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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
STATE NOTES.

There is a small lake on top of the Blue Noun
tains, in Warren County, which is Inhabited by
a small specie of clans. They have hard shells
and resemble the salt water variety.
The effect at Creston Cliff, on the Palisades,
when there is a strong west wind blowing, Is In
teresting and astonishing. This wind strikes
the rock wall after its untrammeled flight
across the Hudson, and is suddenly shunted up
ward, so that q swift current of air shoots al
most perpendicularly above the edge of the
Palisades. A hat thrown over the cliff sails a
few yards toward the river and Is then Dor ne
Upward and inland upon the furious perpendicu :
lar current. When the wind is strongest even
a plank or a fence rail thrown over the preci-
pice is tossed in the air and carried back into
the woods west of the Palisades.
Shad have been caught in Delaware bay by
Salem County fishermen.
The grass pagoda, to be exhibited at the
Chicago Fair is now being displayed in Woods
town.
A professional acrobat firds employment at
the zinc mines in Ogdensburg. His services are
required in getting out snarls and removing
distractions from the cables and electric wires
used about the ore cars, which run on steep
grades. He can walk a tight rope when neces-
sary.
While examining the registers in st. Johns
Catholic Church, Paterson, at seven o'clock
Monday evening, the sexton heard q peculiar
noise on the north side of the edifice. He
FASTENED to the spot whence the sound came,
and found a four-days-old infant nestled costly
in a pew. 1t was warmly clad and was strug-
ling vigorously with a tube attached to a well
flied bottle of milk. The babe was sent to the
almShouSe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30

prcatical food for the nerves and blood was
found which has proved in years of practice
a certain cure for the many ills, sleepless-
ness, dyspepsia, kidney troubles, neuralgia,
and the rest, that result frequently from
overwork or improper living.
h Paine's celery compound makes peo-
pie we'll, as thousands of persons through
out the country have testified every year,
but no better acknowledgement received
than that from the Roxbury Home for aged
women, the matron of which says: "We
realize that Paine's celery compound has
been very beneficial"
One of the inmates, Mrs. Hannah Patter-
son, 90 years old, has been greatly benefited
by Paine's celery compound. She can sew
as we'll as she could at fifty, which she has
because she was unable to hold the work in
her hands. s
Miss Lucy Mann, another resident of the
Home, has been cured of general prostra-
ton, and these and others could not say
enough in praise of the remedy which has
made them we'll.
Paine's celery compound is not a patent
medicine, a ~sarsaparilla, or an ordinary
tonic but is as superior to them as the dia-
mond is to common glass. 1t is to be had at
any drug store, and in these months Of
March, April, May, when, as everybody
knows, a true nerve tonic and blood puri-
fer is essential, it is in greater demand, the
country over, than all the hundred and one
nostrums that people are from year to year
beguiled into using.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30

"Are you sure that you wish to live to be
three score and ten?" asked a reporter,
says the Boston Globe, of an old lady in
Roxbury the other day.
"Yes," she replied, 'sifI could be sure of
living the last days of my life in the Home
on Burton Ave-"
The Roxbury Home for children and aged
women occupies the building, a picture of
which is given above.
kind in the country. It's Board of Managers
is composed of some of the best known men
and women in Boston, of whom Scion W.
Bush is president.
sit affords a temporary home for many
worthy persons, but preference is given to
those who are residents of that part of Bos
ton formerly known as Roxbury.
When one considers that only one per-
son in q thousand dies of old age, the only
disease that should rightfully claim n of
us, it occurs that there is need ofsomething
to correct the fatal tendencies of modern
living.
Good nerves are the w~ell-spring of life,
and to impoverished blood and a diseased,
nervous system, are due primarily more
untime1y deaths than all other causes put
together.
1t was in view of this that Paine's celery
compound was first prescribed by the most
eminent practitioner of these latter days.
After years of study and investigation, a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT.
A Number of Interesting Cases to BE
Passed Upon.

