The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-13
STATE NOTES.

The stockholders of the West Jersey
and Atlantic Railroad have elected the
following directors:-George Wood :,
William J. Sewell, Aaron Fries, Mahlon
Hutchinson, Samuel &. Lewis, Benjamin
F. Lee, John M. Moore. William S. Scull,
Walter Wood, Israel G.. Adams, John j..
Gardner, N. Parker ShortrIdge and
Samuel Rea.
In the family of J, W. Harrington, of
Keyport, the Oldest son is twenty-five
years old and the youngest a month. Be-
tween these there have been tive nty
other children and two grandchildren.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders eff the West Jersey Railroad in
Camden on Tuesday, the following di-
rectors were elected: George 3: Roberts,
Coleman F. Leaning. John NJ. Moore,
Thomas H. Dudley, George Wood, N.
Parker Shortridge, Henry D. Welsh. W.
j, Sewell, Benjamin T. Lee James II.
Nixon, Josiah Wistar, David b. Gill, b.
B. Comegys, William ). Nixon ana
Samuel Rea.
Edward Grant. of Morrisville, Mon
mouth County, has caught t~wenty-six
raccoous this winter. With Two Others he
caught five one night recently.
The Long Branch Times says:-"lt may
not be generally known to the outside
world that Scobeyville has an Inventive
genius, but such is the fact. J. T. Scobey
has a hens nest that is the product OF his
own ingenuity. The recent high price of
eggs led Mr.. Scobey TO believe that the
more eggs he could get from his hens the
more money would How into his purse,
and he has at last completed an arrange
ment that for simplicity of construction
and wonderful results Is truly astonish-
ing. His contrivance consists OF a nest
with a double bottom. Right beneath
the place where the hen sits is a hole. and
when she drops her egg it disappears Into
the lower receptacle. The hen gets up
and turns to cast a fond look upon her
latest production, but is dismayed to lind
that there is lone there. Finally she
concludes that she has not laid her egg at
all yet, and sits down and lays another"
William c.. Allen of ~Bowentown. Cum
berland county recently shot hfty-one
bIackbirds with one load. They weighed
nearly fifteen pounds
Willis L. Wheaton of Sea Isle City is
the owner of a violin 217 years old. 1t is
a rare and valuable instrument of tall an
make. Experts who have examined it
saw it is a Cremona ~Stradivartus.
Deckertown INDEPENDENT says:-'The
Rutherford farm at Tranquility makes a
good deal more money out OF fox-terr1er
dogs than some farmers make out OF their
diaries. They won the first prizes for fox
terriers at the dog show last week, and
on Friday sold at auction 60 of them for
81, 165, an average of $40 apiece. This is
about as much as cows brought two years
ago in some places.
Judge James NJ. Van Valen !of Hack
ensack has declined the c%olonelcy OF the
Second Regiment. offered to him by a
combination of officers last week In order
that they mighs defeat the aspirations of
Lieutenaut-Colonel Muzzy OF Paterson.
The Judge says he can hold no place
more cougenial than that Of Assistant
Inspector General of Rife Practice, with
the rank of Colonel, and his being on the
general staff, with a commission placing
him second in command, gives him II
much larger field than thai OF Colonel of
a regiment. Besides, he mas reached an
ace when greater. military distinction has
no charm for him.
William 7. Cine, while digging clans
at Atlantic Highlands, dug up q hand
some pocketbook, well preserved. IL con-
tanned an organ key.