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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-22

WEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A COM
IN plete assortment of Dry Goods Notions,
Boots, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Gents Furnish
ing Goods, Groceries, Choice Liquors and
Provisions. dec-30-o2.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-22

GLOBE III YES, etc, ETC,
made toorder and furnished at the shortest
notice.
Having retitted the blacksmith shop,
ae can do all kinds OF work in that line,
in the best manner and with Dispatch
He respecttully soliclts a continuance of
the former patronage extended to this es
ablishment.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-08-22
CLiSTIAGN

CASTINGS
of all descriptions made to order
Agent for Knomles Steam Pumps
and JadsOn GOrernors,
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
THE BOARD OF FINANCE.
SKETCHES OF THE FIVE MEMBERS
WHO COMPOSE AT.

The Cffy's Peril Two Years Ago, and How
ItEwas Happily Escaped-some1of the
Men Who Helped to Tide Her over a
Financial Hell Gate, with Good Portraits.
The finances of the city have improved
SO materially under the management of the
present Board of Finance. and their imme-
date predecessors in Office, that the readers
of the TATTLER may be interested to know
more about the personnel of the Board.
There Is no doubt that at the time of the
retirement IF Messrs. Beach, Smith and
Witsch from the Board. the city was on the
verge of bankruptcy, and the belief gener-
ally entertained at that time. that their res
ignations were dictated by desire to escape
the crash, has been shown by subsequent
developments to be the fact.
When Messrs. McDermott, DATE, Jordan
and Heppenheimer were authorized by
Mayor Taussig to assume the control, with
Dr. McGill, of the city finances, the bonds
of the city were selling at So and SO, and it
was scarcely possible, even at that figure,
to find market for them. These gentle
men bravely took the bull by the horns
and put such money as the city had in its
control where it would do the most good,
thereby tiding her over the threatened
default in the payment of her interest, then
about due, and SO conducted affairs
that it was not long before the value of the
bonds began to look up.; and they have
kept on looking up till now the city's per
cent bonds command q premium of 0S,
and even SIS can be foated for more than
par.
Very much of the success of their man
agement of the financial affairs of the city
was due to the shrewdness of Judge Nc
Dermott, and to the energy of Commissioner
DATE. When the Mayors appointees were,
by decision Of the Supreme Court, di-
rected to give place to appointees of the
Board OF Aldermen, Messrs. DATE. Jordan,
Hardenbergh, Edelstein and Reynolds be-
came the Board, the titie.of DATE, Jordan
and Hsrdenbergh having been previously
fortified by appointment by the Board of
Aldermen, as well as by appointment by
the Mayor
The more active members Of the Board,
probably, are Messrs. DATE, Edelstein and
Jordan but the experience of Mr. Harden
bergh and Mr. Reynolds-one president of
a bank, and the other in the banking bust
ness in New York city-has not been with
out its beneficial result in the management
of the financial affairs of the city.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
THOMAS D. JORDAN.

Thomas D. Jordan is q member of the
family of Jordans who are known through
out the city, and, in fact, throughout the
county. His brother Conrad is United
States Treasurer, and two others of his
brothers are engaged in large stationery
and printing business in New York city.
The Commissioner himself is Secretary of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society of
New York, the largest corporation of its
kind in the world. His connection with
the insurance company has brought him a
vast amount of experience which he is
using to the advantage of the city. Mr..
Jordan is amiable, good natured and popu-
lar. Like Mr.. DATE he is q pronounced
brunette with black mustache and hair and
dark eyes. In stature he Is taller and
stouter than the President of the Board.
He does little talking in the open sessions
of the Board, but his influence is felt in
the work it accomplishes. He is probably
about so years of age.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
Decision was reserved.
b Redistricting scheme.

