The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-30
STATE NOTES.

An unusually large chestnut crop is reported
]. B. Wilson has been appointed postmaster at
Mauricetown.
A fire hose company has been organized at
The Rev. Wellington E. Loucks has rendered
his resignation as pastor OF the First PresDyter-
ian Church, Camden.
The eighteen-year-old adopted daughter of J.
D. Falrcnild of Hamnonlon, has been missing
for several days and ali search for her has been
unavailing.
Hultz, a farmer living near Mt. Holly, were
| poisoned on Monday by PARIS green, adininls-
tered. 1t is supposed, by the members OF a gang
OF thieves.
Cape May gunners had great sport on Tues
day killing tickers. Thousands OF tie birds
new over The place and nundreus OF them were
shot. High west winds stopped the birds in
their southern flight.
Mrs. Lydia Hall, aged seventy-oney years, died
at Clayton on Monlay OF apopiexy. she was the
widow of the late R.V. ii. Z. Hall. OF the Central
| NV York Conference of the Methodist Epis-
\ copal Church.
4 tract containing 1900 acres has been pur-
chased by a company of Hebrews and they are
Lylngi it out III s.nall farms to be calleu Ru ,h-
viL.e, after tho Secretary of the Agricultural
Departure mt.
Among tue students at Blair Hall, Blairsto wp.
is a Persian named Pershoe. He has been iii
tIiS country only thres weeks. but can lax
Engiisn quite readily, re VIII prepare hirns IF
to he a missionary among mis- own peop.e.
Iu the suit brought ny Amelia ken OF Kings
land against the Lackawanna Railroad Company
TO recover 100 900 damages lor the injury to
the plaintiff farm anu the rum to her health
by Inc nauseous gases arising from the stag
nanL waters on tue meadows caused by the
interference With the drainage system " the
railroad eInbarkment, the Jury in the Bergen
County Circuit Court at Aackensack, gave
judgment i'll her favor for $500.
An incendiary tire occurred on the farm of
John p. Lippincott, near Eayrestown Burling-
ton county, On Tuesday, winch destroyed two
large barns and a numuer OF outbui4d.ngs. The
fire is supposed to have beea started by rramps.
The loss is estimated at $500. In the after
noon another incendiary tire occurred near
Hainesporls in which a barn was burned A
horse reionging TO William Gravatt Was quart
cred in the Duilding and was burned to dealn.
The Ninth New Jersey We eran Volunteers
held their seventh animal reunion at Elizabeth
Oh tuesday. Over one hundred Survivors OF
the regiment attended the me-ting and many
flags wece Displayed in the CITY in honor OF the
affair. General Charles A. heckman, who com
manded the m was present. A bust
less meeting was held III Inc morning at the
rooms of Uric Dahlgren Post anu the following
officers re chosen: President. General O.. 4.
Hickman; Secretary, Lieutenant w. I. Amer
man; Treasurer, W. f.. Townley. Ten Vice
Presidents Were chosen fiom the officers pres
ent.
the Hunterdon Democrat tells of a curious
freak or nature at Cr.ton. About a year az,
Smith Fields, the storekeeper at that place, DIS
covered a bald spot Oh the back part OF his
head, somewhat The shape and size of an egg
Later on this spot became covered with a thick
coat of hair. In a month or two
dark hairs come in with the white ones. and
then a. al in the spot became perfectly bare.
Within a month or TWO the uair has again come
in, but it is entirely white this time. This is
certainly a very strange freak OF nature. BIr.
Fields wears a snow-white beard some ten or
twelve inches in length.
Constable David Southland, of Ellisburp.
Camden county, was found deed in bed Tuesdsy
morning, and the presence Of an empty bottle
l. belled Iaudanum leads 10 the impression that
he committed suicide. S0uthard told Edward
Berry snd others Monday evening that they
need not he surprised 10 hear OF his sudden
death soon, but tLey thought he was joking and
laughIngly tod nun 20 wait until his beard
corpse. The constable seemed TO take the re-
mark to heart. as he was very sensitive about
his beard ever since his long black whiskers
were pulled out by the roofs by a gang OF
DIR nken roughs and hung On a laimppost.
Southland was ffty-five years old and had been
constable ten Years.