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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-18

THE LOCATION OF THE BRIDGE.
The great towers for the anchorage on
this side of the river viii be erected back
on the Hackensack meadows The bridge
itself viii penetrate the hill almost mid
way between the tunnel Of the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Railroad and
that of the West Shore road From a
mammoth abutment of stone built ST the
waters edge the huge arms Of wire viii
stretch out over the river to an abutment
erected in New York.
The distance from one extreme Of this
bridge to another win be i've miles and
both IN regard TO size and engineering it
will be beyond doubt the NEST gigantic
undertaking OF modern times. Ii viii
differ from the Brooklyn Bridge in one
material respect. 1t will, according to
present plans, have no promenade. No
citizen Of the great metropolis viii be
able to take his country cousin over the
vast structure and show him the points
of interest of the harbor and surrounding
country while the cousin gazes in open
mouthed establishment and franticaily
grabs his hat, which the brisk Winds OF
that altitude threaten 70 skip away with
No youthful lovers viii loiter along its
between heaven and earth, and whisper
their vows in the friendly shadows Of irs
great abusments Nor VIII the ifnpecu-
Nous citizen be able 10 briskly walk its
entire length when he has not enough
funds handy to patronize the boat and
cars. The bridge will be for railroad
purposes alone, and all other traffic will
be discouraged no doubt by some such
sign as snall trespassing on this bridge is
strictly forbidden under penalty Of the
law
WHAT IT WILL COST.
Six tracks will be on the lower plat
form and four on the upper, and the sides
and bottom of the bridge viii be wire
screened, Of sufficient strength, the
screens, to uphold a wrecked train
Trains win rull into g double-decked de-
pot in New York.
MIR. Lindenthal estimates that the cost
will be somewhere in the nelghborhood
of $40 00A, 600 The bridge itself, fnclud-
ing its anchorage, will cost about $l5.-
600 600; the approaches of stone and iron
and the connecting railroad swdtchyards,
englne5houses, the terminal building and
the appurrenances will cost SI1 ,e00, 900;
and the right of way, interest during con-
struction and iucidentats Will consume
$l4.o00, 900 more. Mr.. Young. when he
was questioned as TO the business view o.
the enterprise. gave II as hts Judgment
and his business Judgment - valnapte--@
that the investment viii be paying one
II isexpected that every railroad hay-
| ing terminus in this city will use fhe
bridge for reaching New York With 1<s
trains The trains viii be switched On
70 the bridge upon reaching the Hackep*
sack meadows and Will dy OYER th4
llousetofs 81 this city and over the rixsf
in{t New York. X
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-18

Those wishing to secure bargains In real estate
and household furniture will look 1t Lewis s.
Woods advertisements
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-18

About seven o'clock last evening
Wallace Hackelton. of No. 53I Newark
avenue. aged twenty years, mes
senger employed by the Pensyl
vania Railroad Company, jumped
from fast moving train at the Bruins
wick street crossing, breaking his left
leg and right arm. His right foot was
caught under the wheels and almost
severed He was taken to st. Francis
Aosnital
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-18

handsome brownstone front private residence,
Ga Wayne street. on Thursday next at two p. M,
on the premises: also fine store and tenement
properties aud yacans lots Ia choice locations, on
the days ramed, as per advertisement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

BALTIMORE. Aug. ~.
sadie Lee, hlue-eyed. slender Balti-
more maid OF IL years, who had been miss
ing from her home for some time. was
found in boys' clothing by q detestive.
She cried when told that she would have to
wear skirts again. Sadie was dressed in knee
hreeches, long clock stockings. boys low
shoes and an Alpine hat and looked like
bright boy about Is years Of age. She
said she had been wearing boys clothes
since June as. The day before that time
she had left position where she was earn-
ing very little money and had deeided 20
tako some drug and depart from this world.
She met youth, John Saville, whom she
had known for some time, and he per-
suaded her 20 don male attire and start out
again. He gave her an outft and she
dressed herself AZ boy and went 60 tbs
Academy OF Music that night. She did
not 90 alone on the street very often, but
continued TO wear the boys clothes. She
had intended to become district messen-
ger boy. but did not carry out the inten-
tion. She did start, however, to give ouI
handhills for clolhisr, but the work ol
walking 20 much exhausted her aud shs
was looking for another job when ths
police found her. She was glad to return
to her father, but begged atm not to com
pei her 10 wear skirts again.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
A SENSATIONAL aARsIAGE.

