The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-27


being the first woman to become naturalzed II
New Jersey for the purpose of casting the ballot
The suffrage in her case was limited to a vote
for school trustee IS. She renowned Queen Vic
toria and swore allegiance to Uncle Sam.
Hackensack boasts a female champion raj
bird shooter. Mrs. Katie Schmultz. the wife Of
John w. Schmultz, who is private secretary tc
President Norvin Green, Of the Western Unior
Telegraph Company, holds the record up to date
with fourteen birds killed in an hour on one
tide.
Superintendent McKelvey, of the susquehanna
road, is said to have replied to petitioners who
asked to have q discontinued train restored,
that the folly of running too many trains had
been clearly demonstrated.
Three prominent gentlemen, of Arlington,
have instituted a movement to start a RepubH-
can newspaper in the village, which is calculated
to fill the want felt by the Republicans of the
township for a party organ.
The habit the coasting steamships have of
footing their whistles off Asbury Park is ex-
planned by the fact that several old ship captains
live there, aud their former comrades notify
them that they are starting out or coming safely
home. If one of these navigators passes in the
day time the friend on shore replies TO the sig
nails with a flag.
Easign William G. Cloke, of Trenton, who wit
messed the cyclone in the harbor of Samoa, has
been ordered to the Kearsarge. the flagship of
the North Atlantic Squadron, which will leave
port on December Z.
Mr.. J. P. Elliott, late freight agent in this city
for the Erie Railroad Company, has resigned
that position and Mr.. Henry Adams has been ap-
pointed to the place. Mr.. Adams is said to have
had much experience in a position of this kind.
He comes to Paterson from Suspension Bridge at
Niagara.
Wheaton's glass works at Millville were burned
on Sunday, causing $1O,0 900 loss and throwing 100
hands out of work.
The Crescent Iron Works, Samuel L, Moore &
Sons Company, of Elizabeth, has applied to the
Navy Department at Washington to have a COM
mission appointed to examine its plant and re-
port on its ability to undertake the construction
of steel vessels for the Government. 1t is
anxious to bid on the 600 ton gunboats and the
Naval Academy practice cruiser, and it adds one
more to the list of firms ready to compete for
naval work.
The handsome summer residence of DR.. George
M. Vandergrift, of No. 277 Henry street, New
York city, located on a hill a mile west of Plain
field, was burned Saturday. The building and
contents were destroyed, involving a loss of
about 1000. The house was occupied by e. F.
Budd and family, but they were away from
home when the fire occurred.
Dean McNulty, of st, Johns Roman Catholic
Church, Paterson, on Sunday preached in vigor-
GUS language on the imnoralities of men. In
regard to the Southworth shooting case he de-
clared that if Pettus was a libertine, as charged
by Mrs. Southworth, he deserved his fate, as he
had transgressed laws human and divine. and if
the old laws were in force he would have been
put to death for his alleged crimes. The sermon
created a sensation.
Governor elect Albeit will deliver the dedica-
ton address at the formal opening of the st.
Vincent's Academy, Newark, on Sunday next.
DR.. Wikoff, of Princeton, refuses to accept the
$375.16 awarded to him in his suit against the
Tulane estate, and will not even allow his
attorney to enter up Judgment against the
administrators. The doctor says that he does
not care at all for the money involved, and that
his suit was brought to secure to physicians just
compensation for their services. The ruling of
the court deprived him of this, and he prefers to
remain unpaid.
The Essex Subway Company has been incor-
porated in the Secretary of States office by the
following Newark men. Philip N. jackson,
David Young, Henry NJ. Doremus, J. Frank Fort
Benjamin W. Hoffer, Samuel Klotz, Michael 7.
Barrett and James Smith, Jr. The purpose is to
adopt some practicable system for putting all
lighting, power, telegraph and telephone wires
underground, and a composition of wood pulp is
now receiving favorable consideration. There is
no expectation of applying the conduit for
electric car purposes.
An electric street railway project for Bridge
ton has given way partly to that of establishing
a regular line of coaches at five cent fare.
The Rev. Asher Moore has signifed his inten-
of resigning the pastorship of the Universalist
Church at Hammonton. He is nearing his
eightieth birthday.
Misses Caroline G. Lingle and Ella S. Leonard,
the former publishers of the Atlantic Highlands
Independent, are to engage in newspaper work
in Washington.
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