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Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

SUPERINTENDENT PORTER says that
there are about 100000 mortgages re-
corded in this country. But he does not
state what proportion of the indebted
ness that they represent has been paid.
In many cases, unquestionably, the
amount still unpaid is but fraction Of
the original sum, and in many instances
the increase in the value of the land
has been greater than the total debt.
All OF these things need to be consid-
cred in drawing conclusions from the
ngures which he presents.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
THE German Emperor is wise in

lHE German Emperor is wise in en-
oeavorng to secure more friendly rela-
tlons with France than those which now
prevail 1t is fifth of a century since
tne war closed, and it is time that most
Vi lhe animosities engendered by that
struggle should be buried. Neverthe-
IeSS' It's, 1t Is probable that nothing short of
'ne restoration to France of the con-
quered provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
would bring this condition of things
%oo"U 1t is scarcely necessary to say,
no"ever, that the emperor is not pre-
pared 10 propose or Germany to sane
'oh anything of this kind just yet.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
The Amber Supply.

The supply Of amber is being grad
ually exhausted. 1t is natural product
formed by the hardening of resinous
gums which exude from trees in low
ground; and, as it is the work of ages
for the formation to reach the proper
state, there is no artificial way of ex-
tending the quantity. However, the
limitations of amber are SO excellent that
it will hardly be missed for the orna-
mental purposes for which it has been
chiefly used. The genuine amber is nee
essary for only two uses: Orientals like
it for their idols, and it is valuable in
certain electrical experiments. Mission
aries may do away with the first of these
difficulties, but the needs Of science can
not be so easily set aside.-Kate Fields
Washington.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

EUROPE seems to think that full and
free reciprocity between the United
States and Canada means Canadian an
nexation. Perhaps this is the way the
matter stands. Commercial union, how
ever, is all the United States is looking
FIR Just now. But if Canada should,
with unanimity and emphasis, eventual
ly seek political union, the United States
would hardly be churlish enough to hold
out against the overture.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

THE president has issued general
order to the army fixing maximum
limit for the punishment of enlisted men
in time of peace for all crimes and of
lenses within the jurisdiction of courts
martial. The new regulations contem-
plate uniform degree of punishment
throughout the service and the inhibi-
ton OF excessive sentences imposed, as
they often have been, as the result of
mere caprice rather than justice OF
equity
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

A BILL has been introduced in the In
diana legislature to discourage white
capism. 1t provides that any person
who is damaged or injured by white
caps may recover damages from the
county in which the act occurs. In
case man is whipped, he shall receive
damages of not less than $1,000 nor
more than S., 200, and a woman who is
whipped by white caps may recover
from SIS, 600 to $40. 900 damages.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

ETERNAL vigilance would seem to be
not only the price of liberty, but also
of legislative seats, as was demonstrate
ed recently in the Michigan legislature.
Ten republicans absented themselves
to attend a party convention in a neigh
boring city, and during their absence
the democrats, temporarily in the as
cendant, unseated two republicans and
replaced them with democratic con-
tpstantS
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

AT the instance of the medical
councils of various ooyezdz (counties) of
the st. Petersburg Government the vii
lage schools of these ooyezds will be
opened on Sundays and holidays for
popular lectures on hygiene, which all
the peasants viii be invited to attend
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 1st rumor was in circulation
at Bridgeport, Conn, that p. L. Barnum
had suffered a relapse, and was in a
critical condition. Mr.. Bailey, his part
ner, said Mr.. Barnum had not recovered
from the illness that attacked him last
fall. His principal trouble seems to be
a general breaking down of the system
owing to old age.
JUDGE CHARLES H. PHELPS, who has
presided on the district court bench for
many years in Burlington, Ia, died on
the 1st of pneumonia, after brief i'll
ness. His brother, Edward l., was min
lister to England under President Cleve-
land. He was 81 years of age. Judge
Phelps was the first man to read the
telegraph instrument by sound.
IT is said that Senator Hearst's son,
now worth $2O,00O,O 900, will establish a
newspaper in New York City.
Gov. JACKSON of Maryland will not
appoint successor to the late United
States Senator Wilson and the seat will
remain vacant until the legislature,
which meets in January next, elects a
new senator. Gov. jackson will then be
a candidate himself.
On the I'd Senator Henderson, of Ne
braska, was elected presiding officer
pro tempore of the senate, vice Senator
John j. ingalls,.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
VIII be Put in Blast.