A Number of Interesting Cases to BE
Passed Upon.
special to The Jersey Citu Ne,os.
TRENTON, March 80, 1S93.-The United
States Circuit Court has opened with a
list of petit jurors. all of whom are from
Mercer County. The superstition is that
the entire State should be represented in
a panel of the Federal Court. and in seek
ing an explanation of why only Mercer
County is drawn on by this Court, a Pc
culiar state of affairs was foun to exist.
The United States only allows its jurors
So q day and mileage one way for the
entire term.
There nave been times when remote
sections of the State were represented in
this panel, such as Paterson and Atlantic
City, but it was found to be a dangerous
practice because of the frequent nou-ap-
pearance of The Jurors, caused by the
missing Of trains or the missing OF con-
nections aud frequently cases would have
to be adjourned because a full panel was
not on hand; then the Court decided for
its own protection only to put in the box
citizens who could reach the Federal
building without change of car S. This
did not seem to be any Improvement, for
jurymen came in late and frequently did
not come i'll at all. During TIL last year
the TWO jury commissioners I'm proved on
the situation by only drawing from Mer-
Ger County aud nearby points in Bur-
lingtona7 County, SO that the men will be
sure to be or hand and able to get home
even if detained IN the jury room until
late at night. sa7E
The equity lisS Will not be taken up
until April 10, when Judge Acheson
will occupy the oench.
Judge Green rendered an opinion in tn e
suit brought by the Edison Electric
Light Company against Westinghouse,
Church, Kerr & Co., in which he uDholds
| the Edison patents. This is a great VIC
tory for Thomas A. Edison, and involves
millions of dollars. The suit was brought
TO decide the question whether the de-
vice used by tue old Trenton Electric
Light Company is an infringement OF
the Edison patent, but the case not only
| affects the Trenton company. but almost
every comp any In the United States X
cept those working under the Edison
patent.
The patene in suit relates to the method
of distributing the electric current. 1t
WAS not until Edison obtained his patent
that the lighting of large areas by
electricity became profitable. Before that
many schemes had been trieu, but were
found impracticable. Mr.. Edison's pres
enG system is somewhat similar to that
by which gas and water are distributed.
He divided a city into districts, and
used two wires, one known as the con-
sumption wire, TO which pumps were
| attached, and the other a feeding wire
| to supply the consumption wire. Under
| this system he overcomes the loss ia the
| current, and for the first time makes
electric lighting of large cities profitable.
Judge Green also denied the application
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for an injunction to restrain the New
Jersey Junction Railroad from. going
under the Pennsylva MIA yards at Jersey
CITY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
Alas. Poor O

MI. Robert Davis is greatly to be
pitied in the misfortune that has over
taken him. The four indictments
against him for conspiracy to deceive
a court, and for subornation Of per-
jury, found by the Federal Grand
Jury some months ago, are never to
be tried.
This is lamentable. Mr.. Davis will
now never be indicated. He will go
down to his grave with the suspicion
always hanging over him that the
charges were perhaps true.
Poor Mr.. Davis! What is a twenty
thousand a year jailership? What
are the profits that flow from Har-
r:sonf What is. the good of the Jer-
seY City Construction Company
What are the joys of managing q
theatrical star?
All, all, are dead sea fruit. when
v~indication cannot be secured!
How Mr.. Davis must have plead or
his knees with District Attorney Win.
field, the complaining witness, to
press the chargesi How he must have
implored United States District At
torney White to urge them to trial
Do you not hear his clamors for in
vestigation, for justice with a great
big ] rending the afrighted atmos-
phere of the Federal court roo m?
But all in vain. Heartless men pre-
fer to leave the blot upon the sweet
and lovely reputation Of our beloved
Jailer.
On, it is sad; it is bitter. WeeT
your weeps, good people of Hudson,
for a great sorrow has fallen upon
your King.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
C0NDIT-SMITH.

