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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
PERSONAL.
Justice Lame is guflering from malaria.

Justice Lane is suffering from malaria.
Sam" Hathaway, the chief clerk of Superin-
tendent Crawford, of the Pennsylvania railroad,
is considered one of the most astute politicians in
the Palma Club.
Colonel Robinson, clerk Of the Police Board
has returned from Providence, and appears to
have much benefited by his trip.
The Rev. D.. c. Potter, D. D., pastor of the
Tabernacle, Second avenue and Tenth street, New
York, is Jersey City man. He was educated by
the North Baptist church. He has worked hard,
and is now in charge of a furnishing congrega~
ton.
Board of Works Commissioner Pearl c. billiard
declares that when his term of office expires he
will remain out of politics.
The impression that Governor Green will ap.
point ex-Judge Garretson to the Supreme Court
Bench, to succeed Judge Dixon. is gaining
ground.
Alderman Reardon wants to be reelected.
1t is an even race between Gilbert P. Robinson,
Of Jersey City, and Simon Kelly, of Weehawken,
as to who shall have the most titles.
AssemblYnan Feeney always has with him a
ponderous roll of bank notes.
Collector Kelly and the students of st. Peters
College attended the funeral Of the Rev Theo-
dore Thirty, the well known Jesuit professor,
which took place last Friday In New York.
Colonel H. J. Wiclnan, of New Orleans, La,
secretary of the Congressional River and Harbor
Committee, is visiting Doorkeeper Fallon.
Mr.. George Shaw, who has been confined to
his home through illness, is able to be around
again.
Postmaster Kelly left for washiuton, D. G.,
Thursday last,
Mrae Z. F, Prial and daughter, Of York street,
are visiting relatives in louisville, Ky.
Congressman McAdoo is booked to speak at the
dinner to be given by the St. Patrick's Club,
which takes place this evening at the Hoffman
House, New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
Inroads of the Sea.


The storm of Saturday and yester-
day wrought no end of damage along
the beautifulsstre Of sea coast be-
tween Highland Beach and Asbury
Park. The savage sea dug great
crevasses into the handsome drive
that lines the sea front and tore away
many Of the smooth lawns which are
scarcely less notable than the quaint
cottages that they surround. This
mornings reports state that at some
points even the underpinnings of the
villas were torn out, That of the late
Attorney General Gilchrist was one Of
the summer houses which suffered
most.
The breaks will be measurably re-
paired, but each wide incursion of the
sea leaves its permanent mark behind
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

it. The waves have perceptibly washed
away the shore front within the limit
of recollection. Time was when the
bluffs that guard the sea drive ex-
tended in front of the Ocean Hous
almost as far out as the great pier now
runs. Today one can almost leap from
the hotel windows into the surf. The
frequent wash of the sea across h
neck of land that divides it from h
Shrewsbury river must eventually
carry away that bar, and by the time
our children have grown to our age
the famous Sandy Hook will perhaps
have become a thing Of tradition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
Financiering Extraordinary = The
Hoboken Land Monopoly's Big
uoiJton Corpty ToTe

Financiering Extraordinary The
Hoboken Land Monopoly's Big
Hamilton County Job.
CFrom the Suaday Morning Nelcs of yesterday.)
To say that THE JERSEY CRY
NEWS revelations respecting the true
inwardness of the county division
scheme created a sensation throughout
this city and Hoboken, would be fall
ing far short of the reality. 1t carried
the public by storm, and, in fact, moth
ing else was talked about last night.
Every one praised THE JERSEY City
News for its courage in telling the
whole truth regarding the huge job
engineered by the Hoboken Land and
Improvement Company, and the opin-
ion was freely expressed that the
timely publicity given the scheme had
killed it as dead as a door nail, so far,
at least, as the present session of the
Legislature is concerned.
The scheme, as projected by the
giant corporation, was a unique speci-
men of fi~nanciering.
First of all Colonel Stevens offers to
lend the proposed new Hamilton
county 81, 1000, 600 at four per cent. in
teYest.
The company of which he is presi-
dent, and in which he controls by far
the majority interest, next proposes to
sell about $500, 900 worth of land to the
new county.
Put two and two together and here
is the total
Hrst:-Colonel Stevens gets back
half OF his million dollars for land
which has heretofore brought him no
profit.
Second:-He keeps on drawing his
four per cent. OF that half million dol
lars, all the same.
Thi7d:-He ceases to pay out taxes
on half a million dollars worth of prop
erty which he has been carrying for
years at an annual loss.
Not bad!
But, fourth, how about the other
half million2
oh, that is to be expended on public
improvements. New streets are to be
opened leading to and surrounding the
new county buildings. They are to be
graded and curbed, and otherwise put
in first class order.
But through whose property will all
tilc SufSctS PASS! WHO'S waste lailu
will they turn into valuable building
lots?
Whose, indeed?
There is, to all intents and purposes,
only one real estate owner in Hoboken
the all powerful Land and Improve
ment Company.
In plain English, it is proposed that
the county shall spend half a million
dollars on the improvement Of the big
~monopoly's property, and shall besides,
pay four per cent. per annuln for the
privilege-of doing so,
It's a great scheme. The man who
put up the job ought to go into the
railway business on Wall street, He
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
Jacobs, uoboken Theatre.

