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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
RECEIVING THE RETURNS.
Notes of a visit to the Busy Places in
Town Last Night.

Town Last Night.
1t was an all-night job both at
Police Headquarters and at City
Clerk scott's Office. The police
rangements were scarcely more than a
bureau Of information for the use Of
the newspaper reporters. The police
have to wait upon the election officers
at the polls. They have to supervise
the return OF the ballot boxes to City
Clerk Scott, and it is an easy thing
for them to take the votes from the
tally-sheets when they leave the poll
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
Dudgeon,s jury Disagrees.

Dudgeon, who was charged with aiding
the death of Kitty Cody by means
of criminal operation, after being
out all night reported to Judge Moore
who tried the case, that they could not
agree. They We're discharged, and the
$4,000 bail already furnished by the ac-
cused was continued The jury stood
eight to four for conviction
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10

OReIlly's Excelsior Oat Tonic. The best
nerve and brain tonic in the world Hotels
druggists, groeers and saloons sell it, or send to
the manufacturers for It, S29 and S3l Newark
ave-, Jersey CitY.+a*
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
FOR THB CHARTER.
The Democratic Policy Vim
dicated by the People
at the Polls.
ANDBY A BIG MAJORITY, TOO.
"Horace" Is an Automatically
Kern Wins Again.

The election took place yesterday
That it was quiet one everybody
knows. So it was not necessary to
say it, but as we have said it, it
goes. Up to the hour of going to
press, four o'clock A. M, the count
had progressed with reasonable sat
isfaction. The results in the several
election precincts, as far as returned,
are as follows
The New Charter has probably been
adopted by a majority of from 5000
to $500 votes. 1t may even run little
higher. Though the scantiness of re-
turns from the Fourth District, where
there was determined opposition to it,
throws some shade of doubt ON the re-
suit.
The popular vote on the Public
Library question is practically unan-
imous in the affirmative.
The following candidates have been
elected
President of the Board of Alder
men:-Charles w. Allen, Dem.
ALDERMEN.
First District:-Robert S. S.Jordan, ID.
Second District:-Patrick H. Con-
molly, l. d.
Third District Edward Hoos. D.
Fourth District:-Keogh, d.
Fifth District:-Henry Van Horn, r.
SixthD istrict: Horace Schermer-
horn, R.
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF WORKS.
Fourth District William F. Kern,
d.
Fifth District: Benjamin Van.
Keuren, r.
Sixth District:-Reub Simpson, r.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
First District:-J ohm e. Kelly, d.
Third District:-James N, Davis, d.
Fourth District Edward O'Don-i
nell, d.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
Second District ii ohm Guiton, ID.
Third District. Robert Quinlan, d.
Fifth strict:-Thomas d. Mills, r
Henry Grassman, D., has been
elected Mayor of Hoboken.
John NJ Newman l., has been
elected Mayor of Bayonne.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
Totals. ls................... =. II
Fifth Aider1nanic district.
THE RESULT In BAY0NNE.

Newman Won Easily, Though Farr's
Friends Pushed Him Forward.
The result of the annual charter cleo
ton in Bayonne was as follows
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
ELEcTIoN NOTES.

The clique contests over the char
ter were written on the face of the re-
turns, and the circumstances elicitted
considerable comment. For instance,
the Fourth district, which Kern con
trols, was almost straight against the
new act; the First district, where
Sheriff Davis friends were in control
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10

Hugh McGeehan, .......................,... 1874
Frederick j. Schmidt r. and l. D.. 252
Schmidt's majority, 116.
For Insuectors of Elections
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
FOURTH WARD.
Lohman's majority, 459.
HaggertY's majority, 1175

Paterson, Independent candidate for Water
Registrar, got 463 votes as total Of which the
Third district of the Third ward gave him LOG.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07

need not say that there are several kinds
of rope walking, for one has only to visit an
American circus to see more than one variety
practiced III the same ring. We in the pro
fession recognize three legitimate forms, of
which one, however, is almost obsolete now
adays. Taking them in the order of their
difficulty, and therefore, l presume, their
attractiveness, there is first the high rope,
which is fixed as near the clouds as the per-
former dare venture or the law will allow;
secondly the ''low rope" on which the more
youthful performers disport themselves, and
which is stretched only some seven or eight
feet from the ground; and lastly, the old
fashioned ascension" rope, which have re-
ferred to as being out of date entirely This
last is in all probability the oldest form of
tight rope walking, and l believe dates back
to classic times. 1t receives its name from
the fact that the performer walks up a rope
which is stretched from the ground to some
convenient elevation forty or fifty feet away.
When was young 1T was still popular, and
even today we often speak of a separate per-
Torrance on a high rope as ian ascension"
need not say that the difficulty of this form
of rope walking is trifiing as compared with
that now generally practiced.
may also mention wire walking as a
branch of the profession; but it is not
actually so recognized by us. Curious as it
may seem to an outsider, it is much easier to
walk on a wire than on the regular hempen
rope, and, with a little perseverance and
some natural ability to start with, man
may learn to walk the wire within three.or
four weeks at the outside. l once had a man
as an assistant who never walked rope in
his life, but shortly after he left me he was
advertised as marvellous wire walker and
obtained a good salary. F. Blondin in
Lippincott's Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07

