The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-23
STATE NOTES.

The keyport BANKING Company has
earned eight per cent. during the Last six
months.
Theodore Shower, of Saltwater, has a
Newfoundland dog that can carry a pail
of water in its jaws. The dog is a year
and a half old and weighs 107 pounds.
Phil. Days Brookside Kenpel, at Long
Branch, now contains more than seventy
pointer and setter dogs, all valuable ami
mails.
County, is six feet seven inches III.
Keeper Joseph Turner, of the Atlantic
County Poorhouse, reported to the Board
of Freeholders that two women in the in
stitution possessed feet of such abnormal
sizes thai he had been unable to procure
shoes for them at the cost of 81. Is, to
which he was limited. He asked for an
additional expense. 1t was refused, and
only through the offer of Free holder
Rape, of Mays Landing, who volunteered
to shoulder the extra cost, were the
fe males provided with footwear. The
qu estion of the extra dollar was debated
tor nearly two hours, during which Free
holder Stlnn presented a resolution di-
recting Keeper Turner to inquire into the
history OF the women and learn If they
could not he sent back to Chicago.
Boonton's Council has unanimously
voted to accept q proposition for a water
supply LOf.tno borough.
Peter Snyier of Everittstown Is forty
four years old and has never ridden on a
railroad or been inside a car.
Rabbits and quail are starving to death
in the South Jersey woods, the snow hay
ing covered their food supply.
X. T. Emson of Ocean County, the heay-
lest cranberry " in the State. will
plant seventy-ive more acres this yea
Deserving poor men are now employed
On rho lrraAtS at A ftQufip fifu uf fha ro 10
of twenty cents an hour.
Carlsladt. Bergen County, has made ap-
plication to Judge Van Vulen for incor-
poration as a village under the Wlnton
act.
A large owl entered the house of b. P.
Worthley at Little Silver, the other day,
by means of the chimney and open fire
place.
Grisoom swamp, near Tuckahoe, con-
tanning hundreds of acres of valuable
timber, has cen purchased by a syndi-
cate of New York City capitalists.
The Superin endent of the Life Saving
Service has decided TO adopt a plan
whereby the life saving crews will b. re-
lieved of considerable hard work. Horses
will be put iuto the service. The horses
will be kept constantly in harness in bad
weather, so 1t will only take TWO minutes
10 hitch than 10 the Wagon that holds
the life boat, the breaches buoy and other
apparatus in case a wrecked vessel is
sighted.
and New Brunswick Hosiery Company
were put at work on Wednesday, after
three weeks of idleness.
William H. Hayemeyer, of New York,
has contracted with Richard V. Breeze,
of Long Branch. for the erection of a cot
tageo on his properly on the Rumson road,
the whole to cost $500, 000.
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| Amboy is frozen solid, aud for several
DAYS teams have been carting timber on
the ice between the Pennsylvania Rail-
road dock and Parisen's dock. This has
not been done in many years.
william n. Rutan, who lives on a little
farm near FREEDOM, Sussex county, was
alone with his dog, in a field some dis
lance from his home, on Wednesday
AFTERNOON. In cutting down a tree it
| rolled over and broke both bones of his
leg at the ankle. He endeavored to reach
home by The aid of a crotcheu stick.
A few steps soon convinced
him that he could not accomplish
his purpose. Luckily he had paper, pen
ciIand q sting" He wrote on the paper.
"T am hurt. Come ,f5tr me.n Tying the
message around the dogs neck he directe |
the animal TO go home. Mrs. Rutan was
made aware of the dogs presence by a
vigorous paving at the door, and seeing
the message about his neck, at once went
to her husbands assistance.
The Dellantic Land and Investment
Company has been organized at Atlantic
City. with the capital stock placed Ut
s30d.OO0. 1t will purchase, improve and
mace upon the market available lands
converted into farm lands and town lots,
in South Jersey.
John H. Ballantine, o fNewark. has had
forty immense trees moved recently to
form an avenue, leading up to his resi-
deuce at Bernaidsville. The trees We're
all moved by a patent tree machine, In
side of three weeks, retaining all of their
branches AID ball Of earth and roots ten
feet in diameter.