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Smyrna times., 1889-08-07
FROM MANY CORRESPONDENTS
WHO IS THE BARD OF TOWER HALL?

I'm receiving letters daily
With this tenor 70 them ALL
"Oh, pray tell us, tell us truly,
Mr.. Bard Of Tower Hall,
Are you single; or, if married,
Do you lead IA wretched life?
DO you write of midnight lectures
Being 'lectured by your wife?
Are you Irish, French or German?
Curiosity 0Ssuage
BY an answer truly given
To the question, What's your age?
Are you quartered in an attic,
Do you there have board and bed?
Are you thin like other poets?
Have you raven locks or red?'
Surely, gentlemen and ladies,
!, the Bard of Tower Hall,
viii appear before the curtain,
When so earnest is the call
To the question, first in order.
will answer make with pride,
By the silken cords of Hymen
Both my heart and hand are tied.
I'm not quartered I'm an attic,
But have quarters that admit
Of my sitting in a sanctum,
To indulge in attic wit.
When my happy wife is near me-
ana the smile that's ever bright
Wins the favor of the muses.
While my poems indte;
Having hair that's neither raven
Nor the color of a brick
am somewhat thin in body,
And in head a little thick"
Being thus, the odds are with me-
That my way through life I'll win
Thick In head and .hin in body,
] can go through thick and thin.
In my politics peculiar.
I've one tenet, that is all
would have our Nations councils
Held in famous Tower Hall.
was born in this land of freedom;
As you wish my age to know:
/, to-day, am ten years older
Than was ten years ago.
Scripture teacheth my religion
"Tis no dogma Of a school
1t is this: To love my nelghbors
And observe the Golden Rule.
Doing this my readers many,
advise you one and all
To ever buy your clothing
AT the Mammoth Tower Hall.
By observing the Gslden Rule you can call o
iarittee, Masten Il Allen. where all costumel
IRE treated alike in securing splendid bargain
2 Mems, Roys and Children's Clothing, 5lS an
20 Market street.
Smyrna times., 1889-08-07

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Is heated. Hoods Sarsaparilla removes
the cause Of these troubles by purify
ing. vitalizing, and enriehing the blood,
and at the same time it gives strength
to the whole system.
Smyrna times., 1889-08-07

Otto RoffeFt, Philadelphia, writes
Suffered from ulcers, sore throat
bloiches and pimples; been six years
under treatment by leading physicians
without elect. DR.. Theel, N. 4th st.,
Philudelphia. cured me.
Smyrna times., 1889-08-07
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Smyrna times., 1889-08-07

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Now we submit that this account
outside OF KentOn hundred speaks we'll
Vi Che collectors.-DeldwdreGn
DovER's PEACHEs.-Peaches are be-
ing shipped now in large quantities
from fifty to seventy car loads daily.
ne continued wet weather causes
!hem TO speck so badly'in the cars that
IL lnJ their sale. BUYERS are here
10 ouy at the station, but they do
not want any peaches this rainy wealth
er at any price. The best that could be
SOC Ior them at one station on Thurs
uay was 80 cents, some selling as low
as 10 cents. One dealerat FELTON, lost
SzOO on carload shipped to Boston on
Monday. With that kind of expert
ehce dealers are very careful. Even
ChOse buyers who have bought orchards
are selling instead of shipping. If the
weather ever gets settled there will he
some money in peaches, provided thew
40 not rot on the trees. Yesterday
Mountain Rose peaches sold in New
York for 81 to $3.50 per crate. Bartlett
pears same price.-Dover Sentinel.
The Peninsular Ne,vs SAYS: I'm
many parts of Sussex whole fields have
Oeen under water during the whole
season, and have been entirely aband-
dOned. Many will not raise a grain
ana Will get not even the fodder. The
continued wet has caused peaches to
drop, till the crop at best would be
but small one, but the rains while
they are ripening are still rOtting them
cal
them IN market in sound con-
dItion. Tomatoes, too, are drowned
out in many places, and the blossoms
are washed off, preventing the toma-
toes setting on the vines and that crop
Will be very much diminished. Pota-
toes are going to vines. WatermelOns
are all most ruined Berries were so
full OF water that they would not ship
and, consequently, did not pay ex-
penses, and the only things that have
prospered, are ducks and mosquitoes.
CAMDEN CANIP-MEETING.-Th are
about 80 tents and the number of two
storred ones Is greater than ever be-
fore, showing that the camp is not de-
preciated in public favor. The relig-
lous services were particularly interest
ing sunday, the principal speaker be-
ing the Rev. Enoch Stubbs of Philadel-
phia, who delivered two powerful ser.
mons. About $500 persons were in at
tendence during the day. 1t is fixed
that the meeting will be held over
next Sunday Considerable trouble
was experienced by the people of Do
yer in getting to and from the grounds
as the hackmen had refused to pay the
customary license fee of Sc. Therefore
there was but two hacks running and
they were only allowed 20 come with
in half mile of the grounds. They
did thriving business, but were un-
able to bring the large number of peO-
pie home, consequently a great many
ladies and gentlemen were compelled
to walk the entire distance home.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
E AND SENTENCES.
The Special Sessions Mill Grinds Out Its
Regular Grist,

