The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-22
A COCK FIGHT.
Clayion's Bantams Growing Against
the Other BOOSTERS Causes
Trouble.

There was to have been a celebrateds
case tried in Recorder McDonough's g
court in Hoboken this morning, but at the
earnest request Of Counsellor Henry Win
field of the Board Of Health, who was the
complainant in the case, the hearing was
adjourned for one week.
Arthur W. Clayton, who does nearly all
Of the city carpentry work. lives IN a
handsome dwelling at No. 3s5 Bloomfield
street. Hosoken. In the rear Of the house
is a large back yard Last fall Mr.. Clay
ton was presented By friend with pair
of bantam roosters. The roosters at on ,e
became the especial pets OF Mr.. Clayton's
household aud were placed in coop In
the back yard.
Next door TO Mr.. Clayton at No. Ss7
Bloomfield street. lives the Joel family.
Mr.. Joel is Grand Army man and an
editor. The bantam roosters soon began
to cause trouble. At about five o'clock
every morning they com.nenced to crow.
Their coop was right beneath the bed
room window of Mr.. aud Mrs. Joel. airs.
Joel called on the Clayton family and de-
manded that the roosters be sent away.
The Claytons refused 70 part with their
pets at any price, although to please the
Joeis they removed the coop to another
part of the yard. Still the Joels objected
and said they would make the Claytons
send the roosters away By process Of law.
THE CLAYToSs GET MAD.
Then the Claytous we're mad. The
yards about them were crowded with all
kind of fowl In the next yard TO them
were two large dunghill roosters. Vine Il
these roosters crowed they drowned the
crow of the bantams. Bat Mrs. Joel was
determined that the terrible bantam
roosters should 90. and she visited Re
corder McDonough. Tina Recorder, who
lives on the same block with both fam
lilies, said that he could do nothing, and
advised Mrs. Joel to consult the Board Of
Health.
At the next meeting of the Board Of
II ealth written complaint of the nuis-
ance caused by the growing OF the ban
tams was sent in by Mrs. Joel, and this
morning the case was TO be tried. The
Claytons had engaged Assemblyman
Daily to defend the "bantams.n Counsel
lor Weller of Mr.. Daly's office was In
court. DIR. SaltonsJahl and Counsellor
Winfield of the Board of Health were
also.there and so was Mr.. Clayton But
Mrs. Joel was not. and this Is the reason
the case was po, tponed for week.
WANTS PROOF IT Is THE BANTAMs.
Mr.. Clayton said:-'I want the Joels to
prove it Is my roosters that do the crow
ing. The yards around are filed with
roosters, and they all do their share of
Growing. Mrs. Joel says that the crow
ing disturbs her about five O'Clock every
morning, and that my ROSTERS do all the
growing at that hour. she will have to
prove tnat."
If Mrs. Joel appears next Wednesday
morning, the case will go on before a
jury. The jury will judge whether the
Growing of bantam Is a nuisance or not.
IL is said that the basis of the present
proceedings Is a section OF the Board Of
Health's ordinance which provides Tor a
fee of 81 for keeping fowl If the crow
ing of the rooster Is deemed nuisance,
according TO this ordinance the Board OF
Health permits the nuisance on the pay
0f Al