The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-15
STATE NOTES.

seueral employees cut a hole in the roof of the
Diamond Paper Mill, at Whippany, recently, and
found in the attic swarmS of bees. Between the
ceiling and roof 1000 pounds of honey were
found.
hired a horse and took his best girl to- Keyport
to a bail. During the evening he fell in with
male friends and enjoyed himself so well that
he forgot all about his lady friend and returned
member about his girl until the liveryman
hunted him up to learn why the horse had not
been returned.
The new practice cruiser Bancroft, built at
Elizabeth, had a preliminary trial trip on
Monday and the test was entirely satisfac-
tory. The Government only requires twelve
knots per hour with $50 pounds of steam.
The vessels screw made 262 revolutions per
minute. and she developed a speed of II cloths
knots. The vessel will carry 16) pounds of
steam, and her screw can make $40 revolutions,
which will give a speed of ID knots per hour. If
the Bancroft does this on the Government trial,
her builders will get $4,000 in excess of their
contract price.
The Atlantic City Opera House will close for
lack of patronage.
The carpenters of Mlllville will demand an in
crease in wages from So. IS to SAB per day.
The flow from the $1,000 artesan well sunk by
the Consumers Water Company of Atlantic
City is SOC, 900 gallons every twenty-four hours;
A new lighthouse is to be built at Waakaak,
Keansburg, near Keyport. 1t is said that the
old light win be sent to the Chicago Fair as an
exhibit.
Christian F. Kranter of Bridgston is a candi-
udIG U Gu0 pOSItIOn u OCPulJ SOlkOSGON III
Internal Revenue under the incoming admins
tration.
There is some excitement among the en-
ployes at the Mount Holly Snoe Company's
factory over a discovery that has just been
made. In pumping water out of a well for
boiler purposes a pair of shoes was discovered
floating on the surface. This gave rise to a
suspicion, and when the well was pumped dry
a number of pairs of shoes that had been
spoiled in the making were found at the bot
tom. This was done to escape paying for them.
Tho Rnor6 of E1nPQTiOn of PlnintiaiG has de-
cided to try the experiment of aboiishing after
noon sessions of the public schools as a means
of lessening the strain on pupils. The step is
taken as the result of mucn argumen from
| those urging educational reform.
D. Harris smith,, the former proprietor of the
Salem South J~erseymdn, has been appointed
proof-reader on the Congressional Record in the
| Government Printing office, Washington. d. c..
He succeeds ex-senator Isaac I. Nichols, who
was appointed to the position in September,
1891. Mr.. Nichols was both appointed and
bounced" by Congressman Bergen.
j. V. Jordan of Long Branch and his twenty
f1ve-year-old son both courted the same girl,
| courtship, but the father cut him out and mar
ried the girl. Mrs. Jordan is twenty years old
| and her husband fifty.
A soldiers monument will be erected at Egg
Harbor City.
A Lakewood butcher has a chain of sausage
forIy-eight feet long.
marriage occurred in the County Poorhouse
at Hackettstown on Friday. The couple were
not inmates of the institution, but the paupers
! will long remember the event and the big dinner
! they enjoyed at the celebration. The couple
were John Murphy, the foreman of the farm,
and Miss Christine Beers, and the wedding was
attended by the County Freeholders and other
| officials. After the ceremony the inmates and
| guests enjoyed a big dinner.
The Rev. Josiah r. Daniels, of the Newark
Conference, has been appointed to the passionate
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, West
Long Branch. The Rev. George S. Sykes, the
| former pastor, who disappeared so mysuerously
a few weeks ago, has not been heard from.
The new bank to be established at Gloucester
City next Monday will be a branch of the
| Security Trust and Safe Deposit Company re-
| Gently established in Camden. The capital
| stock has been increased from $4,000 to S50, 600,
and the additional amount has already been
subscribed.
While cunning near Mt. Ephraim on Friday,
Officer Daisy of Gloucester, saw a hawk pur-
suing a pigeon. He fired at the hawk, but hit
the pigeon, which was q carrier, with the num-
Der 1858 and the letter '.N'' on a silver band
around the leg.
The steam lighter Lizzie NJ. Conklin, loaded
with block plate for the Morewood Plate Words
| at Elizabeth, upset while unloading at the COM
pany's dock. on Friday. The engineer and pilot
went over witt the vessel, and were rescued at
an exhausted condition. The cargo was dumped
in the mud. The vessel is a total wreck.
Theodore D.. Rand of the Philadelphia Acad-
| envy of Natural Sciences, on Saturday inspected
the meteorite found by Samuel Garrigues, at
Woodbury.. and says it is a remarkable stone. 1t
contains traces of gold.