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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
STOLE TO GET BREAD
A Fleeing Burglar Shot
1t By ChanCeman
Burns.
EXCITEMENT IN EXCHANGE PLACE
The Bullet Went Wide Of Its
Mark. But Brought the
Thlefto a Standstill.
Hs Was Naking Off With the
Silver Watch of Mr.. John B.
GogsWell, Of Bay Street.

AZ q quarter past two o'clock this
afternoon the pedestrians who were in
the vicinity of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road depot on Exchange Place Swsre
startled at hearing a pistol shot and
seeing q wrll dressed young man
running full speed up towards
Montgomery street with q policeman.
who clutched a smoking revolver. In
close pursuit. When the mau reached
Montgomery street he came to a sudden
stop. allowing the policeman to catch
him. ~
"Kor Gods sake, don't shoot" said the
young man to the policeman as he
tremblsd In the latter's grasp.
The police man opened the signal box
at Montgomery and Hudson streets and
summoned the patrol wagon of the First
precinct. As soon as it arrived he
hustled him and TWO other men, who
were also in pursuit Of him. into IL.
THE PRISONER.
The young man was Edward Brock of
No. 34s East Twelfth street. New YORK.
He had grabbed a silver hunting case
watch from John D. Cogswell, of No. 2
Bay street, this citr.
Cogsweli was walking with o frlend
~leisurely mp the street when Brock, who
was walking In front of them. suddenly
turned about. and grabbed his watch.
He then took to his heels. Cogsweli gave
a yell that attracted the attention OF
Chancenian Burns.
FIRED AT a LEEING RoBBER.
The chanceman saw Brock running and
jumped to the conclusion that he was the
man that Csgswell said had robbed him.
He gave pursuit aud yelled forshim
to stop But Brock went on and
seeined to increase his speed at every
stee. Burns was not to be fooled that
way, however. He pulled out his re-
volver, aimed 1t at Brooks head and
fired. The bullet did not reach its
mark 1t passed over Brac ks head,
It served its purpose. however. for
Brock slackensd his gait. then stopped,
aud allowed Burns to place him under
arrest.
STOLE TO GET BREAD.
At the station house Brock said that
he was penalties and that he stole the
watch in order that he might
raise money to buy bread
for his wife. whom, he said, was lying i'll
and starving at her home In New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
GREAT MANY PENSIONS.
Commissioner Lochren's Report to
the Secretary of the Interior.

WASHINGTON. Sept. %, 1so3.-Tha
formal report of the Commissions OF
Pensions which ia now in the hands OF
Secretary Of the Interior, land which
was this meraihg released for publica.
tion) is supplemented by some later
figures OF interest.
A sta teTnept prepared at the Pension
Bareau shows tpRt since March 4, 1893.
the ,olsl number Of pensions granted
was So, 500.
OF these LIS were issusd since August
20. 1893, q comprise i.7l2 originals
issued to soldiers of the late war, 226 were
for disabilities contracted in the
services and Ia line of duty, and 3l6 were
issued under the act Of June 81, 1890.
Tit pumber issued for disabilities BON
tracted in the service was. therefore.
twenty IN excess of those issued
under the dependent act. The
Board OF Revision is now disposing of an
average Of about ! 900 cases per week of
those suspended under the recent orders
OF the Bureau A6 this rate, it
is estimated that practically all
of those heretofore suspended
will be disposed Of by October 10. Is is
also estimated that &C least 20 per cent.
of shosa suspended will DO retained on
the rolls, though not all of them at their
old rates of pension.
But with this large number Of pensions
restored, Commissioner Lochren esti-
mates That the amount appropriate d for
this year will be enough and that the only
deficiency appropriations required will
be 100000 for special examiners aud
another appropriation for fees and
expenses OF examing surgeons.
In regard to the temporary suspension
OF order 164 the Commissions says:-
IN cases where IL was believed that n
pension could not be sustained, and
another medical examination was
thought necessary the payment
of the pension was ordered
to be suspended pending investigation,
according 20 the practice OF the bureau
from the beginning; and at the pro per
time the usual sixty day notice was
given to the pensiouer, within
which he could ask for a medical
examination or supply furihsr evld ence
Of his right to his pension. This practice
OF the bureau, always followed,
is the correct practice. 1t is NOT
the withdrawal OF taking away of
u pension. but the temporary
withholding Of It's payment where it
appears to be unlawful, peuing v proper
inquiry. Upoa yonr suggestion that this
temporary with holding might work hard
ship where, upou the face Of the pa pers.
1t appears that tue peusioner Is
entitled to at least some less ratinv. the
practice has been modif1ef aud ci q tysd
as TO the cases under this act so fat that
sixty days are only ordered When on The
fscie that the Densi oaer ID not en.t.ed to
Anz nonafnn-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
TRIED TO DEFRAUD.
Now Mrs. Deshung Sues the Company for
Loss of Furniture.

