The Monmouth inquirer., 1898-07-21

fell from load of hay last Saturday
and one of Fer arms was paralyzed.
Within a short time cats and dogs
have killed "a chickens owned by
John w. Woolley of Long Branch
! Clarence Taylor of West Long
Branch fell off his wheel and dlslocat-
4 ed his arm at Railway on Sunday.
The dog catcher at Atlantic High
lands receives five per cent OF the dog
tax receipts for his services.
The Junior Mechanics of Allentown
have flung a new flag to the breeze
1t is over 81 feet long.
A lodge of the Shepherds OF Bethle-
hem has been organized at Long
Branch with 40 members
The storm last Saturday did con
siderable damage to the crops IN the
! vicinity of Farmingdale.
A fair was held at Morrisville last
| Saturday night for the benefit OF St
GATHERINGS church. Nearly $50 was
cleared.
i John G. Stemler was badly hurt last
week by the overturning of load OF
| hay upon which he was sitting.
1t is rumored that William G. Whit
ney is negotiating for the purchase of
the Brookdale stock farm near Lin
croft.
C. H. Wardell. cashier of the bank
] at Matawan. fell from his bicycle a
I few days ago and was cut and bruis-
ed.
A cow owned by Calvin Shafto of
! Farmingdale was struck by lightning
and killed last Saturday morning.
Joseph F. Walker of Matawan has
, been appointed teacher in the Perth
Amboy school at a salary of 500 a
year.
The Keyport Banking company has
declared semi-annual dividend of
five per cent. The peoples bank Of
the same place has declared dlvl-
dend of three per cent.
The trolley cars were unable to run
between Asbury Park and Long
Branch, Wednesday morning of last
week on account of the tracks at
Deal being flooded with water.
Frank Tantum, an Asbury Park
policeman, was hit in the eye with a
: corner of an envelope few days ago
and blood vessel was ruptured.
The net receipts from the bazaar
, held at North Long Branch last week
1
amounted to nearly 81, 900.
A sneak thief broke into the house
of Lorenzo Havens at Keyport last
Saturday afternoon, but he got moth
ing for his trouble.
Woodcock never were more plenti-
ful in Cumberland County than this
/ year. and large numbers are being
bagged.
The bursting of an oil lamp on
Frank Fishers bicycle, at Bridgeton
completely wrecked the machine and
threw the rider off in the road.
Coroner E. II. Landes. Of Camden,
who was recently appointed a veter-
mary surgeon in the army, has been
ordered to report at Tampa, Fla
The canning factories of Cumber
land county are receiving carloads of
tin, and the caDmakers have begun
work Prospects for large tomato
pack are bright.
The annual crusade against beer
ark proprietors has been inaugural
ed at Asbury Park and aine men
have been arrested. They will await
! the action of the Grand Jury
Joseph Gavin, 4 years old, died at
Newark on Tuesday, as the result of
burns received on Sunday. 1t is sup
posed that he was playing with
matches, as number were found in
: one of his pockets.
While playing with revolver in a.
pavilion at Cape May Point on Mon
day night, Frank Haldeman, aged 13.
, shot bis companion, Frank Reeves.
aged 12, in the right arm. The
wound is not Serious
Clarence t. Atkinson. of Burlington
county, has been made a New Jersey
member of the Democratic Congress
: sional Campaign Committee. to sue
ceed United States Senator James
) Smith.
: The Post Office Department has
notified Gouldtown, a colored settle
msnr near Bridgeton. that after Fri
day the post office there would be dis
continued because of lack of business.
It's nearest mail service will be three
, miles of, in tho future.
{, Rev, Bishop Scarborough, on Thurs
day, in Trinity Protestant Church.
!, Morristown, admitted Addison "a.
t Lamb to the order OF deacons. Tie
new MEMBER Is 81 years old, and is
the youngest son of Rev. DR.. James
ID. Lamb, for nineteen years rector
: OF the church there, but who resigned
r two wears ago to take the position oil
Financial Secretary of the Clergy.
mans Retiring Fund Society OF the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
r United States. The young man was
presented to the Bishop by his father
! The Newark Liquor Dealers Pro
r tective Association on Thursday de
cided to split away from the Newark
| brewers who refused to pay the tax on
peer. The retailers say that sixteeI
7 outside concerns agree to paw the tax
if their beer is used, and ttey have
: decided to use it. The association
say the brewers oppress the mortgag
ed saloonkeepers for not seiline
/, ''pintsn and the pint came in for cen
sure and was termed a .sbugh heer''.and
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