The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
Short items.

Church. BOrdentOWn, Will leAVe Tor
Belmar on Monday, Aug. 3, for ten
days outing.
The practice of shooting porpoises
from the Cape May strand has caused
that sagacious creature to give the
strand wide berth.
Nearly every store, factory and
shop in Burlington closed to allow
employees to attend the gro
GERS picnic, which was huge sue
cess.
ID. III and w. E. Hildreth will give
the thirteenth annual complimentary
ball at the West End Hotel Long
Branch, on Thursday evening July
30th
The Delaware q Atlantic Tele-
phone Company will lay its cable
across Maurice River and will then
proceed to connect up its circuit to
Cape May.
The Town Council of Hammonton
has passed an ordinance prohibiting
bicyclists riding at night without a
lantern. Several arrests have al
ready been made.
The artesian well at the Camden
County Jail has reached a depth OF
115 feet, and struck fine flow Of wa
ter. The product will be tested as
to its quality.
Miss Carrie NJ. Smith, daughter of
T. Monroe Smith, of HightstOwn, and
Mr. Harvey Reed, of Pbiladelr hia,
will be married in the Presbyterian
church Hightstown. Thursday, Aug.
9th.
Manasouan News:-They say that
Freeholder Fairy, of Matawan, has
withdrawn from the race for the
Democratic nomination for Sheriff.
This leaves only Houstan Fields, of
Wall township, and VIM. Joline, of
Ocean township, in the race.
Chancellor McGill last Saturday
granted an absolute divorce to Mrs.
Julia Percival from Edw. S. Percival.
The parties were married about
twenty years ago. Eight years after
the marriage the husband deserted
his wife. Mrs. Percival has resided
in Ocean Grove q number OF years.
The jury at the Coroner's inquest
in the death of August Chandler aud
James Sweeney who were killed at
Long Branch by trolley car on
July IA, brought in a verdict censur-
ing the Atlantic Coast Electric Rail
way Company for not having proper
tenders on its cars. The jury was
out fifteen minutes. Sweeneyss WIDOW
has begun suit against the company
for $4,000 damages.
Rev. George Reed, Presiding Elder
of the Trenton District, has one OF
the finest private collection of Indian
arrow heads that any JerseyInan can
boast of. They have been collected
by him from all parts of South Jer-
sey, and number over 1000, varying
in size from tiny flakes of flint to
some large enough for good sized
darts or spears.
The Camden Telegraph says By
the frequency of the announcement
from Sea Girt Camp that Officer
Blank was again thrown from his
horse though not seriously injured,
it would seem that the New Jersey
National Guard should be provided
with an Instructor in Horsemanship,
with the rank of at least Colon
elcy"
The Philadelphia newspapers have
printed many paragraphs calculated
to throw discredit upon the Mercer
County Wheelmen in connection
with the century run of July l1th.
Captain Fell has made affidavit that
on that day 372 bona fide members
started for Asbury Park and return
and that 353 completed the run, with
in the time limit of fourteen hours.
This number Goes not take inthe out
siders that accompanied them.
Mrs. Theodore Runyon, Of Newark,
widow of the late Ambassador, has
Just received letter from the Secre-
fary of the Empress of Germany and
her photograph. The photograph is
a three quarters length portrait, the
Empress standing with her face in
profile The letter is written on
heavy paper of the finest quality,
and was sent by Count Seckendorff,
the head attache of the Royal Palace
by the Empress orders.
The school census of Hollndel
township, just completed by A. l..
McCiees, showes total OF 401 child
rem of school age, which is loss of
19 from last years census OF the
4O1 children 1913 are boys and 203 are
girls. t. P. Welsh has been en-
gagged to teach the Centreyille School
Misses Margaret Beers and Emma
Polhemus of the Holmdel School,
Miss Bertha Brown of the Holland
school and Miss Mary Rose, for the
school at Crawford's Corner
The Music Committee of the James
burg Sunday School Convention are
making great efforts to have that
part of the services the usual sue
cess. Mr.. Benz. H. Everitt, to whose
endeavors the splendid singing of
last year was largely due, will lead