Now Mrs. Deshung sues the Company for
Loss of Furniture.
The case Of Emma l.. Deshong OF
North Vrseland vs.. the Merchants H.
surance Company, q general story OF
which was told In yesterdays JERSEY
CITY NEWS. was continued before Judge
Lippincott and jury this morning.
Edward l.. Sprague was put upon the
stand and testified that he had set fire 10
The houses in question at the request OF
John Mason, the owner; that six boxes
" kfndling wood equipped with candles
had bee placed in various parts of the
house. Sprague testified that ne was In
Masyn's employ.
Mason testified to owning the house,
and said that he had transferred the
furniture to Mrs. Deshong. giving her a
bill of sale.
Edward Meyer, a New York lawyer.
formerly Mas0n's legal adviser, swore
that the signature in the bill of sale was
not Mason's-that 1t was a forgery.
The company's lawyers mali tain that
the furniture was not Mrs. Deshoug's
and that most OF 1t had been moved out;
that there Was a general scheme ceucocL-
ed to defraud the insurance company.
Shrague Was recalled to the stand. nna
at the request Oh the company's counsel
Mrs. Shrague was directed
to retire from the court room
while her. husband gave testimony
with reference to a conversation that
occurred between him aud Mrs, Deshong
shortly after the fire. aud which was
repeated in the presence of Mrs. SDrague.
This for the purpose of strengthening q
eorroborasion of Sprague's testimony.
sprague then gave testimony to the
effect that on the occasion referred to,
which occurred near the scene OF the
burned property. he threatened to GO
down to VinelanG aud tell the authorities
all he knew about The fire, aud Mrs.
Deshong said to him:-"Dou't be q fool.
Uncle john will make you . rich man,
He also testified that Mrs. Sprague came
ipto the room u few minutes afterwards
and wanted to know why she was kept
aloof in one part of the mouse, aud that
she, too. threatened to tell all she knew
10 the Vineland authorities, and that Mrs.
Dssbong reiterated the statement
concerning the advantages that woull
accrue from silence.
Letters were submitted by Counsel
for Mrs. Drshona, alleged to have been
written by "Black Caps. q Terror 10
EVIL D0ers." The letters are of q threat
ening character. aud warning Mrs.
Deshang ana her people TO move away
fiom The neighborbood. otherwise she
would be visited with the vengeance o I
the "Black Caps"
-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
HOB0KEN BATTALION.

A committee OF the HoboKen citiz sus
who represent the gentlemen who are
anxious Co orgapizs q battalion OF
militia waited On Governor Werts
at his residence this afternoon,
and presented him with a
numerously signed petition. Governor
Werts listened attentlvely to the arg l.
ments advanced by the committee in
favor OF the proposed %bsttaiIou. an d
theu answered thar he would give the
matter earnest consideration, u give
them an ans wer In "a few days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
INIT the Cat Came naek..

Short thought you were going to drown
that cal?"
Long-"Weil they say a cat has nine live s,
but this one has twenty. l think. Why, I
actually put that cat Ia q tub OF water and t led
u brick round its neck. and what do you thin p,
Short -'Goodness knowsr'
Lcng-""Weli, this morning when l went to
look at the tub, The cat had swallowed ali the
wat err and sitting on the brick. Tit Bits.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
CDRTAINs 0 R

A slight FIRE occurred last evening at half
six O'Clock at the residence Of Edward Bischof.
at No. 1872 Fulton avenue. The window curtain
became igHited from O lamp near by. Mr. Hoff-
man, who resides ct the corner OF Bergen and
Moodlawn avenues, happened to bs passing ct
the time and saw the blaze. He sent an alarm
from Boz No. 1872. Engine No. 9 AMI Truck No.
4 responded. The fire was extinguishs1 with.
out difficulty and with little loss.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
". 5. cHAMBERIAIN,s NOTE.

