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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
Dated Jersey City, July 10, 1895:
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
BOARD Of Street and Water commisgi9ners on
Tuesday, the twenty-third day of July, 1885,
I n p SlfSG OF ATLANTIC STREET.
if said o improy agaaatt to be made conformably
to the provisions of Chapter III of the Laws
on file in the office of the Clerk of saii
Board.
sureties must be obtained at the Office Of
the Chief Engineer. corner Of Jersey avenue
and MeFesr Itrffs' o 5srs ogAS SifYi
About 50 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 1850 lineal feet Of curb stone.
About 50 square yards OF repaving-
About 4se li meal feet ssseatt Of Of reset er;h,, curb stone.
Time allowed for completion of the work.
sixty-fve (65) working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be SUBJ
jeet to the remonstrance OF the owners of the
assessment therefor on the basis of prelimin-
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes. endorsed Proposals for Improvement
Of Atlantic Street directed to nJehn G;
Streets and Sewers and handed to the
Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
No city official will be accepted as surety.
The Board may. under the law above quot
ed, exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
posals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 4. Chapter 1S4, OF the Laws Of
1891. under the terms whereof no contract
shall become binding upon the city Or become
effective or operative until the bondsmen offer
ed by the contractor have been approved as
to suf1ciency by this Board and as 70 torns
by the Corporation Counsel, the President OF
this Board having power to examine tss
proposed bondsnen under osth.
BY order OF the Board of Street and Water
I. W. STARTUP.
Clerk pro tenn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
JERSEYS EARLY ARMY.
what Ia Militia Was After the War
of 1912.
Special 'sthe Jersey CitB Neus

After the war of 1872 the war footing
of New Jersey was excellent, in fact
it has never been surpassed except dur
ing the civil strife. The State militia
was organized more on the principle OF
the regular United States army, which
will be observed by the following state
ments:-
There was then the COMMANDMENTS
Chief, with -four aides and complete
staff, commanding thirteen brigades and
one Independent regiment of Cape May
county. The Guard was divided Up
into four parts, viz: cavalry. artillery,
rifle corps and infantry.
The complete cavalry equipment con
sisted of one ~brigadier general, four
colonels, nine majors, ~thirty-one cap
tains. sixty-three l~ieutenantas, % comets,
and q extra, 1,67s p%rivates, making q
total cavalry mount of 1910 men.
The artillery was composed of 80 cap.
corporals, 40 bombardiers, IS ~gunners,
So drummers. % ffers. 1902 privates. ag.
gregating 1856 men. q
The armament consisted of IS six
Founders, s -four-pounders, / two-pound-
er, / swivel, Is tumbrels and wagons,
26 port-fire stocks, 80 drag ropes; there
were also IA handspikes. 1859 muskets, Is
-bayonets, 1929 swords, and Sundry other
articles.
The rife corps contained II captains,
A lieutenants, 4S sergeants, Is corporals,
% drumHners, % buglers and pipers, 1,052
priyates; total, LIS men.
The infantry, the most important fea-
ture of the State, was composed of the
following:A7 colonies, 96 majors, IS adj
~jutants, SO paymasters, As quartermas-
tiers. AZ surgeons, 81 surgeons mates, 20
drum majors, q pipers. 50 sergeaut-ma-
jors, 4G6 captains, 397 lieutenants, 327 en-
signs, LOGS sergeants, 664 ~corporals, 329
~drummers, 263 ffers, 28,8S2 privates-ag-
gfegate, 80, ASS.
This gives US a grand total of officers
and men in the four divisions of the
guard of sc, 1857. The guard, then, while
more in number-prohably nine times
was not drilled up to the standard Of to-
day. The work given us to do at Sea
Grit last summer was as strict as regu-
lation encampments of the army. While
the Springfield rife. with which the
guard is nov armed, is somewhat an
tiquated. 1t is far more effective than
muzz1e leaders in large proportions. In
1915 the militia met three times annually
for the general Improvement manoeuvres.
The fine for non-attendance was IS for
q private when called into service-the
private was required to carry every
equipment allotted by Congress or to
forfeit the fine of 50. This was almost
seventy-fve years ago. Since then the
State has had cause to do way with
such a standing army" on a peace
footing. Now we ave abou 1900 men
on the 1eld-larger in proportion now
than the National Guard of Philadelphia
or New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
MONDAY JULY Is, 1895.
This paper is Democratic tn principles
end Is Independent in its vie.Ss on ~ local
questions
The President on Marriase-'From
tho FullDess of b Heart, the
Mouth SDeaketb.S