The Newark Evening Neaos says that ad-
ditional Importance is given to the Assem-
bly, elections this fall throughout the State,
because of plan which is said to have
originated with Governor Albeit to further
his election to the United States Senator
ship in 1887. If the Democrats succeed in
gaining control of both Houses of the
LEGISLATURE Lhie winter, according to the
scheme. a bill will be passed to redistrict
the State SO that it will be impossible for
the Republicans to elect majority of the
Assemblymep in the fall of 1885. There
appears to be NO doubt of the right of the
Legislature under the CONSTITUTION to
change the boundary lines of districts
in the various counties already exist
ing during this OF any year. The Con-
stitution of New Jersey provides that no
reappointment of Assemblymen to the
various counties shall be made except in
the years following the taking of the United
States census. The ayportionment OF the
census of 1880 was made in 1881, and con-
sequently no reappointment can be made
until 1891. But the law says nothing con-
cernfrr the changing of boundary lines of,
the districts in TIE various counties. City
Counsel CouIt this morning, when spoken
to on the subject, said that apparently
there was no reason why either party should
not make the changes spoken OF, but he
doubted if the Democrats would do 1t this
year. for he was skeptical as to their ability
to elect maiorities in The two Houses.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
FIFTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
Florist John Pearson Nominated in Opposi.
tiOn to Mr.. Shrope.

Florist John Pearson Nominated in Opposi-
tiOn to Mr.. Shrope.
The Fifth District Democratic Conven-
ton met at Smiths Hall, on COmmunipaw
avenue last blight Ex-Sheriff Rhinehardt
was elected chairman, and JOHN Knoller.
secretary, The Convention endorsed the
nomination of William McAVoy for the
office of Surrogate, and then nominated
John Pearson for Member of Assembly.
The chairman appointed Messrs. Smythe
and Whelihan to wait upon Mr.. Pearson
and inform him of his nomination. Mr.
Pearson appeared and said he would no.
cept the nomination, and had no doubt Of
his election. Mr.. George B. Wilson. who
had been mentioned as a candidate. made
a speech, in which he pledged himself to
support Mr.. Pearson IN the PENDING can
vass. The selection made by the conven-
ton meets with general approval Of the
district.
The Executive Committee of the Fifth
District Republican Association were in
session at Fairmount Hall. last Friday
night. protest against the action of the
Republican Convention that met on Tues
day night, was presented by Frank o.
Cole. Mr., Coles chief objection was to-
the seating of Delegate Floyd Vail. The
protest. was afterward withdrawn. but il
is understood that the attention of the.
Republican County COMMITTEES will be
directed to the matter.
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/ have not the ability to fiji it. /"


1t was very amusing spectacle when
the agitated, self-constituted candidate, in
tones of an auctioneer announcing the
highest bid, exclaimed "Some people call
us cranks and kickers. We arel"
"We arei" echoed the voice of Herr
Braun from Limerick.
That the speaker was disconnected with
the slim attendance at the meeting was
evidenced by his exclamation: sob how
| should like to speak to an acre lot full oil
people tonight" If the public generally
had known what funny old rooster he is,
he no doubt would have had at least room
full.
He exhorted his hearers to go to
the polls on election day and peddle
ticket; with "MY name" on from,
the opening to the closing of the polls.
"There is not man here present,
he went on, sswho cannot influence 5, IL,
20, 80 or so votes And if you do your
work right, l believe, honestly believe
that before midnight on the third of No
vember you will be taking each other by
the hand and looking each other in the
face and to add 'sand saying in maudlin
tones" It's a right, pard but old man
Wolbert's left"
At this point Colonel John McAnerny
entered the room. His arrival terminated
Fuss and Feathers's speech, who in frenzy
of delight exclaimed:
81 propose three cheers for Colonel
McAnerny !"
They were given. A proposed three
cheers for Ed Mclaughlin elected sup
pressed cheer from three people in the
audience-Ed Mclaughlin being one of
the three and the one who cheered the
longest and loudest.
Then Colonel McAnerny made speech
congratulating Fuss and Feathers on his
endorsement by the Citizens Association.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25

