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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Corporation Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TIA ON THE 18TH
30 Board do oy st asg and W. Wsts ePlcls ENTHUSIASTICALLY Eas maf bs to R tss
ert Davis and oth sR6 5r rs / 4m n Of
between the north aR fias & STREET.
and the south side OF
NEWAR AVENUE,
in the following manner including oil intersec-
tions..
~ have the street for the full width thereof
filling the same to the established grade.
10 have new Jwenty-inch curb set on each side
70 have the present curb reset and new twenty.
inch curb set where necessary.
TO have new, blusstone tagging four feet wide
70 have the present tagging rslaid and new flag
To have the carriageway repaved with Belgian
block pavement
laid and new bridge stone laid where necessary.
to prosids for the iow q the surface water, and too
completet he improvement In a good and suostan-
Eotice IS also given that on the ith day Of October,
Board soa Of Street and Water Commissioner their pre-,
liminary sketch, showing what property WIN prob
nt TO each lot OF parcel Of land, also the probable
amount of assessment per feot Of frontage for the
a paSlia im iRnspecfien IL a the On once sa u the H Clerk Sp 81 the se
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners.
or avenue or particular section thereof is included
in said assessment 1 Sms slTyREET
from
!" GRAND STREET
And that the 18th day of November, 1889. at ID
O'Clock, am, and the meeting room or the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners are hereby fixed
81 s she sti and Water 4 e1 Cernmissioners viii meet to hear
parties interestsdEn said application and al remon
be R pf oS g Of the t board OF Street and water Com
GEoRGE t. BoUToN,
Dated Jersey CITY. October II. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19

About one o'clock this morning fire
was discovered in the engine room of
the Newark Tan Bark Company,
whose extensive works are located on
Harrison avenue, Harrison, about a
half mile below the old Lodi Hotel.
BY the time the Harrison and
Kearny fire companies arrived on the
seem the whole building was a mass
of flames.
The Hudson county firemen tele-
phoned to Newark for assistance, and
Assistant Chief Ashley, with Engine
Company No. A, went TO the scene of
the fire.
It had gained such o Roadway that
the streams did but little good and
the whole structure, a long two-story
building, will, in all probability, be
consumed. The business is conducted
by Edward L. Smith s. Co., and does
an extensive trade.
The firm had just put an entire new
set of machinery i'll the building,
which will be a total loss. No esti-
mate can be made at this time.
Nearly the whole population of Har-
rison and Kearney 1ocked to the
scene. The church bells rang and
steam whistles blew. Many people
living in Newark were attracted to the
scene by the report that two trains ON
the Pennsylvania Railroad had col
lided and caught fire.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19

larry. About twelve o'clock Wednesday
night Sivnet procured a ladder and,
placing it against the second-story
window of Mr.. William Benefits
house, effected an entrance into Miss
Benefits bed room, and succeeded in
carrying off a quantity OF jewelry
and a pocketbook containing about
$25. !.
When Sivent was making his exit
through the window he accidentally
knocked a vace off the bureau and
the noise aroused Miss Bennett. Her
screams brought her father to the
room.
The thief succeeded in making his
escape, but not until he had been
fully identified and marked with the
contents of a loaded shotgun. which
Mr.. Bennett fired into his leg. The
ladder belonged to a neighbor, who
lived half a mile away. Sivent was
arrested about three weeks ago for
committing a robbery at Pottsville,
and was under bail for his appearances
at court.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Notice to Contractors.

csEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
- the office of the Board of street and Water Com
missioners on Monday, October w. 1883. at ten
O'Clock a M w R1s s 4 @P5Sys sTREET.
- GRAND STREET
MONTGOMERY STREET,
In accordance with plans and specifications. on hie
in the office OF the Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey
avenue and Mercer street, where blank forms Of
pu ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 70 cubic yards OF earth excavation.
About 400 cubic yards OF sand or gravel filling.
About About Z Sa a9 9, square ssyt a of Ss OF s a9rs a Rexans'
About 800 square feet OF new bridge stone.
About rs square yards OF repaving.
About 70 lineal feet OF reset cur0stone.
About 200 square feet OF relaid bridgestone.
Abont 9 basins to be reset.
About 4 manholest TO be reset.
Time allowed for the completion or the work,
fifty t0) working days.
Of the contract therefor. WILDE subject 20 tne re-
monstrance Of the owners of the property liable 70
more than one-han of the assessment therefor,
endorsed proposals for Improvement or Wash
ington street." directed to "E- A. Dugan, Esq,
Chairman OF Committee on Streets and Sewers"
and handed to the clerk OF the Board. In open meet
ing when called for Ia the order OF business reiat-
ing TO scaled proposals..
No city official will be accepted as surety. nor
viii o substitution of ~sureties be allowed.
The attention Of bidders Is especially called g
section is, OF the New Charter OF 1885, under the
terms whereof,no contract shall. be binding upon the
city until the bondsinen offered by the contractor
president OF said Board having power to examine
the proposed bondsmen under oath
BY order Of the Board OF Street ana water Com
missi0nsse GEO. T. BoUToN,
Dated jersey city, october ii. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Thieves surrender themselves.

John j. Smith, aged forty-nine years,
and John Dougherty, aged thirty years,
both of No. 1855 Hamilton avenue, Brook
lyn, surrendered themselves to Sergeant
Archibald last evening in the Gregory
wanted by the Brooklyn police for lar
ceny. No. 155 Hamilton avenue is a lodg-
ing house, and the men said that they
stole two ~overcoats, valued at S26, from
fellow dodgers. They were locked up and
the Brooklyn police were notified.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Public Notice.
REPORT NO. a OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF AT
JUsTMENr.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE COM
~ naissioners Of Amusement a In tn and T;a. f9f G fhs Gisys
&c Ct 5eeF oaStS Si q H a4aoolntssa aas sy a saf b. Sif yirtae oe q tie
provisions OF Chapter CXII OF the Laws OF 1856. en-
ieotiosn on q a nss sSNss 81 nnsp ali taxes. assessnents
and water rates or water rents n cities Of tnis
s ana lien an n imp sRa ana i ana asiS q Such srrea nsssss,I and
e tSs ea safs &c i ias ga sSub5ects she e. 9at aae e taRpa a3s1ae and nd
assessment, ;, passed March 20 lsS6, have made, Ger.
i iasing i 70 and ,ifa afrsctiRs delinquent land, described
as B HSs,eI ia, Z lot H &. Tuers avenue
Block 49, lot Il, Pine street
B BIock 81 81. l los ~ ~, sslhsaaa a ayenne
Block 7s9. lot 6, Ogden avenue
Blosk ~ a; i iSss q a4ass D, y s. is, H. ii. st. paals
BIocS as, lots 50 ana IS Dey and Howell streets
SiSsF 1 81, Ell i, A HaasSsts s avenue
Block 46. iotK, Whiton street
BloSE s ss, i is 8 q, Grand GRAND s ss1sss
B BlSsE s. Is. i is e L. s eiFs6n si Disse
Block 79, Iot ~. Ogden avenue
Blocs s ~ I IotI ~ + oga ana s ~ Man,s s,rea.
Block as, lot is. Johnston avenue
Block M lots : & e II /; Monitor ri street
R RIosk I Fiji. 1 lots J to so 1 4, 5 Gsdsp as sssnge
B Biocs i,S ss$. lot iots 4 70 J. : Ros Cav avenue
B BIosk I IMs. 49, iots 81 e g y Il. o ssoEs sys aSsnue
Block ga n lots ! and = Central avenue
Block TS9, lot 10, Ogden avenue
Block asa, lot l., Halliday street
Block 9Z, lots 81 and SO, Oswego street
Block 2sH, lots 4 and q. Erie street
Block 287, lot Z, Summit avenue
Block 2ST, lot 9, Gardner avenue
Block AIS, lot II, Crescent avenue
And the said Court has fixed Saturday, the nine
teenth day OF October, 1889, at the Court House IN
the city OF Jersey City, at ten O'Clock I'm the fore
noon, as tho time and place for hearing any objcc-
lions that may be made 70 the assessrientss charges
of Adjustment, In snid report, when and where all
parties Interested therein lQay be heard.
DENNIS
Clerk OF the Circuit Court of the County OF Hudson.
Dated Jersey CTx " Y Qf atoooos 1ssas
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Her Parasol in Her Cheek.

Mrs. A. P. Hetfield met with a pain
full and almost fatal accident at the
North Avenue Depot, in Plainfleld,
Wednesday evening. The family of
Mr.. Hetfeld moved from Dunellen to
Plainfield yesterday and Mrs. Hetfield
followed on the train due here about
six o'clock.
When she alighted from the train
at the station she stepped into a hole
that had been left uncovered by work
men who had been making repairs
around the depot and fell to the
ground. In her hand she carried a
parasol and tho point penetrated her
cheek, tearing the flesh and infiicting
a painful wound. +.
DR.. Endicott said had the point of
the umbrella penetrated the cheek q
little lower it would have caused
death.
Mrs. Hetfield is a sister of Mr.. Vim
cent L. Frazee, of Orchard place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Failures of the Week.

There were 205 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet's during the
week, against 243 in the preceding week,
and 195, 1876, 1875 and 164in the correspond,
ing weeks of 1888, 1887, 1886 and 1885 re-
spectively. The total number of failures
in the United States, January 1, to date,
is S,942, against 1866 in 1855.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
His Accounts All Right.

The announcement of the disap-
pearance of Charles H. King, the man
ager of the Newark office of the I'm
tied States Express Company, caused
considerable surprise among his ac-
quaintances. General Superintendent
Frazer took charge of the office yes
terday morning. The missing mans
accounts were closely examined, and
according to Mr.. Bartholomew. the
cashier, were found to be correct to
the penny, and his employers cannot
account for his mysterious disappear
ance. They fear that the man is dead
since they find that his accounts are
correct. They are satisfied that if he
were alive he would have notified
them of his whereabouts.
James L. Smith who boarded at
Mrs. Lanagan's with King, loaned
him 500 some time ago. Yesterday
he took out a writ of attachment,
which was issued by Judge John A.
Miller. to cover him from loss. Unless
MI. King appears and settles within
twenty days his goods and chattles
will be sold by Constable Patrick
Smith.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
Co.'S Special Remedy

WARRANTED TO CURE ALL DISCHARGES OF
w tho Urinary Organs in either sex, Gravel and
Pains In the Back. Price, 81 per bottle. To be had
at No. 28 Second street, Jersey City, and No. AZ
Pembroke place, Liverpool, England.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
PLE4TING

HAND MADE ACCORDION PLRkTING elegantly
done at Half Price TO the trade. Sixth Avenu&
toilet Bazaar, No. 2e Sixth avenue. New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
CORPORATION Notice.


NJ Office is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THE 9Th
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioner BY
John F0ulkss avg RaS Stn n6R feF s r. Improvement Of
coMMUN1PAw AVENUE
NEWARK q N. Y. R. r.,
in the following manner. including all inter
~. TO !. ha e the the street ssst. for the ar.d FIJI H. width sHshvd th,ers Of
filling the same to the established grade.
70 have new 20x4 inch curb set on each side
To have the carriage way paved with Belgian
70 have new bridgestone crosswalks laid.
To have the present bridgestone crosswalks relaid
other work done that may be necessary to provide
for the flow of the surface water and to complete
Notice is also given that on the eth day of DC
tober. 1889, the Commissioners of Assessment filed
with the Board OF Street and Water Commissioners
tafi pI PJelimIiF bs ASSESSED sssssh; a sn0 the ggro %Sff p a%oaSs
OF benefit to each lot or parcel of land, also the
age FOR the said Improvement and the same is now
open to public inspection In the office OF the clerk
And notice is also given that the following srreets
or avenues or particular sections thereof are in
elaaea N SAID s VS. aoRN 4 sTREfET
CoMMUNIPAw AVENUE,
NEWARK s. n. Y. r. r.,
C~OMMUNIPAW AVENUE
A HORN STREET,
about 100 feet east and 100 feet vest
BRAMHAIL AVENUE,
from
A ORN STREET,
to a point about 100 feet east thereof.
b And that the eleventh day of November,1SS9 at ten
o'clock q. M, and the meeting room of the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners are hereby
B Roea Is ~ ne st tr9s AND ana p WSfer wc comm aha MnGTo w VII
meet to hear parties Interested in said application
and all remonstrances against the said improve
ment that may be presented in writing.
By order of the Board OF Street aud Water Com
missfonera.
oRG I. BoUToN, Clerk
Dated Jersey City. October II. 1899.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19

A Burglar in Her Bed Room.
Joseph Sivent was arrested yester-
day at Pemberton for burg
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
For The blood is The lift"

r oUGEsr & CO.'S WORLD FAMED BLooD III
IL ture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all
impurities, from whatever. cause, arising. For
Sores of all kinds. its effects are marvellous. Sold IN
bottles at 81, or bottles for S.. To be had at No. 223
Second street, Jersey City, and No. az Pembroke
place, Liverpool, England.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19

nj Office is HEREBY I'VE THAT ON 5TI
~ day of August, 1889, application was made t
John Foulkes and others for the improvement OF
VAN HORN STREET
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19

ROBERT DAVIS.
Sheriff.
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19
Poisonous Poultry.

"Here you are Eight cents a pound, y
cried fifty or more men in long wooden
frocks, as l pressed my way through the
crowd which blocked up the sidewalk around
Washington market on Saturday afternoon.
The stalls along the Washington and Vesey
street sides Of the market contained tons of
poultry, and motley crowd of women and
men were pushing and pulling each other in
the scramble to get what was being sold at
eight cents pound
Turkeys, chickens, geese and ducks were
going Off like hot cakes, and almost for "A
song. The crowd who were buying up this
bargain" in poultry was composed chiefly of
women who wore shawls and carried large
market baskets on their arms. Beside these
were a class Of women whose appearance in
Dictated that they were the landladies Of sec
Ond and third rate boarding houses. The men
who formed a part Of this rushing, eager
throng wore the garb Of laborers, and their
hands bore the evidence of a hard days toll
What kind Of poultry were these people
buying for their Sunday dinner at eight
cents poundi some will ask who are accus-
toned to being charged from twelve to fifteen
cents pound for chickens, and from sixteen
to twenty-five cents for turkeys, ducks and
geese.
4hcg Weio Duylu5 poultry tuaJ udu Deeu
shipped but delayed on the road, and when it
reached the commission merchants was
heated, and when exposed to the air turned
green. The commission merchant must dis
pose Of this class Of goods at once, so he noti-
fes these men who handle this class Of poultry
on the outside stalls Of the large markets and
the dealers throughout the city, and they
respond promptly to the summons, for it is
the only class Of poultry they deal in,
These dealers purchase in large quantities
and doctor up this already unfit TO eat poul-
try, and can afford to sell it for eight cents a
pound and make a fair profit at that How
do they do it, They soak it in ice water for
twenty-four hours, dry it, hang it up in their
stalls and sell it for fresh poultry to the
throng Of people have described Some of
these people buy this poisonous food, believ-
ing it to be just what the dealer declares it to
be, while others buy with full knowledge Of
the quality, and visit the markets for the ex-
press purpose Of buying it, as they have done
hundreds of times before. This same class Of !
people buy tainted meats, and simply for the |
reason that they are cheap.-New York |
Herald.
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19

Since the italian exhibition in London gave
q foreign tone to all things a new sort Of
street music has come into fashion. This is
the street mandolin. Four or five men and
women in gay attire, suggesting a scene out
OF GARNER" run loose, go about the streets,
and do most weird and wild songs and dances
to the jingling music evolved from their
dropsical looking mandolins Very often a
bare legged piper, with his plaid and his
pipes, startles the air Of its tranquility. To
mo the pipes are aggravatingly inharmoni-
Gus; but, of course, tastes differ, as they
should
Some Of the street cries of various wares
have vast melody Of scale. These, such as
the Sweet lavender" cry and the young
toy lambs to SELL" are very grateful to
the ear after the shrieks of many itinerant
merchants, whose wares one could never guess
by the manner in which they are called out.
Street playing on musical instruments, rs
also street singing, is regarded in neither side
Of London as regular legitimate calling
The children of parents engaged thus are
brought up, as matter of course, to follow
the calling made lucrative and pleasant by
their parents.
There is one species Of ear splitter unlike
anything on the earth or in the waters under
the earth" refer to the street negro
BACKED up to order, whose mission it is to
sing old American southern plantation songs,
These he gives with a coclzney twang Of
speech. He is never by any chance a genuine
darby. Oh, no; he is a creature of burnt
cork and shadows. His tastes lead him min
strelward. He is meurnfully comic, and with
his banjo is feature unique in his way.-Cor.
San. Francisco Chronicle
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19

Socrates excelled in the art Of asking cues
lions, because he put his questions in word.
easily understood. An English clergyman
and a Lowland Scotsman, examining an
Aberdeen school, failed because they did not
adopt the Socratic method.
Would you prefer to speer the BOYS. OF
that should speer themln asked the master
of the school The Englishman, being told
that speer meant to question, desired the
master to proceed. He did so, and the boys
answered many questions as to the exodus Of
the lsraeltes from Egypt.
Il would like TO speer the boys then said
the clergyman. Boys, how did Pharaoh
die" Not a boy answered.
81 think, sir, said the Lowlander, that
the boys don't understand your English 40
oent-let me try what can make Of them. ~
In the broadcast Scotch he asked: Hoo did
Phawraoh DEER Again dead silence.
81 think, gentlemen" said the master,
you can't speer these boys; III show you
how to do it." Then turning to the scholars:
Fat cam to Phawraoh at his hinder endP'
He was dr0oned, answered the boys.
The master explained that In the Aberdeen
dialect Ito dee" means to die a natural
death; hence the perplexity Of the boys, who
knew that Pharaoh did not die in his bed
Youths Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19

