NEWS OF NEW JERSEY. flic Latest Happenings- Gathered * Fro* AH (h er the SUte. . GOLD STORIES HAVE NO FOUNDATION Bel One DlKotcr) That Showr Any Promise ot Prolli-Sbo) in a FlghrWJth o Footpne- ' Slranjc Avsnult Reported ot BlooasbnrgAncient Tomb Distort red by Workmen tn n Street In UJon .citcr CityOlber New.

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protjrosi in di»tnbnticf am4 manufacmrimi: oparauons Hut while on every

SO. that the Morars that are^sreulattn* about the discovery ol Bold in New Jer : sey.have no geological toundation. the jva»: week it was reported that the old Colonial copper quarry, at Paha quarpally, and. copi*er. incidentally. This intormatton comes as/a conseque

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t as/4 consequence ot i tihjf to time during

parement has irom tthtf to time during the past twenty-five yeah been asked to purpose oi ascertaining whether there i» any gold or any possibility of finding gold in this State, but 1 can say that only in one instance, and that recently, has ore been produced from Morris couny that showed a slight percentage, just perhaps enough to make it worth extracting. There Is silver in some oi the copper mines, considerable silver, tor silver and copper ate, V » rule, found Together. Take.'for instance, the Bridgewater Mountain, at Somerville, now being'operated - under a new corporation as . a copper mine. The ores show 18.95 per cent, oi copper to the ton and .4.1.1 ounces of silver to the ton. The old 'Schuyler mine, at' Bellville. shows 7.J5 ounces of silver to The ton. but the biggest percentage on record is from the copper ore sample obtained from . GrihbstOwn copper mine, which is n being operated, but tbeir sample shot fc4.6 percentage of copper and 15 ounc

6 percentage of copper and 15 ounce*

Paha quarry. Warren county, has been, •showing 7.06 per cent, of copper with traces' ot silver, and the mountain mine at Jenny Jump Mountain, at Wari»n

county, shows 7 - per cent, of and to ounces of silver to the

to ounce of the a:

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except the sample sent io us frbjpprMor-. rls county last year. These samples show traces of gold sufficient, if the vein continues to produce "in quantity and quality as the sample, to make it 'probably worth while to work.” David Bradway. of Vineland, was shot by a footpad while driving near > thfrc-J At a lonely spot in the road a

' man rushed from the woods and endeav-

ored to seize Bradwav's horse by the bridle, but failing in this the man gave chase, following Bradway's team for. several hundred yards, until he finally succcrilcd in grabbing the horse by the Then Bradway' belabored the man with the butt oi the whip, whereupon the stranger released the animal and after waiting until the team passed him fired three.shot< from a revolver into

•wounded man managed to drive to hit home in Vineland, where he was lifted from hi* carriage in a fainting condt--ton. After two physicians probed in vain for the bullet Bradway was taken to a hospital. The fiercest forest fire that e'er occurred in this section raged within the ' borders or-Sobirrs Point Sunday, and for, an hour threatened the •destruction -of the town. It originated along t tracks of the West Jersey and Seasho Road, sparks from a locomotive having started the blare. • With ill five minutes of the time the fire started the entire section of woodland recently purchased by a Philadelphia syndicate-along with the propcyty of A. F.Kappclb. of Sot Point, was a roaring mass of fla

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•clsag caution and attempting to,prove ricvs ars re>ally more than rondi•f *omt of our railroads warrant, lh« fact remain* that, without a brilliant'crop ontlonk and a great activity if gmiral trade. Wall (tree* could hold such oarurral. - 1 Labor drlficultiri are''fewer and loss tkraatrniag than for several years before in tbs Amt week oi May. and prices,

if vnrehaadise hold well.

•'Stabih^ of prices and vigorous prosecutions of work at. mills indicate the whole-some condition ot the iron ind steel markets. Throughout the enLrs range of product* of this indumry she current demnnd for immediate delivery exeeeds all previous record*, yet makers maintain a conservative ponilion and prices are not pushed up to

the danger point. ^

"Further advances were secured in the cereal market. Chicago speculators being forced to cover May com contracts at 55 cents. Attractive prices bronght more liberal receipts at interior' cities and also ^stimulated operations on thr farm. Wheat also attained a high point, advancing in sympathy

srtth corn.

"The marvelously healthy condition nf business is best appreciated when it is discovered that the defaults in last month werq the smallest in ninety-one months, with the exception of May to August. 1899. inclusive,..In mauufl Turing lines there wefe hut 163 failur

any full year for two decat— _ month's good showing is made manifest by default in manufacturing concerns, *777.065 smaller than tiro years, ago. Trading failures were 555 for $3,163.8x3 and banking defaults were $5*9,0:0."

1 banking defaults were $5*9,0:®."

LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour—Baltimore Best Patent.. . .4-75» •eeamri No. * red^jsample lots yxaSoX; Corn.—Sales of’white were at tie. a of cargoes yellow at so&c; cob cot No. 3. 33Ha33t: mixed. No. *, 31x315k*. Rye —No. 3 rye. in car lots. 57c; Miil Feed—$19x0 per ton; medium . Har.-^No. t Timothy. $17.00: No. x it.oo; $0. 1 clover. $14.03x1450: No. a. ^"F&^d Vegetables.—OnFlorida, per crate. $x.x5a2.6o; do. Charleston, per crate. $x.5eax.75- Cd-

crate. $x.5eax.75-

r crate. $1.50x2.00. Ap-

0. Oranges. $x.op

large hennery belonging to the"‘Hotel 'Traymorc. Atlantic City. The residences of-AbsaJortv.Higbee. George I. Risley. Mrs. George Anderson and Benjamin Lewis, ^thd the shipyard and sailloft of E D. Sooy were saved only' by plowsqiLand ba?k firing. A posse of Salem county offieialt raided several alleged speak-easies just .over the boundary line of Cumberland county and'arrested-'Frank Delalco and Justine Bellfatto. proprietors of bottling house* about four miles west of Vineland, who arc charged with selling beet in smaller quantities than the law allows. The officers fired several shots after an alleged »peak-easy proprietor, who escaped,by dashing into a swamp. Several men near Alliance were also arrested oh the charge of selling liqoot illegally.. It is'said the proprietors . of these resorts have sold liquor from . wagons in Vineland. • The'principal resorts along the New Jersey, co^st Are reacjrtng btr. -to gel a percentage oT'lbe Western visitors to the Pan-American Exposition. Asbttry 1 voted $500 ft'

Atlantic Cit

icral adventsing fund to preattraction' of the seashore In- Asbury Park'the Hotel iciation, the Board -of Trade

pie*, per bbl. $1.5013.50. Oranges. $* o? 13.00. Strawberries, per ouart. i$ajocFo.tatoes.—We quote: White. Maryland and Pennsylvania primes, per bus.

York primes, per bus. rhigan and Ohio, per.

_ new. Bermuda, per bbl. No. 1. $5.0016.00: do. do. No. x. $4.00 45.00: do. hew Fleeida. per bbl. No. 1, $6ooap.or: No. a. $4.0045.00. Sweets, Maryland and Virginia, kiln dried, per

bhL%$l-5042.00.

Deans and Peas.—New York znirrow, choice band picked. $2.3042.35; blaekeye peas per bushel, choice new. $1.55x1.60; black-peas, per bushel, choice new, $1.50. * Poultry.—Market ia steady. . 1 b’Jane: old roosters, each. *5 _x -‘-iekens. taaisc: winter ler. I7a22c: spring. 1 to lid lbs. 241260. Ducks. Satoc. Geese,

apiece, 50a65e.

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Butter.Vrite market is steady. We quote: Creamery separator, ciaxi'/ie; creamery gathered \ cream. ija; creamery imitation. l^lSc. Eggs.—Fresb laid eggs. i3*t3V$c. Dressed Hog*.—Choice Wc*:eni Maryland and Pennsylvania lightsixirhta. per lb. yayMc; Southern Maryland and Virginia, per lb, 6Hc. Calves.—Strictly nice veal, per lb. 5 Lambs" and Sheep —Spring lambs choice, 819c per lb; poor, small stock, 5e per lb. - ,

Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.—Wheat firm; ot grade. May. n&a8o',lc. Corn firm. He higher; No. 2 mixed. Mar. 50150HC. Oats steady, fair demand; No. 2 white clipped..33l4e. Butter steady: fancy Western creamriV. 20c; do prims, tie; do nearby prims, h ~

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pf i:s genet senting the metropolis,

glen's Association, the Board oi Tradi and the dty ■will act .in ebne/rt, with t view to securing tickets from Buffalc

to Asbnry Park.

After 'two hours' search -at Bordentown.bv City Marshal -H. N. Jojics and! the father of Arthur Sproula: the re-. volter with which Arthur was shot was found hidden under a pigeon'housc near the plaie where he was wounded. The pistol was the property of young Sprouts and ws* a seven.-shooter of 2J caliber. There were still two load* id

k it.

While Albert Beers wa* at work in • Hoffman's graphite mill*. Bloom-burg, he says he was-struck on the head by an assailant, whom-he did not spe. Hr says' he was unconscious for an hour anil then crawled to a neighbor’s houa: and-summoned aid. Hi* tare and head were badly cut. No attempt at robbery was made. While making a sewer connection in Gloucester Ci:y workmen discovered a tomb carefully walled up with bricks and covered with a granite .slab. The •tomb was not opened. No cemetery ever existed at this spot The 5crab is. Stoposed to be that of the owner of-a fjJantaiios in the eighteenth century.

Live black.

Chicago. III.—Cattle—Receipts 13,000 head; moderately active; about steady; butidier*' stock slow; good to prime steers. $5.0045.90; poor to medium, $>.95*4.90; rockers and feeders firm. $3.00*4 90; cow*. $2.65*4.50; heifers $2.70 *4 75; canners alow, $200*2.60; bulla. East Liberty, Pa.—Cattle steady; extra. $5.6oa5^o; prime. $6-30*5.50; good. $5 1005.30. Hog* ready; prime heavy ' " ' medium*. $5-85*590; henry ‘ 5: I'fb*- 'Yor&ers,

wet Hers $4.40*4-50; common. $2.00*350.

