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The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
HoBoKENs COMMON COUNCIL.
sss Intellectual Ballots Taken Yester-
day afternoon.

day afternoon.
The Hoboken Common Council met at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose, if possible, of organizing. The effort
however was not successful; and, while
nothing unusual occurred after a session
Of IL hours, during which 2SS ballots for
chairman were taken, without result.
the Council adjourned to meet at the cali
of the Mayor. 1t is supposed that the
Mayor will call the body together again to-
morrow The contestants for the chair
manship are Councilmen Stanton and
Grassman-each of whom received four
votes on every ballot taken. Said man
prominent in Hoboken politics to TAT
TIER representative last night Stanton
is by long odds the man for the place. He
is honest, upright, and capable and has the
people on his side. The councilmen with
him are Hartell, Miller and Maloney. after
all the best timber, with Stanton. in the
Council. Grassman-Kenny, Londrigan,
aud Fitzsimmons have combined against
Stanton, and they have not the support of
honest men in the city. They have formed
a combination by which they hope to beat
the representative candidate for chairman.
and they have no doubt, apparently, of
their ultimate success Fitzsimmons is a
new man. not only in the Council, but in
political life in Hoboken, and he will gain
nothing by forming the associations he
has.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.
A Sequel to Last Sundays Fire i'm
Hoboken.

A Sequel to Last Sundays Fire i'm
Hoboken.
Last Sunday nights fire on First street,
Hoboken, has sequel which is sad in the
extreme. The fire was confined to the
buildings numbers lis to 1875 First street.
In 1877 lived Adam Peer and his family,
consisting of his wife and son. Moses, who
is employed in the Office of Justice of the
Peace William f. Rusoh. Mrs. Peers
folks live in Harlem. Last Sunday morn
ing Mrs. Peer and Moses went to Harlem,
and when they returned at night it was
only to see the buildings adjoining the
house in which they lived burning rapidly
burned to the ground. Mrs. Peer became
very much excited lest her home should be
destroyed, and was finally carried away in
a fit. On Monday she was very i'll from
the shock the fright had caused to her
nervous system and on Tuesday she gave
premature birth to child. On Wednes-
day Mrs. Peer died. She will be buried
to-day Mr.. Peer is very much depressed
over his wifes sad death and poor little
Moses cannot be comforted. Mr. Peer is
a printer by trade and has been for several
years past Treasurer of the Widows and
Orphans Fund of the Hoboken Exempt
Firemen's Relief Association.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
JUROR MUNsELL EXPLAINS.
What He has to Say About His Visits
to Rosa and Short.

New YORK, May 9.-Juror Munsell, who
is in jail for contempt of Court in having
visited Short, while serving on the jury
that tried Short for the assault on Captain
Phelan, and in having visited O'Donovan
Rossa's place as well, was interviewed to-
day. he denied emphatically the state
ments of Watkins that he conversed with
Short. and that he expressed any opinion
or hope about the latter's trial He re-
membered that Skinner spoke to him
about Short, remarking that the latter had
retained Mr.. Brooke as his counsel, but he
made no reply that he remembered. He
did not know Short at all and had never
spoken to him. On the I'd of May he
visited the Tombs to see Skinner, who was
once friend of his, and who was connect
ed with some litigation in which he was
concerned. The special cause of his visit
that day was his receipt of some letters
from lady living In Quincy, ILL.,, friend
of Skinner wife. who wrote about Mrs.
SINNERS serious illness. At that time
he remarked to Skinner that he
had been selected on the Short Jury.
and Skinner said, 'sthere is Short sitting
over there. Mr.. Munsell merely glanced at
Short and left the room Immediately after
ward. He said he knew nothing about
Watkins at all. He explained his visit to
O'Donovan Rossa's Office by saying that he
was unable to understand the diagram of
the premises which was shown in court,
and that he wished to satisfy himself about
the matter by personal inspection. He
merely stepped into the room, placed
chair where Phelan had sat, according to
the evidence, and looked about him.
There were several men sitting in the room
smoking, and one of them, whom he recog-
nized as one Of the witnesses in the trial,
but whose name he could not remember,
said that he could not give any informa-
ton in the absence of O'Donovan Rosa.
Gas soon as heard Rossa's name mem
toned" said Mr.. Munsell, 81 left. I
didn't say anything particular while was
in the Office except that wanted to get
the bearings of the room. | don't reool-
lect my exact words.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
SURPRISED By HER WEALTH.
Mrs. Gaskeii Finds $4,000 She Didn't
Know Her Husband Had.

