The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-09
STATE NOTES.

The place of Colonel of the Second Regiment,
N. J. N. G. has been offered to Judge James M.
Van Valen of the Bergen County Court of Com
mon Pleas, to succeed Colonel j. Vreeland
Moore of Leonia, who has asked to be retired.
1t Is understood that the appointment OF Judge
Van Valen will tend to reconcile the differences
which have disturbed the regiment for some
time past.
During the week it is expected that articles of
incorporation for the Camden, Gloucester and
Woodbury. Railroad Company will be filed with
a capital stock of $500 QUO. Assemblyman w. j.
mi is at the head of the syndicate, whose
purpose is to establish a two cent ferry between
Arch and South streets, Philadelphia, and
Spruce street, Camden, as an adjunct to a troll
ley line that will run 10 Woodbury. through
Gloucester City.
Two women. each claiming to be the widow of
Charles Fidell, sat beside his coffin during the
funeral ceremonies on Friday at his former
home in Camden. There was no scene. but II
will probably take a suit at law to establish the
fact as to which woman is entitled to Fideirs
estate, valued at $4,000. Fidell was q charcoal
dealer who died suddenly last week from hem
orrhages. In his will, Fidell leaves all his prop
erty to his wife, but does not mention her name.
His neighbors supposed he meant the woman
with whom he made his home. She bore him
seven children, five of whom are living. But
since then another Mrs. Fidel has appeared.
She says she married Fidell years ago, and is
his only legal wife. They had five children, but
separated years ago.
Tracks Of a bear have been seen recently near
the swamps at Long Bridge, Warren County.
Frogs have begun to croak In the mar shes
about Dias Creek, Cape May County.
PiIing has arrived for the new sea wall at Sea
Isle City, which will cost $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Q. Ten Brock celebrated
the ffty-second anniversary of their marriage,
at Asbury PARK, recently. Four generations OF
the family attended the reception.
A Deckertown resident heated his poultry
house during the cold nights by means of q
large coal oil lamp, and his hens kept on laying
all winter, when eggs were scarce and high in
price.
Mrs. Phebe Huffman, now living at Dayton,
Wis, is a native of Sussex County, has reached
the age of lightweight, and her descendants
number nine children. thirty-eight grandchildren
and seventy five great grandchildrens "
Five car loads of bottles made by Craven
Brothers of Salem have been shipped to Eng
land by the White Star Line. These are the
first bottles manufactured in this country that
will be brought in competition with the English
made ware.
An option for thirty dayson all the stock of
the Orange Crosstown and Bloomfield Street
Railway has been given q syndicate of Boston
capitalists. The road is to be rebuilt throughout
equipped with the trolley system and extended
south to South Orange, north to Paterson aud
northwest to Montclair.
Frederick r. Garfield. one of the Counciimen
of Ocean City. has resigned from that body
because his colleagues refused to pass an ordin-
ance prohibiting Sunday bathing after s o'clock
In tie morning. The ordinance was essentially
q summer one, and was strongly objected to by
Philadelphia cottagers, They made a fight
against the proposition, and when Mayor Moore
ref, sed to entertain Q motion to pass his ordi.
nance at once, Mr.. Garfield grew warm and
resigned.