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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02

Mrs. John ID. Murray, In Allen
dale, is selling fresh eggs for set
ting; not thoroughbreds, but what Is
better, fine blend of White Fly
mouth. Buff Cochin, Light Brahma
sad Spanish. 40 cents per dozen, 10
fer so cents.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02
Our PREMIUM OFFERS.

separate advert "mnt to 'ah "
Canvass
of Will be found IN our aiF'
PREMIUM OFFERS While which
Offers b made o a period:
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02
WHO IL HE ?

Inc following was taken from the
Collensville Clipper, under the title
of How Shreveport Justice Tied
the Binding Knott"
There happened to be large
audience present, but the squire told
them to stand mp aud then proceeded
with the ceremony in this wise:
"Feller- citizens-Thisy yer man and
this yer woman have appeared before
the court TO be- hitcbed III the legal
bands of wedIock. If any galOot III
the mob knows anything that might |
block the game if tuck to n higher
court let him now toot his baZUO or
else keep his jaw to himself now and
forever more All III favor of my
proceeding, as authorized by law, say
Il"
Everybody said T."
Contrary, No
Nobody said No"
The notions carried unanimously,
an the court rules that there hain't
nothing to prevent the trying of the
case"
Now" said the squire, grip your
fins"
The candidates joined hands.
Amos Peabody, do You solemly
swarr that yea freeze 10 Mandy for
ever, and pervide for her, AID treat
her squar' and white, according To
the rules and regulations set down TO
govern SIGH cases in the laws Of the
United States, SO help you Cod"
; Vas, sir; L do, SIR
/; That fixes your end of the bar
a: gain"
Mandy Thomas, do you solemly
swear that you'll hang ON to Amos
for all comm time; that you'll nuss
b him in sickness and be squar' to him
= in wellness; that yell always be tt
% him a good, true, honest up-and-uT
wife under the penalties prescribed
by the laws for punishment of suct
/ offenses! Do you swaar this, St
r. help yer God!'
II swaar L will"
"Then by the power in me vesteC
% as justice Of the peace i'll and 10
s. this parish, L pronounce you, Amo
IS Peabody, husband, and you Mand.
h Thomas, wife, and legalize We to re
20 main such now and forever more; an
. yell sand committed till the lee
u and costs in the case are paid III flu
an may God have mercy on you
d souls an bless this union with hl
y chieftiest blessin's.
20 Now the query is, who Is this ju'
~ tice of the peace! We have had tn
n article in our possession for about tie
r. days making diligent search an
# inquiry to locate him, and while "
no are not positively certain that IL
,g right official has been found, still "
he think the evidence strong enough
name our junior justice, hlr. Hoy
no Tomkies, as the man. We unde
stand that last week buggy dro'
hurriedIy up to his Office and too
Tor him rapidly to the c,untry. 1t
lie also reported that a marriage too
he place in the neighborhood Of &
al place he visited, and on the night
nd he same evening. Justice TOmki
,he is a lawyer, and that he Is origin
he is evidenced by the manner in viii
the he ties the Guardian Knot. L
IAN costs and fees" have been paid.
-. 1870
IVY a short "scrapr between bagga
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02

A short scrap between a baggage
man of Shreveport and a commercial
tourist made things lively for a few
minutes yesterday morning. Cause:
Charges of excessive rates demanded,
coupled with ordinations of felon-
ious nature. Nobody hurt.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02
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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02

A game of baseball is antipated for
to-day, between the Cotton nine and
tine Bankers.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-07-02
Cotton Market.

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
BROKE BLUE ROCKS.