Delmonico's reputation is far reaching, the
resort of epicures, millionaires and people
from the country who have come to "do'
New York. They have made up their minds
to spend money freely, and find Delmonico's
a fine place TO do it in. By ordering all the
dishes that are out of season and plenty of
wine, one may spend twenty dollars there
for one meal from the menu, and eat no
more and fare little better than the man at
the next table who orders dishes in season
and pays three dollars. If New York is cos
mopolitan on large scale, so is Delmonico's
on a smaller one. Wide, indeed, is the range
of customers tastes, and there are nearly
always mole than two hundred dishes on the
menu required to satisfy all demands.
When a young man wishes particularly to
impress a young woman with his afiluence
or generosity he takes her to supper at Del
mouico's after the theatre. If he has never
been there before, the more anxious he is to
display familiarity with the place, the more
he thinks every one is watching him, and the
more he stands in awe Of the solemn, dress
coated French waiter, and would sooner
poison himself than find fault with the
viands or the service If the woman feels at
all overcome by her surroundings she seeks
to recover herself by getting cross and find
ing fault with the whole thing.-New York
Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07

more Immoral people nving- In many respects
than some of the English aristocrats.
At one time the British aristocracy might
be said to be composed Of people who did not
earn their own living, but that can no longer
be the case, for the aristocracy are now en-
riching themselves in all manner of ways
as proprietors of hanson cabs, like Lord
Shrewsbury; by raising crops and fruit,
breeding cattle and horses, like some famous
dukes and marquises; by millinery and dress
making, by renting property of all descrip-
tons, and frequently by grinding the faces
of the poor" in which employment, however,
they are not monopolists. What, in fact,
does constitute the English aristocracy and
English society is a very difficult thing to
say; in the meantime it has q very flourish
ing existence, and is likely to have for some
time to come.-Edith Abel in Boston Tran
script
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07
Customs of English Society.

English society women are to New Eng
landers singular beings. Their devotion to
customs of their own, which at one moment
appear in1exible, and yet at the next are
thrown to the winds in the most inconsistent
manner, is puzzling in the extreme. 1t is
difficult to say what rules do govern them.
am inclined to think there are none; they are
bound together by their aristocracy, and yet
that is something that cannot be fully de-
fined. Old family Yes, but new families
are not excluded and many old families are
notIwithin the pale. Wealth. Yes, yet poverty
belongs to some of the leaders of the arts
tOcracy in great many cases. Morality
Oh, dear, no; you may be moral if you
choose, but it neither assists you to a position
In society nor. keeps you there There. are no
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07

palatable b;sc6it, while Georsisf has Tong
made pastry OF pounded peanut The kernels
roasted are largely used ip>the manufacture
of chocolate, while the snande de terre, as
has been shown, is usedby the confectioners.
1t is also eaten as r fruit and roasted for
coffee The poorfhan's fruit, the peanut, is
capable of sustaining life for a long time,
owing to is peculiarly nutritive qualities,
the negres using it alike in porridge, Gus
tard Of Is II beverage. Nor does its useful
ness ga here, for the vines form a splendid
foddG, as good as clover hay, while hogs
wiDfatten on what they find in the fields
afr the crops has been gathered.-San
francisco Chronicle.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07
Utilization of Old Tins.

The industry is a novel one, being the
manufacture Of taggers' ircn from old tin
cans and other waste sheet metal. This iron
has heretofore been manufactured almost ex-
clusively in Europe, and there is only one
American company which turns out the pro-
duct in large quantities. The tin cans are
first heated in an oven raised to tempera-
ture of about 1000 degs., which melts off the
tin and lead. The sheet iron which remains
is passed first under rubber coated rollers,
and then chilled iron rollers, which leaves
the sheet smooth and fat After annealing
and trimming they are ready for shipment.
The tin and lead which is melted from the
cans is run into bars, and is also placed upon
the market, Ali the raw material used is
waste, but the sheet iron turned out is said
to be of good quality. 1t is used for buttons,
tags and objects of like misunderstanding
American
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
A Physician and His Patient-Change of
Medicine-Result.

