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The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
THE FATE OF As1ALEn RILEY.

He Has Been Missed but Few Have
known What became of Him.
For some time past down town people
l.have wondered what has become of Owen
Riley, an eccentric old man of ninety odd
years who owned house in Morgan
street. He was well known character
and usually went by the name of 'Stale
Riley" This epithet was applied to him
by bad boys fifteen years ago because,
they alleged, he sold nothing but stale
vegetables from his stand then located at
Newark avenue and Grove streets, VIII ere
the Booraem building now stands.
Some months ago he was sent to the
Snake Hill Almshouse. Some good
Catholics learning that he was thesfather
OF the late Rev. Father Charles Riley, of
st. Columbia Church, Newark, provided
home for him at the House of the Little
Sisters of the Poor. in that city
He died few days ago, and was buried
in the Bishops cemetery by the side OF
his SON. His scant property was decided
to the Little Sisters of the Poor. A
daughter living somewhere in Jersey
City survives him.
Mr. Riley was classed among number
of eccentric old fellows, including Sam
Ashcroft, peculiar old man with consid-
cradle money, who used to sometimes put
on a red gown and stand in front of the
Catnolic churcheS during sunday morn
ing mass, crying, Woe, woe,' unto the
communicates. His cry: There's plenty
of corn in Egypt is still remembered by
the people. Laughy (ors 'Laffy'') Jack was
another of Riley's compeers. This was
the title given old Stephen Tfeadweli,
who always seemed to be laughing, even
when appearing in the police courts
in tears TO complain against young hood
lums who nearly tormented the old ma n
to death by stoning his little shanty {
the foot of Henderson street, just beyond
the canal bridge. "Laffy' Jack shuffied
off his mortal coil last year.
Riley survived them both. About two
years ago he was tossed by a locomotive
at the Newark avenue crossing of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He was about
again in q few days fighting everybody
near him when he heard the epithet
''Stalev Riley.
Furniture Dealer John Mullin got one
Of his green clerks in u bad scrape on one
occasion in playing joke on Riley. He
sent the clerk over to Riley, whom he
saw passing on the opposite of the street
with instructions to HStale Riley. Mr.
Muilin wants to see you"
The clerk got in front of Riley and
commenced to deliver his message:-
stale Riley, Mr.. -
The words were scarcely out of the
clerks mouth, when bang went the old
mans stick over the clerks head, and
down went the clerk on the sidewalk.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
CRUSHED By An ENGINE TANK.

Serious, Perhaps Fatal Accident at the
Erie Repair shops.
An engine tank under repair at the
Erie shops on Pavonia street yester dag
afternoon, slipped from its supportiny
braces and fell npon Valentine Puster, a
workman employed At the shops, brea k
ing his legs and INJECTING serious inter
nal Injuries. Puster was picked up un
conscious and taken to st. Francis Hos.
pital. where at Midnight he was said tt
be in a critical condition.
Owing to his unconscious condition
Pusterss residence could not be ascer
tanned. IL is believed he lives ON Mon
mouth street, between First and Second
streets. The man in charge of the Erie
shops last night refused to give any in
formation about the affair.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
Trezra wrIrrles Out Of the Chair.

The Dews that Judge LacomDe, of the
United States Circuit Court, had issued a
writ which acts as stay in the case of
the murderer Nicholas Trezza, condemned
TO be executed by electricity, reached him
in New York's prison at Sing Sing yester-
day morning.
It had the effect of cheering him In a
wonderful manner after q most sorrow-
full week spent since the refusal of Gov.
Hill TO grant reprieye and the failure OF
his lawyers to secure q stay from Judge
Pratt. Trezzn now considers that he has
at least an equal chaance for his life with
his fellow prisoners who have been con-
denied to die in the electric chair, and
time vet.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

scoTTDALE. Pa. April IS 1891 The
striking coke workers are again on the
war path. The large reservoir at the
Kyle Coke Works was blown up this
morning with dynamite. causing heavy
loss. The coke in the ovens of the Kyle
Works Will not be burned. as there IS no
water to cool the ovens preparatory 10
drawing them. Notices Of eeietions are
being served by the hundreds throughout
the region. Feeling runs very high, and
more serious trouble than ever is almost
inevitable
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

