NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS.

Mf Potato Crop Swells tke Baak Ac-

coants In Freehold.

ZINC COMPANY’S BIO PROFITS. Tkrrr Itobokia M*a lacorporatf Coal Coapaor With a Capital of M8.00e.00e Stale Only the Carrtaj*—Thltrti AllowtS the florae to Be* ■ala la the StaWc Bank Wrtetora May

Appeal ta Eacapc Pa.'i«i S»0.00a

In the three banks of Freehold there is more money on deposit now than in any previous year in the town's history. The amount is $805.91606. which is JiSo.jOoaj more than was on deposit last year at this time. Potatoes were almost a ini! crop alxmt Freehold. Thousands of barrels of potatoes hav

hr sold these for over $4000 Beniamin Hayes K*.t too barrels of potatoes from each acre and received over $4000 tor his crop. Robinson Brothers sold their

on when the price

Thousands of barrels of potatoes have been shipped from Freehold and they brought big prices. .Wilson Clayton

got jo;.- barrels frot he sold these for ovt Hayes got too barre each r.crc and recci his crop. Robinson crop early in the sea

was high and got $8000 tor it. Bl men say that more notes have been paid off this year by the farmers than ever

before.

A. P. Cobb, secretary of the New Jersey Zinc Company, says the corporation will apply the better part of $10,000.000 to speure other plants in New Jersey and 'Pennsylvania, and to esta 1 - lish a new town near Bethlehem, Pa., be called Palmerston. The corporatii recently gave a mortgage for $10,000,000 u> the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Cool New York, to secure the payment o( an ’ issue of 25-year 4 per cent, gold bonds. Plans are well under way involving an expenditure of $4,000,000 for the opening of zinc mines in the West and enlarging the Lehigh plant to handle the prospective output of the new Mina Boissot. of Pater.’on. anxiously waited among the assembled wedding guests for her bridegroom. Carlo Grille. At last he came, dressed in a red flannel shirt, corduroy trousers ard fur-trimmed overcoat, and they were married. Carlo said his aunt, with whom he has been living, objected to his marriage and that early in the evening he smuggled into hi.- room a new suit of clothes that he intended to wear, but while he went to the bathroom to shave the aunt took all his clothes from his room and hid them. When the aunt heard how Carlo outwitted her she forgave him. Judge Connet at Flemington sentenced Cornelius Barber, of Trenton, to serve three years in the State prison for rntcring the York Street Hotel, in Lambert villc, on the night of September to. William. Law son and Charles Adams were sentenced to serve two years in the State prison for entering a hardware store in Lambertvillc. and John Hull was found guilty of receiving stolen goods, for which he was sentenced to serve six months in the State prison. The Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company. capital $40,000,000. was incorporated at Trenton. The object of the company, as given in the certificate Of —tnrBrporatigr- «‘n> acquire and develop lands containing coal, iron and other ores and-to mine and deal in the same. The capital stock is divided into $ao.ooo.ooo preferred, drawing 6 per cent, non-cumulative dividends, and $20,000,ooo common stock. The incorporators are W. J. Filbert, Thomas Murray and John E. Cole, all of Hoboken, N. J. Titus Hart, aged 74 years, living at Bear Tavern, near Flemington. had an exciting battle with a mad dog. The . dog came on the porch where Mr. Hart was sitting and bit him on the leg twice and once very bad on the arm. Hart kicked the dog off the porch and threw the chain which was on the dog’s neck around the railings on the fence. The dog chewed two railings into chips and went away. Directors of the defunct Middlesex County Bank, which was wrecked in 1899 by the defalcations of George M. Valentic. the cashier, are responsible for the loss of $200,000. However, from what cohld be learned, the case will be taken to the Court of Errors and Appeals. If the directors have to make good the money it will impoverish nearly all of them. Thieves entered the stables of Richard Stong at Gloucester City and stole a carriage valned at $100. Apparently no attempt was made to hitch Stong’s horse to the vehicle, but the thieves pulled it away themselves in the direction of the Gloucester ferry. Thieves also visited the henhonse of James E. Smith and stole 15 fowls. A supposed mad dog dashed through Haddonfield about noon and bit Mrs. John C. Hoopes and a young son of John Brown. A big crowd, armed with ali kinds of weapons, was following the animal, when Edward German arrived and shot him. Mrs. Hoopes was taken to the hosptial to have her wound

dressed.