Mrs. Gaskeii Finds $4,000 She Didn't
Know Her Husband Had.
When Professor Gaskell was found dead
in the mud near the Erie Railroad, his
widow learned that he had $3.50 in the
Hudson County Bank, and to adminstrate
upon it and other assets she deemed of
little value, she took out letters at Surro-
gate McAvoy's Office. He husband had
complained of some difficulty he had ex-
perienced in meeting his obligations He
had not even furnished his house but had
left it for his mother-in-law to do, and al
together the indications were that he died
poor. So Mrs. Gaskell was easily con-
WINGED that about all he had was the $3.50
on deposit at the Hudson County Bank.
The Court. in view of the small value OF
the assets, fixed her surety bonds at only
81, 5000, and she furnished them. When
his safe at his college was examined the
widow was equally surprised and joyed to
find bank books showing balance of $780,
600 or more to her husbands credit on de-
post in banks in New York, Brooklyn and
Boston. Yesterday morning she went in
to Judge McGill's Orphan Court with
Counsellor John Linn to tell of her good
fortune. A brother of Professor Gasksll
was also in Court with Counsellor Corbin.
Judge McGill increased the bond to $780,
0C0. William W. Farrier became the lady's
surety. She will have one third of the es-
tate. Professor Gaskell's two brothers
will divide the rest.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
AN ITALIAN VENDETTA.
4 PHYSICIAN WHO CURES By
SUCKING THE PATIENTS BTOOD.


Two First Street Italians End u Game
of Cards with "a stiletto-The Cond1-
ton OF the Wounded Man Serious.
The telephone bell in Police Headquarters
rang down after nine o'clock last night.
" Hello, there p shouted Chief Murphy.
"What's the matter9 ?"
'sAn Italians been killed here !" was the
response that came back over the tele-
phone from Bender's pork store on Colgate
street. Officers Hutton and Egan were
sent up with others to the Skin ward to
view the corpse and arrest the man who
had robbed it of life They were piloted
to rooms on Colgate street. There a groan-
ing italian lay upon cot, while fellow
Italian who professed to be endowed with
medical skill, leaned over him. He had
his lips pressed over the wound from
which the blood had flowed freely. and
was sucking his victims blood in a vain
attempt to save his life. A twelve wear
old girl stood by with her husband of
five months by her side. An eldealy woman
Jabbered like parrot to those about her.
The wounded man was Luigi Epaulito.
The child wife and the older woman were
his daughter and his wife. Early in the
evening Epaulito had gone around to the
rooms of Lorenzo Bosco, at No. Ala First
street, to play game of cards. They
gambled till they quarreled. Finally Bosco
drew compaso knife from his pocket and
leaning on the table plunged it into Epaul-
ito's breast. He ran as soon as he had
done his work, while Epaulito fell Shrek
ing to the floor. The Italian friends
rushed in and carried him to his home.
The officers started at once in search Of
the murderer, but made little headway.
They finally pressed little Tony, the boy
into the service, and aided by
him made the rounds of the italian quar-
ters without avail. He is thought to have
fed to New York.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
JERSEYS NEXT HANGING.
The Preparations for the Execution OF
sfseo at Hackensack.

