The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-31

well-known silk manufacturer of the town
of Union, viii lead wedding procession
with Miss Ida Meyer, of Hudson street,
the only child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eibe n. F.
Meyer.
Sheriff Laverty was nearly prostrated
with grief at the terrible accusation pre-
ferred against him last week by dis
charged strumpet. He knew that he would
have no difficulty in disproving the
trumped-up charge, but he felt keenly the
great annoyance it would subject his wife
and daughters to, and for once was nearly
unnamed.
Governor Albeit never sees the funny
side of any question. Even the crank who
wanted to change the date of Thanksgiving
day ten days later, In order to commence
rate the discovery of America by Columbus,
and who was fttingly answered by the
Governor of Missouri, that turkeys are
good on either day" received from Mr..
Albeit q serious and dignifed reply.
Even the Hon. Terence Mcdonald has
now learned that it isn't safe to shake the
nose Of Sergeant-at-Arms Stahl, of our
county courts. When he attempted that
feat last Monday morning Charley instantly
struck position, and exciaiming, You yos
no at that Trenton here" got ready to
whip the much-talked of Assemblyman.
Mutual friends prevented catastrophe.
The statement of the Newark Freie lei
tumq, last Monday, that Keeper Layerty
once endorsed the bill of Downs b Finch,
the shirt contractors, who are so greatly
underpaying the State for convict labor,
but that this endorsement was abstracted
from the records of the prison, is bare
r. 3 - 81 l.
cover up the fact that Republican Board
face Of the protests Of both the Governor
and the Keeper.
/ The reception last Thursday evening by
Mrs. Charles w. Allen and her charming
daughter, at their elegant residence, No. SO
Chestnut avenue, was g great social sue
cess, notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather. As early as s o'clock car
riages began to arrive, and by o'clock the
great double house was filled to repletion.
A fine orchestra discoursed sweet music,
and an abundance of choice flowers were
tastefully arranged all around the premises.
Ii Is hardly necessary to say that the COLA
ton was all that could be desired. and that
the guests belonged to the most fashionable
circles of the county.
Ao al CtA0cACC VI tA0 A1S1O @AA%A-A4C4 ~
which pardons are frequently granted 10
this State, we need only to cite the case Of
Herman Havner. This fellow was sen
fenced to five years in the State prison FOL
receiving stolen goods. It appears that 6
| young fellow of respectable parentage
robbed his New York employers of ten Of
| twelve thousand dollars worth of tailor'f
trimmings. All of them were sent te
Havner, who paid but fraction of theil
real value for them. After his conviction
and sentence he appealed to the upper
court, where; after years delay, thu
| judgment of the lower court was affirmed
and Havner was lodged in the State prison
| But he had been there but a little Will,
when he was released by the Court of Par
dons. Havner returned to Jersey City, ant
shortly thereafter was arraigned in tn
Court of Sessions on charge of petit lar
ceny, to which he pleaded guilty. He i
now serving nine months term at Snak
Hill.
The bill of Senator Large. of Hunterdon
prohibiting the presiding judges of tn
criminal courts from trying civil cases il
| their own county, is u much needed meas
ure, and should be promptly passed. 1t j
sad commentary N Jersey justice to hay
| tolerated such az outrage for SO long
time. These men simply hold their judg
! ships as an advertisement for their prae
| tice, and it will readily be seen how the,
profit thereby. They represent clients il
civil cases before the very same jury EN-
panelled to try criminal cases in their owl
courts, and which they have the power Il
| discharge at any time. Even the dulles
will understand what great advantage
/ gives them over their adversaries, and hoy
unfair and disreputable is such proceed
/ ing. We understand that in Camdei
County, where the salary Of the crimina
judge is only $500 per annum, his clyi
! practice is more than three times that sum
because of the standing his position give
him before the jury in the Circuit Court
fact well understood by litigsnts. w
are pleased to note that the presiding
| Judges of the criminal courts of our count,
| have never practised in our Circuit Court
in fact they would have had no time to d.
it, even were they SO disposed.
When the thieving Mcmahon was arrested
on the corner of Fourteenth street an6
Sixth avenue, New York, by officers Foley
and Stanton, he was dressed in pair O
baggy trousers, blue flannel shirt, an ole
ulster, and shabby SLOUGH hat. The Zero
cious black mustache he used to sport haf
disappeared, and his short-cropped hal
had grown white. In fact, he was 81
changed that even his best friend woulG
hardly have recognized him. He admitted
that he was dead broke, and had already
pawned his watch, which probably accounts
for his return. He has spent much of hi
time in Canada, but he made flying trips
all over the West. New York has beer
visited by him number of times since hiE
flight. Four months ago ne got away
! from the West Side Hotel an hour before
/ officers Stanton and Foley searched those
premises for him. The statement that hii
defalcation and fight was great surprise
and that his honesty and integrity was
never, until then, doubted by the com
/ munity, is all bosh. More than yeal
before that time Hoboken paper openly
chargedthat all was not right in his Office
and a resolution was introduced in the
| Council ordering an investigation but il
was eventually voted down at his instiga
ton. And then his retainers of the press
shouted themselves hoarse at the grea
insult that had been offered to this truly
! good Boss by the editor of the paper il
! question. And McMahcn continued t.
squender money with layishness tina
must have convinced even the most obtusi
| that he was a plunderer.
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