In the matter OF q suit for the recovery OF
.e6 brought by. Percy F. Hogan against W.
s. Chamberlain, which amount was pledged In
a pr omisory note dated January q. 1885,. ana
which, with interest, amounted 10 $fs8. 81. there
was w defence when the case was brought up
in the Court OF Cemmoh Ploas this morn ing,
Judge Hudspeth directed The jury to return q
verdict ior the ptaintiff.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
TRAIN wREoKgR RAILROADBD.

Tony Polecastro, who was sentenced by Judge
Hudspeth to States Prison for ten years for
obst ructing the Pennsylvania ailwa by put
ting a large stone on the track with a view to
wrecking o train, and James Williams, son.
fenced to two years for grand larceny, were
Wise this morning.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22

Hleks-.How much IL that big bass worth -,
than you could catch It,"
Hicks Look here. Just between you aud me.
call It 81 cents, and say / did catch it-seef,-
Hafperss Bazaar.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
Camatarr

lots and graves cared for by Cemetery Asso-
citation. No assessments, moderate prices, per-
feet title. -Four and q hall miles from Court
House; IL minutes by rail- from Erie Depot,
Ofce over Proyidsnt Savings Bank, ase Wash
ipgton street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
MAY BE An EIOPEMENT.

A secret marriage which will prob IDLY dis
close an e~lopemens, was performed by Justics
Martinez this morning. The principals wsre
Phillip Chapman. thirtv.nine years old, of No.
so Market street, Poughkeepsie, and Miss Alice
j. Kelly of Altoona, Pa.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22

swaybaok GO iaporsunase bsggar-'Lsavs
the house siff'
carrying II on With the heavy mortgage Il has
On II. "-Tid4Bits.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22

It Would Improve Upon Acquafntance.
"Yo'll notus," said Uncle Ebeu, dat err man
dat hates work mos always amt well 'nuf &C.
~qnninted wild it ter form any Kind ob an
opinion. n--Wsshinyton star.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
A TEMPTING OFFER.

To induce people to keep track of their bright
Claims Company has resolved to offer prize
To the person who submits to il
the simplest and most promising
invention, from a commercial point
of view, the company will give
twenty five hundred dollars, cash
in addition to refunding the fees
for securing the patent.
It will also advertise the inven-
ton free of charge.
This offer is subject to the following condit
ions:
Every competitor must obtain a patent for
his invention through the company. He must
first apply for preliminary search. the cost OF
which will be five dollars. should this search
show his invention to be unpatentable, he can
withdraw without further expense. Otherwise
he will be expected to complete his applie alton
and take out patent in the regular way. The
total expense. including Government aud Blu
reau fees, will be seventy dollars For this,
whether he secures the prize or not the invent
or will have a patent that ought to be q valua-
BILE property to him, The prize will be award
ed by a jury consisting of three reputable pat
ent attorneys OF Washington. Intending com
petitors should fill out the following blank
and forward it with their applications;
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
Fall Flowing for spring Crops,

