Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-13
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ELIZABETH.
Correspondence of the DAILY MONITOR
TRENTON, N. J. July 10, 1869

DEAR DRAkE.-l KNOW HOG "lCuiSl
the affairs and scenes Transporting in the
old fogy city of Trenton, will prove IN
teresting to you of the thriving and go
ahead city of Elizabeth, but the spirit
moves me, and therefore [ write. Our
national day went off here pretty much
as usual, and pretty much the same as
it did everywhere else, ushered IN with
the ringing of bells, and out, in blaze
of patriotism and burnt powder. Sun
day, the legitimate 4th of July, the va
rious ministers preached their perspir-
ing hearers to sleep, with sermons zap
propriate to the occasion" Monday,
the fctitiouss4th of July, was bright
and beautiful day; not cloud obscured
the sun, and gentle zephyr blew the
dust in afellow's eyes most handsomely.
The day opened with military parade,
in which the "Zouaves," and Co. A.
covered themselves with dust, sweat,
and glory The Chief Engineer and
Fire Department, of this city, received
the Warren Fire Co., of Phillipsburg,
which was decidedly the hardest look
ing set of firemen that have ever visited
our city. The majority of them looked
as if they had graduated from the Bow
cry, and were laid up awhile for repairs.
The main attraction of the day was the
"Grand Pedestrian Tournament, :"
which took place on the fair ground;
the walking commenced about 8 o'clock,
and the walkists were Smith of Phila-
delphia; McCann, of Albany N. y;
Haydock, Adams and Oddly of N. Y,
and Young of Ohio. Twas a fifty mile
walk. First prize three hundred dol
lar silver cup Second prize $50. In
the early part of the contest, Young
was drawn off the trock by his hacker
Charles Mead, who declared the race to
be an unfair one. Oddly gave out on
the 18th mile, Adams on the Goth mile,
and Haydock on the Both mile. Smith
won the cup in hours and AZ minutes,
Mccain, who won the second prize,
looks like school boy, and is only 10
years old. He was loudly cheered for
his indomitable pluck, walking the fif-
ty miles in less than ten hours He
was taken from the ground in buggy,
and during the evening employed his
leisure moments in splitting up blood,
the effect of putting his powers of en-
durance to such a severe test. In the
evening the Temperance boys had q
public installation of their officers. ut
Odd Fellows Hall, by G. W. P, Pal
mer. The room was well filled, and
much interest was manifested in the
proceedings About II minutes past
nine house was robbed and fred Just
on the outskirts of the city, while the
residents thereof were enjoying the fes-
tivities, at the house of a near neighbor.
In the U. S. District Court Tuesday,
Judge Field sentenced DIR. William i.
Fair, of Newark, to fine of $1,000, for
using a cancelled U. S. revenue stamp.
1t is hoped Fair will stick to the right
after this, as it proved rather costly
stamp to him. By recent rule of the
State Prison Inspectors, visitors to that
I;ttIa % hnr,on Of
must come provided with permit, or
they wont be allowed to see the "me-
nagerie." The new wing of the State
Prison is to be $40 feet long, by so feet
wide, two stories in height, and to
be constructed of Trenton brown
stone, from the famous quarries
owned by John G. Grant, to whom
the contract for building the wing has
been awarded. 1t will be finished by
Christmas. Then send on those of
your citizens who have loose ideas in
regard to neun, and tuum. To day was
fixed upon by the Adventists as the
"lhIAAS up etA hulilt5o ICi1coUIltl, Dub IL
appears to have been indefinitely post.
poned, probably on account of the ad
ditions being made below. The health
of this city may be said to be very I'M
healthy at present-cholera morbas
gripping our citizens in the day time
and diarrhea and dysentery waking
them up during the wee sma' hours,
B. T. Babbitt, the soap man, passed
through our city by proxy this week,
giving away his soap with Il perfect
1ooseness-the Reporter of the True
American being extra dirty, received
two cakes People in this city have
been Immensely amused by reading an
item from the Newark Courier which
speaks of Ed. Ellis of this city az the
Great Indian Romance writer. -
Brother Vannote has sold ont his
paper for $4,000 to Murphy and Bech-
tel. By this operation Cornelius
Walsh, of Newark, gets beck 81, 600 OF
the So, 900 he had invested in the con
'celn as sort of sinking fund Chi
nese Johnnie" as the boys call the OK