HAcKENsAcK, May 9.Mr. Johnson, of
counsel for Sisco, the condemned murderer
OF Mr.. Gurnee, who is sentenced to be
hung June 5th, says that he is uncertain
whether or not any steps will be taken to
procure reprieve or in any way to inter
fere with the execution of the sentence on
the date fixed. 1t is not thought that any
effort will be made in this direction. 1t is
a fact, however, that since the trial is over
and the man condemned great many ex-
press sympathy for him, saying that he
was not bad darkey," never having
been known to do anything very wrong be-
fore, except to indulge in too much drink
occasionally. He is believed by many to
have become suddenly insane, possessed of
the devil, or something of that sort. as he
had always appeared as mild and peaceable
as almost any other colored man in that
section. His conduct afterward, in secret
ing the money In the manner he did, they
think indicates that he was g off his head. !"
The errand of Judge Dixon to Hacken-
sack on Tuesday last was to appoint twelve
men, such as are qualified to perform
Grand Jury duty, two of whom must be
physicians, to witness the execution of
otbOO duu report tueT0On TO the County
Clerk, that due record may be made of the
facts. This duty the Presiding Judge
of the Court is required by law to
perform Immediately after the SEN
tence, aad 1t was to repair an omis-
sion that it was done on Tuesday. The
Sheriff is also required to appoint twelve
persons, of such as are required to perform
ordinary jury duty, to witness the hanging,
and may besides these select as many more
to act as SPECIAL deputies as he deems me-
cessary for the preservation Of the peace
about the place of execution, bat these
cannot enter to witness it. The con-
demned is permitted by law to select three
members of his family and also two clergy
men to witness the execution, and the
Sheriff must select three experts, from any
part of the State, and must admit three
members of the local press, within the
county, one of the New York Associated
Press and one of the National Press Asso-
citation to witness the execution. The
court stenographer also is required to be in
attendance. in behalf of the press outside
OF those newspapers otherwise represented.
The three experts referred to are usually
chosen from the Sheriffs of the several
counties Of the State.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
Hosiery, Gloves,
EMBRoDERIEs AND LACEs,
and propose to give our customers the
benefit of the BARGAINS secured there.

CHILDRENS FULL TRIMMED SAILOR
HATS in garnet, navy and brown, regu-
lar price 30c--21c.
LADIES and CHILDREN'S MILAN
HATS, in popular shapes, in ecru, brown,
navy, myrtle, nutria and black; adyer-
tised and sold elsewhere at 79c-39c.
LADIES FRENCH MILAN HATS, all
shapes and colors, superior goods, and
best values ever offered; regular price
s.. 40 to 81. 75-$1.
FRUIT OF THE LOOM, A Bleaehed
Muslin; regular price 10c-6 7-8c.
ATLANTIC A, A UNBLEACHED MUS
LIN; regular price 9c-6 1-4c.
LADIES SATIN COACHING PARA
SOILS, in marine, navy, blue, cardinal,
garnet and black; regular price S1.48
81.
LADIES FINE BLACK wORSTED
JERSEYS. braided and scolloped; regu-
lar price 50. 25-$1.46
INFANTS WHITE CAMBRIA DRESSES,
embroidered yokes and sleeves, deep
ruffie; regular price 35c-21c.
BOYS COLORED SHIRT WAISTS, spec
tally manufactured for us; regular price
25c-21c.
LADIES CORDED CHEMISE, fine mus
lin; regular price 50c-38.
5-inch BLACK CHENILLE FRINGE, 2
row; regular price 60c-42c.
1s-ineb FINE COLORED SATIN, all
she..es; regular price 60c-44c.
LADIES' FINE KID FOXED BUTTON
SHOES; regular price $2.50-S1. 88.
LADIES' CLOTH FOXED BUTTON
SHOES; regular price $2-S1.4 40.
LADIES FANCY STRIPED FULL
FASHIONED HOSE; regular price Csc
POO.
CHILDREN'S SOLID COLORED DERBY
RIBBED, FULL FASHIONED HOSE;
regular prices zoe to 28c--16c to 22c.
GENTS FANCY STRIPED FULL
FASHIONED SOCKS; regular price
25c-20c.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
NOT DEAD At All.
MIR. HanIon Reading a Newspaper
When the Undertaken Calls.


John Hanlon is one of the statesmen in
Mullins's mammoth furniture store on
Newark avenue. He has brother en-
ployed by Freebooter Bir@sall at Hum
bo,dt Hall. Their father is somewhat adj
vanced in years and has been ailing more
or less for some time past. So when some
one called to say to the salesman the 9TH
er day that his father had died, John was
easily disposed to believe him. He made
known the distressing fact to his employer
and excused himself for the rest of the
day; then went to Birdsalls to tell his
brother "Bunt, and the two busted them
selves in making preparations for the
funeral One rushed down to the Journal
Office with notice of the death, and the
other went post-haste to the undertakers
ordered coffin. The two brothers met at
the door of their fathers house on Bay
street The undertaken with tape-line in
hand to measure the corpse, was there too,
and all three assembled to the department of
death together. They wore the solemnest
kind of faces, stepped on tip-toe SO as
not to disturb the last slumbers
of their revered parent, and lift
ed their hats with bowed heads out
of respect to the grim monster that lurked
ne boys eyes twlnkled as the
adertaker advanced towards an old gen.
.iemen who sat reading paper at the win
dow
ssTm looking for tie dead mani" said the
undertaken.
sAnd what dead man ?" queried the old
gentleman.
s'Why, Mr.. Hanlonr'
The old gentleman's face blanched. He
thought some misfortune had overtaken
one of his sons.
(which one of them's dead ?" he anxious
ly enquired.
"Why neither of us father" the sons
said, as they advanced from point where
they had not been observed.
''What Hanlon's dead then?" pursued
the old gentleman.
ssWhy, it you, father" said Burt, sand
the undertaken has come to measure you
for your coffin"
Then there were explanations all around.
The undertaken gathered up his tape and
retired. messenger was sent to recall
the death notice in the Journal, and con-
gratulations were the order of the hour.
The story of Mr.. Hanlon's death had been
told to his son John in good faith. No one
knows how it originated.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
MARY HUNrER's LOVER.