Charlie Thorne's i4-Fear-Oid Daughter
Marries the Lover of Her Mother.
NEW YoRx. Aus. II.
A story comes from over the sea that
Charles Thorne's daughter, Shariie, slip
Of girl not quite Is years old, has been
married TO the lover and companion Of her
own lnother, . man with whom the woman
had cast her fortunes after leaving her
third husband. The trio are said to be
living gracefully and happily in Geneva.
Switzerland. The axiom Of Like father
like son" dnds an illustration here, but
with q change of sex, for the inclination OF
the child wife toward the bizarre Is won-
derfuliy reflective OF the mad-eap ventures
of her mother in her younger days While
vet in her teens the mother was one Of the
bellies OF Philadelphia and moved In the
best Quaker city society. She became the
wife OF Henri Brown, who was o great
friend of Thornes. The wife fell in love
With Thorne, eloped with him and married
him. After Thorne's death shs married
Francesca Nara, portrait painter, Hho
was the sensation Of the season. Thes
went 10 Paris taking her three children.
There she met Signor Ferrell, quondan
friend Of Marras aud eloped With him, TAX
ing her children. They went TO Italy. i
Ia Fenell, after processing love for the
mother and clipping with her. who ha'
made love 10 and married the l4-year- old
daughter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

startllRg Increase in Luaacy Burning the
Past Decade

startiiRg Increase in Luaacy Burning the
Past Decade.
WAsHNaToS. Aug ~.
The department OF state has received an
interesting report from William T.. Smith,
commercial agent Of the United States at
hndders6eld, Eng, on paaperisni IN that
eonntry. Mr.. Smith says: The most
remarkable feature of the poor law i'm
spector OF Lancashire county is that, while
The march Of pauperism Is held pretty well
in check, the progress OF lunacy appears
10 be spreading with startling rapidity.
IN 1850 there we're q, 800 lunatics in Lam
cashire county, while Ia 1890 the number
hnd increased 10 5000. La England and
Wales in 1880 there were 6l,000 iunatics,
while the report Of 1890 shows an increase
Of $4,000. The total cost to the county OF
lancashire for maintaining its paupers
dnring 1859 was nearly si,900,OO0. In
Engiand and Wales the cost during the
same period was 81, ,Oo0,0e0. During the
years from 1850 the cost OF pauperism In
these two countries has increased 81, 900, :
600. Tramps, although classified as
pnupers, ara not included In the above
llaures. II IL characteristic Of the English
tsAmp, whsn driven to the necessity OF
ahDosing between the poor house aud
starvation, to conapromise by Stimulating
and bscoming IA inmate Of an asylum. In
1880 there were 5,347 tramp paupers 10
England, while in 1890 the number in
creased 10 s, i3a.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
THE WHEAT CROP.

A Duiath Expert Places the Yield of la
kota and Minnesota ~ Si.eoo.oee
Bushels.
DuLUrH. Aug. "A.
John w. Inglis, q crop expert, estimates
the wheat crop OF the Dakotas and Mime
sofa nj 81, Zoo. 600 bushels. There is O
good average crop throughout the Red
river valley. said he. -Ths acreage under
wheat IN Minnesota is greater than ever
before. The governmsns pats the increase
In acreage for Minnesota for the year ri
500. 600. This, OF course, cannot be vsri-
fed. but believe that there is large ia-
crease, perhaps 100000. The acreage of
the Dakatas win average about ths same
as that Of last year. II there 10 any shrink
age In wheat acreage 10 be found anywhere
In the Northwest 10 is certainly In South
Dakota. The crops In the west snd south
west Dskotas are poor. What the, enact
yield viii be ID is impossible 10 pFs6ics at
this date, but II win % quite small. From
the central line north and south. running
through the Dakosas, ths crop gradually
grows better In streaks, and especially CO.
ward tho north, until vou reach the Red
river valley, whore Il is best. The Widest
portion Of the area OF good crops runs from
Jamestown 10 the Red river. In the Red
river valley the crop Ia good, beginning ~
the head OF Lake Traverse and becoming
better and better as you go noEth, until yos
reach Manitoba, which viii harvest anlsx-
eeilent crop.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The supplementary ballot hsld In Roms
for member of tbs chamber OF deputssa
resulted In The election OF Antonslh by
800 majority.
SARAH ALTHEA TERMY will have 10 paT
o., ,Gg7, the costs Of her lalssa suit 20 re-
cover portion of the Sharon estate. This
viii strip her Of part Of the property lsfs
by Judge TsrrS.
THE deadlock In the dsmocratic con-
vention Of the Twelfth Missouri cOnsrss-
sional district was broken by Judge ID. A.
Dearmond, Of Bates ccunsy. rscsiviag shs
nomination ON the 52lst ballot.
In confidential circulars sent TO osn-
mandsrs In she army the French govern
ment states that dusling In ths army will
hsneeforth cease 60 be obligatory. even In
cases whore personal vioisnos has been
used.
In reply TO petitions of Americans ask.
ing admission 10 the Russian church, tLs
Official announcement 10 made that Russia
will heartily welcome the applicants, bui
she declines 20 bind herself 20 any psrtio-
uIar policy In behalf Of Americans.
SHKRIFF ISAAC WRIGHT has arrived ai
Kokomo, Ind, from Fort Worth, Tex,
having In charge Freeman Cooper, NJ
absconding lawyer who skipped thrss
weeks ago, leaving 81, $50 In forged notes
on which he had collected the money.
There are twenty four indictments against
him
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
MANY VACANT BUILDINGS


