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H. J. Da60LIA,
Real Estate agents,
Rooms 8 and 9 Tower Block
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Two houses and lots OF East Bridge street.
one on South Lafayette street with all mod
ern improvements. furnace. gas. city water.
sewer connections. etc,
Two houses and lots on Wealthy avenue
Two houses and lots on Fifth avenue near
College.
House and lot on Ashland avenue. new.
large lot. This property is owned by Eon-reSl-
dent aud will be sold AT a sacrifice.
House and lot on Cutler avenue,
One on Baxter street.
One on West Leonard street.
One on Randolph street.
Two on East Leonard street,
One on Mckendrick avenue.
WIN sell most OF the above on payments;
would exchange for farms or other property.
have numerous other houses and a large list
OF vacant lots in all parts Of the city.
FARMS.
I have a farm of 30 acres two miles from city.
south. with large modern house Inc barns:
farm Is all improved, good orchard OF $40 ap-
pies. 400 peaches. 800 plums. 20 standard pears.
cherries and other small fruits; SOL clay loan;
would take city property n exchange.
Also 90 acres IN Township o. Bovine; good
buildings; good orchard, three acres OF beech
and maple timber. balance cleared soil cay
loan.
Also 30 acres near Rockford; good buildings.
good fences aud good lend; viii sell or ex-
change for city property.
/ have "A number of fruit farms or lake shore
I'm ali sizes from 10 10 ~ acres.
MONEY TO loan on good real estate security
II. J. DEG0LIA.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

no YOU WANT MONETf-If 40 you viii
- hud Is 70 -FOUR advantage 20 see as before
horro-ius
Nemak- iosus On househoif goods pianos
horses ~sGons or personal property o. any
Kind 81 ne o~est POSSIBLE rates and In the
guir est TOSS bs me.
Cur issus srs made without publicity aad
the property - left Ia Iour undtstaroed pos
session.
Iesrs ear be carried a. long ss desired ~
ear BE- paid n inli or n part. 81 any tine -
suit v NJ eonFenienc AMI auF part paid -
euces the Cest 81 carrying tne ean.
tycu eve sane or furn turs pisne %
ofhs- prop@rty. - ~lll psy ~ Bp Tor Taa aud
carry q 50 cnR a. You desire
We slst make loans on the building and
trsn assoc alton plan.
oar aTce- are tn most pleasant IN the cltg
SD sre o. arranged inst parties eaiiIa aQo1
- nav - waited npon sui ky add caurie-
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prnrerfF snd sac moasv snt can return thr
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GRIND RAPIDS MORTGAGE loan Co
Rem Tower BLOCK.
Tnrnsr - Monroe Pear ant tsna 80
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HERALD DESIRELETS
Personal

HAkRIED LADIES-Send - cents for In
II f2llble Safeguard" ino medie -. 10 de-
seHfioH Isl = al yea 1znt. L41leS b1kar,
Kansas CITY Ao. 20
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NIsCELLAHEOUS

lVANTED-A good reliable person 20 take
w charge 0f 4 7-mOnthsOld child. Apply
morning OF evening at No. "a North Lafayette
street corner II Fountain. 80
WE have large demand for houses 10 rent
W and fewer on our list than ever before in
twenty years Bring your key n Money TO
loan. futile Bros. over Arcade
4 Ii parties desiring thcir roofs repaired or
II painted would DO we'll 20 call on or ad-
dress L. T. smith at 10 Canal street or -
Fountain street. All orders gwen prompt at
tantioa. Work done With hItbard's Patent
Asbe-ror Proof paint. which - kept In stock
NJ Tnams ug store. 81 Canal street. IS
EOR sALE-My entire store OF furniture AMI
miscel antous. household goods: = new
house and large lot corner 81 lnion aud car
rer streets, house and lot No. 10 Madison
street vacant lot on Christ street. farm OF
ten acres f2u rods eastoi city limits; new bu ID
ings and al sind Of frnits v 10 sell or exchange
for other property A A. Lord, No. II stock
ing street. li2tf.
RRTVEn-Pfof lercc. medium. tells facts.
a faults, Quslit e. imagin2tions and posi-
biHties. eau be consulted on al afairs Of liie
Rooms Ne. & FountalR street. between lauia
and Division streets. rs
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FOB sALB-kIsOELLANBOUS.


