The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-26
tors are confident of completing the
building on time.
STATE NOTES.

The State Council, Junior 0. u. A. NJ,
closed It's session on Friday at Bridgeton,
after electing Theses oticerst-S. Z. C.,
Frank Sterling. Freehold; s. c., Joseph
L. Moore, Camden; S. ". c., Frank
n newl Ns yerssy s eity; = W e 4, John b T Tiara
Trenton: s. G. Con, Frank E. Everett,
HacKettstown; S. G. w. David Bodine,
No. Al. Plalnfield; S. G. /. S., T. Albert
Sianger, Glassboro; S. G. o. S., John
Dtngwall, Jersey City.
The Park Avenue Baptist Church, of
Plain6eld, has decided upon the Rev. j.
W. Richardson, of the Centennial Baptist
Church. Brooklyn, as it's pastor.
Lafayette Brown. OF Atlantic City, has
returned from New York, where he was
looking up an estate of $3.50, 600 left In
1880 by his bachelor uncle, Travis Nichols.
Ihe latter bequeathed his estate to his
sisters heirs. who reside near Williams.
town. Port Republic and Atlantic City,
and they propose to fight for the money.
An unknown man was arrested in Cam.
den on Friday, while wandering aimlessly
about the city pulling loo bells. When
locked up he went into commissions, and
was sent to the Cooper Hospital, where
he died. A post mortem examination by
Couaty Physician lszard disclosed a clet
OF blood weighing half a pound On the
mans brain.
Bridgeton celebrated Discovery Day by
laying the cornerstone of a public school
which VIII be the handsomest building of
the kind in South Jersey. State Superin-
uendent of Schools Alb. Poland and the
Rev. P, P. Provost made addresses.
The friends of the Rev. Thomas Allen
Tldbali, DID,, rector of St. Paul's 2. E,
Church. Camden, are highly fattered by
his election and confirmation as Bishop
of japan. The honor was conferred on
Saturday by the General Convention of
the Episcopal Church now in session in
Baltimore. Md. The nomination of DR..
Tidball was made by the House of
Bishops on Friday, and on Saturday it
as confirmed in the House of Clerical
and Lay Deputies. DR.. Tidbali was noti-
fed of his selection, but stated that he
had not yet determined whether he
would accept the proffered post. Should
he decide favorably he would take up his
residence in Toxic, Janas, and prosecute
The work carried on for many years by
Bishop Williams, who resigned some time
ago
The wife of Frederick Altman, living
at Beach Glen, six miles from Dover,
committed suicide on Friday morning.
Some time ago her husband entrusted TO
her cara q sum of money which the
woman thought was stolen from her, as
she could not imagine how she could
have lost it. She kept the knowledge of
her loss from her husband as long as pos
sfble, but on Thursday night she was
forced to tell him Of 1t, w%hereupon he up
raided her severely. la the desperation
of her grief the woman took a quantity
of 'tRough on Rats" from the effect Of
which she died in great agony next morn
Ing. She leaves u family of six children,
the oldest Of whom is only seven and u
half years old.
a fierce forest fire raging west of
Baker Vile and south of the West Jersey
Railroad last week entirely destroyed the
timber on the Asbury Price estate. The
fire reached to Israel 6. Adams cram
bury bog. The swamps were dryer than
they have been for eighr years, aud it was
impossible to control the flames. Late
Friday evening a Ere broke out between
Mays Landing u Mizpah, on the
West Jersey Railroad, and burnt some
very fine timber on the Anna r. Cox
tract.
About sixty members OF the Veteran
Association of the First New jersey
Cavalry held their thirteenth annual re-
union In Camden on Thursday. After
thet transaction of routine business and
the election of officers they adjourned to
meet in Camden next year.