The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-20
STATE NOTES.

SeThe Sixth Regiment, thanks to Genera
Wells efforts, viii go TO Atlantic City
for It's annual spring inspection, after all.
The inspection will take place on May %,
and the boys are Jubilant.
for a new trial for Lingo,
the Camden murderer, has been fixed by
Judge Garrison for the first day OF the
May term OF Court. which opens on May 5.
George Fl. Wild Of Red Bank has sold
his summer cottage on the Shrewsbury to
Isaac Ludlam OF New York for $4,000.
OF the $4,000 in gold melted in the
burning Of Richard Doughty's house at
Abseeon, $500 were recovered in Jumps
on Saturday.
The Percheron stallion Sultan, which
was imported from France a few years
ago By A. j. Cassatt, at a cost Of 81, 300,
was sold at public sale at Philadelphia on
Saturday, for $40. The small price
brought was a great surprise, as the ami
NAL is in good condition. The purch aser
was J. B. Brick of Millville, n. j.
1t has been proved beyond q doubt that
natural gas abounds beneath Fairylew,
Bergen county. Jeremiah Mcdonald
says that in some places upon pushing q
stick into the ground a foot or Two and
touching a match to the hole the gas will
burn for several minutes, as high as the
hole Is deep. Mr.. Mcdonald intends to
5Gre an experimental we'll
A number OF women of revolutionary
descent met at the home of Mrs. Paul
Revere, at Morristown, on Wednesday.
and organized the New Jersey Chapter of
the Daughters Of American Revolution.
A resolution was adopted that one of the
objects of the association would be to
build and endow a home for impoverished
women of revolutionary descent. Mrs.
NJ. Mather offered fifteen acres of land in
Somerset county as a site for the home.
Antonio Bergen, one of the gang Of
coat thieves who have been giving the
Erie Railroad much trou BILE in the region
of Paterson, was arrested late on Friday
night in West Orange. Earlier in the
day Detective Kenney of Paterson, caught
Bergen in the act. He tried to put hand
cuffs on him, and had got one wrist
locked when he was attacked by q num-
Der of Italians. He was struck ia the
back with a stone, and over the head
with q club, and the prisoner escaped.
The crowd then scattered. When Ken
ney recovered he saw the prisoner run
ming up the railroad and he lost sight of
him. On Friday night he went into a
row q file to remove the haudcuf. He
was detained and policemen were sum
moned, who secured him.
The families of Randolph Gilman and
Eugene Gutter occupy the same house in
Woodbridge. On Friday afternoon while
Genevteve, daughter OF Mr. Gilman. a
pretty little girl Of eight, was playing In
the yufu Az the Ncar u hho nouScs sue was
suddenly attacked by a vicious bulldog
belonging to Mr.. Cutter. The child's
piercing screams soon brought some one
TO her rescue. but not before the dog mad
succeeded IN badly lacerating her leg.
Geneyieve was taken Into the house
anil the dog was locked up In the
barn Ia the rear of the premises.
The dog remained In tho barn only a few
minutes. In some manner he forced his
way ont and rushing into Mr.. Gilman's
kitchen, singled G~enenfeve out from
Others, and attacked her q second time.
The brute bit her severely before he could
be beaten off.
This West Jersey Hotel, In Camden. will
close its doors to the public ON Saturday,
April 25, and all the goods OF the old hos
telry wall be sold at public sale ON Mon
day. April "a, without reserve. The prop
erty belongs TO the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.