The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-31
STATE NOTES.

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Because he, IL is alleged, expelled mem
beers of the church without giving them a
hearing, the Rev. Thomas Harris, pastor
of the Zion African Methodist Episcopal
Church. of Mount Holly, has been sus-
pended by the Bishop until the next
session of the Conference, when both
sides will be given an opportunity to be
heard.
Henry Borcher, keeper Of a cafe adjoin-
ing the Third Battalion Armory, Orange,
found a casK OF applejlcS hidden in his
cellar hat is stated Oh good authority to
be over thirty years old. 1t is supposed
that 1t was buried In the cellar by u son Of
Thomas Henry, who once owned the prop
erty.
An obstruction was placed on the tracks
Of the New Jersey Southern Railroad near
Farmingdale a few nights ago. Tit OBJ
struction was discovered by Miss Annie
Wooley. who lives near by. She ran up
the road and ralsed a danger signal in
time TO save the Lakewood express from
destruction.
den OH Saturday, heard the application
OF Lawyer Joseph h.. Gaskill OF Mount
Holly, on behalf of the Rev. aud Mrs. H.
H.. Reese of Burlington county, for the
adoption of two japanese children. Mr..
Reese and his wife are missionaries re-
turned from Japan. wWhiIe there the
children. a girl of thirteen and a boy OF
eighr, were given them by their parents,
and they desire to legally adopt them in
this country before they go back TO the
scenes of their missionary labors. JUS
tice Garrison laid the matter over for Two
weeks.
An exhibition of superstition and
credulity is seen on the farm of Joseph
bosler IN Montague, Sussex county,
where a party of three men, accom-
panied by u very Did and decrepit
woman, are engaged In digging for
under the direction of the old woman.
who claims clairvoyant powers. The
members of the party are very Ieticent
about their operations, but it In ascer-
tanned that the woman has told that
there is a cave deep in The earth contain
ing a hoard of gold of the value of several
millions of dollars, which was stored
there by the Indians ages ago.
The Keyport int Matawan Street Rail-
road passed into the hands of a new com
pany on Friday. The incorporators are
Senator Thomas s. r. Brown, Arthur VI.
Hambliu and Edwin Sproul. The new
name adopted is the Keyport and Mata-
wan Railroad Company. Thomas s. X.
Brown was elected president and Arthur
Nj. Brown secretary aud treasurer. The
capital stock is $4,000, and 10000 of this
is to be issued in lieu of SEQ, 200 worth of
bonds at the rate of fifty cents on the
dollar.
At Sea Isle City on Wednesday, Profes-
sors Ryder aud Dolley, Of the Biological
Department Of the University of Pennsyl-
va mia, and Charles X. lands, accom-
panied by Engineer Fry, laid out the
grounds of the Marine Laboratory and
Aquarium. The contracts will now be
give ont for the buildings, which will,
It is expected. be completed by June.
Wi liam H.. and Thomas Brown, two
color ed ioys sent to the Reform School
from HARRINGTON t0WnslIn ReF0Qn
count ), died during the past month. The
school paper, the AdUance, refers TO Will
lam as "a weazen-faced. haif-starved and
sickly colored lad of about twelve years
of age. His ignorance was SO dense that
he did not know his fathers or his moth
church and had no idea that there was a
Sunreme Beino.v