The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS.


A railroad station is about to be To-
Gated at Centerville.
A lodge Of the Daughters Of
America has been organized at Cold
Spring.
Six male residents of Pine street.
Mt. Holly, are past eighty years of
age.
A horse twenty-five years old, be-
longing to Frank Bodine, of Mount
Holly, dropped dead on Thursday.
Frank Wentzell of Bridgeton. has
an apple which he picked in the Fall
of 1885. He has kept it in refrigera-
tor.
Joseph Hall, Sr., Of West Cape May
day.
Monroe township, Gloucester coun-
ty, has paid $35. rs for hawks killed
during the past year.
The funeral of Mrs. Ann r. Peter
son, the oldest lady Mason of South
Jersey, took place on Monday at
Glassboro.
Residents of Cape May are talking
OF organizing committee to prevent
the violation of the election laws at
Spring charter elections.
Capt. Wilcox has retired from the
command of the Magenta of Keyport
and Asbury f. Walling is now
Master and Clerk.
The Ben w est cottage. between
Branchport and Highland Beach
was totally destroyed by an in
cendiary fire n Wednesday morning
The loss will reach S155 600
Mrs. John o. Hull, an aged Lam
bertville woman, met with a peculiar
accident on Tuesday last. She was
standing in her home when she lost
her balance and fell, breaking her leg.
A fraudulent agent for crayon
portraits secured a number of orders
in Frenchtown, collecting fifty cents
in advance and promising to deliver
the picture Ia a few days. He never
returned.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah A. Guy
ant, of Camden, was postponed Mon
day on account of the death of her
son, John, from consumption The
double funeral took place on Tues
day. Another son is seriously i'll.
Mrs F Y Thompson, and child,
are on a ten days visit to Mrs.
Thompson's husband, DIR. F. "
Thompson, at Colts Neck, where she
viii permanently reside in the
Spring.
Jim Webb, colored, of Oak Shades,
has been held in 5000 bail and is in
the County Jail charged with strik
ing William Taylor, coIored, on the
head with hammer. The force of
the blow broke the hammer.
Mr.. Chas. E. johnson is cutting
down the apple orchard on the Dan
iel Schenck farm near Bradeyelt
This orchard is said to be sixty-five
years old and has always bore pro-
lificly The trees have now grown
so high that it has become impossible
TO pick the fruit
Plans have beel drawn for a $50.
900 casino TO be built at Pleasure Bay
near Asbury Park, IL time for the
coming seasons business The casino
viii not only be provided with all the
luxuries and conyeniences necessary
for place of this kind. but it win be
a model of architectural beauty.
Prosecutor Lewis Starr, of Wood
bury, thinks the thieves have it in
for him. On the heels of the loss of
portion of his wardrobe and gold
watch some sneak thief stole his um-
brella and overshoes from q neigh
boris yeranda, where he was making
a call.
An ice house on the Holmes Ellis
farm, owned by Scudder Silvers,
was burned Sunday night of last
week. Mr.. Silvers had been smoking
meat in it on Saturday and it is
thought in that way it caught fire,
His loss was about SO, no Insurance
The Monmouth County Board OF
Agriculture viii meet on Saturday.
Mar 18th. The principal address
will be by Prof. VOORHEES, on the
growing Of apple and pears in New
Jersey.
The Washington Association of
New Jersey held its annual banquet
in New Lafayette Hall, adjoining the
historic Washington headquarters In
Morristown Monday The election
of officers was deferred. About five
hundred people were present.
ST. Johns Lodge, f. ana A. NJ,
celebrated its 105th annual banquet
in Oretion Hall, Newark, on Monday
afternoon. Covers for 200 guests were
laid. A number of Past Grand Mas
of New Jersey We're present. st
Johns Lodge is 1876 years old
Coroner Henry Herbert was SUM
moned on Tuesday to Greenville.
away out somewhere on the edge of
Monmouth county, to investigate the
death Of three nonths-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Morris The
child was found dead in bed on the
mothers arm early in the morning
when the family awoke. and had
been presumably smothered TO death
BY the bed clothes.
The Columbian flats. ia which SIX
families reside, at Newark, were en-
tered by thieves last Friday after
noon. and fron $3.50 to $500 worth Of
watches. ewelry and other trinkets
We're stolen and carried away The
women and children of all Of the
families were at home. but there
were no men ia the building.
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