New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-10
PASSAIC COUNTY.
PATERSON.
ANOTHER CHANGE FOR THE OLD BELL
on SCHOOL NO. l.
SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM CONVENT
SACKED BY NAPoLEoNs soLDIERs-so-
CIAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS.


Old School No. l. on Van Houten-st. will soon be
torn down. and It's pupils sent to the new NO l.
I'm Fair-st There Is a good deal OF speculation as
10 what will become OF the old bell in the tower
whose tones have called the schoolroom many
now gray-bearded citizens of Paterson The bell
has an international history Tradition says that
when Napoleon on a campaign in Switzerland
his soldiers destroyed a convent and carried OH
the bell which had rung the canonical hours OF
worship for nobody knows how long 1t was tnen
reputed 10 be several hundred years old. The silver
in it had been contributed by the pious people OF
the canton. When Napoleon was banished TO 81
Helena he gave the bell to his brother Joseph, who
brought IT America with him and hung 1t In
befry at his Bordentown. ~ j. home. When the
Camden and Amboy Railroad was built, the ola
bell was sold to the company. and It was placed In
the Bordentown station. Then Il went into the pos
session Of the Paterson and Hudson River Ran
road part Of the Erie, and was hung IN the
Jersey city station at Bergen Hill. The company
then had its cars drawn by horses. When steam
traffic introduced in Al section the bell was
taken to Paterson. and II hung posts at Market
and Main SITS, where horsecar line connecting
with the railroad had its terminus "Rody' Clax-
ton used to ring the bell for fifteen minutes before
B train time, while an omnibus around town to
take up passengers who had left orders TO call.
After the Erie had leased the steam railroad. and
the horsepower branch Discontinued. the bell
hung silent until the posts rotted away. when II
put the companys yard and lay there until the
late Ezra Osborne. then master mechanic Of the
Erie presented It TO the city of Paterson for school
purposes
The wedding OF the week that Of Bertha,
daughter Of j. Albert Van Wrinkle. to Frederick J.
Ban. Of Brooklyn. the home Of the brides par
onts on Broadway. The Rev. DR.. David Magic, OF
the Presbyterian Church OF the Redeemer, per-
formed the ceremony. The house was decked with
chrysanthemums. The Misses Daisy Bali OF Brook
lyn and Alice Goetschius. Of New-York.
bridesmaids. Miss Lillian Van Wrinkle maid OF honor.
and there We're nine little ribbon girls William
known New-York. Brooklyn and Paterson people
The High School pupils have organized two 1T
erary societies. the seniors being named for Lowell
tainments are given on the first and third Wedues-
days OF eacn month. and the public * invited.
Supcriniendent McCro~e ~ setting out several
hundred evergreen trees In Washington and Lin
little Old bachelor who buried this week
was once the best-known man IN the city. at least
~ He'd In obscurity under Keeper AZ the
county jail. He was James Hayes. and before the
he was city Marshal representing. with a few
esther-beltei watchmen Of the ancient type. the
ronbcs NTH inc cons,s,1ry Of ne s bSgSI1 Rs
formed church IN Williamsburg have especial in
fercst FOR Paterson people When h. was pastor
OF The Auburn street CONGREGATIONAL Church. TWEEN
baseball parson.' being always ready 10 take of
his coat and play ball with the boys. He
John +. Probcr,. known as THE learned shoe
maker" who h. the local weather observer for the
state service has been looking up old records and
concludes that the rainfall + not diminishing IN
spite of the decreasing OF New-Jersey. He shows
that The average annual rainfall IN the last quarter
century, WAS 3A inches greater than for the TWEEN
month WAS 53>. which is lg2 above the normal OF
The health Inspector Or John T.. Ieal reports
that there were only III deaths in the city last
by ne registered vote This indicates the low death
rate ~ 10 thousand annually