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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
Fraudulent Census Figures,

FROM Tue Net0uTE JOafndk.
Editor B. A. Bell, of the Matawan
Journal, makes a disclosure which
taken in conjunction with the fraudu,
lent census in Jersey City, ought to
wake up the State Board of Education
to do something. Editor Bell charges
that hundreds of children of nom
residents are included in the school
census in Monmouth county.
But here is the charge in Editor
Bells own words:-"Families from
New York, Philadelphia, ETC., outside
the State, remove to their summer
homes in our county for part of June,
July, August and part of September,
and the census taker registers
all such children between the
ages of five and eighteen,
though they are not citizens of New
Jersey in the legal sense. Nay,
further, families from Trenton, New
ark, Jersey City, Camden and other
points in New Jersey spend the sum
mer months at their seaside cottages
and their children are registered at
both the permanent city home and
the transient cottage residence, both
in the n State. They never attend
school in Monmouth"
For each name thus fraudulently
registered the county is allowed So.
1t gets q dishonest share of the State
School Fund, and counties like Essex
are compelled to pay the money. 1t
may be found that Cape May, Allan
tic and Ocean counties, which have a
large nonresident population in the
months, practice the same
kind of fraud.
Of what value are the statistics
based on these fraudulent canvass
figures? Every year the statistics show
a very large disproportion of school
population to enrollmentint the schools,
and it is demonstrated to the salts
foction of the official cipherers that
about fifty per cent of the school pop
ulation do not attend school. When
it is known that thousands of names
are taken by enumerators in Hudson,
Monmouth and other counties that
do not belong to our school popula-
ton at all, what value can we place
the official statistics?
Hadn't the State Board of Educa-
ton better look into this matter and
apply a corrective as soon as possible?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
AMONG MEN

William H. Burroughs, the tall, hand
some conductor of train No. 278, on the
Pennsylvania, has turned Benedict. A
fair maiden of Point Pleasant is response
BILE for the change. The happy couple are
now doing Washington.
Driver Seager, who handles the reins on
the Grove street line of the North Hud-
son County Railroad, has entirely recoy-
cred from the effects of the accident at
the Pennsylvania crossing some months
back. During his illness his comrades
did all in their power to assist him.
Tom" Hogan, who plays hand ball
with the trunks and valises of the pas
sengers on train No. 81 at the Pennsyl-
vania, has a pair of luxuriant mustaches
that are the admiration of all the girls and
the envy of all the ''boys'' ON the road.
Big Policeman Reen, who keeps the
Pennsylvania Depot from running away,
is the giant of the force.
Some of the boys, with q penchant for
practical jokes, are preparing to make
"Pete'' their victim.
Lon Barcliffe has been off to Lake
Hopatcong again. His tales of his ex
ploits with hook and line have made his
friends at the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western open their eyes,.
The radiators at the depot of the Penn
sylvania Railroad have been painted an
attractive maroon color.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
The Immn Method Is Bad.


The Freeholders ran afoul of the
same old snag yesterday when the
consideration of claims came on.
There's a great bunch of them
amounting to about $12, 200. I'm
doubtedly some of them are good and
some are evil.
The trouble is that the Board in
sists on trying to pass them in Il lump.
Through the honesty of some and the
jealousy of others, this attempt con-
tinually fails. But whether it fails or
succeeds, a wrong is done, for in one
case the men whom the county owes
are defrauded, and in the other the
county itself is robbed. The method
of procedure is wrong. The claims
should be separately considered, so
that an honest man may not wait nor
a rogue get what does not belong to
him.
We do not mean to say that what
the famous MI. Ballou called total
and obsolete reform" would result from
such a change, but simply that the
lump method is too great atemptation
for a Freebooter. Incidentally, we may
commend the action of Freebooter
Pairson and wish that there was more
of it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
ouintus Curtius steger.

