The Monmouth inquirer., 1905-12-21
NEWS NOTES.

/ There is still considerable corn in the
fields of Warren county, but the hust-
ling farmers who finished their own
work some weeks ago are assisting
their less active neighbors.
While going up the step at her home
! ia Layoka. the wife Of Sheriff Howard
/ Jeffred, of Ocean county. fell and dis
! located an ankle and, being unable to
get assistance, had TO crawl on her
hands and knees into the house.
With mis- right ankle broken and euf-
fering from several cuts and bruises
John Bodine, So years old, OF Berlin,
was admitted to Cooper hospital. Cam
den. He had been hurled from hi
carriage in a runaway acei1ent-
Mr. and Mrs Dwight H. Cooley cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary oftheir
wedding at their home in Summit a
few days ago. Many prominent New
Jersey people were there. Mr.. Cooley
is cashier of the American News COM
pany He has been connected with
the company for thirty-eight years.
Charles L. Wachter, of Hoboken.
who WAS passenger on the steamer
Carmania, brought back from Europe
a curiosity. which, be said. WAS roe's
egg. Mr. Wachter said the egg was
home Of the roc, and that he paid s., 500
for il in London. lie says heaalsay give
/ 3r III 81 sse 5Tssfs si5ysss ~
George Farley. i sSlIffatfer ant
builder of Whitef1oasE. is confined to
his home a. the result of an aeciden-
which happened the other day while
he was working on property belong
ing to E. Cole Van DerbeeA, near North
Branch. Mr.. Farley WAS on a ladder
resting on the ground, which was hard
when the ladder was put up. The
ground thawed during the course of
the morning and the ladder slid out
from the building. among lot of de-
hris One of his ankles was sprained
aud he was cut and bruises ia severe
manner.
Mrs Mary Lederer, 66 years of age.
created scene in HaclSensHek be-
! cause the police wouldn't arrest her
/ son. II enry-he's 80. by the WAY. and
married-becaused he had tooUnache.
Henry, it.appears, had disturbed his
mothers rest and the old lady went
next door TO where William Welieck
Lives and woke up he family. She ex-
planned that she wanted 10 telephone
to police headquarters. Mr. Weileck
believed the old lady must be in serious
trouble. and called up the police sta
zion. Sergeant .. Sbe4 received the
message aud he hurried out. got hold
of Policeman Jack Earle and made
/ descent on the house. When hefound
I out what the trouble was he threaten
ed to arrest Mrs. Lederer for disturb
ing the neigh borhood Mrs. Lederer
said she simply couldn't get asleep
| and wanted TO know what was the use
! of police station, anyway.
James Crooks. of Paterson, may be
4 heir toa large estate in England. Heirs
70 this estate are wanted, and there
appeared in Sundays issue of New
York news paper an advertisement
calling upon persons by the name of
Crooks whose ancestors resided in
England to communicate with GER
tain people interested in settling the
estate Crooks thinks that there is a
possibility of his being one of these
heirs. and perhaps the sole heir.
! Years ago there was a large estate IN
England owned by General Ceptimus
Crooks This was later willed to DR..
George Crooks, grandfather Of James
Crooks, of Paterson, and was later
owned by MIR. Crooks father. This
lis the same estate now held by the
Earl of Fitzwilliams.
Not all the ingenuity OF name En-
MIME Rives, it nowappears, is expend-
ed on her novels. A recent triumph
of hers over the Ocean Grove associa-
ntion shows her in 4 new bit of origl-
atitv. She now bears the proud dis
tinction of being the only person liy-
ling in the Grove who has mastered
that dietatorial organization. Miss
Rives wished to put up two houses.
That was all right. Then it came out
that she wanted TO put thetwo houses
on Que lof-that being all she possess
ed. There she ran ap against stone
} wall II Isl an irpheiad rule Of the asso-
citation that NOT more than one
house shall be built on a lot. Bat the
builder of plots found way 10 bore q
: hole through the stone wall she built
the two houses with i covered passage
way between that made them one.