The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-20
STATE NOTES.

The police OF Gloucester are searching
for the green goods swindlers who have
SO successfully operated in that city under
the name of the Florida Land Company,
with an Office at Fifth and Market streets.
The gang have not been at their Office
since February g. but one of the swtnd-
lers was seen at the races on Saturday.
James r. Minugh of Sea Bright, ro-
prietor of the ice manufacturing ma
chine, 1t is stated, has sold his plant to
the Monmouth Ice Company for $1,000.
Last spring the machine was purchased
and put in operation at an expense Of
5000. MIR. Minugh's reason for selling
is on account of i'll health. The capacity
of the machine is about eight tons per
day.
The Veterans Zouayes Of Elizabeth re-
turned Wednesday night from their
Southern trip and were given a welcome
home.
The American Bottle Company of
Woodbury. has within the past six weeks
demonstrated the fact that, notwith-
standing the predictions of glass blowers
to the contrary, bottles can be made by
machinery.
The Salem Board Of Trade has been In
strumental in bringing to that place
three new industries during the past year.
They give work to 325 persons. The lat
est enterprise is a foundry, which @. A.
Blessing will remove from Philadelphia
and which will make sanitary piping and
plumbers supplies. The Board OF Trade
will give MIR. Blessing $3.50 when his
new buildings are erected.
Suit for S15,0 900 damages for personal in
juries has been commenced in the New
Jersey Supreme Court by Counsellor
Howard Carrow for Mrs. Sarah De Croft
against the Camden and Morristown
Turnpike Company. Mrs. DETROIT lives
at Merchantville, and while walking
along the pike in October last She fell
into a ditch alongside and received seri-
Gus injuries. She alleges that the ditch
was not properly guarded by rails.
L Edward Vanderherehen, the canal
missionary at New Brunswick. resigned
and has also withdrawn from the First
Methodist Episcopal Church with its
wife. He obtained no letter from the
church. The trouble originated last
August. when q young girl from Newark,
with whom he had formerly been ac-
Quainted, visited a relative, who lives in
the same.house with..V anderherchen. The
latter's wife was away, Il the man
handed a note to the girl making an APP
pointment with her or the outskirts of
the town. She CAV the note to her rela-
tive.
Work was stopped at the Union Glass
CompaDy's works, q small cooperative
concern at Malaga. on Monday, by a strike
of tending boys" who wanted money
that vas overdue. The matter was adj
justed yesterday and work will be re-
sumed.
Postmaster-General Wanemakar has
notified Postmaster j. Monroe Chester of
Sea Isle City that after March l his office
will become a free delivery Office. There
will be two deliveries and two collections
daily. Sea Isle City will be the smallest
city in the United States TO have free de-
livery. It's winter population is only 700.
while its summer population reaches up
to 20, GOO or more.
A meeting of the carpenters and joiners
OF Red Bank and vicinity Will be held
next Tuesday night, the object of which
is to form a union. 1t is likely that an
arrangement will be made by the union
whereby. after a date to be fixed In the
spring, nine hours will constitute a days
work. The union will also be q benefici-
arg society, paying sick and death bene-
fits.