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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
AM US M T. NTS.
Joseph Murphy in "shaun Ehue' at the
Opera House.

Joseph Murphy in "shaun Rhue'' at the
Opera House.
MIR. Joseph Murphy evidently believes
in reserving his best work for the last.
Although "Shaun Rhue,' which filled
the Opera House last evening. as a play,
lacks the sustained interest of kerry
Cow" with which the engagement
opened, the work of the star as Larry
Donovan was superior TO that IN the
former play. The plot of Shaun Rhue"
Is we'll conceived, and there are several
strong situations, to which Mr.. Murphy
docs full Justice. Belle Melyille'S char-
acter work as Kate Donovan pressed the
star for the evenings honors, and Miss
Ada Shettuck's Dora Cavanagh was q
pleasing representation. f. De We're as
Gerald Cavanagh, and Frederic Sackett
as Bryan Calligan gave faithful repre-
sensations Of Irish character. In fact,
boil play and cast embody certain phases
of life in the Emerald Isle as few of the
so-called Irish dramas can do. Mr.. Mur-
phys famous song, "a Handful of Earth"
did not entirely come up to expectations,
but was yet well above the average.
House for the remainder of the week,
with the matinee tomorrow.
1t Is possible that there may be an i'm
promptu spurrinR match at the Academy
of Music tomorrow night. John Nc
earthly, the blacksmith, who says he
stood up before Peter Jackson for Jour
rounds. has been Watching Jim Corbett
since Tuesday night and thinks he IN
..best'' that gentleman. Last night he
was introduced to Mr.. Corbett and they
will spar three rounds-if Mccarthy
shows up.
Corbett contracts to give MI. Mccarthy
SIS if he remains in front of him that
-n 20 L,--- I-( ~ rrAf~be n
pounds. He says that he can break
| stones with his fist. and will. no doubt.
| make a very lively set to with Corbett.
"A Royal Pass" another realistic
| drama, was the attraction at the Ho-
| boken Theatre last night. The play is
we'll staged, and Is interpreted by an ex-
| cellent company. One of the most excit-
n q scenes is a race between locomotives.
{ is yer y realistic. The play will finish
he week,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
"IF WE OyLi HAD LEISURE
A Common Plea-would We Accomp lIsl
More IL We Halt?

A Common FIea-would We Accomplish
More IL We Hat?
The most fallacious ideas prevail re-
| specting leisure. People are always say
ing to themselves
81 would do this, and / would DO that,
If / had time"
There is no condition in which the
chance of doing any gooa is less than in
the condition of leisure. The man FULLY
employed may he able to crafty his good
dispositions by improving himself or his
~neighbors, or serving the public In some
useful way; but the man who has ali his
time to dispose OF as he pleases has but a
poor chance. indeed. of doing so. To do
increases the capacity of doing; and IL Is
for less difficult for q man who is in a
habitual course of exertion to exert him
self a little more for an extra purpose
than for the man who does little or moth
ing TO put himself into motion for the
same eud. There is "A reluctance in all
things to be set going; but when that Is
got over, then everything goes easily
enough.
So 1t is with the idle man; in losing the
habit, he loses the power of doing. But
u man who is busy about some regular
employment for a prope length of time
every day can very easily do something
else during the remaining hours; indeed,
Tue recFedtiOu Oh ene weary ulhu 10 opb W
be buster than the perpetual leisure of
the idle. AS he walks through the world,
his hands hang uumufled aud ready by
his side, and he can sometimes do more
by Il single touch in passing than an idle
man is likely to do in u twelvemonth.
Let no man cry for leisure in order to
| do anything. Let him rather pray that
he may ever be useful. IL he really
wishes to do any good thing he will al
ways find time for it by properly arrang-
ing his other employments.-Detrot Free
PTpec
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
IT WAS 0XALIC ACID.
Mrs. Grothusen Thought 1t Wa
Salts-The Clerks Statement.

