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The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
RAILROAD NOTES.

Brakeman Garrett Estell of Bridgeton
seems 10 have a charmed life. On Satur-
day he met with his fifth accident during
four years service on the New Jersey
Central Railroad He was thrown from
the eowcatcher of rapidly moving
freight engine and was rolled over and
over under the eugine. Taken mp for
dead, a close examination disclosed a
bruised knee and q sprained ankle as his
only Injuries. Once Esiel fell from the
top OF his train and eight cars passed over
him. He has been bruised and cut and
had an auKle aud an arm broken He
declares that he Is bewitched by a woman
at Red Bank. who has the ''evil eye I"
This last accident, ne says, Is a warning,
and he Will never work another day on
the railroad.
Culm. or waste coal, which is being
burned in the new freight and drill
engines of the Laekawanna, is said TO
cost that company ninety ceuts a ton de-
livered in Hoboken.
1t is figured that the proposed route to
Lake Hopatcong by way OF Caldwell will
be ten miles shorter than the Lacka-
wanna main line and fifteen miles shorter
tnan the Morris a. Essex line
The Sunday excursions TO Greenwood
Lake are SO popular that they require the
running of the trains IN two aud some
times IN three sections. None OF the
engines op the road can take more than
niue loaded cars up the hills.
seThe new Hopatcong branch OF the
Lacxawauna starts from the insin line
Just behind the old forge at Shippen port
ana is now as far a. the Forcite Powder
Works. II will be completed in time for
the ice business next winter.
The plans Of the new bridge Of the Le-
high Valley across Newark Bay have
been subsnstted to and approved by the
Government authorities. The bridge
will hsye two draws 100 feet wide and
will be eight feet above nigh water.
The leach trains are rnnnlng on the
Central and Pennsylvania rosst.s. The
peaches are beginning To come in from
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
CHURCH NOTICES.

IxDES AvExuE NJ z CHURCH the Rev. n. p
George pastor Morning l0.30 Reception Of
and Sermon to Probarioners and Members fol-
lowed BY Holy Communion Evening sermon
by pastor, '"ro Know Christ is 70 Trust Him. :
ScorcH PRKsBYTxRIAK CHURCH. Mercer street
near Varick. The Rev. Joseph Orr Ackeivey
pr aches tomorrow at 1880 .. M Nc evening
service
sr P1uL's NJ z Church. Third street. the Rev.
D. Haleron, pastor. Communion and reception
OF members, I0.Sg a IA. Preaching BY sAe Rev.
b. K. Lowrie. D. D., 7;s5 p. IN.
FIEsT BAPTIST CHuxcH. Grove street. near
Mercer The Rev. Theo Heisig. pastor FMDilc
worship at ls:31 a M and s:4s p. N. Preaching
Dy the pastor. Church epen all summef.
Strangers welcome.
The Union Vacation Services Of the Wayne St
Park Reformed Second Ref. Presbyterian aud
tabernacle Churches win be held h the Nagne
street Reformed Church at 10:30 n. and
7,s5 p. IN The Rev. Henry q CronLn vii
rars..ch
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
Think They We're swindIed.

The Third District Fishing Club. about
one hundred strong, lett the Morris street
lock on Thursday morning for a trip TO
the Fishing Banks aboard the steamer
Blarkoird. Some of the members report
that the steering gear of the steamer
broke three times aud the party was
obliged to return after reaching as
far as Sandy Hook. Some of the members
had sport amid a school of dog-fish while
the boat was in a disable condition. The
members are very much incensed tnat
they were obliged to pay the full price
agreed upon for the trip
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Martha McDonough. tolerably fair
looking girl of sixteen years living VITA
her mother at No 3i5 Grand street, was
arrested by Detective McBri de yesterday
on complaint OF her mother as disorder
ly person. The girl Is almost a confirmed
drunkard- Yesterday she was found in
company with another girl in a helpless
state OF intoxication- Ii was her mothers
intention 70 send her TO some reforms
tory institution, but she pleaded with
Police Justice O'Donnell this morning TO
allow her daughter TO 60 back home with
her. The. Justice very reluctantly set the
girl frea.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
The Railway Tax Money
Valuations of Property
For Taxation.
PROBABLE TAX RATE S28.6o
If the City Property Fools Up Over
100000, and the Free
holders are EcoEomi-
cal, it May Be a
Little Less.