EOR SALE-A Victor %" safety bicycle;
machine In frSt-cass running condition;
either 81 or 60 inch gear. Inquire OF A. II.
Apted. No. 10 Summer street. or telephone
SIS rings. 80
Tor SALE-A corner drug store; modern.
well selected stock about 81 100; terms TO
suit Care Drugs. DoX 5. this Office. 80
EOR SALE-Cheap. ierge bay horse; weight
IL 12Oo sound In every respect; can DO seen
NJ Lacey's livery. 81 Cakes street K. VI.
Wallace. owner Hlf
LOR SALE OR TRADE-Fine horses and
IL broad acres for house and lot J. Is. Ever
EFT on West street. fourth house. north Of
Crosby street. lS5f
E'OR SALE-Secont-hsnd steam engine. in
good repair about l2-horse power; you
can have X at your own price. Call at Herald
of1ce for information. or u inspect tile en-
CINE. II
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MONEY TO loan on good real estate security
II. }. DEG0LIA.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
MAY BE FREED TOMORROW.
A Ray of Hope for the Normannia'i
Passengers.

A Ray of Hope for the Normannia's
Passengers.
QUARANTINE, S. l., Sept. "A. 1s92-Dr.
Jenkins said to reporter this morning
that the Normannia's passengers now de-
tanned ar Fire Island will be released TO-
morrow and be allowed to proceed to
their homes.
The cabin passengers of the Rugia will,
If nothing occurs be transferred
to the old warship New Hamp-
shire this afternoon and be landed
at Fire Island as soon as accommodations
can be arranged.
No arrangements have as yet been
made for transferring the twenty-seven
cabin passengers now aboard the Scandia
in the lower Bay. but DIR. jenkins is con-
stdertng the possibility Of putting them
aboard the Cepheus and holding them in
the lower Bay until he considers it safe to
land them.
No cabin passengers will be landed at
Sandy Hook.
William Seguine, DIR. Jenkins's private
secretary, said this morning that the
Normannia was still in the lower bay.
and, having been cleared of all her pas
sengers, was being thoroughly fumigated,
and would be released from Quaran-
tine inside of a day or two.
Her cargo would be taken off in the
lower bay on lighters, and the ship,
after being coaled and provisioned from
lighters. would at once be put to sea with
outgoing near her dock.
"The Company is desirous of pursuing
this COURSE" said Mr.. Seguine, ''rather
than run the risk of further detention
and trouble, and DR.. jenkins approves
the Dlann
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get into decent bed after all they have
passed through. 1t was quite comfort
able over at the hotel now. but the q1es-
ton was how long 1t would be before a
few thousand Infected passengers came
along and overcrowded the place.
The passengers thanked their stars last
night, when the rain storm came up, that
they had been enacled to land. At two
O'Clock this morning terrible gale Of
wind was blowing from the east, the sea
was rising high and the rain was coming
down in torrents. A reporter tried TO
leave here in q catboat at i O'Clock this
morning, but the captains Of the boats
said it meant death to go out into the
Bay, and refused to go for any amount OF
money.
COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
broken this morninR.@ Sheriff Darling
wired Governor Flower again this morn
ing to have the troops withdrawn. Dar-
ling received a reply to similar telegram
last night stating that the troops would
have to stay until any chancd Of trouble
had departed.
Governor Flower sent the same reply to-
day.
1Austen wired this morning to Governor
Flower telling him that he had arrived
and would await instructions. Ee said
there was no trouble here, and If there
were trouble at Fire Island, men could
be sent.in one hour. Austen thought the
men would not go over today. and maybe
not at all.
Babylon is under martial law. The
Sixty-ninth stragglers came on trains
last night. and are quartered on board
the Ripple
Everything is quiet at Fire Island.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
A MISTAKE IN SIGNALS.

CoIi1sion at the Hoboken Tunnel, But
No One Hurt.
A few minutes before nine O'Clock last
end of the Delawar g, Lackawanna and
Western Tunnel, in which a passenger
coach was partly wrecked and number
of passengers had narrow escape from
serious injury.
The New York, Susauehanna and West
ern tracks cross the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western road near the mouth
of the tunnel A freight train stood on
the SusQuehanna, and local passenger
train, going west, stood on the
Lackawanna tracks. awaiting the
signal to pass the crossing. In some way
| the signal was given to both trains at the
same time. The passenger train being
lightest reached the crossing first, and
the engine and baggage car had just
passed when the freight engine struck it
between the baggage and first passenger
cars. The coupling was broken and the
passenger engine and one car passed on,
but stopped as soon as the break was dis
covered.
The front end of the passenger coach
and its truck were badly wrecked. The
freight engine was going so slowly that it
was stopped almost instantly, and re-
ceived very little injury.
Luckily there were few passengers on
the local train, and aside from shaking
up, none of them were hurt.
The wrecked car was soon cleared
away and the trains passed as usual.
1t was impossible to learn exactly who
was responsible for the accident.
The Lackawanna officials say that the
SusQuehapna Signalmau was to blame,
as their train had the right of way.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
THE SIXTY-NINTH IN DANGER,

