The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03
ALL OVER THE STATE.

General Charles Haight of Freehold re-
turned home from the West INDIES on
Friday. He Is improved in health, but
his friends think he will not resume the
active duties Of his office as Prosecutor or
the Pleas.
The old West Jersey Hotel, Camden,
now vacated, will. it Is said, be converted
into first-class nostelry by the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad Company. who own IL.
The scheme of fitting the building up for
offices was abandoned some time ago
The burlington County Almshouse SOIL
shelters William Scoogy. ninety -six years
old, who carried provisions ana supplies
to Trenton during the war OF 1917.
The Essex Yarn Mills, after being
located at Newark for three years, are TO
be removed to Roanoke, VA, in order to
be nearer the Woodworking districts.
calf belonging to Jesse COOK OF Long
Branch. which was bitten by mad dog
some weeks ago, died after exhibiting
every symptom OF rabies last week.
The clergymen of Long Branch are try
ing to unite upon night for the weekly
prayer meeting, so that the other evenings
may be lett open for whatever entertain
ments may be held.
Glassboro has a two-year-old roller
skater, the son of B. F. Zane.
A Mount Holly concern has an order
from Japan for two water wheels.
The young ladies of the institute at
Hackettstown have organized two base
bali mines.
The United States Government has re-
turned to ex-Postmaster Peter l. Cruiser,
Of Seabright 1881 that Mr.. Cruiser had
overpaid the Government during his
four years service as Postmaster at Sea-
BRIGHT.
Undertaken Richards of Hackensack
was called upon Wednesday to bury three
members Of one family, all of whom died
Of the grip. at Little Ferry. Claus yeitner
died on Sunday, his mother on Monday
and his little daughter on Tuesday. Men,
women and children of the brickyard dis
trict attended the triple funeral and fol-
lowed the three caskets to the quiet Gem
etery at Moonachie.
Within q month six OF the Oldest resi-
dents of the Saddle River Valley. Bergen
county, have died. Mrs. Katie Berdau
aged ninety-tour; John Terhune, eighty
one, John Fl. Banta, eighty-three; Har-
mon Tice, eighty; Mrs Catherine Osborn,
eighty and Mrs. Charity A. Van Voorhis,
eightJ-two. Their united ages were sos
years. The deceased all passed their
allotted time in the valley that gave them
BIRTH
The house owned by the late Barnes
Chadwick, and the Oldest building In Red
Bank, is being torn down. 1t is situated
on Prospect avenue, East Red Bank. and
is said to be 1876 years old. Barnes Chad
wlck's father lived in the mouse curing
Revolutionary days. One day Mr.. Chad
wick heard rhe guns of the Britishers
who wsre on their way from the coast to
attack the villagers In Monmouth county.
Being patriot, he ran, barefooted, to the
camp of the American soldiers. near
linton Falls, and apprised them of the
intended raid. The Americans fastened
to meet the Britishers and drove them
back to their ships. Foxes and other Wild
animals made their home IN the vicinity
of the old house years ago, but when civil
lizatlon entered all these reminders of by
gone days were driven away.
The trouble in the Boonton Steel and
Iron Works has been settled. The COM
pany took down the obnoxious rules and
the Duddlers went back to work.
The Secretary of War has approved the
report of the Board Of engineers on the
construction of the bridge authorized by
Congress across the North river, from
New York city to Hoboken. The board
recommended that the bridge should rot
be less than $50 feet high.