Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-08-16
[oorrespondence Of enc pA11r Mon1ron.l

came down so fierce and glowing, that
the very ground seemed to smoke be-
meath its rays. One good quality the
heat hast disables the musk etoes
They laid all over the wall last night,
with their tongues hanging out, pant
ing, unable to come to time, and with
no heart left for singing. There was
much excitement here last Saturday, on
account of the eclipse, which came in
ON the o'clock train, and much
smoked glass circulated among our citi-
zens on account thereof. One indus
trious chap sat for two hours on top his
house trying to look through piece of
smoked looking-glass, and not being
able to "see it," gave it as his private
opinion that it was cd humbug :"
Some few persons labored under the
absurd idea that to see the eclipse in
all its glory, it would be necessary to
look through ga glass darkly," and
many were the rye faces of those who
thus tried to keep in good spirits during
the performance. Murphy, the Tren-
ton correspondent of the New York
Herald says the reason the eclipse
couldn't be seen very well here, is be-
cause one of the New York City judges
put an injunction on it to prevent its
going into foreign country. A few
days ago there was an excursion to
Morrisville Grove from Philadelphia,
consisting of the female operators of
knitting mills of that city. During the
day two Trentonians took two of the
girls out carriage .riding, and during
that time drugged and outraged them.
One of the girls was thrown into con-
WILSON'S, and had to be left behind
when the boat returned to Philadelphia.
The things in the shape of men who en-
gagged in this dastardly outrage were a
prominent hotel keeper of this city and
a notorious blackleg, who also resides
here at present Not one of the Tren-
ton papers had the courage or manli-
ness to notice this affair, or make any
comments ON it, and though warrants
were out for the parties, nothing has
been done; and owing to the political
influence of one of the parties, the
whole affair has been hushed up. The
| State Gazette is agitating for paid fire
department, and will stand about as
much chance of getting it as cat
would in a certain place without claws.
Cloke, of the Gazette, and Mills, of the
Emporium, are wrangling over the anti
guilty of certain bibles which they have
seen. Mills is ahead so far, as the bible
he bets on was printed in 1887.
Bryant's Minstrels crowded Taylor
Hall on Monday night, and gave us a
very funny performance. Bryant is an
old newspaper man, having gone up
from "devil to editor, and clear back
again to minstrel He hasn't quite
got out of the "devil" part of his ca
reer yet. Our police are Disguised.
Brass coats and blue buttons have no
more charms for them, and they are
now clothed in sack-cloth and ashes.
They tried to get their salaries raised
from 5000 to $3.50 per year, and Com
mon Council, unlike Davy Crockett's
coon, must "come down" They are
asking each other how man can main
tain respectable appearance on $500
per year, and then, dismally initiating
the, example of the whale that swallow
ed Jonah, they treat it as conundrum,
and "give it up"
The Emporium has a moral'' re-
porter, by the name of Hagen, who
dishes up bits of wisdom and sanity
advice that is very amusing, and re
minds one of Jack Bunsby His forte
appears to consist i'll aphorism and
pathos, and is very evidently prompted
by mud on the sto mach. for which
camphorated ginger is specific rene
dy. Col. Borden, of the Gazette, was
presented last week with bottle of
California wine, and speaks about its
being an excellent article" If you
had seen him test it You would have
thought he considered it a ge,y excel
lent article, rs after he took his mouth
away from the bottle, poor "Cop )"
Kline had to suck the cork for his
share.
General VIM. S. Stryker, of this city,
has been appointed Inspector General
on the Staff of John A. Logan, Com
mander-in-Chief of the G. A. r. This
appointment does credit to General
Logan's judgment, as General Stryker
was a gallant soldier during the late
war, and has every quality of a gentle
man and first-class man, and, more
over, the best Adjutant- General our
State ever had.
On Wednesday afternoon NAPOLEON
Young, the pedestrian, successfully
performed the feat of picking up three
hundred eggs and travelling fifty two
miles inside of eight honrs Youn0 con