Variety of entertainment is the good
motto that has been adopted recently
by the management of this popular
theatre, with the most successful re-
suit. The following extract from the
Detroit Free Press about "Nobody's
Claim, y this weeks attraction, is worth
reading
At eight o'clock last evening every seat
in Whites Theatre was occupied. Ihe
two middle aisles We're filed with people
standing up, while in the lobbies OF the
theatre fully 500 people We're clamorlng
for admission. The cause of this rush OF
patronage was the presentation of X. A.:
locke's new American drama, called
"Nobody's Claim which has had q sue
cessful III at the Windsor Theatre. The
leading characters in the play are taken
by Joseph j. Bowling and Miss sadie
Hasson, and their worn was well done.
The scenes of the play are located in the
mountain districts of the Union Pacific
Railway and the Yellowstone Valley,
while the story given is the bret
Harte order, with numerous embell1sh-
mentsin the way of scenic and mechanical
effects, songs and dances, andsharp shoot,
ing. The story has both the sentiment OF
'Davy Crockett and the comedy element
of "Mliss," and is a happy medium pc
tween the two, Astounding in strong melo-
dramatic incidents and picturesque situa-
tions, and in the hands of as capable a
company as that supporting MI. Bowling
and Miss Hasson wrought the audience
early during the performance to a degree
of enthusiasm quite refreshing, which en-,
thusiasm grew to the end, when the tinal
climax received a salvo of applause such
as has seldom been heard in a Detroit
theatre.
A special extia matinee will be given
today, commemorating st. Patrick's
Day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

81 BELIEVE said Mr.. William A.
Macy, treasurer of the Hoboken Land
and Improvement Company, that
the Hohoken Land and Improvement
Company do not want a division OF
the county and that Colonel Stevens
is opposed to it."
Well, Mr.. Macy ought to know; but
if he is right, how did he and Mr..
Ramon N. Cooke come to sign the call
for that Odd Fellows Hall meeting
last Thursday night? How, also, did
Colonel Stevens come to speak at it?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
NEW JERSEY o~RlCKETERs.

When and Where the Bergen Points VIII
Play This Summer.
The cricket clubs Of New York and
vicinity held a meeting in New York on
Saturday afternoon, a delegate from the
New Jersey Athletic Club being present.
The schedule was arranged, and games
between the New Jersey Athletic and
other clubs were arranged as follows:
April a0-lManhattans at Bergen Point.
May 25rManhattans at Prospect Park.
May 3-Bridgeports at Bridgeport.
juno American League at Central Park.
June 92-Ncw Yurks at Bergen Point.
June 2~9-Bridgeport at Bridgeport.
July i3-Kings County at Prospect Park.
July 27--New Yorks at Central Park,
Aug. 8Brooklyn at Bergen Point.
Aug. 10-Albions at Bergen Point.
Aug. 31-Brookiyn at Prospect Park.
Sept. Amateur League at Bergen Point.
Sept. 1A-Albions at Prospect Park.
Sept, 21-kings County at Bergen Point.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

THIRTY-FoUR young ladies gradu-
ated as teachersl The field of the
teacher is a noble one, and a response
bic one; but the harvest is not a rich
one for the reapers. There is no class
Of workers, we suppose, who receive so
meagre a reward for the skill they are
obliged to exert and the time taken to
acquire it, as the teachers, and es-
pecially the women teachers. Perhaps
by the time the thirty-four young
ladies who graduated from our local
training school last Friday have got
fairly into school work the merit OF
the instructors of our youth will be
receiving more substantial recognition
than is now accorded to it. We hope
so, for their sakes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
That Hoboken Land JOB.

