Passaic City record., 1892-12-17


Notices of church, local gather
ings and entertainments, at which
price of admission is asked, will
hereafter be charged five cents per
line.
There is at present great boom
in car building, anticipating the
probable enormus tariff attending
the progress of theWorld's Fair at
Chicago.
The Lehigh Valley will run a
vestibuled train from New York
to Buffalo, 4o3 miles, in ten hours
to compete with the New York
Central.
The New Jersey Society of the
Sons of the American Revolution
will meet in. Newark on Decem-
Der a6th, which will be celebrated
as the roth anniversary OF the
Battle of Trenton.
The State Sunday school Asso-
citation has asked the Sunday
schools of New Jersey to make
contributions towards the erection
Of $50, 900 building at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair.
State Dairy Commissioners Nc
Guire warns all bakers and con-
fectioners against the use of
chrome yellow in their goods.
The law subjects the user to a
heavy fine, where used as sub
stitute for eggs.
Appropriations recently made by
Congress insure the establishment
of a deep channel up the Hudson
River as far as Albany, and shallow
one from that point to the State
dam, short distance above the
city of Troy.
The wildcat banks are getting
under way. The removal of the
tax by Cleveland will open up one
at every cross-road, and a money
detector will be issued as of yore.
Great things are in store for the
wild caters it Cleveland keeps his
word.
Chicago is said to be the Mecca
of thieves now, and that bold and
daring robberies are of daily and
nightly occurrence. The Worlds
Fair is the magnet that draws
the ight-fngered gentry to the
Windy City.
The Hon. E. Burd Grub re-
counts in the December mum mber
Of the North Ameyieau ReSvszo the
history of the remarkable fight
that was recently made against
corruption at the polls in New
Jersey. The article is entitled "A
Campaign of Ballot Reform
There are thirty three separate
and distinct churche organizations
in this State. The Catholic Church
is by far the most powerful. It has
nearly as many communicates as
all the others put together. The
number of communicates, or mem
bers is a22,a74. The Presbyterians
have s8,7o5; Methodist, 8a,955.
Items of local or personal news
sent in for publication must be
signed with the name of the party
sending them. We are compelled
to shut out items every week, which
are probably correct and worth
publishing, simply because no
name accompanies them. We
haven't time to verify anonymous
items and they go into the waste
basket.
The season which opens many
hearts and purses that remain
closed all the rest of the year is
almost upon us. Everybody
should make the little word give
their motto now:
Let those give who never gave before.
And those who always gave now give
the more.
The Cooke Locomotive Works
are building FIVE Leslie rotary
snowplows at their works in Pat
son. One of these will be used
this winter and then placed on ex-
hibition at the Chicago Worlds S
Fair, the others are for western
roads. These machines will dig
their way through any snow drift
that may occur.
Dining cars are generally run at
a loss, and are attached to trains
simply as matter of attraction. a
steward, four cooks and five
waters are attached to each car.
The food costs from$I 900 to 81, 500
month. It costs from $4,000 to
q .. - !, xyno ;. ~, RIM csr1a of these