VIII Bs Len Ia sIoax Fails bs the Moving
0at of Original Package Hoases.
sIoux FALEs. Aug n. speciai:
Not drinking saloon IL open in Sioux
Falla, all of them having closed their
places Saturday night permanently, so
she dealers aIlsge. Many Of the saloon
lets we're busy to-day having their fixtures
moved and shipped away most OF them
moving 10 Minnesota and some 10 Me-
braska. This action ON the part OF the
deal,rs will leave gool many empty
buildings In Sioux Falls--temporalily, at
cast. The sentiment Of most OF the deal
ers " that there is NO earthly show for
them TO run their places IN this state since
congress has passed the original package
tdil.
Said wholesaler:
We had some show to make fight after
Ne supreme courts decision. Now our
aast chance appears TO be gone.
One dealer, who ran q European hotel in
connection With hrs liquor business, was
asked what he would do, aud said,
Ny landlord will come fer his rent Ia
inc morning. then / sLali tell him that
unless he cuts the rent down one. half he
sAn have his building. and ! will move
away"
There does not appear TO be any senti-
saent amoug the saloonlsta for forming a
combination and endeavoring to make Q
f3cht. They all appear TO accept their
raedicine with good grace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

RocHEsTER. Aug. II.
In an interyiew Superintendent Barnes
revealed some secrets Of the dynamo room
in the Auburn prison. When kemmlsr
was killed, he said the belt was a new one
and had not been stretched. The iaeing
of ths belt caused the dynamo TO reyolse
irreaularly, and when the cnrrent was
turned on TO kill the resistance OF kemm-
Ter and the chair was such that IL caused
the belt to slip and II came near running
of the pulley. II was three quarters of
the pulley, and had not . mau held q board
against II the belt would have come off and
thsre would have been an awful scene.
lie said there should have been resist
ance board to run the current through
until II was to be turned upon kemmlerr
and changed from the resistance box by
the same act that turned IL on him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
Schweinfurth, the Rockford
Impostor, Is Badly
Frightened.
Excitement Over the Proposed Mar
riage Of White Woman
and Negro.
Charlie Thornes i4-Year-0ld Daugh-
ter Marries the Lover Of
Her Mother.

ROCKFORD, III, Aug. ~
George Jacob Schweiniurth, the self
appointed Christ. was questioned Satar-
day night as to his reported intention to
marry Mary s. Weldon. the young woman
whom be is alleged to have betrayed.
shortly before 10 O'Clock that night the
bogus Savior sent one of his angels from
Heaven" To the Office of the deputy county
clerk and obtained license of marriage
for the par. Schweinfurth denied all
knowledge of the matter. He said be had
no intention of marrying anybody, and,
being the Christ, was, Ia fact, prohibited
by his supreme duty Of saving the
world from doing SO. When told
that Disciple Morgan had taken out
marriage license for schwein-
furth and Miss Weldon, he said II was
done without his orders and without his
knowledge. However. 10 is believed that
the pair will be married, as Schweinfarth
is greatly frightened at the feeling OF the
community against him, aud fears that
Miss Weldon may perhaps be Influenced tc
turn against him aud expose him In the
courts. To guard against this il Is evi.
IDENTIFY the intention of the imposter Ia
legalIEs his relations with the woman
That Sohweinfnrth has very earthly feal
Of tar ana feathers is shown by the faci
that the grounds arouud heaven" are pa.
troIled by sentinels at night aud stronp
guari is kept in readiness 20 repel any
attack of non believers. In the applica'
aon for the marriage license, sworn 90 by
Morgan, Schweinfurth's age is given At a
and that of Miss Weldon at 35.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
A DUsKY LOVER.

