The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-20
STATE NOTES.

The New Jersey Oil Company has beer
purchased by the Standard Oil Company.
Five veterans Of the war were eng gee
in harvesting wheat on the farm of JONI
shrimp, at Lower Alloway. Salem county
one day last week.
Atlantic City people complain about the
condition OF u young woman. about
twenty-five years old, an idiot. who Is ex
hibitel there in a wooded csge as the
Australian wild girl" The case ha.
been brought 60 the attention OF the au
thorities.
Joseph Henry, a prominent electrician
and amateur farmer of Hasbrouck
Heights, hns been experimenting with
electricity upoh plants and declares that
it has a wonderful effect in stimulating
growth.
Ths milkmen who have customers IL
Ocean Grove have been In the habit Of
gathering early sunday mornings at the
Asbpry ParK approaches of the two
bridges over Wesley Lake. where they
serve1 those customers who desired milk.
On Sunday morning the milk wagon
drivers were surprised when the officers
Of the Asbury Park Police Department
ordered them to drive around to the big
gates Of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
Association. Those who at first refused
to move on whipped up their horses aud
drove off after the officers threatened
Ne0AA wan ~ pCAdOho WIN
wanted fresh milk were compelled to take
O long and unnecessary walk in tine
hot sun.
The residents of Elizabethport were dis
turbed on Saturday night by the pro-
longed bowling of a dog In the tore No.
163 First street. occupied by seventy-year.
old Edward Yess. a picture frame
dealder aud cabinet maker. Inc
store has NOT been open since Thurs
day, aud it was supposed by the neign-
burs that the proprietor was on a short
vacation. When the store was forced
opened to let out the dog, which was be-
lieved to be starving, the dead body OF
Yess Was found gu a cot in the back room
The dog remained beside it Ysss Is sup
posed to have died after closing up his
place on Thursday evening.
The recent Christian EudeaVrr Conven-
ton in New York had a romantic result
for W of the delegates at least. William
Lane, a delegate from Fargo, who ones
lived iu New ark. met at tue convention
an old flame, Miss Lizzie Benson Of
Newark. The old attachment between
the couple was revived, and on Wednes-
day thew were married. They leave for
Dakota this week.
William Fleischman, the of
Actor Edward j.. Hanley, whoi Is summer
ing at Bradley Beach, was arrested by the
Ocean Grove authorities on Saturday for
Wodh1uA q UdtuiAR aul1 uaNluG no 6rfuS.
The arrest took place In the presence OF
hundreds of people who were OIL the
beach at the time. Fleischman YVES at
first disposed to make light of the affair,
but after being reprimanded by the JUS
tlcs he was indignant.
Captain w. "A. Andrews Is TO start
from Atlantic City this week and try to
CROSS the Atlantic ocean to Palos. Spain.
In a dory fourteen feet long, OF good
width and depth aud wholly decked over
except for IL small cockpit. Captain An.
drews reckons on making his voyale Il
striking contrast TO that of Columbus,
and Intends, If sucee ssful, to exhibit mis-
little craft ut the Chicago Fair. together
with models of vessels used by the voy-
ager of 400 years ago. The stores for the
voyage Will be distributed about the
bottom of the craft in cams and are I'll
serve as ballast ms Well as food. When
the cans are enptied they will be filled
with water. The plucky mariner will
take the ordinary course across The Allan
tic. He expects to be about fifty or sixty
days in making the trip. He does not ex-
pect any real severe weather, as storms
are infrequent at this season of the year
He will sleep during the day to avoid be.
ing run down.