The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-15
Miscellaneous


had one Of his feet badly nangled in
a reaper.
Atlantic City Odd Fellows are
making extensive preparations to en-
tertain the Grand Lodge in Septen-
Der.
South Jersey farmers are predict
ing scarcity of late tomatoes.
While the vines look well the bios
SONS are few.
Machinery is being placed in the
large new canning factory at Blooms
burg, Hunterdon county, which will
start up August 14th.
Miss Lily StiIlwagon, of Long
Branch, is spending few days with
Mrs. w r. Wedderspoon, at Farm
ingdale.
Mrs G. w. Shinn entertained
pleasant company of guests on Fri
day evening of last week at the
home OF Mrs. Jane Park, at James
burg.
Mrs Peter Mcintyre. Of Point
Pleasant, was horribly burned Mon
day morning with gasoline.
Two young women escaped from
the State School for Feeble Minded,
at Vineland, on Tuesday of last
week
A man eating shark over fifteen
feet long was caught in net off the
Iron Pier at Atlantic City, on Tues
day of last week.
John Shimp, of Salem, found tar
antula in a bunch of bananas he was
handling. 1t was chIoroformed and
is now on exhibition
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is making preparations to
build a new bridge over the Raritan
river at New Brunswick.
The bakers of Elizabeth have rails
ed the price of bread from to 5
cents a loaf. Coal has gone up from
"a and 81. 25 ton
NineIand celebrated its 34th annf-
versary on Tuesday Of last week as a
general holiday, and with big DEM
onstratlon. The town has never had
licensed saloon.
The election for third-class city
in Bloomfield, on Tuesday of last
week, resulted in an overwhelming
vote for Incorporation Out Of 1.145
votes polled, 7S were against incor-
poration-
w. e. ID. Stokes has on exhibition
at his stables, at North Long Branch
two Russian yearlings purchased of
Grand Duke Delnetri at ST. Peters
burg, Russia.
Miss Melissa Curtis, the twelve
year-old daughter of William Curtis,
of keypOrt, was one of the nine lady
riders who We're awarded survivors.
medals ia the bicycle century run
from Newark to Asbury Park.
Mrs Brown, of Keansburg. had
forty-two ducks poisoned by some
malicious person. She had the ducks
sold for $21, and when she went TO
get them for delivery she found them
all dead
The contracts for the erection of
the Rothschild factory al Trenton
have been given out.
Martin Nolan, a contractor for
earting stone for the Hightstown
water pipe foundation, strained his
wrist while unloading stone Tuesday
of last week.
The white potato crop of Salem
county Is SO large that their appears
to be no room in the ground for the
vegetables to grow, aud they are now
Held gathered thirty-two potatoes
in the hill.
Newark has a delinquent personal
tax list amounting to $150.00O, some
of which dates from 1891. The May
or is having the books gone over and
will compel the delinquents 10 pay
up.
w J. PlunkeTt, proprietor of the
PIunkett Hotel, corner of Eighth and
Spring Garden streets, Philadelphia.
was drowned at Ocean City, Tuesday
afternoon of last week, while bath
ing in the surf.
George R. Ham, of Pennington.
a brakeman on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, was seriously injured while
coupling cars at Ringoes, on Tues
day afternoon of last week. His arm
was terribly crushed and had TO be
amputated.
When Constable Barnes of Pater-
son. undertook to serve a disposses
warrant for Thomas Nolan, he was
thrown out Of a second story window
and escaped serious injury. Nolan
was subsequently arrested.
! Preparations are being made to
change the old Green Line of horse
cars in Elizabeth, into trolley sys-
TEN. The entire gauge of the tracks
will have to be relaid and the road
practically rebuilt at cost Of over
800. 600.
An oil stove in the apartments of
Mrs. Mary Meyer. in a tenement in
Hoboken, exploded Eon Tuesday af-
ternoon. Her fourteen-month-old
chiIu, who was playing on the floor,
was saturated with the burning oil,
receiving injuries from which it died
shortly afterwards.
/ Ex-Councilman George V. Hunt. of
Iambertville, was badly burned on
Tuesday of last week about the
hands by a five galloncan of gasoline
taking fire from lighted match care
! lessIy thrown on it by a man passing
bv. Hunt picked up the can to
/ throw it from the front Of his store
when he received the burns
Incendiaries have made another
attempt to burn Elisha Sneyer's
fersl.31rnn1 ar Whit aIaafrEt They