The Jamesburg record., 1897-11-20
State News.

tory or cornish & Co., at Washington,
Warren county, is now running day and
night.
Loan Association has issued its forty
second series of stock. The stock is worth
5000 share. Last month the 21st series
matured. 1t ran for 125 months and
earned III per cent.
Mrs. Theresa Hartzog, who wandered
away from her home in South River a
few days ago, was found on Thursday in
barn near Matawan She was nearly
feared she will not recover.
In the Monmouth County Court on
Saturday, James N. Roster was found
guilty of murder in the second degree.
Roster killed David Locker, also colored,
whom he suspected ofintimacy with Mrs.
Roster. The Rosters were living apart at
the time of the murder.
Last week the Supreme Court affirmed
the conviction of J. Dixon Cunningham,
a New Brunswick lawyer, who was con-
victed of defrauding client and SEN
| fenced to eighteen months in State Prison.
His attorneys have appealed the case to
the Court of Errors and Appeals.
A novel entertainment is to be given in
the Freehold Opera House on Novem Der
Both, for the benefit of the Monmouth
Hospital Il will be minstrel perform
ance, in which some prominent young
society ladies ale to take part. Mrs. Flor
ence Wallace has charge of the affair.
Diphtheria is making sad havoc among
the children at Ringoes, six LIiles from
Lambertville. The public schools are
closed. Richard H. Phillips, the school
teacher, has lost five year old daughter
by the disease, and three of his children
are down with it. Mr.. Phillips himself
is down with pneumonia.
1t appears to be settled that D. o. Wat
kins, of Gloucester, will be Speaker of the
House and Foster M. VOORHEES, will pre-
side over the Senate. Essex wants the
Sergeant and several minor posi-.
tions for the workers. There is strong
sentiment favorable to Gledhill, of Essex,
for leadership of the House.
John Sipler, of Reaville, Hunterdon
county, runs skunk farm. He now has
about seventy live skunks in his barn, all
of which were captured by him in the
neighborhood. AS skunk hides grow
valuable in the market, Mr.. Sipler will
butcher and skin these animals, and then
seaskin capes.
The furniture in the house at Camden
in which Mrs. Emma Zane and her dau-
ghter, Mrs. Sarah Shaw, were murdered
several weeks ago, were sold on Thurs
day of last week. The salt was adver
tised and several thousand persons were
present. Prices in excess of the real
value of articles were obtained. as many
outbid one another in their eagerness to
obtain souvenirs of the double crime.
A prominent farmer of Warrington
says this has been the most prosperous
year he has experienced for more than
fifteen years. He raised OPS bushels OF
wheat, which he sold at 81 per bushel
from five acres gathered 1000 bushels OF
potatoes, which he sold for 50 cents per
bushel; from thirty two acres be husked
$40 bushels of corn had a large hay
crop; picked nearly ten tons of tomatoes
aud raised 5000 worth of hogs. Besides
this he shipped large quantities of milk
daily.
During the peach season recently closed
there were carried by the three railroads
running through Hunterdon county
1921 ,897 baskets of peaches. as follows
Central Railroad of New Jersey, 500,
600; Lehigh Valley, 421 ,S94; Beividere
Division Pennsylvania Railroad, 800 900
Probably two million baskets of this
number came from Hunterdon. Add to
this one million that were sold in that
county and those not gathered, and an
approximate NAV be placed at 5000 ,00C
at least as the yield for 1897
Miss Mary Irons, of Toms River, went
to Seattle, Wash, recently, where she is
to wed Captain Grant, formerly of Ocean
county, who is engaged in the Pacific
coast trade. The young woman has been
engaged to Captain Grant the past foul
years and has not seen him in that time
Miss Irons is daughter of Lieut.. George
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