The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-10
STATE NOTE ).

TIT Sunday Observance Committee of
Keyport have decided to prosecute GER
tain persons for violating the law relative
to the observance of Sunday.
Thousands Of cords of wood are being
shipped from South Jersey to glass fac
torres and brick yards in other states.
Tit Jw~enty-sscond animal State Con
venlion of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of New JERSEY will be held in South
Amboy on Wednesday, May Is.
Theodore A. Huveineyer has twenty
three carriage horses on his Mahwah farm
and 400 Jersey COWS, besides a large num-
Der of farm horses. He ships daily to
New York large quantities of milk and
butter.
A double-breasted corinorant was shot
at Sea Isle City.
A cable road is being built to the top of
Orange mountain.
A black bear Is still soaring residents of
Upper Penn's Neck
One daring woman has already taken a
surf bath at Atlantic City.
The Camden Orphans Court has or
dered n guardian for John Guise, IA vete-
ran of the late war. Gulse will shortly
receive back pension amounting to about
$4,000, and it was decided that he Was in
capable OF properly caring for his money.
Albert Oss, Il veteran, of Newark, has
just been awarded n gold medal for tneri-
Lorious service on the battlefield. He
served In the Eleventh New Jersey Vol
unteers. AT Cbancellorville his regiment
was under IRE for two days. Finally it
WIS ordered to fall back. Oss, however.
did not retire, but digging a pit, remained
for three hours IN it, firing at the enemy
until his ammunition was exhausted. He
held his post until relieved by a flag of
truce. AT Gettysburg he was badly
wounded.
DR.. Abbott, of the University of Penn
sylvania Archaeological Museum. and H.
q. Mercer Of Doylestowu, Pa, have made
a discovery along The Egg Harbor river,
in Atlantic county. They uncovered the
site of an ancient Indian pottery. No
similar discovery has ever been made in
was turned up in a number OF places IN
in an acre of territory, and shows large
quantities of potsherds and chips of Jas
pers. No signs of n dwellings coulu be
discovered. DR.. Abbott. will soon make
IL full exploration of the locality for the
benefit Of me University. and expects to
find rare ana valuable pieces of Indian
pottery. The exact location OF the poi
terry is being kept II secret, as there are
other museums anxious to lind it.
Il meeting of the State Military Board
of New Jersey was held in Camden on
Friday, and accompanied by the Regi-
mental Board of the Sixth Regimental
National Guard, they visited the site for
the proposed new arnory on Hadden
avenue near Nickle street. 1t was de-
cldeG, after viewing Ine land, TO recon-
mend its purchase ny the Board of Free
holders, which owe was delegated to
them by u recent act of the Legislature.
IL was also decided TO hold the eucamD-
meut of the Second Brigade at Sea Grit,
commencing July 16. They also recon-
mended that Governor Albeit give per-
mission to the Secretary OF War TO have
the use of the camp grounds, after the
encampmenr closes, for several companies
of the United States Cavalry. for practice
purposes
An enterprisiag thief early Thursday
night ran off with adummy on which was
disDlayed "a 80 suit of clothing from in
front of a tailoring establishment at
E~Iizabethport. Neither thief, dummy
nor clothing has been found. The street
was crowded with psople when the bold
robbery was committed.