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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
GOSSIP.

The Terrapin club, one of Greenvilles most
prosperous social organizations has dec ided to
hold a reception and prize bowling contest at
voss' Hall, on Wednesday evening January 10.
Valuable prizes will be given TO the members
making the highest scores. After the contest
dancing will begin and this fayorite pastime will
be INDUCED in until a late hour.
The committee appointed by the Minkakwa
club to arrange for the annual dinner at the
Belvedere Hall on Wednesday evening. January
"a, is hard at work arranging the details and,
from present indications It will be the most sue
cessful event in the clubs history. Among the
prominent citizens who have promised 60 be
present are Sheriff Tofey, Mayor wanser,
Flavel MCGEE, Ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins, Alder
men Reuben Simpson. John G. Kaiser, Alexau-
der nusenberry, and Tax Commissioner Michael
Schultz, Jr. The menu will be the pest that
mein host Zeugner can produce and those who
have dlned at his festive board know what to ex-
pect.
The work on the stable at the Fifth precinct
station house is being pushed rapidly to COM
pletIon and In q months time it will be ready
for the horses OF the department.. The stable is
q model one and will have every convenience.
A competent stableman will be 10 charge aud as
he will be required TO live in the apartments
above the stable, he will always be on hand.
The horses will receive the best possible at
~tention.
The Greenville Musical and Social Club will
hold its regular monthly entertainment and
reception at Voss' Hall. on Rose avenue. this
evening.
Now that the Greenville Y. NJ. G. A. has been
reorganized the TENDERS are mauifesting I'M
USUAL eof0S Il tuo WeltaIo OIL the OrKaQlZa-
ton. Mr.. H. N. Walker, the efficient stage
manager OF the Dramatic club, will shortly re-
organize that branch Of the association and will.
Outing the next few months present ssverai
plays. The amateur thespians of the associa-
tion ara anxious to again appear before the
public for the benefit of the association and will
give MIR. Walker all the assistance he requires.
The hard times have not, as yet, affected the
building trade said a well known GrNeuviiie
builder to a reporter OF The JERSEY Cry News
a few days ago. II find lots of work in this sec
ton" said he, in fact I have enough work on
hand to keep me busy uutll next summer
vile at present and the carpsnters are kept
busy.
Old Bergen Road and Rose avenue are in a
deplorabie condition. Both of these thorough
fares are sofely in need OF improvement. They
are covered With mud to the depth of several
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

''demnition bowwows' on account of
the wrecking influence which the
Wilson bill is supposed to have on
such concerns. 1t is, therefore, not a
little pleasant TO friends of fair trade
to be assured that no such thing is
the ease. OF course, we must expect
to have any amount of fake distress
iisied up in papers like the Journal,
we must expect to have all sorts of
evil propllesies dinned into our ears.
All we can do is look up the facts and
nail the lies.
The NEWS has gone over the field
pretty carefully in the last week or so.
We have heard from all parts of the
city, and from all the charitable
agencies now at work. And. really,
the result is far from discouraging.
There seems to be comparatively little
distress, and none of a severe kind.
The ordinary mechanism of aid seems
nor than adequate to the occasion,
and a little liberality in giving will,
we believe, keep the wolf from every
door until the spring sets in with
more work and better business. Ger
tainly the conditions do not begin to
compare with those of 1878 and 1879
which were Immediately followed by
one of the most prolonged and enthu-
siastic eras of nrnsneritV that his
section of the country has ever had.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Samantha at the worlds Fair.

