The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

A farm of about sixty acres between
Houtenville and IseIin has been sold to a
Hebrew syndicate in New York. About
100 men will be put TO work clearing the
land prior to laying and grading streets.
Inc intention is TO start Hebrew settle
mepI.
Mrs. Robert Wilson OF New York city
is wanted IN Elizabeth for kidnapping. on
Wednesday night, her two-year-oid child.
which had been taken away from her
care and placed. it is saids by the New
York courts into the custody OF the fa-
ther. The parents quarreled year ago
and separated, Mr.. Wilson taking the
two girls, one aged seven, the other two
years.
Sixty-three suits have been filed against
the Atlantic City Amusement Company
by unpaid -workmen. The bondholders
are endeavoriDY 20 arrange the financial
difficulties.
The colored people of Plainfield will
hold big Emancipation Day csleoration
on Thursday. A great time Is expected.
Governor ADbett aud Senator Mcpherson
will be present.
The blackberry crop has been failure
this year ut Egg HaFbor City, ana few
growers have made expenses. Frost in
iured the crop early in the season, and
low prices did the rest.
Miss Carrie Scudder and Henry Bird of
Newark were married on Wednesday
evening at sundown on the centre OF the
Suspension bridge at Niagara Falls.
1t Is claimed that Webster Henry. a
Lehigh Valley passenger engineer, re-
Gently made the run from South Plain
field to Easton. a distance OF hfty-one
miles, IN fifty minutes.
Bible Day, for Ocean county. will be
celebrated at Islaud Heights, on Tuesday,
August 1lth. Eminent speakers have
been secured. The Rev. W. w. Moffett,
Superintendent OF American Bible
Society, will nave charge of the services.
here will be three sessions, az ten a. M.
half past two and half-past seven D. m.
The New York capitalists who have
been maintaining the race track between
Elizabeth aud Linden, against which
Elizabeth people have been protesting
vigorously, have purchased twenty acres
of land at South River, on the Raritan
River Railroad, four miles from New
New Brunswick, and will open new
track there.
Rev. William II. Van Horn, of Cam
den. has settled all doubt az to his right
TO marry couples by producing his ordin-
alton papers.
The Increased water pressure from the
new Camden stand pipe is overtaxing old
water-pipes and plumbers are reaping a
harvest.
lady near Freehold Matched out aud
reared thirty eight chicks out OF forty
eggs, with an incubator and brooder of
her own manufacture.
Master Workman T. V. powderly is
expected to deliver an address at Eliza
beth on Labor Day
James Elmer. Jr., of Fairton. has nat
ural curiosity in the shape OF five large
apples on one stem.
A young lady attended one of the Sun
day schools in Long Branch on Sunday
wearing a decollete dress and white rat.
The rat was alive and crawled about the
neck of the fair mistress with apparent de-
light. 1t was not enjoyed with any de-
gree of pleasure by other young ladies in
the class.
Joseph Ecret, of Pennsvllle, Salem
county, claims to have seen black bear
recently while hucKleberrying, but his
friends say the bear was colored
woman, who was berrying in the neigh
borhood at the time. Ecret sticks 10 his
story, and berries are rottin9 on the
bushes in that locality now.