Between the joys of a trip to Europe
and the cares of office, we imagine,
few people would hesitate. Our
selves, we would cheerfully sacri-
flee a whole year of hard work for
a month of rest at any time. But
when it is a case of rest with the
Eiffel tower thrown in, we would al
most be tempted to promise never to
indulge in hard labor again.
But Director Steger is cast in a
sterner mould. No slothful ease for
him. Away with Partisan blandish-
ments. Balmy ocean airs WOO him
not, nor do the glitter and tinsel of an
effete civilization seem beautiful in
his eyes.
Duty, strict. stern duty, devotion to
the public-there you have him. He
will not go to Europe. No, he will
hold on to his office like grim death,
and the public money will continue to
trickle from the point of his pen into
the pockets of contractors and office
holders.
The figure of Director Steger I'M
packing his valise and staying at
home will go down to posterity as a
fit pendant to that of Quintus Curtius
jumping into the hole in the Roman
forum
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City Finances.

There is something oddly contradic-
tory about the explanations and pro-
LESSONS of our city financiers which
we would like to see Strengthened out
for the information of the public.
First of all, the new Assessors claim
great credit because they intend inn
partially to bring the assessed valua-
ton of all taxable property up to its
full market value. If they do this,
the total assessment for the city can
not fall far short of 800, 900, 900.
And yet we are told the Finance
Board does not see its way to reducing
the tax rate below $2.9 to 300 valua-
ton. Surely this is strange.
But still more curious is the fact
that the various city departments
cannot get any more money than they
did last year.
Now who is creating this puzzle?
Do the Assessors really intend to do
what they say? Do the members Of
the Finance Board know of their in
tentionss II the answers to these
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
London Dinner Customs.

HtCW CH0N" 0tW
l was reading the other day in a
newspaper a discussion as to the time
of grace allowed to guests who are
late for dinner. AT present, it fire.
quently happens that guests come
three-quarters of an hour late. This
is really too absurd. The dinner is
spoilt, and those who come at the
time at which they are invited, have
to hang about, bored and boring,
waiting for the laggards. That quar-
ter to eight should mean eight, / can
understand, but whyeight should mean
half-past eight or a quarter to nine |
do not understand. l would suggest
that hosts should state in their invita-
tions at what hour dinner will be
served, and that, guests or no guests,
it should be served at that hour. In
no other capital in the civilized world
is it regarded as fine and fashionable
to be unpunctual. In Russia it is
looked upon as the correct thing to
come to dinner in advance of the time
specified, so as to be prepared to eat
at the precise moment named.
If eight be really deemed too early
an hour for dinner in summer land no
doubt it is a nuisance for ladies to be-
gin to dress at severn, then why not
make the dinner hour nine? What
the hour may be is a matter of unim-
portance. What is important is that
there should be some definite under
standing as to the time really in
tended; indeed, considering that it is
not dark in summer until ten, | am
not certain that ten would not be a
more convenient hour than eight.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
This paper Is Democratic IN principles
and is Independent in its vieuUs ON all
local questions.
The Prohibition Convention.

Tomorrow the Prohibition conclave
at Asbury Park begins. The clans are
already gathering. General Fisk in
war paint, and all the others gotten up
in water colors of the purest ray
serene. Probably General Sewell's
agents will be there too, with false
promises on their tongue tips, and
SHARES and pitfalls in their hearts
We wonder how many will fall vic
Tins to their lures.
The Prohibitionists have had some
experience in dealing with Republi-
cans. They have tried their luck in
several States, and they have invari-
ably got-left. They will have the
same experience this time if they give
way to the Establishments of General
Sewell. The bait held out to them is
the establishment of partial prohibit
ton throughout the State through
the County Option scheme.
Let them not believe it. There is
no truth in the promise MOI in those
who make 1t. County Option has
served its turn. The Republican
party had great hopes from it, and it
left the party stranded. 1t will never
be taken up again, and if the Pro-
hibitionists make no nominations on
the faith of Republican engagements
to wage the coming campaign on this
issue, they will find themselves in the
amusing position of having to vote
for the Democracy to get square with
hose who have deceived them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
PERSONALS.

