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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS


Sealed proposals will be received at the ONCE of
he Eoari of street and Water commissioners on
Monday, June :, 1893. at ~ O'Clock A. M. for the
construction OF a SO wtr in Arlington avenue, from
the centre line of Bayonne avenue 10 the centre
line OF Myrtle avenue, in accordance with plans
and specifications en- file IN the ONCE or the Oh ef
Engineer. corner OF Jersey avenue and Mercer
street. where blank forms OF BID and agreement or
glrerles must be obtained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.:
About SIS lineaI feet Of eighteen inch pipe sewer.
About Z new receiving basIns.
Atoat2 receiving basins TO be connected with
About 20 cubic yards of concrete.
About Su Gu tic yards OF rock excavation.
Time allowed for the completion of the WORK
sevent n ~ (1S} working days.
The makiIg Of the above tmproveme nt and
The rem, nsiranee OF the owners of the property
lieale to N ore than one half the assessment there
rfoposals must be enclosed in sealet envelopes
nue." directed " "E. A. Dugan. ESQ. Chairman OF
Comm ,ttee on ) reets and sewers. and handed TO
the 1 lsrk OF the Board IN open meeting when
ca led FOR IN the order of business relating TO
se1lei pro pals.
will a substitute OF s~ureties be allowed.
The attention OF bidders is especially called to
Section q, Chapter IS4. Laws or 1871, under the
terms whereof no contract shall be binding upon
the city, or become effective or operative until tho
proved as TO sutficiency by this Board, aud a to
form by the Corporation Counsel, the President OF
this Board having power to examine the proposed
bondsmen unaer oath.
b. order OF the Board OF Street and Wafer Com
GEORGE T. BoUToN,
Dated Jersey City. Ma IL 1888.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
LYCEUM PROGRAMME.
The Young Men of Our Lady of Grace
Give a CreditabIe Emit ertainment.

The Young Men of Our Lady of Grace
Give a Creditable En- ertainment.
The members of the Young Mems
Lvceum of the Church OF Our Lady OF
Grace. Hoboken. nave completed all the
arrangements for the minstrel enter
tainment at st. Mary's Hall next Mon
day. Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings.
I'll following excellent programme will
be rendered each evening"
Part /. Opening chorus, t'Come Where the
Lilies Grow So Fair; SOLO i.Mavourne en-, I" by
Thomas FLYNN; song, Dude, Dude, BY E.
Phillips; solo, Better Stay at Honey by J.
Larkins; song. "What the Band Played" by
Joseph +. McKeon; duet, Mothers Kiss" by
Phillips and Nation; song. ''Song of all Songs
by Robert Downing; closing chorus, "Dip Me in
the Golden Sea-"
Part IL.-Flynn and Hardie in their Irish
songs, reels and jigs; Daily and Quinn, the mon
arch's supreme Of break neck acrobats; banjo,
guitar and mandoline solos by the st. Mary s
minstrels, Devere Bros. In songs and dances;
Electric 80, in acrobatic feats; Canning Bros.
in the farce ''Schneider's Troubles"
The entertainment will conclude with the
laughable farce, Dutch Justice with the fol-
lowing cast of Observation-Disclosures, Jos. b.. Nc
Keen; Lawyer Shortbrief, Timothy j. Dooiey;
Lawyer Penquil, William Ball; Policeman Irish,
Martin Whelan; O'Flahery, 8. T. Doran; John
Long, Ed. Ryan. prisoners by the company.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

-
Sealed proposals will be received at the ONCE of
the Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, June s 1898. at ten O'Clock a. ~, for the
ST. PAUL's AVENUE,
from Tonnele avenue to James street. in accord
anee with specifications on file in the onice OF tie
Chief Engineer. corner Of Jersey avenue aud der-
Ger streets, where blank forms of bid and agree
ment of suretie5 must be cbcained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 2.Jc0 cubic yards OF earth excavation.
About 20 CUBIC yards Of rock excavation.
About so cubic ards OF earth filling.
About l,Sov cubic yards OF sand Or gravel I'll
ing;
About 5.8UO square yards OF stone paving.
About 3. 10 lineai feet OF new curb stone.
About 600 square feet OF new bird ge stone.
About $500 square feet of new tagging.
About $50 lneal feet of reset curb stone.
About 800 square feet relaid bridge stone.
About 500 square feet of felaid Tagging.
About 2I0 lineal feat of curbing.
ABOUT 9 basin heads to be reset.
About Y rnanhole heads 10 be reset to grade.
Time allowed for the completion Of the work,
The. making of the above Improvement and
W yard OF the contract therefor. will be subject to
liable Z, more than one-half the assessment
therefor.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes,
Paul's avenue" directed to "T. A. Dugan. ESQ.,,
Chairman of COMMITTEES on Streets and Sewers"
and handed to the Clerk OF the Board In open
meeting when called for in the order of business
relating to sealed proposals.
No city official viii be accepted as surety, nor
will a substitution Of ~surettes be allowed.
The attention OF bidders is especially called to
Section T. Chapter 1874, Laws Of 1881. under the
the city or become etfec i've OF operative until the
bondsmen offered by the contractor have been ap-
form by the Corporation Council, tie p esident Of
this Board having power to examine the proposed
bon0smen under oatn.
GEORGE T. BoUToN.
Dated Jersev Civ Nav 10. 1899.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
REAL ESTATE RECORDS.