Messrs Funk & Wagnall's Company announce
as in the market Samantha at the Worlds
Fair, - by Josiah Allsn's Wifs," with humorous
illustrations by Baron c. De Grimm.
No intelligent reader can fail to enjoy "Sa-
mantha at the Worlds FAIR and the side-split.
ting illustrations, of which there are more than
one hundred. This is indeed a book that is able
to remove the traces of care from the sad coun-
tenance and illumIne it with the broadcast Of
healthy smiles. The account OF the nesting Of
Samantha with the Duke of Veragua is simply
Irresistible, whea she judged thar her 'curchy
wuz jest about right. and whom, upon her sa.
lutiug him lin the name OF Jonesvillle and Amer
lea, the Duke bowed so low that il q basin Of
water had been st on his back it would have
run down over his head. The narrative of
Miss Plank, the Chicago boarding house keeper,
with her respectable and agreeable boarders,"
and her "iery COOK is full of human nature
and exceedingly droll. The meeting of Sam
antha with the Infanta. the demonstrates OF
samantha: Il hate to have you smoke. Uialey
Il hate to like a dog together With De
Grimm's illustrations of the characters ars very
effective. Josiah posing as Apollo in his bed
room, in the middle Of the night, the result of q
''brown study" ia the art galleries. the
dismay of Samantha. and her adroit
management of the living statute under
ceedingly good. Among the Illustrations esps-
cially good is the artists portrayal, in a series
of ideal portraits, Of Columbus as represented
in the minds of different nationalities-in fact
the book is excellent all the way through its 700
pages.
Miss Hollsy's books have this sterling feature
TO recommend LQem ApOVe OlleF humorous puO-
locations, namely, under the pure fun is q strong
current of good healthy common sense. and q
distinct moral purpose. Pathos and humor, the
grotesque and the ethical, are perfectly blended,
and while one never tires of writings they have
a cheering and elevating effect upon the
readers. Next to going to the World Fair il to
enjoy it through Samantha's eyes.
Worthington,s for January.
With the January number this popular maga-
zine begins it's third volume. 1t ia a remarkably
attractive number, and is throughout bright,
clean. Instructive and eminently readable. The
i YEA or1as a5ecle, J shirn : s OF Gsll[ofnla,r 5y
and gives a good idea of these coniferous for.
ests. Amongst the other articles aud stor les are
"A Celebrated Escape" By General Thomas E.
of the Forty. Miners, - and short stories by Mary
Bradley, while Clinton Scotland, Elizabeth Ak
ers and Albert Blgelow Paine contribute pleas
ing poems. 'In Our Young People, Is begun a
serial. "Giant's Bracket'' and THE Maze' will
attract both young and old.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Cooking Glass Not Mentioned at Last
NIGHTS Meeting.

Nights Meeting.
Mr.. Ulamor Allen reported last night to
the Board of Education, of which he is a
member, that School No. 25 will be ready for
use on Monday next, and he asked the board
to notify the Street and Water Board of that
fact in order that the furniture may be re
moved. He also suggested that Annex No. 8
should be closed after January l, since there
would be no more use for it, and the teachers
in that school transferred to No. %. This
was done.
Prior to this, the board apportioned to the
respective schools the sum of $12,0 00, appro-
priated for books and stationery.
IN Mr.. Beachs motion, Charles Towns
bend WAS appointed janitor of No. "A School.
lii moving this, Mr.. Beach explained that he
had suspended the former %janitor, GarretVree-
land. and until the new j~anitor was appointed
hired Carpenter Sapderson to 40 odd obs
about the West Bergen school. For the three
months elapsing between the removal Of
Vreeland and election of Townsend the car
penter was paid at a j~anitor's salary rate.
President Jones recommended that each
committeeman should report upon the adj
visibility of opening nnexes since q large
number OF. children could not find accomnio-
dation in the schools. On presentation of
such reports the Board of Finance could
be petitioned to make some appropriation for
hiring rooms for annexes. Mr.. Jones
also suggested that as many of the heaters
in the schools were out of order and
member should examine the question. and
ask for estimates, and the Board of Finance
have promised to attend TO this item of
heating.
DR.. Allen, however, did not think it VAS q
school directors business to run around look
ing for estimates for repairs to heaters, and
he moved that the Street and Water Board
be requested to do this work, which came
within their duty. This was agreed, and
after a number of reports were received,
claims passed and leave for absence to teach
ets granted, the board adjourned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
Now For a New Post Office.


