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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
The Hungry Coroners.

The of the State are grow
ing hungry, and, recognizing that
they have no chance Of getting more
pap from the Legislature, they are
going to try their luck in the courts.
Camden is to take the lead in the
struggle. Since the election of DIR.
William II. lizard as county physician
there has been trouble in the matter
of determining the rights and privi-
leges of the of the county.
and with the exception of Coroner +.
+. Jefferis, one of the newly-elected
officials, the have given way
to County Physician lizard, and only
took charge of cases when so directed
by him. Now, however, Coroner JEFF
ferris means to test the constitution
atty of the act under which DIR. lard
seems to be acting.
Coroner Jefferis will hold views and
inquests when he considers such ac-
ton necessary without consulting the
County Physician, and will present
his bills for services, as allowed by
law, to the Board of Freeholders. Ii
the bills are not paid, suit will then
be instituted in the Supreme Court
against the county for all claims, and
to test the act.
Coroner Jefferis held a view on
the body of tie Brooklyn youth, who
was drowned on Christmas at Had
donfield, and after he had gone away,
County Physician Iszard arrived, and
he also gave a certificate of death by
accidental drowning. The fight will
now proceed to a finish.
The law is proverbially a queer
thing, and when a suit is begun there
is no telling where or how it will end.
1t il very certain, however, that the
justice and decency of the case are
against the Coroners. Under the old
system these officials were just so
many vultures, preying upon the
corpses of the unfortunate dead. Ii
the courts, on any technicality, upset
the present excellent arrangement, it
will be imperative on the Legislature
to find some other way of preventing
a return to the regime of body snatch
ing and robbery which used to pre-
vail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
THAT NARROW c 4

President Thurston Dispeis n Sensation
with Cold Facts.
In speaking of the accounts in the New
York newspapers this morning of an Erie
street jigger at the Newark avenue cross
ing yesterday, President Thurston Of the
Jersey City andBergen Railroad Com
pany said this morning that the reports
published in the New York newspapers
this morning were full of inaccuracies.
In the first place he said the car was not a
''jlgger" but one of the new Erie street
cars, No. 159, which Is a double ender and
is supplied with u driver II conductor.
When the car reached the crossing the
conductor ran ahead and after ascertain
ing that the coast was clear signaled to
the horse car TO come on. A train OF ca
boose cars which was going east and
which had just passed the crossing was
standing still at the time, waiting for the
signal to enter the yard.
When the horse car came abreast OF the
train for ONT unaccountable reason the
train backed down. 1t came very slowly
and moved but q few feet. 1t, however,
rubbed against the rail of the front plat
form just behind the horses and Dent the
rail slightly.
No one was injured nor was the car
badly damaged. 1t was kept running
after the accident and is running to-day.
The question Of gates, Mr.. Thurston says,
had no bearing whatever upon the Case.
The train had passed the crossing and IL
there had been gates there the 1agman
would have undoubtedly raised them and
let the horse car pass, as there was no
way of foretelling that the engineer would
back mis- train.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

two years ago to try a of the '.sys-
tens for reducing fat They were in
perfect health at the time. They
gave up at once, and wholly, the use
OF certain kinds of food to which
they had been accustomed since child
hood. They took each day excessive
and unaccust0med exercise, and over
strained their muscles by lifting
heavy weights. All this was done
without the knowledge of u physician.
The result IA unexpectedly sue
cessful, says the Detroit Free Press.
During the first fortnight they lost
weight rapidly. The decrease in
weight was accompanied with a
sense of p~rostration and pains in the
limbs, but these things mattered little
to them compared with their joy in
the more narrow waists and delicacy
of feature. They p~erseversed with
the experiment.
One Is now a victim of nervous
prostration; O second contracted ty-
phoid fever, and after a struggle of
weeks for life, died; the two Others
have suffered with rheumatic govt.
In each case the physician stated
that the weakening of the tissues by
the sudden and complete change of
diet had rendered the patient unable
to resist disease.
DO not tamper with that most WON
derful complex of all machines your
body. When you attempt to change
its workings, unless under the direc-
ton OF a skilful physician, you lay
your ignorant hand upon the main
spring of life.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
SITUATIONS " WORl
IN cHANchRY OF NEW JERSEY.