Henry Edwards to Joseph Kennedy and
Frederick J. Ensor, for $500. lots 81 and 90,
Block 5, south side of Laurel avenue, Kearny
Geore w. Weger to Andrew Cullen, for 1851,
lots % and 80, Block 90, west side of Adams
street.
Charles Fall to the Hoboken Land Improve
ment Company, for $4,000, land and premises,
on the easterly side of Washington street, 25S
feet south of Tenth street.
Jennie Cook to Jeanette Barnum, for $1,000,
lots So and 81, Block 70, Bayonne.
Amelia NIcoll to William Charles. for 81, $50,
lot IS, southeast side of Brunswick street.
Alexander Beck to Phillip E., Brockaway, for
$500, lot pa and IS, Block 8, Arlington:
William H. Speer to George Clifford. for 81,
lot south side of Brinkerhoff street, lis feet
west of Crescent avenue.
George Clifford to John H. Keim, for 1900.
above described property.
Leopold Haasman to Henry G. Eilsheimer,Jr
for 81, lot on the south side of Laurel avenue,
Arlington.
Charles SiedIer, for George Harriet, minor, to
Ida Cullen, for $500, lot on northwest side OF
Avenue G, SO feet northeast of West Forty-hfth
street.
Marshall F. Thau to Isaac Romano, for 81,
lot AZ and part of lot % on Hudson avenue.
Edward w. Bun to Margaret Flynn, for
$4,000, part of lots 8, { and s, Block $50, north
east side of Fifth street, 16 feet from Erie
street.
Mortgages.
Samuel Overton to Henry S. Harris, on prop
erty known as No. 312 Willow avenue, Hoboken,
Samuel j. Hickey to CeeiIs E. Eilsheimer, on
land and premises northeast side of Grand
avenue, 70 feet northeast of Locust street,
Kearny, for s., ESQ.
Margaret Flynn to Mary E. Van Ripper, on
lots 8, and s, Block 80. on Fifth street, for
$2.5c0.
Robert H. Mitchell to Thomas Quinn. on lot
on northwest side of Delaware avenue, 220 feet,
northeast of Duncan avenue, for $3.50.
Peter Brady to Catherine Merritt, on lots
easterly side of Hackensack Plank Road, for
$500.
Sarah Hazelton 10 The Excelsior Mutual
and 10, Block 2, Clendenny avenue, for S4.400.
Louise Perrine to Hannah j. Morrison. on lot
southwest side of Jewett avenue, for 5000.
southwest side of Jewett avenue, 1862 feet. from
Bergen avenue. for $1,000.
Catherine Bliss to Mary Morrison. on her in
teresL in above described lot, for SlW.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
KNOWS LAW AND DOGS.
This Canine Doctor Gets Out of a scrape
Nicely.

This Canine Doctor Gets Out of a Scrape
Nicely.
James +. Renau clai ms to be a dog
~faucier. and lives on Tonnele avenue
near Blocker street. He combs his hair
a la pompado ur, and is not particular
what his CANNES think OF his appearances.
This morning he was in Justice Bird SAILS
court on complaint of Gustav Wheeler.
who charged Renau with having retail ned
one OF his dogs, which had been left to
the tender mercies of the DOG man," ss
Renau,,descfibes himself.
Renau denied that the dog Was in ais
possession, but that he had unintention-
ally lost the dog.
Judge" he protested, 81 am well up
in law, and wouldn't be so blamed
foolish as to keep a man's dog. l keep
dogs for people wheu they pay me for
'em. Why. Judge. L just take half what
l get Tor 'em, and give back the rest. Ii
they want me TO keep Fem
| do that, and charge five cents a day for
board. His dog wasn't auy good. L
would give him two dollars for the
thing. He thinks I hooked it. Well. |
didn't. He says that he knows the line |
had the dog on. but, Judge, how the
deuce could he tell one line from the
other? Now. Judge. Pm IN in law, and
wouldn't keep a mans dog. especially
such "a green dog as his was. Why,
enough to eat, and / had to force the
'vittles' down the things throat. IL was
a regular fool of a aog, Judge. II he
wants another dog. Judge. Il give him
one, but you know yourself. o u Honor,
that a dog man never has any money, aud
1 can't pay him anything. I wouldn't
cheat him out of a second hand dog like
that," aud Renan assumed an air of one
whose dignity a been most deeply in
jured.
The Justice told Renau that he was
sorry that the Court could not prosecute
him. but as it coaldn't, the man was dis
charged.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
PFEIFFER HOLDS ON.
The Ex-senator Continues tosBe Marshal
for a Time.
Special to The Jerscu CitB New'