Whenever the corn cutting and
wheat sowing are finished Fall
blowing should begin. So far as
the character of the land will per-
NIT all the fields intended to be
planted to Spring crops can be
plowed to advantage in the Fall,
and the earlier the work can be
done the better.
Use all reasonable care to turn
all the trash under, so that there
will be plenty of time for it to rot
thoroughly before Spring. In the
Fall is the best time to deepen the
blowing, as the action of frost, rain,
snow and sunshine tends to make
available the latent plant food in
the soil. Usually it is not best to
deepen the blowing too much at
any odd time, especially in the
Spring or Fall, just before a crop
is to be planted. While there is
more or less plant food in the sub
soil, it needs exposure to the action
of the elements to make it available,
Ii the deepening is done in the Fall
for Spring planting several inches
of subsoil can be turned up with
profit. Deep stirring OF the soil
not only supplies larger quantity
of plant food, but lessons the risks
of loss in dry weather.
Plow deep and thoroughly. If
the soil is left rough, especially
when blowing is deeper than ever
before, more benefit will be derived
through the Winter from exposure.
Good burrows should be provided
to carry off the surplus water as
rapidly as possible taking care to
arrange so as to avoid damage by
washing,
In addition to the benefit from
exposing the soil to the action of
the elements, Fall blowing affords
much better opportunity of get
ting the Spring seeding and plant
ing done in better season. Not
only is there a considerable saving
of time, but the land plowed in the
Fall will be in a condition to work
much earlier than if left unplowed.
With most Spring crops earliness
is quite an item and every advan-
tage should be taken to get them
planted as early as the condition of
the soil will permit.
The blowing requires more time
than any other operation connected
with the planting, and if it is done
in the Fall will help materially in
getting the seeding or planting done
in the Spring in good season.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23

dead of the disease, and in no case
should an animal be opened for ex-
animation without strict precaution
and advice of professional man.
To avoid infection from meat or
milk, the former should be thor
oughly cooked and the latter active
ly boiled for ten minutes.
In animals the treatment of the
disease is almost exclusively pre-
ventive. In case of person being
affected physician should be called
Immediately.
1t will be the purpose of the
forthcoming bulletin to give full
information for the handling of an
imals to prevent the ravages of the
disease. 1t is sufficient here to say
that the corralling of animals and
feeding them or causing their re-
moval to high ground is most ex-
pedient thing to be done under the
conditions which prevail in Nevada.
All carcasses should be burned COM
pletely Immediately after death.
There is no occasion for the great
alarm concerning the public health.
The disease is but little more preva-
lent than in former years and with
a knowledge of its nature and the
exercise of caution no harmful re-
suits may be expected, nor need
ranchers or cattle men feel unusual
alarm for the same reasons. The
rains and cold weather seem to have
exerted restraining influence upon
the disease and unless the weather
again becomes warm and pastures
dry, few deaths may be expected
amongst farm animals.
1t is the purpose of the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station to make
an exhibit at the State Fair and eff
forts will be made to give reliable
information to all interested in the
matter. The methods of investi-
eating the diseases of animals will
be shown as we'll as preparations
exhibiting the action of the bacilli
producing the disease under consid-
Grafton.
1t is much desired that the rela-
tions of the Experiment Station and
cattle raisers become intimate. The
work of the Station would be great
ly facilitated thereby, and the cat
tie raising industry would be more
promptly and effectually benefited.
w. Men. MILLER,
Special Investigator of Diseases of
animals of Nevada Agricultural
Experiment Station.
September Is, 1898.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
NO BLANKS IN THIS CONTEST

This Is q competition OF rather an unusual
nature. 1t is common to offer prizes for the
best story, or picture or architectural plan. all
the competitors risking the loss of their labor
and the su, cess'ul one merely selling his for
the amount of the prize. But the Press Claims
Company's offer is something entirely differ
ent. Each person is asked merely to help him
self, and the one who helps himself to the best
advantage Is to be rewarded for doing 1t. The
prize is only stimulus to do something that
would be well worth doing without 1t. The
architect whose competitive plan for a club
house on certain corner Is not accepted has
spent his labor on something of very little use
to him But the person who patents simple
and useful device in the Press Claims Compa-
ny's competition need not worry II he fail to
secure the prize. He has substantial result
TO show for his wOrk-one that will command
its value in the market at any time.
The plain man who uses any articles in his
daily work ought to know better how to i'm.
prove it than the mechanical expert who stud.
les it only from the theoretical point of view.
Get rid of the idea that an improvement can
be too simple tn be worth patenting. The
simpler the better. The person who best sue
eeeds in combining simplicity and popularity.
will get the Press Claims Company's twenty
Ave hundred dollars
The responsibility of the company may be
judged from the fact that its stock is held by
about three hundred of the leading newspa,
pers of the United States.
Address the Press Claims Company, John
wedderburn managing attorney. els f street,
N. W.. Washington. D &C.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
Notice to Creditors.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE
lof Nevada. Lyon County.
In the Matter Of the Estatel
of
John Albert, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator o. the estate OF John Albert. de
ceased. to the creditors OF. and all persons hav
ing claims against said deceased, 10 exhibit the
same with the necessary vouchers. within fouI
months from the first publication OF this no
tice to the undersigned. at the Office OF John
Lothrop. Esq. Attorney at Law, opposite the
Court house. in the town OF Dayton, Lyon
county. Nevada, J. c HINO9,
Administrator of the Estate of John
n.,o s.u. Aiheft. deceased.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST
VALUABLE.

