The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-07
STATE NOTES.

The Russian Jews are establishing an
other village near Bridgeton. IL Will be
on the old Indian Fields road. two miles
east of the city limits, ant viii be called
Mizpah. A factory and several house are
to be erected at once.
Charles Conrad, Of Pedricktown, Salem
county. a few weeks age had n leg anpu-
tated because OF a wound received In the
war of the rebellion, which had never
healed.
Mrs. Jaquish, Of Fair Mount. Hunter
don county, with ner hands squeezed the
life out of a large weasel whicn she found
cIinging tDsthe neck OF one OF her hens a
few days1ago. I,
1t is SAD That a ferry viii De established
at ElizabethpoIt, between that point, New
Yorlaand Amboy. The water front owned
by the Connolly Motor Company has been
bought for 81. 900 by Cortlandt l.. Parker
OF Amboy, and iG is more that the Lee
high Valley Company il Interested in the
1t Ocean City are we holly trees.
aboqtfthirty feet nigh and six inches in
diau1eeer, which at four and q half feet
from the ground are Joined BY J branch
growing from one tree into the other.
The conflicting branch is two inches In
~thickpess, ssbut grows larger as IL ap-
proaches the trunks OF the trees, which
are fifteen inches apart. .
Bad luck seems to follow Samuel
Kotye, an East Orange carpenter. A few
months ago he was burned out and lost
nearly all Of his furniture. lie then
built a house and moved into 1t with his
family. A week ago the building was
struck by lightning, but only slightly
damaged. On Saturday night he and ms
family went 10 Newark to spend Sunday.
and during their absence fire damaged
his properly TO tine extent OF soOo, ,,uu
Winter will be long and cold, because the
nut crop Is immense.
AIRS. John SuydRm. of Westield, has
hatched a brood of healthy chicke us by
the heat OF her kitchen stove.
The Egyptian lotus that has for years
attracted so many persons to Woodstown,
is a complete failure this season.
The Farmers Exchange, nc Elmer.
has been organized but four months.
aud has Just declared a dividend Of nr-
teen per cent.
Reed birds lave begun to flock in the
Salem county marshes.
Grabs have been selling at six cents a
dozen at Alloway Greek.
a Warren county farmer got but ten
bushels of potatoes from two bushels OF
seed he planted. and for which he paid
a high price as they were said to be Eek
ira tine"
George Foster. the three year old son
of George Foster, was saved from drown
ing at Railway, Wednesday afternoon,
through the bravery Of his grandmother.
WHO Is slAty years otu- lne chllu AeAi
into q deep pool in the Railway River.
and was discovered by her lying motion
less at the bottom. 1he old lady jumped
into the river and succeeded in bringing
the boy to the surface. Both were pulled
into u passing boar, ana the boy was
resuscitated.
The Dover Era publishes a legislative
notice which reads as follows:-"Notice
is hereby given of an application to the
next Legislature for a law requiring the
LIST OF delinquent taxpayers TO be posted
IN every saloon aud hotel in the ward or
township where such delinquent taxpayer
resides, and the sale of any Intoxicating
liquor to such delinquent taxpayer shall
forfeit the license OF every person so sell
Ing"