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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
ST.. PATRICK's INK.

1t is impossible to read the most ancient
histories of the Irish saints without noticing
how large a part books play in their lives.
In the library some cut the sheets of parch-
ment. or even sewed together in the neatest
way the odd shreds for the monk must not
waste the gifts of God, especially when they
are rare and dear. They polished it on one
side, until it was smooth. and laid it near the
scribe. Others prepared the peculiar thick
inks of the Irish writers. very much like
yarnish, in different colors. The red was
the most beautiful, and after a thousand
years it yet shines as the day it was first
used. 1t was got from a kind of cookies
collected on the seashore. Then there was
black and green and golden inks, used in
various thicknesses by the illuminators, and
the artists in miniature.
AL these inks will resist chemicals that
corrode iron. The ink was placed IN thin
comic glasses attached either 70 the side of
the desk or to the chair, sometimes to the
girdle of the writer, often liked to the end
Of a pointed stick placed upright in the
ground. 1t is owing to this peculiar skill in
making ink hat SO many of the old Irish
manuscripts have come down to us. They
were like the cloth of corduroy. unless cut
up or burned up, they were bound to last for
ages. and they are an eloquent symbol of
that tenacious love of learning, and that un-
quenchable faith which the hand of Patrick
wrote in characters ineradicable on the very
soul, in the very blood and innermost maj
row of the Irish race.-Donohoe's Magazine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
HOUSEKEEPING IN THE FUTURE.

The grandchildren of this generation
will get more domestic comfort for. less
money thar their grandparents did, and
one reason why will be that they will
have a much more accuratenotion of
what they want and what they are en-
titled to. Standards Of living will be
much more definite in America two gen
erations hence. Servants' rights, duties,
privileges M wages will all be better
defined. Housekeepers will know much
more exactly and without need of per-
sonal experience what scale of living
their incomes can support, Rents will
be lower, and there will be a better no
ton than now as to what household
~luxuries and conveniences are really lux
uries and co%nveniences, and what are
merely snowy impediments to domestic
comfort. With a great and growing
body of intelligent people anxious to
have certain work lone for them, the
adjustment of the supply of b to the
demand is bound to be perfected. And
yet 1t will be an American adjustment,
with somewhat less servility in it thar
in the English method, and characterized
as all other American labor is. by the
superior efficiency of the persons en-
ployed.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
STORES
Park Row & Chatham So. New York.
C0WpERTH AIT
Park Row 4 Chatham So, New York.
EVERYTHING FOR HOUSEkEE PING
FURNITURE, CARPETS, Etc.
81 Weekly on $65 Worth
ONLY ONE VISIT NECESSARY.
Collections made IF REQUESTED.
Handy to all New Jersey Ferries.
State ASSESSORS Dine.
Then Sail Up he Raging Canal
Under the Care Of Dick
Reading.

The State Board of Assessors of New Jer-
sey, finished their examination of the rail
roads and canals in the Northern part OF the
State Yesterday, and invited a few of their
friends to dine with them at Point Pleasant,
Pa.
Their party went up from Trenton and
were met by Hon. R. B. Reading at Raven
Rock, and then they took the launch Lottie,
accompanied by her owner, Captain Weller.
for the well known hotel kept by Theodore
Hermann, at Lower Blacks Eddy, Pa.
THE GUEsTs.
The party consisted of Governor George
I. Werts, State Comptroller William s..
Hancock, T. Fl. Wismer, Oliver Kelly and
Colonel A. R. Kuser, of the State Board of
Assessors of New Jersey, with the Secretary
and Assistant Secretary, Colonel j. I. Van
Cieef and l. E. Mcguire; Senator j. Il.
Blackwell, Colonel William H. Farley, of
the State Hospitals: William Brokaw, OF the
firm of Adam Exton q Co., j.. Murray
Forst, of the firm of D.. P. Forst & Co.,
wholesale grocers, of Trenton: A. F. Gest,
Superintendent of Belvidere Delaware Rail
road and of Delaware and Raritan Canal
Company, and Howell c.. Stull, of the firm
of F. S.. Katzenbach & Co.
An elaborate dinner was served by the
host, and the day was spent very pleasantly
on the picturesque Delaware. The party re-
turned to Trenton on the launch Lottie,
through the Della ware and Raritan feeder,
arriving in this city about six o'clock. All
voted that Dick Reading knows how to at
tend to the details of an outing, provided
he is backed by Colonel John Van Cleef.
DOWN THE CANAL.
Joseph Wilson, superintendent of the boats
on the canal, accompanied the party. AS
the boat passed down the Feeder the party
was frequently cheered by citizens on the
bank.
Coming down on the boat the party
passed the following resolution:
Resolved. That the thanks of the State
Board of Assessors and other State officials
and guests accompanying said Board on the
occasion of their inspection of the Delaware
and Raritan canal feeder, August 20, 1891,
be and the same are hereby extended to Mr..
G. II. Weller. master and owner of the steam
yacht Lottie, lor the use of said yacht. the
memory OF which inspection trip will long
dwell in The minds of the participants: that
il NAV be repeated is the wish of all.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
MRS. SPENCER REPLIES.
Declares She Has Been a True Wife
10 the Genei al.
Special to the jersey City Meas

