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of  the  Amboy  Division  of  the  Pennsylvania
Railroad,  as  private  secretary.-  He  died
February  9, 1882,  just  as  he  was  about  enter-
ing upon  the  practice  of  law.  He  was  a
young  man  of  remarkable  promise.
Alfred  L.  Black,  Jr.,  was  born  No-
vember 16,  1858,  in  Chesterfield  township,
Burlington  County,  N.  J.  After  attending
a  private  school  in  Ocean  County,  N.  J.,  he
entered  the  sophomore  class  at  Princeton
and  graduated  June  20,  1878.  He  began
the  study  of  law  with  James  Wilson,  Esq.,
of  Trenton,  N.  J.;  was  admitted  in  Novem-
ber, 1881,  and  made  a  counselor  in  1884.
He  began  practice  in  Camden  in  1881  as  one
of  the  firm  of  Leaming  &  Black  (now
Leaming,  Black  &  Rhoads).  The  firm  are
city  solicitors  for  Cape  May,  Sea  Isle  City,
Anglesea,  Ocean  City  and  South  Atlantic
City.
Howard  J.  Stanger,  g,  native  of  Cam-
den, was  born  in  Camden  County,  N.  J.,
December  29,  1857,  and  educated  principally
by  private  tutors.  He  entered  upon  the
study  of  law  in  the  spring  of  1878  with
Hon.  Charles  T.  Reed,  of  Camden;  was
made  an  attorney  at  the  June  Term  of  1882,
and  a  counselor  in  June,  1886.  He  is  a
master,  examiner  and  solicitor  in  Chancery.
John  W.  Wartman  was  born  in  Camden,
N.  J.,  December  16,  1857,  and  educated  at
the  public  schools.  He  began  the  study  of
law  with  Thomas  B.  Harned,  June  1,  1878  ;
was  admitted  to  practice  in  June,  1882,  and
as  counselor  in  June,  1885.  Pie  had  been
for  three  years  a  member  of  the  City  Coun-
cil of  Camden.
