The Monmouth inquirer., 1893-11-09
LOCAL ITEMS.

/ issiclS at his home in Freehold.
The Vredenburgh Rifles were in
spected last Wednesday night bS
Lieut.. Col. D. B. Murphy, Of Gen,
Sewell's staff.
Rev H. F. Stilwell, of Freehold,
will deliver his lecture onthe World &
Fair in the Matawan Baptist Church
/ tomorrow night.
Charles l.. Shepherd harvested this
year from his bog near Sloan, Mon
mouth County, 674 crates of cranber-
ries. The bog contains an acre and
half of ground.
Following is the list of letters re-
naming unclaimed in the Freehold
Post Office since our last report
Mrs. o. H. Applegate, Geo. G.. Dun
can, Jas. Gere, Eta Jasper, Samuel
johnson, Miss Katie E. Creamer.
John McCann, JAS Martin, Lydia T.
/ Porter, John Smith, Fannie Pricklet,
and Percy Smith.
Lewis E. w oolley, of Oceanville,
and MissHettie Hopper, of West Long
| Branch, were married at the First
NJ. E. Church, Long Branch, Wednes-
day, at 1:30 P. NJ
George VanHuel, Of West Long
Branch. was bitten on the hand by
his pet dog a few days ago. The
animal was killed.
George G.. Wardell, better known
as ''Buddie1 Wardell, q grandson OF
( Capt. George Fl. Green, died at his
home at Asbury Park
A new sluice way is being built at
/ Tallahassee Lake by the Tallahassee
Pond Company.
James Beebe and Nick Degan had
a running race at Long Branch re-
Gently and the former won the stake
! s..
Miss Alice Lane was given ii mas
querade party at West End avenue,
Long Branch, Monday evening OF last
week.
st. Lukes' II. E. congregation, Of
Long Branch, has organized society
to raise funds to purchase a new bell
to cost $3.50. Daniel Edwards, is
President; Dora Blsisdell. Treasurer
and H. P. Bennett, Secretary
A. i. Emanuel, Fellow Of the Roy
al Geographical Society, a brother
of J. III. Emanuel OF Long Branch,
was recently elected Mayor Of the
city OF Portsmouth, England
Co. 6, Of Keyport, will give ball
in their arInory Thanksgiving eve
ming.
The River ald Harbor bill contains
an itell Of $1,000 for Keypost harbor-
Miss Eliza Walsh. Of Keyport has
siarted TO visit relatives III Caiifor-
MIA.
capt. John Stiles and family. OF
neyport, viii spend tie Winter at
Galveston, Texas.
Charles Cherry, of Keyport. is now
the telegraph operator at Atlantic
Highlands.
Holmes VanNote. of Sea Bright,
was detected stealing fish by cutting
tags off fish packed for shipment 70
market and substituting one OF his
own. He was arrested Int escaped
from the officer and was trecaptur
ed
The cycle club OF Rel Bank. are
preparing for an enter .sinnrnt TO
be given in that town the iFh ofEhis
month.
Edward P Brown, Of Engl.zh Town,
spent last week at Matawan.
Edward S. Lupton, Matawan, is on
cunning expedition TO Colts Neck.
Patrick DevliL. the fiagman at the
Atlantic avenue crossing at Matawan,
was accidently killed by the $50
train from New York on Monday Of
last week.
Joseph Applegate, of Morganville,
/ is convalescing from severe i'll
ness.
Capt. Spencer Longstreet, Capt. 7.
S. p. Brown and Capt. Edwin Pearce
/ Capts. Brown and Pearce have al
ready taken their departure.
BERTHE Sickles. aged years, fell in
to we'll at Navesink last Thursday.
The well is "a feet deep and there
was over two feet of water in it, but
the little girl was rescued without
| injury.
David Jordan, who held medal
for being the champion tin whistler
of the world, died at his home, in
Newark, on Monday. He was about
AS years of age 1885 he defeated
Mills, of Canada, who then held the
championship as a tin whistler Mr..
Jordan had a number of pupils and
used to play often at entertainments
George G.. Tenney, Elizabeth's Chief
of Police, sailed for England on
Thursday with extradition papers,
to bring back Ewald Heuterman, who
eloped with a young girl and was ar
rested at Southampton on leaving
the Fuerst Bismarck
The Altar Guild of st. Georges
Church, Helmetta, will give concert
Nov. goth. under the direction of Mrs.
John w. Herbert, Jr., the president.
Charles Jones, who conducted q
farm and also ran butcher wagon,
at Francis Mills, has gone to parts
unknown and leaves his wife behind
him.
The rate of taxation in Middletown
township this year is $9.S5 per 81, 900,
against $l0.27 last year.
A Southern lizard, fifteen inches
long. black, with yellow spots on it,
was killed by Mrs. z. @. Scott, of
Matawan, in her cellar.
Editor Frank G. Quinn, of the Long
Branch News, will shortly commence
the erection OF cottage at Long
Branch.
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