The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-04
Regular Democratic Nomination For
MayOr-ORESTES CLEVELA AND.
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.

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Mr.. Orestes Cleveland has contributed $40 to-
ward the uniforms of the Acorn Commandery Of
Uniformed Select Templars of Honor and Tenn
perance, for which he has the thanks and best
wishes of the members.
DIR. McCosh, ex- president of Princeton College,
passed his se1enty-ninth birthday on Tuesday.
His health is good, and he walks about four
miles every day. He has been urged to write
his autobiography, but he is not engaged in any
literary work at present, except revising some
early productions.
Station Master Hardin, of Deckertown, who
was recently elected school trustee in order to
rebuke The appointment by the School Board of
a Roman Catholic girl as teacher in the public
school, has resigned his new dignity. The rail-
way authorities, thinking he could not serve two
masters, gave him the choice of resigning the
trusteeship or the station mastership.
The bondsmen of Cashier Lounsbery, of the
New York post Office, who embezzled over $47,-
900 and then killed himself at his home in Hacken-
sack made good $4,000 of the amount yesterday.
This sum Postmaster Van Colt deposited in the
Sub-Ireasury. He will receive from the bonds
men hereafter S., 600 a month until the entire
deficit is made good.
Mt. Holly was in an uproar Tuesday over a
supposed shock of earthquake that came
with a duh, heavy report that was
followed by an undulating motion of
the earth that caused buildings to
to rock to and fro, threw lighter objects from
shelves and mantels in the houses and caused
bells to ring. At the College Preparatory the
young women students rushed into the street,
fearing that the building would tumble down
about their ears. The scare lasted an hour or so.
A very pretty little book in the nature Of a
souvenir of Paterson has been published by
james Inglis, Jr. It contains a large number Of
photographs, comprising views of natural
scenery, the best street effects, bubble buildings,
churches, ETC., and gives a stranger a very good
impression of what Paterson has to show.
A son of Assemblyman Ludlam, of Millville,
has been sued in SIS, 600 for breach of promise.
Ex-Governor Green, now Vice Chancellor, will
share with Chancellor Pitney the labors of the
Camden Chancery Chambers, beginning Monday
April ID.
The election held on Tuesday for or against
reincorporation of the borough of Holly Beach
resulted in a majority Of ffty-three votes for in
corporation.
j. T. Dudley. Of New York, has been appointed
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Superintendent of the Iron Pier at Long Branch.
During the season the Iron Steamboat Company
win run two boats, instead of one as heretofore
and three on Sundays.
The Trenton police force is to be reconstructed.
The Anaericdn says:-"Secretary Stahl has been
investigating the police system OF Newark. and
some OF its good points will be adopted by the
Commissioners. A book will be kept containing
.. 1o1 "a III n $500 cof,,c% khn e9.no ,;.f
ing the evidence and sentence where trials
are had.
The recently organized Spring Lake and Sea
Grit Land Company, at Long Branch, has de-
cided to purchase the property owned by the
Spring Lake Beach Improvement Company,
wing east of the railroad, at Sea Grit, north of
the encampment grounds. A Temporary organ
ization has been Formed npona the subscription
of $4,000. The total capitalcf the coftnnppssny IL
s7Oo,oo9, 2s.a 81 s99,a \ sgsssss Il
The owners of he land on Petty s Island have
accepted the az of the United STATES Com!
missloners. sssia ssssns s9sa asl g 81
Work on the new sea wall at Holly Beaehhi
which was saspeh ded last september,i SwfIobe
resumed shortly. a 3pnrss Nv 81 st ,s1,sss5Tni
The Executive Board iof the Briellayers and
Masons' Intsrnatbnal Union Or Hudson county
has adopted tha following resolutions: That
the rate Of wapesHnd hours of labor ba the same
for 1890 as for thebast year; that nine hours cons
stitute a days wokk, and that the rste be forty
five cents per houk for the first Ave days Of the
week; fifty cent? per hour ON Saturdays, and
ninety cents per bur for overtime.
a tank containing compressed water gas ex
ploded at the wkrks of the Spiral Weld Tube
ro.~~o-.- - a.. d. ifno If fho nnlatvap a Tactn.