Brilliant Wedding at the Brides Home
Last Evening-The Guests.
The residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. Smith. No. 1913 Grand street. was the
scene of n brilliant wedding last night.
when Miss Fannie Irene Smith and Mr..
MIR. Lynus Stevens Condit were united in
marriage. The bridal party entered the
parlors at eight O'Clock. the usher,
Messrs. Walter Kidder, John Morgan aud
Harry Piatt. leading, followed by rhe
bridesmaids. Misses ida Wolfe. of Prince
ton, and Emma Qaincey, of New York.
dressed alike in gowns of pale pink crepe
de chine. The maid of honor, Miss
Carrie Smith, wore a pretty empire gown
of blue crepe and carried pink roses.
The bride, who is a strikingly beauti-
full brunette, wore white fable, the deep
girdle and corsage decoration of seed
pearls. Her veil was caught with orange
blossoms, Il she carried white roses
aud lilies of the valley. The Rev. Mr..
Scudder performed the ceremony, afteI
which a large reception was held. The
bridal gifts were IN usually beautiful and
numerous. Morrow & Day served supper,
after which the happy pair left for Wash
ingtou, Mrs. CondiG wearing a travelling
gown of cedar green cloth, made with a
three-quarter coat. trimmed with velvet
and Prrsienne.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. N. B. Cushing. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Douglass. Mrs. Edward l. Edwards, Mrs.
William d. Edwards, Miss Grace Hous-
ton, Nj. and Mrs. William Ives, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew johnson, Mr.. aud Mrs.
Charles Kidder. Mr.. Walter Kidder. Mr..
William Lambert, Miss Louise Long
street, Misses Carrie LeaviJJ and ITALIA
Morse, Mr.. Lewis Miller, Mrs. Phoebe
Merseles. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Condit, Nj.
aud Mrs. w. A. Smith, Mrs. John ID.
Quincy, Mrs. Spedone. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Palmer, Miss Lizzie Cannon,
Misses Carrie, Ida and Minnie Morgan,
Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Eliza and Laonia
Brown. Clara Hinshaw, MIR. and Mrs. Geo.
Holmes. Mr.. Alex Brown, Messrs. Frank
Berger, Lincoln Boyle, Fred Carruthers.
West Pollock, John Plummer, Austin
Poe, Mrs. A. Spedone, the Misses Maggie
Mcknight. Eta Mexican, Florence Roe.
Rofena Rector, NJ. Spedone, Ida Wolfe,
Annie Webster. Mr.. AMI Mrs. Jared B.
Wolfe. Mrs. Julia West. Messrs. Edward
Valtee, Fred Winters. Charles Washburn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Woodward, Mr.. Jared
Wolfe, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Roe, Mr.. n
Mrs. George Howard Roe. Mrs. Lizzie
Rector, DR.. Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Scott
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Stevens and Mr..
and Mrs. w. "A. Smith.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
THE DANCING SEASON.

Garfield Lodge.
The seventh annual ball in celebration of the
anniversary of Garfield Lodge, No. IS, T. O. o. F.,
held last night, at Woods Hall, was a very
pleasant affair. The hall was handsomely de-
corated. The grand march was led by the Floor
Manager, j. Basch and wife. Among the parti-
cipants were:-Mr. Tomilson and Miss Parker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Blizzard, Mi. and Mrs. George
Thomas and daughter, Mr.. Richards and Miss
Stevens; Mr.. and Mrs. krouse and son. MT. ana
F. Kuncken, Mr.. James, Mr.. and Mrs. Powers,
Life Saver Kelly, wife, sister and daughter; Mr..
and Mrs: JacGs M NJ ian; m +. II RS Masllss' M NE. a am |
! Mrs. Bush, Past officers VIM. and S. Ryan and
wives, Mr.. Corse. Mr.. Moore. From Hoboken
there were Mr.; and Mrs. /. !. Jones ana ms me
| and Mrs. F.'W. Mason and daughter, Mr.. and
| Mrs. @. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs John Miher,
a Mr.; and N Mrs; Ge spg Il IS Was Said at that ans shs sis;
| Stanton and Port Warden Laferty were present,
| for a time. j. Basch was Floor Manager
sss'sisd BY # 7. + +. w Rtat Ma s : j. ) E w. Mailsl, E. 4
| Malliet and e. F. Kuncken. Jr., Charles
| Baldwin, Chairman, John Hanson, E. l..
Mays. G. ". b Rlker and do +; Harvey The .0 cnw ea
mittee Of Arrangements entitled TO credlt Tor
| the perfectness of every detail were:-J. i.
DAVIS ". Michel, G. Ii. Baldwin. The order Of
| dane ing comprised thirty numbers OF the latest
! and most fashionable daDces and all were spir-
| itedly and gracefully ex ecuted.
Red Men Entertain.
winona Tribe, No. 81, Improved Order of Red
Men, gave an interesting entertainment Tues
day evening at Woods Hall. An excellent
programme was provided. including vocal and
| instrumental music, recitations. farces and
! comedy sketches. An opening chorus by Red
| Men was followed by a piano duet by Henitz
and Westmuth, song by Miss R. Griffin, comic
songs and sayings by H. S. Bennett, b%anjoist;
| Murphy Brothers in their Imaginable farce,
Family Troubles; comic songs by Mr.. Cook;
| s'Relief of Lucknow, " by Miss L. Wilson; senti-
mental and comic songs, also limitations
Of bells, banjos and church or gans by the EN-
pire City Quartette, George Sn aefer. first tenor;
S. M. Smith, second tenor; H. S. Benner, first
bass; Edward Sehaaf, second bass; violin solo
by MI. E. Stone: the two talking clowns. King
and Sinclair; song by Mr.. Judge, Whitlock and
Duncombe, instrumentalists; recitations by
William johnson and Morris and Norton
in the Irish outcast; Singing and reeitation n
entertainment. The Committee Of Arrange :
ments were: E.. Gafney, Chairman, J. Graham,
Treasurer; w. Ensor, Secretary F.. Sturha ms, J.
Fitzgerald, J. Hampson, G.. Washbur n, J. Cook.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
WICKED MAMIE FRITZ.
She Stole Marked Coins from MIR. Koons'
Money Drawer.

