The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-17
STATE NOTES.

Sixteen additional policemen have been
elected al Atlantic City. to serve during
The summer season.
The ordinance granting n franchise TO
the Hackensack Water Company was un-
aniinonsly passed over the Mayors veto
by the Rutherford Borough Council Mon-
day night.
The Aldermanic contest In New Bruins
wick between McMurtry, Republican,
and Becker, Democrat, mas been decided
III favor of .McMnitry by Judge Beasley,
who-gives him Two more votes than the
fellers did.
the Long Branch Commissioners are
wrestling with the question or granting a
license TO u merry-go-round. The pros
pect is that u fee of $3.50 will be charged,
a Requirements enforced that the music be
run at n lowef tone. aud the establish
inent be compelled to close at eight
o'clock In the evening.
Sister Joseph Maria, n member of the
mother house Of ths Sisters OF Charity at
Madison, and for eight years a teaener
in st. Peters parochiai school, New
Brunswick, died at the Sisters house in
that city Monday evening, aged thirty
two years. Her disease was spinal menin-
gifts, from which she had suffered about
TWO mouths. Before taking the veil her
name was Josephine OMAR, and her
home was in Elizabeth, where her bro
theirs and sisters live. She was nm
earnest Christian aud a conscientious
teacher, beloved by all who knew her.
The two days trial of Samuel Beck
man, colored, and Jennie Wiley. his
white mistress. for t~orturing n starv-
ing to death Pearl B~eekinan, The male
prisoners six ane-a-hal-year-old daugh-
ter, ended at three O'Clock on Monday
afternoon, at Elizabeth Tit jury re-
tired at three O'Clock. and five hours
later brought in q verdict Of guilty.
Lawrence Sheline, of PIainfleld, was
calling upon a West Front street young
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We're sitting on the front porch. Sud
denly the porch gave way precipitating
them into a sub-celIar, q distance Of If
teen feet. Sheline's skull was fractured
by the fail. He Is not expected 10 live.
The young woman was unhurL-
Not finding in the Morris Cam at Pat
erson n stick that had been thrown in BY
boys for him TO get, Joha Whalen's dog
brought back to shore the hair Of the
head of Mrs. Mary Purdy's SOD, Michael.
aged twelve years, who was IN bathing;
The dog evidently thought the boy could
swim. but finding otherwise, dragged him
along anyway, aud accidenIly scratched
and tore his face somewhat. Mrs. Pardy
has sued Whaien for keeping "a vicious
dog"
A Washington law firm has found In
Barzliiai Brain of Toms River, one ofthe
heirs of Robert Morris, the finsncier in
revolutionary times, TO whom several
millions are said to be due for moneys nd
vsnced to the government by their patri-
otto ancestor.
An application has been made to Chan
ceilor McGil for a receiver for the Phila-
deiphia and Reading Railway COMPANY,
which runs from Winslow junction to
Sea Isle City, Cape May county. Thu APP
plication was made 10 behalf of the john
son Signal Company of Railway.
The Rev. John +. Pingry, who has con-
Quoted a college preparatory school at Eiiz-
abeth for more than half a century. Is get
ting feeble, and viii retire. IL is proposed
to form a stool company. 20 be known as
the Pingry School Association.
The movement started by the citizens
of Belyldere to erect a suitable mona
ment over the grave of General McAliis-
ter. is taking definite shape. A General
has. been organized ana a SUD-
committee appointed to canvass suoscrip-
lions.
Michael Muchari, n Hungarian living
Ia the Dundee district OF Passaic, went
fishing in the Dundee Canal with two
companions late or Saturday night. The
men. who 1t is said hal been drinking
freely, cast out their lines and went TO
sleep on the bank near the Waste water
gate, which at this point Is about twenty
feet above the water. Mucharps com-
panions woke on Sunday morning and
found no traces OF him.. The canal was
dragged and his dead body was found.
he mad undoubtedly rolled of the bank
while asleep.
Mrs. Catharine Hughes died at New
Brunswick on Saturday evening at the
age OF l07 years., 2 months and rs days. |
She was born in New Brunswick on April
10, liza, U consequently lived under
pvery President. During the later years |
IF her life she was blind. INT her other
:aculties were bright md she often told
ltories OF her young days. Children Of
I've generations are living. though only
bne OF her own children. Captain Matthias
fice, survives She was married six
lmes. and leaves beside her sou, nine