The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-09-06


pleased about it; but he would have lost
nothing of public sympathy and respect If
he had had some kind of religious service
performed over the biers of his dead
daughters. Society demands some service
over the dead. even of those who are unbe-
levers. The presence of minister, Of
whatever denomination, could certainly
have done no harm; and it would have
been mark of respect to the dead that no
civilized community could have found fault
with.
According to the published accounts there
are several corporations in this vicinity
that have been injuncted from exercising
their franchises until they have paid their
taxes, but we do not see that any of them
have ceased operations Two of these are
the Erie and Brooklyn Annex and the
Brooklyn Annex, to go no further, but the
boats are still running. The list of dere-
lict companies is long one, and it is to be
hoped that the Attorney General will make
them ssstep up to the captains Office and
settle"
The new postal scheme of the special ten
cent delivery system for letters may pos
sibly work well in large cities but is not
likely to in small towns. Boys are to be
employed for these deliveries who are to be
paid eight cents on every letter, the gov
eminent receiving two cents. The law APP
plies to towns of four thousand inhabitants
Now how much would a boy make week,
do you suppose, in town Like West Hobo
ken? He might get eight cents week,
but we don't believe he'd get much more.
The Freeholders in many counties of the
State have commercially addressed them
selves to the task of finding out what the
Justices of the Peace do with the money
collected by them, that ought to go into
the county treasury. In Newark, six dol
lars represents the whole amount turned
over by them. In Somerset the amount is
only dollar or two more. Wouldn't it be
a good idea for the Hudson County Free
holders to make the same kind of an en-
quiry
We wish to say to our Hoboken friends
and they are not as numerous as we would
wish them to be-that in the enlarged
paper there is to be column specially de-
voted to Hoboken gossip. A gentleman,
who is known throughout Hoboken, has
kindly consented to furnish us with local
information that is not accessible to all
newspaper men. At the same time, we
shall keep abreast, as we have, with all the
latest Saturday Hoboken news as dis.
tinguished from gossip.
We have seen the edited reports from the
national printing Office at Washington Of
foreign consuls for last March. That sub
mitted by Archibald X. Brown, late Consul
to Algiers, on the cereal products Of thai
red hot African retreat is model of breyity
conciseness and thoroughness. The Gov
eminent sent Mr.. Brown complimentary
letter about il, and he deseryedit.
The public schools will reopen to-mor
row-much to the regret of the average
small boy, though possibly to the great JOY
of his tried and tired parents. The schools
have been put in good condition during
the Summer. and for the future we shall
probably be freed from the many com
plants that wearied the public ear under
the old system.
The journal says that the fact that 9,00(
applications for appointment have beer
made to the Interior Department shows th'
Democratic hunger for Office. Possibly
but if one may judge from the proportion
of Republicans and Democrats selected
about $500 of those applications mus
have been fled by Republicans who claim
to be ''mugwumps."
The death of William w. Shipper, O
Hoboken, removes from active life one o
the conspicuous men of the State. 1t wal
due very largely to his energy that Hobo
ken grew to be city of size and import
ance, and the TArrLER remembers al
occasion when little active work on hi
part would have made him Governor o
this Commonwealth.
What's the truth about the pledge tn
Labor Congress proposes to make candi
dates for the Legislature to subscribe to
1t was said after the Congress had adjourn
ed that the pledge had not been adopted
and yet at meeting of the Legislative
Committee last Monday, the Secretary we
directed to forward the form of pledge tt
all delegates.
If the Newark justice, who fined mar
five dollars, the other day, for killing q
female cat with malice prepepse" and /
bootjack, could have our back fence unde
his bedroom window for week he would
soon take less feline view of the subject
Are we to infer from the fact that youns
DR.. Curry, of Red Bank, began business b.
killing himself that ne couldn't FIND
patients to practice upon? DIR. Am Ende
of Hoboken, went about it in the orthodo,
fashion by killing some one else
1t is reported that certain corporations 0
New York owning property in this city hay'
lost SO much rent that they have placed
their collections in the hands of loca
a1o,t~ r. xxo,,ld l,oua ,.a;5 thar, hokkor 4.