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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
Notice to Builders and
Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIyED BY
- the Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners on Monday, March 10, 1890, az ten o'clock
a. m4 for the work necessary to the construction or
new Fourth Precinct Police Station on Conlniuni-
paw avenue, In accordance with plans aud specifi-
cations for the same now on file IN the office OF the
Chief Engineer, corner OF Jersey avenue and Mercer
street, when blank forms OF proposals., agreement
of sureties and such additionalinforinatlon as may
be desired can be Obtained.
as folloMs:-
First, mason work.; second, carpenter work;
third, plumbing. work; fourth, painting; fifth,
steam heating; SIXTH, electrical work; the bidding
for each item TO be individual and q lump sum
named for the same. .
This Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids Il deemed for the best interest of the city so
10 do.
dorsed "Proposals for dtem %specifedl Fourth
Precinct Police station dire cted to =. 4; Dugsan,
and Docks and handed TO the Clerk OF the Board
in open meeting when c9iied FOR ia the order OF
business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety, nor
viii a substitution OF sureties be allowed.
BY order of the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners. aaxroN
Clerk.
mated Jersey CITY. March 1. 1890.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
Notice to Contractors.


CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
- the office OF the Board Of street and Water
Commissioners ON Monday, March 24th, 1870. at ten
O'Clock a. m. for the Improvement or
HOPKINS AVENUE
from
SUMMIT VENUE.
in accordance with plans and specifications on ne
in the office OF the Chief Enginesr. corner OF Jersey
avenue and Mercer street where 9 ~ bt a4pms OF
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 900 cubic yards q earth excavation
About so cubic Yards of rock excavation
About 1900 cubic yards of earth filling
About Ssl cubic Yards OF sand filling.
About s,av square yards OF Stone paving.
About l.a0O iineal feet OF new curb stone.
About 15 square fest OF new bridge stone.
About 800 square feet OF new Tagging.
About 50 square v ards OF repaving.
About 6 nanhoies to be rebuilt.
About receiving basins to he rebuilt.
About 50 linea1 feet of Pinch ~yifrihei pipe
Time allowed FOR tie completion OF the work.
sixty-ave 1861 working days.
The making of the above Improvement, and
award q the contract 2, therefor tSe eM,ss wia Il rs sbs sa nSecsrf 20
liable 70 more than one;half the assessment There.
for. s ax...,o,.s
endorsed Proposals for Improvement or Hopkins
avenue, Z directed to az, A.Dpgan, fs4s CHAIRMAN
Of COMMITTEES on Streets and SEWERS ana nannea
called for il the order OF business relating 70 sealed
SSSeity onaclal viii ns accepted q surety nor
The attention OF bidders is especially called to
Section II al The New Charter ~ 1852, under the
tho city until the hondsmen offered BY the %eontrac-
tor have been approved by the boaru q finances
the President % said { i Board ma, has = Sb p9wer 70 ex'
BY order OF the Board OF street and water Com
mlSs'0ne's' GEO. >. BoUToN,
Dated Jersey City. March sth. 1s90.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
Dated Jersey City. February %. 1890
CORPORATION Notice.

NOTICE Is EREBY GIyEN THAI On 4 MTH
Assessment filed in the onice Of the gierk Of The
final assessment map and report for the CON
suuction OF a sewer in
CAMBRIDGE AVENUE.
from a pofnt about lO fest north OF
GR1FHITH STREET.
to and connecting with the sewer In
HUTTON TREET
and the same is now open 10 inspection In the ONCE
OF the Clerk OF said board.
Ana notice IS also given that the following streets
or avenues or particular sections thereof are III
ciuded in said a-ssessmept;-
cAMi3RIHGE AVENUE
from a point ABOUT 100 feet north Or
HUTTOS STREET
to a point about 125 feet north OF
GRIFFITH STREET.
And that the seventh day OF April, 1890. at ten
O'Clock u. M, and the meeting room OF the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners are hereby
Fixed as the time and place when and where the
Board of Street and Water commissioners Will
meet to hear, consider and adJndicate upon all oD
jectlons to said assessment and report.
All objections thereto must be presented In
BY order OF the Board Of street and Water Com.
5 - GEORGE 7. BouToS
Dated JArssS citx. February 2s. 1890.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
MEsT SHORE %RAILRoAp.