Special to the jersey City Neirs.
TRENTON, Aug, 81, 1s94.-Mrs. Fannie j.
Spencer, through her counsel, Depue &
Parker, of Newark. has filed an answer to
the petition of her husband, General Bird
W. Spencer. for a divorce on the grounds of
adultery with Stephen Van Brunt and
Charles Russell, or with any other persons.
Mrs. Spencer, in her answer, admits that
she was lawfully married to the petitioner
in June, 1869. in the city Of New YORK, and
that she and the petitioner resided IN this
State from April. 1872. to July 3, 1892.
She admits that she left her husbands
residence in the city of Passaic Oh the first
day of April, 1891, and has continued to live
apart from him since that time.
She says that she left the petitioners resi-
dence by his knowledge and consent, and
that she has continued to live apart from
him by his knowledge and consent, and that
the petitioner has at all times been cogui-
zant of her residence.
She further denies the charges Of adultery
made against her by her husband and his
petition and amended petition as wholly un-
true, and she denies that on different days in
the months of July and August, 1890, in the
city OF Passaic, OR on different days in De-
cember, 1890. in nat city. or on different
days in January, 1891, in the same place, or
on different DAYS III July aud August, 1898,
in the city of New York. she ever commit
ted adultery with one Stephen Van Brunt or
with one Charles Russell at thu different
times and places charged in the petition, or
that she ever on any day or time in any
place or places ever committed adultery
with Stephen Van Brunt. Charles Russell or
any person whatsoever.
She says that the charges are most I'M
founded and cruel, and that since her mar
riage with the said Bird w. Spencer she has
always faithfully regarded her marriage
vows and was true and faithful as his wife.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31

SWISH, WHACK, BANG!
Mrs. Deffermeyer of Ho-
boken CoWhideS Mr..
Forsythe.
GEORGE TALKED TOO MUCH
A Pretta Young Woman Assists
By Attempting to Scratch Out
the Mans Eyes.

Bifi bang!! whack.!, went a whip
xver the head and shoulders of George
Forsythe. machinist at Fletchers Snip
yards, Hoboken, as he stood p~eaceaply
gazing into space yesterday afternoon al
Fourteenth n Washington streets, that
city. Had he noticed the approach OF a
handsomely attired woman and young
girl. both with blood in their eyes ne
would have stayed where he was. Mrs.
Charles Deffermeyer of No. 1,3l9 Wash
ington street administered the whipping.
She is the wife of a bartender at Rank
ms saloon, on Hudson street.
FORSYTHE TALKED TOO MUCH.
Forsythe was intimately acquainted
with her, and had frequently made calls.
~Imprudently, Forsythe just in jest, he
says. told some one that he had cap
tured Mrs. F~orsythe's affections, and
even said more villainous things. The
story, in the course of events, reached
Deffermeyer's ears, and he repeated it
to his wife.
1.-The scoundrel,' she Missed. 'Ill have
his life"
Forsythe had stepped outside the ship
yard but a few moments before and was
wondering whether he ought to go back
or not when he was startled from MS
reverie by the singing cuts from the
cowhide. He tried to flee, but Mrs. Del
fermeyer was up to h game and
tightly clutched his coat.
SCRATCHED HIS EYES.
Her young friend helped by scratching
at the bewildered fellows eyes "You
are a miserable cowardp' screechea Mrs.
Deffermeyer, -punctuating the words with
whip lashes. Denials were of no avail
Forsythe clutched at the whip and
wrenched it from the Infatuated WON
an, breaking it across his knee But
the young lady had her little perform
ance. She drew from her thresholds an
other and an equally dangerous cow
hide, and Forsythe was subjected to an
other series of cuts. Policeman Grifhn'
standing ON a corner below, had been
told a murder was in progress and has
tened to the scene. He saved Forsythe's
life. "Never say that again." said Mrs.
Deffermeyer, emphasizing every word'
''or you'll get some more" She lett'
and Forsythe went to the shops.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
TRAGIC HOME COMING.