Among the stock ISLANDERS upon Presi-
dent Cleveland is hat of domestic bru-
tally. He has been accused of beating
his wife by various propagandists OF
the party of moral ideas. No doubt the
charge is just as true as many others
that are leveled at him-just as true as
the third term story. for instance.
How true the fndustriously though pri-
vately circulated rumors are, may be
gathered from the letter on marriage
which the President wrote to a
friend. who was about to assume the
role of Benedict. This letter has been
extensively published In the past day or
two: but for many reasons it cannot be
placed too frequently or too conspicuous
ly before the public. 1t is an important
contribution to history. 1t will help
future generations as well as the present
to understand the character of the
most upright American citizen Of his
day.
Here Is the letter; If o have read 1t
before. no matter. read it again
NEW YORK. Dec. 2, 1896.
John Temple Graves, Esq, Rome, Ga. =
My Dear Mr.. Graves-We received the
lard of invitation to you wedding a day
or two ago., and 1 am glad that your let.
ter, received only a few hours ago, JUS
titles me. On behalf of my dear wife and
myself, to do more than formally notice
the occasion. And, first of all, let me as
sure you now how much We appreciate
the kind and touching sentiment you
convey to US in our married state. AS /
look back upon the years that have
passed since God in His infinite good
ness bestowed upon me the best of all
His gifts-Sa loving and affeotiorslte
wife-au else, honor, the opportunity Of
usefulness and h esteem of my fellow
countrymen, are subordfnates in every
aspiration Of gratitude and thankfulness.
You are not wrong, therefore, when you
claim. in the atmosphere of fast coming
BLISS which now surrounds you, kinship
with n who can testify with unre-
served tenderness, to the sanctiication
which comes to man when heaven d.
rected love leads the way to marriage.
Since this. tender theme has made US
kinsmen. let me wish for you and the
dear one who is to make your life doubly
dear to you all the joy and happiness
youchsafed to man.
You will. I know, feel that our kind
wishes can reach no greater sincerity
and force than when my wife joins me
IN the fervent desire that you and your
bride may enter upon and enjoy the
same felicity which has made our mar
ried life lone grand, sweet song"
Very truly your friend.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
Fielder rs q Gubernatorial Impossi.
bflfty.

We would give a large sized apple to
sHerald's" absurd boom for George B.
Fielder for Governor yesterday. The
gentleman who is credited with engin-
eering the "Herald's' Sunday Jersey mat
ter knows Fielder too we'll to have had
the least sincerity in speaking of him as
a serious possibility. This gentleman has
been writing up Gus Cutler. and not
very long ago invited us to put a nick in
the post to mark his prophecy hat Gus
would scoop In the nomination. He has
not yet got to the prophetic joint in re-
pumped up a fine enthusiasm over his
well known modesty and other interest
ing qualities as a man and a statesman.
We don't know how George appears to
the rest of the State. Long range repu-
tation is a queer thing; but we who are
his n~eighbors recognize in him a man of
less than mediocre. intellect who has got
on In the world by a trick of shaking
hands. He is a sort of professional
genial with a ready smile. a glib prom
Use and a Grand Army button. His in
stinctive alliance is with the old gang
who used to rule Hudson's politics. His
success in the last campaign was wholly
due to the ring vote reinforced by that
of the G. A. R.. who from honorable mo-
tives, though with poor Judgment. stood
by him as an old comrade. If by similar
backing and any fortuitous circumstan-
ces he should be elected Governor, It
would be an unnixed disaster to the
State. for he has not strength or ca
pacity or even education to fit him for
such a post. If we had any doubts as to
his calfbre previous to the last campaign,
we have none since we heard his
speeches" during that contest.
There are other reasons why Fielder
should not receive any public recog-
milton whatever. 1t is to be hoped 1t
may not be necessary to redirect public
attention to them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
FOUND BRADLEY's TURTLE
specSnl to the jersey Cftp Ne,ss.

AsBURY PARK, July Is, 1Ss5.-Last
Saturday Senator Bradley released a
monster sea turtle and offered a reward
Of $25 fer its r~ecapture. On the turtles
back was carved "Asbury Park, N. J.,
July 4, 1895"
John A. Citizens, in whose fish pond
the turtle was first caught, said there
was only one nance in a thousand of its
being taken again, but at moo yesterday
Mr.. Bradley was notified by telephone
that the turtle a been caught at Sea
Bright.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
ATLANTIo's WATER TROUBLES.