She Stole Marked Coins from MIR. Koons'
Money Drawer.
During the past month Mr.. G. Rooms
Of No. 3S7 Summit avenue. has frequently
missed small sums of money from his
cash drawer. He suspected that eighteen
year old Mamie Fritz. of No. 391 Sumrni5
avenue, was robbing him. andN on Mon
day he SET a trap for her. He placed
several marked coins in the drawer and
when he saw Mamie enter the store he
secreted himself behind q wooden
partition at the rear of the store. Mamie
entered s%tealthily, and walking behind-the
counter, opened the cash drawer and took
the coins. She then ran around to the
front of the counter, and Mr.. Hoops came
from his hiding place. He said nothing to
Mamie about the matter, but yesterday
went to the Third Police Court aud swore
out a warrant for her arrest. She
denied all knowledge of the affair when
arrested. When examined, one ofsthe
marked coins was found in her pocket.
This morniugJust.ce Kimmerly held
her Id 5000 bail to await the action of the
Grand Jury.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
STREET CAR TAXATION
Young Greenyillians Debate a VeXed
Municipal Issue.

The Elite Society held a very interest.
ing debate before a large company, last
evening, at the residence of Mr.. John
Francis Byrne, No. % Pearsall Avenue,
Greenville. The subject was: "Should
Jersey City Compel Traction Companies
to Pay for ~Franchsies?" Messrs. Richie
Petit and Byrne argued in the negative,
while John +. Peters aud John Sullivan
gave reasons why the companies should
pay. Messrs. Thomas Norton, G.. Moers-
dorf and P. O'Connor were judges.
MI. Byrne in opening the debate tor the
negative, ssid:-"The plan to tax the
traction companies is unwise. A city
practically build up the sections through
which they pass, aud the city is benefited.
The citizens of Greenville are crying loud
ly for rapid transit. They say that the
section Will not prosper until they get 1t,
and yet when 81 company proposes to give
them fast railroads, they demand that a
certain sum be paid to the city annually
TOR the privilege of running the fast cars.
The citizens, although they would be ben
etteu, want the company TO pay for the
privilege OF onliging them, and
improving their property. The company
would reap a handsome profit, 1t is true,
but would not the property owners be
USAcAGcO 6f6u uiOIGI IA6T6 10 DlGuUy Ok
room for rapid transit lines in this city,
and The sooner we get them the better.
Citizens who attempt to block the COM
panies by demanding large sums for
franchises are simply blocking their own
path"
Mr.. j.. F. Peters then gave his reasons
why The companies should be taxed. He
sa1u:-"I see nc reason why our citizens
should be taxed, and heavily, too, while
a rich corporation operating an extern
sive and lucrative railroad system
should be exempt from taxation.
The railroad companies are growing
rich at the expense of the public aud the
city is not benefited financially. Other
cities compel companies to pay and l do
not see why Jersey City should give yalu-
able franchises ava without receiving
n cent in return. II We do not receive
a cash return, let US bs benefited in some
other way. If The company operates an
electric system. why not let it light the
streets through which It's cars pass?
Lamps could be placed on the
poles and the city would receive
at least some benefit. A vender wishing
to sell wares from a stand on any of our
corners or streets must pay a license fee
or he will be prevented from doing bust
ness. Railroad companies. who monopo-
lie oue-half OF the taoroughfares with
tracks, are allowed to accumulate wealth
without paying one cen into the city
treasury for the privilege"
The judges decided in favor of the
negative.
After the debate a social session was
held. Messrs. j. T. Byrne, i. Norton
aud E. O'Connor s ang tenor solos and H.
Petit read an essay on "Charles
Dickens"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
CENTRAL NOT In IT.
Special Master Ludlow's Report on
the Reading Combine.
Special to The Jersey Citv Ne,os.

