The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-30
STATE NOTES.

The American Mechanics of Hollywood
have organized Ii brass band.
The beet crop OF Robert Laird of
-Scobeyville averaged 1000 barrels to the
acre.
The congregation of the Glen Gardner
Lutheran Church have decided to call the
Rev. E. Y. Hoelsche as pastor.
The Hunterdon Freeholders have or
dered that no tramp snail be committed
for less than sixty days at hard abor.
A wild duck was killed near the Sand
Nill. Bergen county, by being blown
Violently against a telegraph wire.
1t is said that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad talks of extending its line to
Cape May by the way OF Salem, Brldgeton
and Millville.
There are los miles of macadamized
roads in Passaic county. The work ex-
tends throughout every township, and is
first class in all respects.
Eight hundred bushels of apples were
shipped bya Sussex county man last week.
for which he received only ten cents q
bushel delivered on the cars.
Michael Taylor, OF Red Bank. who
was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge
Of thut town thirty-five years ago, has
been reinStated as an Ancient Odd Eel
low.
the President. He was sentenced on
January 80 last to one years imprison-
ment for robting the mails at the Ocean
Grove post ONCE.
Stephen A'Herin and Watson Still
wagon. of Keyport, recently drove a race.
for $50 a side, from Keyport to Freehold
and return, a distance of twenty-six
miles. A'Herin won the race by a quar-
ter of a mile.
A year ago Charles Littlefield, OF Eaton
town, bought u vearllng colt for $500.
The colt. with careful training, has de-
yeloped into a fast trotter. A few days
oroNar Titt1afeld sold the colt tO a New
Yorker for $14, 900.
John l. Blair is undoubtedly the Oldest
bank president in New Jersey, if not in
the United States, having been president
of the Belvidere Bank for nearly sixty
wears. Besides being the Oldest, he is
unquestionably the wealthiest.
j.. Albert Wnitelock, principal of the
Cane Nav Court House school, has been
held in bail charged by Alexander
Springer with assaulting his son, who is
a pupil of the school The trustees oftne
school. it is stated, will defend the accused
teacher.
Two schoolbovs at Lafayette, Sussex
county. James Vaughn and Harry niger
soil. flied n bottle nearly full of gun
powder, and applied a match to see how
far the cork would be blown. Young
Vaughn's face WAS filed with The burn
ing powder. and he may lose his sight.
1t is reported that the Jersey Central
Railroad Company has raised 5000, 900 10
back Mr.. UeNavarro, OF New York City,
in a cement venture at Suckers Cross
ing. a few miles from Phillipsburg.
From good authority it is learned that
three cement mills, each 1000 feet in
length. will be built there, beside other
necessary buildings. The works, it is
said. are the largest of the kind III the
world.
Henry G. Springer, one of the best
known carpenters and builders or Ran-
way, has skipped. leaving behind a long
list Of creditors who are a~nxiously await
ing some news from hin He has been
doing a GOOD business, and it was sup
posed making money. IL is stated that
There is u woman in the case. He has u
wife but has not been on good terms with
her for q long time nast. His debts are
reported to be nearly IS, 900, the principle
amount being borrowed money from his
mother.
The Rev. Guthrie MyIes, who became
pastor of the Rutherford Baptist Chnrch
a little over n year age, resigned recently,
hecuuse. it is said. he WAS not warmly
supported by all the members OF his con-
vrauatinn. The congregation tas re-
Earned his letter and asked him to RECON-
slider his DETERMINATION.