A large frame lodging house of Vnnamon & Turner, canners. at Greenwich, filled with Italians and Russian Hebrew* who work in the canning factory, was burned. The employees lost nearly all their clothing and money, and some of them barely escaped with their lives. Loss, $20ro; insurance. $375. Adolphus-Sharp, over 70 years old. crippled and bent, was sentenced by Judge Trcnchard at Bridgeton to spend three months in jail and to pay a fine oi $125 for selling wine illegally. He had twice before been fined for the same offense. He is from Vineland. The Daughters of the American Revolution of New Jersey made a pilgrimage to the battle field of Monmouth and the Old Tennet Church. A description of the battle was given by Miss M. E Herbert, whose birthplace wj

she ol the battle.

The Boston Seam Face Grai pany. capital $2,000,000. was in c< j at — * J

Trenton to quai face and other

ras incorporatand dispose of granite. The in-

K. McLa:

corporators are Kenneth K. McLaren, Horace E. Gould and Eva J. Dudley, all of Jersey City. The flour and grist mill, a barn and a wagon house belonging to David Ashby. at Three Tuns, near Bordentown, were destroyed by fire. The loss is some

$8000.

The Bordentown board of health has urged all citizens to get vaccinated and

to boil their drinking wfcter.

COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trade CeadKiecs.

R. G. Dun & Co.’s "Weekly Review ol Trade" says: ’'Failure of a few overcapitalized industrial corporations to pay interest on their stock is no criterion ol conditions in manufacturing, although an influence oi some weight in the stock market. Reports from all sections of the country agree that there has seldom, if ever, been such vigorous

vigorous

prosecution of constructive work. Widely divergent lines exhibit similar

symptoms.

"Slightly better relative prices have been established by the leading cereals, wheat making a lair gain, while corn lost a little of its exceptional strength. There is no evidence ol holding back for higher prices in Western receipt* for two weeks of 15,838.426 bushels, against 12.718.383 last year, when more attractive quotations prevailed. Exports from the United States arc not equal to recent record-breaking figures, but still compare fairly well with earlier years; for the week, flour included, shipments reached 4.199-3^8 bushels, against 3.588.439 a' year ago and 4-J39^29.tn 1899. Movement oi corn is light, receipts at the interior amounting to only 2.760,262 bushels, against 4.627.200 last year and 6.110.269 in the same week two years ago. while exports from the Atlantic Coast were but 535.251 bushels, against 707.268 in 1900 and 3.184.916 two years

ago.

''Failures for the week numbered 231 in the United States, against 223 last year, and 34 in Canada, against 32 last year.” LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour—Best Patent. $4-45: High Grade Extra. $3.95; Minnesota bakers. $28533.05. Wheat—New York. No. 2 red. 74’A2 Philadelphia. No. a red. 7tJJa72c; Baltimore. 72!-$c . Corn—New York. No. 2. btjjc; Philadelphia. No. 2, 6iWa62.'< 1 c; Baltimore, No. 2. 6ta62c. Oats—New York. No. 2. 3844c: Phil-ad-lphia. No. 2 white, Baltimore, No. 2 white, 39»3944c. 1 timothy, $16.00316.50; $15.00315.50; No. 3 timo- . . _ ..00. Green Fruits and Vegetables—Apples, Maryland avd Virginia, per bbl. tancy. $2.0032.50. Beets, native, per too bunches, $1.2531.50. Cabbage, native, per too, $2.0032.50. Carrots, native, per bunch. tJ4a2c. Cauliflower. Long Island, per crate or bbl. $2.5033.00. Celery. New York State, per doz stalks. 20 a4oe. Com, sugar, per doz. native. 5a 7c. Crambcrries. Cape Cod, per bbl, $5.5086.00. Eggplants, native, per basket. ioaasc. Lettuce, native, per bus box, aottasc. Lima beans, native, per bus box. 65370c. Onions. Maryland and Pennsylvania, yellow, per bus, ^sapoc. Pears, Eastern Shore. Duchess, per basket. :5a25c; do. Le Conte, per basket. aoa30c; do. Kieffer. per basket. 20a Bartletts. per bbl,