but are sure It was edited by H--f Here
it is, " and the title Of the books she held
in her hand appeared on each card.
"Of course, she commented, as the
reporter was bidding heradieu. "a great
deal of this work would appear TO the
general public as useless. But as the
library grows and IT'S books become ex-
tensiyely circulated the pubic viii And
the work has been done in its interest as
well as in the interests of the Librarian
and his corps OF assistants. Il could not
be properly done after the library opens. y
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
Oh, WHAT A DoWNPOUn
1t Lasted Only For . Few Minutes But
wasn't 1t yVets

wasn't 1t Wets
The first genuine old fashioned April
shower of the season, accompanied by ter
rife thunder and lightning, burst upon
Us shortly after eight O'Clock last even
ing. Yet with all it was refreshing. The
air had become almost sitting, charged
heavily as it was with electricity.
The shower lasted but a short while,
the bottom seeming TO have fallen out OF
the heavens and the fluid contents de-
scending in volume. The shower came
up so suddenly that hundreds of pretty
shop and factory girls doing their Satur-
day night shopping along the Avenue
rushed pell neil for the nearest place of
shelter with dripping garments and the
beautiful flowers of their spring headgear
dropping in a melancholy way. Beyond
slight tremors as the thunders clapped
and reared and the lightning flashed I'M
comfortably near them as they huddied
in the doorways aud beneath awnings,
the girls enjoyed it as much as surf bath
ing.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

Newman's Central Theatre. On Newark
avenue, near Barrow street. opens to-uor.
row evening with a brilliant consolidation
of variety stars. Il 10 a pretty and cosy
in fitting ii mp as family resort.
The front is an architectural GENT this
Interior is elegantly appointed and The
building throughout is lighted By gas and
electricity. -Four poscenium boxes flank
a large stage equipped with beautiful
scenery and q drop curtain representing
an Arabian scene
The auditorium is supplied with opera
chairs and with the gallery Will acco1ao-
date eight hundred people.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
Hanlon Folly Company.

A fair sized audience gathered In Hen
kel's Casino last night and listened to an
entertaining programme of songs and
sketches presented by the Hanlon Folly
Company.
The programme opened with clever
sketch. entitled "One Night in a Bar
room,n presented by Messrs. Morris,
Wolf, Corbley and Terhune. Prof o.
Reuss rendered two pleasant lumber
lonica solos, and Mr.. G. Edgar Dobson
gave some very skilful banjo selections.
The Echo vocal quartette and Hill
Brothers, either soloists, also added to
the evenings entertainments A sketch,
entitled THE Coal Heavens Revenge =
closed the entertainment.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

"The figure tells that the book is in
the class of Sociology. that it treats of
Cutoms and popular life, and so on into
the various subdivisions, which will take
up too much time to go thoroughly into
details"
SHELF LISTING.
Miss Burdick next opened sort of
book constructed of paste board pages
filed with mysterious figures and initials
that looked ike a series of old fashioned
multiplication tables.
This, she said, was invented by Mr..
Cutter, Librarian Of the Boston Athe-
n@um. Ia class 20 you find NAL !
Sir Thomas Mallory IS the author of
Boys, King Arthur We simply use
the initial M. with the figures %, and we
are thus enabled TO keep Sir Thomas
Mallory's books together and not let them
get separated and scattered around
among the thousands of other vOlu mes.
After each book is thus labelled u is
Systematically entered into what we call
the Shelf list for the convenience of both
librarians and subscribers. This is in
reality subject catalogue in which the
books are entered in the same order in
which they are arranged on the shelves.
But this is by no means all the care Miss
Burdick is bestowing upon each book
She led the reporter to an elevated desk
containing series of drawers As the
work OF cataloguing has been progress
ing she has begun the task OF compiling.
"You look for The Boys, King Ar
thur Among the A's7 Here 1t ISL SD
said, quickly running her fingers over the
title OF the book, The Boys, King Ar
thur, written In red ink, With the air of
q magician. Among the K'sY Here IA
is. One Of Sir Thomas Mallory's books
treating of customs. did you sayi Here il
3. You don't know the authors name,
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

A telegraph pole at the corner ot Word
ward ana Grand streets was ahat<erea b
lightning dnr1ng the heavy ahorar in46
evening. Almost Immediately aff8< tna
shock Il Large number IL electric IL 6l6 3xz
the city were extinrujsDed, and for 1kte4u
A telegraph pole orpo5<te H6YI&'e H{uQf
store. No 2il Newark ayeaaes ~H< 4<r H0k
oy uHh{ninx about g. IS last u}x115. xo1 ~
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
TO FIX nlame For Her Death.

