsibilities, bnt his eminent fitness
made him the unanimous choice or the
board. He brings 10 the service of the
bai.k ripe business experience and a
record for safe conservative action.
Adam r. Sloan, a well known Camden
newspaper reporter, was on Tuesday
morning ordered not to enter the Chan
cellor's Court room unless he had busi-
ness with the Court. The order was
stated that he had been misrepresented
by Mr.. Sloan in his reports. Mr.. Sloan
informed the Vice Chancellor that he had
business in the court room, TO which Mr..
Pitney replied that he did not propose
holding q controversy with Mr.. Sloan.
hut Hs.xr Tar ha Aah rnfr1
entering the court room. Mr.. Sloan then
left the court room, ana the business Of
the court was proceeded with.
The hotel, boarding house and cottage
owners of Asbury Park are mp in arms
over the new ordinance passed by the
Borough Commissioners, levying an an
nual tax OF twenty-five cents on every
room used as a sleeping apartment for
SUMMER guests. The Borough Commis-
sionors have taken advantage OF an act
passed by the last Legislature, which per-
Inits an annual tax ON all hotels, board
ing houses and bath houses for improve
ment purposes. While several of the pro-
prietors of the larger hotels are not hostile
10 this extra taxation, nearly all the
boarding house keepers are bitterly op-
posed to it, They say they Will join to-
gether to fight 1t. The town expects to
raise about &, 900 from this tax.
The Atlantic City Common Council, at
Us session Tuesday night, granted fffty-
eight saloon licenses. refused four and re-
turned half dozen to the petitioners, be-
canse they were irregular.
Elizabeth's new postofiics is to be To-
Gated on Broad street, between the Ma
tional State Bank and the Euentng Jour
nGl office William p. Thonns' offer to
erect suitable brick building has been
accepted.
The Bridgeton Board of Health has or
dered all slaughter houses removed from
the city limits.
The postoffice at Ivington was broken
into and robbed of a quantity of postage
stamps and postal cards on Tuesday morn
ing.
Sister Mary Gertrude Daily, who had
been for many years a nun in st. Wal
burga's Convent, at Elizabeth, died on
Tuesday night at the age of fifty-seven.
Three valuable uogs belonging to two
New brunswick men were found strung
up by the heels IN wood near the resi-
dence of their owners on TuesdaT morning
One, Il handsome Newfoundland. was
dead. and setter and a pointer were so
weak that they were unable to stand.
The dogs had been missing for over u
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