The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-11

NOW, Mr. benson we nave d iittio
little list for you.
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS yesterday
printed and published the following
interesting local news articles, OF
which the journal had not one
word
ATwELL PARDoNED Return of
the b~igalnous doctor to Hohoken and
an interview with him al to his
plans
TRIcKED NEW YORK ELKs-How
The Board of Grand Trustees got the
best of the New York Lodge by COM
ing to Jersey City.
PRINCIPAL EVANS WON'T GET
OUT.-Interview with the dismissed
School Principal in which he declares
his iEtention to fight.
WILL KEEP PASTOR HOUSTON
Annual meeting of the John Knox
Church.
DON'T WANT THEIR OFFIcE.-Jus-
tees Of the Peace elect who have
failed to qualify. The Journal had
three lines of this.
WoNaT INCREASE WAGEs.-Con-
ference between Griffng Iron Works
employees and President Williams.
INCOME TAX AND FEEs.-Congress-
man Fielder working up a memorial
to the Senate.
BOUGHT BEER WITH Poor
MoNEY.-A sad case of "growler
rusIringn in the Court of Sessions.
THE BABE GOES TO JAIL.-Pa-
tbetic ending of the Mohn swindling
case.
COUNTY CLERKSHIP. "Details of the
hot fight already ON over the fall cleo
ton.
TRYING TENDERS. Experiments
upon life saving appliances made by
the Traction Company yesterday.
REAL ESTATE NEws.-Booream Es-
tate remodelling houses on Grove
street.
HIS HEAD AN ASSET. Unique de-
~velopment In the receivership of the
Newark Chemical Works.
FLORIST KRusE LOST A JoB.-Mis-
took Eddie Edinger for a rivals en-
pioye.
WILL EQUALIzE TAxES.-Plans of
the Tax Commissioners for this years
assessment. The Journal had four
lines of this. Is
By RAIL TO Fort LEE.-First car
run over the new road.
PALIsADR AVENUE SEwER.-Pre-
liifiinary notice of the tour of inspec-
ton today.
MAKE IT a COOP ONE.-The new
Grand Jury starting on sa fresh inves-
tigation of the County Jail.
DRILL OF THE POLICE.
BOULEVARD CERTIoRARI DENIED.
Now, Mr.. Benson, you are said to
be always willing to make an honest
dollar. We will pay you $25 spot cash
If yon viii prove u claim to be un-
founded that we utterly and over
wbeimingly beat" and ''scooped" the
Journal yesterday on these important
and Interesting pieces of news. We
will pay you the same sum If You will
prove that they are rehashed or copied
or appropriated in any way from the
Journals columns, or are anything
but FRI sh live lows.
We have, of course, no personal
FL.ts-<A k~.rauIe A. T2A-c~H d. tHto
matter. Il Is the Journal we are
after. We only mention his name
because he used one of the columns,
over which he presides, thrice this
week to print false, misleading and
evaslye replies to u demonstration
of the superiority of THE News as a
local ne wspaper-or any sort of news
paper.
Generaiities will not do. We will
enter into any competition or contest
the Journal will agree upon. except
n of printing rubbish. But facts
only will count. When we make a
claim. We make a specific one. We
make 1t publicly. and we defy any
Z to join issue upon it.
The JERSEY CITY NEWS is the
only newspaper published in Hudson
s0unty.
A "Washington's Mother Ode." Or A
HJestn In Sober Earnest.
In course OF the dedication core
monies yesterday OF the monument to
Washington's mother, q thing was
read which. for want of o better word,
wa must cali a poem, we suppose. 1t
was by George Alfred Townsend. who
is d prose writer of some merit, but we
cannot agree that any degree of prom
inence ln the writer SHOULD eve have
prevailed to cause its public recital on
such an occasion. 1t Is SO utterly bad,
go childishly crude. SO totally out OF
keeping with the spirit OF the occa-
sion that It tended to turn all the pro-
ceedings into an unseemly burlesque,
Read abroad. it would bring down
q storm OF ridicuie upon the entire
country, among people OF the slightest
literary taste, It is. indeed. a sort of
national disgrace In Q literary way.
and people who are beginning to feel
pride Ia our literary and artistic pro