SpeCiut 10 IHS JCTSeu OttU NeUSs
TRENTON, May 10, 1S93.-E2-Senator
George Pfeiffer of Camden, has not yet
resigned all his Offices, as has been cur
rentlY reported. He is still the United
States Marshal for New Jersey aud his
resignation has not yet been forwa I'd ed
to Washington. 1t is not known when t
will be sent to the President.
Colonel Pfeiffer was in Trenton We'd
nesday, and when asked il he had for
warded his resignation, said that he had
not. He had some weeks ago notified
United States Senators Mcpherson and
Smith that he wanted to be relieved of
his office. The two Senators have not yet
had conference. United States Senator
Mcpherson has gone West n will not
return until July. Iu the meantime Col
onel Pfelffer will continue TO I'LL he
Office.
Many prominent democrats of South
Jersey have written TO these Senators
urging them nos 10 be IN a hurry 60 con-
slider Colonel Pfeiffer's designations. W.
}. Thompson has been e~ndeavoring to
persuade the Colonel to reconsider his
determination. aud 1t is thought that the
matter will remain in seatu quo for
some time.
The Colonel has had a long conferen ce
with Governor Werts, aud if he had in
mind to resign as aide-de camp and Fish
Commissioners he did lot. So far the
designations are not on file in any of the
departments.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
DELAWARE SHAD SCARCE.
snecial to The jersey ctr ve,o,.

CAMDEN, May 10. 1S93.-The steamer Fish
Hawk, of the United States Fishing Commission,
is anchored off Gloucester, and is engaged in
getting eggs for Matching snad by artificial
process. The vessel will remain in the river as
long as shad continue to be caught. This is not
likely to be for any great while. The season
has been an extremely poor one at Gloucester.
The biggest haul there was 1900 fish. The
largest catches of shad this year were made in
North Carolina waters. The scarcity of shad in
the Delaware is explained by the cold winter
and the lateness of the spring. The shad coming
in from the sea were met by the cold tenn
spawn in the nearest streams of fresh water
that could be found.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
WEST BERGBN's NEW COMPANY.

joint meeting of the Lieutenant Lampert's
new Fourth Regiment Company and Mr.. John
W. Atkinson's new West Berg5n Company, was
held last evening at Bergen Hail, for the pur-
pose of discussing amalgamation. The pr osp ect
of admission of the West Bergen Company into
the regiment was very small. as the three new
companies recently Inspect Z have first cali,
and the amalgamation was effected. The com
pany will he kuown as G.. The members of the
West Bergen Company who signed the appii-
cation are not bound to live up to their agree
ment however. and can resign II they so desire.
Company G is now one of the largest COM
panies. and In anticipation of the formal muster
drilling will begin at once. The company Will
make its headquarters temporarily in Bergen
Hall
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
RUTGERS CLERICAL GRADUATES.
SneciaI TO The JERSEY City Ne,ps

mencement of the Dutch Reformed Theological
seminary took place in the Second Reformed
church here last evening. The following young
men were graduated: Alfred Duncornbe, Carrot
j. Fobbe, Henry Hospers, Jr., Isaac Sporting.
Isaac Van Kampen. Charles w. Van Zee, Martin
Flipse, Orville j.. Hogan, William NJ. Jacobs.
Elias B. Van Arsdale, John S. Van Orden and
William ID. Ward.
The addresses were made by Garet ]. Fobbe,
South Shodeck, N. Y, THE Bible and the
Pulpit Charles w. Van Zee, New Brunswick,
'-IndIviduaiism in the Chr istian Ministry"
Elias B. Van Arsdale, Paterson, "Redex In
ifiuence on Missions"
The certificstes to graduates were presented
by the Rev. Joia G.. Lansing. and he address
on behalf of the Board of Su perintendents was
made by the Rev. W. w. Knox.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
pARsELL's WIDOWS SORROWS.
r. cable to the United Press

LONDON, May 10, 1s93.-Mrs. Catharine
parnell. widow Of the late Charles Stewart
Parnen, has applied to the Chancery
conauel the trustees to distribute the
fnnds due under the O'Shea settlement:
THE trustees had withheld the share OF
the applicant under the belief that event
rally there would be a balance due by
her IN respect to the Wood estate.
the applicant had children who were now
depending on one hundred pounds a year
obtained annually from another source.
The Judge ordered the money to be paid
into the court, the applicant to receive
her share forthwith.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
An EXPENSIVE nVE-cEST SHAVE.