Driven Back by the Storm, the Pegasus
Ties Up at CommuniDaw.
The iroE steamboat Pegasus, which
started for Fire Island yesterday with the
Naval Reserves and members of the Sixty
ninth Regiment aboard, was lying this
morning at Communipaw coal docks.
She could not land at Fire Island and was
obliged to put back to New York in the
face of terrific storm.
The experiences of the night were thrill
ling in the extreme. At one time the
storm ragged so f1ercely that many on
board feared they would never reach port
alive.
OFF Rockaway Inlet. on the way back,
when the Pegasus was rolling and pfung-
ing about in the heavy SEAS three heavy
shocks were felt, as if the vessel had
struck the long sand bar. The bumps
succeeded each other at intervals of q few
seconds, and came When the steamer sank
down in the trough of the sea.
The lifeboats were manned and made
ready to launch at a moments notice, for
it was believed at the time that q hole
must have been stove in the bottom Of
the steamboats, hull.
There were six lifeboats aboard and
one in tow. For few minutes there was
an interval of terrible suspense, and then
the steamer went ahead again apparently
unharmed. She reached Communipaw
at two o'clock this morning.
At one time it was feared that the en-
gine reom would be flooded and the fires
put out. The vessel danced like cookie
shell on the tops of the big waves, and
pitched and tossed so violently that
nearly half the men on board were made
seasick, which added to the misery of
their situation.
The upper cabin as well as the main
deck was drenched with sea water, which
| could not be kept out, and no one could
get wink of sleep the whole night long.
The supply of food was very limited. too,
and most of the men went hungry tia
morning.
When the Cemmunipaw dock was
reached and the Pegasus tied up to the
ccal chutes. every one was completely
played out and exhausted after the six
hours of anxiety and suspense through
which the COMPANY had nAssad
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the object Of much pity. His name or
destination could not be ascertained.
SHE HAD THREE HUSBANDS
And Will Probably Have to Explain th
T.

