The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-03
STATE NOTES.

TIE Court OF Errors and Appeals sat at
Trenton Yesterday. but decided no cases
OF special interest to Jersey City.
Jason W.. Coursen, Of Paterson, o o
Miss Lizzie Buckley and her sister TO q
recent lair. The coupons to the three adj
mission tickets be gave to Miss Buckley.
One OF them drew The grand prize, /" a
handsome set OF furniture, ana Miss
Buckley promptly secured the set aud
had it taken to ner home. Now Coursen
wants to secure the prize and has made q
charge lefore a local justice, accusing
Miss Buckley Of obtaining goods under
false pretenses, and the Grand Jury VIII
be called on TO investigate II.
One of the most skilled artisans In
Northern New Jersey is l.. G. TImbrel,
jeweler and matchmaker Of sparta. Al
Intervals during the past two years Mr..
1imbel has teen constructing a watch by
hand, from raw material. IL Is now COM
pleted. and on exhibition in his store
window. The watch is full jeweied, the
movement consists of seyenty-hve parts,
1T is an accurate lime keeper, and Is GER
tainly a masterpiece of mechanism. Mr..
1imbrel never served an apprenticeship
at his trade. he has a twin brother doing
business in Unionyille, n. T.. possessing
the same characteristics.
The Advertiser Publishing Company,
yesterday, bought the building belong
lug 10 the Concordia Lodge of Odd Fellows
on West State street. Trenton opposite the
Safe Deposit and Trust Compapy's build
ing. The price was between Slo.Vuo anu
$4,000.
Despite his more than one hundred and
one years OF life James Layton. Oh Iucka-
hoe, is still active.
A nine-year-old daughter Of John L.
Hoffman. of Califon, Morris county.
while plnying with an axe q few days ago,
induced ner t~hree-year-old brother TO put
his hand on the ehopping block, 50 she
could see. "how near she could come 10
It without cutting it." She came SO near
that the boy is now without three OF his
fingers.
A survey is soon to be made, with a
view of laying out four main or leading
shoroughfares running north and south
from Long Branch, through Elberon ana
Aspury Park. One of them will be along
the bluff, aud another a continuation OF
the present macadamized road on MAIN
street, Asbury Park. The other two Will
be extensions Of the old Deal turnpike
and Ocean
An Indian Ratchet made Of a stone re-
sembling flint was found on the farm oil
]. w. Crane, near Deekertown, recently
It is about 6 inches in length, ~ inches
wide, and II inches in thickness. one
end has been ground or rubbed down IKE
The blade of an axe until IL has an edge
rs sharp. as coald be attained in such
material.
The depreciation in farm values in
South Jersey was foreibly illustrated a
lew lays ago, wehn a farm near Mantua
went at public sale at S34 per acre. The
same land sold for $122 over twenty years
Ego.
Rev. H. NJ. Foley has resigned the pas
torate Of the Mount Holly African
Methodist Episcopal Church ard the bis.
hop has appointed Rev. Joseph Brown, OF
Newark. to fill the vacancy.
The Newark Conference of the NJ. z.
Church will open at Washington, Warren
county, on April s. There are but five
pastors in this conference whose terms
expire this year.
The New Jersey man VINO hit upon the
ldea OF attaching a rubber erasing tip to
The end of lead pencils Is worth 100000
Forty-three shares Of stock of the SOM
crest County Bank, of Someryille. were
sold recently at s15. 95. SIG and sl6.05. The
par value is $i2. so.
Salem county has three building and
loan associations, located at Salem, Q uin-
ton and Elmer, with 1920 stockholders,
owning 1910 shares Of stock.