Robert Mcpherson, thirty-one years Of age. OF
NO, 125 Grand street. Hoboken, last night,
drinks heavily. This morning he entered the
Earhpr shou Of Joseph jerome, No. 49i Newark
sfrerr. and asked for the best five cent shave in
fhe house and was accommodated, but when he
rot out Of the chair, refused to pay for IT,. Tbs
incensed the Italian. Word followed and thtn
hjs,ws. ana then Oficer Kealey arrested Me-
pbefson. Wiseu arraigned sbsfors Recorder
4, .Donough, be hau very little to say. and was
III 10 the PeuitensiarY for ninety days.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
LIQUOR Is HER BANE.

Mrs. Dora Seibert OF No. 324 Park avenue is a
neat and tidy German woman, but, unfortunate
". she cannot leave liquor alone. She has spent
some time of her life lately in the Periteu-
tiary. When she is out of jail she attends to her
home in th4 proper way. but dridk gets the bet
ter OF her, and then sns is a beast. Last hIgbt
her daughter Emily complained to Recorder
of her mother. She was arrested
this morning. and will spend the next ninety
days In the Penitentiary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
DIR. BRETT 70 THE BR0OKLYN BOYS.

Dr.. Brett attended the Grand Junior Rally of
the Christian Endeauor Society OF Brook yn
yesterday aud addressed the boys. Other adj
dresses were made BY Ray. d. Butler Pratt.
Rev. G. H. TyndalA of New York. and Rev. J.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
sTRAWBERRIE, IN DANGER.
Snecfol 70 1hs .Jersev Citp News

BRrpaEros, May 10, 1898. Farmers in the
lower part af the county report that a small
white grub is eating the young fruit and fruit
stem Of the strawberry. Some patches nave
appear in large numbers the crop OF berries
would be endangered.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
MEETINGS.


ELECTION NuTiCE-THE ANNUAL MEETING
II of the stockholders of the Jersey City Gas
Liz ht Co.. for the election of nins directors. will be
held at the ONCE of the Company. corner of Grand
and Greene streets, on Monday, May 18th, 1855
Polls open from II NJ TO 1. IL.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
REAL ESTATE.

AGENTS WANTED-TO SELL STRICTLY HIGH
= class suburban real estate; only first class
men and women need apply. Answer P. o. Box
1913, New York City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
ESS CHANGES.

pARTNER WANTED-WITH 5000, To JOIN
new metal alloy from bauxite by patented appli-
ances; % ton furnace now in successful operation.
Investment guaranteed by mot sge on plant.
A pply, Aluminium deduction Works, Rome. Ca
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
M.RNON EEORM.

i. NASH 6 CO., No. 254 Wilton street.
Artificial stone OF every description, plain and
ornamental sidewalks waterltght cellars. plain
and ornamental plast-ring. and general mason
work. All work guaranteed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19

2his paper is democratic in principles and is
ndependent in its vie,rs on all loca! questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19

NoTIoE-NEw PUBLIC ROAD.
IN MtE -
To whom 1t may concern;
Take notice. that pursuant to resolutions passed
by the Board OF Chosen kreeholders OF thu County
of Hudson, warrants have been ordered drawn oR
Section Five tl and six 10Y for awards for d sms
ages in the laying out, opening, SC. of the New
Public hoad OF the County OF Hudson, and are
ready to be delivered AZ the Office OF Henry A.
Gasde. corner Newark and Washington streets,
Hoboken, n. j.. TO the person o. persons entitled
to the same
HENRY A. GAEDE
Special Attorney, 60
JOHN A. McGRArH.
Counsel
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Cures

tired feeling and a severe cough never troublB
me- LIZZIE STRovG, Kenneth SquaresPa
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-19
WORK WANTED.

40 M WILL PAPER YOUR ROOMS WITH
%A.Oo finest and best gold paper, including.
border and hanging all complete. Kaisomining
81 a room, also painting at cheapest and lowest
prices. Please sen +, for samples. Wal paper as
4c. a roll. H. RUsKIH, No. 24 Newark avenue.
Mower County transcript., 1893-12-27
What Chinese Children Celebrate.