ATLANTIC CITY, July Is. 1Ss5.-The
committee appointed by the Water Com
pany to transfer the works to the city
is at loggerheads with Councils, which
may result in placing the water works
transaction in litigation again. The
water works officials were given till Sat-
urday midnight to accept or refuse the
city's offer of S775, 900 for the plant, to be
paid into the Court of Chancery.
When the, time arrived the company
through its committee refused to accept
the city's terms. The water company
wanted the money paid into a trust com
pany for distribution. The litigation
now has been going on for twelve years,
and this last tie-up will likely keep it in
the courts several years longer, unless
it is compromised.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
BICYCLES AT A FUNERAL.
,y~rc.c, to The .Jcrgeu Cttu Nc.ra.

vINELAND, July is, 1S95.-The funeral
of James B. Pierson, who was burned to
death by the explosion of a gasoline
lamp Wednesday night, was imposing.
Over two hundred wheelmen from Vine
land, Millville and Br.dgeton were In
attendance with their bicycles draped In
black. The pall-bearers were Harry
Brigham, Lewis Gould, C. Sumner Ste
vens, Wallace Y. Frost and John Bar
rett.
Mr.. Pierson was one of the most popu-
lar amateur bicycle racers in South
Jersey, and until Eddie Miller made his
appearance was the fastest. He was
50 years old and leaves a wife and infant
daughter
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending July
10. 1896, was as Acknowledgement woks.
IS; philosophy. 80; religion. 20; sociology,
fui arts. So; fine arts, S.; literature, les:
fiction, 4,1s9; juvenile fiction, 1,473; his
tory. lG; biography. IS; travels, l16. TO-
lfaI. E,5s8.
or this number there were delivered
through delivery stations, 3 457.
Number of borrowers registered during
tho week, 81.
Total humber Of registered borrowers,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
TO SUE A JUDGE FOR LIBEL.
SprsfnI ,o4de JcrStu Gu Neua.

PHILLIPsBURG, July Is, 1s95.-John
Houseman, husband of the woman whom
Judge Morrow implicated in an I'M
pleasant way with a male friend in the
Ing Samuel c. Carpenter, the alleged
murderer OF Mrs. Blackwell, has had
notice served on the Judge that he must
publicly retract his Installations within
1--WE days or Mr.. Houselnan will bring
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
rho liquor Law Enforcement In
New York.

The New York papers, this morning,
have interesting articles showing how
the city was given over yesterday to
criminals, and toughs. while the entire
police force was engaged In keeping the
liquor stores closed. 1t is true no ersou
crime seems to have been perpetrated.
but every form of rowdyism seems to
HAYS gone unchecked. We hear Of q
lady nsulted for riding q bicycle, and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
TWO REsOUEs AT ATLANTIC.
,.--o,rfiNi I'M .Jc,yeD or, Ne.,s,

TEtTf"H JCJFCT I3l'T IVP'N.F
ATLANTIC CITY, July 10, 1s95.-There
was considerable excitement on the beach
yesterday morning at the foot of Mary
land avenue, when two bathers got be-
yond their depth and narrowly escaped
drowning. Life-guaTds Davis and Mills
the surf and rushed to the rescue. Each
guard took charge of one man and sue
ceeded in bringing both, in safely. Both
names, but said they resided in Phiia-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
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MESCHUTT'S HOTEL
DINING ROOMS
No. 30 Montgomery Street. Jersey City
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
AIDES DINING ROOM UPsrAIR5
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

a7
Sealed proposals viii be received by the
Tuesday, the twenty-third day Of July, 1870,
TMPRoVEMENT OF cARTERET AVENUE.
from Ocean avenue to Arlington avenue.
said imDroyement to be ms adj sonformably
of 1895. and in accordance with specifications
on file in the office of the Clerk Of said
Blank forms of bid and agreement of
sureties must be obtained at the Office Of
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About $50 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 80 cubic yards of rock excavation
About p cubic yards of earth filling.
About $3.50 square yards of asphalt paving.
About 500 lineal feet of curb stone.
About % square yards of repaving.
ABOUT 49, isa inca meal if feet o. of rs eTibb snaD S'0ns
Time allowed for completion of work,
thirty r Gsol worrying days.
award of the contract therefor will be sub
Jet to the rem9nstranee Of the owners OF me n
assessment therefor on the basis of prelimin-
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
ment Of Carteret Avenue" directed to John
Streets and Sewers" and handed to the
Clerk Of the Board in open meeting when
No city official will be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution of sureties be al
The Board may, under the law above quot
ed, exercise it's right to reject any or all pro-
posals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section T. 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 sutf1ciency by this Board and as to
form hy the Corporation Counsel, the Presi-
the proposed bondsmen under oath.
By order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
I. W. STARTUP,
Clerk nrO tenn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Dated Jersey city. July .. 1885.
The herald., 1895-06-29
NUSICAL NOTES