The New Jersev Shooting Clubs Marks
men at the Traps
The marksmen of the New Jersey
Shooting Club had shoot for the dia-
mond medal on Saturday at Clarsmont.
There were seven events. Bluerocks
were the targets. The results:-
First-Ten targets each. Keystone sys-
TEN. N. Apgar, 10; J. D. Berdan. 9;
Charles A. Pope. 6; d, w. Berdan, g.
Second-A walking match at fifteen
birds each. N. Apgar. 13; ]. II. Rich
mond, 9; J. d. Berdan. 8; w. s. Mason, 9.
Third-Fifteen disks each. from une
known angles. ]. II. Richmond, 18; N.
Apgar. IL. Charles A. Pope, 8; ]. II. Ber4
dan, 8.
Fourth--Twenty pigeons each, key
stone system. N. Apgar. 10; J. II. Rich-
mond. II; j. ID. Berdan, IA; w. S. Mason,
10.
Fifth "A walking match at 10 missies
each. ]. H. Richmond. 8; ]. d. BerdRn,
z; N. Apgar, z; w. S. Mason, g..
Sixth-From unknown angles. IS tar
gets each, N Apgar. "a: J. H. Richmond,
10; Charles A. Pope, IA; W. s. Mason. IL;
H. Rollins.
Seveath-The sixth match Of the series
for the clubs diamond medal, 25 birds
each, keystone system. j. H. Richmond,
"a; Elmer E. Rigouey, 20; j. H. BerdRn,
Is; George w. Purdy, l8; Charles. A
Pope. IL; H. Rollins.17. N. ADgar scored
a clean string of breaks, but was not an
tered in the contest for the trophy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
NEWARK'S WATER WORKS.
They Again Bob Up in the Court of

They Again Bob Up in the Court of
Chancery.
The Newark Water Works, like Ban
quo's ghost. refuses to down and bobbed
up again this morning in the Court of
Chancery. When the city purchased the
works from the East Jersey Water Com
pany last August an injunction was in
force against the Water Company. re-
straining 1t from using the waters of the
Pequannock River. The injunction had
been obtained by the Butler Hard Rubber
Company, Oh Butler, N. J. This morning 9
Corporation Counsel Coult applied to the
Chancellor for the substitution of the City
of Newark as the defendant In the suit
and modification of the injunction, SO
tnat the city could use the water,
MIR. Davis of New York who with Mr..
Alvale Clark, of Somerville, appeared for
the Rubber Company, asked Mr.. Coult if
the city of Newark owned the water
works, as an article which appeared in u
Newark newspaper over Mr.. Coult's sig-
nature said that it did not. Mr.. Coult
assured Mr.. Davis that the city did own
the Water Works and had deed there
fore That when the city purchased the
works So, 000, 600 of the purchase price was
withheld until 1900, so that certain de-
tails of the contract might be surely car
ried out and until that money was paid
the Water Company was Co have the use
of q, 100000 gallons OF the water which
Newark did not use.
Mr.. Clark thought that that contract
did not make Newark the owner of the
works. After some argument the Chan
cellor. however, decided to modify the
injunction so that the city could use the
water except such quantity as the
Rubber Company might need to carry on
Its work The city is TO proc eed in the
meantime with its condemnation proceed.
ings.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
STATE NOTES.

Cashier Rulon's wife, of Swedesboro,
has night blooming cereus That has
bloommed three times this season.
Nays Landing is TO have a broom fac
tory.
Jonas is the name of new town near
Newfield. in Atlantic county.
Champion Brothers, OF Tuckahoe, have
'Ties.
A cornstalk cut on the farm of Thomas
Black, near Jobstown, measured 171S
feet.
A roll of bills, containing $3.50, was
found buried In the sand at Asbury Park
one day recently.
Camden's new theatre was open on
Thursday night Ithas a seating capa-
city of 400, is heated by steam and illu-
minated by 1.100 incandescent lights.
An Ocean County Board of Agriculture
was organized on Saturday. Franklin
DYE, Secretary of the State Board, was
present and gave instI uctions as TO the
OBJECTS ann aims of the society.
While laborers were excavating for the
new sewer in West View. Ridgefield PARK,
near an old vault or mound which Ood
close to the old Paulison House, recently
burned, they found about twenty skulls
and other parts of skeletons. They also
found arrow heads and tin box contain
Ing money.
Charles Oswald, man about fifty-one
years of age, WIS found late on Wednes-
day night by Policeman Cable in wag n
at the stables of the Camden and Atlantic
Railroad in q starving condition. The
mans feet had been frozen and ampu-
tated in 1883, and he was in terrible con-
dition. He said he had been there since
MONDAY night last without food or wa er.
He WAS taken to the Cooper Hospital,
where he revived.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
tions endorsing all the Democratic candi-
dates and appointed committee TO ar
range tor mass meeting
DEATH OF HARRY G. SUTTON.