The furnace built at Paducah, KY,
last year, and which has been idle since
completion, owing to suits occasioned
by differences among stockholders, has
been bought by the St Louis stock
holders and will be put in blast during
the spring.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

THE direct tax bill, which has agitated
congress at various times for many
years, has been passed by the house,
and is now likely to become law. The
vote in support of the measure was
rather larger than was expected, the
yeas being ia and the nays 101.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
PardOned.

The President has granted a pardon
in the case Of Lem Burch, indicted in
Georgia with Wright Lancaster and
others for conspiracy to murder He
was pardoned because of aid rendered
the Government in prosecuting the case.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

THE lords and ''sirs' of Canada are
not at all pleased with the political situ-
alton. The conditions likely to come to
mass within the next dozen or score of
years do not appear favorable to the
creation of titles of this sort or to the
mon who hold them.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

IT is a great pity that so many people
have invaded the Cherokee outlet for
purposes of settlement, as they will be
obliged to vacate; and it is still great
er pity that congress has not taken
such action as would give them the
right to remain there.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
A Mississippi Murderer Lynched.

Ben Pierce, a well-to-do farmer OF
Battlefield, Neosho County, Miss, was
brutally murdered by John Bull, an
Indian. Bull entered Pierce's house
and cut his throat from ear to ear.
Death resulted instantly. Justice was
meted out to the Indian that evening by
his neighbors, who swung him from
limb of the nearest tree. No cause as
signed for the murder.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
Acquitted.

The trial of Capt. R. j. Thurmond at
Ripley, Miss, for the killing Of Col. W.
G. Faulkner, resulted in an acquittal.
The killing occurred on November 5,
1890, about an hour after Faulkner had
been elected to the legislature.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
Carved Each Other.

d. Good and Ford Johnson had a
terrible cutting duel at Bluffton, Ala,
the other night. Good cut Johnson's
left eye out with hatchet and cut into
the bones of his face several times.
Johnson cut Goods throat with knife.
Both will die. They were drunk and
alone
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
VOLUME XII.

rouy WESLEY died March 2, 1901, and
,be Wesleyans throughout the world
have made extensive preparations to
observe the centenary of the event,
more particularly in England, where a
srIondid bronze statue is to be unveiled.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

r. A. Walker of Huntsville, Ala, has
been appointed supreme court justice
under the new law increasing the Ala.
bama supreme court membership.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
Murdered for Money.

Near Society Hill. S. c., Miss God
son was given $500 by her father to
give neighbor. Miss Godson was muir
dered and robbed by negro named
Green, who was arrested.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
Don't Go "Sniping."

A Memphis (Tenn.) student who was
induced to go "sniping" got arrested
by negroes as chicken thief, and
when released started on a coon
hunt with pistol
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07

caoo ~, 1N, .NENT has been made in Chi
the 10y looking toward grand reunion OF
ci,iI oeGs eVe[ans OF both armies in the great
M M,rlS, sohlliet during the progress of the
/, > ldlf IN 1898, incidental to which
nsnt +opoSeo ~ Use to erect a costly monu-
ssada " O. the confederate dead in Oak
'''as cemetery.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
He Resisted Arrest.

At Bolivar, Tenn. Sheriff Foote shot
and mortally wounded Arthur La
shore, who resisted arrest and was ad-
yancing on the officer with knife.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
HydrophObia.

James Holiday, farmer who lived
near Aberdeen, Miss, died of hydro
phobia from the bite of a pet dog that
entered his room In the night and
sprang upon him as he lay in bed.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

THE assertion that the men in the
Spring Hill On. S. mine secretly used
open lamps while at work in the breasts
is to be investigated.
On the night of January 21 an attempt
was made to set fire to the China Nav
igation Co.'S steamer Pebin at Shang-
hal, and it is now believed that the
burning of the steamer Shanghai re-
Gently, whereby 200 people lost their
lives, was the work of an incendiary.
OK the 1st Thomas Allen. an English
coachman employed by Mr.. Ralph
Worthington, of Cleveland, o., was ar
rested, charged with stealing diamonds
belonging to Mrs Worthington valued
at $1,000. The house had been partly
in charge of the coachman, and he was
seen in company with q jewcler, after
ehich the diamonds were abst-aeted.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-07
The Alabama Legislature.
To UnveiI a Monument to Davis.