Says Colonel E. A. Stevens, speak
ing of the bill to divide Hudson
county
Il understand it will not pass the
legislature
Certainly it will not. The JERSEY
CRY NEWS has let in altogether too
much light on the job. But it is
doubtful if the projectors hoped to get
it through this year, anyway.
Probably the job will be accom-
plished in the same way as many
other rapacious schemes. 1t will be
bought up, year after yenr, until OPP
position is worn out, and then it will
go through quietly and unobtrusively,
just the way a s~ugar-coated pill slips
down ones throat.
This year the people are startled at
the idea. Next year they will be in
dignant, the next bored, the next
apathetic and-presto-tho thing is
done.
There is money enough in the job to
make it worth the while of the Hobo
ken Land and Improvement Company
to keep up the fight for years.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
A Lively Foot Race.

The long talked of foot race between
William Clark and Benjamin Whelen
took place yesterday at the Schuetzen
Park, Union Hill, and was Witnessed By
more thar two hundred people. The con-
t~estants were in fine form, and they made
an interesting race. The race was for 100
yards, three dashes. The purse was $3.50.
The first heat was won by Whelen, but
after this Clark let himself out and won
the ext two heats easily. His time was
1914 seconds. Considerable money changed
hands. The judges were +, Thornton,
George Vix and George Alderman, ii. A.
Behn acted as referee. Another match is
being arranged to take place at the Man
haitian Athletic Club grounds at One
Hundred and Fifth street, New York,
This will be for 800, aud will be $50 yards.
three dashes. Mr. Clark that
he Is ready to receive all challenges, and
that both he and his money can be found
at all times at Tangermann's Hotel, corner
Of the Hackensack plank road and Bergen
wood road, Union Fill.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
KISSED BY WASHINGTON
The Memoirs of Mrs. Farseils, Aged 103
Years, of Bayonne.

fears, OF Bayonhe.
Mrs. Arabella Parsells' two great-great-
grandchildren, seventeen g~reat-grand-
children, ten grandchildren and her two
daughters gathered at her pleasant home
on Fifty-second street, Bayonne, yester-
day, to do court to her. The occasion
was the completion of her 1o3d year.
Mrs. Parsells was born on Manhattan
Island in 1856, and spent her whole life in
New York till four ago, when she went to
live with her daughter in Bayonne.
sT1LL BRIGHT n RI
Outside of an attack of yellow fever she
has seldom required the services of a ply
stefan. Her habits are regular, and she is
extremely spry and clipper. She retires
usually at a late hour, and generally she
awakening. She goes about the he Sc
without assistance, Her sight has hith-
erto been so good that she has never worn
spectacles. 1t is now failing, and she
occasionally complains OF her inability
to see as good now rs she could when
day anniversary. AS q stiinulant she
drinks large quantities of hot coffee at
each meal, She is SO fond of the beverage
that she also takes a cup just before going
to bed. Her reasoning faculties are still
SO good and her memory is so excellent
shat her kindred rely. considerably upon
her Judgment. She distinctly remembers
events Which occurred early in the CEN
tury, and she relates Incidents which
came under her notice with apparent de-
light.
WASHINGTON KISSED HER..
"Do | remember Washington she said
in response to a query; yes, indeed | do.
| recollect him well, for ! saw him many
times in York. One day | went into his
room in Federal Hall, and he kissed me
after taking me upon his knees.
sob, yes,' she continued, while her
brown eyes sparkled with the recital, II
remember Alexander Hamilton, Aaron
Burr, John Jay and other Of the great
men of the nations infancy, but it is not
often nowadays that | hear their names
spoken. ! remember Lafayette well and
the reception we gave him In York. was
down to the Battery to see him land. All
the militia was out. The streets were
crowded and everywhere fiags were fly
ing. / attended the reception and shook
hands with him."
a BACK MEMORIES.
Among other things the old lady can
tell of the excitement attending the sue
cessful trial of Robert Fuiton's steaIn-
boat. She can recollect the hospital riots
of 1897, and the execution Of Rose
Butler, the negro fire fiend, through whose
villainy she twice lost her home, She also
tells OF the hanging OF Johnson. the
pirate. At the funeral services over
Washington, which were held in New
York city, she was present. She
saw General MontgOmery's body
landed after being brought from
Quebec, and when ComIno-
dore Lawrence and Lieutenant Ludlow
were buried she crowded into Trinity
Church. She attended the funeral of
General Grant and rode in a carriage after
the cOrteQn to the tomb ait Riverside.
When her son was buried she rode to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