Expert Electrician. Amateur Athlete
aud Earnest Church Worker.
Harry G. Sutton. the popular vice pres
ident of the Greenville Young Mems
Christian Association Athletic Club died
at two O'Clock yesterday afternoon at his
late residence, No. 40 old Bergen Road.
Mr. Sutton was twenty-one years old
and well known In the Sixth district. He
took an active interest in athletic matters
and was prominent on the cinder pa h
as an excellent walker. During the past
year he won numerous prizes and at the
Labor Day carnival OF the Y. NJ. G. A.
Athletic Club he won three prizes in one
afternoon. He also was a proficient
swimmer and an-excellent cross country
runner
4 He was char ter member of Greenyille
Cornell No. ia, Junlor Order United
American Mechanics, and for ten years
attended the GreeDyille Reformed
Church Sundav school
Although but twenty-one years old he
was an expert electrician, and held a re-
sponsi lie position at the Curtis Electric
Works 10 Lafayette.
In Greenville Mr.. Sutton numbered
his friends by the hundred. He was
very popular in the Y. M. c. A. and the
Athletic Club has lost one of It's most
active and earnest members,
Mr.. Sutton WAS also an active member
of the Greenville Yacht Club.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
man E. F. Mcdonald, judge William D.
DAILY, A. j. Dittmar and Dr. j. V. Stout.
THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
1t Has Been Appointed and VIII Organ
ize This Afternoon.

1t Has Been Appointed and VIII Organ
ize This Afternoon.
The subcommittee appointed by the
meeting OF Democratic citizens last week
20 appoint provisional committee OF one
hundred. have completed their labors.
and the gentlemen whom they
have selected will organize this after
noon at the Hotel Washington. The
present indications are that DR.. Leonard
j. Cor don, who presided at last Thurs
days meeting. will be chairman of the
committee. The committee will be able
TO take an active part in he campaign on
Wednesday or Thursday and there
will be plenty for 1t to do.
Both the State and County Committees
are in perfect sympathy with the move
ment which produced the committee ard
will work In harmony with Il. The
State Committee will furnish it with all
the speakers it requires and the County
Committee will afford it every oppor-
tunity for holding nj eetiEgs.
The committee will proceed at once to
arrange for public meetings and will see
that they are thoroughly advertised, SO
that the citizens can know when aud
where they will be held. The plan of the
committee and its work has met with
the hearty endorsement of Democrats in
all parts of the county and has aroused
much enthusiasm. 1t is plsin that the
participation in the campaign of such
men as it will be compOsed of, will be OF
great advantage to the entire Democratic
ticket
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
COFFEE, SOUP AND BEER.

Ticket to Europe and Choice Assort-
ment of Consonants.
After several drunks had been disposed
of by Justice O'Donnell today. hA called
the case of Mrs. Frances Nowinska OF No.
40 Steuben street against John Kostman
OF No, 132 Morris street The plaintiff
was a young woman and she carried a
babe in her arms and another bY her side.
She had caused the arrest OF Kostman on
charge of grand larceny. alleging that
he stole $3.50, and a passage ticket TO
Europe from her.
Neither the plaintiff nor defendant
could talk English and the services of
Chanceman Sygmanski, the handsome
Polish policeman were requested. After
he had repeated to the Court the follow
ing questions and replies for half an hour
the story was told.
''Hjayzki observation-disclosures
"Dhydmtzytxiagl lxanbydyzki."
According to the interpreter. this meant
that Mrs. NowinsKa had offered to furnish
Kostmau with coffee and soup for six
dollars month and he had accepted the
proposition He went there for the first
time Saturday night and to celebrate this
advent bought six pints of beer and a
quantity OF whiskey. There were four
persons present while the drinking was
being done. During the evening the
woman learned that her pocketbook
containing $50 and the ticket to Europe
had been stolen and she suspected Kost-
man.
Justice O'Donnell held the accused in
default of $1,000 bail for the Grand Jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
The AIcotts in CONT Again.