The Special Sessions MilI Grinds Out Hts
Regular Grist.
In the Court of Special Sessions yester-
day afternoon Albert Berge. to a charge
of assault and battery, pleaded guilty;
James Jordan, breaking and entering,
guilty; John Lebrecht, same charge,
guilty; Richard F. Kane, burglary, not
guilty; James Kern, breaking and enter
ing, not guilty ION two indictments); Jo-
seph Kicker, for a like offense, not guilty:
Thomas Marmion. breaking and entering,
guilty; Thomas Farrell, assault and bat
terry, not guilty; Thomas Walters, assault
and battery, not guilty; Thomas johnson,
breaking and entering, not guilty.
John Pubesch wa sentenced to
eighteen months at State Prison. John
Cavanagh's sentence was suspended and
SO was that of John Black, convicted of
embezzlement; William Scion, entering
and larceny, six months at Snake Hill;
Daniel Scion, a like sentence for a sim
iliar crime; Frank L~uckhart, false pre-
fences, sentence suspended; Edward
Loeder, embeZzlement, six months in the
penitentiary; Joseph F~rickenback, petit
larceny, six months at Snake Hill.
Bernard M. Stanley and Henry Van
Brunt, charged with maintaining a nui-
sance, pleaded not guilty and were bailed
by John M. Shannon in $1,000; Henry
Klienhart, convicted of malicious mis-
chief, was fined 81 and costs; John Nc
Cam got six months for fighting: Joseph
Reilly received just half that allowance
for a similar offence, and William Wiki
inson for petit larceny was sent to the
Hill for three months.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
JEALOUS DENNY COONEY.
He Is in Jail Now for Threatening to
Kill His Wife.

He Is in Jail Now for Threatening to
Kill His Wife.
In Justice Wanser's court this morning
Dennis Cooney, a small dealer in coal and
ice, whose establishment is on Lake
street, back of the old reservoir, was held
under bonds to keep the peace in the sum
of $500 for threatening to kill his wife and
then kill himself. tFE .
Cooney and his wife have been separ-
ated for some time, he paying 50 per week
alimony. The wife complained in court
this morning that the husband would not
leave her alone, and was continually seek
ing her and her children at her sisters
house, where she has been staying since
the separation. He never ceased quar-
relling about the children. Recently he
came to see her and tried to persuade her
to come back home. When she refused,
he drew q revolver and told her if she
didn't follow him he would put an end to
the existence of both.
The trouble originated months ago,
when Cooney beanie jealous of two board
ers who were also in his employ. He tried
hard to make outsa strong case in his own
behalf, and accused his wife of living
with one of the boarders several weeks
after she left. This, however, was ex-
planned satisfactorily to the Court. Cooney
showed every evidence of the possession of
a cranky disposition, and the Justice
gave him a beautiful dressing
down. Cooney went below in
preference to giving bail. and the Justice
told him he could Stay there twelve years
if he wanted to.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
GreenvilIe Gossip.