Meulclne-iseSult.
If doctors would only tell the whole truth
about the medicines they give, and what they
give them for, and what they do purely in
response to the prejudices of their patients,
what an interesting series of revelations we
would have! The practice of medicine is one
long apprenticeship to human weakness. The
Listener" happens to know one physician
who occasionally gives him discreet account
of certain justiiable experiments which he
has made with peoples credulity. Here is
one, to illustrate:
Aunt Hubby Giddings, an excellent elderly
lady, enjoyed, if she only knew it, a very
fair state of health, but she thought it her
duty to be like the rest of the world, and so
always complained of her share of inward
ailings. She had read an adroit reading mat
ter advertisement some time or other in
which shat tired feeling" was magnified
into serious DISORDERS if every healthy
person were not at some time or other enti-
tied to ''that tired feelingI"-and had bought
and commenced taking, in obedience to the
kind suggestion of the advertisement, pat
ent medicine called Swipes liverine, the great
anti-bilious remedy The doctor questioned
her, and made up his mind that nothing in
particular was the matter with her. But an
opportunity to try an interesting experiment
flashed into his mind.
EYES," she had said to the doctor, 81 have
to take that liverine. If don't, have a
kind of an all gone sensation all over, and
my liver gets torpid, and feel considerably
headachy, and don't relish my food. /
can't get along without my liverine."
"Well, I'll tell you what | will do, Mrs.
Giddings," said the doctor; "leave off taking
your liverine, and will give you remedy
of my own that will take the place Of it
something that will serve the same purpose.
/ want you to try my medicine"
"Well, I'll try it, DOCTOR" said she, 'but I'm
afraid it won do the work Of my liverine"
The doctor went away and got bottle of
Swipes liverine of Aunt Huldy's apothecary.
He took it home, poured it out Of the bottle
and rebottled it in small, plain walls, These
he marked, "A tablespoonful before each
meal and before retiring"-the same doses
that were prescribed on the bottles of liverine
and left the vials for Aunt Hubby.
"Ill try it faithfully, DOCTOR" said she,
"but I'm afraid shall miss my liverine."
A few days afterward the doctor called on
Aunt Hubby.
well" said he, land how does my medi-
cine workp
"Oh, dear DOCTOR" said Aunt Hubby, shak
ing her head, lit amt going to do at all
I've taken it faithfully, jest as you described
but it don't relieve me the way my liverine
does, and l shan't be able TO set up another
day unless go back to it!"-Boston Trans
cript, Listener"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07
When Wales Was Seventeen.

The Prince of Wales paid visit to his sis
ter at the end of November; the regent gave
a state dinner IN his honor in his own palace
in Berlin, and Lord and Lady Bloomfield
ball at the British legation. The prince, al
though II years old, did not look more than
IA; he had the appearance of being quite
boy, fair and very slim; his large blue eyes
were much admired, and the Berlinese were
pleased with his simple, unaffected manners
He danced all night long with great gusto,
but showed distressing Partially for select
ing the tallest women in the room as his
partners, and his red uniform was seen man
fully struggling in waltz or polka with those
to him overpowering weights. Mr.-now
Sir Robert-Morier, first secretary of the le-
cation, intrusted with the management OF
the ball, suffered much discomposure at the
reckless fashion in which his royal highuess
upset the arrangement and order OF the
dances to suit his convenience; yet there was
10 supercilousness cr arrogance in his way
Of doing it.-"JLandom Rscollections, Etc"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07
Fifty Years of Sanitary Work.

The progress of sanitation in England dur
ing the fifty years of the queens reign has
been reviewed by Capt Douglas Cation
Affairs were in a bad condition at the begin
ming of the history, in the absence of syste-
matte methods of counteracting the natural
accumulation and operation of propagating
conditions of disease. Parochial admins.
trations operated mischievously in degrading
the habitations of the working classes and
checking tendencies to improvement. The
-indow tax had been in operation $50 years,
. foster darkness and bar out ventilation.
Water supplies and the. disposal Of sewage
had hardly been thought Of, except in the
,arger towns.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07

