The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-29
POSSIBLE RIVALS,
STATE NOTES.

Mike Canpi, Of Atlantic City, when asked his
nationality in Court last week, satisfied the
Judge by answering: "oh, I sell the peanuta
and truita.'
David BOVINE, of Freehold, found four musket
balls, probably relics of the battle of Monmouth,
while digging the cellar for a new building.
Reports from Sussex County say tina many
peach trees have been killed by being barked by
rabbits.
Senator Butcher has sold the Malaga Glass
Works to a syndicate of blowers and outside
capitalists who will run them.
A new bell has been placed in the tower of the
Potter Memorial Chapel at Good LUCK. This
church is the property of the oldest Universalist
society in America, and was built TO take the
place Of the old Thomas Potter Chapel, within
whose walls Parson John Murray preached the
first Uniyersaiist sermon delivered to an Anerf
can congregation, on the Sunday after his
rescue from ~shipwreck on the Jersey shore 1U7
Lower A1loway correspondence in the Salem
Sunbeam says: "One OF our farmers geared out
his team early Saturday morning, as he thought,
boots IN the vehicle, he drove to Salem with the
intention Of delivering the potatoes to a friend
took the train to Philadelphia to transact some
business. While passing through Hancock's
Bridge he noticed the stores were all closed, but
thought perhaps that the clerks had been up
late the night previous and were slow in open
ing. On arriving at Salem he found the stores
there also closed, but could not account for it.
On delivering the potatoes, his friend politely
informed him that he had in some way lost a
day and, that instead Of Saturday it was Sum
day, SO the farmer adjourned his business to
another day.
Mud hens and plover have made their appear
ance on the meadows OF Cape May County.
Mrs. J. A. Cant, of Bridgeton, set a hen q few
days ago, and in the next nest was q cat with
five kittens. On Sunday Mrs. SAINT went to look
after her sitting hen. when to her surprise she
found the eggs bare and the hen on the nest
where the kittens were. She was lowering over
them and clucking TO them as if they were real
chicks.
By the recent fire which burned out the head
| quarters Of John a. Dig Port, G. A. R., at
| Swedesboro. twenty-five Springfield rided mus
kets, loaned to the post by the State, were de-
stroyed. William H. Mccullough and William
p. Haines were bondsmen for the safety of the
arms, and Governor Werts has ordered them
relieved from their bond, as the State will as
sumo the loss.
the gill fisherman all along the Gloucester
county shore of the Delaware have suffered
serious losses by river pirates, and a number of
nets and other fishing pnaraphernalla have been
stolen. The pirates appear at one point one
night, and probably the next night robberies
will occur at q point ten or twenty miles dis
| tant. Many of the fishermen now carry fire.
arms in their boats, and nearly all the OILERS go
armed, and they threaten summary vengeance
on the pirates if they catch them.
James w. Alden, the last member of a famous
ouartette of Newark singers VINO made a repu-
tation fifty years ago as the -Four Jims," was
found dead in his bed on Sunday at his home.
by heart disease, Mr.. Alden was born in New
ARK, and in early life conducted a singing school
and was for many years chorister OF the Dutch
Reformed Church. The -Four Jimsy were
ohums from boyhood to death, and in the
Presidential campaig n Of 1910 travelled through
adjacent States singing campaign songs. They
also participated in the campaign of 1874.
Surfman William F. Ortley, while patroling
the beach on the sunset watch, OF Bay Head,
last week saw lying among the drift trash a
mall roll of paper tied with a string, Out of
curiosity he picked it up, and unfolding it,
found a handsome gold ring.
The Bernardville NJ. e. Church, which by the
death Of George /. Seney has lost its most
liberal contributor, has been notified by +. P.
Oicott, the New York broker, who has his sum
mer residence, that he will make an annual con-
tribution of $500 to its treasury.
A fish hawk dropped a two pound rock fish
from its talons into the door yard of Mr.. Jere
Hand. near Schellenger's Landing, Cape May
County.
Paulsboro has a young man who drives thirty
miles twice a week to see his sweetheart.