The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-14
STATE NOTES.

The n~eighbors of Townsend Godfrey, a
worthy Cold Spring farmer, hauled n
cut up twenty loads Of fire wood as a
New Years present.
Lawyer George H. Taylor, another of
the counsel for Lingo in Camden. is i'll
with what appears TO be typhoid fever.
His partner, William H. Jess, died from
the disease a fortnight ago.
Founder James A. Bradley, OF Asbury
Park, has sent his check for $500 TO the
Monmouth Memorial Hospital. at Long
Branch, being the proceeds from the sale
of gravel during the year from Bra ley
beach.
The skeleton Of a horse was found tied
to a tree near Cold Spring. Cape May
county. a few days ago. 1t is not known
whether he was tied and then killed, or
stolen and hitched there by the thief and
allowed TO starve to death.
Hannah Chard, of Port Norris, will be
102 years old in April next She was born
near Brandywine, Chester county. Pa.
Her maiden name was Hannah Milden-
berg. She was of Pennsylvania Dutch
parentage. There are three great grand
children IN Glassbofo, the children Of j..
Ellis Paulin. Mrs. Chard Is in good
health, quite active Cor n of her age.
and apparently good for several more
years.
Long Branch "Eeics'' says:-On Thurs
day it was noticed by many passers by
that the Ocean mill pond was no frozen
over. Ice was being harvested from
ponds In the vicinity measuring six and
seven inches. This has been the case
with the above pond for years, and an
examination was made several years ago
as TO the cause of this freak of nature.
The opinion arrived at was that the many
springs was the cause. Several boiling
springs exist there which also added to
prevent the water freezing except in very
cold water.
The cinder from the pudding mill at
Boonton used to be carted and dumped in
any out Of the way place until huge banks
of it were made on different parts of the
estate. But now Mr.. Nicoll, the mall
ager Of the estate. has between thirty and
forty men employed taking this einder
from these banks and Shipping it away.
1t contains on an average So per cent. of
iron, although some contains as high as
20 per cent. During the SUMMED about
nine hundred o n were taken out from
one bank, and IL is estimsted that up to
the present time $500 tons have been
taken from this bank alone. About a
month ago an order was received from
the equest Furnace at Oxford for 10000
ions. Last month 1000 tons were
shipped.
Cape May county merchants and fisher
men say that their recently harvested
ice crop means a saving Of $4,000 to
them.
One of the flint glass furnaces at
Whitali, Tatum e. Co.'s Works, Millyiile,
wal put out Of blast ON Saturday.
The two recent fires in the Camden
City Hall led TO the discovery that the
building, which cost nearly $4,000 was
insured for only SO, 900. This has now
been increased to S45. 000.
The Northampton Township Commit
tee have engaged counsel and threaten
to sue the Board OF F~reeholders OF Bur-
lington county for the unpaid election
bills.
An exploding lamp destroyed a brood
and 300 chicks Tor John Pancoast, Of Han
cocks Bridge. Salem county.
More than fifty Haddonfieid ladies have
Joined a class for taking lessons in physi-
Col culture. Broom handles are said TO
be included in thu gymnastic ~paraphsr-
MALTA.
General Grub, Minister to Spain. has
purchased that part of the battle field Of
fredericksburg, Va. which was oecu-
pied by the Twenty-third New Jersey
Volunteers while under his command.
He will erect a monuments there, and next
fall Will AVE al unyeiling and reunion.