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: G. Patterson was at the National Capital on
Chief Of Police Galbreath. of West Hoboken. ia
in New Orleans
Mrs J. Il. Smith. of Greenyille, is entertaining
some Cohoes, n. T., friends.
Mrs. Ella Plummer Shaw viii sing at the SER
vice of song at the Tabernacle tonight.
Captain H. P. Glenney. Of the Third Precinct.
is at home suffering from rheumatism.
Mr.. Myron Furst has just returned from trim
to Boston. He gees annually somewhere to inspect
the stores.
Miss Ida S. Roberts, Of Erie street is entertain.
ing her friend Miss Hattie b. Thorburn Of Clifton
Passaic County.
If you want beautifully written cards at extra
low rates. address a., box 1864 New York Post
Office. See advertisement. If
Mrs. R. G. Tussey, of the Heights is entertainino
her friend Miss Annie Smith, daughter Of Judge
Smith, Of Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Messrs. Frederick Seiger and Charles E. Devere.
Of Union Hill. are in Europe They will return
before the ides of March set in.
a, ,. Guilsord. Of this city. was present at the
meeting OF the State Teachers Reading Circle Come
mittees in Newark yesterday.
OF course nobody vii be disappointed il Judra
DeDermott is appointed Clerk in Chancery ~
Governor Albeit next Tuesday
William White won the two mile race last niobe
for medal at the Park Rink. His two con1nsfi
tors, Harry Holt and Ed Baldwin gave up the con.
test before the finish -
q Newark avenue has opened new shoe store at
81 Church street, New York The store i 80 49,
sale Of mems boots only. - ~
Mr.. F. II. Alyea, President Of the Newark r.l,o,,
Temperance Union. has secured he risina con,,s !,
,sDeaeonz heH. IF: Wallace RICHTER to speak in
new building which Is now being built nun he1l
| q Jersey CITY people viii attend
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THE BRIDGE AT THE GAP.
A PLAN THAT MAKES a COSTLY GEN.
TRIAL PIER UNNECESSARY.

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sac 70 S.ae' ana 20 Escape ING oos' 20
tne CiIy Of buylns .ne frishess o. rians-
ing a Fier IN the waters q the Canal.
The plan of bridge at the foot of Wash
;npton street which was submitted to the
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leauers ol tne SUNDAY AAaIlhh' VIII q
drawing, last Sunday morning, attracted
universal attention, and it seems to meet
all The VARYING views unon the sub;ect. The
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JAKE sHABP,s RAILWAYS.


NEW YoRK, Feb. 6.-The Committee on
Railroads of the Senate of New York COM
menced its investigation intothe matter of
the granting OF. the franchise to the Broad
way Surface Railroad this morning, at the
Office of Clarence A. Seward, 81 Nassau
street. There were present Mr.. Jacob
Sharp, President of the road; Lawyers L.
E. Chittenden and George Bliss, and others,
and small audience. Roscoe Conkling
and Mr.. Seward conducted the examina-
ton. certified copy of the articles of
incorporation was submitted. Mr. Francis
j. Tuomey, Clerk of the Board of Alder
men in 1884-85, produced the papers relat-
ing to the grant by the Board of Aldermen
and stated that the Broadway Railroad had
made two applications TO the Board of Al
dermen, but did not remember the date
of the first that on the Both of August,
1884, the witness received call for
special meeting by three-fourths Of the
members at o'clock A. NJ, about quar-
ter of an hour before the Board met !;
though the other members were notified
only those who had signed were III at
tendance, and that the Liddy injunction
granted by Judge Donahue was served
upon these members restraining them
from overriding the Mayors veto.
Mr.. Seward read from printed testi-
mony that Jacob Sharp had sworn before
Commissioners Of the Supreme Court that
the entire cost of building the road with
its connections would probably cost $780,.
600. and that the road had since borrowed
s, 300, 600 BY mortgaging all its property.
Mr.. w. ii. Theayer, President Of the
Eighth and Ninth Avenue Railroads, was
next examined by Mr.. Conkling. He stated
that he was asked to act as Trustee for the
road and as such signed the bonds for the
81 100000 mortgage on the list of July,
1885, that he believed he was asked to do SO
by M. Scribner, his lawyer. That he had
no conference or conversation about the
mortgage till he signed the bond. That his
lawyer told him he would run no risk
thereby, and.that his connection with the
mortgage begun and ended with his sign
ing his name, and that though he was a
director of the Seventh Avenue Railroad,
and also owned twenty shares of its stock,
he never saw or paid any attention to any
between the Broadway and Sew
enth Avenue Railroads. Mr.. Theayer,
though critically examined by Mr.. Conk-
ling, was perfect non mir records witness,
and left the stand, giving the impression
that he was very good dummy for such
and as Mr.. Conkling said,
She did did not want to know"
I Mr.. Seward then put in evidence the
ndenture of mortgage of the road to Fran
els A. Palmer, trustee.
Mr.. Jacob Sharp was called, and after
being sworn, the committee adjourned over
i'll Monday. to allow some of the witnesses
70 go to their distant homes.
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Canada,s Bob IueersolI.

