The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
STATE NOTES.

Captain Dalton Of london exhibited a wonder
full feat in the surf at Asbury Park recently.
His hands and feet were bound with rope by
Jim Corbett and he was thrown into the ocean
100 yards from the shore, to which he made his
way without assistance.
The State Geologist for New Jersey has cal.
culated that the amount of water which flows
annually through Barnegat inlet amounts to
2,Ol6, 1000 cubic feet, or more than three
times the amount which flows from the water
shed Of the Hudson river in the same time.
The young son of John Heating o the East
Riverton Hotel was attacked by a game cock
belonging to his father, on Thursday. The
rooster flew at the boys face and struck him in
the neck with one of his spurs. The she'll of
the spur remained in the wound and DR.. Francis
Janney had considerable trouble in removing it,
At a recent meeting of the Presbytery of this
city, the Rey. G; LANCE, of the German
Presbyterian Church OF Carlstadt. resigned his
pastorete, giving as a reason that there was no
cooperation In the congregation, and the
residents of the village were too tough to be
reached by the influence of the pulpit. The
resignation was accepted.
William Burns. 16 years old, of Camden. has
been discharged from the Cooper Ho'Ditai,
cidentally shot in the breast two months ago by
William Leveris. colored. Owing to the bullet
being SO near the boys heart the doctors were
afraid to attempt to remove it, and they con-
slider his recovery as being remarkable under
the circumstances.
D. V. l.. Schenk of Delaware Towns hip in
forms the Lambertville Record that he picked
&P - $500 49, LAG - dAs ~ C5o vi
last week, which was marked D. K, 1884. and
immediately after another marked L. K, 1874.
In 1884 David Kline worked on the farm for
Major W. X. Oar, and Lewis Kline worked on
the same farm in 1874. Mr. Schenk says that
he came across the same turtles in 1875. So
the Oldest OF these turtles must be at least
sixty-nine or seventy years, as it requires sew
eral years to attain a size large enough to mark
They may be much older than that.
Thirty-1ve persons were rescued from drown
ing last summer at Atlantic City.
The celebration Of the one hundred and fifth
eth anniversary of the settlement of German
Valley has been postponed.
Fifty-three chickens, fourteen hens and nine
ducks. belonging to a family at Edgewater.
Bergen County, were poisoned by a neighbo,
one day last week.
Last Friday Robert Conklin, Adolphus Camp
bell, Jacob Earle and George Van Houteu of
Hackensack caught 4c5 perch in the river, aver
aging three-quarterS of a pound each.
Foxes have been botheriug the poultry raisers
in Oldmans and Pilesgrove townships. Salem
county, this summer, aud have carried away
many dollars work of chickens aud turk eys.
Six foxes have been killed. James h. Featherer
recently lost a whole flock OF turkeys. The
farmers have waged war on the pests.
Theodore Todd, the five .year-old son OF
Serene e. Todd OF Orange. was severely stuug
by wasps on Saturday. and Is in a critical con.
dition. In company with some young COM
panions he found a nest of yellow Jackets, IN
q maple tree. One of the other boys threw d
stone at 1t, demolishing 1t, and thea ran. Little
Theodore was attacked by the infuriated wasps
and stung on the head, hands aud legs. His
limbs are swollen to nearly double their natural
size, and there is grave reason to fear blood
poisoning.