Assistant Prosecutor Joseph NJ. Noonan is
still very i'll of rheumatism at his home. He has
not been able to leave his home for the last six
weeks.
Mayor Cleveland is not in town today.
Councillor Thomas Noonan will go to Saratoga
this week.
This is the season when Surrogate o'Neil can
enjoy his favorite pastime, yachting.
Two little sons of Judge Stewart, of Trenton,
drifted to sea in an open boat from Ocean Beach
last Monday and narrowly escaped drowning.
Congressman William McAdoo is in the city
booking well and happy. His life at Washington
evidently agrees with him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
PASTIME SOCIAL L Q
A Merry Party Danced at Pohlmann's
Last Evening.

A Merry Party Danced at Poh1mann's
Last Evening.
The Hoboken Pastime Social Club, with
it's man friends, had a merry time at
Pohlmann's last evening. The large
dance pavilion was filed with whirling
couples.
In the assemblage were Floor Manager
and Mrs. Gus Wendt, who led the grand
march, Assistant Floor Manager John J.
Gearny, Messrs. John MeinZ, I. Wendt,
G. Bach and H. Bischoff, ID. Lahy, of the
Floor Committee, Messrs. j. O'Connor,
L. Meinz, w. Dehmcke, r. Mathreus srand
G. Reinecke, of the Reception Committee,
Mr.. Beebe, Mr.. Bischoff, Miss Murray, Miss
A. Meintz, Miss Matthews, Miss Mullins,
Miss Mathreus, Miss Geany, Miss Bertha
Wilson, Miss Reincke. Mr.. William II.
Gibbons, Mr.. and Mrs: i. II.
Patterson, Tax COMMISSIONS Edward w.
Martin, Mr.. Fl. Wendt, Miss Wendt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wendt, Mr.. j. Tall
man, Mr.. II. Airing, Miss Bertha Widdie,
Mr.. Il. GraulIing, Mr.. A.. Hudson, Miss
Katie Kuckens, Miss Lena Schultz, Mr..
Otto Demcke, Miss Mamie Clark, Mr.
William Hafie, Miss Maggie Mccarthy,
Mr.. John Halbert, Miss Emma Nagles,
Mi. James Lahe, Mr.. H. Hanson, Mr.. f.
Anderson, Mr.. d. G. Anderson, Mr.. F..
Seip, Mr.. G. Bach, MI. p. Lake, Mr.. p. +.
Hooper and others.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
LADY WASHINGTON LODGE.

Knights and Ladies of Honor Dance a.
Kroebel's Park.
The eighth annual summernight's fes-
tival of Lady Washington Lodge, No. 414,
X. and L. of H., was given last night in
Kroebel's Park, and was an immense sue
cess. Representatives were present from
nearly all the sister lodges in the city.
Floor Manager and Mrs. George ii.
Pfersch led the grand march. MI. Fer1d-
rich Heydt was assistant Floor Manager,
and the Floor Committee were Sisters
Marguerite Hautan, Adelheid kettler,
Messrs. Gustav Koch and John Smith.
Sisters Marguerite, Fraenkle, Sophia Heu
and Messrs. Herman Gutenberg II VIII
helm Brede constituted the Reception
Committee. The general arrangements
were under the supervision of Messrs.
Fred Nicolaus, August Riehl, John Hoff-
mann, August Lear and Sisters Eliza
Hackenberg, Matina Raaf, Elizabeth
Livermore and Ida Koch,
Secretary Frederick Boehme and Mr..
and Mrs. Anton Miller represented the
Lady Lincoln Lodge. Others present were
ex-Protector Albrecht, ex-Grand Guide
Sister Spaeth, of Newark; Past Grand
S sihsRl'ina Sister M Miililson' 1 msssfs. euf MiIieF
and Boyer, of the Wilhelmina
Lodge; H. Parsche, of Teutonia
Lodge; ex-Grand Protectress Anna
Nicolaus, Protector aed Mrs. Ernst Nord-
brock, Past Protector and Mrs Jacob Bal
linger, Sister Winterich, Past Protector
and Mrs. Rose, Mr.. and Mrs. John Engel,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Muench, Mrs. Kettler,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Kessler, Mrs. M. Raaf,
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. Hetterich, Mrs. M.
Jacket, Mrs. B. Hamlin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Butler, MI. and Mrs
Samuel Edmondson, Miss Dora
Sachtig, Miss Margaret Berg, Mr.. Emil
S~taudinger, Mr.. Otto c. Berbaw, of
Bridgeport, Conn; Mr.. Henry F. Bente,
Miss Mamie Hackenberg, Miss Emma
Wernbecker, MI. Henry Hautan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gustav Koch, Miss Katie Meyers,
Miss Annie Witchen and Miss Mamie
Rifking.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
T

