The Jamesburg record., 1897-11-06
State News.


ever brought.
Old salts at Cape May are talking of
organizing companies OF naval militia, in
view OF the foreign complications. There
is ample material for the making of
fighting tars at the shore.
There has recently been established in
New Market library for the exclusive
use of teachers in Pscataway township,
and those in charge of it are Harry Cath
ers. township superintendent of schools,
and Miss N. b. Henderson.
John Stout, of Colts Neck. has been
awarded the contract for carrying the
mail over the Colts Neck and Keyport
route He will receive $500 year for
the work. A short time ago John Short
was awarded the contract, aud he carried
the mail one day and quit.
John A. Everman, who holds Gov
ernment position in Washington, came
home to vote in Camden on Tuesday.
Just as he was about to cast his ballot he
received a. telegram announcing the
death of his daughter at the capital. He
hurried back to Washington with
heavy heart.
Rev. A. Edwin Keigwin, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, Millville, has
decided to decline the call of the Pitts
burg church, which offers him $4,000
more salary. He has also had a call from
nf philoHo1rhiaSo loa1inn al, hoe
but has decided to remain in Millvlle
for year longer at least.
Burglars forced a cellar window at the
A bany restaurant, at the corner of AL
bany and George streets, New Bruins
wick, Monday night, and stole half
dozen cases of champagne and other fine
liquors. The thieves must have had a
wagon to carry away the booty, but there
can be found no trace to their identity.
The second expedition to Patagonia,
under the auspices of Princeton Univer-
sty, will sail from New York on Satur-
day, Nov. 9th. J. B. Hatcher, curator of
paleontology, will conduct the researches
along the coast of South America from
the Terra del Fuego Archipelago to South
Patagonia. The expedition will be gone
three years.
David Barry and John Green, of New
Brunswick, quarreled election day in the
saloon of James Callahan, on Burnet
street. Barry clinched with Groom and
planted his teeth in his lower lip and
jaw. He bit out large bit of flesh and
spat it out on the floor. Groom shrieked
with pain and tainted. He as taken to
DIR. Williamson, who dressed his injuries
Later in the day Barry was arrested and
held by Recorder Sullivan for trial in
default of bail in the sum of $780,.
The claims of Nan Clark Squres, Of
Jersey City, and little Grace Clark, of
New Brunswick, to the $25,00O,O00 left
by lmbly Clark, a mining man who died
in Australia over twenty years ago, are
to be disputed by ayoung woman in San
Francisco, CAL, named Grace Margurite
Elliott. She was born in San Francisco
in 1877, and within a week after her
birth her mother died and she was taken
care of by friends, while her father Imbly
Clark, went to Australia. She heard
nothing from him or his whereabouts
until the announcement of the $25 900 900
awaiting claimant. The young lady
has placed her case in charge of noted
lawyer.
The U. s. Attorney General has ap-
proved OF the title to the land to be pur.
chased by the Government as an addi.
ton to the site of the new public building
at Camden. Within a week it is said the
formalities of the sale will be complied
with, after which arrangements will be
perfected to have competition for build
ing plans among private architects. The
Secretary of the Treasury will select not
less than five or more than nine of the
architects who may apply, and from the
number one will be selected who will
make the plan tor the Camden building.
This is in accordance with the Tarsney
act. Norfolk, Camden and Ellis Island
are the buildings chosen to make the
first trial with under the new law.
j. g. Greenburg, president of the At
lantic Highlands, Red Bank & Lone
Branch Electric Railroad, has bought
from the Long Branch Banking Com
pany large piece of land on Ocean ave-
nue., Long Branch. The site is one O;
tho fnQaf olnnu