Three-year-old Mary Hayes, who some
weeks ago was run over by a Newark
brewery wagon, died in St Francis Hos
pitai Tuesday. Coroner Flaherty will
hold an inquest ut Rpche's hall tomorrow
evening.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
The Monument Fnnd.

DR.. L. J. Gordon, the Treasurer OF the
Soldiers and Sailors monument fund,
makes the following repors:-Previously
reported, s2,062. As; received from School
8. 1925; from Annex No. IL, 81; Annex
No. 10, "a; total, 81 7o9.04
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

Warren & Nugent, Auctioneers, advertise TO-
day I, list Of real estate to be sold b. them Oh
the days named comprising store and tenement
properties private residences and vacant lots
Intending Investors should read the advertise
ments- *st
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19

Attention Is called % W j. Montgomery's
auction sale OF upclaimed baggage at his sales
70 ON, No. IS Montgomery street, on Monday, at
1910. See advertisements ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
PERSONALS.
m Handy and family have moved to Agra.

sam Handy and family have moved 70 Agra
&c Lynch was at GeOdland sunday
L. MeEiroy OF Oberlin. was a guest Of the
BisseH House Wednesday.
Il A. Royce cashier Of The Traders Bank Of
RIrwin. was in the city Tuesday.
Miss Ella Buckley is expected in the city the
latter part Of the week.
zMrs. Cox Is visiting her son Samuel Cox who
lives near Dana
E. ". Warner. the proprietor OF the popular
Warner House Of kirwin, was IN town Tuesday.
wv. Or. Of the law firm OF waggeRor, Bailey
& Orr, OF Atehison, attended court this week.
RM Penearvis and J. Il. Young Of the north
part OF the county, were in the city Tuesday.
Bob. MeCluskey, OF Goodland, was in the city
last week visiting his many friends here.
Elmer Kelley, OF MeCook, Neb.. was in Phil.
npsburg lest week visiting his many friends here.
EB Sewen expects HE father Rev. H seweu,
of Edgerton, Wis, here next week on a short
visit.
County Superintendent o. L. Smith OF Phillips
burg visited his friend, Prof. Mosher, Tuesday
smith Center BazOO.
Chas. w Hall Of the Fret National Bank Of
kirwin. was in town this week looking after suit.
in which he is Interested
W.T.. Hayes has traded his house and lot in THU
city to o. r. Benedict, OF Prarire View, who in
tends moving to this plaee-Almena Plaindealer
j. NJ. Tldloek OF Logan, one Of the most enthu
siastIc and successful teachers in our county, wa
| & guest OF Prof o. L. smith Monday.
| William MoncrieG an old resident Of Phillips
coSnty, but now Of Alma Nebraska, is in the city
this week.
Maj. W. c. Don Carlos, OF KIFwin, one of the
veterans of the Phillips county bar, is busy viii
numerous cases before the District Court thii
week.
A N. Beresford. Of the firm OF Berestord )
simpson attorneys at Alma, Neb.. spent few
hours in the city Monday.
TT. Goryer Of sallna, represented the Stat
Insurance Company at the District CoaTt Tues
day.
r. n. Picker OF Smith Center, one Of the stal
wart Republicans OF northwest Kansas, wSs in III,
city Tuesday.
c. o. Wilcox, cashier of the Commercial Banl
OF Long leland, watched the court proceeding
Tuesday.
Hon. Webb MeNan Of Gaylord, was at tn,
Court House this week looking after the inteTes
Of his clients.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A Dague left on Wednesda!
evening for Denver where they viii remain Z few
days and then proceed on their journey to Cali
I fOruia.
WI Mcbride Of Osborn, made his last ap
peranee At court in this county, Tuesday, as b
takes charge Of The Insurance branch OF our stat
government July Let.
Mrs. Rev. Alien, OF Norton, and Mrs. Nash o
ST. Joe, No, mother and sister Of Rev. J. P. Al
len Of the NJ. z. Church, visited him a few day
last week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
Death of Austin spaulding.

