The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-22

rabbits, all of which had been Killed In
the vicinity of North Branch.
A Hackettstown lawyer named Davis
was shot in the back, while hunting at
Waterloo, on Monday. His dog also was
William Straley of Newton, while rab-
bit hunting on Monday was shot IN the
chin and leg by his brother, who fired at
a rabbit. The injury il not serious.
One Of the rural exchanges says:-
"There is not game enough in all New
Jersey to pay for the loss OF a mans little
finger, yet the papers are filled with items
where parties have lost eyes, arms,
fingers, hands. toes. etc. by accidental
shooting while cunning. Cunning for
| what? A few rabbits or squirrels, or
The open season for black bass will last
through next week.
Five-Mile Beach residents are still
| catching blnefish, cod and drumish from
the fishing banks.
Messrs. Frederick Haug, Charles j.
spent two days at Lake Hopatcong last
week and caught forty-eight fish. They
had a few large bass and a lot of big yell
! low perch and pickerel. Perch weighing
from one pound to a pound and a quarter
! were biting briskly.
The striped bass fishing has not abated
any, and good catches may be expected
! as long as fishing can be done with any
! thing like comfort or bait can be pro-
cured.
Almost every man who shoots an Eng
| fish pheasant in New Jersey takes il to a
taxidermist, aud as many of the birds
have been killed this year the bird stuff
ers are busy.
Eight men from Atlantic City wentdeer
untlns near Dougnty's tavern. near KS
Lelleville last week with nine good dogs.
They saw and started two or three deer
every day in the week, but got only one
fawn. They missed dozens of shots.
I William Johnson of South River.
Middlesex county, was killed while out
shooting on last week. He was running
with his gun through some bushes when
| the lock was lifted by a twig and fell,
d~ischa:ging the weapon. The load STRUCK
/ him in the face and tore Off the upper
part of his head. A companion Is under
suspicion of having shot him and an in
~vestigation will be instituted.
A Camden cunning party got sixty-two
! rabbits and three English mares IN a two
days. "trip in South, Jersey.
1t is reported that William Harris OF
Nays Landing killed nineteen quail. a
deer, three English snipe. a rail and a
rabbit in one day last week
Charles Hughes got thirty grey squir-
rels near Elmer, Salem county, on No
vemoer Z.
BIackbass are still taking live shrimp
at Greer wood Lake. and John @. Roe is
having great sport at the head of the lake.
seven deer were killed in Atlantic
county last week.
Russeliug Bercaugn of No. / Engine,
Newark. visited Dunellen n day last
week aud shot a good bag OF quail.
John Myers. Joseph Oscnwald and
Peter Doerzeoacher of Newark we3t to
Chester on Tuesday afternoon and on
/ Wednesday they killed seventeen rabbits,
sixteen quail and ten woodcock, One OF
the rabbits was minus an ear ana the
other had lost a hind leg.
Goldfish are being caught in large num-
bers by M~anasquan fishermen.
Wild geese are being bagged BY sports
men on BrIgantine Beach.
Sea Isle Junction is the home OF a black
fox which for several weeks has dehed
capture.
The finest game pond in South Jersey
is at d nnisvil.e. Pike from three to
four pounds III weight are caught in
abundance.
Two Hackenssck sportsmen who went
hunting at Sparta, Sussex county, On
their return exhibited tweuty-three rab-
bits, five partriGges, seven quail, three
gray squirrels, opossums. a skunk
and a gray fox as the result OF their ex-
petition.