The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-20
STATE NOTES.

The Burlington County Agricultural
Society will hold its forty-fiftn annual fair
at Mt. Holly, September Ia, to is.
Subscriptions to the amount of $100,0 900
have been made for the purpose OF
starting a bank in the western section of
Newark.
There was an outbreak of scarlet fever
on Friday afternoon of last week in the
private school of the Misses Barnet, at
Madison. Two children were taken
suddenly III, one of whom, Eddie Barnet,
six years old, died on Monday. Another
child, Wilbur Won de Wales, five years
old, has also died There are five other
children down with the disease and the
school has been closed and the cases
Quarantined. A similar outbreak oc-
CURED In the same school two years ago
The belief Is that the disease was caused
by the drinking water used by the pupils.
The attendance at the school was 1874, and
as the stricken children mingled with the
other pupils, there is apprehension of an
epidemic, as the school was not closed
until Tuesday.
Conference Day for the Court Of Errors
and Appeals will be on April Is.
Some time ago General j. Madison
Drake of the Elizabeth Sunday Leader
was indicted for libeling William B..
Daland. Captain James H. Corey, u
member of the Generals staff of the Vet
eran Zouaves, became bondsman, and the
General was released. Captain Corey left
a bed of sickness in order to accommodate
his friend and commander. The captain
accompanied the Zouayes on their recent
Southern trip. A few days ago he called
on General Drake to- get the address of Il
photographer in the South, from whom he
wished to procure some pictures taken
during the trip. The General refused to
go to his house to get it, on the plea hat
that he might find time to accommodate u
friend who had got out of q sick bed to do
him a favor. Hot words followed, and on
Wednesday Captain Corey went TO the
Court and delivered General Drake up,
asking that a bench warrant be issued for
his arrest. The warrant was issued, and
General Drake was compelled to hurry
around and got q new bondsman. This
he succeeded in doing, aud the feeling be-
tween the two veterans is very bitter.
The farmers of Franklinville have
given. up all hopes OF reaping q harvest
on their berry crops, and nave turned
their attention to the cultivating OF peas,
The agent for a Camdeu preserving COM
pany has purchased 200 bushels seed 10
supply the demand Of the farmers, who
will plant nearly SOo acres. Farmers are
already ploughing their ground and get
ting ready to plant as soon as the weather
becomes more moderate.
The New Jersey Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals will hold a
convention on March "a, in the city of
Newark Tor tne purpose OF organizing
district societies in the various counties
and townships of the State. At present
all complaints are sent to the office at
Newark, but they are becoming so
numerous that 1t is impracticable Il at
tend to them properly by the method now
in use.
John Repp, the Glassboro frnit grower,
says that at least fifty per cent. of the
peach buds nave already been killed, but
II the present cool weather continues he
expects to gather from 5000 to 10000
baskets.
p. Fl. Jacobs, who assumed the editorial
management of the Hammonton Mirror
a couple Of weeks 90, has already re-
tired from that post, giving place to a
younger IA