The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-02
STATE NOTES.

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Somerset County Jail contains but four
prisoners. :,
A $40. 900 canning factory is to be erected
at South Seaville.
Fifty houses have been built at Mays
Landing during the past year.
John Kloss, of Arcola, Bergen county
died of lockjaw, the result of injury re-
ceived by the accidental discharge of his
gun.
Two children in the family of Thomas
Anderson, near Shamong, died, and
another Tuesday morning, from the
effects of the grip.
william II. Foster, of Scobey willie. has
! a cow that has given birth to three calves
! this year. Last January she gave birth
TO one aud last Friday she WAS delivered
of twins.
A cloak company will locate in Carl
| stadt about January /. Joseph Richter,
| formerly connected with a New York
firm, is the enterprising proprietor.
| When the factory gets running about
| fifteen families will move to Carlsbad
from New YORK.
Belvidere is excited over the action of
it's Commissioners of Appeal, who re-
| Gently ordered stricken from the tax list
a number Of mortgages against church
| property held by citizens. The mort
cages amount to nearly $1,000. and the
law requires that they be taxed.
Leonard Brown, a weal6hy merchant of
| w WAS StllChGh Will pdiulySio
recently. AT the same moneut the fire
bells rang out an alarm for u fire in his
hardware store i'll the Green block, which
was damaged 81 ,U00.
Several Of the farmers and fruit grow
ers in Burlington county are working to
secure the passage OF a Dill at the neXt
| session of the Legislature to legalize the
killing of English hares at Il time OF
the year, in order to eXterminate them if
possible. as the farmers say these AMI
mails have been very destructive to fruit
trees, melons and other produce.
William S. Fithian OF Bird geton has in
his possession the original return of the
Commissioners to lay out the old Bur-
lington road in 1896. The document has
been in the possession of the Flthian
family and their ancestors for genera
tions, The paper is endorsed 1898, and
bears the names Of Richard Hough, Reu-
ben Pencil, Joseph Milvan, sEnoch Yard
ley and Henry Butts.
George Buchanan disappeared from
home aG Burlington. and later was found
hanging in a barn in the outskirts of the
city. Joseph Potts, owner OF the barn,
without examining the man to see ii he
was dead, rushed into town and notified
the officials. When they arrived on the
scene with an undertaken they TO
Buchanan lyiug on the floor, the rope
having broken. He was still alive and
was resuscitated, although suffering
from opium poisoning as well as shock.
Several weeks ago Buchanan Hverdosed
himself with laudanum. He is believed
to be d~eranged. .
Peter Huff. of Tuckahoe. who pre-
dicted that he would die on December II,
is greatly chagrined because his predic-
ton failed TO come true. He is a man OF
many ecceutricities is we'll to do, owns
half a dozen cranberry boys. and is
known rs the Hermit of Woodbine.
Several years ago a valuable tract or
timber lying along the West Jersey Rail
road was burned by Il spark from a loco.
motive. Huff, who owned it, sued the
railroad mpa for damages. When
the case came up Tor trial in the Cape
May county court he was present, but
refused 10 retain counsel, although some
of the best lawyers in South Jersey had
offered INN their services. He took the
stand. gave his testimony, and, after
hearing the witnesses for the defense,
closed the case by making u remarkable
speech. Although the company a soine
Of its best lawyers at work, Huff won.
Plumber Ochs, of Philipsburg, is
charged by the local gas company with
tampering with his gas meter, SO that be
got his gas for almost nothing. The Off
GERS of the company say that over forty
years ago they put a meter in his estab'
lishment, For the first six months he
burned LOGO feet of gas. and for the fol
lowing four years. or As months, his bills
showed that he used only about 500 feet.
They thought this very strange, and be
lieved something was crooked. Saturday
afternoon they visited his place unex'
peclealy, and found the Joker" An
extra pipe had been attached to the feed
pipe before it entered the meter which
connected with the distribution pipe run
ming from the meter. By this arrange.
ment the gus did not go through the
meter, and of curse was not registered.
Ochs said he was experimenting. He
woald take off his 'fiXings" about The
time the meter man came around to get
the measurement of gas used and replace
them after he had gone. The penalty fol
The offence is $500. or imprisonment al
hard labor for one year, or both. The
officers of the company ave not decided
yet whether or not they will prosecute
the man. He has been notified 10 attend
I, n,aat,pr of finn nam ma VI officials