Today it is proposed to close this some
what extended review of the financial
budget of the city for 1s91-92 to a glaace
at it as whole. and to this end we lay
before our readers the following
RECAPITULATIoS TABLE.
In this will be found the total amount
allowed to each department of. the city
government for the fiscal year in COM
parison with the amounts allowed last
year, as also the gross sum total Of the
appropriations in comparison with last
years totals
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

amount Let US assume the county rate
will be $3.50 on the thousand, reckoning
in the school rate. we get total Of s2s go
on the thousand. We believe the tax
rate will not vary a dollar either way
from that flkure. or course, If the valu.
ations run over S., ,0OO, 900, aud the Free
holders cut their rate down. it may be
brought within s2S on the thousand.
And with this estimate we bring this
series Of articles to close. II we have
enabled the public to gain better un-
derstanding regarding the expenditure
OF their money, we are fully repaid for
the pains we have been at to collect and
prepare the information. We have en-
deavored to deal impartially with every
one and everything. making no attempt
to defend errors. aud endeavoring to
avoid captious complaint. The people
have right to know what they are pay
ing taxes for. and how their financial in
terests are being cared for. and we have
endeavored to show them.
EDITOR JERSEY CITY NEWS.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
All About a Fence.

Sarah Jones of Tonnele avenue was be-
fore Justice Davis this morning on ac-
count of q fence dispute. James Coyls.
her nelghbor, recently took down an old
fence aud put mp new one. Mrs. Jones
said it encroached on her property two
feet and she tore il down. Justice Davis
told her she must put il up again and
enforce her property rights By civil SUIT.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

The Lumm family troubles came up ia
Justice Davis court again this morning.
Mr.. Lumm wanted Hale. who was board
ing with his wife. arrested for calling
Lunimas eldest daughter names because
she wouldn't nsaaifest snv Dariiaiity for
him Hale is, Lumm says, The cause OF
all tue family troubles. Justice Davis
promised to have Hale in court.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

John wilkie and Sheriff O'Brien. ped
dlers, were before Justice Davis this
morning for breaking a wiudcw in the
house Of Mrs. Schritzsr of No. 73 Collerd
street. The woman bought some goods
from Wilkie, ami on her not paying i'm
mediateiy a dispute arose. and she
whacked O'Brien with a broom. He
threw a lemon at her and it went through
a window. Justice Davis discharged the
men on their promise to pay for the vim
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Collector J. Sloat Fassett made his first
appearance at the Custom House in New
York this morning at half past ten
O'CLOCK. He was accompanied by Deputy
Collector Charles A. Burr, of the Public
Stores. and Colonel Corning, Of the sur
yeyor's office.
Col Erhardt gave his successor a cor
dial welcome. He will retain his position
for at least another week, as Mr. Fassett
intends visiting his family, who are al
Elmira.
Commissioner Fassett has not as yet re-
ceived his commission. neither has he
qualified
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Daniel Short, Jr.. of No. S53 Summit
avenue, and another mischfexous young
chap, amused themselves yesterday alter
noon By pulling hairs out of the tail of
horse owned by Matthew Lyons Of No 65
South street Lyons demonstrated with
the boys. but this failing TO have the de-
sired effect. be pulled OF his coat and
sailed in. Short went home with black
eve. His indignant father caused Lyons
arrest on a charge of assault and battery
Justice Kimmerly dismissed the case and
reprimanded Short
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Minnie Hope. committed to the County
Jail by Justice Macs for threatening the
life Of her aunt, Mrs. Rarnstt Of the SAL
walton Army, was released on bail last
night Arthur Mcclellan became her
bondsman.
justice Macs is much exercised over the
matter and asked If il was crime 10
drink beer
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
ALLEGED DEFAMATION.
Clerk freeman Wants $40. 900 Damages
from Mr.. Warren

