The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-29
STATE NOTES.

The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution celebrated the ll6th an
niversary of the battle of Trenton at Newark on
Monday with a dinner and patriotic services in
the evening at the First Presbyt terrain Church.
The dinner took place at Doni's restaurant in
the afternoon, members and guests from all
parts of the state beng present. AT the even
ing exercises General Bradley T. johnson,
President OF the Maryland Society Of the Sons of
the American Revolution, delivered an GRAFTON.
AT a business nesting in the afternoon off GERS
were elected as ollows:-President John White
head, Morristown; Vice-Presid ent, Theodore w.
Morris; Secretary. Henry Elias Hatfield, OF
Newark Treasurer, Paul Revere, of Morristown;
Registrar, John Y. HubbelI, OF Newark; His,
torian, Andrew d. Mellick, Jr.. of Plainfield.
The old Board of Managers was re elected.
"A Glen Gardner man has sold $S6 worth
skunk skins this season. and one day last week
two other Glen Gardeners dug five Of the scented
animals out of one hole.
President elect Cleveland has notified the res
idents of Caldwell, his birthplace, that he will
be unable to visit the town before his Inaugural
ton. but will do scat a later date.
The borough authorities of Avalon have
passed an ordinance to prevent the killing of
rabbits within the borough limits for a period OF
two years. This beach, formerly known as
Seven Mile Beach, was famous for its game.
The Traymore Hotel. the largest Mt Ocean
| CITY, will be sold by Sheriff Hand on January
| 81. 1t was seized as the property Of Jonathan
T. Adams, in a suit brought by the Union Ma
tional Bank, Of Atlantic City. The hotel is a
| new one, having only been constructed about
two years ago.
In order to collect money due him. the Rev
MIR. Boyd, of the Bridgeboro M. I. Church, has
brought suit against the trust ees for money adj
vanced by him to run the church. The trustees
say the preacher has used the sacred funds
without their approval, consequently he can hole
| the purse himself.
William Simms, Of Lower Alioway Creek
| marketed nineteen geese that averaged in
| weight eighteen pounds and two ounces
Joseph Bradway dressed for market sixty-fiye
| geese that weighed e5J pounds.
Morristown has fourteen physicians and
twenty-four lawyers, The lawyers all have
offices on the same street, within three
blocks, and are all on the same side of tht
| street.
John Derry, of Camden. has made a record By
eating a large doubledecked mince pie in sz
Ludlam's Bay, Sea Isle City, is frozen oveI
from shore to shore for the first time in many
years.
BY the death, last week. Of Walter Wilson,
aged ninety-three, John !. Blair has become tue
oldest citizen of Biairstown-
Richard Peterson, an Atlantic City policeman,
on Christmas received nine gallons OF whiskey
from saloonkeepers on his beat.
Gustave Suttertin OF North Plainfeld, Will,
trimming q mass of closely grown trees AM
shruboery on his place on Wednesday. was sur
prised to find on one bush two full blown Jack
roses which the frost had not yet injured.
The Cumberland county Grand Jury will con
slider the case of Mrs. Annie Bowers, tue mur
deress. in January. She is not SO violently in
sane ss when first arrested. Her three small
children are being cared for by the parents o
her murdered husband.