The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-21
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.


intelligence of the community.
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.
Herman Hoberg, of Schindley's Hotel, Pas
sale, claims to nave been nearer the North Pole
than any other man living. He has an Esquimau
| pipe of peace in his possession. He recently re-
fused 81, 500 for it. The offer was made by a
wealthy New York connoisseur. Hoberg was
with DR.. Kane on two expeditions to the Arctic
regions.
Colonel E. H. Ropes, of the Third Regiment,
Of Elizabeth, has rendered his resignation.
Colonel Ropes will come from Texas, where he
now lives, to give a farewell dinner to the Off
GERS. His successor will be Lieutenant Colonel
B. A. Lee, of Keyport.
The Paterson Electric Light Company is push
ing the work of planting its poles and s~tringing
wires for lighting the suburbs with incandescent
lamps in place of oil. The adoption of this light
is one of the most economical moves ever made
by the city. The company is a home concern
and is not very apt to charge the city for more
lights than it supplies; besides, the light is
bound to be up to what the terms of the contract
call for. It has been the experience that this
company has always dealt most literally with
the city in the matter of arc street lighting.
The Princeton Alumni Association of Mary
iand entertained rev FRANCIS l. fatton' D.D''
president OF Prnceton Cohege, at a dinner III
banimore iuesuay evening In ms speecn II
Patton, comparing Princeton and Johns Hopkins.
said: Johns Hopkins has won renown in grad
uate studies. Princeton's work lies mainly in
undergraduate studies, leading to the Bachelors
degree. The old-fashioned curriculum is I'M
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The dif1cu,tv between tba CITY Council Of New
Rrunswick and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
nanv over the erection of tbe elevated structure
IN which the comnanv wishes to run its tracks
,brn,,ob tbe citv il still increasing The latest
trouble arises from rthe refusal of the company
- nrssont anv dafn;ta nlans and over tba ohiec-
ton Of the citizens to an embankment or elevated
structure that would ruin most ,of the property
along the line. The Common Council wants a
| depressed track.
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Juuge van eycAie YESTERDAY SCI asue me
seruc' nic . jury u u oh'on ooun's Oouo
uaovar an a,.hitsct snad for ssoo for mans
and specifications furnished the Board of Edu-
cation for Public School No. s. The jury award
ed him S340. A new trial was ordered.
rha Nassau, cluh On oroon;vst;op ,acantlv
sorraaa ~, so,e ~ t,,a colis,a nrofessors and
rssiasnts ~ pr,nesron d n,osots tho interests
- pr,rceton,s social and intallect,a, life cave
a., enst ra.oot,on a. re- c,,,, roorn 4, 1Tn;vars;tv
Hall Wednesday evening to about 200 guests.
The company was received by the wives of the
committee, which was composed Of Profs. os-
born, sloane. Libbey, Richard Stockton and
John Conant. A concert was given by a quar-
tette, at which were rendered selections by
Mozart and Hadyn.
The Executive Committee of the New Jersey
state Agricultural Society, at their meeting held
in the rooms OF the Newark Board Of Trade.
Wednesday afternoon, decided to hold their
thirtysecond annual fair on September q. 90,
"a, IS and 20 at waverly.
Mr.. W. II. Inslee. of Newark; Mr. e. Fl, Ben
nett. treasurer of the Singer MANUFACTURING
Company, and Mr.. C. A. Miller. secretary. sailed
for Europe yesterday GA the teainer City Of
Paris. They will remain for an indefinite period
on business of Importance at the works in Scot
land
Patterson is to have two new public parks.
Forty prisoners in passaic county during the