LoNG BRANCH, Oct. 24.-Incendiary fires
have been SO frequent in this town for over
week that the citizens have become
thoroughly alarmed, and contemplate or
ganizing to stop danger. A week AGO there
were three fires in one night They were
in three different parts of the town. so
that 1t was impossible to put them all out.
Boxes saturated with oil were found near
the buildings burned. Among the build
ings destroyed that night was the Keystone
hotel, that accommodated nearly one
hundred guests in summer The next fire
was on Sunday night Captain Beebe. liv-
ing IN what Is known as the upper village.
found his residence on fire. The flames
were extinguished with difficulty. Mondav
evening cigar store, kept by q man named
SursmaH, in the centre Of the town. was
found to be burning. but it was put ont
without much loss. At the same time a
barn was destroyed on the outskirts Of the
Branch. Early yesterday morning Captain
Beebe smelled smoke. Going down stairs
he found some shavinqs With oil on them
on fire inside his dining-room. How thew
| got there is puzzling. fortunately. a
bucketfuf OF water put the fire out.
Although several persons have been
arrested on suspicion, no substantial evil
dence has been discovered.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
The Hoboken swindIers Committed.

The two fellows who were arrested at the
Hoboken post-ofice Friday night for using
the nail to fool gullible advertisement
readers, were taken before United States
Commissioner Muirheid yesterday after
noon. They refused to give their names
to the Hoboken police, but by the time
they had reached Mr.. Muirheid's Office it
had been learned that one was William Fl.
Sizer, and the other Thomas w. Rice.
Their method was to advertise an easy way
to wealth, the secret of which would be
communicated to correspondents for ten
cents. They thus gathered in a copious
supply of dimes. Among others who
answered them was Fl. L. Lockwood. of
this city, letter from whom was found
upon them. The men were committed to
Jail for trial. Mr.. Lockwood said Last even
ing that they proposed to him to go into a
patent medicine enterprise, and that he
had "no scruples" about allowing his name
to be used in that connection.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25

Commissioner Reynolds is probably the
youngest member of the Board. He has
lived in Jersey City since 1859, having come
from the Ninth Ward of New York city,
where he was born. He has never held
any public Office until his election as an
Alderman several years ago, and his accept
ance of that nomination IS said to have
been against his wishes. Mr.. Reynolds has
never been but in one business in his life,
and that his connection with the City Ma
tional Bank, at so Wall street, New York
city. He has been connected with that
institution for the past nineteen years, and
has risen steadily in the employ Of the in
stitution until to-day he 10 its receiving
teller. He started in the bank as a mes
senger and has been receiving teller for
about five years. He is evidently not a
politician, as he so stated one day recently
to one of the TATTLERs. t'The positions
that have been forced upon me-" he said,
II have accepted only to serve the best
interests of my fellow citizens" Mr..
Reynolds is man of goodly proportions
and of sandy complexion.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25

Charley Rue is back from Europe.
Peacock, OF Legion of Honor fraud fame, is back
FROM State Prison, with his tail feathers down.
The bon.ton gents furnishing goods establish
ment is at Newark ayenue-Barons.
Young Charley Rue, son Of the late Clerk Of the
Board OF Freebolders. is still In Chicago. dong
well.
Mr.. Clarence Sackett. one Of the publishers Of
the TATrLER, will be welded on November 18th to
Miss Burd Livingston. of Pittsburgh, Pal
LAWYER Samuel P. Savage, of the Bsyonne City
Hall. whose father appointed in July by Presi-
dent Cleveland as Consul to Belfast Ireland. con-
templates 3 visit at early date to his honcred
parent.
Nine married men and nine single men viii com
pete In an endeayor to arrive first at Barons gents
furnishing goods store, Newark avenue, the
winners win be rewarded by being allowed to pur.
chase a pair of Barons elegant stitched back kid
gloves at CSC, worth $780,
Gent: Have you any kid gloves like those which
am wearing at 98c.?' Clerk: mo, sir. We can
not sell such goods at SO low price You can only
purchase those goods at Esron's. Newark avenue
| They are great bargains"
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
MIR. Reardop,s serenade.

