The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-03
STATE NOTES.

The State Fair at Waverly will distri-
buie $40, 900 in premiums this year.
Nicholas Cream of Long Branch charged
his wife with illegal liquor selling.
Two OF Morristown's banks have over a
million dollars of individual deposits.
The entertainment for the bathing
masters benefit at Asbury Park. net5ed
each man between $50 and $40.
st. Peters roman Catholic Church of
New brunswick will erect a new parochial
school on the corner of Somerset and
Division streets, TO cost S45. 600.
The Philadelphia and r aiding Railroad
Company is preparing Il new sign post to
put up at railroad crossings. Instead of
only the words Railroad Crossing" there
will be added The words, 'Stop, LOOK and
Listen"
Atlantic City's water supply was cut
short about nine O'Clock OIL Wednesday.
The main across the meadows burst a
mile south of P~leasantville. The water
remained turned off until after three
O'Clock, when the break was repaired.
TIT decay caused no end of trouble in The
hotels and saloons. All the barkeepeis
were compelled TO serv soda water with
the whiskey, no city water being optaina-
bic anywhere.
The elopement of Miss Helen Slack.
daughter of DR.. G. M. Slack, a leading
physician OF New brunswick, with Will
lam Moore, a student in her fathers Of
flee, on Monday. has incensed the parents
of both. and caused u f1utter In society.
The couple drove to South Amboy and
went to New York Tuesday aud We're
married. Dir. Slack is completely broken
up over the affair, but says he will take
his daughter back. Moore. he says,
shall. never darken his door.
The Bicycle Railway between Mount
Holly aud Smithville has at last been
completed. aud a trial trip made by the
President, William S. Kelly. demons rat
ed the fact that the road was II success,
as the machines ran easily and required
bu little force to operate them. A novice
can easily make the distance of two miles
in eight minutes. AS soon as q sufficient
number OF the machines are made the
road will be thrown open to the public.
The post Office at Perth Amboy was
robbed in d novel way on Wednesday.
Postmaster George H. lice was called 10
the stamp window by a we'll dressed, glib
talking stranger who wanted TO sell him
a device for detecting counterfeit money.
A few minutes after Tice discovered that
while the man Lad been charging on the
merits of the machine, This pal had
robbed the money drawer of $3.50. One of
the thieves hal picked the lock of the
inner office door. The safe drawer was
| open and 81. 200 worth Of stamps was
stolen from it.
Patrick Lynch, of Elizabeth, the veteran
head fagman at the dangerous Broad
street grade crossing where the Pennsyl-
vania aud Central Railroads intersect.
died on Wednesday morning, aged
seventy. Flagman Lynch for twenty
four Years was The vigilant guardian of
this CROSSING, said to be the worst in the
United States, and during all that time
not an accident was charged up against
him 1t now takes six fiagmen to protect
what he and an assistant for many years
SO faithfully watched. Mr.. Lynch was
/ 1ifal morp mt in thQ cnrUina TVuO
years ago he was retired, aud since then
has been able to move about very little.
HIS familiar figure was known to every
railroad man In New Jersey that ever
worked on the Pennsylvania or Central
Railroads.