WEsT SHORE RAILROAD.
y.c. R. R. R. co. Lessee.
trains leave West Forty-second street station, New
York. as follows. and fifteen minutes earlier from
Chicago, Detroit, london. Hamilton. 1855 a. m. and
81. = L Il : M :, St ~. Louis y 4 g & ~ ,S.lo,
nSrone0' fs ean 4; g.. E aap III !. r M !, Z! I; & m5i D. m.
mediate st stations ITO "a s.s9 q 'gs95 a M and '0.la +s10p.
Kingston. saugerties, CaIskin, Albany, $50 *IE-
#s.55, also .; m. s4.O0l, .5.l5 ts.l5 (: M
Haverstraw. s.25, a. M. AS. s.45 p: M.
Elegant sleeping cars for Buffalo. Niagara Falls,
.Daiiy. fbaiiy. except Saturdays. other trains
daily, except sunday as Leave Jersey City. p
West shore station. HIPS q. m. 4. % p. N
For tickets, time tables and full Information apply
s26 Fulton street, Annex once. foot OF Fulton
street; New York City Nos. 2Il, s63; 80 and Wy,
66r ns aSasre Is an BGT T%snt y RssS st Riass, and y M Msss
Shore stations, foot OF West Forty-second street
and foot -, OF Jay street Ell. n ;d 3. and checks baggage
from hotels and residences. nm
General Passenger Agent. No. 6vanderbilt avenue
New York.
NEW YORK n GREENWOOD LAKE RAIL-
~, way. Trains leave Jersey City station, Eris
IL For "a Ar1sI sgg "a. sas s Isl. s sss, 7 1: e Z an r. l 5sls. i ii:ss,
u Bsls !, n Isa sa 81 n 81. IL. Ssss s.s a' Is. s sas. s ~:
SCI, lCaa- 1916 p. m sundays sis a m- saI $40
!. Little Falls and intermediate stations, week days
III S. s5s sS5 i ( g , n s sur asYs saa a m.
sss. :. m. SUNDAYS s5aAa, io:ii5 !. n. SIZE m, 81.
days. s:s1. $50 q m. Al. y. M sundays saA lvia
4. j. MURPHY, Il FARMER.
Genl Supt Genl Pass. Agk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
Corporation Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREB GIVEN THAT ON Fl 18th
IN day OF October, 1889, application was made to the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners by
Frank J. Mathews and others for the construction OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
Corporation Notice.


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON Fl
IN 24th day OF February, 1850. the commissioners
of Assessment filed in the office OF the Clerk Of the
Board of StreeJ and Water commissioners their
final assessment map and report tor the improve,
ment OF
o STREET.
from
HoBoKEN EMU
by paving, etc, and the same is now open to pub
lie Inspection in the ONCE OF the clerk of said
Board.
And notice is also given thar the following streets
or avenues or particular sections thereof are In
Guided in said assessment:-.
COOK STREET,
NEWARK EMU
10 -
HOBQREE vENUE
ana tnae tine seventh day of April, 1890, at
10 O'Clock a. M. and the meeting room or the
Board OF Street and Water commissioners. are
hereby hxed as the time and place when and where
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners VIII
meet to hear, consider ana adjudicate upon all obJec-
tons 10 said assessment and report.
All objections thereto must presented IN writing.
BY oraer or the Board OF Street anG Water Com
missioners. o,vr
Clerk.
, 1890-04-29

They were two Nassar girls They were
talking about immoral literature over Il cup
of tea, aud one of them gave a lucid opinion
about immoral books She said: "a nasty
book is not necessarily immoral. 1t may dis
gust and have no other effect; a book that
gives pictures of vice Is not necessarily i'm
moral, because usually the contrast IS shown
by the introduction Of virtue, and the one is
made so much more beautiful than the other;
then the vice is not hidden behind a thin veil,
that while it reveals what seem delights con-
ceals all that disgusts. The immoral book, to
my thinking. is the book hat upssts your
faith in humanity, that makes you question
the world at large, and tries to turn you
away from your belief in God. Another i'm
moral book is the one that gives excuse for
sin by claiming that one is the creature Of
circumstance, that inherited traits cannot he
hattled with, and that If one does wrong ones
grandfather or ones wicked nature can be
blamed for it. / will recite you three bad
b~ooks-books that are probably in every
house in New York. First, DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde. that says, why should one try
to be good If there is another self that rulesF
Next, Anna KATenina,' because It makes
you look out the window on life and every
thing is wrong, everything is dark, there is
no hope and no necessity for hope. Third,
Robert Elsmere.' No book can be good that,
like this, makes one uncertain as to what is
right or wrong, and suggests that it Is ones
duty TO cast aside the creed Ok ones youth.
These are immoral books Chicago Herald.
, 1890-04-29