Mrs. Grothusen. the wife of Jehn Fl.
Grothusen, a prosperous grocer living at
Second and Garden streets, Hoboken,
swallowed a dose of oxalic acid last night
and for a time her life was despaired of.
The circumstances surrounding the
case are somewhat peculiar. Shortly
after seven o'clock last night Mrs,
Grothusen went to Staude's pharmacy on
Wa shington street. She was served by
the head clerk. He gave her oxolic acid
and is positive that he labelled the out
side Of the package Poison" He says
he did not question Mrs. GrOthuSen as to
What she wanted the poison for.
Mrs. Grothusen went nome and swal-
lowed two teaspoonfuls Of the stuff. A
few moments later her husband heard
her moaning. She told him that she had
taken some Rochelle salts which she pur-
chased at Staude's pharmacy.
A SERIOUS II SOMEWHERE.
The husband asked to see the medicine.
He thought u mistake had been made,
and DR.. Pindar who lives next door, was
called. He said the package contained
oxalic acid. Antidotes were administered.
and this morning Mrs. Grothusen had
almost entirely recovered.
SAY HE MADE NO MISTAKE.
Mr.. Grothusen visited Staude's phar-
macy and said his wife had been given
oxalic acid instead of Rochelle salts,
which she had asked for.
The clerk was positive that he had
made no mistake. altho ugh the poison
does resemble Rochelle salts. He said
that Mrs. Grothusen had asked
for and received oxalic acid, ard that the
package had been labeled "Doison." He
said the package would prove what he
said.
Mr.. Grothusen. when seen by a reporter
this morning, did not remember whether
the package had been labeled poison or
not, and DR.. Pindar refused to talk abont
tho paCa
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1892.
This paper is democratic in principles
and is in dependent in ats piet0s on al
local questions.
Girl Observation-Disclosures

1t is characteristic of women that
when they invade the fields OF mascu-
Unity, they invariable do something
foolish and useless. Thus we find
that some Jersey City girls have
formed a class for the study of Parlia-
mentary Law. This is a display of
energetic inutility which the most
foolish of foolish young men would
not be guilty of. Perhaps the feature
that makes Parliamentary Law agree
able to feminity is the opportunity
for wrangling and clubbing that it
affords.
But, oh, those girls, if they could
only realize how the graces of domes-
ITCHY adorn them, how the cultiva-
ton of the beautiful arts becomes
them, and how the affectation of
mannish WAYS and pursuits unsexes
and d~eteriorates theml Just think,
girls, how your brothers would look
Mt a cooking school or a sewing class.
Well, you look just as beautiful and
as appropriately situated in a class on
Parliamentary Law.
Perhaps, however, there may be
some benign result from the study in
your future lives. When the hus-
bands, whom, we hope. you will all
soon get, find your eloquence becom-
ing a little trying in the discussion of
questions of domestic politics, they can
move the previous question and cut
off debate. OF course, as disciples of
the ingenious Cushi n2, you will be
forced to submit. and so you will be
spared one reproach which is owen
tionally levelled against the better
halves of mankind.
You may find, however, that this is
paying dear for your intellectual cul-
chaw. The privilege of talking in
and out of season is dear to every
woman, and to have to hold her
tongue of her own accord, merely for
the sake OF an abstract principle, is q
sort of suicide of the inclinations for
which she was not constructed by
nature-to paraphrase a vulgar re-
mark
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
ENDORSED BY REPU BLlCANS.
From The State Gazette


Governor Albeit has justified the pre-
diction the Gazette made, that in filling
Justice Knapp's place he would have re-
gard to the high interests involved In this
appointment. Senator Werts will, w e
have no doubt, make an excellent member
of the Supreme Court. He has the judi
cial temuerament in a very marked de-
gree. His speeches in the Senate, on a
great variety of questions. have shown
his. He has an analytical mind, and
some of his speeches in that body have
been masterpieces of close and cogent
reasoning.
He is also a air-minded man; too much
so. indeed, to play the role of extreme par
tissn that was sought to be forced upon
him on account of of his ability and high
qualities of leadership. He was incapable
of shutting his eyes to tue rights and
claims of the other side, aud blindiy
trampliug them under foot. The acts
which bear his name are monuments to
his moderation, his sense of fair play and
his solicitude for the public welfare.
a manly independence rounds out the
symmetrical character of Justice Werts.
lie could not be moved by Interior con-
siderations of any sort from what he cou-
scientiously believed to be SOUND and
Just.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05