The ladies' monument association of
Jackson, Miss, has fixed June 8, Mr..
Davis birthday, as the day for unveil-
ing the Confederate monument there.
Adjt.-Gen. William Henry has issued a
call to the national guard of Missis-
sippi, requesting each company to be
present and participate in the cere-
DraSent
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11
Dated Jersey City. OCTOBER 2a 1891.
Notice to Contractors.

CEAIED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
- the office OF the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners on MONDAY. November y, 1891, at ~
oclock .. M, for the Improvement of
ACKSO AVE.
from the Newark aud New York Railroad to Clare
mont avenue. In accord ance with specifications on
file in the office of the Chief Engineer. corner OF
Jersey avenue and Mercer street. where blank
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About l,.UJ cubic yards Of Earth excavation.
About ip cubic yards of sand or gravel filling.
About S.WU square Yards OF stone paving,
= About $50 square yards of repaving.
About ~ % iineal feet of reset curb stone.
About llu square feet OF relatd bridge stous.
About lis Iineal feet OF cribbiny.
About . nlanhole heads to be reset.
J ime allowed for the completion of the work
sixty tBD working days.
No city official will be accep ed as surety, nor
O substitution of sureties be allowed.
The making or the above improvement and
award of tine contract therefor will be subject 70
the remOnstran Q of the owners OF the property
liable 80 more than one-h alt the assessment there
for.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopeS
endorsed proposals r0f Improvement Of jackson
ave nue., y directed 10 ~. A. .ugan, ESQ, Chairman
Of Com nlittee on streets, Sewers and Lighting"
and handed to the Clerk OF the Ioard in open meet.
ing when called for in the order of business relat-
ing to sealed proposals.
The attention of bidders Is especially called to
Section I. Chapter 1874. Laws OF Io9t, under the
terms whereof. no contract shall he b ndin1 upon
thscity or become effective or operative until tue
bona men offered b. tine contractor have been ap-
the President of this Board having power to ex-
anime the proposed bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of streer and Water Com
GEORGE I. BoUToS
Dated Jersey City, October %, 1891,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11
Notice to Contractor S,


SEALED WILL BE RECEIVED Al
- the office OF the B0ard OF Street and waite
Commissioners on Monday. November 2. 1891. at Ter
O'CLOCK a. m. for the Improvement or '
ST..
from Jersey avenue to Coles street, in anct
with Specifications en- file In the ONCE of the Chisi
Engineer, corner or Jersey avenue and Mercer
street, where blank forms of bid ana agreemenl
of ~sureties must be obtained. .
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES..
About 100 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
About 30 cubic yards OF sand or gravel filling.
About 1,400 square yards stone paving.
About $50 linealteet of new curbstone.
About " square feet of new bridge stone
About . square yards Of repaving-
About sW lineal feet OF reset curbstone.
About 81 square feet OF rslafd bridge stoneL
About 2 manhole heads to be reset.
About 2 basins to be reset.
lime allowed for the completion OF the WORK.
thirty eUt working days
NO city officiai win be accepted as surety. nor
Will q substitution OF sureti6s be allowed.
Inc making OF the above improvements and
award of the contract therefor will he subject to
liable. TO moro than one-half Of the assessment
Prop osals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes
endorsed Proposals for Improvement of Eleventh
Of Committee on Streets, Sewers and Lightin9.'I
and handed to the clerk Of the Board In open
meeting when called for in the order OF business
relating 70 sealed proposals.
: The attention Of bidders 10 especially called to
Section Z. Chapter 1s4, Lws of 1891. under the terms
whereof no contract snail be binding upon the
city or become effective or operative until the
bondsmen offered by the contractor have been
Council, the President of this Board having power
to examine the proposed bondsmen under oath.
By order OF the Board or Street and Water Com
GEORGE 7. BoUroN.
Dated Jersey City. October Is. 1891.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11
Notice to Contractors.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECElVED AT
~ the oflc Q OF Board of street and Water Com
missioners on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1891, at ID
o'clock a. m. for the Improvement Of Ninth street
from the west side OF street TO the east
SIDE of Br S street, In accordance with the
Specifications on Ile in the ONCE OF the Chief En-
where blank form of bid and agreement OF sureties
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About l,s00 cubic yards of earth hlling.
About 80 cubic yards of sand or gravel filling.
About f,0N square yards OF stone paving.
About ~ lineal Feet of new cur bstone.
About ~ square feet of new bridge stone.
About S2n square feat of new Tagging.
About 50 square yards OF repaving.
About 100 lineal feet of reset curbstone.
About 81 square feet OF relaid bridge stone.
About l,2 % square feet OF relaid hngging.
About 4 manhole heads to be brought TO grade.
About Z basin heads TO be set 70 grade.
Time allowed for the completion of the work.,
forty Ave AD working days.
No city Official viii he accepted as surety, nor
will q substitution of sureties he allowed.
Tine making of the above Improvement and
the remembrance of the owners OF the property
liable to more than one-half the assessment there
for.
endorsed Proposals for ImproN ement of Ninth
Street" directed TO "E. A. Dugan. Esq. Chairma an
OF Committee on Streets, Sewers and lighting"
and handed TO the Clerk of the Board In open
meeting when called for In the order Of business
relating TO sealed proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called to
lection I. Chapter 1874. Laws or 1891, under the
the city or become effective or operative until the
bondsmen offered by the contractor have been
approved by this Board and the Corporation
Counsel, the President of this Board having power
TO examine the proposed bondsmen under oath.
by order OF the Board Of Street and Water Com.
GEO t. BoUToN.,
Dated Jersey City. October %. 1891.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11
THE JERSEY CRY NEWS, WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER II. 1891