County Clerk Mclaughlin and Constable
Feeney made arrangements few days ago
to serenade Mr.. John f. Reardon, who
has recently entered into the blissful realm
of matrimony, and on Friday night last
they successfully carried out their ar.
rangements Messrs Dunnigan and
McKigney engaged German band num-
bering twelve pieces, and with about 200
of the good men of tho Horseshoe" in
line, went to Schropfer's, on Newark ave-
nue., where several baskets of wine we're
emptied Speeches were made by County
Clerk Mclaughlin, ex-Sheriff Cronin, Aid
erman Reardon, ex-Alderman Sweeney,
James Hennessey and others. Messrs.
John ONeil and Richard Battersby sang
and were repeatedly encored,
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

Misplaced Men" was the subject Of an interest
ing lecture delivered last Thursday evening in the
Emory NJ E. Church by the Rev. .. II. Brown, d.
D.. of Hoboken. The lecture the first Of the
Emory Church course.
Romany Rye never drew half the crowd that
Barons great bargains draw. Gentlemen who
desire to participate in such bargains viii call at
Newark avenue.
The sales of the Household seying machine are
reported to be immense. The public ere fndin g
out very fast that this machine is the easiest run
ming machine in the market.
Sunday evening the First M. E. Chapel Of West
Hoboken will EOd \ Sunday school autumnal
service. serdce Of song aqd addresses by the
Rev. Wood ind Rev. @. Gowens and Mr.. Richard
r. Green will include the programme,
Howard Henderson has accepted the invitation
of State freasarer Tofey and others to lecture on
the ''swords Of Grant and Lee at Simpson Church
next Friday evening:
At the meeting of the New Jersey W. @. T. o.
heid in Trenton last week, the Secretsry's repor!
showed that there are 102 local in the
State with total enbership of over 5000
Autumnal services this morning at st. Paul's NJ
E. Church. An address will be 6sivere by the
pastor, The church is 10 be decorated with fores
leaves Fine music is promised,
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25

When the TATTLER strobe in he saw Jim
Braun sitting on chair with his legs COM
fortably stretched out to the middle of the
floor. There was plenty of space in the
room for legs, and even for the feet that
were attached to them. or the crowd that
one expects to find at a mass meeting,
were not visible to the naked eye. John
Geraghty sat opposite Herr Braun, and
they blinked sleepily at each other, till
third individual who had gathered with
them stole across the room:
sAh, Misther Braun" he said regret
fully. as he looked around upon the empty
chairs: sit moight "a hin different if ye had
bin at the hid of the tickit."
But he was premature in his dolefulness.
The crowd had not all got there yet.
There was sure to be two more on hand.
for neither Fuss and Feathers nor the
philanthropic Martin Ward had arrived
yet. Martin Ward, it should be
known, is the rest CT the Fuss
and Feathers party, and when he
entered the hall, it was with an evident
sense of his greatness. The great local
philanthropist had arrived recently from
Bayonne With misguided generosity he
/, ad purchased, for SIS 25, warrant for $40
thai represented many days labor of
needy workman. II had been understood
that the philanthropic Martin should be
recompenaed for his magnificent liberality
by retaining for his own use the difference
between So 20 and So To his horror he
had discovered, when he reached City Clerk
SCOTS Office, that the warrant, instead of
being for $40. was only for $9.75. His great
spirit was ND in arms at once, and he
entered without delay upon relentless
search for the missing quarter. The man
who could SO impose Rpon his charity
should have no quarter from hun. AS he
couldn't find the quarter, he had concluded
to hunt up the man. He kept up bis cease
less vigil till he learned that the ungratetul
scamp was in Bayonne Then, leaping to
his coach, he put the whip to his Pegasus
and dashed into that distant part OF the
county. He collared the man, and got the
ousrter but lie sat down, after reaching
home again. to make mathematical COM
putatioI. He discovered, as the result OF
Il. that he had lost, in horse-hesh, shoe
wear. tire wear, and sleep, the full value
of the quarter.
He had drawn his balance sheet 10 time
to be in attendance at the 'great mass
meeting" of Friday night, but his great soul
had been sorely chafed, and as he had not
entirely recovered from the shock OF his
creditor base ingratitude, when he reached
the hall. he had 10 tell his "friends there
the story. Our artist pictured him Tor our
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
ST. PAUL's CONsEcRATToN.
An Episcopal Church from whichzthe Debt
has just Been Lifted