As was announced in last weeks
paper the death of Austin Spaulding
occurred on Wednesday afternoon
April 29th. Mr.. Spaulding was born
in Ashburnham, Mass, on August 8,
1920, and was Il years of age He
removed with his parents to York
state and afterwards removed to Yer
mont in which state he was married
on May Ii, 1916, to Matilda j. Wells.
who died in this county Dec. 6, 1873.
He removed to Wisconsin in 1854,
and to Phillips county Kansas in 1873.
In October 1876, he was again mar
ried to Mrs. Ann Wells, who survives
him. He was the father of II. @.
Spaulding and Mrs. j. F. Morse, of
this city. Although quite an old man
he was in apparently good health and
his death was sudden and unexpect-
ed as he had been sick only a few
days. He was one Of the best citi-
zens of Phillips county and was high
ly esteemed by a large circle of
friends. The funeral took place Fri
day afternoon from the Baptist
church, and was conducted by Rev.
Cocks. The bereaved friends have
the sympathy Of the entire communl-
tV
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
SUMNER ITEMS.

An unusual amount Of corn was
planted IN April this year.
Hoods and mittens are again IN de-
mand these cool mornings.
Radishes, lettuce, and pie-plant in
april!
Mr.. Chubb formerly of Napanee but
now of Cheyenne Co. was in our
uIidst last week.
Mr.. Joseph Grlfin's children, grand
and great-grand children gatherd at
his home May Bird to commemorate
his 80th birthday. Oh the happiness
of such family reunions! how precious
the privilege of communing with rel
atives in a land so far from our yuoth-
full homeI It is praiseworthy effort
to inliyen with youthful presence the
lonely days Of old age, as the song
says "Then let US cheer them on they
can't be with Us long"
Nc2
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
The Phillipsburg Juvenile Mi

The Phillipsburg Juvenile Mis-
sion Band, will hold a grand Basket
Picnic IN Mr.. Hahenkratt's grove on
Thursday, May 18th. All the Sun
day schools IN the town and in the
country around have been invited.
And now through the papers, a very
hearty invitation is extended to the
inhabitants of PLillipsburg, and to
all the region round about, to come
to the Picnic, and bring your basket
of good things along with you, and
go in for a real good enjoyable time.
Each school will provide conveysnces
for their own scholars. On the
grounds there will be swings, games
etc, for the young peoples enjoy
ment. All are invited to meet at the
Baptist church at 8 a. m. before start
ing for the grounds. The following
Tuesday evening May 18th, a grand
Missionary Concert and Japanese
Wedding, will be gwen by the same
society, in the Baptist church, at s
O'Clock, to which the public are cor
daily invited. 1t will be well worthy
of your patronage.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
ALetter From callfornla.


As left Walnut township Philips
county, October 81, 1880. where I had
resided for over seven years, and six
days later arrived In San Fernardino
county, California, where I have re-
sided since then the most of the time
and have had nearly all kinds of
fresh fruit to eat since arriving, ex-
cept watermelons. I picked black
berries, peas, tomatoes and figs in
November and helped set out a num-
Der OF acres OF cabbage plants, $500
plants was days work for man.
Tomato vines live two or three years
and do Well am now taking care
Of orange trees instead OF corn crops;
they have to be plowed twice a year
and narrowed after being plowed,
then run over with a smoother and
then narrowed every time it rains to
keep the ground from baking; all the
ground has to be stirred and no
weeds or grass left, and then small
burrows plowed each side of the trees
to irrigate them; they are irrigated
about once a month. There is some
oranges to pick yet and q good many
lemons; the trees are in blossom now.
Some orange crops bring as high as
$1,000 per acre; such land is worth
$1,000 per acre. Young orange trees
are worth $3.50 a piece for the best
three year old trees.
Apricots are about half grown.
Haying has begun. Alfalfa can be
cut five times IN the year if well ir-
rigated Barley hay is the principal
feed for horses 1t keeps their mouths
sore and some I have seen where the
boards worked through the jaw max
ing running sore Cd the throat.
The horses are good stock. Cattle
are poor; the first good COW 1 noticed
I said to the owner that was the best
COW I had seen since I left Kansas,
''well,' said he, Il just come from
Kansas and I brought that COW with
me-" That accounted for one good
COW.
1t is necessary to have fresh beef
stand week after being butchered
to get tender for the table. San Ber-
nardino, the great health resort, with
the Arrow Head Hot Springs near by,
these springs are boiling hot The
rabbits that are on the market are SO
tender, that they will give a man
strength on the other side of the
street. When the sick don't buy
them, the Chinaman, Indian or AIexi-
can will secure them. The China
men does the most of the washing
here; saw them eating rice, they
had two sticks about like lead pencils
in size tapered off like drum sticks IN
one hand and the bowl IN the other
and the air seemed filed with rice
but their months caught it all. The
rich people seem to delight in en-
ploying them around the house; I
suppose the wife has no cause to get
| jealous of the hired girl, the China
man is such Daisy.
The weather has been warm
enough so that there is some who &C
barefooted all winter; but there has
been some light frost and plenty Of
snow on the mountains ten mills away,
but the leaves on the orange trees
kept green all winter; the snow fell
down lower on the mountains the six
teenth of April, than it had before
this winter. T. W. TURK.
Rediands, Cal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07

