The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-11
STATE NOTES.

The test of the artesian well at Atlantic
Highlands from q depth OF 1855 feet was
not satisfactory, the yield being only
gallons per minute The wei
was then sunk to a depth of 1853 feet, aud
the yield was about one hundred gallons
per minute.
Forty houses are in course Of erection
at NAYS Landing. Efforts are now being
made to start a National bank there.
Tue late John Hoey's fock of ninety
swaps will be given to New York City to
be exhibited in the Central Park lakes.
Frank Vain wright. a sou Of DR.. j. B.
Wainwright of Manasquan. while skat-
ing ON Tuesday night on the Manasquan
River, fell and cut of a large piece OF his
tongue. The case is a serious one. and
DIR. Wainwright has summoned additional
medical aid. A severe hemorrhage set In.
and it is feared the young man cannot
survive.
The farmers Of Somerset county are
worried over the fact that the So
County Agricultural Society is unable at
present to pay t.ie premiums offered and
won at their annual exhibition held ia
Somerville last September. The date
liked Tor the pay meut OF these premiums
was early last mouth. but when the day
came. the funds In the hands of the Treas
urer were not more han half sufficient to
pay the winners.
The new iron bridge over the Delaware
River at Byram, Hunterdon county, has
been opened to traffic. It is 800 feet long.
16 feet wide and IS feet high. II replaces
the wooden bridge burned down last
spring.
A chicken belonging to Mrs. Jane K.
Smith OF Brid9eton died very suddenly GU
Saturday. A post nortem examination
revealed that 1t had swallowed q large
dishcloth.
Miss Hattie Akers, who shot Operator
Patrick Quinn some months e as Della
ware. Warren county. aud was recently
acquitted OF the crime, is reported tt
have been married u few days ago to a
m~achi1ist' CT Paterson. He saw her pic
turs and the account OF her roubtes In
the newspapers. and wrote to her, re-
anesting an acquaintance. The requesl
was granted. says the report, and it was
only a few weeks ago they became mar
aud wife.
A Hackettstown jeweier offered a sill.
yer watch to the girl and boy who sen
him the largest list Of names of red
headed people. The piri's watch went tC
BERTHE MeCracken. who had a list of all,
names, the next highest having 1.6S4 and
1000. The boys watch was awarded Il
Harold McCracken, who had a list oi
1916 names. the next two highest being
942 and 724. u
The Mount Holly Neabs says:-''A most
brutal act was perpetra,ed Within a
square or Main street on Saturday, but al
the representative Of the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals failed
to take cogDizaucs of the affair, the name
of the perDetrat0r Of the outrags is with
held. A woman became outraged ut ner
pet dog and struck it upon the head witt
q Ratchet. Without waiting TO SEQ
whether it was dead, she dug u hole II
the yard and buried iL. Its piteous erie.
from beneath the ground. aroused ths
neighbors and they soon learned whal
was The matter, The dog was di,interred
then 4riea to Kill 1t with d shovel. but I'm
atty dispatched 1t with ar. axe In a mos
.inhumah manner The eyewitnesses Il
the sosne were very much shocked at th'
womanis cruelsys0.