Between Elizabeth Campbell and Gilbers, y
Campbell, her husban 9, complainants. and Mar
On bill for partition and decree for sale
samuel D. Haines. solicitor for the complain
In pursuance and by authority Of a decree made
by the chancellor In the Court Of Chancery OF the
bear Ing date the ninth dayof December, eighteen
hundred a, snd Sln ssygas 6y Tn asd d 1. ess, a snas ali H' nnd
Singular the premises mentioned II me n s sa,d oi ~
cubic xend ue to the highest bidder, In the pres
encs and under the direction OF the subscriber, ono
OF osr lns / sp georae % w easse d ' Special Master Ia onsa-
cery, as aforesaid. shall expose 10 sale. at public
ths asst day OF January. 1891.
attwo o'clock IN the afternoon. on the premises
III that certain siass or parcel e Land and ard n p rem;
aah uao:so1 and sstass Of Sew Jersey. described as fol
ows:-Bsglnnin at q poin. IN TIE n or nv es.srS
eriy side OF Bowden NOV BeImonn avenue. as the
s SaIes d e t isia eek aawn now oo z s fssssss n 81 the 1a County cts aa OF q
Hudson aforesaid. entitled maj, OF properly OF y. y
Uns @1is al saa ) G slsss c aSa. 1Sss /. Ssssf Being as aiSoas
one hundred and twenty-one feet SIX inches from
Bowdsn now Bslmonp avenue: thence Running
along tle westerly side OF said lot nsmesred
d sa0 nos x Isel q avenue one hundred
ana ten feet 10. the soutneriy line
Of ess. ssis along iss p sns sesssor i,A line si q ala al 10. . sissss
nine tsgl. parallel with Bowde NOV beimon.l Az.
parallel With The line 'arss run. one hundred and
Ten feel, more or dsss' 90 me s4 2Senee ywes l !
| along the southerly side or Bowden NOV BelmonD
A A,nsl sas sTsHss f sss 60 sss sns p sna i M ersss n e essas-
\ Of me defendants. Josephine Derby, Mary Derby
and E ss aa psrs SINGULAR IN re The he heredisamens and ap-
purtenances 10 the said premises belonging or IN
Daieu GEORGE w. CASSIDY.
sneeial Master in chancery Of New Jersey. Mol
EXCHANGE Place, Jersey CITY. NJ. j.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
where Experiences Comes In.

II don't care if l am an old maid
a charming woman said recently.
IF | wait till forty I'll be bound to
make a brilliant match"
This sounded startling at first, but
as she went on to explain, her theory
seemed quite likely.
Men marry women every day." she
said, who are faded. old and of du-
bious figures, when they might marry
pretty young girls. But the girls
didn't know how to manage them. So
experience won in place of youthful
ignorance"
When one thinks it over, there has
been an uncommon lot of aged mar
riages of late, and the jolly women of
thirty-nine and forty are holding
their WI very we'll.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

The terms used by dressmakers are
an unknown language to the unini-
tiated. Drops" ''bias, 'sside forms"
kits, etc, are all readily understood
by the sisters of fashion modelers.
Other sisters, however, may be in ig-
norance of their true meaning, and to
such the following definitions will be
interesting:
A drop" is a skirt made up of the
dress material, independent of the
lining, and then hung or dropped over
it from the same belt. A bias or
dart is a seam taken in the front
of a waist which fits it to the
figure. A side form" is an addi-
tional seam made under the arm to
give a smoother effect to the waist.
and a kilt" is a skirt entirely of
plaits. There are various kinds of
plating. Knife plating is very mar
row folds, all going n way and
pressed down. An accordion skirt is
one in which the plating is done af-
ter the manner of an accordion.
There are machines for doing it; in
deed it cannot be done save by ma
chinery and heat. Box plating is a
fold to the right and one to the left.
The number OF terms is infinite, and
increases as fashion changes.-Netc
York Ledger.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
A Ridiculous, Untidy Fashion.

