The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-25

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their number been considerably hurt.
William Walter Phelps, United States Minister
TO Germany, gave a dinner at the Kaiserhof. In
Berlin, on Thursday evening to Count Herbert
Bismarck. The special object of the entertain
ment was TO afford Count Herbert an emporium
ity to meet Mrs. Phelps.
Editor J. b. Clevenstine, of the Bridgeton
Chro,Ncie. says he W i'll soon issue a daily edition
of his paper. This viii make the third daily and
the seventh newspaper in the town Of IL, 1000 in
habitants.
Isaac Smick. residing near Canton, is the
owner of two unique and highly priced heir
looms in shape of a glass cornet and a powder
horn which his grandfather. Philip Smick,
brought from Germany when he emigrated 10
this country in May, 1888. The cornet is still in
perfect order, and when in proper hands will
bring forth melodious sounds. The powder horn
was evidently taken from the head of a german
OK of the frs. magnitude, and has carved on it
in the highest style of art the solar and planet
airy system and some of the most conspicuous
consultations.
One of the cellars in the Bordentown Public
School had so much water in it one day last
week that it put the heater fire out. Two prim-
AIRY classes had to be dismissed on account of the
cold. Wednesday the water had to be pumped
out again. The trustees will construct a drain
to connect with the Burlington street culvert as
soon as the former is finished to Borden street.
Messrs. John V. s. Van Wrinkle and Walter S.
Post, young men residing on the Bergen county
side of the river near the Passaic County Bridge,
were out in a small sail boat near Paterson We'd
nesday when a sudden squat of wind capsized it
and left them to get ashore as best they could.
They swan about for a while and then had to
cling to the boat until rescued by a neighbor who
witnessed the accident from his door yard.
The Township Committee, of Neptune, held a
meeting on Thursday, at which a p.tition was
received, signed by its president, praying the
Township Committee to grant to a new company,
to be known as the Monmouth County Water
Company, certain franchises for opening streets
and laying pipes, ETC.. for the purpose of sup
plying the corporations and citizens with water.
The corporators, who have among them such
men as Governor Green, G.. H. Scribner. of New
York; William Blaikie, H. r. Rochester
and Sheppard Romans, of Englewood, agree
to the erection of water works within
six months, and will furnish bonds for their COM
pletion. The capital stock is to be $500,0 900,
divided into 5000 shares. The company is regu-
ldTly OTRdDlAcu uuOct tuS VI faPih - Ao'o.
General B. W. Spencer's son, Bird F., has been
chosen as major of Mead Post Fife and Drum
Corps of Passaic City.
The tramp nuisance is becoming a serious one
to the housewives of Bridgeton. Great strong,
able-bodied fellows most of them are, as lazy as
they are strong and SO impudent often as to ter
rify those who open the doors at their knock.
Any means that will cause these sweet speci-
mems of manhood to give the city a wide berth
will meet with hearty approval.
The Essex County Electric Light Company,
which has purchased the Heisler system, began
the removal of the dynamos of that plant to the
central station of the former company at Or
ange early Monday morning, and the transfer of
the heavy machinery was made without an acct
dent, and in time to put the plant in working or
der at its new quarters for supplying light to its
patrons at the usual hour in the evening.
The poll tax dodgers of Burlington are again
in a state of CONSERVATION, for Imprisonment is
threatened them. Acting under the advice Of
City Attorney Barrows, who quotes law on the
subject, the Finance Committee of the City
Council has directed Tax Collector Mount to pro-
coed at once against the delinquents of the year
1888. He is instructed to cause the Imprisonment
of all those who fail to pay the 81 until they re-
lent and pay.
Assistant Inspector General Z. c. Stahl, of the
Department of New Jersey Veterans, with Mrs.
Lanning, president of the Ladies' Relief Corps,
went to Hopewell on Thursday night and pre-
scented Weart Post, G. A. R., with a handsomely
bound Bible.
Last Wednesday the Central Railroad of New
Jersey began to run freight and coal trains from