The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-29
STATE NOTES.

The Thirtieth New jersey Volunteers
will have their reunion at Somervflle on
Wednesday. August %
The Rev. William II. Coxon: pastor OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Moorestown, died at Atlantic City on
Saturday, in his fiftieth year, of paralysis.
The deceased minister had been stopping
at Atlantic City and was stricken last
week while making an address. he was
weliknown in Grand Army circles in New
Jersey, in which organization ne took an
active interest.
Charles Bouz. agent of the New York
and Long Branch Railway, at the Holly
wood aud West End station, Long
counts badly mixed. He left the depot
on Thursday night without permission.
and took the train for New York.
An examination Of his books
shows a shortage of about 500. The miss
ing station agent was about thirty years
children in a small cottage at Long
Branch. The money is supposed to have
been spent in gambling with cards and at
the races.
About three months ago n. NJ. Doty. a
tailor at Plainfield, reported TO the polce
that his place had been robbed of $1,000
worth Of goods. Last week his successor,
Charles Collins, reported that thieves had
climbed over q transom aud robbed him
of $50 worth of suitings, some money and
n EOlu WalCus OluCckc HAfp utsSt'CtCA
that both ropberies were fictitious. The
fist, they claim, was reported by Doty In
order to enlist the sympathy and assist
ance of his creditors, and IL Is alleged that
he really had the goods hidden away.
The articles Collins claimed to have lost
were found to have been pawned by him
self.
Mrs. Thomas r. Deverell, wife of the
famous Brooklyn band master Of the
same name, was, on Monday afternoon.
stricken with an apoplictic fit shortly
after emerging from her customary bath,
at Ocean Grove. Two physicians were
summoned and ordered her removal TO
the Hegeman cottage, where she was a
guest. She died in the evening. The
physicians stated that death was the re-
suit of over-excitement. incidental TO the
shock of an early plunge n the cooling
off on the sands.
Hugh Ramsay, who recently purchased
nearly 500 feet of valuable water front at
Perth Amboy, has begun the construction
of a large dry dock there, which will re-
ouire Coz. 600 feet of lumber and will be
capable of raising a vessel OF over 1000
tons. Its dimensions are 70 feet by 1859,
exclusive of o~utriggers 80 feet long at
each end. making a total length OF ~
feet. There are two dry docks at Perth
Ainboy already, but they will not accom-
MEDIATE the largest class or vessels now
entering the port.
Daniel Rape. an old deer hunter of
Mays Landing, while stroilfng unrough
the woods Monday afternoon had MS at
tention called 10 the bottom of a stump.
where lay a large black snake vomiting
freely. Becoming somewhat startled ne
seized a club aud dealt the reptile a hard
blow. killing it instantly. The snaSe
measured four feet fOur lnchesin length.
On further examination is was ound
hat the cause Of the snake vomiting
was that it had swallowed a garter snake
three feet long. which refused TO digest
Charles Fleischman, the millionaire
yeast manufacture of New York. is start
ing a large stock farm near East MILF
stone. The Fieischmans have a large dis
tillery at tnat place. The stock farm is
u new venture. A track is being laid out
at an expense of $4,000. which will be the
finest trotting track ia the nj IL is
proposed to construct a running track
also.
Onion buyers in Salem county are tax
ing all they eau purchase at seventy-hve
cents a basket.