Howevo the matter-of-fact may scoff at
the idea, there are such things as PRESENT..
mants Not long ago II Boston mnn received
Il large sum Of money as treasurer of an o.
g3nizltion too late for deposit, SO he took it
homo with him to his suburban residence. 1t
worried him, this money, in a way he could
not understand. He kept thinking, "Am l
going % lose this money which does not be-
long 10 mef' So strong was this feeling that
he conld not get 70 sleep Hethe was ashamed
~ himself Saying nothing to his wife, he
got up, took the money from his coat pocket,
put it Ia his stocking and threw it under the
bsd. In the morning his wife said TO him in
u joking way, II wonder what condition you
were in when you came TO bed last night
There's your coat on the floor, your vest Is
out in the hall and your trousers are across
tho doorsill.' Being n man OF steady habits,
it did look suspicious. 1t did not take him
long, however, to discover that burglars had
been through the house and his own money
and watch taken.
But the stocking under the bed WINS safe
Boston Times.
, 1890-04-29

A wealthy rancher of Wyoming
territory recently related a story of a
rich young E~nglishman who, while
looking about the west for good in
vestments. visited his ranch. He
stayed there a few days, and one after
noon as the cowboys were about to
round up a bunch Of COW ponies the
young man said that he would enjoy
agood ride in the saddle. He said he
was used to riding only thorough
breds, and he didn't think they had a
horse good enough for him. The boys
convinced him that they had one of
the finest horses on the plains, and if
he knew how to ride he was welcome
to the animal.
He was apparently insulted when
questioned about his ability t o ride and
answered that he could ride any kind
of a horse. A sleepy looking bronco
was brought out from the corrals and
saddled. Though lie appeared half
dead he was the worst bucker in the
herd. 'Es lifeless," said the foreign
er, when the pony was brought to
him. The boy said the mag" would
wake up after the first mile, and the
visitor got into the saddle. He didn't
Gnger long. The first buck jump
placed him on the horses neck, and
after a second he was in the atmos-
phere. He turned a double somer-
sauit and landed on the sharp end of a
cactus plant. When he picked HIN.
self up one OF the boys asked what he
thought of the Thoroughbred now
The question made the Engiishma,
turn pale. LES a good 'oss,n he al
swered, ''but e lopes too bloomil
Ugh. Chicago Tribune.
, 1890-04-29

W henever l hear a cannon firing a salute
on some holiday or occasion OF rejoicing"
said Judge Rrum, II Rm reminded of the
story my father was wont to tell of how Dam
lei Webster was welcomed to th2dty OF Alton
in 1887. The great orator came to st. Louis,
and was received with much pomp and cere-
mony. The citizens had an old brnss six
FOUNDER, with which they fired a salute on the
levee when the steamer bearing Webster ar
rived. My father, JOIN NJ. Krum, was then
mayor Of Alton, and he came to st. Louis
with a committee OF citizens to invite the
statesman to favor Alton with a visit. He
CONSENTED, and arrangements were made to
give him a fitting welcome.
"Alton did not possess a cannon, but to
meet this emergency my father had, with
much prudent care and forethought, had a
large hole drilled in the bldf on the bank Of
the Mississippi, into which four kegs Of pow
der were poured and well tamped. When
the steamboat with the great orator and a
distinguished party on board arrived at the
Alton wharf a man stationed on the bluff
fired the fuse and a tremendous explosion fol-
lowed, making n noise that could be heard
many miles and dislodging many tons of rock
and earth. This was the heaviestpld biggest
gun fired of in honor OF Daniel Webster on
his whole western tour.n-St. Louis Globe
narppsrat
, 1890-04-29

Hitherto our higher institutions of learn
ing have neglected almost wholly to instruct
the young men in the principles OF the gov
eminent and in the duties which are to de-
volve upon them as citizens. They are taught
q great deal about the properties Of matter,
but very little about the passions of men;
much about the rerturbations of the planets,
but very little about the Intersections of par
ties; much about the constitution of the solar
system, but very little about the constitution
of the United States; much about the laws of
the universe, but very little about the laws
of the land; much about universal gravita-
ton, but very little about universal suffrage;
much about the Grecian domocracies and the
Roman republic, but next to nothing at all
about the republic to which they themselves
belong. Indeed, so far is the teaching of our
colleges at present from being suited to pre-
pare young men for the proper discharge Of
what, under our constitution, is really the
most important duty before them in life, that
it almost seems to have been ~purposely
planned to ovade the subject.-F. A. P. Bar
nard in Forum.
, 1890-04-29
TARIFF IRREGULARITIES.