-he nrsr complete registration of vital
statistics was made in 1888. A report of the
poor law commissioners on sanitary condi-
tions embodied many recommendations and
principles that have since been recognized in
legislation 1t is now computed that by
means of the measures that have been made
effective, the annual saving Of lives, over the
previously prevailing death rate, was, dur
ing ls6O-7O, 4,O64; during 1S70-S0, 1899.
and from 1850 to 1884, 1,S47. The whole
death rate for England and Wales has been
reduced from 2207 to 1862 per 1000; of
deaths by zymotic diseases, from 452 to al
per 1000. The improvement in the last
point in urban districts does not, however,
appear to have kept pace with that in rural
districts-Popular Science Monthly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07

The business of carrying on restaurants
with an eve to female customers is probably
distinctively American and reaches its eli
max in the great shopping districts of New
York city. Yea by year these women's
restaurants become more numerous and
more extensively fitted up They are even
extending down town for the use of business
women, and they all seem to make money.
There seems to be considerable change,
too, in the quantity and quality of luncheon
now thought to be sufficient for women and
girls who earn their own living. Years ago
tin boxes or parcels or baskets containing
luncheons used to be a common and con-
spicuous feature of the early morning down
town street cars and their owners ate bread
and butter, sandwiches, cake, fruit, ETC.,
at neon, without leaving their desks or
counters
Many do this still, but the number is far
below what it used to be and grows rapidly
less, even among the very poor, and the
habit of visiting restaurants and taking hot
lurcheons. more or less substantial, is grow
ing in favor. Indeed, women whose noon
time rest is limited are often seen standing
up at the regular luncheon counters, gulping
down solids, liquids and semi-solids pell nell,
in the style of your true business man.
Plenty of these downtown typewriter girls
spend fifty cents a day on luncheon, and up
town about Fourteenth street, where shop
girls and milliners' assistants abound, they
spend about twenty-five cents. Even factory
girls send out at noon for dainties from
neighboring cook shops, and among work
ing women generally what a girl eats for her
luncheon has come to be a fair gauge Of WI
she ea=uS-New York Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-07
THE CULTURE OF GRAPES.
How the Industry Began in Chautauqua
County, New York-The Pickers.

how the INDUSTRY BeSan III ShautauquS
County, New York-The Pickers.
A score of years ago when a man named
Harris came from England and founded
community" at Brockton, in the township
of Portland, about midway on the Lake
Shore railroad from Buffalo to Erie, he saw
the adaptability of the region to the culture
of the grape, and began vineyard, which
has since become famous, and the reputation
of which would have become still more ex-
tended but for the disruption OF the settle
ment. But the start made at that time has
given Brockton the lead in grape growing,
and it is now the recognized centre OF the in
dustry, with the only wine cellars and the
largest shipping station.
In the township of Portland there are now
5000 acres devoted to grapes, and the yield
under careful management is from three to
eight tons per acre.
The Concord is the standard grape, and
probably seven-tenths of all the grapes grown
on the lake shore are OF this variety, as it is
hardy, large producer, stands transporta-
ton we'll, and can be preserved for months.
But the Niagara is a favorite variety, white,
not unlike the Malaga grape in appearance,
and of very delicate favor. While all the
grapes require much care, especially in the
early part of the season, more than the usual
time and labor are spent on the Niagaras,
some of the growers even going to the ex-
IRENE of tying paper bags over the punches
when partly grown to prevent bruising and
mildew To stranger the sight of a ten acre
ut of grape vines bearing brown paper bags
enough to excite the risibilities. In one
Jineyard this season &c, 900 of these bags were
thus used.
The harvesting Of the grape crop is the
period of anxiety for the viniculturist, and,
like the hop grower, he brings all the force
possible into extraordinarily 'his sisters
and his cousins and his aunts." When the
harvest is about to begin the housewife cooks
many times the usual quantity Of food, and
until the vines have been robbed of their
punches of fruit little attention is paid to
creature comforts From early in the morn
ing until dusk the vineyards swarm with
picllers. and the punches are carefully clip
ped from the stalks and packed in baskets or
trays, some of them being wrapped in tissue
paper to insure their reaching market in the
best possible condition. Only the small and
imperfect punches are sent to the wine eel
lars The markets for the grapes are princi-
paly in the west, Chicago taking the bulk of
the product.
The wine cellars at Brockton have a stor-
age capacity of about 10000 gallons, and are
not large enough to meet the demands of the
trade, as several of the western railways
are using the wines in their buffet cars and
station refreshment rooms. The wines sell
from one to several dollars per gallon Some
of the grape growers whose temperance pro
clivities prevent their selling refuse punches
to the cellars, scald the juice and preserve it,
and the beverage would not offend a con-
noisseur, while the natives esteem it highly.
Correspondence New York Times.