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In Boston n ayateiq

ing a man fined for di _ _. . .

his fine in inyinlmrat*.

•Yitsiktr* (N. Y-) nsasom*-warn $4.40 fer an eight-hour day and the hpd carrier* demand 33 cent* per hour. The big wrecking tug. W.,H. I of the Milwaukee Tugboat Line, tv house mover fas ’ '

along the river t brick building as

, In t »* * •mall ligktbaonn fa^ba^w^a. 14,000 boor* ol atom have Walnuts earn* originally from Parais, almanda from Central Aau. Aak Towr »wat« for AlUw-a Foot-Ewu, A yowdsr to shaka lata your ahoaa: roota Urn fMt. Qortw Oerna. Urmtoos, Bsroll.n, Bore. Hot, Oafiona. Arhln*. Swwottag Fact snJ Ingrowtef Nada. Allen-a Foot-Ease makna now or tigM ahoea aarr. At .all drnrgjsta and abb* atorea *6 eta. Sample malW PEEK Aditreaa ADoa 8. Olmafct, LaBoy, H. T. Roonat estimate* place the nntnber of •laotrie Hitnmg loeomotirea in operation ia Penney Irani* at 260.

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money. Pay M.W if oniwd.

All tbs maekinety for.grinding and soliahiag ipam ol a new 7&»do pl*U (Usa

plant ia ran by electric motors. Check That Bgty Cawgta

.Tafyrr8. l &BSS 1 ;rr‘* Hollnndqm find it ckeaper to import hay from TJa Plata than to rain* it on their

Indisash an la a bad eompanioa. Ost rid ol H byclssfcg a tar of Adams- Papain Tott) Fratti arise aschmoah

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life, who tar* rd Water, eontinne to nse it H. No' Veslimonisi has the

Bkaioton* 4000 wars old have been found naar tn* riOage «P1 ora born, in Germany. The bodies were of enormous tine. M. L. Thompson A Oo^ DragghU, Conderapori.Fh^may HaH’* Cahsvt Cure is tta boat and oaly.ssr* ssra for catarrh they srsr told. Draggtaa nail H, 7Be.

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WTBj M humnlly sand. So fits eraarraw*tm affar Snt.dsvS naa «f Dr. Kltoe'a Gnat Wwrwe Eoatorsr. FI trill bottle and troallae fru* Dr. B. H. Runt*. Ltd., 2P ArakS Phfla., Pa. Tta tsadse banana* grow and do fairly wall in ataltercd portions of Southern CaJ-

"Behevc pwly haM you hear," »ay* the prtyrerb; but whrit a woman tella you har age the chance* are you will hear only half what you believe.

••TV# Fwara that mad* Waal Fatal faiw#aa.» MclLHENNY’S TABASCO.

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Virginia had tta lannat population of | any of tta State* at tta first cenana in | IamaarePiao'aCurefor Consumption savad | my Ufa thr** yawn ago.—Mas. Tboxas Boaaaa. Mapia ftt., Norwich, H.T., Fab. H. HOB. ] Before tta discovery of sugar, drinks I

COME AND GO Rheumatism Neuralgia Lumbago Sciatica make up a targe part ot hum*a Buttering. They come aoddenlr, tat Uwy go promptly by the St Jacobs Oil which ia a certain awrc cure.

LION COPIEE A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL!

In our Roasting Establishments we positively do not allow the use of Eat. Ett Mlxtares, fltae,

or similar - substances. Lion coffee is an absolutely Pure Coffee.

-‘UTIU MWK THE UW."

THE post writ** his simple lay.

I To* builder lays brack* by the day.

Tb® carpet man lays csrp*^ too.

So all are "laymAn." goad end true. The hen lavs eggs for all nt.atfkSnrl. Which dally in taeir ncsZs wa fimL But the funniest sight w* ever saw. Was Paddy “ laying down the Jaw."

Pat boasted to a friendly •• Cop," Who often visited his nop. That he'd a Hon tamer tat*— The fiercest lions ever seen—

And claimed In manner rather fresh.

That he'd oft ®atea lion's flesh. The officer Joined in to say

That As "drank" Lion evvry day. “ What's that ye say ? " then Paddy cried, v Ye spalpeen; shore Oi think ye lied." The cop said " vou'r* too trash I think. It’s Z.IOX COFFEE that I drink— ITs pure and strong, and healthy too,

And helps a man his work to do. I take n cup or taro to meet The trials ot tny weary beat!''

Tlte last word just seemed to suggest

Just try a package of LION COFFEE Hishnal* outfujefeopfeHdow. and you will understand the reason of its - While Paddy's face assumed a f$wn.

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popularity. As still another blow he aimed.

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