William Fisk obtained from Chancellor
MEG Il this morning an or Ter requiring
DIR. Charles K. Alcatt, of West Milford,
N. j.. 20 pay hi wife, France. S. u week
alimony aud counsel fee of 500. DR..
Alcort is brother OF the act ress Lillian
Alcott. who died some years ago. He
was di-sipated and after the birth of his
second child, his wife, who is
a very handsome woman, re-
fused to live with him longer
A suit was then commenced ov the
father for the custody of the TWO children
on the ground that the mother was no
a roper person 10 hive charge of them.
ior who awarded the mot her the custody
OF the children on the snot. 1t was made
very plain on the hearing that the whole
trouble was caused by the inability of tue
two mothers-in-iaw to a rec,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
ESSEX COUNTYS REGISTRY.
The Returns to Date show Voting
Population of Over 5000
Special to the Jersev Citu Nea0s.

Special to the Jersey City Neaos.
NEWARK, Oct. a. 1892. The total
registry for Essex county, as shown in
the returns up to date, is 63,569 The
total registry in the city is AZ, ,4T4. and that
of the townships 1905. Tuesday. No
vember l, will be the last registry day.
The registry in the townships is as fol-
lows:
Orauge-First ward. First district. 5f1
Second district. 765. Second ward, $50.
Third ward, First district, 622; Second
district, 491 Fourth ward, First district,
6lg; Second district, 410. Filth ward, 542
Total, 4,649
West Orange-First district, 55S; Sec
ond district, All. Total, l,030
South OraDge-First district, TAI; in the
other two districts GIL names in the ag-
gregate a said to have been registered.
Total. LAB.
East Orange-First ward. ,534; Second
ward. First district, 544: Second district,
329. Third ward. First district, 554; Second
district, 319. Fourth ward, First district,
384; Second district. 700. Total. 1884.
Bloomfield, 1.9S8: Montclair. / ,965; Cald-
we'll Township. 391; Verona, 309; MILF
burn. 55S; Clinton, $50; Franklin, 55I;
BelleviiIe, 992.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
TWO MEN BEAT A WOMAN.

Thomas Pickett and Dennis Pickett
twin brothers, residing at No. 306 Viii
low avenue, Hoboken, were this morning
arranged before Recorder McOonough,
charged with assault and battery The
victim of the drunken brawl $ the wife
of Thomas Pickett for nerly a widow.
aud the complainant in the case was Thos.
Kelly, the fourteen-year-o son OF the
woman.
Yesterday the trio had been drinking
and about two o'clock in the afternoon
the brothers. offended at something the
woman did. started to beat her. Her
young son ran out for the police. and Ser
geant Flattery and Policeman Guin n
arrest ed the men. The woman was badly
beaten and this morning was taken to ST.
Mary's Hospital. Her injuries are not
fatal. The men were com mitted to the
County Jail for thirty days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
The Country View of Broad Tires.

the country v .0W OF 1SrQaO 4tH9Ss
Many people are talking about roads
and road-making and broad tires and
narrow tires who never did more than
ride in a soft-springed buggy over good
roads. A pretty theory is very sure to
get wide circulation in political farm
papers aud agricultural anuexes to the
big dailies. The fact is that D broad
tired wheel is good for use on hard, we'll
drained roads. SO rounded in the centre
that the water runs Oft freely
and quickly. preventing the form
alton of ruts and mud or 'chuck"
holes. Blu where ruts or mudholes nave
been made during spell OF wet weather.
the nlan who starts out with broad tired
wagon will find tn t he has load of mud
on his wheeis as Dig as his wagon box.
The wide tire. which is supposed 60 roll
down The road so beau fully, Is found to
be carving whole acres of mud along on
he inside of its broad felloes, aud il the
team had vote on the question it would
cast most emphatic protest against
broad tires. In soft meadows they Will
carry agood load and ride on the surface.
Were narrow tires will go down, but If
they once cur Though it is necessary to
rally the neig bors aud their horses to
get them on top of the earth again =
Northwestern AgTicltltttriSt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
FOLLOWING PESHALL.

