The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-02
STATE NOTES.

Major Edwin hoyt Of the First Regi-
ment, Newark, has retired from service
in the National Guard. at his request,
with the brevet rank of Colonel. Major
Hoyt was the only one of the Seventh
Regiment officers to obey the consolida-
lion orders recently issued!
A Bridgeton young lady took an alarm
clock TO prayer meeting. forgetting the
pesky thing was wound up. The alarm
went OF during a long prayer.
DR.. Andrew Schwartz Of Atlantic City
has a species of German stra w betrS which
bears fruit ali the year. The plant now
coItnfrs a number of large berries.
The New jersey Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution will meet in
Newark on December 20, which will be
celebrated as The 10th anniversary of the
battle of Trenton.
Justice Garrison, OF Camden, on Satur-
day, ordered the release on writS of
habeas corpus of five men committed by
Police Justice Paul for sixty days each.
on the ground that the latter official had
no authority to commit prisoners for
that length of time.
Residents in the vicinity OF Sixth and
Washington streets, Camden. were
startled Friday afternoon by q series of
blood-curdling screams that lasted fully
half an hour before an Investigation was
made. Then it WAS found that Mrs.
Mary Ray, better known uy the appella-
tioa OF "Mommie," a veritable female
terror, was in a most enib trrass-
ing pr~edfcament. While washing, she
had stepped OF Il piece of soap and been
precipitated back ward into a tub of suds.
Mrs. Ray is quite large, and was wedged
in the tub 50 tightly that she could not
move. and as her knees were as high as
her head. she did not present a very dig
nified appearance. Quite a crowd gather
ed and jeered the woman until kind hands
| r1Spna6 her She WAS GOaRinp Wet and
chatteripg with cold. but SO angry that
she chased the spectators away with a
club.
The Camden Naturalization Court was
rapidly grinding out citizens on Friday
morning. when Lawyer Joline suddenly
precipitated a small riot by questioning
the right OF a voucher to certify to an ap-
plicanJ's continual residence in this
country. Everybody tried to talk at once,
but Judge Miller quieted the disturbance
and decided that the lawyer had the right
to c~ross-examine- Lawyer Joline entered
a formal protest against the voucher; but
the Court decided that no sufficient rea-
sons had been shown for refusing him,
and the applicant was made q citizen on
taking the prescribed oath.
The new stone roads in Chester town
ship, Burlington county, are rapidly
nearing completion. The road from
| Stanwick Station to the B~ridgeboro
Road. about IL miles, has also been con-
tractel for, the expense to be borne one
third by the property owners along the
line of the rOad aud the balance bv
the township. The Improvement will
cest about S.. 500. and will be completed
November l. With the addition of this
piece of road Chester township will nave
nearly three-fourths of her public roads
either stoned or graveled, presenting
some of the finest drives in the State, and
greatly enhancing the value of real es-
will be about $4,000. of which amount
100000 have been raised by bonds run
ming ten and twenty years. at an average
Of ~ per cent. per annum, the first bonds
to he paid of alter ten years, and one
bond each year thereafter.
For a week past the people residing in
the vicinity of South Park, Burlington
county, have been afraid to venture out
after dark in consequence of the presence
in the vicinity of a large wildcat. The
animal was seen early last week by a
woodman on his way to work, tt male
no effort TO modest him, and he
very wisely concluded to give it
a wide berth. Friday night John A.
Bozartb, a farmer living near South
Park, was aroused from his Slumbers
by The barking of his large bulldog,
which seemed to be having a hard strug-
gle with something. Hastily putting on
his clothes. Mr.. BoZarth ran into the
| yard and found the dog engaged in q ter
rifle fight with the wildcat. The latter
shook off the dog and made for Mr.. Boz
artb, who took refuge in the house, after
which the wildcat made of.