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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
A HORDE OF DRUNKEN BEES.

A Mr.. Rhys writes from the Alliance
Confectionery Mills, London, to say that
the other day "a mighty horde of insect
marauders visited Stamford Hill, and by
sheer dint of overwhelming numbers
compelled the makers of confectionery
to Vacate their posts. leaving the enemy
in full possession. The victory, of the
bees was by no means bloodless one,
as thousands upon thousands perished,
but their human opponents suffered
severely from stings
Sir John Lubbock, in some of his
charming books anent insects In general
and bees in particular, holds the latter
up to admiration as the inearnation of
all the virtues. fear it would have been
a rude awakening for him had he witt
messed the scandalous manner in which
these particular bees behaved, for not
content with invasion they took to
robbery, and then, as if it We're not bad
enough, they got hoplessly, helplessly
and irretreiveably. intoxicated on liquid
sugar. Through their dehauctleTy, how
ever, Nenises overlook them, for it is.
an absolute fact that We swept up half
a dozen pailfuls of these insect para
gons and consigned them to the crema-
torium-or, in other words, the engine
fire.''-Blaekburn Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
BAZAAR OF GUGERAT.

Between richly-carved houses and fam
tastic bazars with their oriental mixture
of splendor and squalor. we join the
throngs which stream through sunlight
and shadow in moving ribbons Of gorge
Gus color. Stalls of pottery, beads and
bangles jostle shops filled with the ella
borate paraphernalia of Hindu worship.
Brown faces peer across golden piles
of plantains and scarlet mounds of pi--
mentos, hedged by spikey vegetables of
purple hue and unknown species. Betel-
nut sellers crouch in the shade of over
hanging gables, with baskets of deep
green leaves, smearing them with lime
as they wrap them around the nuts,
which stains every mouth with vivid YER
million. The shops of gold beaters and
braziers, with their flaming cruchles and'
deafening hammers, flank stalls of dus-
ty and worm eaten scrolls in Persian and
Sansl1rit, presided over by turbaned Mo-
hammedans, who smoke their hubble
bubbles undisturbed by customers.
Brilliant silks and cottons are drawn
from dyers'vats and hung up to dry on
lines stretched across the side streets,
the wet folds overhead dripping ON the
passing crowd, apparently unconcerned
by additional splashes of carmine, vel
low and blue on their rainbow -colored
robes-All the Year Round
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
BOMBARDED THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
Great Rush of Brokers i'm New York
This Morning.


The change in the tariff created an eX-
traordinaTy scene this morning at the
New York Custom House when the mer-
chants were anxious to be first this
morning to get their goods through the
Custom House and on the market
Three hundred Custom House brokers
received a license to act as such yester-
day. and every one of that 800 had Gus
tom erswho wanted their goods out early
this morning. None of the offices of the
brokers closed before midnight last night
Some did not close at ALL
The brokers and agents of importers,
in order to get Things through as soon
as possible this morning, called on COL
lector Kilbreth yesterday and requested
that he permit the Custom House to be
opened at 7:30 o'clock this morning, in
stead of nine O'Clock, the usual hour.
The Collector would not agree to that,
but did order that business begin this
morning at $780, And it did-with liter
al rush.
Long before $3.50 big crowd of brok-
ers, with their clerks, and in fact, all
their office assistants, assembled at the
entrance, and struggled to get near the
door and keep there.
Each was armed with a big bundle of
Withdrawals, which are the papers that
must be passed upon when goods are
taken out, and which go through the
third division, of which Deputy Collec-
tor Charles A. King is the head.
Ordinarily about $50 Withdrawals pass
through the division in a day, one firm
alone presented close to 500 Withdrawals
this morning and it is estimated that 5000
withdrawals in all will have been pre-
sented before the day is done.
The largest amount of business in any
given time was transacted before 1880
this morning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
WELLS WANTS WELLS
The Tabernacle Dominic Has a
Plan for a New Cheap and
Good Water Supply.

Editor of 'fThe Jersey City News
In these foul water smelling times
when our homes are made stenches By
the vile stuff that flows through the
faucets of the kitchens, bath rooms, and
wash basins, all information and sug-
gcstions obtained by citizens should be
considered and due weight given TO them
with reference TO a new supply, and this
is my reason for co M nicating upon the
subject
''I met a Newark gentleman recently,
a highly respected citizen of large wealth
who informed me that within sixty days.
Jersey City could have all the pure water
needed through the driven well system.
He stated that few years ago thirty
driven wells were opened at Belleville,
near the water works, and they pro-
duced five millions of gallons daily, and
if more had been driven their city could
have had all the water necessary for
small sum. He said the wells could be
put down near our water works, and
the same machinery now in use could
pump the water to our reservoirs, and
that the cost would be less than 100000.
In Brooklyn the driven well system is
in use, and any one could visit those
WORKS ana see Tor themselves. InlS Sell-
tleman went further and said that he
was SO confident that the plan could be
accomplished for less than 100000, that
he would be willing to give bonds for
half million dollars as a guarantee
that it could be successfully accomplished.
Would it not be well for a committee
of our respected citizens to visit The
Brooklyn works and investigate the mat
ter? The gentleman whom l have re-
ferred to has been known to ME person
ally more than dozen years, and 1 have
great respect for him, and the truthful
ness of his word. He is Hon. Andrew
Albright. Now why should we wait when
relief can be had in so short a time,
and for SO small an amount? For mercy
sake, that is for mercy on the suffering
people of Jersey City, let something be
done Immediately If we have no better
water next summer than this, thousands
If people will have to leave Jersey City
and take up their abode elsewhere, but
think of the tens of thousands who are
obliged to remain and use this nauceat-
ing sewage water.
81. LESTER WELLS"
Jersey City, August 27, 1894.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
IRISH INDIANS.
Murphys Who Claimed to BE Allied
to Red Men.


The long contest waged by the Murphy
family to secure legal status as members
of the Sac and Fox tribe of Missouri In
dams has probably received its final veto
in report made by Representative Cur
tis of Kansas, from the Committee on In
dian Affairs
Murphy is not an Indian name, but the
Murphys in question have long been affili-
ated with the Indians, and claim through
their ancestors to have acquired a strain
of Indian blood which would ensftle them
to all the emolumentS of the fertile and
well improved lands which the tribe con-
trolls in Nebraska and Kansas. For sew
eral years the Government in varionS
branches, has had under consideration
the wrongs of the Sac-Murphys In the
first instance the Indians overruled the
claim of kinship. Thereupon the Murphys
appealed to the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, who sustained the decision of the
tribe holding the family to be aliens.
Then the cause went to the Secretary
of the Interior on appeal, and he decided
adversely to the kinship claim, his de-
cision being particularly valuable because
It sustains the interesting principle that
in contentious of this nature it is the pre-
rogative of the tribes who shall be their
members. These facts are set forth in
Mr.. Curtis report which will avail to
keep the Murphy family without the
tribe.-Cleveland Leader.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
THE ORIGIN OF TEA.

1t is difficult nowadays to imagine how
he japanese managed to live without
lsea; everybody drinks it at all hours of
he day, and the poorest people rarely
ret chance of drinking anythr strong-
Gr and yet it is, as things went in old
Japan, a comparatively recent introduce
lion. Tea was introdu dueed with buddhism
from China, and though some plants were
was rot much grown until the end of the.
Twelfth Daruma, an Indian saint of the
sixth century, often represented in Jap.
anese art either crossing the ocean on
a reed or sitting a monument of patti
ence with his hands in his sleeves, was
The father of the tea-plant After years
of sleepless watching and PRAYER he snd-
denly got drowsy, and at last his eyelids
closed anu he peacefully slept. When
he awoke he was SO ashamed of his par
donable weakness that h cut off the of
Tending eyelids and threw them on the
ground, where they instantly took root
and sprouted into the shrub which has
awake.--Harper's Magazine for Septem-
bert
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
A DOGS FIDELITY.

A pathetic story of the affection of
a dog forhis master comes from Cook
ham. On Sunday afternoon an ex-con-
stable was walking along the riverside,
when he heard a splash some hundred
yards off. On his way to the spot he
was met by a French poodle, which,
betraying great excitement, ran before
him barking loudly After directing the
policeman for a considerable distance
the animal suddenly sprang into the
water and swan to the spot whence
the alarm had first come Finding
nothing the dog made his way to an
overturned boat, which no one could
induce him to leave, and upon a search
being made and the river dragged, the
body of DR.. Charles Percy Lowell, of
Portchester Square, was discovered by
the assistant lock-keeper at cookhain,,
entangietl in mass of weeds. No fi!i
then cocld the faithful pooaie be per-
suaded to quit TIE spot where his mas
ter had lost his life by the capsizing of
the boat. AS Dr. Lowell was an expert
oarsman and a good swimmer, it was
surmised at the inquest that he must
have met with his fatal mshap while
seeking shelter from the rain beneath the
bridge, the weeds preventing him from
reaching the bank.-London Daily Tel
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
Jersey City,
WILL OPEN THE BIG SCHOOL.
The Parish of Our Lady of Grace
H0bohen. in Funds.

The big parochial school of the Church
of Our Lady of Grace in Hoboken will
be reopened on September 4, and will
be again in charge of the Sisters of Char
ity.
The school has been closed for about a
year. Father Corrigan made an effort
ABOUT a year ago to have the Public
school trustees take charge of the par
ocllial school and assume the expense OF
running it. The trustees were unable to
see their way clear to complying with
Father Corrigans request.
Father Corrigan then closed the school,
and the school trustees were forced to
find accommodations in the Public
Schools for the 1,500 children who had at
tended the parochial school. They. took
in as many children as they could find
room for. but the schools were over
crowded, and great many were left
out.
The reason given by Father Corrigan
for closing the school was that his con-
gregation could not afford the expense.
Father Kelly said on Sunday that the
parish is in a fourishing condition finan-
cially, and praised the congregation for
their iberality
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
MARRIED BY FRAUD.
Miss Goldsmith Thought the
Ceremony Was a Be-
trothal.

Chancellor McGill has appointed coun-
sellor William A. Lewis Advisory Mas
ter in remarkable suit to dissolve a
marriage fraudulently, it is alleged con-
tracted between Miss Esther Goldsmith
of Central avenue, Jersey City Heights,
and Mr.. Macmillan Pinkwater, formerly
of Brooklyn, but whose address is now
unknown.
The parties became acquainted with
each other in Brooklyn some time in
1891, and Mr.. Pinkwater paid Miss Cold
smith a great deal of attention. She is
a remarkably handsome girl, accom-
Max urged her to marry Kim; but she
refused on the ground of too short
acquaintance. Then he sad to her
Let us go before a magistrate and
be married according to the custom OF
the Gentiles. 1t won't be a marriage,
you know, only a betrothal, and by and
by when you think better of me why
we will be married before a rabbi, This
civic affair amounts to nothing; it binds
me but 1t doesn't bind you"
But Miss Goldsmith hesitated and was
lost. Believing, as she says, the cere-
mony before a magistrate was form
of betrothal and not binding If the par
ties found that they were unsuited to
each other she consented, ana the mar
riage took place clandestinely in the City
Hall, Brooklyn.
HE UNDECEIVES HER.
w HeH the pdTlleS l6lI t1S s1lty llolA
Pinkwater suggested taking n trip OUT
of town for a few days, but Miss Esther
Indignantly rejected the proposition as
improper. Besides, her relatives were
unaware of the "betrothaP' ceremony,
and would wonder at ner absence. She
must, she said, so home to Jersey City
why, you are my lawful wife, ana,
although ! had long 10 wait, I've, got
you at last" he said, when she refused
his request. She reminded him that he
said it wouldn't bind her; it only bound
him. But he laughed at her. and told
her again she was his wife in the eyes
of the law.
SEEKS AID FROM THE COURTS.
Thoroughly alarmed at his words, she
left him abruptly and went home. She
dared not tell her relatives and friends;
but they, noticing her distress, managed
in time to learn the whole story. They
counselled her to seek the aid Of the
Chancery Court, and suit was at once
begun.
Pinkwater's address not being known,
the notice to him as required by law
was made by publication. Miss Gold
smith never lived with her husband. and
is confident on the presentation of the
facts that the Chancellor will dissolve
the marriage, and testimony in the
cause will be begun on September 6, be-
fore Mr.. Lewis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
CHINESE LEARN FROM FOREIGNERS

China, so long the most Stationary of all
countries, is decidedly marching on. The
Viceroy Lii Hung Changs Medical school
at Tientsin for the study of the western
arts and sciences of healing is already
in active operation, and it is stated by
Chinese paper that the army and navy
will in future depend upon it for their
supplies of medicines as well as for the
appointment of efficient medical men for
both services.
The same authority states that the Chi
nese druggists are totally ignorant of
medical chemistry. All prescriptions are
filled with raw drugs. and the patients
take the medicine in decoctions. Chinese
surgery is based upon a brass model
representing the structure and locality
of internal organs in the human body.
The model is vague and unfit to be used
by students of such an important subject.
Whereas, says the writer, "the anatomi
calworks of the west are writer Upon the
exact knowledge of the human body.
There are no guessing works done in
the west Every tissue of the body is
minutely described and located. ."-I.ondon
NaMS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
MILLS TO RESUME.
Fall River Streets Crowded with
Operators.

operators.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 2S, 1894. =
1t is said at the North End that the
Bristol and Pierce mills will start their
machinery next week and that the oper-
atives will go to work on the old sc d.
ule of prices, but the report cannot be
confirmed
FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 2S, 1894.
Today the streets of the city are notice.
able because of the large crowds OF IDLE
operatives who are discussing the action
of the carders and spinners' unions last
night in voting to forego all benefits pend
ing settlement of the present troubles.
The impression is abroad in town that
the spinnerS and carders are preserving
their funds to make a fight with when
the four weeks vacation period is at
an end. and the course of the Manufac-
turers Association viii be made known
AS matters now stand there is nothing
to be done bat await developments in
the market. The manufacturers who had
contracts to fill when the shutdown
was ordered. are seeking legal opinions
as to their liability to fill them, and they
are more interested in the outcome of
lawyers findings than they are on the at
titude of the unions. The clause IN Fan
River contracts about which a contro-
VeTsy may grow reads as follows
IF the production of the mills
shall be curtailed during the time above
teract strikes, or any unavoidable casu-
atty the deliveries shall be made proper
tionatet the production
A corporation lawyer, who was asked
his opinion as to the liability af certain
mill yesterday, answered off-hand that
the mill might be liable for damages in
a suit to recover for cloth not delivered
or for cloth purchased from other parties
at a higher price to fill the-order. Some
mills in the city were running in full
when three-fourths of the spindles re-
presented in manufacturers agreement
compelled them by order to shut down.
1t remains to be seen how the strike
clause will affect the mills indicated, in
view of the fact that this agreement was
signed voluntarily.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
BATTLE OF THE FOREST.
Senator Chandler Addresses the Conn
lmisslom. Ureing FREQ Planting.

JACKSON, NH, Aug. 2S 1S94.-Mr.
Francis H. Appleton, Vice President of
the Association for Massachusetts, pres
ided at the final meeting of the Ameri-
can Forestry Commission yesterday.
Senator w. E. Chandler delivered an
address. The Senator thought that for
estry organizations were doing much, if
nothing more than in the way of Gre
ating sentiment. I'VE are arousing
sentiment in favor of trees said he,
sand when we arouse that sentiment we
do something toward saving the trees.
Practically this sentiment has given us
Arbor Day, which is distinguished by
the planting of trees all over the coun-
try, and these trees will become things
of beauty.
The association then adjourned, to meet
in Washington in December.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
HOBOKEN'S NEW MISSION.
1t Will BE Non-Sectarian, and VIII
Have No Preaching.

A mission for sailors will open Saturday
night at No. 106 Hudson street, Hoboken
The establishment of the mission is due to
the efforts of the Rev A. G. Richardson, of
the First NJ. E. Church, Hoboken, and
Thomas C. McLaren. a prominent member of
ian. There will be no preaching. and lead
ers of prayer meetings will be selected from
those in attendance. Preaching by ministers
is thought inadvisable, as it would give the
scheme tinge of sectarianism. The mission
win be maintained through popular sub
scription. If sufficient money is contributed
a reading room will be established and an
attendant engaged to keep the place opened
throughout the day. Every evening in the
week religious services will take place, from
eight until eleven O'Clock. Hymns will be
sung, and the Bible studied 1t is thought
the idea will be readily appreciated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
CIVILIANS MUST sTEY AT HOME
Ru Cab1e 10 tlle united Press.