A Connecticut woman OF some social
Prestige About To Marry Colorea
Man.
BRrDsEPoRT, Conn, Ang. Il.
Not since Mrs. Beech, white woman of
come social prestige, married Francis, o
colored barber, thirty years ago, has there
been such an excitement In Bridgeport,
Conn.,, over marriage - thsre II now over
the proposed wedding Of Miss Annie Tent,
a white woman OF 80, to Thomas Bridforth,
. colored, native of viTginia. The woman
has been 10 the family Of Marcus Whseler
for twenty years. She liz an English girl.
Her parents died When she was child, and
Mr. Wheeler adopted her. The dusky lover
has lived ut Bridgeport seven years. He
has property both here and IN Boston, is
quite dressy and has been visiting Miss Tent
for some mouths. Saturday morning Brid-
forth took out o marriage license and ap.
peared 10 be in q great hurry. Rev. Mr.
, Taylor, of the Zion church, Was selected
to perform the ceremony, and the bride
was expected to arrive on the III o'clock
express. She did not come. When
Wheeler heard that q license had been
granted he became furious, and with his
indignant neigkbors from Longhill pro-
posed 60 secure the arrest of Bridforth OF
else by force prevent the marriage. Brid-
forth, learning that he possibly would BE-
assaulted. fortified himself with several
drinks, and by 3 p. IN. was quite hiiarioas
He exhibited $500 ia bills and said he
would marry his fair sweetheart at al
haEasds. At p. m. Miss Tent arrived
and was the center OF attraction al the
! station hey weFe- seon snEronndad by a
crowd, and after few moments talk both
she and her DARK. companion boarded ths
next train for New Haven. Miss Tent
has several thousand dollars In the savings
/ bank.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

bridges washed Away, Railway Tracks
Torn Up and Ono Man Killed.
nNrsp CsTS. \. ID, Aus ~.
terrible storm struck Rapid City on the
evening Of the 10Th At 8 o'clock. Rain
fell in torrents, accompanied by thunder
and lightning. Two washonts OF the rail.
road track have occurred between bore and
Hsrmosa, twenty miles south and there
will be no up.train to-day Cellars and
Easements In town are flooded and many
bridges washed out in the surrounding
country. The electric light company Of
this place 10 damaged 20 the amount OF
several thousand dollars. Tue section
house 1t Spring Greek, ten miles sonth,
was struck By lightning and burned 10 the
ground.
Sanford Clark, man living at the Etna
mine, was struck by lightning and in
stanily killed while on his way to Rapid
City. His body has been brought In.
His clothing vas torn to shreds. CLARK
was aged about "a years and leaves wife
aud three small children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

insists no marriage ceremony of any sort
was performed between them. bus tha1 In
stead Miss Quick's brothss took his own
marriage certificate aud made copy 81 n.
only inserting tho name of his sister and
young Wood. Wood has now pubiishsd .
card sasing that be bears NO rslstson TO
Miss Quick, and he will not be rssponssbls
for any debts she may contract. The
lady, though, claims she can prove they
we're legally married, ard win insist oA
having all the rights she 10 entitled 90.
The case 10 creating great sensation
here, as all the interested parties srs veil
known and move IN good society. Mas
Quick has commenced suit for breach Of
promise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

DopoK Crry. Kan. Aus. ~
Prairie fires are devastating tie western
portion Of Kansas, Ford and Edwards
counties suffering the greatest. In the
northern portion Of Ford county tract
twenty miles square was burned over I'M
side Of two hours after the flames started.
So FAR there has been no loss of human
life. but In numerous instances the live
stock has been destroyed, In addition 10
the total destruction Of crops OF all kinds.
The blackened earth presents dismal
sight. Vast stretches Of the country,
whore only Few weeks agoali was clothed
In living green, are now covered with
ashes. The farmers think they will be
able to save all except the vegetation aud
console themselves with the thought thai
fall rains viii bring ont wonderful croI
of late grain and such vegetables AZ thes
may plant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

6HRLHYvfELK. Ind. Aug. H.
Yesterday morning nj o'clock tarrsfic
explosion of natural GAS occurred near
Oadsn's graveyard, two aud half miles
south Of Waliron. causing great excite
nent throughout the county. Ten acres Of
ground were torn up and large stones
were thrown fully half miie from the
scene. The aas IL burning In flame fifteen
feet high from the center OF the river, and
from fifty or more points on the land torn
mp.
The explosion was spontaneous. IL 10
two and half miles from any we'll and
as far from any Inc. This whole corntry
is In excitement. and no means are known
By which the tiow and burning OF the gas
may be stopped.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