PITTsBURG, Aug. 81. 1s94.-Mrs. VIM.
Thorp, the wife of a merchant of Car
negie, who was returning from a trip
to Europe, died suddenly of heart dis
ease while the ship was in midocean.
Her daughter Eta was with her at the
time and was Frustrated. Her death
occurred on August p. when the steamer
Black Prince, of the American line, was
1900 miles from land. The body was put
in a sack, weighted and cast over
board with the attendant impressive sea
funeral This following so
closely upon the sudden death of the
mother too much for he daughter and
her mind gave way. She tried to follow
her mothers body INTO the sea, but
was prevented and put under restraint.
she was sent from Philadelphia toscar-
negie in charge of an employe of the
steamship and with her ar
rival came the first news to the family
of the death of Mrs. Thorp.. They had
been expected home. and a happy time
was anticipated by those at home on
their arrival. The girl is In a dangerous
condition and her recovery is problem
atical.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31

sonable in the idea that a woman demands
the very best sort of bread and butter than
that she insists that she cannot live with
out trufnes and champagne every day.
Bread and butter ar9 necessities n truf-
f1es and champagne are not.
But the tending of these remarks is
meant to be toward the subject of beds.
Beds arc q necessity, and too often a stern
necessity, unyielding as fate. An aston
ishing number CT h~ousekeepers wear pretty
clothes, set their table with pretty dishes
and arrange an agreeable bill Of fare for
their guests, but condemn them to sleep
on q mattress stuffed with iron filings and
pillows ike a dry meal poultice. The bed
linen being fresh, and an allowance of eK-
ira coverings bong provided, everything
is supposed to be satisfactory.
But it is better to have the guests couch
an uncomfortable one thar that of a mem
Der of the family, which is occupied every
night. The moro tiresome n trying
ones daylight hours are, the more u pc7
ouires complete rest and relaxation at
night on a bed that will not keep one
awake w~ithsaching bones, and with pill
lows that are thoroughly substantial. We
all know Bhat sleep is more important to
the preservation of life and health than
is even good. Better is a dinner of herbs
with a soft bed to retire tefafterward than
a stalled OK that must De digested on a
couchof stone. The moral of this Is: II you
are a worker of any soESx with brain or
hand, indulge yourself witssA good spring
bedsand hair mattress even if you have to
90 without two new gowns to pay for
them, for you need all the ease possible at
might in order that nature may exercise
her recupcrative powers.
The sketch shows a peignoir of white
percale trimmed with white embroidery
frills. A band of beading threaded with
lavender ribbon heads the %rutlesr.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
NorIcE no coNrRAcroRs.