The officers of the Greenville Schuetzen
Corps recently elected as follows:-Cap-
tain, Anthony Howe; orderly sergeant
William Zimmerman; secretary, Henry
Gotthardt; treasurer, r. R~ohrenbeck, and
steward, John Buckhammer. Meetings
are held in the Belvidere House, Dan
forth avenue. Preparations are being
made to hold a shooting contest and sum
meningitis festival.
Rapid progress is being made with the
building of the Reformed church.
A handsome brick property will shortly
adorn the corner of Ocean and Danforth
venues A bank is to be located on the
first floor.
The fifty Merry Anglers will go on
their annual excursion to Foghead River
on the goth inst. and will spend three
days.
Hook and Ladder Company Ne. 4 now
feel quite at home in their new quarters
on Linden avenue. The decorations and
furnishings OF the interior are a credit to
the taste of the members. A body Brus-
sells carpet covers the floor of the parlor
bedroom, which is furnished in antique
oak. An adjoining room for smoking is
furnished in keeping with its use.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
FREED INSTEAD OF TRIED.
An Accused Murdere Released and the
Alleged Real Culprit Arrested.
SnecinI tn the .Lea.ae,l 9TH Mann

Alleged Real Culprit Arrested.
Special to the jersey City Ne,cs.
LAKEWOOD, July "a, 1889 The 500 peo-
pie who crowded the old-fashioned court
house at Toms River today were not
prepared for the surprise sprung upon
them by Prosecutor Middleton in the
case of the State against Stevens,
who was indicted at the April
term for the murder of Hugh Fl. Hance,
on the night of February IL, in the hotel
of Henry p. Hendrickson at Point Pleas
ant. Hendrickson, who was arrested
with Stevens. escaped indictment for
murder, but received an eighteen month
sentence in State Prison for keeping a
disorderly house. After serving six
weeks of his sentence he was pardoned,
to the surprise of the residents of the
county.
Hendrickson was, however, this morn
ing again arrested at Toms River, and this
time charged with the murder of Hance.
He went there on a subpoena in the Stew
ems case and SO quietly was the arrest
made by Constable Hagerman that only
the prosecutor n counsel for Stevens
knew of it. When the prosecutor made
the announcement in court that he was
not prepared to proceed with the trial of
Stevens he asked that the prisoner be re-
leased because he had information that
the murderous blow was struck by
another man.
A few days ago Prosecutor Middleton
learned that John Patterson, of Mana
| squan knew something of the assault upon
Hance. Patterson admitted to the Prose
eutor that he entered Hendrickson's Ho-
tel on the night of February IL, and that
he saw Hance and Hendrickson quarrel
ling, and that Hendrickson reached over
the bar and dealt Hance O blow with a
| bottle, which felled him to the ground.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
DRAWN UNDER A TRAIN.
A Rushing Express Drass Thomas
Vaughan to His Death.

A Rushing Express Drags Thomas
Vaughan to His Death.
Thomas Vaughan, IN engine cleaner in
the employ of the Central Railroad Com
pany, was standing on the Bergen Point
platform last evening at about ten o'clock.
An east bound Baltimore and Ohio ex-
press rushed past the station at q forty
milo an hour gait, and a moment later
Vaughan was found on the track in a
pool of blood. Both legs were cut off
above the knee and the right shoulder
was crushed.
The victim was laid on the platform
and DR.. Nolan was sent for, who did all
that could be lone in such an emergency.
BY the next train Vaughan was conveyed
to Jersey City and sent to st. Francis
Hospital. The man cannot possibly live.
He is twenty-five years old. single, and
boards at Bergen Point.
So far as any one can tell, the man suf-
fered as the result of This own carelessness.
Had he stepped back a few feet when he
saw the train approaching, the accident
could not have happened. He had been
sucked under the wheels.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
He WAS CHASED BY THE GANG


Justice Stilsing this morning COM
mitted Thomas Smith, of No. 62 Third
street, Hoboken, for trial upon a charge
of assault and battery. Dennis Walsh,
of No. 446 Monmouth street, testified that
on the night of April A a gang of young
~ruffians assaulted his fatherin-law in
front of his home.
Walsh undertook to protect the old
gentleman, when the crowd attacked him.
Walsh fed from them and they caught
him under the trestle work and gave him
a sound beating.
He managed to break away and was
running toward his home, when the
Young ruffians caught him again and pro-
ceeded to whip him again. When he sue
ceeded in getting away from his assail-
ants and was running home, he alleges,
Smith threw a brick at him and knocked
him down. He was badly used up, he
SAYS, and confined to his home for several
days from the effects of his injuries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
Mrs. Behrens win Try Again.