MONTREAL, Feb. 6.-JosepA Doutre, O.
G., the fearless counseTin the great Guibord
case, which at one time threatened to
plunge this province into areligious war.
was laid to rest to-day. Following his bier
were the leading liberals of all the learned
professions in the city There was no reli-
gious ceremony, and neither priest nor
pastor were seen in the cortege. The his
tory of the man was remarkable. An
orphan educated for the priesthood, he
abandoned the church, took to law, and
assailed the priesthood. He afterwards
founded club Of freethinkers When
Guibord, one of these, died, the priests re-
fused to permit interment of the remains
He pleaded at Rome for burial and then in
the courts, but unsuccessfully, and finally
before the Lords Of the Privy Council in
England, who compelled the church ssto
prepare and permit the burial in conse
Grated ground To avoid second contest
of the kind over his own remains Doutre
directed that his body be inferred in a
Protestant Gem etai-v
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New Brunswick, Feb. 6.--The police
middle in this city still continues. Fitz-
gerald continues to frequent Police Head
quarters and give orders to the men. Ell
lis Sofield, who was given charge by the
Common Council and told to act as Chief
Of Police, calls the rolls daily as does also
Fitzgerald. The officers respond TO both
roll calls, being in doubt as to which is the
legitimate Chief Alderman Herbert, a
member of the Police Committee, dropped
into Police Headquarters last evening, and
he, too, called the roi to which Finger
aid and the officers responded with the ex-
ception of Sofield, who refused to &C.
knowledge his authority.
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Printers. az polo.

A team of six compositors employed on
the Evening Journal sent challenge to ii .
comps of the Argus to play them game of
polo at the Park rink. The challenge was
not accepted, and a game has been arrang-
ed between the Journal team and team
gotten up by comps employed by the Jer-
sey City Printing Company. The game
will be played some night this coming
week, if permission can be obtained from
Manager Somers, at the Park rink. The
journal team will be composed of the fol-
lowing players Frank Barker. Henry Poyn-
ton, George D. Bushfield, Chas. w. Thomas,
Alex. Collins. o. Plnkham and the Jer-
sey City Printing Company team as follows:
Stephen Jacobs, Samuel Hague, jr., Walter
Cunlif. Jeremiah Vanderbeck, Richard
Harris and IT. Hilbron. A good game IS an
ticipated, as both teams have never been on
roller skates.
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TEIEGRAPHIo NOTES.
Items of all Kinds from the Associated
Press Dispatches.