Comparatively few people regard themselves
as inventors, but almost everybody has been
struck, at one time or another. with ideas that
seemed calculated to reduce some of the little
frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dis.
missed without further thought.
why don't the railroad companies make its
car windows so that they can be slid up and
down without breaking the passengers backs?"
exclaims a traveller. "If I were running the
road would make them in such way"
What was the man who made this sucepan
thinking of" grumbles the cook "He never
had to work over the stove, or he would have
known how it ought to have been fixed"
Hang such a collar button!" growls the man
who is late for breakfast. IF l were in the
business I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip
out. or break off, or gouge out the back of my
neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think of some
thing else. If they would sit down at the next
convenient opportunity put their ideas about
car windows. saucepans. and collar buttons in
to practical shape, and then apply for patents.
they might find themselves as independently
wealthy as the man who invented the iron UNI
brella ring, or the one who patented the fifteen
puzzle.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23

BALANCES IN SEVERAL FUNDS APRIL I. 1898.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23

In State fund 1879 80
In General fund ................,.... 1884 20
In Interest and Redemption fund. 3lS 05
In Officers Salary Fund. ........... 247h
In Silver City Special Fund. ........ 7l5
In District Judges Salary fund. 10 81
In Schooi District No. fund tspec) 20
In School District No. fund (spec.l 224 80
In School District No 1 fund w g23 l3
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23

II submit the above described invention in
competition for the Twenty Ave Hundred Dol
lar Prize offered by the Press Claims Company.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get Twenty-Five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothinq.
The Winner Has Clear Gift of q
Small Fortune. and the Losers
Have Patents that May Bring
Them in Still More.

Would you like to make twenty-five hundred
dollars? If you would, read carefully what
follows and you may see way to do it.
The Press Claims Company devotes much at
tention to patents. 1t has handled thousands
of applications for inventions, but it would
like to handle thousands more. There is plen
ty of inventive talent at large in this country,
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encouragement the
Press Claims Company proposes to give
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
QUARTERLY REPORT
OF THE
Auditor md Treasurer.

Following is the AUDITORS and Treasuper's
Joint Quarterly Report for the quarter ending
June 80, 1873
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23
NOT so HARD Az 1T SEEMS.

A patent strikes a person as an appallingly
formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor
must be natural genius, like Edison or Bell;
that he must devote years to delving in compli-
Gated mechanical problems. and that he must
spend a fortune on delicate experiments before
he can get a new device to patentable degree
of perfection. This delusion the company de-
sires to dispel. 1t desires to get into the head
of the public q clear comprehension of the fact
that it is not the great. complex, and expensive
inventions that bring the best returns to their
authors. but the little. simple and cheap ones
the things that seem so absurdly trivial that
the average citizen would feel somewhat
ashamed of bringing them to the attention of
the Patent Office.
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from tn patents on all his marvellous invent
ions have not been sufficient to pay the cost OF
his experiments. But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening bit OF rubber cord to a
child's ball. so that it would come ba,k to the
hand when thrown. made fortune out of :he
scheme. The modern sewing machine i, mi
racle of ingenuity-the product of the toll Of
hundreds of busy brains through hundred
and fifty years, but the whole brilliant result
rests upon putting the eye of the needle at the
point instead of at the other end.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-23

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
byon oounty.Nevaas.
Aug. Terxa OF fE1G@ %.
by THE

The following bills were examined andsilow
ed by the Board of County Commissioners at
its regular quarterly meeting held August
eth, 1898: