The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-01-24

they have the power to discharge or retain.
That this IS pefversion Of justice must be
apparent to all, and it is only to be won
dered at that such crying evil has been
allowed to exist so long.
The Hobolen Council made great fu 50
the other evening about the granting of q
liquor license to woman Of unsav0fy
reputation; yet for many years they have
licensed notorious designation house on
Hudson street, run under the guise of q
hotel, and there is not an officer connected
with the city government who does not
know the character and the business Of
that house.
The Newark lawyers are not we'll in
formed when they say that the Gran0 Jury
cannot now indict President Dodd of the
Savings Institution because bis offence
was committed over two years ago, and
therefore covered by the stat7te of hnita-
tons. They must have forgotten about
the act passed by Senator Rabe which ex-
tends the time to five years in cases of be-
trayal of fiduciary trusts which was Dodd's
case exactly.
Every time the Hohoken Ferry Company
contemplates the building of new boat, it
Is heralded that when completed it will be
ssthe finest afoat," yet when put upon the
line it is new boat after the old pattern,
the only difference being curtailment of
tho passenger accommodations to allow for
more wagon room. The two new boats
just placed upon the line no more compare
with the boats of the Pennsylvania and
Central ferry than does Hoboken gas
lamp with the Union Square electric tower
The elevated railroad from the Hoboken
ferry to the hilltop is to open to-mor-
row if reports are true. The long delay in
I. L.
the confidence of the public in the same.
True, the company explained the cause by
stating that they were breaking in the train
hands thoroughly before opening the road
to the public, but there are many who
believe that so much time cannot possibly
be consumed in that task and that the real
trouble is with the cable and the grip.
The grand jury were discharged by Judge
Knapp last Tuesday afternoon, finding
| about $50 indictments, nearly all of them
| of the most trivial nature, and ia no in
| stance was person indicted who can boast
of the least influence. The usual thanks
| of the court" was pronounced in an inaudi-
! BILE whisper, and it is well understood that
| the Court did not at all feel grateful to-
wards them. It was a most remarkable
| grand jury, and for the credit of the old in
stiturion it is to be hoped that the like of it
will not be seen in this or any other county
again. Mr.. Jeremiah B. Cleveland, the
foreman, and few other gentlemen on the
panel, did all they could to do and what their
oaths and their censciences dictated. but
they were boisterously oyerruled by crowd
who had no respect for either, and who
seemed there for the sole purpose of pro-
tecting evil doors.
The invitations for the reception of the
Dr1.a Glrzl. IL la
| the recent fair, to be held at the Club
house next Wednesday evening are very
unique in their design and triumph Of
the engraver's art. The committee in
charge of the affair have made every eff
fort for the success of the same and an
| entertainment is promised that will eclipse
| anything ever seen in Jersey City since the
days of the famous charity ball The gym
| nasium and all the other rooms on the
second floor will be thrown open to
dancers and the spacious billiard room in
the third story will serve as supper room,
which will begin at 1890 and continue
until the close of TIE affair Two bands
will be in attendance, SO that the dances
and promenades will follow each other in
| quick succession.
Well, now, these agitating reformers in
our city are queer crowd, t the least.
They oppose the scheme of Lne Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for a New York terminus
because they will not enter that city
through the Jersey City gates. Then again
they are opposed to the Lehigh Valley
Road acquiring d terminus in our city.
They are bent upon building a bridge
across Washington street at great expense
and the driving away of an industry that
| pays more taxes than is paid upon any
property ten times the size of that which
they occupy, when bridge can just as well
be built one block above and for the con-
stluction of which the sugar-house people
offer to pay large share of the cost. They
| rallied against our city government until
4 they succeeded in impairing our credit.
| and it required all the skill and energy of
shrewd fnanciers to keep her ahoat for
time, and if they pursue those tactics
much longer it will be impossible to coax
even dog across our city limits. There
should be limit to that sort of reform. It
destroys much and creates nothing.
All was life and animation in the COM
| nodious mansion of MIR. and Mrs. Richard
FL. Steele, located at the corner of Pail
SADIE and Jefferson avenues, last Friday
evening. The great double dwelling was
Illuminated from cellar to garrett, ami the
strains of sweet music broke upon the
evening air. LII was the fourth reception
OF the season to the members of the indie
pendent Sociable, and the first ever given
by Mrs. Steele, who evidently did not
mean to be eclipsed by similar entertain
ments of the past. Shortly after nine
o'clock carriages began to arrive, and be-
fore half-past ten the spacious rooms on
both sides CT the hall were thronged with
as fashionable a gathering as Jersey City
can produce. Many well-known society
people were present so many, in fact,
that our room this week does not even
permit us 70 mention the most prominent
ones. Shortly before Midnight fine col
lation was served, and when the affair
broke up all agreed that Mr.. and Mrs.
Steele had added another brilliant enter
tainment to the many famous ones of the
past given under the auspices of the Inds-
pendent Sociables.