When do you suppose the Chinese
children fire off torpedoes, skyrockets
and powder crackers? If you do not
know, you could never guess in all the
world, SO you may as well be told right
away. They fire them off on New Years
day! And when you are told why they
celebrate New Years day as If it were
Fourth Of July, you will be still more
surprised.
You know the Chinese have different
religion from ours, and because Of that
they believe many things which we do
not believe at all. New Years day the
frecrackers are set off to keep evil spirits
at q distance. The night before the new
year there are special services to the
Chinese deity, and at bedtime q pot of
rice is left upon the table, covered with
cypress leaves.
New Years day there are social visits,
dinners and family games. And all day
long the Chinese youngsters are expect
ed to keep up q firing Of fireworks Of all
kinds to keep off evil spirits.-New
York Ledger.
Mower County transcript., 1893-12-27
New Year Customs In Orkney Islands.

New Year Customs In Orkney Islands.
In Deerness, in Orkney, band of
young and old Of the common people
meet and go around in the evening, and
sing song before each well to do per-
sons door, commencing:
This night it is guild New'r E'en's night;
We're a. here Queen Mary's men;
And we come here to crave our right,
And that's before our lady.
Then as they sing they demand but
ter, cheese, ale, a fire and knife.
We houp your ale is stark and stout,
For men to drink the auld year out.
When tho song is ended, the door is
opened, and the crowd rushes in pell-
nell to partake of the supper set out, and
SO on from house to house. Sometimes
this ceremony falls on New Years night,
and the custom of mummers, or maskers,
going about eating and drinking prevails
in many places. There is one rude play
enacted by these mummers which Sir
Walter Scott always had them enact at
Abbottsford. Burning the clavie," or
tar barrel, in procession, is another Gus
tom of the Hogamanay in Burghead.-
Philadelphia Press.
Mower County transcript., 1893-12-27
IN FAROFF RUSSIA,
Tho New Ys>&r Season Brings Joy to the
Younr-Twelve Days Festival,

Tho New Yt,ar Season Brings Joy to tho
Young-Twelve Days Festival.
In the smaller cities of Russia, New
Years day is in the Twelve Days Fes-
tival." The Russians in many parts have
held to the old ways from time immemo-
rial. The preparations for the season
begin early in November. The host of
some great home begins to lay in stores
Of salted beef and sausages, liquors, etc.
The hostess calls on all her friends and
invites young and old. Next day she is
succeeded by the nurse, who makes the
same rounds of visits. Her duty is to in
vite especially the young ladies. She is
hailed with joy, and the lady Of the house
hastens to mix for her the cup of wine.
She delivers her message and is piled with
questions as to the invited and rejected.
But the most important question is,
''Who are the elected?' These are the
young men invited by the hostess for the
girls or "fair maidens," as they are
called. The duty Of the young man thus
designated is to look after the amuse-
ment and pleasure of his ''fair Maiden
during the twelve days." The respon-
sibility of the choice lying with the host
ess, she has to be careful in her selection.
But the invitation has again to be re-
peated, this time by the master of the
house in the person of his servant or
''swat," who, with mace in hand, per-
forms his mission. On entering each
house he offers prayer before the shrine
of the saint to which it is dedicated. He
then delivers the invitation in the name
Of his master or mistress. At first, &C.
cording to etiquette, the invitation is re-
fused, but after much pressing it is fin
ally accepted. When the day arrives. the
young ladies who are the heroines of the
season appear in sledge, accompanied
by their mothers and favorite compan-
ions, generally girls of inferior rank, who
sit at their feet. This sledge is followed
by another containing the tire women,
charged with caskets and dressing boxes.
Other sledges follow, the longer the pro-
cession the greater the honor to the
house visited.
On the arrival the host and hostess
meet the guests at the gate, bow with
OAO OpCNAAAAS3 SOAuuCU OuCA ACo GAAC
house. The young maidens are then de-
ivered over to the care of the hostess,
and after friendly greetings, presents to
the domestics and sweetmeats to the
girls, the mothers and retinue return
home. On Christmas morning, as the
bells are ringing, the hostess herself
awakens the fair maidens and serves
their breakfast with the help of the
nurses. But very important part is
the Interpretation of their dreams on
this first night. Then the ':elected" ar
rive. The days following are full of
gayety and pastimes for young and old.
This season is very important to the
young people in Russia, who at other
times Of the year, by the strict etiquette
observed. are kept much apart
Among ourselves the ''Happy New
Year" greeting and the social gather.
ings are now the sole recognition OF
Jan. 1.-Exchange.