a long point lace veil was caught with
diamonds and orange blossoms, Inc
groom and his best man, Mr.. Milan PARKS
Harlow met the bridal party at the chan
Gel, and Rev. William N. Dunnell per-
formed the ceremony. Only the lmmed.
late relatives and a few friends ATTENDED
the reception at the residence of the bride.
after which Mr.. and Mrs. Brown departed
for an extended tour through the south.
The rumors of a dance to be given by
the Luncheon Club have at length ma
ter!alized. Wednesday evening". Febru-
airy "a, is announced as the date OF a Leap
Year party to be given by this popular
organization.
The same evening is named on the
cards out for the wedding of Miss Rachel
Simmons and Mr.. E. w. Arrowsmith OF
Freehold, New JERSEY.
Judging by the remarks overheard at
the Schubert last Tuesday our society
girls were as much interested in the de-
lectable gown of the contralto soloist as
in her voice. 1t may be thai Jersey CITY
will have an ERUPTION of maize-colored
silk gowns with long yellow
If so, the musical public will know the
reason why.
Mr.. William Edwards and Mrs. Ell
wards left last night for u two-weeks'
trip to Florida and Cuba.
A class for the study of parliamentary
law has recently been organized by sew
eral Jersey City young ladies. and meets
at the residence of Mrs. M. +. De Hart,
NJ. d., on Paulmier place. Short talks
on assigned subjects will be delivered by
outside talent, and disputed or doubtful
points e%lucidated. The members are all
previously well read in parliamentary
law, and the sessions promise to be nc
less interesting than unique.
An out OF town wedding which was OF
direct interest to Jersey CITY society was
- l~nk r-n All ~ or trn NU hn n
Miss Estelle Gillet Iddings was united in
marriage to Mr.. Frank d. Cleveland, so Il
of Mayor Orestes Cleveland. The cere-
monyw was performed in the Valley Con
gregational Church, and together with
the reception which followed at the resi-
dence of the BRIDES parents, was att ended
by IA large delegation from Jersey City
The floral decorations were EXCEPTIONAL y
beautiful. Mrs. Cleveland is a daughter
of w. P. lddiugs, and is widely known in
social circles of the Oranges. The Rev.
Charles f. Savage performed the cere-
mOnV.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
MORT HUDSON NOTES.

The West Hoboken Police Committee
will meet this evening.
Palisade Commanders, Knights of Hon.
or, installed their newly elected officers
last night at Froemchen's Han, Union
Hill. A supper was served afterward.
DR.. Deramace, of the Union Hill Gun
Club, will soou Leave for Florida. Last
nj ght he gave IA fare we'll dinner to his
friends.
The Union Hill Gun Club last night
prepared for their shoot of the eleventh
instan t with the Algonquin Club.
The club shot yesterday at Monitor
Park. John Berkeuy took the gold medal
shooting Is birds, nnd John Mehl came
next with. 10 birds. The rest OF the men
were H.. Untereiner, Is; j. Waller, 10,
and H. Lang. Is.
Charles Mach of Weehawken was ar
rested at the West Shore ferry yesterday
for beating his horse. Ben1amin Clam
tried to rescue Mach from Policeman
Reece and was also arrested. Mach was
hned $40 and Clam $51
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05

An actor now famous made his first APP
pearance on the stage in a provincial city
where theatre goers were accustomed to
make their disapproval felt when an en-
tertainer did not succeed in pleasing
them. He was young and nervous, and
failed dismally in the part he was endeav-
orinQ to present. and soon found himself
the target for a assortment of objection
able b~ric-a-brac. When the uproar was
at its highest. one of his disguised audi
tors flung a cabbagebead at him. As it
fell on the stage the actor picked it up
and stepped forward to the footlights.
He raised his hand to command silence,
and when his tormentors paused to hear
what he had to say. exclaimed, pointing
to the cabbagehead:-
Ladies' and gentlemen, / expected to
please you with my acting, but I confess
| did moi expect that anyone in the audi
ence would lose his head over it,"
He was allowed to proceed without
molestation.-P McArthur IN Harper's
Magazine for February.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
NEW
Love and Marriage in Japan.


Sir Edwin Arnold, who has been enjoy
ing an interesting trip through the United
States. has made a careful study or the
conditions which govern the family in
japan and embodies his ideas in u paper
called Love and Marriage in japan" in
the February number Of The COSmOpOlt-
tan. The article is illustrated by the
quaintest possible Japanese sketches run
ming down the sides and across the bot
tom of each page. An excellent photo
graph of w. d. Howells, serves as a
frontispiece, and his work as a writer of
fiction is reviewed in the same number
by II. Fl. Boyesen. The President of
John Hopkins University, gives a most
practical paper for parents on Boys and
Boys Schools" illustrated by cartoons of
the famous Atwood. Murat Halstead
turns back lovingly to his early farm
DAYS, and tells of the "Pets and Sports of
a Farmer Boy" The petroleum indus
try fully illustrated; AN Afghan Story"
by Archibald Forbes: 1.-THE Story of the
Brazilian Republic" by Adams, late
Minister to hat country, and "The Lead
ing Amateurs of the United States in
photography, are other leading articles of
the month.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
LITERARY LAFAYETTE.
Weddings and Other Events Which In
terest Society.

