The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-24
STATE NOTES.

Congressman GeIssentainer has intro
duced a bill In the Hous for the erection
of a light house at East Point, ia Keyporl
harbor.
The truck shippers along the Delaware
river. in Burlington county. are about or
ganizing for mutual protection against
the middlemen, and will establish u pro
dnce exchange In Philadelphia.
Beverly has a new Sons OF Veterans
scr%ps
oranges and p~ineapples in his hot house al
Long Branch.
Founder Bradley has offered to donate
factory sites at Bradley Beach to all par
ties who will erect buildings thereon.
Men were at work on Tuesday breaking
up an old locomotive engine Oh the ecu
tral Road, in the Freehold yard. Dyna-
mite was used to effect some Of the work,
and the explosions were distinctly heard
for miles.
The licensed druggists of Newark nave
united in order to take legal steps 10, OPP
pose any action by the Excise Board
against druggists for selling liquor with
up to get a decision of the courLs.
The suit Of William Knauss, q broker,
against Gottfried Kruger, 10 recover
$4,000 which Knauss has claimed as
his commission for negotiating the sale
10 an English syndicate OF Krueger's
WV ACLA ~ -AfOS0sONtf HAo
decided on Wednesday in favor of
Kruger.
The Rev. s. Harper Leeper, of Mount
Holly, has a sword in mis- possession
which is over three hundred years old.
1t is an heirloom aud has been handed
down by differenr generations of his fam
lily. IL was used IN some of the Scotch
wars. The weapon has a twisted handle
OF genuine Scotch ivory and the depres-
sions are wrapped with brass bands. One
side of the ivory Is dlscolored. owing TO
perspiration OF the hands or use of
gloves. The blade is of tine finest ham
mered steel and the edge on the back is
sharpened TO about one quartet OF its
length.
Postmaster Browning, Of Camden, on
Wednesday seized over fifty letters,
which were addressed 10 various persons
III Camden. The letters contained a cir
cular for the ordering Of lottery tickets
from the Louisiana Lottery, and were sent
from the Boston, Mass, post Office. The
circular bore the name OF L. 4. Crosby,
No. 255 Washington street, Boston, Mass,
and stalled that tickets drawing 81, 000 and
under would be payable at the Boston
office, and those tickets purchased and
drawing over 81. 600 would be payable at
New OrleaHs On the circular there was
printed an abstract of the law in relation
10 lotteries. passed September. 1890.
Vice CHANCELLOR Van Fleet has signed a
decree that 4. g. Goesser. the society
leader OF Leonia, near Englewood. is the
legal husband OF May Van Gelder, whom
he married a year G upon a written
agreement that he (Goesser) would not be
subject TO the duties OF a husband.
Goesser, who has high social connections.
was ordered to pay a weekly allowance
for the support oil his wife.
A fine shepherd dog belonging to Sta
ton Agent Purcell, at Delair. near Cam
den, watches every day for the approach
Of way trains. and runs beside the engine
and Justify Darks till the train stops.
With the air OF a person having accom-
plished a purpose. he then walks slowly
back TO the station M lies down. He
never fools with an express train.
1t is reported that a resident of Beverly
has come into possession of q rare little
pamphlet. 1T Is a stage edition of John
Howard Payne's early opera, 'Clari, the
Maid of Milan In which the ~fayorite
song. Home, Sweet Home was sung for
the FIRST time. The pamphlet CONTAINS
the wording Of the origin i song, which
is slightly different from the present
text"