Greenwood and back home without com
planning OF fatigue.
About four years ago she wanted to go
to church on Easter Sunday, and she
walked over amile to st. Johns p. u.
Church in Bayonne proper. Her relatives
missed her, and instituting a search,
found her cheerfully trudging homeward.
On another occasion she desired to visit
her daughter in New York City. Her peo-
pie objected and asked the station agent
at Panirapo not to sell her q ticket. His
refusal did not deter her in the least, for
she walked o the Greenville depot, bought
a ticket and triumphantly boarded an
e~ast-bound train. Recently she has made
several trips between Bayonne and New
York City.
10 prove that her age is authentic her
children produce the record of her birth in
the old family Bible and on q family chart.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
FREEHOLDERs TO PAY COSTS.

Richard Butler Waited Seyenty-fve
Days for Trial for Assault.
In the Court Of Special Sessions this
morning Richard Butler pleaded guilty to
an Indictment for assault and battery. He
said he had been in the County Jail
seventy-ive days waiting trial.
The Court was naturally surprised at
this. and after questioning him closely,
concluded he had been punished enough
and suspended sentence, directing the
F~reeholders to pay costs.
Samuel Wilson, the bogus insurance
agent, pleaded guilty to obtaining money
under false p%retences and was sent to
Snake Hill for three months.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
THE JERSEY CITY BETHEL.
A MISSION WORTHY or THE SUP
PORT or EVERY GOOD CITIZEN.

How the Old Schooner s'Carrier Pigeon
was Dedicated to John Wesiey and
Afterward Was Turned into a Bethel
ship-Church Notes from All over
Town.
/ doubt if there is a quainter place
of worship anywhere in this section of
the country than the old hulk lying at
the foot of Fourteenth street, Jersey
City, used as a bethel.
Wandering about IN search Of stray
items yesterday afternoon I became
bewiIdered and lost my way amid the
maze of curved tracks and monotonous
stretches of motionless freight
trains in the yards of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad
Inquiring for the foot of Fifteenth
street, for l knew | was somewhere
in that vicinity, / was misdirected,
and thus accidentally stumbled upon
this literally floating, yet firmly an
chored religious institution.
Wedged in by a good sized navy of
barges. lighters and canal boats,
anchored about the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western coal docks, lay the
hull of a large two masted schooner,
over the deck of which rests a chapel
like structure. An abbreviated bow
spirit pointed directly toward me, and
back of this, with ten-foot pillars rest
ing upon the deck of the bow, was an
elevated eupola in which hung a large
bell.
Stretched across the front of the
cabin like structure was this sign
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
NEW JERSEY PRESS CLUB


~ LLfNHE
The New Jersey Press Club met in
the City Hall yesterday afternoon, and
decided that initiation fees should be
due April /. All members in arrears
after that time will have their names
erased from the roll, and viii then
have to join asif they had never signi-
fed their intention OF becoming part
of the organization. The club will be
incorporated on Monday. The House
Hunting Committee will report finally
at the next meeting of the club,
April 30.
Before the club meeting the Board
of Governors met and filed vacancies
by electing Mr.. C. II. Benson and Mr..
Orestie Cleveland, Jr., to be governors
in the places OF Mr.. John Hinchy and
Mr.. George f. Holmes. The Board
will meet in the same place next Satur-
day at four o'clock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
want an Elevated Road.

The residents and more particularly the
business men of West Hoboken are agi-
tating for an elevated road to connect
them directly with the Fourteenth street
ferry. to save them taking the horse cars
all around Union Hill to get there.
the money, and the Hoboken Land and
Improvement Company will furnish the
bulk OF it on the bonds of the North Hud-
son Railroad Company. President Bonn
told me this morning that the matter is
receiving attention, and that the roads are
being surveyed to determine the cost.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

Hall this evening. They will be assisted
by the Valencia Orchestra, of Hoboken;
Julius Boehm viii direct the singing, 4
prominent singers from Brooklyn Will
Strobel aud Walter Wirths will sing a
number of solos. Miss Louise Roemelt,
of Staten Island, and Mr.. William Slabb,
of Brooklyn, will be among the guests Of
the society. The affair promises to be
one of the successes of the amusement
season on the Heights.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
Affairs to Come.

