The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
STATE NOTES.

F.. s. Taylor of Finesville. has about fifty
acres out III peach trees on his farm. near As
bury and he estimates his crop at 10000 bas-
kets.
A sulphur spring has been discovered on the
banks OF the whippany river, between M orris-
town and the village of Whippany.
Frank W. Coe. a sewing machine agent at
Newton. has been missing for two weeks and
his wife and seven children were left In desti-
tute circumstances.
Maris Butzol, the sixteen -year-old wife of an
Italian living at Paterson, has been deserted
by her husband whom she married a month
James Wilson, of Jamesburg recently saw
ullfrog seize and carry off one Of his young
chicken-ike flavor OF frogs legs.
In the Wertsville vicinity during a recent
shower, lightning struck into flock of sheep
belonging to Abram j. Prail, which were out in
the pasture, killing three of them.
A shark has lately been discovered in stow
Creek and adjoining sire ANS by residents Of
Canton, who tried TO capt ure it, but could not
succeed. An otter was seen floating the
water that had marks on it that looked like
sharks teeth.
Mrs. George Blanchard of Union Town ship,
Bergen County, has sued William Trump bour
for $1,000 damages for the bite Of dog. While
she was walking along the highway on We'd
nesday savage bulldog few out and attacked
her, tearing her by the ankle. which was cruelty
lacerated. Mrs. Blanchard Is also suffering
from nervous prostration caused by the oc.
currence.
Harry Green and George Van orden of AS
bury Park, who fish the net owned by Frank
Desendorf, while working for bluefish caught
shark eight feet long. It was secured with
gr eat difficulty, and only after it had destroyed
a large part Of the net. Another, still larger
| than this, WAS In the net at the same time, but
| the young men could not get it ashore, ami
| finally had to cut the net and turn the shark
loose.
| Prof. ]. B. Smith of New Brunswick, repre-
| senting the State Geological Department, with
| e. q. Ceilings Elwood and Isaac baddock aud
Joseph Wharton. made an Investigation on
| Tuesday of the cranberry boys at Kaighn's
| Mills. They wished to determine whether the
| berry crop was despoied by the grasshopper or
| the katydids. This katydds' stomachs were
| found to contain seed capsules of the Gran
| berry. In the grasshoppers' stomachs nothing
| was found but grass. 1t was evident that tho
| katydids were the destroyers. Thousanis of
bushels OF crauberries have been destroyed In
| Burlington county by the katydids.
| In Little Egg Harbor, or Tuckerton Bay, and
at the mouth of the Mulica river, where last
| year the oysters were affected with green
| gill, his year they in good condition. This
| ''green gill; was the result of microscopic
| parasite which dsvelopes in very salt water
| The oystsrmen had the parasite examined by
| the State biologist and though he declared it to
| be persectly harmless, yet the sale Of oysters
was stopped, as buyers were afraid the green
| oysters were poisonous. However, this year it
| has been proven that the 'green gill'' last fall
| was blessing in disguise as the oystermen
1 left their beds undisturbed because OF it, and
| thus gave the young oysters a chance to grow.