The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-01
STATE NOTES.

An application for a village charter for Tenafiy
has been filed at Hackensack. 1t contains the
names of forty-one persons, representing asses
sable property to the amount of $4,000.
The State Executive Committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association has elected Elkanah
Drake. Chairman; Edwin 2. Holden. Recording
Secretary, and Frederick M. Geer, Treasurer.
Robert v. Wilson, Receiver of the Tuckahoe
and Cape May Railroad Company, on Friday
sold at public sale 10000 railroad ties, scattered
along the graded roadbed of the bankrupt
corporation. The ties were sold in one lot and
the first bid was so. After several $25 bids
had run the lot up to SlW, A. Locke, late
Superintendent of the Philadelphia and Sea-
shore Railway, jumped to $4,000. driving all bid
ders out OF the field except Z. A. TERMS, who
finally secured the lot at 5000 or five cents
for ties which was originally cost sixty cents.
The Newark and Citizens Gaslight Companies
have. it is stated. consolidated their interests,
and will hereafter b. controlled by a singh e
board of directors. The two companies, years
ago, divided the territory in Newark, between
them, and have always since then acted indie
~pendentiy. The Newark is the older and wealth.
Ter company, its stock now being offered for sale
in the market.
Many strange articles are sent by mail I'M
known to the postal authorities, but perhaps
one of the strangest is that which, i lis said, was
received by a young woman IN Newark last
week. It is whispered that the young woman
in question received a packet which, when open
ed, wasfound to contain a small piece of charred
human bone. One of her friends down South
had sent her a portion Of the negro who was
burned to death at the stake the other day in
Texas.
Justice Charles G. Garrison on Saturday de-
clined to discuss the rumors that he contem-
plated resigning to accept the soIicitorsnip OF a
hig Philadelphia corporation. He said:-sI
bave said nothing that would give rise
to the runnors, and if anything has
been said, it must have been said by others. 1
cannot see that it is O public matter as yet. If
such an offer as is spoken of. or any other offer
had been made to me, I should consider it en-
tirely as q private matter. As I am in no way
responsible for the reports, and, indeed, they
are not attributed to me, l can neither deny nor
affirm them.a
Clement Schwartz, an old soldier, was robbed
on Saturday OF all his aying-S630-by a woman
who called at his residence In Linden township,
recently, and pretended she was the widow Of
an old veteran OF the late war. Mr.. Schwartz is
seyepty-three years old and draws q pension
from the Government of $12 a month. Hsyaud
and a cripple, aud sixty-fve years old The
woman who called on Mr.. chwar showed
him a letter, and she was Hospitality entertain
ed. She volunteered to do some sewing for the
old mar and senr him TO Roselfe forsthe spools
of thread. When Mr.. Schwartz came back he
found the premises had been rausaeked from
top to bottom and that a walletin his trunk
10 which was $500 had disappeared
Atlantic City Council has granted the use of
the Council Chamber to the &New Jersey
Pharmaceutical society for their annual meet
ing on the 9th and 25th instant.
A butcher of Manas d ian h$ utilized his
spare time this winter. N.len not# carving steer.
10 carving out guitars. He ha& manufactured
seven guitars so far, and musicians pronounce
them excellent Instruments