This morning Counselor James M.
Braden walked into City Clerk Scott's
office and announced that Mrs. Behrens
The counselor claims that the refusal to
grant u license last night does not pre-
clude the possibility of another applica-
ton. The statute reads that if q license
be revoked it cannot be renewed by the
Board of Aldermen, but is silent as to the
effect of q refusal of a license. 1t may be,
however, that the refusal to renew q
license Is q practical revocation, and Mrs.
Behrens' license may not be valuable if
cha nats IL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
AN ORDINANCE

A N
To license and regulate Musicians when playing
on the street and not in procession or parade.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City do ordain
as follows
Section 1.-That the Board OF Aldermen may by
resolution approved by the Mayor, or by such action
as becomes necessary in cases of non-appr0val by
him of ordinances or resolutions affecting the city,
license any person, and each and every member Of
wind instruments from house to house upon any
street, avenue, or public place In Jersey City, and to
ask for and receive contributions of money from
people for so playing, upon the following con-
Every license shall expire on the first day of July
made where the license will run for part of the year,
provided such proportionate rate shall not apply
where a license has been been issued to the same
person the preceding year.
Every licensee shall cease playing in front of any
house where the sound will annoy or fnJure the oc-
cupant, and upon notice by the occupant or his or
her agent.
Every ncensee shall not play any instrument be-
fore seven O'Clock in the morning nor after eight
O'Clock in the evening.
The license fee to be paid by each musician shall
be five dollars for each year.
Section 2.-The license issued under this ordinance
shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk under
the City Seal, and the City Clerk shall keep a record
OF all licenses issued.
Section 3.-lf any person or persons shall fail to
comply with the provisions OF this ordinance, or any
of them, such person shall upon conviction forfeit
and pay a penalty of tive dollars.
Passed June Is, 1889.
JOHN E. SCOTT. CHAS. W. ALLEN.
City Clerk. President.
Approved July s, 1889.
Mayor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
Tempted Inv \ watermelon.

at wuz rollin' inter de gutter an ]
pick'd it up ter put it back on
de stoop," sobbed little Joseph
Craig this morning when Just
ice Stilsing told him he was charged
with stealing a watermelon. Henry
Babe, who keeps a grocery store at No.
416 Jersey avenue, swore that Joseph
took the watermelon from the grocer's
stoop and was running away with it when
discovered. He was pursued and dropped
the luscious fruit in his fight. Policeman
Hare caught him and took him to the
Grove Street Station. He paid for the
melon and was discharged.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

Earned ~runs-Jersey City, s; Newark, 0.
First base on ~errors-Jersey City. z; Newark, 2.
Left on bases--Jersey City. s; Newark, o.
Two base hits-0Brien. q Fields.
Sacrifice hits--FrieI and Coogan.
Stolen - O'Brien. 2; Friel, Lyons, 2;
Hofford, 5; Lang, 2, and DoomS.
First base on balls-Hiland, Friel, 2; Gerharlt, 8;
Lang. coogan, Hayes, Mansell. 2; Smith, Duffy, 3
struck out-Knowles, Landmann, 2; johnson,
Dooms, 2.
Hit by pitched ~ball-Lang.
Double piays-Fr1el to Gerhardt.
Passed balls-Hoffofd 1; Sullivan. -'
Wild pitches-Landmann, 1; Dooms, 2.
Time of g~ame-Twoh hours and ten minutes.
Umpire-David DAWN, Of Hoboken.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
wouldn,t Paw for His Drink.