By the way. when are we going to
have a new postofice? What have
Senator Mcpherson and Congressman
George B. Fielder been about that no
bill has yet been introduced. We do
not believe there is another city in the
United States of the size of Jersey
City that is so scandaiously behind
the age in this respect. Our Postofice
building is almost as bad as our Post
Office service, and more cannot be
said.
1t is about time something were
done in this matter. There ought to
be at least as much money spent on a
building for this city as for Newark.
for even If the population is a little
smaller still, it is growing faster and
the city has much stronger elements
of future development in it than our
nelghbor. 1t is not idle boasting to
say that Jersey City is sure to leave
Brooklyn behind in the course of the
next twenty-five years. Our water
front facilities are easily ten times
superior. and of course BROOKLYN is
not in it with us as a railway terminal
point-never a hope to be. Our low
level land is more favorable to manu-
features than any region in Brook
lyn, ana our rocky ridge from Bay
onne to the northern towns affords as
delightful a residence district as any
in the world. The fact is anyone with
the least pr~escience must see that
jersey City is not out of its swaddling
clothes yet as a city, and that its in
fancy is that Of a giant.
1t would be a very pennywise pro-
ceeding indeed not to take account of
the future in the erection OF a Federal
building now Land can be bought
now for an old song in comparison
with its prospective value in decade.
Therefore a large site in. the best
business portion of the city should be
secured-some place not over five
blocks distant from the City Hall. at
most. Then q building should be put
up which will be an ornament to the
city and which will be large and co M
modious enough to allow for expan-
sion in business to double n triple its
present volume.
Our representatives should take
this matter in hand. We have been
put off too many years. At least half
n million should be spent on the land
aud building.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
SPECIAL
An Alleged Method of Preventing the
Formation of Seeds.

~ AAeAOAA VI SCCN6s
A Californian writes:-"A few years ago
I was stopping over at a hotel at Redding in
the upper Sacramento. A rancher came
along with as fine a lot of watermelons as |
ever saw and stated that every one of them
was seedless. The landlord bought some
and served them for dinner. They were as
good melons as one ever tasted and not one of
them had a single seed. This was a revela-
ton to me, and as the rancher remained for
dinner was curious enough to ask him the
secret of their production.
Easy enough said he, You plant your
melons in the ordinary way. When the vines
are two or three feet long cover them at the
joints where the leaves come OUT with fresh
dirt. III a few days-say a week-roots will
have formed at the places where the vines
are covered sufficient to keep the vines alive.
Then cut off the vine between the first joint
and the parent stem, and all the melons that
grow on the disconnected vine will be seed
less The mar offered to take me in his
patch a mile or so out of town and show me
all about it, but / did not have time to in
yestigate the subject. But this much ! know,
he had the seedless melons and | helped to
eat them. a-LoaoeU Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

LET us have a truce to heated
rhetoric on the Hawaiian question.
The Morgan Committee is now ON
Guiding an investigation into all the
facts, which we hope will be both
fair and exhaustive. 1t is possible
the report to the Senate. which will be
made in due time, will settle the
whole matter in the public mind.
Meanwhile, the frantic efforts of the
Sun to prejudice the committee and
poison public sentiment is simply in
famous.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
FELL THROUGH THE TREsTLE,

James McShane, twenty-one years old, of
No. 691 Tenth avenue, New York, is en-
ployed as a typewriter at Hitchings' Iron
Foundry. He started for home rather late
last night. and to catch a train ran from the
foundry along the railroad tracks. In cross
ing the bridge which spans the canal he lost
his footing and fell through the trestle to the
tow-path and was badly hurt. He was re-
moved to the house Of a friend at No. 100
Clark street, and was attended by Drs.
Wilkinson and Muttart. They pronounced
his injuries as not serious.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
PEOPLES PALACE 0 T

The New Years Day reception to be given
in the Tabernacle and Peoples Palace next
Monday bids fair to be the largest hereto
fore given. Refreshments will be served
from five T. M. to ten P. M. Ladies' and
gentlemen invited. A fine entertainment
viii be given during the evening in Assem-
bly, hall by home talent. The entrance DUR
ing the day will be No. 1888 Grand street and
after five P. NJ. on Henderson sereet. The
twelve new teams nave already got down to
business. The Christmas entertainment of
the Sabbath school will be held this evening,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
WEST SHORE RAILROAD.
H NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.
Picturesque Line of Travel to Lake
and Mountain Resorts.

= ANN Va ~ AdAC
and Mountain Resorts.
Trains leave AID st, North River station, New
York, as follows and fifteen minutes earlier from
foot Franklin ST., N. R. Terminal station at Wee
hawken, Nd. can be reached via. trains of N. j. j.
Rd, leaving Penn. r. R. Depot.
$50 A. M.-Daily local to Albany and Saratoga.
els A. M.rDaily for Albany, Utica, Syracuse,
Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago,
except Saturday for Toronto.
1l.35 A. M.-Daily, except Sunday, to Catskil
Mountains, New Paltz, Lakes Mohonk and Minnie
waska, Albany, Saratoga.
400 P. M.-Daily excent Sunday for Catskill
Mountains and Albany.
SIS P. NJ. daily for Albany, Montreal, Utica, syria.
cuse, Rochester. Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago.
$50 P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for Newburgh,
Albany, Saratoga and Montreal. Parlor car to
Kingston.
sis P. NJ. daily for Albany, Utica, Syracuse.
Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit,
Cleveland and Chicago.
Haverstraw Locals, 100 A. NJ; 2.45, 4.S0, SIS, S.45,
1000 and *l1.45 I. NJ.
Newburgh Locals, *10.15 A. NJ. *i.15, SIS, $3.50 P, NJ.
%Daily. &Sundays only.
Wagner sleeping cars for Albany, Utica, Syracuse.
Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit,
Cleveland and Chicago on all through trains.
For tickets, time tables, parlor and sleeping car
accommodations, or information, apply offices;
Brooklyn, No. S5 Washington street, No. 726 Fulton
street; annex office, foot Fulton street, New York
City, Nos, lis, 291, 262. 1913, 1876 and 942 Broadway, 143
Bowery, No 81 East Fourteenth street, No. So West
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, Hoboken, n.
j., No. l5 Hudson street and at stations.
c.. Z. LAMBERT,
General Passenger Agent,
No. 5 Vanderbilt avenue,
New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
Not So Very Much Distress.

Here is good news indeed from Pas
tor Little. He says Lafayette is in no
immediate need. Those who are suf-
iering the pangs of poverty are the
habitualIy poor. They may be
pinched a little more than usual, as
the better off classes nave a little less
money to spare for charity.
Now, Lafayette lives largely on
home manufactures, and the Journal
has been picturing 1t as going to the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

We are sorry to see that there is a
flaming handbill out announcing the
entertainment" of the so-called "Ho-
boken Press Club" We call the at
tention Of the public to the fact that
the respectable papers Of the COM
munity severely discountenance the
whole affair. and that their employees
have no connection with it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
OFFICERS OF EMORY PRAYING BAND

A meeting of the Emory Praying Band
was held at the home of H. w. Van Hule,
No. 1857 Wilton street, on Wednesday
night and officers were elected as follows
John Acker, Superintendent; j. Roe, As
sistant Superintendent: H. w Van Hule.
Secretary; George A. Anderson, Treasurer.
The band Is preparing to celebrate its ami
versary, which occurs on January 81.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

WE hear from well informed sources
that the Sun is going down hill at q
fearful rate. Its circulation has gone
to pieces and business men are finding
it out. Thus malignant villainy
works out its own punishment. No
degree of brilliancy could blind the
people to the atrocious immortality of
the Suns crusade against the Presi-
dent, the Democratic party and the
cause of the people of the United
States.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

EVERYONE loves a ghost story. 1t
is extraordinary what a sensation that
narrative of Bessie Hennessey's alleged
encounter with the Devil created. All
day yesterday, copies of THE NEWS
containing it were in demand, and
nothing else vas talked of all over
town. Fact is the bump" of the
supernatural is well developed in
every mans brain, and is simply
e~lephantine in the brain of woman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
ARMY NOTES.

A meeting will be held tonight at the Sal
walton Army barracks, corner Grove and
Montgomery streets, commencing at eight
O'Clock, when Staff Captain Watkins, the
Salvation Army Patti, will sing some of her
beautiful songs. All are welcome. On Sum-
day, December 80, the meetings will be led
by Staff Captain Marshall. He will take as
his subject for Sunday evening, 'sWalking
Ghosts" Public meetings every night in
the week but Monday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
WORK FOR THE NEW ooMMITTEE,

The old Eighth Assembly Republican Com
mittee net last night, and adjourned sine die.
The protests submitted by certain voters
from the Fourth and Twelfth precincts, con-
corning the recent primary elections held in
those two precincts, were laid over until the
second Thursday in January, when they will
be acted upon by the new committee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

We believe the appointment of Mr..
George L. Record, as Postmaster, if
made by the President will give uni
versal satisfaction. He is sure to
make more of a record than the pres
ent Republican incumbent, anyway.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

THE Elizabeth Journal has treated
itself to a new dress of type, which
has materially improved its appear
ance. Under the editorial manage
ment of Mr.. Charles G. Mcbride, the
Journal has come to be one of the best
newspapers in the State and a power
in the Republican party.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

WHEN finished, the new City Hall
will rank as about the third or fourth
building in the State. The State
House, and an insurance company's
building in Newark will alone outclass
it in cost, and perhaps the Newark
Postofice in architectural effect.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

THE Journal says the resolution to
build up the Fire Department is
Illegal. OF course it must be il the
Journal says SO; but why is it? Will
the Journal condescend to explain?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

WHAT is the matter with Spencer
Weart for Street and Water Commits
sioner?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
EMORY BATTALIoN's PRESENTS.

Emory Battalion recently presented its
Captain, j. B. Faulks, Jr.. with a Christmas
of a gilt sword belt. To Miss Emma
t ansSG gave wR q handsome pIays ror six IRe um On bre alan nlsn'S'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

QUEER business that Hoboken Lii
brary site deal! 1t looks as if the city
were being robbed n way or the
other.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1898.

This paper is Democratic in principles
and is Independent IN its rie,es on all local
nnestinnS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
DTTIDENDS.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
JERSEY CRY, Dec. 81, 1898.
THE BoARD Of DIRECTORS OF THIS BANK
l have this day declared a
DIVIDEND OF SIN t6a PER CENT..
free OF tax, payable on and after January I'd, 1894
until which date the transfer books will rematH
closed.
G. W. CoNKLIN,
Cashier.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29
SUPT. POLAND'S REPORT
Cost Of Maintenance Of the Pub
lie Schools the Last Fiscal
Year.
Spsoia1 to the Jerseu cftu Mcus.

TRENTON, Dec. 80, 1S93.-T11e annual re-
port of the State Superintendent of Public
instruction, E. B. Poland, is being made up,
and will be IN interesting document. 1t is
not entirely complete, but the following sum
mary shows the condition of the educational
interests of the State as far as the public
schools go. Those who compare this years
figures with those of last year may discover
some startling differences, which apparently
have no reason for SO appearing. The
reason is that in former years, a num-
Der OF items were grouped under one head,
Which by a new system OF keeping accounts
are in this report singled out and placed UNI
der separate heads. For instance, the incl
dental account will show a large decrease,
for the reason that the ~janitors' salaries and
light and fuel accounts have been enumer-
ated separately.
The increase shown i'll the Normal School
account and the Deaf Mute School column
are accounted for by the increased a%ppropri-
ations made to those institutions by the Leg
islature last winter. The summarized state
ment follows
RECEIPT
Amount appropriated from income
of State School Fund. .......... $219 ,280 90
Amount State School Tax ....u.:. 2,251, 100 90
District and City School Tax. 1,405, l64 rs
Appropriated by counties for sal-
aries and expenses OF supsrfn-
tendents. 2s,4e0 81
Interest on surplus revenue. -...... 3l,5aS 81
Amount Township School Tax. 13,203 50
Raised in districts for manual train
ng........ .........,........ 49, 4s IS
From sale district school bonds.... Ala, 9Io 10
libraries. 7,7eo 81
Raised for teachers libraries ...-.. so %
DISBURSEMENTS.
For teachers salaries. 81, 4S9, 399 81
Fuel and S0i,747 So
Incidentals. sss.946 %
houses s7s, s5s is
For manual training ......ss...s.. 25,297 10
For school libraries. -. ........... 11,769 81
For teachers libraries .......... 100 OF
ton. a.o91 Is
Department Puolic Instruction 49,. HOT OF
Expenses School Fuad ......... 1887 4;
Salary County Super intendents.-.. 2s,511 %
ents. 5,979 Sc
leacners institutes. ........s.. S.U95 81
School census 1851 q
Normal School. ...........a sss.449 81
Normal School extension .......... $3.50 81
penses Deaf Mute school ....... 4o.2e4 o.
Farnum School,. LOO o.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Total valus of school property ). $40. s74, Els 90
Number of children school houses
VIII accommodate. ............ 233,Sf'
Number of children enrolled. .... 250,9lD
Average attendance. -. ..a..... ISL, 81
Average time schools kept open, 9 mos. 10 DIS
Number Of male teachers. ...... 10
Number of female teachers.... 4.43
Average salary Of male Teachers, S79 d
Average salary female teachers. 81 70
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-29

EVIDENTLY seeing is believing" in
excise cases.