-AAM -EAAN9LALAn, Ans IL
Ida Bohm, pretty, young girl of San
Francisco. had an exciting and successful
chase after the man who had wronged her.
For long time Capt. Wiley, of coast
ing vessel. has been very attentive 10 Ida,
aud she claims that she snccumbed TO his
honeyed words when they were accom-
panied by promise of marriage. Last
weak she begged him 10 make bis promise
good, bat be refused, aud gettiog his ship
under way sailed of. Ida, not to be
thwartsd, secured . warrant for his arrest,
Chartered swift small steamboat aud gave
chase, and finally overlook the runaway.
oficers boarded her and placed Wiley I'M
der arrest. He Ii nov in the city prison,
and will probably do his duty toward the
Ofrf
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13
FORTUNES IN FROGS.
One 0ld Man who Made sao0.oo0 Out of
These kalbls RepfzIes.

One OId nzan who Made saoD. 600 Out of
These kasbls Reptzlss.
About twenty Ave years ago, said an
old attendant In the Washington market
TO d Boston Globe reporter, several men
made fortunes at catching frogs and send
Ing them TO market. The hind legs were
cut on. skinned, washed, and, after being
mildly salted, we're sent away In barrels.
Prices used to range from so 60 rs CENTS
for dozen pairs Of legs, and. az sales we're
quick, there was pile of7money I'm the CO.
cupasion.
name Of Weld, down In Greenbush, Me-,
supplied NIL Of New England for years.
Ha lived by THE side of very extensive
swamps that we're Allied with wigglers and
eattsils. The former furnished food for
the frogs, while the latter gave them shade.
have seen bnllfroR legs that we're nearly
rs big az the legs Of chicken
-0id Man Weld used 20 hire the boys 20
XII the frogs for him. giving then
or o cents . dozen. The frogs
we're so plenty that many OF tlss emil
dren earned good wages, even Al
that small price. Weld dressed the frogs
corned them and shipped them 20 Boston
Ia barrels. like behring's. He kept up tn
business for years. and, though he slew
hundreds of thousands every year, th
supply did not diminish al ell.
By aud BY the pFinas vent way dew1i
and. as the old man had cleared about Sl00,
0sl0 ont of the schense, BE- retired, bnI
himself enc mknsi0n and lived at hi
ease. he i the only man know of VII
got rich hy catching fr0gs. bgt have nesE
of several oshsrs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

LoaD0N. Aug H.
Furthsr and more serious tronbls has
occurred among the troops In garrison Mt
Chatham. A few days ago the harnesses
of the horses Belonging TO the artillsry
battery wera so badly cut and damaged by
some of the members OF the battery that Il
was necessary TO abandon proposed
parade of the battery. II has been dis
covered that the harness nad again been
hacked and cut in snch q manner as to
render them entirely useless. Three OF
ths artillerymen who were the leaders In
the mutinous movement have deserted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

Er JoaMPn, no. Aus. IA
The residents Of Doniphan county, Kan,
just across the river from St. Joseph, Mo-,
are much alarmed by the acaion OF the
river, witch fhreatens 10 reduce thousands
Of acres Of valuable land 10 broad ex-
pause Of swamp. Tor the last six months
Che xi7er has been cutting away on the
Kansas aide - an alarming rate. The
river has cut In for distance Of 600 feet
in lsgs Than six months, and II promps
measures are not taken Wathenia and El.
wood viii ba swept away and ~. Joseph
lefs hieL and dry, whils the $l,O0o.00t
bridge viii apan dry water course.
deIaQation viii 20 30 Washington at encs
With petition soconersss for help and
relief.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-08-13

HuMT4NuToK, Ind, Aus. IL
Articles on incorporation OF the silurian
Construction company have been fled as
Huntington, Ind, with capital stick Of
s50, ,oa0. Calvin n. Brice, George u.
Bippus, of Huntington, and James ID.
Townsend, of Lima, are the incorporators.
The objects of the company are the acqnir-
ing of natural gas and oil lands and terri
tory in Huntington, Wabash, Wells, Black.
ford, Grant and other counties IN northern
Indiana, and for the drilling OF gas and
OIL wells and supplying the towns and
cities BY means Of pipes. The princlpa
Office wiIi be In Huntington. The com,
pany has already acquired hundreds o.
acres Of lands ia Grant coanty.