Weddings and Other Events Which In
terest Society.
Lafayette is a literary centre; this
Q veryone must concede. Not content
with the many classes that are already
formed for study by members of its So
ciety, a number of bright young girls
have organized a class for the study of
American literature. Miss Fannie I'm
gerer is President; Miss Cora Lowell.
Vice President. and Miss Hattie Hill,
Secretary and Treasurer. The meetings
are to be held on the first and third Fri
day afternoons of each month ut the resi-
dences of the members. Selections will
be read or recited by previously APP
pointed numbers, and biographical
and critical essays prepared. The
to be considered contains the names of
Hawthorne, Lowell, Holmes, Longfellow,
Emerson. Bryant, Irving and others OF
Americas famous sons. The Arst regu-
lar meeting will be held this afternoon
at three O'Clock at the residence of the
Misses Hill on Communipaw avenue, and
selections from the works of Irving will
be read.
The wedding of Miss Pauline O'Con-
nor aud MI. Walter Woolson Brown of
Vermont, which was celebrated last even
ing in All Sain;s s. Church, New York
city, was attended by mauy prominent
Jersey City people. At eight o'clock the
bridal party passed up the aisle. MIS-,
preceding the bride and earine
a charming gown of pink silk
The bride, a stately brunette, entered OF
the arm of her guardian, Mr.. G. w. Cal
der, robed in white faille franchise, tn
corsage closed to the throat aud spark
ling with diamonds, gift OF the groom
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
TIE STOCKHOLDERS OF M oRlENrA

ITO TIE STOCKHOLDERS OF TIL ORIENTAL
Carpet Company, a corporation organized
Take notice thar at a special meeting of tho
Board Of directors OF the oriental rarpet Com
pany, held at 7U6 Broadway. New York City, on the
18th of January, loJ2, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
NV hereas. In the Judgment of the Board of H.
rect lrs of the Oriental Carpet company. a corpora
ton organized uuder the laws Of the state of New
Jersey, ic Is deemed advisable anu most for the
benefit OF such corporation tnat the same shall bs
dissolved before tine expiration of the time limited
in Its certificate OF incorDofat ton; now therefore
be it
"n esolvod, That the o1tcers of this Company be
and they are hereby directed to take the necessary
steps TO have the rental Ca let Company dis
solved at the earliest possible moment"
Notice Il herebt given tina q meeting of the
stockholders OF said corporation will be held aE
No. 10 Montgomery street. Jersey Civ, on the 7th
day of March, 1872. at twelve O'Clock noon, to
take action on the resolution aforesaid.
LEROY
secretary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
Was Harris Fairly Tried.

Carlyle w. Harris, who has been
convicted of the murder of his young
wife, generally known as Helen Potts,
makes one very we'll founded &C m
plant against the manner in which
his trial was conducted. He says Mr..
Wellnan, the Assistant District At
torney, who prosecuted the case,
simply blackened his character in the
eyes Of the jury, by arrayiDg against
him every ugly story that could be
connected with his life. This is al
most literally true. Mr.. Wellman
tried Harris, not on an indictment for
murder, but on charges of being a
general ne'er-do-well, an habitual
seducer and an ingrained villain of
the deepest dye.
In fact, Harris seems to be all these
things. Mr.. Wellman proved his case
excellent we'll. The jury convicted
the prisoner of being these things, too,
and if he is e~lectrocuted We think it
will be for general scoundrelism, and
liz iOI bAlC lluAACi VI AAtiSa 4 Ottot
which, in all candor, was moi by any
means proven by the testimony pre-
sented.
According to the standards of the
Common Law, Harris appears to us to
have been unfairly ana improperly
tried. His general character had
nothing to do with the case. 1t is true
his intrigues might DO proven SO far
as they tended to show a motive for
the murder of his wife, but it was
clearly incompetent to use them for
the general purpose of prejudicing the
jury against the prisoner. Yet this is
clearly what was done. A whole mass
of evidence which had only the most
shadowy relation to the tragedy was
admitted, and unquestionably it was
this that did the business with the
jury. for III is hard to see how, in the
tangle of expert contradictions and in
the obscurity of probabilities and
conjectures built up on c~onceivably
applicable facts, twelve men could
have found sufficient deliberative GER
tainty to condemn "A fellow being to
death.
Harris should certainly have a new
trial. 1t should be before a Judge
who would recognize that there are
two sides to Justices scales, and that
the punishment of wickedness is not
the only purpose Of legal proceedings.
"a Judge who would keep the Prose
cutor down to his rights. and who
would severely restrain malignant and
INSCRIPTIONS newspapers from fore
ing their baleful activity ever into the
jury box.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05