from Mr.. Warren
Charles Freeman, whose bills aggregat-
ing 1915 for salary as clerk in the Street
and Water Department were non-con-
Cured in by the Board of Finance
through the influence of exFinanee
Commissioner Joseph Warrsn, has ins5i-
tuted suit against Mr.. Warren for $1,000
for defamation of character. Freeman
was deposed on the first of December last,
but, according to his statement. was soon
after reinstated. Mr.. Warren, in COM
munication to the Financlers, pronounced
the bills fraudulent. although they had
been endorsed by the Street and Water
Commissioners. Freeman alleges that
Mr.. Warren is actuated by malice and
political differences of opinion. and
mainly because be fought Mr.. Warrsn's
election as Justice of the Peace. Free
man has placed the matter in the hands
of Blair & Grouse
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Totals ~. 35S as % 3zsuo& 80 IS
NcrK.-Readsrs who undertake TO verify our ig
ures may md that the total for this year Is ABOUT
eleven dollars out THIS Is q ue 20 the system OF
dividing all salary and some other appropriations
into equal monthly stipends. SO that each stnous-
and dotisrS'' Is really esss.s6
The sppropri ations for 1s9l-s2, it will be
seen, are $3.50. s44 higher than those for
the current fiscal year. All the items Of
increase have been exhaustiveiy explained
In the preceding articles of this series.
The main facts, however. may best be
cleaned from the tabular statement given
below. It must be remembered that on
account of the Legislative transfers OF va
rious appropriations from the Police
Board and Board OF Aldermen to the
Street and Water Board. there will be an
apparent (only an apparent) discrepancy
between the above table and the follow
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
SERIOUS EXPLOSION.
Drugs We're the Cause. but That is all
That is known.

Drugs We're the Cause. but That is all
That is Known.
An explosion of unknown material,
from an unkn ,wn cause in the laboratory
of Zoeller's drug store at Summit avenue
and Zabriskie street, set fire 10 the store
at about ten minutes past twelve this
morning. Oscar Florenzlng, a drug
clerk, who sleeps in the store. attempted
to extinguish the blaze, aud was
severely burned about the face and
hands. He gave the alarm when the
flames got beyond his control and Box 43
was pulled The flames quickly ate their
way To the apartments above the store
occupied by William Stenck- The fire.
men fought the flames over an hour be-
fore The blaze was extingulshed- The
damage to the stock Is ABOUT 81 GOO AMI 10
the building about the same Water
made most of the damage
Thirty. three Years TO XIII One Woman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Naylor of No. AGA
Second street were seen by Patrolman
Bruene last evening q arreling in the
street. Naylor Is quite an elderly nian
aud his wife is respeeta Die looking,
gray haired woman. Naylor appeared To
be very drunk and refused TO 90 home
with his wife. Patrolman Bruene locked
the old man mp. Police Justice o. Dom
nell discharged MIN this morning, aud
his wife Immediately arose in court to
make another complaint against her hus-
band. She said he had threatened to
kill her.
II lived, yer Honor. with another
woman thirty-three years before msr-
ried this woman. II took Ihirty-tnlee
years TO kill her. | guess this woman :
SAFE" and the old gentleman assumed
The meek yet friskv look OF lamb at
play. while the lobby laughed outright
lyon can go.p said His Honor Your
wife can remain and sign another com
plaint II she wants to- aud the old gem
tleman wlnked his other eve at the dis
concerted better half as be passed down
the = isle for the xeiL
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Robert Seeburn, OF No. IS Railroad ave-
rue. was arraigned before Police Justice
O'Donnell this morning charged bg his
wife with being drunken and aisorderly
psrsot. His wife told Patrolmsn Quinn
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

that See5urn hadn't contributed any
thing TO bis family's support IN thr ee
months; that be had been on spree all
that time. Seeburn 0enied his wife's
CHARGES. He said he earned s3 day at
the Red Star Docks as a loneshorema n.
and usually shared his earnings with his
wife Police Justice O'Donueu remanded
him
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01
Genera, sehoti.la in New York.