ticipation OF the redemption of land
Jersey City at the sales by the City Col
lector made October IA aud IS, 1891; said
bonds to be payable at the option Of the
city, with interest at the rate of four per
cent. per annum, payable with the bonds;
and the proceeds to be applied for the
chased by the Mayor and Aldermen at
said sales, and
Resolved. That q warrant be ordered
drawn on the City Treasurer in favor of
the City Collector for the sum of $86, 1885,
63, In payment of certificates of sale for
property purchased by the Mayor and AL
dermen of Jersey City at sales OF land for
unpaid taxes, assessments and water
rents. sold October IA and 16. 1891, as per
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11

receipts from all sources amounted to
"a. SAL. So.
Katie O'Ksefe, a young girl living at
No. 102 East Twenty-fourth street. and
employed In Macfarlane's silk mill on
Avenue e. had w fingers amputated
while at work.
The Fourth Ward Republican Club has
been organized in the Democratic Gibral-
tar with a membership OF thirty-two and
the following oficers:-President, George
w. Conkling; Vice President, Marcus D.
Wells: Secretary. Howard l.. Lockman;
Treasurer, John C. Gibson; ~Sergeant-at-
Arms, Samuel Kelsey; Trustees. William
Hogan, Joseph Woodruff and George w.
Taylor. A dozen of the members are col
ored men.
Little Emma Cohn, the infant daughter
of William COIN, VINO was run over by
an ash cart, will recover. Young Herbert
Cadmus, The driver of the cart, has been
| released upon his own recognizance.
In the truck house of Bayonne Hook
and Ladder Company No. l on West
Forty sixth street, Pamrapo, o fair was
opened last evening by the ladies OF the
Third ward for the benefit of the organi-
cation.
Mrs. Burke and her three little ones
were sent to the Almshouse at Snake Hill
this forenoon. They passed the night as
dodgers at Police Headquarters, being
homeless and destitute. -.
=
hold u festival at its quarters in Germania
Hall tomorrow evening.
NORTH HUDSON NOTES.
Eagle Lodge No. 1869. K. of L of H..
will give q masquerade ball at Ruins
Turn Hall. Union Hill, on December IL.
Mr.. Conrad Lutz and Miss Sophie
Beck, both of Union Hill, will be married
this evening.
Another candidate for Freebooter has
loomed up in the person of Albert Pau of
West Hoboken.
Assemblyman-elect John Zeller II his
West Hoboken constituents have ar
ranged to hold a banquet at Muir's Hall.
Clinton avenue, West Hoboken, this
evening.
The assets of the Hudson Trust Com
pany of West Hoboken are placed at
5000, 600, and the undivided profits for less
thar q year amount to $40. 900.
George Neustheler, of Union Hill, was
arrested and arranged before Recorder
Hauenstein. charged with disorderly con-
duct. He furnished bail.
Despite the disagreeable weather
another large crowd attended the fair
being held by the ladies. of St. Michael's
Church, West Hoboken. last night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
- the Commissioners for the Joint outlet Sewer
for the drainage Of the northerly portion Of the city
of Jersey City ald the s0utherly portion of the town
OF West HoDoken. n. j.. at he Office of the Commits
sloners and Engineer of said sewer at No. $50
Palisade avenue. Jersey city. N. j.. on
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1891,
at II O'Clock noon. for the construction Of said
Joint Outlet sewer and of a siuice 1t the outlet OF
said sewer at Penhorn Creek a. cOrdt ing to the
plans and specifications of the same.
The plans and specifications for the above work
are now on 1e at said office, where they may be
seen and examined every day. except sundays and
holidays. between the hourt of 8 q. H.. ana p. IN
Ali bids must De on forms furnished for that
purpose. and which may be obtained at said office.
Bidders must comply with the requirements OF
the commissioners. ana give such ample security
for doing such work and furnishing such materials
according to contract as are set forth in the said
specifications.
All bids mnst be plainly marked on enveIope,
Proposal for Joint Outlet Sewer' and Proposal
for sluice.' and addressed to the commissioners
for the Joint outlet Sewer.
The Commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids if deemed by them advisable 50 ~
JOHN +. NOLAN
JOHN G.
SIMON KELLY,
Commissioners
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11
STATE NOTES.

