Show LANDMARK TAVERN IS BURNED lod hotel patron zed by washing ton and jefferson after standing as a hostelry about years the bodi I 1 odi hotel at kearney N J has been destroyed by fire gens wa wellington wahington hington and lafayette are counted among the historical person ages who put up at the old tavern they passed a night there shortly before the battle of Mon mounth early in its history its location made it a safe resort for the sporting clement and it was a noted place for all I 1 ands of in more recent beals eais the lodi hotel was a gathering place for he english and scotch sportsmen interested in quoi ting and dog racing it was the place where the latter sport began in this coun try another sporting class which made the old hoppi prominent were the trap shooters of the latter half of last century |