Items of all Kinds from the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The Indian bucks in the Red Lake reser-
walton are getting uneasy.
The notorious Nihilist, Sergius Ivanoff,
has been captured at st. Petersburg.
The Adams Tobacco Company Of Mont
real has gone into liquidation. The liabil-
tiles are SIZE, 900.
Leopold Wood, a well known Bridgeport
merchant, hanged himself in bis barn yes
terday.
warmer, cloudy weather and local SHOWS,
followed by fair weather, winds generally
westerly, falling barometer.
The House Committee on Public Lands
agreed to report favorably bill to for
felt the Southern Pacific land grant, ex-
cept right Of way through the public land.
The wife of. William Squire, a well
known farmer of Bayport, IT, l., while
going to the barn Friday night was stabbed
by an unknown person and dangerously
injured.
The Jury in the case of Ellen Gahan
against the administrators of the estate of
the late Lucia w. Roebling to recover
$4,000 returned verdict this afternoon
in favor Of Mrs. Gahan for SIS, 005.
The Freeman print works, of North
Adams, Mass, which reduced the wages of
its cotton mill employees a year ago, de-
cided yesterday to increase their wages ten
per cent This affects 500 employees.
II The British steamer Castle Craig ran
amuck at New Orleans yesterday morn
ing, smashing her bowsprit, knocking a
hole in her side and crushing the port and
starboard sides.
The strikers at Mt. Pleasant, Pa, yester-
day were massing to march to the Alice
mines and bring out the men working. The
police have been notified by the operators,
and are concentrating at the Alice works to
protect the workmen. It is feared there
will be a conflict if the strikers persist in
carrying out their programme
NEW York, February The Westches-
ter Grand Jury after ten days examination
into the matter of manufacturing dynamite
and other explosives en- the line of the
new aqueduct, failed to find an indictment
against l.. D. Stickney q Co. for maintain
ing a mandatory at Ardsley, but they
brought in an Indictment against Brown,
Howard & Co., the general contractors for
the upper division for storing dynamite
and other explosive substances at shaft
IL. Witnesses state that there are two
houses there about 1000 feet apart, where
there are stored several tons of these ex.
plosives- enough to cause devastation fol
miles around. The offense charged is Q
misdemeanor. ~ &
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will study it they will see that, in connec-
ton with the construction of gradually
rising approach from Washington street
it is a perfect solution of the much
vexed bridge problem. The waterway at
the Gap is 200 feet across. The scheme pro-
posed in the plan submitted to-day is to
have the bridge flooring lifted with chains
at the middle whenever vessel that can
not pass beneath it signals to go by. 1t
is not necessary that the whole Of the
flooring from the pieces on either side
should be lifted and the plan submitted
this morning contemplates the extension
of stationary flooring from the piers, sixty
feet out over the stream. This would leave
only SO feet to be raised by the chains from
each side Of the Gap and make free pas
sageway of 100 feet IN midstream.
TO describe it more particularly, the sec
tional plan shown in the above drawing is
that of a hanging platform drawbridge.
Either of the platforms marked 's60 feet is
braced from below on the principle of
cantilever bridge, and from above by three
strong rows of hanging braces; really a
double braced platform drawbridge. each
set of braces being anchored in their re-
spective pier towers. One set Of three piers
is required for each shore end of the bridge.
The centre pier and tower, on each end is
one-third larger than those on the sides, all
piers being constructed of masonry or iron,
and of such strength and height that the
chains to hoist the draws shall be sufficient,
in combination with the outside piers, to
sustain all strains that may come upon
them. The strain of ho;sting the entire
draw comes upon all the piers at once, but
to make hosting of the draw more easy
and to save the strain on all the piers, and
to do away with all steam power, the two
hosting drawbridges marked $50 feet" but
which can be reduced to 40 feet by setting
the piers close up to the water line, can be
sectioned in the centre of tbs bridge and
properly geared winches with two, or even
one man. to work them on each
side, win suffice for all cost of at
tendance to draw, an immense saving
in the expense of maintenance. By the
construction of this drawbridge the APP
proaches and their uses as warehouses or
for purposes mentioned in THE TATTLER
Of last Sunday will not be altered, as
these approaches will be of sufficiently
easy grade from Essex street to admit of
an elevation of 43 feet from the draw
bridge centre to high water mark or 81
feet to low water mark. The bridge Their
will be of sufficient height to clear all
distractions except large steamers or sail
ing vessels. Matthiessen 81 Weichers' der
ricked scows can then, by reducing their
unnecessary height of masts, pass under
the bridge without hosting the draw. By
such construction the drawbridge would
seldom be raised and the entire cost of
building the bridge would not begin to
approximate $500, 900, the amount saved
from the right of placing a pier in the
centre of the Gap.
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HoBoKEs,s ICE ozRHrEAz.