Judge DAILY Tries His Games for the
Tobacco Thieves
David Barry and James Dee, who sew
eral weeks ago pleaded guilty in the
Special Sessions Court to having parti-
cipatad in the $4,000 tobacco robbery on
Hoboken steam dock, were sentenced
today by Judge Lippincott. Each re-
ceiyed a term of seven years six
months at hard labor in the State prison
at Trenton.
Before the sentences were imposed
Judge DAILY, counsel for the prisoners,
asked the Court to permit the men to
withdraw their pleas of guilty and enter
pleas of not guilty. Judge Lippincott re-
fused to grant this motion and then
Judge DAILY renewed it by asking that the
pleas OF guilty in the Court of
Special Sessions be retracted and pleas
of not guilty be entered. Judge Lippin-
colt refused this request and Judge Daily
said he would carry the case to the Su-
preme court of the United States Like
O. j. Peshall. he claimed that the prison
ers could not be legally punished with
out being indicted and tried by jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
Roth Accusea Of onntem nt.

Vice Chancellor Van Fleet listened to
tile argument this morning in the case of
Cneeney against rhe Eastern Dispatch
Company. Cheney was president OF
the company and an attempt was
made to put him OUT. He claimed
that the stockholders froze him out aud
he procured an order to re tr.,in the stock
holders from interfering with him in the
discourage of his duties as president of the
company, and the stock holders procured
an order restIaiuing him from interfer-
ing with the company's affairs. Each ap-
Piled his morning for orders declaring
The other in contempt Tor violating the
restraining orders. The Vice CHANCELLOR
reserved his decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
say what saloon tina assault took place 10.
Justice Davis remanded the accused men
for examination.
RESISTED THE POLICEMAN.

Joseph Reek aud August Kerkepbach.
two young men residing at the corner Of
First aud jefferson streets, Hobpken,
were beastly intoxicated this morn
Ing aUOut two O'Clock on
First street and were trying to
get into the saloons on the street, They
were making considerable noise when
Policeman Quinn came along and re-
qnested them 10 go about their business.
Beck began abusing the policeman.
Quinn placed him under arrest. when
kerkenbaek attempted TO rescue Beck.
Together they assailed Quinn, VINO fought
and Ryan came to his assistance. They
were braugh to the station house, and
this moining Recorder McDonough COM
m1Lted them for trial
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
TRYING PECK.

ALBANY. Oct. "A. S92.-Labor Commits
sioner Peck s case came up in the police
court before Judge Guttman this morn
ing. Mr.. Meegan. counsel for Messrs.
the prosecution, were present.
Mr.. Meegan moved that the case be
dismissed on the ground that there was
an indictment penGing IN the Court Of
Sessions for the same charge on which
these police court proceedings are based
The motion WAS granted. District At
torney Eaton did not appear, but was
quoted as having no objections to the dis
miSSHl.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
The Milk oil hed Cows.

There is an ancient super tit;on that
the milk OF red cows is better than thai
gwen by vs. OF any other colur A
Frenc hmsn, trave ing through Great
Britain early in the eighteenth cenLury,
Loliced tn t cows were often llack tlan
red in Epgl nd. and that on tniS account
the milk of red cows was preferred o
that of bl ck cows. He asserted that tue
contrary was true OF France. References
to the vir ue Of the red cow occ ir at varI-
Gus polnis in English literature, aud
among the sacrifices employed puriti-
cation from sin IN the Fl rw scfIptur, 8
is red heifer.-Bufdlo Courier.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
bow Japan ooun.s Ysar..

This year being the 1l0ot npiversary
OF this Emperor Kwammu'~ sta ,lishhg
b scapual at Kioio. JaDsn the 5eopip arr
busy preparing for suitable celetra Ion
of the o. casipt. kioto City was four e1
b the Enper y K anmn. VITO took up
h 5 abode in Yamashiro Provilc VIII
as en- unbuilT. aud gradua ne :,
trs,se Hrnu bis palace 80 tltt tnr :
pc or's M mary is esp cially h, nor Y.
There W IL probably te an ex,ibifion
ened Kisto for the occas ot,s--San
Francisco Cdtl.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-24
SENTENCES.

Judge Lippincott today sentenced
George Halle TO term of six months AT
snake Hill for having assaulted Abraham
" Nelson, of Harrison, with intent to
kid. Three months at The same place was
the sentence awarded George G-ascom
lasi week after his conyi:tiou for robbery.
Today the Court recon ,idered ir and re-
duced the punishment to one month at
the County Jail.