davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

The work of the fire tugs at the
burning of the New Brunswick, yes
terday, merits the highest praise. 1t
was only because the boat was old and
dry that they could not get the mas
terry of the flames. The men worked
like soldiers, and accomplished at least
one good deed by saving the lives OF
the horses.
The conduct of the horses was Won
derful. They stood for three hours on
the bow of a blazing craft, with the
trucks they were harnessed to slowly
burning behind them, their very
blankets frizzling up and burning
from their backs, and never flinehed,
while the fire tugs threw endless
streams of water on them.
1t is worth mentioning that the first
tugs to go to the rescue did not belong
to the Pennsylvania Railroad, but to
the New Jersey Central. 1t was a
Central tug, too, that hurried to the
Rotterdam dock and put out the fire
there.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
A WoRKINGMEN's CLUBHOUSE.

The Followers of Henry George win
Make 1t a Success.
The followers of Henry George, who are
members of the Single Tax League, are
making arrangements to build a large
clubhouse in the lower part of the city.
The money is now being raised for the
erection of a building and it viii not be
long before a site will be selected. In
connection with the clubrooms it is pro-
posed to have a large meeting hall, where
free lectures will be given weekly upon
politics, economic and other subjects or
interest to the working classes.
One of the leading members OF the
Single Tax League, when talking with
me about this project, said:-"We intend
to make this one of the finest c%lubhouses
in Jersey City. There is need of q club
like this, where workingmen can go to
spend their evenings and be away from
the saloon. Such a clubhouse as we pro-
pose to erect ought to be a success. There
will be reading rooms, a library, a billiard
room, and everything else that n can
find in a first class club. When the club
house is built we will hold public meet
ings weekly, similar to those conducted
by many of the workingmen's clubs OF
England"
when do you think you will commence
to build?"
Probably this fall, just as soon as all
the money is subscribed. The plan has
been under consideration for a number of
months, and the members of the Single
Tax League are working hard to make it
a success"
This gentleman also informed me that
during the summer months the League
would hold gospel meetings on Sunday
afternoons in a tent, to be erected in Cur
rie's Woods, at which Henry George, the
Rev. Hugh o. Pentecost, Louis Post, the
Rev. Mr.. Huntington and other believers
in the single tax will speak.
Tonight the regular meeting of the
League will be held at Cooper Hall and
Parker Pillsbury will deliver an address.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
Talking About Bottles.

The Hudson County Bottlers' Associa-
ton met again yesterday afternoon in
Roche's Hall. NJ. II. McHugh presided.
There was a good attendance, and much
interest was manifested. The committee
appointed at the previous meeting to con-
fer with the New York Bottlers' Associa-
ton in regard to cooperation in securing
legal protection in reference to the use of
branded bottles, reported ~favorably, and
another committee was appointed to con-
fer with the Executive Committee of the
New York Association today. Much salts
faction was expressed by the members
present at the receipt of bottles at the Elk
change. A permanent organization will
be formed on the first Wednesday in May.
All bottlers in Hudson county are invited
to Join.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
MEETING OF TEACHERS.
Mrs. Jones Recites and Prof. woodruff
Performs Experiments.

Mrs. Jones Recites and Prof. woodruff
Performs Experiments.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Jersey City Teachers Association was
not so well attended yesterday after
noon as usual. The threatening
weather kept many away. The assem-
bly, room Of the High School was only
about half filled. The exercises, how
ever, were exceedingly interesting, and
were much appreciated by those pres
ent. President Hoyt presided.
Mrs. Van Cullen Jones recited,
SLOW Ruby Played Her effort was
heartily appreciated, and in response
to an encore she told in an admirable
manner, What a Little Girl Thinks
of Life in a Hotel"
Prof. John f. Woodruff, whose
simple chemical experiments interested
the teachers so greatly at the previous
meeting, was again present yesterday
and lectured upon THE Manipula-
ton of Glass Tubing for Experiments
in the Glass Room"
His experiments were watched with
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
SHERIFF,S SALE.

