The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-14
STATE NOTES.

A coiored man, who vas found uneon-
scious in the gwHmps back of Woodland
Cemetery. Newark, last Wednesday
afternoon, died at the City Hospital
yesterday. He was unconscious Till FIJI
DAY afternoon. Then, III a lucid interval,
he said he was Theodore Burton, aud
sixty five years of age. But ne could not
remember where tie lived or how he had
got into the swamp. Exposure caused
his death.
vacant houses IN PIainield of late, cut-
ting out aud carrying away lead water
pipes. Four young men, James Hickey,
Michael Barry, James Donovan and John
Mullen, were canght in the act yesterday
aud were locked up for trial. Charles
Francisco. a junkman, who acted as re-
ceiver for the stolen goods, also WAS ar
rested.
a few days ago John Leamon. y re-
porter of the New Brunswick FTed0nian.
wrote an article charging that George
labone, a married man. had run away
with Fanny Williams. Yesterday after
noon Miss Williams mother assaulted
Leamon, striking him in the mouth with
her fist. He had her arrested
The strike of the furnacemen Of the
New jersey Zinc Company. OF Newark. is
over. The men have acknowledged them
selves beaten and have returned to their
work.
The receiver of the New Jersey Life In-
surance Company, Robert r. Stockton,
Will declare a final dividend of about ten
per cent. on Thursday night. This will
make the total dividends paid about
foriy-eight per cent. The claims OF pre-
ferred creditors aggregate about &0O,000.
Over $4,000 was expended for bridges
in Bergen county during June.
The property Owners IN East Jersey,
Third, Fourth and Lexington streets,
Elizabeth. are up in arms over the cree
tion of a big oil tank by the McKirgan
Oil Company, d branch of the Standard
OIL Company, in that section, which is
thirkiy built up. The tank will hold
1000 barrels, and the people lear that
their dwellings may be endangered If the
tank should be struck by lightning or
take fire from any other cause.
Newark ale w have discovered
that they are being Systematically
swindled. The drivers enter into collus-
ion with -saloonkeepers aud return to
their employers half hogsheads or less of
sour ale as full hogsheads, and for this
the saloon man gets either q discount or
a new hogshead of ale. Sometimes the
driver lets the sal0onkeeper I'LL a hogs
head with dIegs OF ale and takes it back
as a hogshead that was delivered sour.
In either case the driver gets a share Of
the discount, but the money he usually
spends in the Saloons in order 10 increase
his employers rad and at the same
time his own value as a salesman. So,
wnlle he taxes money OUT OF MS employ
er's pocket with one hand he inadYert-
emily puts some in with the other, and
consequently the employers are puzzled
as to whether they should stop the prac-
1ice or not.
Trouble has been brewing for months
in the congregation of st. Luke's Episco-
pal Church at Metuchen, because of the
alleged High Church tendencies of the
rector, tile Rev. II. ii. Roche, and now an
open warfare against the Clergyman has
been begun. and nineteen members no
longer attend service. The dissatisfied
member wrote to Bishop Scarborough.
The charges were pronounced too indefi-
nile. and after a long correspondence
formal charges were drawn up. Bishop
Scarborough went to M%etachen and in
yestlgated the case. and wrote To the
c~onplainants III Mr.. Roche denied the