Fancy Costumes.
( A crowd of skaters assembled at the Ho.
boken ice skating rink last night to particle
pate in the fancy dress carnival annbunced
to take place there Early in the evening
the rink was illuminated with strings Of
Chinese lanterns, which started from a pole
IN the centre and stretched to the
corners and sides forming a canopy
of light In addition to these there were
fireworks and colored fire, while Prof Gun
theirs band enlivened the skaters with
some excellent music. But few costumes
were worn, but then the girls were prettier
than their costumes could possibly have
been, At different parts of the rink gall
liant SWANS could be found endeavoring to
teach their adored ones how to skate, while
again, in some corner could be seen ambi-
tious fancy skaters showing their powers to
admiring groups. Hoboken's pretty girls
were present in large numbers, among them
being the pretty Miss Mabel Zeno, who
glided around the rink like
fairy the charming Miss Ger
ken, who is ambitious to become a
skater the vivacious Misses Jahnkes, Ber-
tina and Tennie Miss Virgins, daughter
of ex-Assessqr Virgins Miss Clinton,
very graceful skater Miss Bingham, who
could almost live on skates and Miss Mari,
attired in the costume of Russian prin-
cess, who really deserved first prize for
costumes. Among the sterner sex pr sent
were Mccormack, the famous long dis
tance skater of Canada; O'Brien, cham
pion five mile skater G. w. Phillips, Of
the New York Athletic Club and w. Story,
the celebrated fancy skater Of New York.
Among the Hobokenites present were
Fred. Walters, the oarsman, Stegman, Of
the Meteors j. MCLEAN, who is anxious
to become fast skater, Charles Gaunt,
Jr., the ball player George Burch, cham
pion skater of Hoboken; p. Geisler, E.
0fferman and many others. The festivi-
ties on the ice were continued until mid
night. Owing to the small number ap-
pearing in fancy costumes the managers
decided to award no prizes at present.
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81. JOHNS 3. 9. FAIR.
Closing Scenes in Two Weeks Fair a
the Avenue House.

Closing Scenes In a Two Weeks Fair at
the Avenue House.
The fair of st. Johns Roman Catholic
Church, at the Avenue House, Five Cor
ners, came to . close at midnight last
night. The estimated net receipts will not
fall short Of 5000. The several fancy
tables were in charge Of Mrs. Thomas r.
Noonan and the Misses Minnie, Kittie and
Annie Noonan- smother and sisters of AS
semblyman Thoss F. Noonan; Miss Gone.
Miss Kinlin, Mrs. Loughran. and Mrs. and
Miss Stevens. The refreshment table was
presided over BY Mrs. N. R. Valentine and
the Misses Moody and McNulty The prin-
cipal contest was a diamond ring, con-
tested for by the Misses Annie Sutton and
Mamie Stephens.
The result was Miss Sutton, 2, 1893; Miss
Stephens alb An individual silver SER
vice, consisting Of knife, fork, spoon and
napkin ring, was won by ex .Assemblyman
O'Donnell's pretty little daughter, and
Miss Mamie Fahey won French doll.
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The Bachelors.

The !" Bachelors have issued invitations
for their annual reception on March Sd,
and from the great preparation they have
made it promises to be their best enter
tainment. In addition to the usual guests
that viii be present, there will be delega-
ton Of local political celebrities of this city
and Hoboken. Alderman O'Rourke will be
in charge of the refreshment room, and
Charlie Jordan will be on hand as the inim.
table tenor. The invitations, prepared by
SAP Datz are models Of art and beauty.
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Assistant Chief CatIin shocked.

Assistant Chief Catlin, of the Pennsyl-
wanna Fire brigade. recently received d
large and handsome box via Adams ex-i
press. After signing and paying the charges
he called upon one of the members of the
brigade to.help carry the box over to the
engine house which was done. He could
not open the box with key, so he got an
axe and after two hoHrs hard work he sue
ceeded in getting the lid off. When he had
pulled out nearly ton of straw, and 10
he discovered large rag baby BE was SO
overcome by the shock that he was sent
home in crate. Catlin says he has an
idea who played the trick on him, and will
amply get even
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Something About Its Orgapixations with a
Picture and sketch of Its President.

Something About It's Organization with q
Picture and sketch of Its President.
This Association was first organized in
the Spring of 1876, by some of the en-
ployees of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. The object of the Association was
to draw together the employees of the fer
ries in mutual aid society alone, and this
object has been strictly adhered to. The
incorporation of the Association, in 1884,
placed it upon much more substantial
footing. The bylaws of the Association
provide that any employee of the Jersey
City ferries, whose name is on the monthly
pay-rolls, may be proposed for member
ship in the Association by member, the
application being in writing, and accompa-
MED by an adjoining fee of 50 the appli-
can't for membership signing his name, age,
and in what capacity he is employed. In
case the age of the applicant has reached
forty-tive and under fifty years, then the
fee shall be So, and for all ages exceeding
fifty years, the additional sum of 81 per
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Maybe a Fatal Enquiry. -