Special to The JERSEY CITY NetUs.
TRENTON. March 80. 1S93.-Ex-Governor
Ludlow, who was appointed by Chancel-
lor McGill some time ago to take testl-
mony to ascertain whether the Central
Railroad Company was violating the
Chancellor's inju n ction restraining that
road from continuing its connection with
the Reading Coal Combine. made his
report yesterday. In the report, ex-Gov-
ernor Ludlow states that he finds that
the injunction is being obeyed. both in
letter and In spirit, by. the Cen
trial Railroad. He also finds
that the lease of the Central
to the Port Reading Railroad and the
trlpartite agreement entered into by the
Central with the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company and the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
have been terminated.
The report Is an exhaustive one and
includes all the testimony taken by the
Ex-Governor. 1t concludes with IL full
exoneration of the Central road from the
charge OF having continued in the Coal
Combine after the order of the Chancel-
Tor had been issued restraining it there
from and providing for the appointment
Of a receiver in case it did not comply.
The report concludes with the state
ment that the Central has returned to the
independent position winch IL ormerl
occupied before the Combine was formed,
and it Is not now a party to any combina
tion between itself and the other defend
ants, or either of them. whose object
purpose or effect is to control or arbitrar-
lily increase the price Of coal to the in
habitants of the State of New Jersey,
under any Instrument or p%retense what
soever. either by arbitrarily lessening the
production or arbitrarily fixing the
price thereof or the transportation of the
same or in anywise whatsoever.s
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
Not in the Combine

Central Not in the Combine.
The report of Special Master Lud-
low upon the Reading Combine must
be regarded as finally settling the
status of the Central Railway. He
finds that the road is being operated
in all respects separately and indie
pendently. Ex-Governor Ludlow is
beyond all suspicion of winking at
the sins of corporations. If he is sat-
isfied, there can be no o for any
one else to doubt. 1t must be ac-
copied as a fact that. SO far as the
law can determine, the Central has
not been in the Combine since Chan
cellor McGill issued his famous deci-
sion regarding the illegality of such
alliances.
1t is admitted that there are very
intimate relations between the COM
panies, but this, of course. cannot be
helped. So long as they remain
under independent control, their
traffic contracts are not subject to re-
view by the courts.
at any rate, the attacks on the Com
bine have had a definite effect. Coal
is fifty cents aton cheaper than it was.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-30
GLOUCESTER'S OUTBURST.
Duke Billy VIII Try to Make His Track
Respectable.

VS6SpeclHU.C. 5
Special to The Jerseu City Ne,Us.
CAMDEN, March 80. 1893.-The Camden
Courier of yesterday afternoon published
the following, concerning the future of
Gloucester City: Gloucester Point will,
at an early day undergo a metamorphis.
William J. Thompson is arr angling for a
~collosal improvement there. The sch enc
ia the erection of a bulkhead from the
Ferry Company;s wharf to Timber creek,
a distance of oyer a mile, with a bridge
across the creek.
ION The territory reclaimed 1t fs
proposed to erect three large
first class hotels. plant shade trees,
erect pavilions and make the river
front a very attractive summer
resort An electric road connecting Win
the Camden Road on Broadway end ex-
tending along the river front. crossing
the Timber Creek and running to Fancy
Hill aud Woodbury., is q part OF this I'M
provement.
make a new record tor Gloucester CITY,
divesting it of its Sums, and making 10 a
desirable place of Philadelphia q Cam
den business men and their families.
Over half a million dollars Will be ex-
pended In these Improvements. Of ceurs
the old Hogg fishery grounds will be
destroyed, but at Fancy Hill the old
Faunce fishery, now owned ny Mr..
Thompson, will still supply the toothsome
shad for planking. as of yore."