1t is reported that the town of
Agra, Phillips county, has secured
the foundry firm of Dundas & Sons
of Pawnee City, Neb. 1t is proposed
to manufacture windmiDs, stoves,
brick fronts, and also repair all kinds
of farm implements and steam en-
gines. This is the same firm that
wanted bonus Of several thousand
dollars from the people Of Kirwin to
locate there. In this the people of
that town were sensible, for they
have as good, if not a better, indus
try doing the same work, the proper
ty of the Wake Bros, who located
there several years ago and have
built up a good trade without asking
a penny of bonus. "-CItaaTi ion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
Memorial Day.

The day set apart to scatter flowers
on the graves Of the dead soldiers OF
the civil war is near at hand, and as
usual Phillips county viii receive the
attention usual at that time, and the
impressive ceremonies of decoration
viii be performed by the Grand Army
the Womans' Relief Corps and the
Sons of Veterans.
Committees viii soon be at work
upon the necessary arrangements, and
IS usual the city will be given to the
proper respect that the day affords.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
Suicide.


Thos. H Walker OF Kirwin, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head on Friday last.
BIr. Walker was the defendant in
a suit, wherein, G. D. Ensign claim
ed damages to the amount of S1O,-
600, for alterations of the affections
of the latters wife. The case was to
have come on for hearing this week.
Mr.. Walker has many warm friends
who claim that he was guiltless of any
criminal intimacy with Mrs. Ensign,
and that when the case came on for
trial would be able to prove his inno-
cence, but that the charges so
wrought upon his mind, as to cause
temporary derangment, during which
time he committed the act. Whether
innocent or guilty his case has been
tried before that court, where the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth is admitted as evidence.
Secretary Mohler, of the agricul-
tural department, and Chancellor
Snow, of the State University inves-
tigated the reported damage done to
the wheat fields in Russell county by
a new pest III the form of a bug.
Their conclusion is that the bad
wheat fields are simply the result of
shiftless farming. It was learned
that with out single exception the
fields which were not thriving had
not been plowed before grain had
been put into them. The seed had
been drilled into the ground where
wheat had been harvested the last
year without any preparation. the OBJ
ject OF the farmer seeming to be to
cover as big an acreage as possible
and trust to the weather to bring
forth a large yield. 1t was exten-
sively drilled into the corn fields be-
tween stumps and stocks. In cases
where these corn fields had been
carefully cultivated last year the
wheat is doing nicely, but where they
have been neglected and weeds per
mitted to grow the plant is dying.
All the fields that were plowed are in
fair condition and no sign of damages
was discovered, while in some of the
stubble fields where wheat was so bad
no bugs could be found, and in no
instance were any bugs seen in fields
which had been titled before seeds
were put in
A farmer informs this Office that be
has a piece of wheat in this county il
the same condition as those in Rus
sell county, and attributes his trouble
to lack of proper preparation of land
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-05-07
Happy HoosIers.

VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida
vile, Ind. writes: Electric Bitters
has done more for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and LIVER
trouble" John Leslie, farmer and
stockman, of same place, says. ''Find
Electric Biiters to be the best Kidney
and Liver medicine, mae m feel like
a new man - j. w. ardner, hard
ware msrchant, same town, says: Elec
trle Bitters is just the thing for a man
who is all run down and don't care
whether he lives or dies; he found new
strength, good appetite and felt just
like he had q rev lease on life Only
so cts. bottle, at any drug store.