The French fashion of dress skirts
that touch and even drag on the pave.
ment has taken some grasp OF Ameri-
can women, since there is always a
class ready to follow every within and
change of fashion, however incon-
venient and absurd, says the Boston
IrGDeLier. Yesterday a well dressed
woman was endeavoring to make her
way through a crowd ON Washington
street; her bonnet was tasteful and
becoming, her coat the latest style,
and so, alas! was her gown, as II
dragged after her in an ungraceful
wobble. A woman well dressed, but
without any unnecessary length to
her dress, observed her anxiously for
a moment and then hurried after her.
Excuse me, Madame, your skirt has
become" Just then she realized her
mistake, and, without finishing her
we'll meant remark, hurried away.
The woman with the train, with a
scornful and superior smile, went on
her triumphant way.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
IL. II. Jacobs, Hoboken Theatre.

This favorite theatre goes to farce
comedy during the balance Of this
week~bIoad enough to be simply
called farce-and the opening last
evening presented "A Silent Partner, {"
by Herbert Hail Winslow. The story
is one of the experiences of a young
lawyer. who adopts a mythical part
ner as a means of attracting business.
Memo is the silent partners name, and
he is made to contract bills and to do
sundry other things out of which con-
siderable amusement and confusion
develop. In fact, he keeps his part
ner, Backus, greatly worked up from
the start, and n of Backus' friends
even goes SO far as to marry in Nemo's
name, which leads to any anoant of
trouble. The ''phonograph" is used
in the development of the story, and
throughout the happenings are of a
character to provoke a great deal Of
mirth.
Commencing with the matinee on
January 4th Lizzie Evans produces
her picturesque comedy, "Fogg's
Ferry" and will remain lou nights
and usual matinees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

NEXT Tuesday the Board OF Trade
will begin a new and interesting ex-
pertinent in the opening at its rooms OF
a mercantile and commercial ex-
change, which. we understand, is to
hold daily sessions. Just what is
going to be the result it is hard to
foretell. Whether there is enough
business of a kind to call for such an
assembling of business men may be
doubted. Perhaps, when the plan is
more distinctly unfolded than it has
as yet been, elements of permanent
usefulness may be found in it. At
least every one will watch with in
terest to see how the enterprise turns
ont
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
PERSONAL

Dr S. Briggs was yesterday presented with a
very handsome gold headed cane by thu pupils
of his Bible class in the st. PauIs NJ E. Church,
Third street.
Judge Hoifman's health prevented him from
making calls tins year. Heretofore the Judge
has had one Of b largest lists Of calls 10 make
of any one in the county.
Warden Osborne made a personal New Years
call on each patient in the City Hospital, and
not a patient regretted il.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

John Carroll. a switchman employed at
the Warren street crossing Of the Penn
s~ylvania Railroad, was held in the sum
Of 3 1000 by Justice Stilsing this morning
for atrociously assaulting Cornelius Con-
molly, a brother switehman- Both men
quarrelled Sunday night, and Connolly
was knocked down. The back Of his head
struck q rail and he was picked up uncon-
scious. He is lying in a p~recarious con-
dition at mis- home, No. 1928 FIRST street,
and his injuries Will probably prove
fatal
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate OF James o'Nein. deceased. Bridget Agnes
o'SeIl. exscutrix Of James o'Neill. deceased. oy
order OF the Surrogate Of Hudson county, daled
december Is, 1854, hereby gives notice 70 the credt
tors OF said decedsnt TO bring In their debts, de
mands and claims against the estate OF said re
eedent, under oath or affirmation within nine
months from the date OF said order. or they will be
forever barred OF any action therior against said
BRIDGET AGNES o'SEILL.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

WE heartily congratulate our
friends of the State Gazette on the
vast improvement in the mechanical
form and appearance of the paper
with which they inaugurate the year.
Improvement is a sign Of pros
perity, and we are always
heartily glad to feel that honest
newspapers are meeting with success.
The State Gazette, according to its
lights, is an excellent paper, and it
deserves to prosper. The chan ges are
sweeping in character. They include
a greatly improved quality of paper,
new and handsome type, a new title
line, and the classification of the ad-
refreshments, which, We are happy to
see, fill many columns of the papers
space.
There Is only one thing to regret,
and that is that the Gazette cannot re-
form its politicsas easily as its appear
Ance. In that respect, we are sorry to
.emarkn no improvement whatever. But
perhaps it is unreasonable to expect
too much at u time. When the
Gazette people get accustomed to their
new dress they may look around for a
new field of progress, and so they may
come to see the error of their ways,
and may amend and become Demo
Gratis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

