The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-11
A Committee. of Conference was
appointed.
Miss Pursel Reaches Home.

A Committee. of Conference was
appointed.
Miss Pursel Reaches Home.
Miss Emma Pursel, accompanied by
her brother, David Pursel, who has
been constantly with her in all her
trouble, arrived at Easton from Tren-
ton at 10:4O yesterday morning, and
half an hour later was on her way
home in a conveyance hired from
Councilman Newman, a personal
friend of the Pursel family. On the
train the brother and sister, especially
the latter, were the recipients of a
great deal of attention from those in
the car
Quite a little sensation resulted
among the passengers when they be-
came aware that the much accused
young woman was one of their mum
Der. Each fresh arrival on the train,
as it reached different stations, was
early informed of the circumstance,
and the more curious who were seated
in different ears took occasion to walk
through that occupied by Miss Pursel
and scrutinize her features. AT times
the young woman seemed to be great
ly annoyed, though as a rule she
maintained a composed demeapor and
occasionally smiled when in CONVEX
sation with her brother.
When the train reached Easton Mr..
Pursel conducted his sister through
the depot and across the street to the
Lee House.
The news that Miss Pursel had gone
to the Lee House quickly spread. A
number of friends of the family
fastened there to extend sympathy
and assurance of utmost confidence in
the innocence of the accused. Miss
Pursel was much cheered by this
demonstration, slight as it vas owing
to the short time she was in the hotel,
and when she left for home her face
was wreathed in smiles.
The journey to near Broadway was
without incident. Mr.. Pursel referred
a little to the murder in conversation
Mr.. Newman, but Miss Pursel
said scarcely anything except that
some of the newspapers seemed to be
especially anxious to lower her in pub
lie estimation and to try to make her
the object of contempt on account of
the inability TO find a clue to the
guilty parties.
There was no unusual9 demonstra-
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drew up to the comfortable country
home. Miss Pursel was heartily glad
to escape from the public gaze and
laughed merrily as they alighted and
entered the door of the house. News
of her arrival quickly spread through
out the neighborhood, and dozens of
friends have since driven to the resi-
dence to give the young woman a well
come home.
A $4,000 ~Incendiary Blaze In Trenton.
The western sky was a flood of light
last evening, caused by a big blaze
that made crowds of people rush out
West State street. The bells rang and
every steam whistle in the western
part of the city screamed discord-
antly. Some one pulled the fire alarm
and engines went rushing through the
streets to find at last that the fire was
in Pennsylvania.
The two fine barns of Jesse Wilson,
about a mile up the river, were licked
up by the flames. Fortunately the
stock of horses and cattle belonging
to Joseph Wilson were saved, but the
buildings, fifty ton of hay, three hun
bred bushels of grain and 5000
worth of onion sets and some ma
chinery were totally destroyed. Mr..
Wilson had just completed repairs
that cost 81, 200. The direction of the
wind only saved the house and a large
tobacco barn and carriage house.
The loss is upward of IS, 900, which
will be partially recovered by insur-
ance.
The fire was undoubtedly of incen-
diary origin. Joseph Wilson, who
was farming the place, was i'll with
the grippe. He heard his dog bark,
which was followed by a movement
and believing of the COWS, and going
out to discover Che cause, found one
corner of one of the barns ablaze. He
rushed out and rescued the live stock,
but could ave nothing else. No one
had been in the part OF the barn
where the fire originated.
Grubb Won't Succeed Col. DonnelIy.
A gentleman, himself a military
officer, said that he could name two
officers of the Seventh Regiment, one
of whom would be the successor to
General D~onnelly's position as colonel
of the Seventh Regiment. When
asked for the names he gave those of
Captain William III. Skirm, of Com
pany A, and Lieutenant-C Colonel Pat
terson, of Asbury Park. Captain
Skirm.n he continued, would accept
the position now, although about the
time that General Donnelly was
made colonel he refused the lieuten-
ant-coloneIcy. / do not think, how
ever, that he will make a fight for it.
Perhaps he would not even accept if
Colonel Patterson was known to want
it."
How about General Grubb2n was
asked.
aOh, he will not get it and doesn't
want it. He said that if anybody in
the Seventh Regiment wanted the
position, he would not ask for it. The
only way he would take it would be
by q unanimous tender.n