Passaic City record., 1893-04-08
There are rumors of several
weddings this spring.

WeddlngS tnlS spring
Good Printing of every descrip-
tion at the RECORD office.
The business man lives by his
push, the politician by his pull
Watch your back yard. Keep
it clean; dou't give the front yard
all your attention.
The ''I-don't n't-want-oficee man
is turning up with sufficient fre-
quency to suggest s'sour grapes"
Tuesday, the nth, is Election
day Every voter should make it
his business to go to the polls and
vote.
The Council did not convene
last Monday night, and therefore
several important matters were
not attended to.
Patrick Welsh, father of council
man John J. Welsh, dropped dead
at corner of Passaic and avenues
last Sunday afternoon.
The average peck of family
trouble, if examined, will be found
to contain more quarts Of wIiskev
than of anything else
If you drop SCOT on your carpet on
moving day, cover it quickly with
salt, and it may be swept up with
out blacking the carpet.
Three large and very handsome
houses are to be put UP at Tuxedo
Park the coming season, to cost all
the way from $4,000 to $I75,ooo
each.
Money deposited in the Passaic
Trust and Safe Deposit Co. on or
before the 10th of April will draw.
interest from the Ist. Deposits
will be received from one dollar up.
Courtesy is sometimes expen-
sive. The ammunition that will
be used during the naval review
by the American ships, for firing
courtesy salutes, will cost $Io, 900.
The muzzling of the press, by
the appointment of editors to office,
goes merrily on Editors now look
under the bed before retiring, to
see if a muzzle has been secreted
there.
EE If you are not a regular
reader of the RECORD, now is a
good time to subscribe. The
price is $I:oo year and this office
is at corner of Bloomfield avenue
and Grove and Garden streets.
A business meeting of the con-
gregation of the Presbyterian
Church to elect trustees to succeed
w T. Clark and James K. Knowl-
i den. and a treasurer to succeed ".
Fiske Wilcox, will be held next
Wednesday evening
A typewriter trust has been
formed. 1t is perhaps needless to
say that it was organized to control
the machines and not the dear girls
who operate them. Trusts are
powerful, but not even trusts can
accomplish impossibilities.
Mrs. Mary A. Riddle, of Allan
tic City. died last Sunday, aged 50
years. She was large real estate
holder, and left $Ioo,ooo to be di-
vided between her two children,
VIM. Riddle Of Atlantic City, and
Mrs. Robt. d. Kent of Passaic. !
"A handsome new sign adorns
the front of the Emergency Hos
pital on Passaic street. 1t was
made by Conan & Kievit and
painted by ]. S. Biddell, the work
by both parties being entirely gra-
tuitous, and the ladies in charge of
the hospital desire to thank them
for their kindness.
What is personal liberty, anyhow?
A judge has, in effect. decided that
a railroad employe cannot legally
refuse to work if his company or
ders him to do it. IF that be law
it isn't common sense. Carried
to its logical conclusion that deci-
sion would create a system Of slav-
cry far worse than1that which once
existed in this country.
Geo. E. Allen, who has had
charge of the Erie's advertising in
terests for two years resigned last
week to return to the ranks of
Journalism. He has gone west
Mr.. Allen has resided in Passaic
during his connection with the
Erie. He will be missed from
the Episcopal Church and in
social circles generally. Mrs.
Allen will remain here for the
present.
Among tradesmen and others
the complaint is general that Pas