st. Paul's Episcopal Church, on Duncan
avenue, is to be consecrated to-day. The
services as usual in the Episcopal Church,
will be very impressive. After the ccnse-
Grafton of the church, there will be the
usual morning services. The sermon will
be delivered by Bishop Starkey, followed
by the celebration of the Lords Supper.
At the session Of the Sunday school in the
afternoon, the exercises will be made very
interesting for the young people, At the
close of the session, the Bishop will address
the school. In the evening the Bishop will
deliver the sermon, after which the ordi-
nance of confirmation viii be administered.
st. Paul's Episcopal Society was organ
lied in 1860, when the present rector, DR..
Putnam, was unanimously called to fill the
position. The liquidation of the $4,000
mortgage which has been on the church
since its erection, is a fit crown to the labor
of quarter of century. When the soci-
ETY. first met. they numbered about fifty
communicates low they number between
two and three hundred.
The church building was erected in 1861,
enlarged in 1865, and altered to its present
proportions in 1869. 1t is frame struc
ture, on the chapel style of architecture,
very comfortable and capable of seating
several hundred people, It was originally
intended to accommodate members Of the
denomination who lived in that section
between Jersey City and Clairmont. The
population in that section at that time
numbered about 5000; so the members of
the Episcopal denomination were very few.
The population has grown since to about
Is, 200, and the denomination has increased
in strength in that district till it now
reaches total of between six and seven
hundred. This growth gave rise to the
establishment of another Episcopal church,
and out OF st. Paul's grew st. Johns Free
Church, on Summit avenue, probably the
finest and wealthiest churches in the Do
cese. The rector, Rev. Mr.. Stoddard,
reports a membership of over six hundred.
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LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
FIVE NEW FACES PRESENTED TO THE
TAITLER HEADERS.

Another Series of Enterprising Gentlemen
to Whom the Public Goes For Assistance
or Supplies Dentist Hanks, Halter
Perlmutter, Shoe-deaIer Laughlin, Cdnm
berlain the Painter, and EnOch Kessler.
DIR. E. F. Hanks, whose portrait breaks
in on this paragraph, is not one of our local
tradesmen, but he is professional gentle
man whose name is known in every house
hold in this city. He began the practice Of
dentistry in Perth Amboy in May 1867.
From there, to enlarge the field Of his
operations, he removed in 1868 to Eliza
bethport. The practice of dentistry in
this place not being to his taste, he re-
moved to Railway, where he succeeded ia
building up fine business. While resid-
ing in Railway, the idea occurred TO him
to organize the New Jersey State Dental
Society. He was then only rs yerrs
old, but single-handed and almost without
advice or assistance he called together the
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-25
Cantain Russius Entertained.I

A committee of seventy arranged ban
quet to Captain Bussuns of the steamship
Werra. Covers yere laid at the German
Club House last evening, ana 8 merry
crowd of conspicuous citizens gathered a t
them. Captain Bussuns, on arriving at
Hoboken Friday, completed his hundredth
round ocean TRIP. He entered the Bremen
steamship esmpany's services as second az
officer in 1866, and has carried over 60, 0OU
passengers. Mr.. Rubsamen presided at
las. evenings banquet, and all of the con-
spieuous citizens were present. The COM
pany was represented by VIM. Lehman,
son of the President, and by Captain I'm
dutsch, the superintendent. The menu was
very elegant.
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WY SIZE QUIZ. HIN.
The Story that1Led up to- 1Irs Wright's
Advertising HislWife.

The Story thataLed up to Mr. Wright's
Advertising His1Wif
Robert Wright-not the well-known
''Bob" of course who is engaged on the
Worlds local staff-but Robert Wright
who lives at No. 249 Fifteenth street, in
serted an advertisement in the Journal last
evening, cautioning the public against
trusting his wife on his account. At his
residence last evening, it was learned that
Wright is sixty years of age. and watch
man in Singers Sewing Machine warehouse
in New York. He has five children by his
first wife. His second, the one whom he
now advertises was widow with child of
her own, at the time of her marriage to
him. Mr.. Wright's daughter said last
evening that her stepmother made things
unpleasant around the house and then
quit. Mrs. Wright is stopping less than q
block away from her husband. She says
be treated her so badly that she was forced
to quit him year ago. He begged her to
return. and she went back, but he soon
began his abuse again, and last Thursday
she left him second time and forever.
She intepds to sue hlm to compel him to
provide for her.