The grand annual ball of the John
H. Brown Association will take place
tonight at Cooper's Hall. The Alder
manic Chamber will, for the accommo-
dation of guests, be connecred by. a
bridge across Washington place. The
A~Iderlnanic Chamber will be decorated
and q promenade band will be sta
toned there to lead the dance.
The members of the Adonis Social
Club will hold a reception soon after
Easter.
The Robert Davis Light Guard in
tend going on an excursion some time
in July. 1t will be free to all.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
Attacked with pelirlum rremens.

Chief Murphy, of the Police Depart
ment, saw II man on Erie street Saturday
evening lying on the street drunk. He
took the man to the Grove street station,
where it was ascertained that the man
was Thomas Gleason, q relative of Mayor
Gleason, of Long Island City, and a
Chicago butcher.
He was placed in q cell and later in the
evening he was found suffering from an
attack of delerium tremens. He was sent
to the City Hospital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

Frank Duffy, q laborer on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad, was
arrested by Special Officer Carney for
stealing an oYercoat from William Col
Inns, Of No. 1871 Eighteenth street, Jersey
City. He was sent to the penitentiary for
thirty days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
A OFFICES:

advertisements, Subscriptions and Newsdealers'
Orders received
HoBoKEE-No. q Newark Street G. H. Jackson.
UNION HUH Fischer, No. CO Palisade Avenue.
BERGEN PoINT-T. w. Dobson, opposite Railway
Depot.
BAyoNNE-J HI. Brewer, No. 4S1 Avenue D.
FIVE CoRNERs-G. w. Pheiffer, No. 66S Newark
Avenue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

Louis Ulrich, of Brooklyn, who created
such a disturbance on Montgomery street
on Saturday by assaulting his brother,
sister and brotner-in-Iaw and then tried
to escape to New York, was discharged
this morning by Justice Stilsing.
No one appeared against him and he
left the court room smiling.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
This strike WIN BE Unequaiied.

BOSTON, March Is, 1sS9.-The men EN-
ployed in the finishing department of the
Waltham Watch Company's works
intend to strike tonight unless the fore
man re-employs men instead of girls on
certain work. The girls, work is SO imper-
feet that the men have to go over it, in
addition to their own, They want the men
who were discharged when the girls were
employed taken back.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
THE PARNELL HANDICAP.
Clifton Racegoers Will Celebrate st. Pat
rick,s Birthday.

ricI's Birthday.
The great attraction at Clifton today
viii be the Parnen Handicap, named after
the great Irish patriot, and in remem-
brance of the fact that St. Patrlck's Day
is being celebrated.
The entire programmes a good one, and
with the mild weather prevailing will un-
doubleday be productive of good sport,
there being good entries in each race.
1t had originally been intended by the
Gutenberg authorities to also race today,
but the project was abandoned. Here
after a $500 purse will be given each day,
in the hope Of attracting the best class of
horses in a good series of races together.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18

THAT was a complicated affair in
Becker's saloon. A policeman created
a disturbance about a pony of whiskey
and a sandwich at half past one o'clock
Sunday morning, and a fight was i'm
minent. Then Saloonkeeper Becker
ran out and brought in another police
man, who arrested his colleague. Two
revolvers were drawn in the course of
the proceedings. The arrested police
man and two other young men were
fined So, and they told the Judge that
they would call around Saturday and
settle up. He let them go. Mean
while Beclzer's appeal to the law re-
suited in the bringing of a charge
against him for keeping a disorderly
house. If the policemen of that dis
trict are obliged to waste time arrest
ing each other the mere private citi-
zen runs a risk of hanging on to a
lamp post all night and catching no
end Of pneumonia and influenza.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
Large Fields at Gutenberg.

ISpec3dl to Tie jersey Gag Neies.l
NORTH HUDSON DRIVING PARK, March
Is, 1ssa.-Another very large entry has
been received for the races to be decided
tomorrow, which are again six in number,
while the fourth race, at three-quarters of
a mile, for a purse of $500, is expected to
produce a rafting good contest, although
there are but seven entered, the smallest
field of the day. The following is a list Of
enteries for each races
FIRST RAcg-Three-quarterS of a mile, purse