The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-26
STATE NOTES.

Atlantic City Schools are o~vercrowded,
George B. Christian, of Hope, caught q few
days ago with a gig three German carp, one
weighing IA pounds, and the other two and 8
Two hundred Italian laborers have been dis
charged from the factory at Edison, Sussex
County, because a number of them stoned the
overseer.
William H.. Grouse, of Freehold, has an En-.
glish pug, perfect in every way, with the excep-
ton of the left foreleg. which is missing. There
are no signs of any limb. ~ineither is there any
shoulder blade.
The cornerstone of a new Dominican convent
Bishop Wigger. The convent is for the Sisters
of st. Dominic. 1t will be of brick and stone
and will cost $4,000. The building will be com
pleted in September.
Daniel Shuman, of Fairtown. exhibits a Curl
osity in the shape of a duck with four feet.
| Which lived for a short time after being Matched,
while Samuel Schaffer, of Cedarvtile. has q little
| chicken which was matched out last Wednesday
which has no eyes.
Robert Matthews, of Matawan, sucked fifteen
raw eggs in less than twenty-five minutes on a
| wager, and now he wants to bet that he can
suck twenty-five raw eggs and eat half a
| nound Of raw ham or mackerel within half an
hour.
Isaac Grosscup, while glowing a field recently
| on the Abel Homan farm, at Lower Alloway
Creek, turned to the surface and dis
| patched AZ moles, Q weasels and 30 snakes; some
Of the latter were black snakes and measured
from five to seven feet in length.
The four-year-oldc child of Patrick Brennan, of
New brunswick, strayed away from home on
Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, when search
ing parties were about to b. organized. the
police were notified that the child had been
found near Peter Williamson's farm, five miles
from the city, late Monday night. Tue child had
covered the distance on foot,
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Deckert. of Newark.
caught lis pickerei one day last week at Green-
wood Lake, while out with John Smith. The
pickerel are much larger than the usual spring
run at the lake. and many one-pound fish are
caught. Fred Hazen caught afour and q half
pound pickerel AMI was proudly showing it
at various places around the lake. He took
1t from the live box to show 1t at the club
house, aud it slipped out of his hands into the
lake.
Thomas Stout, q young man from Paterson,
started out on Friday morning last with his
two hunting dogs to give them a little exercise.
He went out toward Boonton when ne was sud
denly taken i'll and died alone with his dogs in a
patch of wood. He did not return home at his
usuaItime in the afternoon, and on search being
made bis body was being faithfully guarded by
the two dogs that lay each side OF the body. The
dogs would not allow any one to approach the
body until a member of the family put In an ap-
pHarauce.
Following the discovery that eighteen pairs
OF twins were born in Bordentown last month.
says the Mount Holly Mirror, a more startling
find electri6es the Leople who have been using
the water from the we'll in Farmer. Thomas
been clear and palatabie. On Wednesday it took
on a strong appirjaok favor-of herkind that
raSps The throat like q cobbler IS file. C0yIe got
a gang Of men to help him the other day. and
they drew up the pump log. Running q snab
through the bare they drew out q nest of
squirming snakes. ranging ia size FROM six IN
ches 10 two feet. There were fifteen Of the rep
tiles, and as they put out for freedom In as
many directions, "a lively chase ensued before
they were captured and killed.