Ocean County , NJ History

 New Jersey Courier 26 Nov 1874

NEW JERSEY OCEAN COUNTY --COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF SMALL CAUSES, HOLDEN BEFORE WARREN G. ABBE, JUSTICE JOHN M. CONWAY JOHN LUNION (SP?) AND LEONARD PAULSON JR. PARTNERS TRADING AS JOHN M. CONWAY AND CO. PLAINTIFFS ON DEBT ON ACCOUNT DEMAND $22.57 VS. JOHN HANCE AND CHARLES V. HANCE PARTNER TRADING AS JOHN HANCE AND SON, DEFENDANT 1874 NOV 14 A SUMMONS IN THE ABOVE CASE TETURNABLE BEFORE ME ON THE 23D INSTANT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. NOV 23 SMITH COWDRICK CONSTABLE RETURNED THE SUMMONS AS FOLLOWS. SERVED THE -- ON CHARLES V. HANCE, NOV 16 BY READING IT TO HIM AND GIVING HIM A COPY. JOHN HANCE NOT BEING FOUND I SERVED IT ON HIM NOV 16TH, 1874 BY LEAVING A COPY THEREOF AT HIS OUSE IN PRESENCE OF CHARLES V. HANCE, HIS SON, ONE OF HIS FAMILY, A FREE PERSON OF THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS WHO WAS INFORMED BY ME OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF. NOV 23 THE PLAINTIFFS APPEARED AND FILED THEIR STATE OF DEMAND AND A COPY OF THEIR ACCOUNT WITH AN AFFIDAVIT O...

Lakewood Times and Journal 17 Dec 1874 We notice the finger-boards indicating direction and distance are being placed up at the prominent points of public roads.

Lakewood Times and Journal 12 Dec 1874 We notice the fingerboards, indicating direction and distance are being placed up at the prominent points of public roads The evening train from New York was detained at Bricksburg on Tuesday last. The detention was caused by the leakage of some of the locomotive pipes. The citizens of Bricksburg have already forwarded a generous package of goods to one suffering family in Nebraska. The friends and neighbors of Rev. Isaac Todd will make him a donation visit on Wednesday afternoon and evening next, 16th inst.

Lakewood Times and Journal 12 Dec 1874

From Lakewood Times and Journal, 17 Dec 1874 We notice the finger-boards indicating direction and distance are being placed up at the prominent points of public roads.