The trick tariff committee admit hat
agriculture is depressed, and express deep
sympathy for the struggling farmer, says
the Chicago Times. They tell him that
the principal reason why he suffers is be
cause he is subjected to ruinOus competi
ton with the pauper tillers of the soil in
other lands. And in proof of this they
saw that our imports of agricultural
products have increased from $4,000, 900
in ls5oto more than 1856, 900, 000rn 1889.
From this we would expect them to shut
out the greater part of the 1856, 900, 900
by increasing the duties to the pTohibi-
tory point on the imported farm products.
But when we come to look at the facts
what do we find they have done2 They
have increased the duties oil farm
products, of which we imported the fol-
lowing values during the calendar year
1889:
, 1890-04-29

Two wild negroes are roaming through the
woods in jackson county. Old Milledge Ben
net, a negro, was suspected Of being crazy.
He had lived for some time in jackson coun-
ty and had two children, a boy and a girl.
who stayed around him continually. The old
negro vas brought before the ordinary's
court of inquiry on a writ of lunacy, and
was adjudged insane and accordingly sent to
the asylum.
His two children had by this time grown up
to be of considerable size, and when the old
father was sent away to Milledgeville they
put right off into the woods. They have lived
in the woods now for some time, and are
raving mad They have lost what little civ
i~lization they possessed, and are now back on
the level of beasts. Their presence creates
terror, and they nave full sway where they
roam. They hardly ever come out to the
view of mankind, but prefer to stay in the
woods. They live on corn and whatever food
they can lay their hands upon. They nave
with them several things which they took
from their home, among them a fierce bull
dog, which has grown as wild as a tiger
Atlanta Constitution.
, 1890-04-29

rescued a very large toad n few years ago
from a rat trap in the garden and let it loose
on the rockery Of the conservatory, after
bathing its poor, torn leg in water and other
wise making much OF it. The day, after
"a very short search, / found my invalid seated
OIL a large stone in a small artificial pool of the
rockery, and l gave him a worm, which,
after some hesitation, l persuaded him to
take. After this 2 p. m. every day found
my toad on the same stone awaiting his din
ner. Sometimes he would eat as many as six
worms, one after another, first appearing not
To see them. though all the time keenly alive
to their presence, then with a sudden start,
glaring at them with hunched up back and
eager eyes for some moments, when the next
instant-snap, gulp-the worm is gone, and
the toad looking supremacy innocent of the
whole affair. l had this toad for several
months, but on returning home after a long
absence [ mover saw him again. l have found
it "A good rule never to handle creatures | aIn
trying 10 tame till they are thoroughly nc
customed to me. Much can be done with the
voice and cupboard love. English Garden
ing illustrated.
, 1890-04-29

"Ono Of the most curious druwbridges In
the world, 81 said M officer Of a West India
fruit steamer, 'is in the harbor called st.
AIMS bay, in the Island Of Curacao. It is
II pontoon bridge, and one Of tho poutoous is
n steamer. The steamer was built In Cam
den, Mo. II Is "A scow 40 feet long, IL feet
wide and : feet deep. Thore is n single shaft
that runs clear through the boRt, and has a
40 inch screw propeller on each end. h shaft
/. turned by two 9Nl2 steam engines. When
the draw is II be opened the captain Of the
steam pontoon casts Off the lines, gives n toot
on the whistle, and sets the proPcllnrs a whirl
ing, and thercupon half the bridge swings
round far enough to let the coming ship pas
through. Then the wheel is reversed and the
gap ia losed-Exchsnge,
, 1890-04-29

A rate of one unlimited fare Tor
the round trip is authorized from
all points in Colorado, (~nncluding
~Cheyenne), to Fort Worth on the follow
ing dates:
May s. II, Is. 20. %, and %.
Tickets must be limited to continuous
train passage, both on going and return
ing trip, and bear a final limit to June 3.
1890.
The Texas Spring Palace opens Nav
10 and closes May 81. 1t is pronounced
to be the most unique and attractive ex-
hibit ever presented to the public, The
palace is constructed, ornamented and
decorated entirely with the products OF
Texas. G. w. SWEET, Agent.
, 1890-04-29

The general was very talkntive one even
ing, explaining 10 us his pet theory, viz, that
the Seychelles islands, which are situated To
the northeast Of Madagascar, are the site Of
the garden OF Edenl He gave many reasons
for thinking so-one being that there was a
tree found there that is not 10 be found in any
other part Of the world. This, he is confident,
is the forbidden tree" II Is called the
Coco-de- Mer, or nut Of the saa, " and has
many peculiarities. The nut is shaped like a
heart, but with It's husk taken oil it is like a
mans body from the chest To the knees. To
raise a tree, he explained, n nut Is laid ON the
ground and covered with leaves. BY and by
"a shoot comes out and runs along the ground,
and when about twelve feet long 1t take root.
The root Is in the form Of a bulb four feet in
diameter. The tree itself grows to the height
OF 100 feet, and is only about nine inches
thick. II is q year, old before it bears fruit,
and its nuts grow seven in a bunch, from the
end Of the extended arm, each weighing per
haps forty pounds. They take seven years to
ripen, The leaves are twenty-four feet long
and fourteen feet broad, and can bear u
mnn's weight 1t must indeed be a wonder
full tree Contemporary Review.
, 1890-04-29

OF its existence by dull pain or sharp
twinges in the right side, or beneath the
dexter shoulder blade, accept the re
minder as a warning, and regulate the
organ without loss Of time, by the use of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The above
symptoms are usually accompanied by
yellowness of the skin, constipation,
furred tongue, disorder of the stomach,
sick headache and morning nausea. Bat
a reform is promptly instituted by the
Bitters, the best possible substitute for
c%alomel, blue pill and other super potent
and hurttul drugs enormously designated
as remedies for billiousness. Appetite
and digestion are restored, and the bowels
resume activity. when an impetus Is given
TO the functions of health by this sterling
anti-bihous medicine. which also has the
effect of enriching and purifying the
circulation and terrifying the system
against malarial infection in air or water.
1t is also highly beneficial for rheumatism
kidney and bladder troubles,
, 1890-04-29

M. Heriot, the owner of the big store called
the Louvre, in Paris, was sent to tho insane
asylum by his relations because he insisted
upon giving 81 100000, which he could read-
lily afford to lose, to founding an orphaaage
for soldiers children. The local authorities
finally ordered that he should be removed
from a private asylum and placed in a public
one, and it was quickly found that he was not
insane at all. For thirteen months treat
ment the private asylum doctors demand
500, 500, the local doctors want 10000, three
medical students who helped find him crazy
s1S,5 500, and the keepers 5000. 1t is no won
der they wanted to keep him insane at that
rate. New York Sun.
, 1890-04-29

The peculiar character OF the hand is so
earnestly considered by the artist that no
places it in "A good light and natural position
with no less care than he gives to the head
OF his sitter. To give a phlcgmatic hand to u
clever and active person, or n nervous, in.
tellcctual hand to n lazy one, would destroy
the value OF the portrait. This is iustanced
very finely in Bonnat's portrait 81 John Tay.
Tor johnson, and in st. Gaudans recently
finished statue OF Abraham Lincoln, in both
OF which works the treatment Of the hands is
in the highest degree mastery and suggestive
of the personality Of the orisinnl.-Cor Kate
Fields Washington.
, 1890-04-29

In the "Greyille Memoirs it is mentioned
that in March, 1880, Mr.. Greville happened
to be in Genoa, and visited the Royal Palace,
formerly the Palazzo Durazzo. He states:
For the comfort of their bodies, he king
Charles ALBERT has had a machine made like
a car which is drawn up by a chain from the
bottom to the top of the house; it holds about
six people, who can be at pleasure elevated
to any story; and at each landing place there
is a contriYnnce to let them in and out"
, 1890-04-29

Round figures are given, but IN every
case a little in excess of the exact figures,
excepting in the case of linseed or flax
seed. What is more, many articles are
included the duties on which have not
been increased Thus, live animals i'm
ported for breeding purposes, etc. now
on the free list are included to the amount
of 50, 900, though for the most part
they remain on the Tree list in the Nc
Kinley bill. All breadsluffs are included,
though the duties on some articles have
not been increased, and the same is true
Is 70 provisions and one class of
woods. Making proper deductions on
these accounts, and we have left not to
exceed S45, 900. 600 of the agricultural
products imported last year affected by
the higher duties No account is taken
OF fruits. nuts, hides. flax and hemp, be
cause the duties on them are unchanged,
or substantially SO. Neither is account
taken OF sugar. because the bounty Is of
ierred as an equivalent for the present du-
ties. Indeed, it ought to be assumed tina;
the change from duties to bounty is ad-
verse to the sugar branch of agriculture,
since the cane, sorghum and beet growing
interests theoretically protest against it.
On one agricultural product-rice-the
production is reduced more than one-half.
Ii comes theu to this: The Mckinley
committee propose to relieve the farmer
BY increasing the duties so far that they
may partly exclude s45, 900, 900 worth out
of 1850, 900. 600 worth of imported agri'
cultural products, leaving the other s3ll.
000, 900 worth to come in and compete
on precisely the same terms as at present
And to make up for this lean streak OF
goodness the committee propose TO add at
least SlO5, 900, 900 to the burden of taxes
on the kinds OF articles the farmers have
to buy. Oh, how these hIgh-tariff econo-
mists do love the suffering farmer.