CHERIFF's SALE IN CHANCERY Of NEW
y JERSEY.
Between The Fairmont Mutual Building and Loan
Association, complainant, and Marks Myerson, ct
ux., ct ais, defendants.
Fl. ia, for sale Of mortgaged premises
RetJrnable May Term, A. D., 1889.
Randolph, Condict s. Black, Solicitors.
BY virtue Of the above stated writ to me directed
Woiberts Real Estate and Auction Rooms, No. III
Montgomery Street, Jersey City, on
THURSDAY, the Twenty1ifth day of April.
A. D., 1889.
described land and premises with the appurten.
ances, being the same described in said writ, that is
to say
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land and
Jersey City, In the County of Hudson and State Of
New Jersey, and which on a map, entitled 6man of
property at Monticello and Golden, Town of Bergen.
Hudson County, \. J, made by g. r. Van Horn, civil
lot ninety-seven go, and the whole Of lot (9s, in
block lettered X, fronting on Gardner ayenue and
may be described as follows, Wis
Beginning at q point on the northerly line of Gard.
the easterly line of Monticello avenue; thence run
ming northerly, parallel with Monticello avenue one
hundred and thirteen feet and one and q Quarter
inches d13. 10 to a point seventy+ive () feet east
thence easterly, at right angles TO Monticello avenue
twenty nine feetand one and one-half inches l29. ia:
thence southerly, parallel with Monticello avenue
SIX " feet; THENCE easterly, parallel with Gardner
s~outherly, at right angles to Gardner avenue one
hundred and nine feet and seven inches n09. n Ia
the northerly line, OF Gardner avenue; thence west
erly along said last mentioned line thirty faet
go to the point or place of beginning.
1t being understood said dimensions and measure
ments are to pc for more or less, as the case may be.
Dated March IL, 1889.
ROBERT DAVIS, sheriff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
sHERIFFes SALEM cHANcERY OF NEW JER-

| CHERRIES SALEM CHANCERY OF NEW JER-
William Ely Bramhall ct al, defendants.
Fl "a. for sale Of mort&gaged premises.
By virtue Of the above stated writ to me directed
W We Real Estate and Auction Rooms, No. ii
M~on TEHgRsDs ssgFe tSe 5 NinsS d Gaty; o f9 NAV. !. 1889.
at two O'Clock in the afternoon, all the following de-
seflSeq th len sam nna dRe esnlibbedd T IN sa ia 9 sPRat tSat IS t.
Ali the following described lots, pieces or parcels
Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of
am ap Of property belonging to i. a. Bra1mhaii and
j. W. Dwight, Greenville, Jersey City, n. j." made
July, 1878, as lots numbered twenty three G9t
twsnty.fe~r ( 81. t twsntty eight ST. 81. t sWansyisiIa ST. 81,
thirty y6 80, tfh drE fsS t fbir tRifsty,tW cs, e 9si th ! Gsss'
ZIG ya@ssloe go, '' thhirtyleight es So hirty:nine ST.
forty 90, forty y16 q 20, 40 fortEy ~ ~ 81 a. fo 0T9 three
%ffty.one 81, hTfty-tSwo Gg' dfty.three Gsg' ffty,foSurr
t SCH hf 1ss5i dfs ss3h h1sy1 81. So sfsitg ff 1SS, ]sisays 90 NIX Sf.
sixty, two g62s sixtyatahree 49, sIxty,fsogqr ls4l. sixty.
l68l sixty-nine t6), seventy GO, seventy-one al, and
seventytwo e2l on block numbered five as laid
ROBERT DAVIS. Sheriff.
SHERIEEs sALE.-NEw JERSEY SUPREME
Aaron j. Bach ct al vs.. George Handel.
On Contract.
Fl. IA, &c.
Returnable June Term, 1889.
r.. B. Seymour, Attorney.
BY virtue of the above stated writ, to me directed
and delivered 1 have levied upon and shall sell by
public vendue at +. G. Wolbert's Real Estate and
Auction Rooms, No. AZ Montgomery street, Jersey
City, on
THURSDAY, the sixteenth day Of May next,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon, all the right, title
and estate of the above named defendant, George
Handel, in and to all the following described land
and premises, with the appurtenances, that Is to
say
An that certain lot of land and premises situate.
lying and being in Jersey City, in the county of
Hudson and State of New Jersey, and which on q
map of Jersey City, Hudson county, New Jersey,
made by A. Clerk and r. G. Bacot, City Surveyor,
1915, is designated as lot numbered seventy-one TIL
on York street in block number forty-four f44l being
twenty-five feet rs It.. wide in front and rear and
one hundred feet deep on each side.
Being the same premises conveyed to George
Handel by Caroline Doremus by deed dated Sept.
Office, in Book 400, page 116, etc.
Dated April 9Th, 1889.
ROBERT DAVIS Sheriff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
Our Circulation Jumps.

Yesterday was a red-letter day with
us. Our circulation jumped five hun
bred copies, and late in the evening
papers had to be taken from u office
files to avoid sending people away un-
satisfied.
This great demand was doubtless
due to the Pennsylvania railway ferry
boat fire. Our admirable account of
this, the public soon found out, put
our only competitors sectional story
completely in the shade. Therefore
every one rushed to buy THE JERSEY
CRY News. OF course we cannot
hope that this extraordinary jump of
500 copies represents a permanent in
crease. We can hardly hope to sell
quite SO many copies today unless
some fresh event of Importance occurs.
But 1t is our experience that we in
variably retain about twenty per cent.
of our accidental increases. Thus, our
increase of a thousand copies the day
after election, left a permanent aver
age increase of about two hundred
in our daily sales. Our reg
ular average weekly rate of
increase is about six per cent. Add to
this a few accidental increases from
week to week, and we will soon be
able to guarantee our advertisers a
circle of 5000 readers, as we do
now a circle of 80, 900.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
THE pigs IN CLOVER"


How the Remarkable and Popular Toy
Puzzle Came to Be Invented.
[FTom the Ne1D York WorEd.1
The "Pigs in the Clover puzzle,
which is causing so much elocution
about Gehenna nowadays, had a curl
GUS scientific origin. A student of
physiological psychology named Mar
tenfeldt, while making researches in
some determinations of the sensitive
ness of the tactile sense under the
direction of Helmholtz, the great Ger
man investigator, found that the abil-
ity to balance a marble on a per-
fectly smooth piece of plate glass de-
pended upon the delicacy OF what is
known as the reaction-time-that is,
depends upon the quickness of the
nerve current in receiving the impress
sion that the marble will roll, sending
the impression to the controlling
organs in the cerebellum that contract
or relax the muscles of the arm, and
the degree of responsiveness in the
nervous end organs of the fingers
which hold the piece of glass. Marten-
feldt found that if he placed the mar
BILE in the centre of the plate and
marked four or five spots on the edges
of the plate, and then asked the sub
iect with which he experimental to
tip the plate SO that the marble
would run across a particular spot, a
considerable time elapsed before the
subject could determine how to tip
the plate to make the marble roll as
required. When Martenfeldt compli-
Gated the apparatus and placed rings
--.LI--- IL A1@.,4 H. oAD+uN ~ 4ha
plate, with holes for the marble to
run through, the average result of his
experiments gave a remarkable
psychological law.
This was that the s'reaction-timen
depended upon the size of the circles
| of pasteboard which made an impress
sion upon the field of vision of the re-
| tina. and was in direct proportion to
the diameter of the circles expressed
in millimetres. Martenfeldt't expert
ments developed the fact that effects
of practice and attention diminish the
psycho-physical reaetion-time and
fatigue increases it. Thus he found
that the will-time necessary for choice
between two motions was reduced by
practice, for three subjects Of expert
ments, from $50 second to $50, from
| .UO SGCOlld W -OOOC, III IlOAA .OON
second to .062 respectively. For choice
amongf v and ten possible motions the
effect of practice was yet more marked.
thus, with five possible choices,
the will-time Of one person was re
duced by practice from $3.50 second to
.0S3, and Of another, with ten possible
choices, from 1853 second to .094. Fol
each single days series of experiments
the time diminished faster at first than
subsequently,, but in many cases more
distinctly on the second than on the
first day of experiment.
The apparatus used by Martenfeldi
for his experiments got on the market
as a puzzle in a curious way. Marten-
feldt sent one of his plates to an
American friend, DR.. Hermann Meyer
of Philadelphia, and at the Doctors
house G. NJ. Crandell, a. qnick-witted
business man, saw it, recognized how
taking a puzzle it would make j
simpliied, took out a patent in Febru
airy, and put it on the market immedi
ately, with great success.
EMIL CHAS. PFEIFFER,
Cambridge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
THEY ARE BOTH SAFE.

go y ANA ~ AO~NOA
the Health Board Today.
All the members of the County
Board of Health were present yester-
day at the meeting held'in the office OF
Bureau of Vital Statistics. Not much
was accomplished, but two of the
members had long drawn and melan-
choly faces. They were Doctors Cor
don and Mcneil.
Their term of office expired with the
closing of the meeting. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY expected by their friends that
today the Board of Freeholders will
reappoint them, and in fact no other
names have been prominently men
toned in connection with the po-
Both DR.. Gordon and Dr.. Mcneil
have done good work, and the ques-
ton of their reappointment, so far as
could be learned yesterday, need not
worry them.
When the Board met it was pre-
sented with a petition from Eliza Van
Emburgh to be allowed to emove the
remains of William H. Meyers and
Alexander b. johnson, who died OF
scarlet fever, from the Grove Churcn
Cemetery to Greenwood. The request
was refused because the disease was
contagious, and the recent law, ac-
cording to Counsellor Winfield, pro
hibits such removals in this county.
Since the last meeting of the Board
of Health the following cases of con-
tagious diseases have been reported to
Clerk Rooney
Scarlet fever, 1879; diphtheria, 35;
measles, 16; membranous Group, a; the
number of children excluded from
school was 243, and those returned to
school was 227.
A complaint was received from @. r..
GilIen, of st. Lucy's parsonage, No:
SIS Grove street, that the corner OF
Fifteenth street is full of stagnant
water. The President of the Board
referred the matter to Inspector Allen
for investigation. The property in
question is said to belong to the Coles
estate.
The Board discussed the advisable
ity of filling in the lot, but when y
was learned from Counsellor Winfield
that the taxes on it will be collected
before any other claim, and that the
property is buried with taxes, the
| Board refused to act in the matter, and
reIeIrea u 70 tnSpeoI r. ryos ciaimed
iurti!er iyesudSasI L. 800 disaase
GhaC tIe III slneiiliiS io 4bof bo waS not
Dr. oonverse s saa aon+ao ;n,,s d;Seases
aware o. any nlui 49,. os,f of tha c;tv
there onall IA aily oeafioT u %01 Fo1,,th
Jonl Z. Iyiacl, ~ 1atta, 10 the
sereet, Soniplain = Ia rousoved on
Roalu elaG ga ia+aS and tbat in consa-
Ile uays S Sdg a5er oan he diScernad
quelce d pau ~ 49, Tha Boord Ill
all thlougn tne s.Ieee' na,l;ra inIo The
rected an inspector 10 eAquno noo oIo
matter. +h.+ sahoo,
inspector Alien repor.eu Ilias ooaio %
No: . had an average a..enoaii os OH.
l,STs pupllsi nay tle o- al anJbtaf on+ a. ~
suppiled averages ~ cup IL ra Lee; e1
eacn Pupll, eilae en.tdl; W p 49, nor-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of
Public Works on Monday morning, May th, 1888,
at 10 o'clock, for the Improvement OF
GRIFFITH STREET,
from
CENTRAL VENUE
to
MILTON EMU
in accordance with plans and specifications on file
in the office of the Chief Engineer, corner of Jer-
sey avenue and Mercer street, where blank forms
Of bid and agreement of sureties must be obtained.
Estimate OF quantities.
About 2,WU cubic yards OF earth excavation.
About 20 cubic yards of rock excavation. w.
About $50 cubic yards Of sand or gravel filling.
About $500 square yards stone paving.
About 2,a0 lineaf feet new curb stone.
About % square yards of repaying.
About 100 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 100 square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About 0square feet relaid tagging.
About 30 lineal feet cribbing. as
About 2 basin heads reset.
About s manhole heads reset to grade.
Time for completion OF contract, seventy GO work
ing days.
The making of the above Improvement and award
monstrance of the owners of the property liable to
more than one-half of the assessment therefor.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes,
endorsed PROPOSALS for Improvement of Griffith
street, from Central avenue to Summit avenue, y
directed to the Board Of Public Works and handed
to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating to sealed
proposals.
No city official will be received as surety.
The Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids II deemed for the best interest of the city so to
do.
By order of the Board Of Public Works.
ART FINCK. Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, April II. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

purpose, and we are sure the other
papers we have named, will do as
much.
1t is to the interest of newspapers,
indeed, to foster the literary tastes OF
the community, and, besides, it is oil
rectly in the line of educational work
which is the peculiar province OF the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

procure MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
for children teething. No mother who has ever
tried it will consent to let her child pass. through
this critical period without the aid OF this invalu-
able preparation. Gives rest to the mother and
relief and health to the child. Cures wind collie
diarrhoea, and regulates the bowels. Twenty
five cents a bottle. 50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

Mrs. Inwright. of No. 144 Erie street,
will give an Oriental tea today.
1t is for some church charity.
Mrs. William Wagner has returned
from Ocean Grove.
Miss Lottie Wardell, of No. 2S1
Pavohia avenue, is in Asbury Park
Mrs. Wilson, of No. $50 Cole street,
has returned from Oswego.
Mrs. William has returned from
Newburgh, where she has been spend
ing some time with her sister.
Miss Jennie Osborne, of Summit
avenue, will give a dancing party on
Tuesday evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

ITO WHOM IT A CONCERN.-PURSUANT TO
l. the provisions of an act of the Legislature OF
the State of New Jersey, entitled, "An act to author
ize peIsons 70 enanEe tnehr names, approyeu rep,
and seyenty-six. notice Is hereby given that shall
apply to the Circuit Court of the county of Hudson,
at the Court House, In Jersey City, in the state OF
New Jersey, on Saturday, the eighteenth day of May
next, at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, or as soon
thereafter as 1 can be heard, for an order to author
ie me TO assume another name, to wit, the name of
NELLTE B. GIFFORD,
by
GEORGE CLIFFORD,
her next friend.
No. 2sl Bergen avenue, Jersey City, n. T..
Dated April 9Th. 1855.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

Marv- the beloved wife of Patrick Mcdonald.
Relatives and friends of the family are respect,
fully invited to attend her funeral from her late
residence, No. N5 Railroad avenue, on Saturday, at
two PM.
VAN AIST-Suddenly, on Wednesday,, April IL
1889. John |. Van Alst, aged forty seven years.
Relatives and friends, the Jersey City FIRE
Department, Grant Lodge No. SO, X. OF +. and
attend the funeral services on Friday evening. April
10, at eight O'Clock, at his late residence, NO. VI for-
rest street. T..
New York Bay Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
Hoboken Bridge Collapse.

AAOOOhCH ofluSC COAiABS
Colonel Ed Stevens, of Hoboken,
and the Land and Improvement
Company, and Hamilton county, is
not SO happy this morning as he was
t~wenty-four hours ago. He then
thought that Judge Greene's Hudson
River Bridge bill would pass the New
York House of Assembly.
But it didn't.
Speaker Cole helped the Judge out
as far as he could and allowed him to
hustle around and find three votes
after the total had been announced,
while a detailed statement of the vote
wa being red.
But it was of no use.
At the last moment, just as the
Speaker was on the point of declaring
the bill passed, Mr.. Strasburg changed
his vote and the bill was lost.
We are very sorry for Colonel
Stevens, and hope that when he finally
manages to get the measure through
the New York Legislature, he will find
as good-natured a speaker in New Jer-
sey as Mr.. Cole.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
The Honest 0Id Toad.

The Honest Old Toad
Oh, a queer little chap Is the honest old toad,
A funny old fellow Is he;
Living under the stone by the side of the road,
Meath the shade of the old willow tree.
He is dressed all in brown from his toe 70 ms
CROWN,
Save his vest that is silvery white,
He takes a long nap in the heat OF the cay,
And walks in the cool, dewy night,
'Raup, yaup,' says the frog,
From his home in the bog,
But the toad he says never a word
He tries to be good like the children who should
Be seen, but never be heard.
When winter draws near, Mr.. Toad goes TO bed,
And sleeps just as sound as a top.
But when May blossoms follow soft April showers,
He comes out with a skip, jump, and hop;
He changes his dress only once, I confess
Every spring; and his old worn-out coat,
With trousers and waistcoat, he rolls in a ball,
And stuffs the whole thing down his throat.
"K-rruk, k-rruk, says the frog,
From his home In the bog:
But the toad he says never a word;
He tries to be good, like the children who should
Be seen, but never be heard.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

in fine style and requires nc assistance
from the fair sex. Mr., Beadleston
don't care a fig about having Any
woman fussing around his house.
These are only a few specimens OF the
new generation of housekeepers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18
THURSDAY. APRIL IS. 1889.

This paper Is Democratic in principles
and Is Independent IN its 0ieaos ON all
local questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-18

THE kind of soup hat Newark is
in this morning is made of Doodle and
water.
The Bond bill passed the Assembly
yesterday.