Ocean City has thirty buildings con-
tracted for.
South Jersey farmers look for a cold
winter because the corn nusks are thick.
A Clermont farmer has gathered LOO
bushels OF corn from twenty acres of
sandy soil.
At the last election voters in Burling-
ton and Cape May counties were paid to
stay at home.
Five Mile Beach residents are still
catching bluefish. cod and drumish from
the fishing banks
DR.. J. D. Hylton gathered 90, 900 baskets
OF pears this fall on his fruit farm in
Stockton township.
A year old lodge of the Golden League,
a seven-year endowment society, is on
the verge Of collapse at Cape May.
Ex-Conductor H. c. Mulliner, who ran
the first train to Cape May, is now at Hot
Springs, Ark. for his health.
William X. Strohmeyer OF Ridgefeld
Park has a daughter only two years and
q half old who weighs .seventy-fve
John j. Post grew in his garden at New
vegetable beet of the season. 1t tipped
the scales at about seven pounds,
Rowland Croft, a prominent Camden
merchant, won a $50 wager on the result
of the election and promptly turned it
over to the Home for Friendless Chill
dren.'
Assemblyman Abram w. Nash, who
has just been reelected in the Third dis
trict of Camden county, has announced
himself o candidate for Congress on the
Democratic ticket
Ex-Governor Rodman NJ. Price, who
lives near Oakland, Bergen county, has
had the body Of his father removed from
the Trinity Church yard, New York, to
the Mahwah Cemetery.
The southern end of New Jersey has
yielded an immense crop of white pota-
toes this year. This with the extraordi-
nary crop of sweet potatoes, has made
them exceptionally cheap. Many of the
farmers are receiving good returns from
their products by shipping them by the
carload to ST. Paul. Minneapolis and
other cities in the Northwest.
While unloading a dynamo, Weighing
$500 pounds. at the Millville Electric
Light Company's plant, Saturday after
noon, one OF the rollers slipped and the
DYNAMO fell over upon William Scull,
pinning him fast to the ground. 1t re-
duired twelve men and a horse to drag iJ
off of him, yet. strange to say, there is a
possibility of his recovery.
1t is feared that unless coplous rains
fall before Winter sets in there will be
a short water supply in the neighborhOod
OF Paterson and much inconvenience.
People dependent on wells both in the
city and country for their water say that
some never known W Oe uIy ptlore refuse
10 give their usual supply. Bergen
comfy is also atfreted by the drouth, and
many wells are dry for the first time in
sixty years. :.
Irving Taylor. the ~six-year-old son of
William Taylor, living u few miles south
of Rariran Landing, was attacked by a
Newfoundland dog. The child's face was
torn to shreds by the animals teeth, and
he would rave been killed had not a
neighbor arrived, who beat off the brute.
The boy has been taken to the Pasteur
Institute In New York city for treatment.
The dog, a pet of the family. was shot
notwithstanding the reports that deer
are plentiful in the woods IN Atlantic
eonnty, but few have been killed YET,