To Enoch Ketcham. Alexander H Hackett
Charles Hodgetts and George W. ketcham.
BY virtue OF an order Of the Court Of Chancery q.
New Jersey. made on the day OF the date hereof In
acause wherein Thomas N. Gopsili Is complainant
and you and Others a-e defendants you are re-.
the COMPLIMENTS bill on or before the fourth day
OF February next. or the said bin win Do taken as
confessed against you.
The said bill is Med 10 foreclose a mortgage given
by John o Mara and Mary, bis wife. and Patrick D
ISIS. upon lands In tho city OF Jersey City. In tns
county OF hudson, and assigned by said Ann Z.
dated April TO- 1888. and you are made defendsnt5
because IL Is alleged therein that you claim 70 have
some interest in the said mortgaged premi es BE-
cause you hold q Judgment against said John
O'Mara.
Dickinson & THOMPSON,
Solicitors Of Complainant
No. i Exchange Place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
AMUSEM ENTS.


Elsie Leslie In prince and Pauper."
In the production which Elsie Les
lie will give of Mark Twain's Prince
and Pauper"next week at the Academy
of Music, there will De a series OF
scenes portraying London in the six
teenth century, and a stage fully peo-
pied with representatives of English
life in that era. Elsie Leslie's acting
of her role has gained her great repu-
tation in New York, Chicago, Boston
and elsewhere, and there is little fear
of any other organization appearing
in this play as it would be practically
impossible TO find any child save
Elsie, who, being young enough
to look the characters, would
have the dramatic ability to play
them. The sale of seats for the en-
gageiment is now open. Elsie will APP
pear at each performance, including
Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

Ii in addition to clearing of their
sidewalks after a snow storm, people
opened a gutter along the curbstone,
the condition of the streets would be
five hundred per cent. better when
the thaW came.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Minaing, executrfx OF Emil X. mining. deceassd,
by order Of the surro rate or Hudson county, dated
December y, 1880. hereby gives notice TO the credt
tors OF said deeedent 70 bring In their debts De
mands and claims against the estate OF said de-
cedent. under oath or Affirmation within nine
months from the date OF said order, or they win be
forever barred OF any action therefor against said
executrix.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

would indulge in fuisome praise II
the speech were weak.
1t is easy enough to tell the extent
to which the Republican editor is
hurt by the viruience OF the howls he
emitS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
Office TO CREDITORS,

Estate Of harriet seelv. deceased. Thomas @ .seely
and William James seely, executors Of Harriet,
county. dated October II, fSQ hereby gives notice
TO the creditors OF said decedent to bring In their
debts. demands and claims against the estate OF
saia decedent. under oath or Affirmation. Within
nine months from the date OF said order, or they
will be forever barred Of any action therefor
THOMAS O. sEELY,
WILLIAM JAMES Z II Y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Fanny A. Chapman. deceased. Jeremiah
II. Halsey, In the will called Jeremiah
Halsey. executor of Fanny A. Chapman, de ceased.
by order OF the deputy surrogate or hudson coun.
ty, dated November q, 49,, Hereby gives notice to
the creditors Of said de oedent TO bring In their
debts, demands and claims against the estate OF
said decedent. under oath or affirmation. with
In nine monIhs from tue date OF said order. or
they VIII be forever barred or any action there-
JEREMIAH H HALsEY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

THE State Gazette has a bitter word
to say this morning about Senator
McPherson's speech on the Force bill.
1t describes the speech as being ION
the low New Jersey Democratic plane,
pitched in the ~demagogic key charac-
teristic of that school,"
This is very ~fiattering to Senator
Mcpherson. If he ever had any
doubt about the force and effective
ness Of his great effort, this would re-
ieye his mind, for the State Gazette
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
FRIDAY. JANUARY 2, 1891.