...0032.25. Peas. folk, per half bbl basket. $1.7532.00. Pumpkins, native, each. 2<4a4c. Quinces, New York, per bbl, No. 1. $3.003350. String beans, native, per bus. green 303350. Tomatoes. Eastern Shore M<L, per basket, 35«37i'Sc. Turnips, native, per bus box. 253300. Potatoes.—White—Nearby, per bus box. 653700; do, Maryland and Pennsylvania, per bus. No.* 1, 653750; do. seconds. 350450: do. New York, per bus 60a70c; do. common. 40350c. Sweets— Eastern Shore, Virginia, per bbl, yellows. 9oca$i.to; do. culls. 500750; do, Anne Arundel, per bbl. No. 1. Si.ooa 1.15. Yams, Virginia, per bbl. No. x, 75*900. Dairy Products.—Butter—Elgin. 23a 24c: separator, extras. 22323c; do, firsts, 2oa2tc; do, gathered cream, 203210; do, imiution. tyatSc; ladle, extra, tsatyc; ladles, first, liaise; choice Western rolls. 153160; fair to good, I3at4c: halfpound creamery. Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, 213230; do, rolls, 2-lb do. 20c. Eggs.—Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, per doz. 19c: Eastern Shore • Maryland and Virginia, per doz. 19c; Virginia, per doz. 19c; Weat Virginia, Jo, i8!4c; Western, do. i8^at9c; Southern. do. tyatyj^c; guinea, do, —; icehouse. closely candled, tyaty^c; jobbing prices y : to tc higher. Cheese.—New cheese, large 60 lbs, toI4 to lolic; do flats, 37 lbs, ioyi to io?ic; picnics, 23 lbs, 11 to ti^c. Live Poultry.—Turkeys, Old, toe; de. young, fat. Iiai2c: do. small and poor. —; Chickens, hens. 10c; do. old roosters, each. 25330c: do. spring, large, toe; do, small. 10c; do. rough and poor. —; ducks, spring. 3 lbs and over, toaiic; do. do. poor and small, 9c; do. fancy large, old. toato^c; do. do. small. 9c; do, muscovy and mongrel. 9210c; geese. Western, each, soafioc: guinea fowl, each. " _ - per 20c. Live Stock. Chicago. — Cattle — Good to prime s.teers. SS.20a6.85; poor to medium. $3.50 a5.cn; stockcr* and feeders. $2.0034.25;

16.30: bulk P — Sheep

fixed and butchers. ! choice, heavy. $6.:

ivy. $5.75*6.10; light. $6.t sales. $6.0036 20. Sheep-

steady to toe higher; lambs strong and higher: good to choice wethers, $3,503 390: Western sheep. $2.7533.60; native lambs, poor to choice, $2.50*5.10; West-

ern lantij. $3.2504.85.

East Liberty.—Cattle steady: choice, $575a6.oo: prime, $5.5035.70; good. $5.10 35.35. Hogs slow; prime heavy. $6.6oa 6.70: median*. $6.4536.50; best Yorkers, $6 30.16.40; light do. $6.0036.15: grasters $5.9026.20: pigs. $5 2035.60: skips. $408 25.00; roughs. $4.5036.10. Sheep steady; best wethers. $3.6023.70: culls and common. $1:0022.00: yearlings, $2.5033.90; veal lambs. $6.0036.50. ODDS AND ENDS OF INFORMATION. Prospectors are scouring the entire

West for copper.

Electrical canal towage is being in-

Electrics

troduced it American insurance syndicates invading England. Ships are bringing 7000 tons of currants from Greece. New York wholesale grocers are planning a national combination. The latest telgraphic invention allows sixteen operators to work on one cir-

cuit.

:es, loafed around and was killing time when an acquaintance came along and said: " T thought you were going to make that 2.30 train? " ‘Yes, I am,' I replied. 4 ’ ’When?’ ” 'This afternoon, of course.' " ’By what time?’ “ 'By your town clock. I’ve got hall an hour yet.' " ‘Oh, you have?’ he laughed. 'Well, let me tell you that our dock hasn't been running for a week and you haveyour train by an hour and a quar-

ts Tick H.rs.

"No doubt you see that I am one of the diffident men,” observed the drummer. "one of the sort who don't compare watches with the town clock and tell everybody for a block around that the dock is seven minutes off. 1 w»s up in a Massachusetts town a few weeks ago and I had to make a certain train or lose a $1000 order. I looked at my watch and in a furtive way compared it with the town elock._ It lool

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