The study Of mathematics Is especially
recommended as means of developing the
reasoning faculties No doubt it is adapted
to accomplish that very desirable end; but it
seems 10 fail in some cases.
"Six and four are how manyT' asked the
teacher
"Elevenl" shouts a little boy, who has
worked hard to learn by rote as much Of his
arithmetic as possible
Hum, says the teacher, shaking his head
think a moment
Twelve
mo"
Thirteen"
Snow what makes you think it could be
thirteeni Suppose you had guessed a smaller
nunber-ten, for instanceP'
"Oh no." said the boy. confidently, lit
couldn't be ten
"Why notln
Because five and five make that. "-Youth's
Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19

answered, ''but my present duty Il to talu
/ you into custody
Before had time to answer a stout, doriC
old gentleman came busting from traiI
which had just arrived, and, catching sight
OF my prisoner and his companion, began &c
berate them soundly
''This man is under my protection" said
addressing the choleric stranger, land l can
not permit him to be abused"
81 don't see what business it is Of yours,
returned the testy gentleman.
"He is my prisoner" I said with dignity
''Your prisoner he exclaimed. II know
the rascal deserves hanging for running
away with my niece-leastways she ran away
yesterday and he followed her today, it
seems. l got on their track by accident; but
don't see what concern 1t Is Of yours"
81 have arrested him on a charge Of for
gerry" explained.
1.-THE more fool your was the abrupt re-
tort. "Whatever objections may have tc
Ned Parsons marrying my niece, he's an
honest fellow, and no more a forger than
YOURSELF"
"You're mistaken in person." replied
"Thls is Richard Nimblenib"
you're an asp was the reply got.
Don't let him harm Ned, dear uncle, -
pleaded the lady coaxingly.
IF he touches hair Of the dogs head I'll
have the law Of himl" exclaimed the old
gentleman.
you see We were married an hour ago.
continued the lady, land it can't be helped
now; won't you forgive and bless us, uncle,
dear"
A light dawned upon me. Instead of
catching forger, I had only been marring
wedding. At any rate, one good came Of it.
My interference had so completely turned
the uncle's wrath against myself that he
answered his niece's last request with grunt
that had more Of "yesn than mo" in it,
quietly took the next train for home.
After an hour or two Of not very pleasant
meditation, slap on the shoulder broke my
reverie. 1t was my friend Sergt. Spottem,
who had come aboard at the last station
81 say, Bill, Pm in luck, he cried.
allow sogn
"Ive just nabbed Nimblennib, and have
him under guard in the smoking car. Come
and take look at him."
accompanied my friend, and whom do
you think discovered in the person of the
forgerl None other than the affable Mr.
Pilchard, who had given me such good adj
vice in the morning, and whose perfect dis |
guise had completely baffled my power Of |
recognition by description.
l felt that 1 was not specially called TO be = |
and faced the fact with resignation. |
Philadelphia Call
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19

Stepniak, the Russian exile, is fluent
conversationalist, but easily relapses into ST.
lence and brOoding if it strikes him that all
that be is saying is not being understood.
his strongly marked Russian features,
crowned by magnificent head, have look
OF delicacy and refinement singularly in con-
trast with his vigorous build and the large
hands, which seem at some time to have been
employed in much rougher work than litera-
ture. Stepniak has the eyes of dreamer.
He seems to be acquainted with all litera-
lures and all languages. New York Tribune
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19
ODDS AND ENDS.

Paper is now used as a covering for lead
pencils instead of cedar
Hang small bag Of charcoal in the rain
water barrel to purify the water.
The whole edition of the Lester WallaclZ
"reminiscences" was sold within week
The Bank of England building, London,
covers eight acres and employs 1 1000 persons.
A head of cabbage, grown by George Berry,
near Pensacola, Fla, measured twenty-five
inches in diameter.
Mildew can be removed by soaking in but
termilk, or putting lemon juice and salt upon
it, and exposing it to the hot sun.
At condensing company factory in nli-
nois 10000 to $4,000 quarts of milk day are
Milford chronicle., 1889-04-19

often appears on the island. Suspicion wal
drawn to the drinking water, which wal
brought from the main land. During 1855
the use Of this water for drinking purposes
was abandoned, and distilled water was used
instead. Although cholera prevailed on thl
neighboring islands, Takashima was entirely
exempt This exemption may have been bul
a coincidence; still, 1t IS more than probable,
from our knowledge Of this disease, that the
purity Of the drinking water is to be credited
with the immunity which the population Of
the island enjoyed. To be absolutely certain
of this win, however, require more continued
observation. Science.