Robert Arson, a sprightly young Eng
hshman, was held by Justice Stilsing this
morning for disorderly conduct. He was
on his way to England and while waiting
for the steamship to sail yesterday he be-
came intoxicated In IN Exchange place
saloon, where he refused to pay for drink
he had ordered. Policeman Rickerich
locked him up.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

Robert Lewis, aged thirty-five years, of
No. 1OI Wilton street, q brakeman on the
New Jersey Central Railroad, fell from
his train near Communipaw last evening
and his right ear was torn off. He was
taken to the City Hospital
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
watohmau Kelly killed by a Train

James Kelly, aged thirty years, en-
ployed as a Waterman at the Pennsylva-
mia shops, on the Meadows, was struck by
a train at the Grove street crossing last
evening and instantly killed. Both of his
legs were cut off and his head was horri-
bly, crushed. His body was taken co the
MOrpue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

/, AN OLD Morse FOR CHILDREN Don't fan to
procure MRS. WINSLOWtS SOOTHING SYRUP
Tor children teething. No mother who has ever
tried 1t viii consent to let her child pass through
this critical period without the aid OF this tnvalu-
able preparation. Gives rest to the mother and
relief and health to the child. Cures wind colo
ciarrhoa, ard regulates the bowels. Twenty
tNt ttbts q ttttie. -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
Tomorrow's Games.

ATLANTIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at Jersey City,
New Haven at Hartford, Lowell at Worcester.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.-Washington at New York,
Boston at Philadelphia, Chicago at Indianapolis,
Cleveland at Pittsburg.
AMERICAN observation-disclosures at Philadel-
timOre.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

Jersey City's victory over Newark yes
terday gave her a hold upon second place
in the Atlantic Association race that de-
feat today cannot overcome. New Ravens
loss lessened her percentage won, so that
Lowell is now tied with her for sixth
Mace Here is the record
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
BANK SETTLEMENTS.

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST
h National Bank of Jersey City. in the State of New
Jersey, at the close of business, July 18th, 1884.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
Amateur Clubs and Players.

The team of the New Jersey Athletic
Club will entertain the nine of the Star
Athletic Club, of Newark, this afternoon
on the Avenue A grounds at Bergen
Point.
ALI clubs with players strictly under
eighteen years of & can arrange for Sun
day games in Weehawken by addressing
ID. NJ. Ambrose, manager Weehawken
Junior Baseball Club, Station A, Hobo
ken, N. j.
Saturday afternoon the Jersey City
Acmes will cross bats with the Crescents.
The Waves, of this city, are proud of
Joseph Cormick, their left-handed pitcher.
One of the best all-around bail tossers
in this county is Jimmy Hassell, of Green
vile.
Tomorrow afternoon the Models will en-
counter the Hoodoos at Communipaw.
The Sea Views and Arlingtons will
meet tomorrow afternoon at Claremont.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

DEPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF THE SECOND
N National Bank, at Jersey City. in the State Of
New Jersey, at the close of business, July 18th,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

Through the result Of yesterdays
National League games, Boston increased
her lead over New York, and Cleveland
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
HENRY r. EARNING,
Carriage, Wagon and Pictorial Sign PailteI

1856 Pavonia Avenue, j. @.
New Carriages; also. Second hand Wagons and
Carriages bought, sold or EXCHANGED.
Express Wagons Painted at the lowest rates
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24

I,G. w. Conklin, Cashier of the First National Bank
of Jersey City, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. G. W. ONKLI Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th day of
July, 1889. j. ID. BEDLE, JR,
Notary Public of New Jersey.
~Correct-Attest =
E. F. C. YOUNG,
EDGE,
BENNINGTON +. RANDOLPH,
Directors,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
Atlantic Association whispers.


John Hopkins, of this city, resigned
yesterday as an umpire of the Atlantic
Association.
Manager Patrick t. Powers, Of the
Jersey City Club, left town last
evening for a trip to Niagara
Falls. He will probably meet, before he
returns, the parties who wish him to take
hold of the management of the Rochester
clubs.
Norman Baker, the %redoubtable New
ark twirler, was expected to arrive from
California in the Essex county way sta
ton last night.
Bauswein, formerly of the Southern
League, is scheduled to pitch for Jersey
City in Newark this afternoon.
Clever Walter J.. Beebe, the New Jersey
Athletic Clubs twirler, is to be given a
trial by Manager Powers.
Hartford has released Moolic and Casey
and reinstated Say.