Abraham Lincoln did not believe in
swapping horses while crossing o
stream, meaning that he was not in
favor of changing policy or generals
while the fight was on. This, how
ever, is what many republicans in
New Jersey are insisting that the
party shall do. They want to take
the back track on local option or
ignore the thing altogether. -Neaoark
Journal.
Congressman Bergen's name is Den
mis-. The Camden Veteran Harrison
Club and the Young Republicans, of
the same city, have adopted resolu-
tons denouncing him for having
broken faith with them, and declare
their purpose to oppose his reelection.
Salem Sunbeam.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
Laughter and Character.


1t has been observed that laughter
is indicative of particular temper and
character, according to the sound of
the vowel that prevails in cachinna-
ton. Persons that laugh in broad
Latin SAP are open-hearted honest
people, fond of noisy jocundity, but
perhaps of voluble mood. Excessive
Jerking laughter, however, is an evil
dence of vulgarity.
Those laughing in a dry "An are re-
spectacle, but little expansive, and a
hard lot of people. When the Latin
SEP prevails, there prevails also a
phlegmatic, melancholy temper.
Humorous, unsteady people, also those
imbued with malignity, laugh in a
kind of swelling IL" Laughter in
so" is the u%tterance of proud, bold,
imperative, somewhat %bantering peo-
pie. Beware of those that laugh in
''oon (o). They are traitors, haters,
ScOrDorS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17

ALEXANDER KAcHLER may be
right in saying that the men who pro-
cured his arrest for selling liquor on
Sunday were actuated by a spirit of
revenge; but he does not attempt to
deny that he violated the law.
Thus it is always. The man who
does wrong himself lays himself open
to the attacks of the ill-disposed, and
obviously the law which he has of
tended against cannot be invoked to
protect him.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
Ellen Terry Prompted by the Queen.
Hymn The Pail Mil Gnzetfe

Mr.. Irving and Miss Terry were
playing 1.-THE Merchant of Venice" at
Sandringham, with her Majesty seated
in front. When Miss Terry comes out
to deliver her great speech as Portia
she shsia always Ways makes hators a om mar \ and RE Re,
queen, who was eagerly fol- owing the
play, mistook the cause, ami thought
the actress had forgotten her role. In
the kindness of her heart she began
prompting her quite low:R'The quail
ity of mercy is not stratned;" but
Miss Terry did not take the cue. Her
Majesty then repeated more loudly
and encouragingly:-sThe quality of
mercy is not strained and Miss Terry
gracefully accepted her sue from the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
ADVERTISEMENTS UNDER TIE HEAD OF
MARRIAGES AND DEATuG

ADVERTISEMENTS UNDER THE HEAD OF
MARRIAGES AM DEATHS
Will be inserted in the JERSEY CRY News and
the SUNDAY MORNING NEWS at the rate of ten
cents q line for the first insertion; UUe cents a line
tor each subsequent insertion.
DIED.
ELLSWORTH.-On Tuesday, July 16, 1889, Joseph
Ellsworth. Jr, son of Captain joseph H. and
Mary @. Ellsworth, aged twenty-niney years.
Relatives and friends of the family are respect-
fully invited to attend the funeral on Thursday
evening, at half;pas seven o'clock. from Avenue
E and Thirty-sixth street, Bayonne City.
enthusiastically, at No. "a Third street, Hoboken.
Thomas Green, beloved husband of the late
Rose Green.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
Tuesday morning, July 16, 1889, Henri.
eta j., only child Of Fred c. and Julia, T.. Kul,
aged six months.
Funeral on Thursday afternoon at two o,elock.
from the residence Of her parents, No. 2l Monticello
avenue, Heights.
SWEET.--on Tuesday, July 1G, 1882, at No. sO76
Eighth street, Ezra Franklin, infant son of Ezra
+. and Lulu NJ. Sweet.
Funeral services Wednesday evening. at eight
o'clock, at residence.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17

THE most interesting point in the
case of Mrs. Brady, yesterday con
victed of being a common scold, has
beenleft unsettled by the Court. How
far did the evidence that she scolded
her husband when he had been out
too late at night contribute to her
conviction? A symposium on this
subject by the Judge and jury would
appeal to a large constituency.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17

AS stated in THE JERSEY CITY News of
yesterday funeral rites. were held over
the remains of Herman Probst, the matri-
eide and suicide, yesterday afternoon.
Shortly after one O'Clock his half brother
and his wife, and two or three friends,
and the Rev. Mr.. Bull entered Speer's
morgue. The clergyman performed the
service and then the mourners entered
the carriages and the cortege started for
Greenwood.
The curious part of the whole business
is that when the poor injured mother
was consigned to the ground there was
no clergyman to officiate. But when the
slayer Of his mother was buried a clergy
mar was provided, and both funerals
were conducted by the same persons.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-17
T 70 CREDITORS.

Estate Of Bernard conlon or Conley, deceased
John McKenna, administrator of Bernard Conlon
or Conley, deceased. by order Of the Surrogate OF
tice to the creditors Of said decedcnt to bring In
their debts, demands and claims against the estate
of said decedent, under oath or affirmation within
nine months from the date OF said. order, or they
viii be forever barred Of any action therefor against
said administrator JOHN McKENNA.
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sovereign. Probably she is the only
actress who was ever honored by hav-
ing a Queen as a prompter.

From the Nelc York Herald.
An undertaken in Madrid, who lived
over his shop, one night gave a grand
ball. At the height of the festivities
a gentleman in full evening dress
Joined the company. He danced with
the hostess and her daughter; he
danced with the guests. He seemed
TO enjoy himself thoroughly. The
undertaken thought he recognized the
face, but didn't like to be rude and
ask the strangers name. BY n by
all the guests departed and only the
unknown was left.
Shall | send for a cab for your
said the host at last.
No, thank you; I'm staying IN the
house,
Staying in the house! Who are
you, sir?"
why, don't you know me? I'm
the corpse that was brought In TINS
afternoon"
The undertaken in horror rushed TO
the mortuary chamber, where IN
Spain it is usual for the dead to be re-
moved. The coffin was empty. HIS
wife and daughter had been dancing
with a corpse!
But it turned out that the gentle-
man had only been in a trance and
had suddenly recovered. Hearing h
revelry above, and being possessed OF
a keen though ghastly sense OF humor,
he had got out OF his coffin and joined
the festive party. He was presentable,
for in Spain the dead are generally
buried in full evening dress.
o Vision Fair.
OF algebraic signs
And golden hair!
o darling mess
OF Greek and Latin roots
And muslin dress!
o union sweet
OF dictionary words
And dainty feet.
o double prize
OF stern and lofty thoughts
And gentle signs.
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questions are affirmative, then what
does the Finance Board propose to do
with the money?

FRANK HoYT's debt to the bank
has been paid; but how about his
debt to Justice?
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~obliging. Address ]. w. O.. No. 50 Newark avenue.
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