The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-18
STATE NOTES.

The Hammonton fruit growers will
hereafter sell their crops at auction.
Hard shell CLANS are becoming scarce
in the rivers and bays of Atlantic county.
There have been over fifty conversions
in a revival at the Asbury Park Baptist
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith Bilderback of
Salem will celebrate their golden we'd
ding on March 5.
Biuebirds have made their appearance
in South Jersey, a sure sign, it is said, of
an early spring.
Ground will shortly be broken al Mays
Landing fer the erection OF hat and cigar
manufactures
Elwell SOUL of Bakersville. who stands
six feet six in his stockings, is said to be
the tallest nan in South Jersey.
Miss Maud Stout of Red Bank cut her
hand SO badly with a tin while making
cake, That a surgeon was obliged to sew
up the wound.
In Salem county white potatoes sell
now at from twenty-seven to thirty cents
peEAushel. A careful estimate puts the
cost OF raising them at twenty-five cents
bushel.
Five new Councils have been added 20
the Royal Arcanum the past year in New
Jersey, aud 1,70O members, taking the
lead of any other State on the basis of
population.
Captain Stephen Woods, of Keyport,
while on his way South with a steam
oyster dredge. a short time ago. assisted
a wrecked vessel and received $1,000 tor
the service rendered.
John Sweeney, who last summer killed
Albert Claire, a baseball player aud af-
forward nearly killed his wife. has been
declared sane ut the Blackwood Insane
Asylum, and must now stands trial for
Claire'S murder.
New York capitalists have organized a
company to manufacture glazed brick at
If fu u a N IhnU will ffiNn 1SnAn nv pnA
$50 coo for his patent and buildings and
erect ten new kilns. About 80 men will
be employed.
The Spanish Government wants the
Columbus bell now owned. by the A. NJ.
e Church, at Haleyv:lle, berland
County. The bell is alleged to have been
given to Columbus by Queen Isabella. II
was obtained by q sea captain of Haley
vile, With its history, aud given TO the
church.
AT u public sale of farm produce and
stock at Port Monmouth, che other dav,
mixed hay sold for $1U q ton. corn SO
cents a hushel, black grass So a ton. corn
stalks 81 cent per bundle. Work horses
brought s25, $50 aud SIS each; a carryall
$50. a two-horse farm wagon $32. 50 and a
single farul wagon $25.
County Clerk John T. Haight has
brought suit against Monmouth county
to recover the moun of $3.50, for prepar-
ing the tickets for last fairs election.
Ewing Patte rson, whose bill was cut
down from $40 to Sc for each election dis
tricJ, has also begun suit against the
county for his claim.
Efforts will be made by Atlantic county
residents TO have the Great Egg Harbor
River dredged. Formerly 500 ton schoon-
ers sailed to Mays Lau ing, twenty miles
from the ocean,, and ship building was ex-
tensively carried on. Now large sand
bars have formed aud the stream is al
most unnavigable.
Their are two plucky women in Bur-
iington county. Their names are Hester
Ford and Susanna Nichols. The former
is tender OF the big ~drawbridge ut Green
Bank, and the latter has charge of the
bridge at Tower Bank, both of which
span the Mullica river. Both women are
obliged to work for a living and when the