BERLIN, Aug. 49, 1S94.-In obedience to
the order of the Emperor the Civil Governor
of the Prussian provinces has issued a
numbers of civilians on the occasion of the
military manoeuvres in those districts, ow-
ing to the consequent danger of tho infec-
tion and spread of cholera
On the occasion of the manmuvres the
Emperor will personally receive only the
local societies of Elbing, Marienburg and
Konigsburg.
The Emperor has also caused it to be pub
hshed that he greatly regrets that he has
been forced to impose these restrictions
upon the people, and that he does so only in
a sense of fatherly care for the country.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.

Among the ancient customs which are
passing away in the Kingdom of Siam is
the worship of the white elephant. These
elephants, however, arc not white In
any strict sense of the word, but merely
lighter colored than other elephants, and
are worshipped because they are sup
posed to contain the souls of some dead
kings. These so-called white elephants
are the interiors to their darker colored
fellows in strength, health and intelli-
gence, being usually weaklings, and east
ly become the victims of all kinds of
diseases. Many bloody wars have been
fought over the possession of white eIc-
phants- A few of these sacred animals
are kept in Siam today. Each one has a
separate place of abode and several SER
wants to care for them. The tusk of the
males are decorated with small gold
bells, while a golden chain surmounts
the head of each, and a cushion of em-
broidered velvet is upon each elephant s
back.-"Cincinnati ENQUIRER"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
oARLYLEs FAVoRITE SINGER.

The death of the great bass singer,
Filippo Coletti at the age of 50. has at
tracted little notice in Europe, but ne
is memorable if only as the sole per-
former nj whom Carlyle saw any merit
on his famous visit to the opera. "One
singer in particular Che wrote) called
me by the cast of his face by the tones
of his voices by his general bearing, as
far as l could read It. to be a man of
deep and ardent sensibilties, of delicate
an almost poetic soul, or a man capable
of genius, as we call it, stamped by
nature as capable of far other work
than squalling here like a blind Samson
to make the Philistines sport. - Phila-
delphia Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
WHITE MAN THE MURDERER.

GREENWOOD, Miss, Aug, 2s, 1S94.-On
the morning of August "a triple tragedy
came to light by the discovery of the re-
mains of negro man and two negro
women IN a cabin near Shellmound. An in
quest was held, and the testimony indicated
that several negroes on the plantation who
had fed the country had done the work.
Some white men in the community entered
ON further inquiry. They found child of
one of the murdered women whose evidence
leaves little doubt that one of the employees
of the plantation, white man, first killed
the man and then murdered the two women
in order to prevent them frem test1fying
concerning the crime The white man is
supposed to have left the country.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
A DIFFERENCE IN THE METHOD

The pompous young attorney was making
his first appearance in a murder case, and
he was considerably Impressed with his own
Importance. Just before the case WAS called
q rumor reached the courtroom that the pris-
orer had committed suicide and the young at
torney hastily pushed his way to the front and
caught the Judges eye.
MAY It please the Court, he said, "a ru-
taken poison 1 wish to brand that as false
/ saw him this morning and he retained to
defend hifp''
.sOh. that only shows that he has chosen a
slower method than poison" interrupted one OF
the older lawyers. -" Chicago Post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28
DIED.

LYoNs.In this city, August a. 1894 Bridget Lyons.
relict of the late Jonathan H. Lyons, in the
fofty-ninth year of her age.
Reiatives and friends Of the family are respect
fully Invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday,
August 8, from her late residence, No. 90 WAYNE
street. at nine O'Clock A. NJ; thence TO St Peters
Church, where solemn high mass Will be offered
for the happy repose of her soul
SMfTH-In this city, on August 26 1894 Elsie, vito
of William Coe Smith and eldest daughter OF
the late David Cowan of Flushing, L. l.
Funeral services on Tuesday. August q, at i've
O'clock p M al the residence of her brotherin law
Alexander Mctirath, No. l72 Mercer street.
WINCHESTER On Monday, August p, 1891, VIII
liam Winchester.
FunaIal fir m his late residence No Monticello
avenua, Wednesday. August %. at two O'Clock p M
Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend
rsidence No l6 Bright street, Sarah the young
est daughter OF Ann and the late John Murphy.
Notice of funeral hereafter
SYLVIA Suddenly, on August 2s. 1894 Captain John
sylvia the beloved husband OF Mary Howard
sylvia
Third street, hereafter.