And Will Probably Have to Explain the
Matter to the Courts
Justice Macs today issued warrant
for the arrest of a charming and fascinat-
Ing young woman who lives in Bayonne
The charge preferred against the dam
sci is bigamy, she having been
the fortunate or unfortunate possessor of
three husbands at the same time, all good
and healthy men, who were devoted to
her. The present namc of this delightful
female is Johanna Wirth. On May
., 1897 she was married to
Charles Wirth, a prosperous baker in
Bayonne. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Mr.. Andrae, and the occasion
was pleasant one. In some manner an
account of this wedding reached the ears
OF Joseph Stern of No. 103 First avenue,
New York.
Mr.. Stern was to some extent interested
IN 1t. He had on one occasion married
the young woman himself and had
brought her from Austria here. This
was In 1888. four years ago. While Stern
was devoted husband he was
also thin and delicate man. woman
the Sterns made fun of him
and endeayored to prejudice his
wife against him. she re-
ferred to his deficiency in flesh and told
Mrs. Stern that such q good looking
woman as she was should have a stout
and hearty man for a husband.
These continual comments found root
in the bosom of the pretty wife and she
began to believe them. When her
husband went to Philadelphia to
secure position. Mrs. Stern
packed up her clothing and
accepted the invitation of one Creta, a
silk manufacturer at Morrisania to live
with him. Stern says they were
married. The couple lived together
"a year ana one-half, and
then the woman left her protector. The
cause OF desertion has not been made
known. She went to Bayonne and
Charles Wirth, from the windows of his
bakery, while admiring the trim figure of
the young woman as she daily
passed, became smitten. He sought
her and became acquainted. The young
woman failed 10 inform him that she had
two husbands on earth who were search
ing for her, and when ne said he was
tired of living the life of a
bachelor, she said she was willing to re-
lleve him of the monotony, and together
they visited Pastor Andrae, and he went
through the marriage ceremony.
Stern searched vigorously for his wife
after her flight and it was only today
through the efforts of Detective Godfrey
Dilloway that the woman was found. Stern
went before Justice Macs and maze the
complaint of bigamy upon which the
warrant was issued. "This afternoon. ~
said Detective Dilloway, 81 will have the
fair but tickle Johanna Mathek- Stern
Creta-- Wirth in the County Jail"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
NO MORE CHOLERA.
Everything Quiet at Fire
Island This Morn
ing.
sUFFERINGs ON THE CEPHEUs.
The Sixty-Ninth Regiment Driven
Back by the Storm Takes
Refuge at Commune
ON THE CEPHEUs.
paw.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA, 1S99.-The usual
bulletin, mo cholera in the city," was
hung up at Sanitary Headquarters this
morning. At that hour Professor Briggs,
Chief now of the new Psychological Di-
vision of the Health Department., had
just returned from the Reception Hos
pital with specimens of intestinal fluid
taken from the body Of Charlotte Beck,
upon which he had made an autopsy
in the early morning hours. Miss Beckwas
thirty years old. and died yesterday at
her home, No. 1,764 Second avenue, from
an excessively virulent attack of what
her physician, DR.. Vaadergaltz of No.
1913 Second avenue, characterized as chol-
era. He was called in at twenty-five min
utes past nine o'clock yesterday morning.
The woman died in collapse an hour and
half later. The doctor reported his dag
nosis to the Board of Health with all
haste. and the body was removed yester-
day afternoon to the Reception Hospital,
where Dr. Briggs had just concluded an
autopsy on William Wiegwan and his
wife Sofia.
IT WASN'T CHOLERA.
These two had died within forty-eight
hours OF each other at No. 76f Eleventh
avenue from cholera1c complaint, and the
report that it was Asiatic chol olera that
had killed them was exercising the neigh
bors greatly. The fact that their bodies
were taken away in the Health Depart
ment's dead wagon did not tend to reas-
sure them.
DR.. Edison said this morning that the
autopsy on all these three bodies had had
only negative sresults. That is to say
it showed that they had died of cholera
of some sort without doubt, presumed
to be cholera morbus.
The doctors have, in fact, no doubt
about it, but following the established
rule to make very sure in the present
emergency, they were having cultures
made of the intestinal fluids for exami-
nation under the microscope.
In the discharges themselves, the char
acteristic cholera germ had not been dis
covered. The failure of it to grow on
diet of beef soup and gelatine in the
Bleecker street laboratory would settle
all doubt about the non-infectious char
acter of the disease. Until that time the
doctor simply records the results a mega
tive.
DIR. Edison said that from three to half
a dozen suspicious cases, or cases report
ed as suspicious, are thus looked up every
day.
In most of them the verdict is cholera
morbus, simply. but sometimes the prac-
titioner who makes the report is much
farther from tine truth than that. Yes
terday, for instance, a case of supposed
cnolera turned out to be a plain case of
malaria.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
BEFORE THE BATTLE.
Werts Losing Ground Steadily at A. N
Jim Smiths Letter.

Werts Losing Ground Steadily at A. NJ
Jim Smiths Letter.
Special to the Jersey city Ne,us.
TRENTON, Sept. IA, 1S92.-4 A. M.-The
men who are striving to coerce Judge
Werts into accepting the Democratic
nomination for Governor are ratified and
on the run Ex-Governor Bedle did it
with his little letter. He came down here
last evening bringing with him this let
ter:-
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 12 1899.
John Hone, Esq: =
MY DEAR SIR:-Referring to our conversation
of Saturday last in which you spoke of my
"probable nomination. by the Democratic
Gubernatorial Convention, have to say that
will not accept the nomination if made. You
make such use of this as you deem fit.
Yours very truly,
GEORGE T. WERTs.
Mr.. Hone is a member of the State
Committee from Burlington county.
Copies of this letter were Immediately
circulated among the delegates who were
present, and its effect was magical.
"What's the use of nominating man
who will not acceptF' was heard on every
hand. and many Of the delegates from
South Jersey who had been inveigled
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
A WOLF AND DOG CASE.
Hoboken's Poundmaster Beaten by Tv
Men Whose Animals He Had Seized