George Eitel is a short, stout and good
looking truckman He lived with his
brother on Christopher street, New York,
two or three weeks ago. While in this city,
for business or pleasure, he met Mary
Hunter, and became enamored of her
They made up THAR mind to go to house
keeping together, but he was without
funds. The remembrance that his bro ther
had $500 hidden away in a bureau drawer
came to his relief as happy thought, and
he appropriated it. Then rooms were hired
at No. 70 Gregory street, goodly supply
of furniture was secured, and the apart
ments were fitted up in attractive style
Last evening Mary kissed her George
''good night, and started for the Saturday
night dance over Cooper Hall. The brother
whom he had robbed had meanwhile been
tracking him out, and had located him
When Mary went home to her George after
the dance, he was not their to receive her.
Detective Clos had taken him to the station
house to answer for the robbery. He
acknowledged his guilt and will probably
consent to go back to New York to stand
trial without waiting for requisition.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
FrItz Sellers Tre4bIes,

Fritz Seller lives at 142 First street. Ho-
boken. He once owned, in his own name,
the house in which himself and wife lives,
but as Fritz is generally considered little
off, he was sometime ago persuaded to
deed it over to his wife. The top floor of
the building is let to burly Dutchman
named Schroeder. Last Thursday Seller
and Schroeder had quarrel in the yard aris-
to put clothes line across the yard One
word led to another until, finally, Schroeder
picked up an axe and struck Seller in the
head and made him still sillier. Seller had
Schroeder arrested, and the consequence
is criminal and civil suit in Judge Nc
Dermott's court against the beligereni
Dutchmans
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
YESTERDAYS BALL GAME
The Oakland Club Send the sylvan's
Home with a Single Rum.


The opening game of the Oakland Club,
despite the unfayorable weather, was wit
messed by about FIVE hundred people on
their grounds on Oakland avenue yester-
day afternoon. Young ladies sat upon the
grand stand, their bright ribbons and the
plumage of their Spring bonnets lending
additional attractiveness to the scene. and
applauding their fayorite players when
they scored run, or made good play.
At half-past four o'clock the cent was
tossed. The Sylvsn's won and the Oak
lands went to the bat. Dunn, Brady, and
j. Vallew went to the bat and did not
even start for first base. The Swans then
famed the ball, three men in succession and
again went in the field. McGill, who
pitched for the Oakland's, Was rathar wild
in the first inning, but finally settled down
to the business and continually puzzled
the visitors. In the second inning both
clubs played very sharp, and succeeded in
keeping the score blank This was the
general run of the game until the third
inning, when the Oaklands accorded two
runs. The spectators rose in their seats
and applauded, the ladies waved their
handkerchiefs and the boys who jumped
over the fence shouted and rolled in the
wet ground. In the seventh inning the
Oakland's scored another run, and again
the audience applauded. The around was
in very poor condition and was covered
with puddles of water, into which the
players jumped and got wet to their knees.
John Fields the catcher of the Oakland
club, made an excellent showing. McGill
pitched little wild, but settled down to
work after the first inning. Considering
that these men never played before, they
did very well, and better playing may be
expected next week. Following is the score
by innings
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
carl sehurz in Jersey city.