Sealed proposals will, be received by the
Board OF street. and Water Commissioners on
Monday September 10. 1924, at s o o'clock PM,
for the RELAXING Of Belgian block pavement
Payment therefor tt be made out of the license
moneys in the GLOWING streets or parts there
Of. in accordance with specifications on file
in the office or the chief Engineer. corner OF
Jersey avenue and Mercer street. where
blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sureties
BRAMHALL AVENUE.
from Bergen avenue to Ocean avenue.
WAYNE STREET.
from centre Of the block between Brunswick
and Colgate streets to Merseles street az
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 800 cubic yards Of earth filling.
About 9,257 square yards of paving.
About 500 lineal feet of curb stone.
About 100 square feet of bridge stone.
About 100 square yards of repaving.
ABOUT 1900 lineal feet Of reset curb stone.
About 200 square feet of rela!d bridge stone.
About 2 basin heads to be reset.
About Is nanhole heads TO be reset.
the successful bidder will be required to do,
az the prices bid. any additional work of a
ordered by the Board.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
veIopes, endorsed, Proposals for RelayiuR
Belgian Block. directed 70 John E. Macarthur.
Esq, Chairman of Committee on Streets and
Sewers" and handed to the Clerk of tie Board
IN open meeting when called for in the order
OF business relating to sealed proposals.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids II ii considers that the best interests
Of the city can be conserved by so doing.
No city official will be accepted as surety,
nor viii a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874. of the Laws OF 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficieney
by this Board, and as to form by the corpora
men under oath.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
( MEYER. HIS HEIRS. E

TO FREDERICK MEYER. HIS HEIRS, EX-
ecutors or assigns.
You are hereby notified that I have pur-
chased for the sum of six hundred sixty-four
and 22-1O0 dollars, plots No. 95, on block NO
1101. and No. Al, on block No. 1882, on an
assessment map annexed TO a report made by
Commissioners of Adjustment" appointed
by the Circuit Court OF the County of Hudson,
in pursuance of Chapter CXII. of the Laws
of 1885, a certified copy of which map was filed
in the office of the City Collector of Jersey
City on the nineteenth day of January, eiEht-
cen hundred and ninety-two, at a sale r7a}a by
the City Collector of the said city under and
bv virtue of the provisions of 1te sal acf,
entitled IAN act concerning the statement
and collection of arrearages of uspa ] taxes,
assessments and water rates or M&i.4 rents
in the cities of this State, and opposing and
levying a tax, assessment and ilefi Ill lea and
instead of such arrearages, aad to enforce
the payment thereof, and to pto&sds for the
sale Of lands subjected to future taaas.on and
assessment" passed March 30, 1885. And yoa
are hereby further notified that You have, or
claim to have, an interest tl4ersir, and unless
The said plots, tracts or parcels Of hand shall
he redeemed as provided in said act, before
the expiration of six months from AID astec
service hereof, a deed for the same viii BIZ
given according to the provisions OF. said
act.
FRANK A. WEBER
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
Dated Jersey city. August 81,
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received at the
office Of the Board of Street and Water Com
3 O'Clock PM, for the making and compile
ton OF a main sewer along the northerly line
OF the Newark and New York R.R., between
Wlnton street and Suydam avenue, and along
the centre line of Pine street, if extended west
erly from its westerly terminus crossing under
the Newark ard New York R.R. to Van Horne
Creek, in accordance with plans and speci-
hcations on file in the Office of the Chief En-
glheer' corner OF Jersey avenue and Mercer
street, where blank forms Of bid and agrae-
ment of sureties must be obtained.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 800 lineal feet of 30-inch brick sewer.
sewer.
About 4 new receiving basins.
About 5000 lineal feet of piles.
About 10, 600 feet b. of spruce canning
About 1909 feet BIN. Of spruce fooring.
About 500 lbs. of iron spikes.
About 100 cubic yards of brick masonry.
About 5000 feet BIN. of sheathfng.
About POO cubic yards of earth filling.
TIME allowed for the completion of the work.
one hundred and twenty-five d25 working
The making of the above Improvement ana
award Of the contract therefor will be supJeer
TO the remonstrance of the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
Proposals must he enclosed in sealed en-
Vei2nes' endorsed Proposals for Main sewer
IN Plne street ETC.. directed to John Y. nc
Arthur, Esq, Chairman of Committee on
Streets and Sewers and handed to the Clerk
OF the Board in open meeting when called for
posals.
No city official viii be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 134. of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficieucy
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
ing power to examine the proposed bondsmen
under oath.
By order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. T. BoUToN,
Clerk.
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DURNOF THE AERONAUT.

