The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-07
STATE NOTES.

An avenue is being cut through the
woods from Mays Landing to Egg Harbor
City, a distance of seven miles.
Stacy Woodward, a produce dealer, at
New Egypt, is selling potatoes in quanti-
ties at thirty cents a busnel. loaded on the
cars.
The Freehold water works cost less than
$50, 600. and for the first three months of
their operation the town has collected $500
in rentals.
job R. Crane, of ~Manahawkin, died of
lockjaw, resulting from a gunshot wound
received BY the accidental discharge of his
weapon
Frank Barber took out 100 pounds of
white honey which a swarm of bees had
laid up in the attic of Mrs. S. Taylor's resi-
dence at Woodstown.
The Rev. Charles Wissner, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Belmar. and his
wife narrowly escaped death by suffoca-
tion from coal gas one night recently.
Employees at the French silk dye works
at Paterson creased the stairs and Henry
Werres fell from top to bottom. sustain
ing what are Thought to be fatal Injuries,
A suit for $4,000 damas q ! been
brought BY Thomas j. Nj In ,gainst
AckrOyd & Scull, worsted al tactur-
ers, of Camden. Mackin has IL hand
caught in the machinery.
Mrs. Jessup, a milliner, and u soldiers
widow, at Keyporr, after waiting ten
years for her pension application To be
heard, has at last been rewarded. She
has received 81. 500 back pay and S12 per
month.
The extremes OF poverty and riches fad
an illustration in the experience of a
Newark undertaken. On Tuesday he
saw a lady give $40 for u doll 10 a store on
Broad street. Within an hour he was
called upon ,ury a dead infant in Il
soap box. rs arents had no money.
An agent iron foundry at Cats
kill, n. T., ias been prospecting III
she shore to, ps OF Monmouth coun ty
for sand Ia discovered deposits OF
moulding SAINT. fire sand and fire clay on
the farm of Miss .Catharine Hubbard, in
Middletown. He has secured the right
to mine the material on ten acres for 5000
per acre.
While Mrs. Ann o. Elmer, aged 80
years, was sitting by the stove III her
room at Fairton, she suddenly dis
covered that her apron was On fire. oeiz-
ing a Kettle of water from the table she
put it out. but in another minute she
found that the rest of her clothing was
burning. Her granddaughter soon ex-
tinguished the flames. Mrs. Elmer was
not injured in.the least.
A strike is in progress among the tap
estrv weavers at the Burlington Carpet
Company,s mill at Mount Holly. All
but one of the men have quit work.
Hitherto they have been paid days wages,
but on Monday they were put on piece
work. They said this was a reduction
and asked 10 have the order r~escinded,
out this was refused. The men in the
brussels department are still at work.
A Somerville photographer has just
made a group picture OF representatives
of five generations of the Hoffman fam
ily. The great-great grandmother is
Mrs. Sutton. who resides in German VAL
lev, and is 81 years of agt; the great
grandmother is Mrs. Eick. of Potters-
vile, 70 years OF age; the grandmother.
Mrs. Hildebrsas Of Lebanon, % years OF
"a. and ths baby. 10 months. The COM
hined ages are 233 years, 0 months and
Sd Us.
An old historic building. which had
been standing for nearly two hundred
years on the second range OF mountains
a. Ma~rtinsville, Somerset County. was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday night.