General Sehoheld and his charming
Young bride arrived st the Grand
Hotel this morning AIRS. Schafeid
i OF medium heIghs aud exceedingly
graceful Her face Is of rara sweetness.
They will remAin Ia New York a short
time and then 80 70 the seaside.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

Oh this grand total S7l, no goes on sal
aries, including policemen, tiremen and
teachers.
The ..dead horse" costs $50. 7s7. Library
included.
Permanent Improvement OF the Police
and Fire Departments calls for SO, 900.
Allow for the street cleaning and the
elections and all the big items are gone.
The rest goes in trifies.
The salary increase does not mean big
ger salaries. About 900 goes for that
purpose, counting in the teachers The
rest means more policemen, hremen.
teachers and clerks in various depart
ments.
Next In order something must be said
in summing up concerning the deficient
appropriations. As We have calculated
In the articles preceding this, here would
be fair
RESUME OF ESTIMATED DEFIcIEN-
CIEs
s. rect end Water Poard Street Cleaning s. coo 90
oliee Board Hospital Expenses. s0lO "
School Ioard. teachers and Fuel for New 'S'
l.' "
80 %
A most scrupulous examination con-
vinces US that these are the oniy appro-
rristions which are short OF the actual
prospective needs. II there are anY Others
we have not been able to find them. nor
indeed have we heard any OF the critics
of the Budget urge them after the most
casual explanations had been made.
Therefore, we believe. the dead horse''
for 1929 will he about $40 600, against
tl03 900 in 1s31-92
There are too other ways In which 1t Is
sought. however. 10 make the proposed
levy ssem insufficient. One is by insist
lug that all deficiency in last years rev.
snue should be made good by direct tax
alton this year; the other Is bg insisting
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-01

ever. exceed the amount reporter 10 the
County Board by very consi lerable
sum. Probably the final assessment of
the city will exceed sSa,000,0 900. giving a
total increase of about s.. 100000. The
figure may be even higher. but it would
not be safe to reckon it.
Now 1t will only take very mild arith
metical effort to show that the increase
in the tax levy is approximately one-fifth
or twenty per cent, while the increase ia
taxable values Is only about one-twenty-
sixth, or less than four per cent IL may
therefore be regarded as certain that the
tax rate for city purposes win be higher
than last year.
IL is also asserted that the budget of the
Board of Freeholders will show marked
increase. Last year it was S675. 600
1t is unusually late in presenra-
ton this year. Ie is currently
stated that it will show an increase
OF SO. 900, making total in round num-
bers of about sT50. 900 Il must be rsmen-
bered. however, that this is mere rnmor
Some time ago a semi-oficial statement
was made that this years budget would
not vary s.. 600 from last. II there is an
increase of 10000 it is approximately one
tenth or ten per cent, aud as this is pro-
portionately only about one-half the In
crease in the valuation, the county rate
may be expected to show a very small de-
crease.
The rates last year were:-sl7.7o on a
thousand for city purposes, $500 per
thousand for County purposes, and s3. 10
per thousand tor the State School Fund;
total, s26 10 on the thousand.
Now il anyone will take the sum 10 be
raised by taxation, roundIy si.6Sg. 900.
aud the estimated valuation as S.. .0oo, 600
and will figure out the percentage. he
will ind that on this basis the tax rate
for city purposes will not vary much
from so on the thousand
We believe 1t will be very close 10 that
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-09-23
Fob SALE CHEAP!
FINE CHANCE FOX A GOOD
HOME.

BUSINESS requiring his attention elsewhere,
the undersigned offers for sale at bargain, his
ranch, consisting of one hundred and sixty acres
OF the choicest farming land on the Big Meadows,
all the same being under high state of cultiva.
ton
Thirty aci es are so we'd in alfafs the remainde
being sown in grain.
Seven horses and four milch cows, together
with desirable farming machinery, comprising
pioughs, header seeder, etc, etc. Oldest water
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location Terms strictly reasonable, Here Ia
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su28 tt Lovsloek, New.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
a REVOLUTION IN FARMING SOUTH

Governor Northern of Georgia says the
changed condition of labor in the south
clearly indicates that southern farming
of the future will have to be driven on
plan radically different from that char
acterizing it in the past. Under the old
regime the southern farmer could COM
mand the service of any number of
laborers that he needed, and that he was
able to own or hire. Now the hiring of
Iaborers in any considerable number has
become difficult matter. The negroes
dislike restraint, and are getting more
and more into the habit of working on
shares, and of farming for themselves
on land that they rent or own. Com
mentlng this idea the Fort Worth Ga
zette says sit makes plain an existing
necessity for increasing our rural popu-
lation as rapidly as possible, for our
farms must be worked on a smaller scale,
a thing that cannot be made advan-
tageous without people to work them.
If our large farms are cut up into small
ones, making hundreds of farms where
there are now only tens, there must be
hundreds of people to our present tens
to work them. 1t is accepted as a we'll
fact that small farms pay
better on the capital invested than do
large ones, and therefore the small farms
must come ere the country can pan out
the best there is in it.
And this is not all. The idea sugges-
ted by Governor Northern undoubtedly
contains the sequel to the vexed and
problem of over-production
to the cotton planters of the south. To
divide UP the large cotton plantations
into smaller farms would necessitate the
Investigation of crops, for obvious rea-
sons, and this would unavoidably re-
duce the aggregate yield of the single !
staple crop produced under the present
system of farming on large scale.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31
LOUISIANA AND THE LOTTERY.

Ex-Governor McEnery, the nominee Of
the straight Democrats Of Louisiana
for governor announces his personal op-
position to the lottery scheme for raising
revenue for the state, and favors the
submission of the lottery question to
direct vote of the people at special
primary election to be held for that pur-
pose. This declaration from Judge Nc
Emery, it would seem, should have the
effect of healing the breach in the Demo
cratic party in that state caused by the
injectic of the lottery question into the
campaign; but it will not end the strug-
gle. The lottery crowd have backed the
McEnery faction, and McEnery's position
on that question will of course ALLEVIATE
that support, and being the most power
full factor in the state it will make its
influence felt in the pending state cleo
ton.
Speaking of the power and influence
of the lottery octopus, it is stated that it
pays out in prizes @ from its regular
drawings a little more than fourteen
million dollars year, but
that its receipts from the sale of tickets
in its regular drawings amount to S28,-
100000, leaving net profit from the
regular drawings something like $13,-
100000. To this must be added the re-
ceipts from the 'policy" shops, which
amount to several hundred thousand
dollars more. With such immense re-
sources as these in the hands of thor
Oughly INSCRIPTIONS men there is no es-
timating the extent of its influence upon
the politics OF the country and conse-
quently upon legislation. 1t is an open
secret at Washington that during the
last session of the last congress a mem
Der of that body was offered by an
agent of the lottery concern of New Or
leans to withhold a certain bill, that was
in the hands of committee, for twenty
four, the object being to defeat the
measure through such delay.
In the present status of the campaign
in Louisiana the Republicans could
easily secure the support and influence
of the lottery gang, and with that could
no doubt win success in the pending
election; but the party does not desire
such victory victory won by the
sacrifice of principle and honor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-31

thirty young ladies have joined the order
They are all at present at ST. Michaels.
Pa, the old Drexel homestead, but Miss
Drexel Is having fine convent erected at
AndaiGsia aud they will go there in the
spring. She has decided to devote her
millions entirely to the education and ad-
vancemen of the negroes and Indians.
Judge Green was interviewed at St.
Louis. Oklahoma" he said, is being
developed with greater rapidity than any
man unacquainted with the territory can
imagiue The tiilers Of the soil who failed
IN Kansas and elsewhere are now tiockiGg
by the thousand to the border of the Cher
okee strip, waiting for its opening to set
tiers. believe the country will be one of
the finest fruit growing districts in the
United States. The winters are mild and
short, the spring is early. the summer and
autumn are long. Already, on several Of
the homesteads, orchards exist which will
begin to bear fruit next year The court
practice is heavier, perhaps, than IN any
other part of the country OF the same pop
ulation aud area in Oklahoma City alone
the cases on the docket are sufficient to
occupy one year, and the same may be
said of Guthrie. In the latter place there
are 500 cases OF perjury and he other por-
ton of the criminal calendar Is
made up OF the charges of murder
and misdemeanors Of one kind or an
other. The property disputes amount TO
millions of dollars. / need not say that
the perjury charges have arisen out of the
making of settlement affidavits. OF late,
several convictions have occurred on this
point as well as that of selling iquer to
the Indians. BY the way, if the appoint
ment of a successor to Governor Steele be
made from the territory, it is almost GER
tain that Judge \. j. Seay, one of the as
sociate justices of the supreme court. will
be chosen. He would certainly be the
most acceptable man to all the people.