PARIS, Feb. 6.-The supposed murderer
of M. Barreme, the Perfect Of the Depart
ment of Eure, who was killed in railway
carriage compartment while returning to
Evrenx from Paris with 81, GOO in his pock-
cts on January IA, has been arrested. It
will be remembered that when the train
started from Paris q man asked the guard
if NJ. Barreme was aboard, and when an
swered in the affirmative purchased ticket
aud went on the same train. A man an
swering this persons description left the
train at Mantes-sur-Se Seine before the MUIR
der was discovered. The person taken into
custody has been identified by employees
Of the railway as the man who alighted at
Nantes.
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New BRUNswrcK, Feb. s. There is
trouble in the public school district of
Jacksonville, near here, and in conse-
quence the institution has been closed.
It appears that some days ago lad thir
teen years of age arose in his place in the
school, and in clever speech called upon
the pupils to vote whether or not they con
sidered the teacher capable of conducting
the school. The vote was at once taken,
and it was unanimous against the instruc-
tor. Having arrived az this decision the
youngsters packed up their books and left
the premises. From that day the school
has been empty.
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BURIED At SEA.
A Scion Of English Nobility Ends Pro-
tracted spree.

- NChun Va k<A8AA1M ArW0AAAty minus a EEOn
si tracted Spree.
When the steamship City of Chester, Of
the Inman Line, reached her dock at the
foot of Grand street, this city, yesterday
afternoon, the captain reported that one
of the passengers had died on the voyage.
When the vessel reached Liverpool, a hand
some young fellow, 20 or 80 years of age,
marched on board. He registered as Digby
William Rogers and was assigned to a state
room in the first cabin Last Saturday he
was seized with delirium tremens. The
ships physician watchfully cared for him,
but he became SO violent that the combined
strength of several men was needed to keep
him in subsection. He died later during
the night, and at II o'clock Sunday morn
ing his body was buried in the sea. He is
supposed to have been spring of noble
blood in London, who took the vessel in
the course of protracted spree. He had
plenty of money and doubtless belonged
to family of large wealth.
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While the Dominic Prayed

On Friday evening about half past seven
the Rev. =. R. Dunn, who resides next
door to st. Paufa NJ. E. Church, on Fourth
street near Grove. of which heis the pas
tor, assembled to The library on the second
floor with his family to conduct family
prayers before going to the revival meeting
IN the church. While he was so engaged a
sneak thief gained entrance to the front
hall by forcing open the front door. the
cost $50, and he at once made off with it.
Several of the members Of the church no.
ticed the door open, but did not investigate
thecaIlse
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The last meeting of the Jersey City
Council No. 50 Royal Arcanum was opened
by their newly elected officers, who worked
the business of the various offices most ac-
ceptably. On Tuesday the 10Th the Coun-
Gil will hold their annual dinner and meet
ing at Roches Hail. During the meeting
Messrs. John @. Drew, David Davis, of
Brooklyn and A. Robb will be initiated
The dinner viii no doubt be the liveliest
of the lively, the strangers and members
who attended the last annual can testify
to the extraordinary difficulties which at
tended their efforts to sit down, stand up,
play the piano or even to eat. A large
number Of invitations have already been
sent ant
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The Baltimore and Ohio New Line.

pHILADEnPH1A, Pa, Feb. president
Judge Allison, in the Court of Common
Pleas to-day, refused the application of
Matthew Yollmer for an injunction against
the Schuylkill River East Side Railroad
Company. MI. Vollmer owns land in that
section Of the lower part of this city known
as ssthe neck, upon which the Railroad
Company were about to construct their
road, and he asked the Court to restrain
them from doing SO. The SchuylkiH River
East Side Railroad is portion of the new
road being built by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company from Baltimore to Phil
adelphia.
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BosroN. February g. The success Of the
car-drivers and conductors Of the New
York horse railroads in their demand for
more and shorter hours has encouraged the
employees on several Of the horse railroads
in this city to organize with a view of MAX
ing demand for more favorable conditions
of employment. These men will, it is said,
soon present to the managers ef the differ
ent roads new timetable which they hope
to have accepted. They now work from
twelve to fifteen hours day, and the pay
on the Metropolitan Railroad is 81. rs and
and on the HIGHLAND Road 50 per day.