The steamer Nordsland sailed from the
Red Star Docks, foot of Grand street, yes
terday. Col Edmund Jqssen and his fam
lily, Gen. Francis Walker, ana the Super
intendent of the Census we're among the
passengers. A large delegation of Ger
mans, among them Carl Schurz, who is a
relative of Col. Jussen, gathered to see
them off. The salon was conservatory of
flowers,
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10

The roller skating craze seems to have
taken as strong hold on the people OF
Greenvllle, as it has on the residents OF
other places, the rink at Greenyille being
crowded at every session. The programme
for last week was xcellent in every respect
some OF the best skaters and bicycle riders
in the profession, giving exhibitions, Ono
or two good g~nes of polo were played, the
Columbia's as usual coming out ahead.
The attractions for this week will be some
thing in roller skating annals, as the
management have engaged some frst-class
talent
The programme OF the Pavonia rink last
week was very good, and was thoroughly
enjoyed by the large numbers of ladies' and
gentlemen who visited the rink during the
week. The bill for this week is as follows;
Monday evening, exhibition in fancy skat-
ing by 6. =. Hendricks; Tuesday evening,
the Post brothers fancy and trick skaters;
Wednesday evening q race between coiored
BOYS who have never had on skates; Thurs
day evening, Colwell and Gardiner, acre
batic skaters; Friday evening, general skat-
ing, and on Saturday evening the charming
Bessie DeCamp viii show what she can do
on rollers
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10

A large metal frame, the handiwork 0.
M. G. Rhodes, of this city, designed as an
emblem for the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers and Firemen, is on exhlbi-
ton at Keyser's Hotel, Lafayette. Mr..
Rhodes has been at work on this frame
since 1876, and it has cost him $500 for the
material in it, to say nothing of his time.
The design VIII probably be placed on ex-
hibition in some show-window on New
ark avenue soon.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
A F,fteen Year ola Drunkard.

A fifteen year old boy was locked up in
the Library Hall police cells last night, on
charge of being an habitual drunkard.
He was George s. Ryan. of No. "a White
street. His father who made the COM
plant against him, says he is utterly
incorrigihle:
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10

The most successful of men in all COM
munities are those who are the most enter
prising. "By their deeds ye shall know
them" and by their enterprise the people
know them. Furst Bros know how TO
purchase their goods. How to suit the
public in prices and last, bpt not least, how
to advertise. II low prices and good ma
terial are the qualifications for patronage,
read their advertisement In our columns
and call upon them.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
DAsHEs AROUND TOWN.

See Joseph Warren, Auctioneers advertisements
Of important auction sales Of real estate to take
place.
see J. R Van SyckIe's advertisement OF the sale
next tuesday, OF the Hotel Lafayette, furniture
and appurtenances at Asbury Park rare oppor.
tunity Is here offered for some enterprising hotel
man.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-10
THE TURN FESTIVAL.
Interesting Historical and Statistic
Facts about the Turner's.

Interesting Historical and Statistical
Facts about the Turner's.
NEWARK, May 9.-The great Turn Festi-
val-the quadrennial festivals to open at
South Orange Park in this city, Saturday
June Goth, and continue till Wednesday
the Oath Five thousand Turner'S from all
parts of the Union are expected to at end.
The competition sports will take place on a
S00x600 feet me adow adjoining the Park.
The Turner's originated in Prussia about
1911 or 1912, when that country was pre-
pairing to shake off the yoke of Napoleon.
Father jain was the first who demonstrated
that healthy body was necessary for.
healthy brain, and he drilled the German
youth in these athletic exercises which have
made the German Turner's famous. His
pupils did yeomen's work in the wars of
1813-14-15, and from that time to this the
Turner's have been the advocates of pro-
gress, liberty and equality. The Turner'S
played an important role in the German
Revolution of 1848, and some of those who
tuen took part are yet to be found among
the Turner veterans of Newark. When the
reaction set in in Germany many were
compelled to seek refuge in this country,
and the first American Turn societies date
from 1849. The formation of the North
American Turn Union dates from the 5th
of October, 1850, when the societies of New
York, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn, or Wallabout, attended Con-
gress. In 1851 other cities, most notably
G ncinnati, joined, and the Union started
with about twenty societies. The Union
has now over 800 societies, with member
ship of $4,000, and of these $500 are
obliged to participate in the gymnastical
hofnO 11ndor 2l of Qu
The Union has also $4,000 male and 1000
female pupils and 100 paid teachers. The
Union possesses a teachers seminary at
Milwaukee, and newspaper, also at
Milwaukee, which is edited by former
Newarker, Charles Herman Boppe. The
early years of the Union were stormy, and
it soon split into two, the Western and the
Eastern, but after few years the differ
ences were settled, and just prior to the
war reorganization was effected by re-
v;sior Of the constitution.