The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-24
STATE NOTES.

The old Paulisou House at R~idgewood
was burned on Saturday night. 1t was
unoccupied and the fire is supposed to
bave been started by tramps. The building
was fully insured and it would probably
have been torn dow o by its owners.
A number of Englewood citizens have
formed a stock company to erect q boys
school. Six acres Of high ground have
been purchased opposite the grounds OF
the Field Club, an a handsome structure
OF stone and wood, to cost SlO,OOO, has
been begun.
Aromatic marriage was performed at
Hammonton on Thursday, the contract
ing parties being Mr.. Louis Avery OF San
Francisco, Cal. and Miss Lottie Haskell
of the former place The ceremony was
performed at the residence of the brides
parents. after q few months courtship by
letter. Miss Haskell recently saw an an
advertisement IN n ne Tspaper from q
mar who wished to correspond with a
view TO matriinony and answered 1t.
The sum of 500, QUO has been subscribed
for the establishment of a new baDk in
the Sixth and Thirteenth wards OF New
ark, and the bank is likely to do an ex-
tensiye business, as the neighborhood
contains about seventy-dvc thousand
people, aud a large number OF business
houses and factories, which at present do
their banking down town. about two
miles from the centre of the city. A tenn
porary organization has been formed, tue
leading spirits being e~x-Judge Fort aud
Tax Commissioner Lowey. It is likely
that the new concern will purchase the
charter of the New Jersey Safe Trust
Company, and begin business In about a
month.
David Dringer, a young man living In
East Eighteenth street, Paterson, is the
great American cat hunter. Every min
ute of time that ne can spare ne utilities
IN waging war upon the feline species.
]. - n -aal aAre aee1 r.RRfAa n uFEro rtrrf
and he is clearing out the cats for blocks
around. He first snot yellow cats only.
Now he shoots all that ruu having oblit-
Grated the color line. 1t Is supposed
that he sells the skins In New York, as a
good price can be had for them. The fur
is fine and excellently adapted for many
uses. So interested has he become that
she makes all sorts of feline noises in his
sleep, il is said, and his friends are afraid
that he is a little off ON the C t question.
The Board of Directors of the New
Jersey Agricultural Society will not de-
clare a dividend this year, but will ex-
pend the profits Of last year In improving
The grounds at Waysrly. and will build a
new grand stan much larger than the
present one. There was a surplus of
about 81, 900 left alter paying the expenses
of the fair. which was the most successful
III some years.
The grounds occupied by the Cumber-
land County Agricultural Society at
Bridgeton for thirty years are 20 be aban-
doned for new ones. The object is to
secure u better race track.
Twelve Freehold young women have
formed a Current Events Club, which
meets every Monday and discusses the
news.
Delaware is Boosting of having five ex-
Governors living. New Jersey can match
her, with Rodman NJ. Price, William A.
Newell. Joseph d. Bedle, George G. Lud-
low and Robert S. Green, and then go her
one better, with still another ex-Gor-
ernor and Governor combined in Leon
Albeit.