The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-28
TO his old English sweetheart, Emily
Hardcastle, whose affection led her 10
cross the briny deep and hunt him up.
THE TERMS ACCEPTED.
Hoboken ofHcials Decide to be Easy ON
Mc5Iahon's Bondsmen.

Hoboken officials Decide to be Easy ON
McMahon's Bondsmen.
Ten thousand two hundred dollars for
a defalcation of $59.000i This is what a
Committee of the Whole of the Hoboken
Council decided to accept from the bonds
men of defaulting Tax Collector John
Mcmahon at their meeting last night.
the votes to accept were cast by Council
men Kelly, Londrigan and Snyder; and
against it Councilmen Erlenkoetter and
Timken.
The action of the committee was a
genuine surprise. At their last meeting
it was said that the offers would not be
thought of and that they would listen to
no proposition under S25,0 or $4,000.
Corporation Attorney Minturn has
secured judgments against everyone of
the bondsmen.
Why doesn't he execute them? is the
question asked. OF course he could not
Immediately execute on Bryan Smith,
whose counsel had notified Mr. Minturn
that unless Smiths offer of 1000 be ac-
cepted the case would be brought to the
Court of Errors and Appeals, but it was
not so with the other bondsmen. and If
immediate executions were served on all
of them, it is thought highly probable
that the city would have received con-
siderable more that S1o, 300
One of the Councilmen in speaking of
the affair said, well, we don't want to
be hard on the poor fellows, and decided
to accept their offer. / knew that Bryan
Smith could be mulcted for SIS, 900, but
the city is rich enough
Another Councilman spoke in a differ
ent strain. He was surprised at the
action of the Committee, and said it was
an outrage on the taxpayers. although
the bondsmen were not as guilty as
those who had opposed the bond.
The hOndcunaU Nrhn have offara6 fO cot
tie and the amounts are:-Bryan Smith,
s., 600; August Kaufman, $4,000; John
Logan, 1000; Isaac Ingleson, 81, ,000 Pat
rick McDermott, 500, and Edward Stack,
$500, Unrein, Meighan and Eberhard
had no offer to make, and the Corpora
tion Attorney was directed to issue an
immediate execution. The execution in
Meighan's case will not amount to much,
as Meighan is bankrupt. UnreIn is the
proprietor of saloon covered with Two
mortgages-one for $4,000 Eberhard
owns some property in West Hoboken.
A Question About MIR. Hess Residence
If any citizen of the Second Ward, in
Hoboken were to contest the legality of
the seat occupied by Henry Hess as Presi-
dent of the Board of Education at the
present time the genial president could
be ousted from his seat as not represent
ing the Second ward iu the Board. owing
W Alo ICCCAt SitdH VI ICoAQcnCS-
Mr.. Hess was elected from the Second
Ward. in which ward he lived. 4 week
ago he married Miss Frillich, New York
society belle. Yesterday he and his bride
established themselves in apartments at
the corner OF Second and Hudson streets,
which is located in the First Ward. Mr.
Hess is therefore a resident of the First
Ward, and, according to all precedents,
forfeits his title to a voice in the meetings
OF the Board. There was a similar case
to this in 1881. Ex-Judge w. Z. Hoffman
was elected from the Third Ward after q
hot fight, in which he had Edward Kerr
for an antagonist During his term of
Office he moved from the Third Ward to
the Second Ward. Kerr contested the
legality of Hoffman's seat. and the Su-
preme Court decided that Hoffman must
give it up.
Hess has no bitter antagonist, however,
to contest his seat, and as his term ex-
pires in May he does not feel shaky.
DiscipIining Two Naughty Boys.
At the meeting of the Board Of Educa-
tioG ii IIllcheken last night the charges
against Mccarthy and Welch, two pupils
in No. l school, caught rifiing the CON
tents OF the desks were heard.
Mccarthy, who was the leader, was
transferred to No. 3 school, Welsh by a
unanimous vote of his class was rein
statsd. He was severely lectured by the
Principal, and promised to be a model
pupil in future.
The pay roll was passed, some routine
work transacted and the Board adj
journed.
$40 Per Year to support His Family.
Anton Newman, barber. of No. 100
Washington street, Hoboken, was ar
rested yesterday, charged by his wife
with neglecting TO provide for her support.
Mrs. Newman stated that her hege lord
had given her about $40 in four years and
that she would have starved only for her
children. She saved the money earned
by her children and bought her husband a
barber shop, which he sold for half its
value and Went on a protrac.ed SPREE
Newman admitted the truth of his wife's
statements, but said that he thought his
children should support him.