The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-20
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den, has failed. His liabilities are said to he
S17, 600, and his assets are placed at about $4,000.
He has a contract for the erection OF 100 dwell
ing houses at Orange.
Two engineers who have recently been en-
gagged at the expense of the city to ascertain the
extent of Plainield's natural water su pply have
reported that it is doubtful if water can ever be
obtained in proper quantities by boring for it.
The engagement is announced Of Mr.. Willard
f. Ross, son Of Miles Ross, of New Brunswick,
and Miss May Dixon, daughter of Judge Jona-
than Dixon, of the Supreme Court, who lives in
Jersey City. The wedding, it is understood, will
come off in April.
Plainheld has granted fifteen hotel aud saloon
licenses. This looks like going back to wet
principles, but in reality it is not. No licenses
were granted last year, not because the people
elected a mo license council, but because the
councilmen-a majority of whom favored Ii
censes-got into a quarrel among themse Ives as
to what should or should not be licensed. One
of them refused to vote for any license unless he
had his way, and that one vote was needed to
grant licenses. Hence the prohibition. But
while some deny, others aver that more liquor
was sold and more saloons were surreptitiously
supported under the no license imbroglio than
under the licenses of previous years.
The efforts being made by ex-senator D. G
Chase to widen the channel at the mouth of the
Raritan River will doubtless receive the en-
enlargement which they merit from the Con-
gressionai Committee on Rivers and Navigation.
The citizens of Egg Harbor City are again
stirred up over several bold raids of thieves@on
fancy poultry yards. City Clerk Norman lost a
number Of fine fowls last Saturday night, and
John Goss reports having been assaulted by the
thieves raiding his coops.
Claus Spreckels denies the report that he in
tended building a sugar refinery at Bound
Brook.
William /. Wilson, Member Of Congress from
West Virginia, has accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the Democratic societies of New Jersey at
Trenton, on Tuesday, February IS.
Colonel Ten Eyck, Captain Cook. Past Com
manders Wyckoff and cawley, Commander
vickery, and Sergeant Major Lathtop, of Cen
eral Wadsworth Post, G. A. r., Somerville, con-
stitute a committee to devise plans and procure
funds for the erection of a handsome soldiers
monument.
P~lainfield is trying to get a book publishing
company to locate in that city. The concern is
said to have 81, 900, 600 capital and to employ five
hundred hands. The agent was impressed with
the location.
The stock, fixtures, press, type and good will
Of the Newark Journal Publishing Company
were sold yesterday by Mr.. Theodore English
for $4,000. Mr.. Moses Bigelow, one of the origi-
nal proprietors, was the purchaser. 1t is under
stood that the Journal will be continued by Mr..
Bigelow with no changes among the employees
at present.
The New Jersey Court Of Errors and Appeals
has just decided that it is not illegal for a man
to carry off a whole house, to the discontinue
Of the capitalist who may be unfortunate
enough to hold a mortgage against the property
John f. Betz, the Philadelphia brewer, loaned
August Mucnch 81 800 with which to build u
house on some land he owned in the township of
Stockton and county of Camden. When Muench
defaulted in his regular payments then Betz be-
gan the usual foreclosure proceedings. Then he
discovered that there was no house on the land.
Muench had moved it to a piece Of his land adj
joining and sold the whole to Richard Werner.
Betz continued the foreclosure proceedings and
attempted to seize the house, but was stopped
by an injunction. The case was carried to the
Court of Chancery. Vice Chancellor Bird de-
cided in favor of Betz, but Muench's counsel APP
pealed from the decision, and the Court of
Errors has just overruled the Vice Chancellor
holding that the house could not be seized to
the injury of the purchaser.
Princeton has decided to follow the example
of other colleges in adopting a special blazer and
cap for the various athletic organizations of the
university. At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive board a committee was appointed to get APP
propriate designs. which will be submitted to
the board for approval. The distinctive feature
Of each association win be its monogram, EN-
blazoned on the cap and the pocket of the
blazer.
Paterson plumbers are opposing the new code
Of the City Board of Health.
The New Brunswick Rubber Company shut
down indefinitely yesterday, owing to the fail
ure of the demand for rubber goods. The warm
weather is the cause.
The annual dinner of the Trenton Board of
Trade will be given this evening. Governor
Green. Bishop O'Farrell and other distinguished
gentlemen have accepted Invitations.