NJ. Durnof, the a~eronaut, who first
opened communication between the be-
sieged Parisians and the outside world
in 1870, is dying in a Paris hospital. His
balloon was ruined by the memorable
trip, but for twenty-five years he never
received a cent from the Government
even his claim for the value of his bal
loon was left unnoticed. Last year he
received a small allowance, which bare
ly kept him from Notwithstanding.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
OLDEST CLERGYMAN in ENGLAND

Rev. Edward Allen of Somerset, is
the oldest clergyman in England. In a
letter he says:-"I am the oldest, or one
of the Oldest, clergymen in England. I
was born on the 18th of January, 1893.
at Theale, in the Parish of Tilehurst.
Berks. / am in perfect possession of ali
my faculties and write all my letters
without the aid of spectacles, this in
cluded."-Exchange. :.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
ESCAPED FROM SNAKE HILL.

James Gordon, an inmate of the Lun-
attic Asylum at Snake Hill. escaped last
night, but was captured this morning at
Newark and Tonnele avenues by Off
Ger Ramsay of the Third precinct station.
the Farm.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
DoLLARD MAY CAUSE TROUBLE

A call has been issued for a meeting of the
County Board for the Equalization of Taxes
on Labor Day at four o'clock at the Court
House. The object of the meeting is to
have the assessors sign and swear to their
several abstracts Of ratables. 1t is believed
that James e. Dollard OF Hoboken will, as
usual, s'do the baby act' and refuse to sign.
Other assessors from the cabbage fields of
North Bergen may follow his bad example.
If they do there will be trouble.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
IMPORTANT PROPERTY TO BE SOLD

The Real Estate Trusts Company of
his ely will sell the property of the
Eldorado concern on September 26. The
same company, of which Mr.. Frank Stew
ems is a~uctioneer. will sell certain par
cells of property under the Martin act.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
,TWAs RACE TRACK MONEY.
The Trolley HighwayInen Not After
Green Goods Cash.

Green Goods Cash.
Inspector of Police LANCE this morning
positively refused to disclose the name of the
man who was assaulted on the Bayonne
trolley car Wednesday night. A detective
this morning, however, stated that his name
was Peters and that he worked for a man
named Hadley, a resident of Bayonne, now
a horse owner at Sheepshead Bay, and for
merly a policy hacker. The coveted satchel,
the Inspector has learned, contained $4,000,
which Peters was carrying to Hadley. The
young man knows his assailants. but refuses
to make any complaint against them. They
tor LANCE refuses to disclose the name of the
young man is that he claims to hold a re-
sponsible position in New York, which he
fears he will lose if his name is made public.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
WIFE SLAYER BULLS BIRTHDAY

Murderer Bull, who is at the County Jail
awaiting execution. is forty-four years old
today. When visited by a News reporter
be appeared exceedingly happy. He received
= present from George Shaaf.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
Dated Jersey City, Angus
CORPORATION


Notice is hereby given that on the fourteenth
day of August, 1894, the Commissioners of AS
sessment filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Board of Street and Water Commissioner
their final assessment map and report for the
construction of a sewer in
STREE
from a point about ninety feet east of Summit
avenue. to connect with sewer to be built in
Central avenue, and the same is now open to
public inspection in the office of the Clerk Of
said Board.
And notice is also given that the fo1lowing
street, or avenue, or particular section thereof
is Included in said assessment.
Leonard street, from Summit avenue to a
point about 100 feet west of Central avenue.
And that the twenty-fourth day of September,
1894. at s o'clock PM. and the meeting room
Of the Board of Street and Water Commission
ers are hereby fixed as the time and place
WREN and where the Board of Street and Water
commissioners will meet to hear, consider
aad adjudicate upon all objections TO said as
sessment and report.
All objections thereto must be presented in
Writing.
Commissioners
Dated Jersey City, August "a 1894.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
Necessary
Relative Importance to Life of Sleep and
Food.

The term ''sybarite" has come to have.
a rather vague meaning in modern times
and is generally applied to somebody
whose pct indulgence is different from our
own. Az a matter of fact, it is q question
whether 1t better describes the person
who makes necessities of Injuries or the
one who makes luxuries of necessities.
Ones sympathy is naturally more engaged
by the latter individual, since as he-or
she, for present purposes-must have ne
cessities, she may as well have them Of the
best kind. There is something more rea-