Hoboken's Pound m aster Beaten by Two
Men Whose Animals He Had Seized.
Robert Waddington, Hoboken con-
tractor. fifty years old. of Sixth and JEFF
ferson streets, and his son Joseph, twenty
eight years old, of No. sos Grand street,
were arrested yesterday afternoon on a
warrant charging them with beating
Pouudkeeper Herman Wolff, of No. 1873
Clinton street.
The trouble was over two dogs belong
ing to the Waddingtons which Wolff had
captured and was holding at the pound
The WaddiDgtons went after their dogs
and there was a fgh1-pot dog fight
during which Wolff was badly bruised,
beaten and scratched.
VOLTS story, as told to Recorded Nc.
Donough. is that when the men came for
the dogs they asked what was to pay and
while ne was deciding how much to
charge them they invited him up to the
corner to have a drink. They had the
drink and came outside, when suddenly
both men began abusing him. Then one
of them knocked him down and both beat
and Kicked him almost into insens-
bility.
The Waddingtons would not tell their
size of the story, and were held for the
Grand Jury in $500 bail each, which they
readily furnished.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The next regular meeting of the Board
of Education will be held Thursday even
ing, September %.
Harvey L'Hommedien, convicted of
bigamy, and Thomas Kelly convicted of
breaking and entering, were taken TO
State Prison today by Constable Boland
They will each serve term of eighteen
months.
A day will be set tomorrow for hear
ing IN the appeal cases before Judge Lip
piucott.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
A BUNDLE OF Blankets.

Hardly Any Warrant for the Cholera
Scare Started.
A bundle of blankets supposed to have
been thrown overheard by passengers on
one of the cholera ships anchored at
Quarantine was washed ashore at Com
munipaw thisEmorning. It is more likely,
however, that they were lost from the
Pegasus.
Policeman Miller who discovered
them notified the Fourth Precinct police,
who in turn notified Police Headquar-
ters. A patrol wagon loaded with disin-
fecting fluid was sent to the shore front
to dislnfect the blankets. They will be
buried In the sand at that place.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
where Help May Well Be Given.

The attention of Overseer of the Poor
John E. Hewitt las been called to a case
OF poverty, where the victim is deserv-
ing wide She is Mrs. Thiel and resides
in the rear of No. 2S1 Grove street. She
has one child. For the past few weeks
she has been ailing and has been taken
care of by Real Estate Agent e. A. Daily.
The woman is deserving and will woPk if
generous persons feel inclined to aid her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
A pisorderly House Raided.

Policeman Murphy last night swooped
down upon the house conducted at No.
1863 Second street by Maggie Gilloland.
and arrested the proprietress, Mrs.
No. 204 Thirteenth street: Mary
Kelly, of No. 258 Duncan avenue, and
Eliza Crimmins. Numerous complaints
have been received concerning the disor-
derly conduct and general nuisance of
the inmates and visitors of this house.
Pol.2e Justice O'Donnell committed Mrs.
Gilloland Tor trial on the charge of keep
ing disorderly house. and the other pri-
soners were fine1 S. apiece. 1
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
Hoboken's New Steamer.

At meeting of the Hoboken Fire
Board last night the contract for new
fire engine was awarded to the La France
Fire Engine Company of Elmfra, N. Y.
The engine will cost 81. 200 and will be of
the most improved make.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14

DIED

FARRELL.-ln this city, on September ~ 1892,
Maria Farrell widow of Michael Farrell, aged
forty-Uwo years.
Relatives and friends Of the family are respect
fully invited 70 attend the funeral from her lato
residence, No. 467 Comm unipaw avenue, at nine
A. n. Thursday, september 15 thence to st.
Patrick's Church, where a solemn high mass of re-
QUEEN will be offered for the happy repose OF her
soul
aIcNALLY.-s suddenly, on Monday, September u,
1852, Edward McNaly.
Relatives and friepds of the family respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from his lats
residence. No. sc WesteI velt street. on Thursday,
September 15 at nine A. NJ; thence to ST. Pntrlck's
R. c. Church, where solemn high mass will be Of
fered for the happy repose of his soul.
WEBER, Christine Weber, at No. 346 Pallsade ave-
nue., Heights, after short illness, in the hfty-
fourth year Of her age.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the
funeral, which takes place Thursday, september
Is, at two p NJ. from her late residence.
l NDERTAKER HENRY " PIAGET HAS RE-
" moved his estahlishment to No. 5l4 JerNv
avenue, near Newark avenue. An experience OF
over thirty years in the business; moderAkA
charges and courteous attention.