JoHX p. FEESEY is our idea OF a
good energetic official. When work
is to be done, he is not above doing it
himself. When he found some scoun-
drels looting Rinaldo's store, he did
not stand around and shout for an
officer. He just collared the thieves
himself and marched them oil to
the station house. Feeney is an ex-
ample to his s~ubordinates that they
would do well to copy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
RODE AMONG CHARCOAL,
And Then Tramped Fifteen Weary M
Looked Tx Africans.

And Then Tramped Fifteen Weary Miles
Looked Like Africans.
Frank Hamilton, of No. 905 Forrest
avenue, and Charles Dietrich. OF No. 80
Forrest avenue, New York, wv runaway
schoolboys, were picked up on West
Newark avenue last evening by Police
man Mcguire. They were in a forlorn
condition, having walked nearly all the
way from Elizabeth, at which point they
were put off a freight train in which they
had beaten their way east from Phila-
delphia.
The boys rode in a closed car. in COM
pany with Daniel O'Donnell, n
Philadelphia laborer, and their
condition can be better imagined
than described. O'Donnell was
allowed to go. after explaining that he
was en- route for Brooklyn. where he X
pected work. The boys, who are bright
little fellows, were held. CLERK Boyle
was instructed to communicate with their
parents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05

The Executive Committee of the Lin
coin Association met at the club house of
the Union League last night and reported
that arrangements had been made with
Iaylor's Hotel for the annual banquet
February IL. General Stewart l.. Wood
ford. Colonel A. K. Mcclure, the Rev. DR..
w. Lloyd aud the Rev. Charles Herr will
be the leading orators.
Mere tickets have been disposed of than
IN any previous year up TO date. 60 it is
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
ANNIE RoGERS' rASTRUMs.

She Gave omcrr McAnerBy A Pretty
Lively Tussle.
Annie Rogers, Of New York, while
drunk Wednesday. created a dis
tnrbance on West Side avenue.
[ o accompany Policeman McAuerny
when HI told her she was under arrest
After n hard tussie the "copper"" landed
her in the Seventh Precinct Station
House. Justice kimmerly yesterday
sent her to the County Jail Tor ten days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
PGRLMUrrER'S EMPLOY rs.
GIyen.a Reception at T~eutonia Hall
Who Wero There.


who Wero There.
Mr.. j. Perlmutter gave his employees a
reception at Teutonia Hall last night.
Singing, danciugiand recitations were Il
feature. At midnight refreshments we re
served.
Among those present were:-Mr. aud
Mrs. Perlmutter. Joseph Perlmutter and
Miss Hattie Morris, Robert Bumsted and
Miss Alice Tweedie. Lon Myers and Miss
Aggie Herman, James Kinten and Miss
Bessie Brown, b. Holzeu aud Miss Eva
Perlmutter, II. Brown and Miss Il. Green.
berg, A. Walberg and Miss Nellie
DeLargy, Charles Rollins. Nellie
Kearney, NJ. Cooley, Miss NJ. Haritta
j. f. Atkinson, Miss Belle Harvey,
Joseph Nevins. Miss Nellie Connery,
Joseph Stable of Newark. Miss NJ. Lisser
Harry Perlmutter, Miss A. Lennon,
Harry Hoffman, Miss Flora Osborne,
William Burroughs, Miss Jennie Coin,
w. Lockwood and Miss Nellie Coin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
MORBID ADVERTISING.

Trying TO rake Advantage ofthe stoeksr
Tragedy.
Hoboken was Hooded with circulars
yesterday. asking the public to attend
a bali Of n locnl society. the proceeds Of
which were TO defray the expenses Of the
trial OF Arthur Stockor. the wife MUIR
derer.
The circulars created a great deal OF
unpleasant comment. n tue general
sentiment seemed 10 be e. nj the society
was going 90 extremes in its efforts 60
arouse public opinion In favor OF the
murderer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05

DIR. Edward Everett Hale considers die
tation a luxury. When his attention was
called to a bluder in one of his recently
published articles he replied:-"Do not
charge on any printer what was most
likely an error in dictation. 1t is one of
the evils of that luxurious way Of writ
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05

Those credulous persons who think
the louisiana Lottery Company is
going to give up the ghost without a
struggle, will probably live to learn
that they have drawn a blank.