The Jersey City news., 1892-05-09
STATE NOTES.

Saabr' ght now has a steam fire engine,
q nook aud ladder truck, 1,0OO feet of hose.
and Il new engine house, the total value
of all which is SO, ,O00-all donated by Sum
mer residents aud the business men of the
pli ce.
Ground was broken at Elizabeth Thurs
day afternoon for the new hospital and
disuensary, and the corner stone will he
laid on the morning OF Decoration Day by
the Grand Masonic Lodge of New Jersey.
Grand Master 11lden will lay the
stone and the oration will be delivered bv
Past Grand Master William A. Pembrook,
Of Elizabeth.
The Central Railroad will carry pas
sengers this Summer from New York to
Monmouth Park by steamers to Atlantic
Highlands, thence by rail by way of Red
Bank.
While Captain Craig McKeen of Key
port. was on trip to Virginia, recently,
he came In possession of brass medal,
the size of a silver half dollar. Ou one
side of the medal are the words:-"Ang
Douglass. Bait, f., I'd Art. Pa. Vols,
KhsyRH5 he oe las psasI sac b Mc
Clellan. war Of 1861. ~ The medal was
found In trench on one of the Virginia
battlefields.
The high license element was victorious
at Thursday nights meeting of the Egg
Harbor City Council. Strenuous efforts
were Ldu0 ny but leu Wy Soud-
Gilman Weller, to have the fees reduced
from $3.50 to $3.50 but III vain. The fee
was fixed at $3.50. the same AZ last year,
and all new applicants were refused.
Thirteen licenses were granted.
Workmen engaged at the clay pits on
J. Earl Atkinson's place. near BurlinG-
ton, unearthed a Quantity OF petrifed
CLANS and other fossils Pebbles of
which Cape May diamonds are made were
also found in considerable quantities.
The deposits were found forty feet below
the surface. Their presence IS accounted
for by the fact thai the locality was form
erly washed by the Atlantic Ocean. 1t is
now about sixty miles from the coast line.
Over 800 rooms of the West End Hotel,
Branch, have been already engaged for
the summer.
Supreme Court Justice Garrison on
Thursday. in the Camden County Court,
denounced the indiscriminate practice OF
imprisoning persons on capias proceed
ings. He released Joseph Brudt, capias
victim, on his own recognizance.
The ice dealers of Plainfield have eff
fected combination which they say will
result in cheaper Ice for local consumers
1t includes j. w. g. H. Coddington, John
Morton and Andrew Wilson, who will in.
corporate what will be known as the
purchased the large ice house Of Irving
Brady, ut Graut avenue. the capacity oi
which is $4,000 tons, and have secured the
exclusive franchise for that section fol
the harvesting Of Lake Hopatcong ice
They will cease harvesting at higher
expense from the small local ponds, and
will deal In Lake Hopatcong ice exclu
sively.
Paterson's Commissioners appointed te
condemn and buy site tor a new City
Hall and erect building have approved
the eport OF he appraisers awarding $S5
600 to the George Oates estate for the
Hamilton House. at Market and Cole
streets, and 81, SEQ to tenants for damages
due to interruption of leases, and the
steps to buy the property and tear dowl
the old building will be taken immedi
! ately. The Commissioners may spend
,, $4OO. 900.
Thirty-two years ago Robert Bradshaw
who Is now a well known citizen of Mays
Landing, left his home In Rigga, Russia
| together with an older brother. They
separated in London and from that time
Mr.. Bradshaw had lost all track of hi:
| entire family. On Thursday his brother
arrived at Mays Landing from England
where he saw an advertisement inserted
in u London paper by Mr.. Bradshaw
Both brothers are ignorant of their par
ents' fate. and are now advertising for in
formation concerning them.