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

The Rev. James Walden, pastor of the
Beverly Baptist Church, has rendered his
resignation to the Board of Trustees, to
take effect February 30.
A circulating library is about to be
established ut Atlantic Highlands. For
some time past subscriptions have been
taken for this purpose and the library will
be opened about February 10, with 200
volumes.
Thomas Kelley and William Tutty,
living in the adjoining towns of Hibernia
and Middletowp, Morris county. are the
fathers of twins that were born on Mon
day. Mr.. kelley's are a son and a daugh-
ter, and Mr.. Tutty's both boys.
Benjamin Fritts, at one time a well
known aud prosperous farmer at sunny
side, Hunterdon county. fell down stairs
at the Clinton township poornouse n
broke his neck. Mr.. Fritts was obliged
to become a township charge a few years
ago, misfortune having stripped him of
his property.
All a recent meeting of the peach grow
ers of Hunterdon County, one of the
speakers said the rate for transportation
of a car load OF peaches from his Town was
just double that for a car load of grain.
Committees were appointed to confer
with the railroad officials in an effort to
secure lower rates. Another committee
was directed to draft a bill to be pre-
seuted to the present Legislature, making
all peach BASKETS u standard size of six
teen quarts. A resolution was also
adopted asking the appointment of a
State commission to have power to regu-
late freight charges in this State.
The Executive Committee of che State
Firemen's Relief Association have ordered
their counsel, William A. Cutler, to bring
suit against the Madison Association of
Morris County to recover the 81, 900 il
legally loaned to the hook and ladder
company of that place. The money of
the local relief association is received
from the State to provide a fund for the
relief of the needy exempt firemen, n
for the assistance of active iremeu in
juied while on duty, and al! the taxes
collected from insurance companies not
incorporated under the laws of this State
are divided by the Secretary of State equ-
ally among the various associations, to
constitute such fund, no matter how
large or small the department may be.
The Madison Association had something
oyer So, 900, which thevloaned to the local
department for twenty years at l per
cent to purchase apparatus.
Owing to the increased valuation of
property in Chester township, Burling-
ton county, by the last Assessor, II the
heavy reductions made by the Commits
sioners of Appeal, the township treasury
of the past year., this being about the
mount required to be paid by the town
ship for county tax in excess of the
mount collected, owing to the decreases
above referred to after the return had
been made. The annual settlement of
the township affairs will be made Oh Fri
day afternoon. With this outlook it is
feared there will be a strong opposition to
building more new roadways the coming
spring, as taxes may be increased too
much thereby.
Mrs. e. a, Wyattowns a drug store in
Ridgewood.. The chief attraction in the
window was a round bowl, in which two
small alligators swan. Mrs. Wyatt put
the reptiles into the BOWL thirteen years
ago, They never grew any larger,
though they ate voraciously, and the cold
wave last week was entirely too much for
them. On Thursday Mrs. Wyatt found
them m%otionless in the bowl, floating and
apparently dead. She tried to revive
tn re W them in the ash barrel. There the
drug store boy found them. and he deter
mined to preserved the bodies by tilliug
them with alcohol and mount them before
his bedroom window. He had squirted
alcohol down the throat of one of his sub
jects until there was no room for more
and had half filled the other one when
the alligator that he had first treated be-
gan to show some signs of life. The boy
at once placed it close to the stove, and it
was still worth two dead aliigators. Its
companion then encouraged the boy by
opening one eye and putting its tongue
out. More alcohol was forced into it, and
it was soon 'ighting drunk" aud very
mucn alive. 1t wanted to pick a quarrel
with its fellow prisoner. but that reptile
was too tipsy to respond. Then they
both fell asleep, aud now they are
swimming arouDd the bowl as usual.