Tits paper Is democratic tn principles
aud Is Independent in its etetes on al
local Questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

TO cREpIroRa

Estate of Garrett u. Patterson. deceased. lydia
Patterson and Charles +. Patterson. executors OF
Garrett NJ Patterson. deceased. by order Of the
Deputy Surrogate Of Hudson county, dated
October 81, $780, hereby givo notice to the
creditors OF said decedent TO bring in their debts.
demands and claims against the estate OF said de-
eedent, under oath or affirmation within nine
months from the date OF said order. or they will
LYDIA PATTERSON.
CHARLES Il. PATTERSON.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate OF Francis l. Patterson, deceased. Luke
Patterson. administrator of Francis L. Patterson.
deceased. by order of the Surrogate OF HUDSON
county, dated December y 1850. hereby gives no
tce TO the creditors OF said decedent TO bring in
their debts. demands ana claims against the estate
OF said decedent. under oath or affirmation within
nine months from the date OF said order, or they
will be forever barred of any actioa therefor
against said admins traitor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
Nj. !. bOvLAn.
Funeral Director,
1888 Pavonia Ave.. Jersey City.

NroTrcE.-A MEETING or THE STOCKHOLM
IN es OF zine Alaska Manufacturing Company
has been called by the President and Directors OF
the said company and will be held at the Office OF
the company In koom No. Us OF the Fuller Building G.
az No. / Montgomery street. Jersey city, Hudson
county, NJ J.. on Saturday, the Seventeenth dag OF
January, A D. 1891, at eleven O'Clock IN the fore
noon. for the purpose OF electtng q Board or Direc-
tors for the current year, and Tor the iran action
OF any otner business thas may properly be brought
before the meeting. A proposition 10 reduce the
Hoard Of Directors from six 10 70 three MON bars
will be submitted TO a vote of the stockholders at
said meeting.
DATED January 2, 1891
MARTIAL I. II. WOOD. Director and President
EDMUND VI. WOOD. Treasurer and Director.
LEWIS +. WOOD, Director.
EDWIN IA. WOOL. secretary and Director.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
Four Foolish Women.

Four women between the ages Of
fifty and sixty, who considered their
figures too stout for beauty. resolved
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
Scotch Yarn At the CIarks'-A Prac
ticaI Tariff Lesson.

tical Tariff Lesson.
One Of the oldest operations of the
Mckinley tariff is that which has
been witnessed at Clark's Thread
Works during the past week.
The concern had a difficulty with
its spinners, who went IN strike.
When they stopped work, the whole
factory had to stop, and SO the pro-
prietors were in the position of hav-
ing to come to an understanding with
their people or close, mourning heavy
loss. At least that vas what the
strikers and the world in general
thought.
But they were wrong. BY virtue of
the Mckinley tariff it was possible for
the Clarks to import the "pauper
labor" yarn of Scotland and start up
their works again at the usual rate OF
profit, just as If the protected
American spinners did not exist.
Now is not this a pretty common
tary on the Republican theory of pro-
lection. The Mckinley tariff is SO
adjusted that millionaire employers
become towards their employees as
slave owners. Work on our terms or
starve,n they say, and that is just
what the poor people must do.
Against a power of this sort, labor
organization is powerless; justice is of
no account. Nothing counts but the
will of the boss.
Here is a bit of practical politics for
the American workingman to bear in
mind when the Republican SPELL
binders begin talking high wages and
protection, and all the other stock
fctions Of the party of strong govern
ment, next fall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02

WI wish every one a very happy
and prosperous New Year.
We begin the new stage in our own
career under the most favorable cir
cumstances and with the brightest
hopes. and. in the charitable
spirit which these conditions beget,
we wish well even to our adversaries.
For Jersey City, we trust, the New
Year will bring better government and
a reduction of the public burdens.
For all her citizens we bespeak a
brisk and profitable business year
which win bring them comfort aud
ease.
For ourselves, we have nothing
more to ask than that the rate of pro-
gress in public favor and commercial
patronage which we have enjoyed
during 1890 may still be maintained.
This is the season of good resolu-
tions. We have n to record. We
will work as strenuously in the public
interest during the years to come
as we have in the past.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Peter 7. Donnelly. deceased. Edward
Donnelly, administrator OF Peter T. Donnelly, de-
ceased, Dy order OF the Surrogate OF Hudson county,
creditors OF SAID decedent % bring In their debts
demands anu claims against the estate Of said de-
cedent. under oath or affirmation within nine
months from the date OF said order. or they will be
forever barred Of any action therefor against said
EDWARD DoxsELLY.