The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-23
STATE NOTES.

William Heyer of Port Monmouth has q two
year-old Maltese cat that he thinks can whip
any cat in the State. 1t has two perfectly
formed feet in each fore leg. and its ex ira claws
give il an undue advantage in rough-and-ium-
bic fights.
The Rev. ]. Boyd Brady, pastor of the Frank
lin ST rect Methodist Episcopal Church, has re-
signed from the Newark Law and Order League
because, as ne says, the League has accom-
plished nothing in the way of compelling the en-
forcenient of the Sunday law. He will hereafter
d vote himself to his pastoral duties.
Two employees in Ket chants livery stable at
Seabright were fooling with a pistol when it was
accidently discharged and the ball entered the
neck of q valuable horse iu an adjoining stall,
The horse died an hour later. 1t belonged to a
summer resident and was one of a team that
cost 5000.
Thomas Walsh, a tramp, arrested at Elizabeth
for annoying women. was sentenced to jail. He
refused 10 leave his Cell in the police station,
and tore every vestige of clothing from his per-
son so that he coud not be removed. and was
stark naked in the eel. Chief Tenny hit upon
an effectural remedy 10 bring the fellow TO terms
by ordering the nose to be turned on him until
he would submit. The tramp had no relish for
cold water and soon begge1 for mercy, out the
Chief did not lelen5 until the GLOW was
an old soldiers costume, olned for the &C.
casion by q saioon-keeper across the way from
headquarters, and thus attired was marched to
the county jGil.
Michael Faunce, of Riverton, caught a catfish
Monday night weighing IA pounds.
The Mays Landing cotton mills have been COM
ClIC4 W ohut dONA OA VI DiCh NdlcI.
Keyport may not have electric lights. The
citizens can't raise the necessary $4,000,
David II. Thompson of Warrington has a COL
lection of thirty-three different kinds of birds
eggs. So s-1
saloons or a drinking place to every sixty-ive
men in the town.
The Matawan Journal says:-"While George
Bailey was toneuelng oysters last Saturday he
brought up q clam which had a fifty cent silver
piece between the sae!ls. He showed his un-
usual find to those about HIM and then t led to
disiodge the money. HIS ciainship held on to it
so tightly that it was neee ssary to break the
shells before securing 1t. This is no fish story,
neSseS.
A ~disreputabie looking fellow was arrested at
Atlantic Clty on FriIay for vagrancy and ne
causei d scare at police headquarters when he
| managed to tell that lie had arrived from Ham
burg. The untoriu1dte man mad already Teen
given a bath by beng thrown overheard by a
b~oatrnan, but he was again put under the hose
and then subjected to u finiigating process that
nearly choked hm to death. He was locked up
In a dark room. Dut subsequently released on
order of the City Pny stefan.
The water famine at Miilvilla is becoming
| serious. Union Lake is IwJ feet below the
waste wire, and manufacturers are expei fencing
great difficulty in getting II proper supply OF
water. The lower foundry of R.. ID. Wood & Co.
Is iule and the upper ne Will probably shut
down. The cotton mil Of the NJ illville Manu-
featuring Company has also stopped using
water, but 1t is in partial operation with steam.
The Rev. j.. Kilb3rne, of the First Presbyter-
ian Church at P.easautville, surprised his con-
gregation Sunday night by announcing from his
pull it that he would leave thiI week to be mar
ried. He also announced as his text next Sun
day evening:-.He who takes unto himself a
wife, takes unto himself a goodiy thing
Robert M. Willis. a Pleasantyiile barber, will
not cut his hair for six mouths as u result of the
Sullivan-Corbe!t fight.