A ridculously small audience was pres
mt last evening at the paw ilion, which
fact only once more instanced the ndiffer-
ence on the part of the good Los Angeles
people to anything really frst-class in
music. For the Hawaiian band is first
class, and their performance is far and
away ahead of anything heard on this
coast except periodically. when similar
organizations come here for brief visit.
This band plays popular music and plays
it exceedingly we'll. The musicians may
not have the Temperance ent OF the famous
Mexican band, nor the scholarly all
around superiority of the greatest eastern
bands, but their ensemble music is sim ply
irresistible in It's clean cut technique, its
magnetic shading and color.
They filed Metropolitan temple in San
Francisco every night for week on
their way here from the islands, and the
rumor comes pretty straight that Mr..
Sprsckels is backing them. Such recon-
mendation should 20 for someth ing in
giving people confidence in them and
their playing. This afternoon at 80
and at 1880 this evening. the Hawaiian
band will march to the pavilion playing
the Liliuokalani march and they will stop
The herald., 1895-06-29
THE NEW SUNSET CLUB
The First Meeting a Success ia All
Ways
Men Who Have an Idea Above Here Honey
0etting-The Proceedings-Ths
Clubs Future

A number Of prominent gentlemen met
at the clubroom of the Hoffman cafe at
clock last evening, and took preiimi
nary steps toward the formation of the
Sunset club. AS outlined in the prelimi-
nary circular sent out some days ago. the
principal object of the prom oters of the
club was to draw together gentlemen of
literary tastes and congenial views, who
have some higher object in view in life
than mere money getting. The gathering
last evening was representative in char
acter, and decidedly successful in its OBJ
ject.
The gentlemen present were c. D. Will
lard. L. W. Jones. W. c. Patterson, Louis
+. Vetter, c. F. Lummis. II. W. O'Mel-
NJ. L. Graft, P. W. Search, L. Il. Mosher,
George W. Parsons. Major W. A. Elder
kin. Frank Virgins, j. o. koeptii, F. W.
Wood, L. A. Croft, F. A. Gibson, T.
W. Burnett, c. H Folder, II. G. White
head. Fred J.. Allies, Dr. j.. H. Davisson,
B. Wing, I. B. Newton, Judge J. W. Nc
Kinlcy, T. S. Van Dyke Dr. William LIE
Moyne Wills, R. W. Poindexter. ]. Bond
Francisco, Charles ]. Ellis, H. 7. Lee,
Enoch Knight, ]. A. Slauson, T. A.
Eisen, s. P. Hunt, Charles Cassatt
DAVIS, D. Freeman.
After the discussion of plain and SUBJ
stantial dinner the literary programme of
the evening was opened by Charles
Dwight Willard, who read a paper on The
Sunset Club. Its Purposes and Plan of
Organization. This covered. briefly, an
outline OF the object OF the promoters in
inviting the gentlemen present to attend
the preliminary meeting, and suggesting
some lines of thought and discussion
along which the club could protitably
work.
Additional discussion ia formal way
The herald., 1895-06-29
NATIONAL SOLDIERS HOMES
Board of Managers Arrived Yesterday
Morning
Not to Investigate, but to Inspect the Soldiers
Home at Santa nonlca-The Party to
Remain Three or Four Days

The board of managers Of the national
homes for disabled soldiers arrived yes
terday morning from the east in the
special car Celtic, which was attach ed to
the Santa Fc overland tram. The party
consists Of General W. B. Franklin OF
Hartford, Conn.,, president of the board !;
General NJ. T. Mcmahon of New York,
secl etary; Colorel e. F. Blown of Day
ton, Ohio. inspector general OF the homes; ;
General c. NJ. Anderson and wife, Day
ton, Ohio; Colonel S. G. Cooke, wife and
daughters, Kansas; Colonel George W.
Steele, Marion, Indiana; G. B. Patrick.
Hartford, Conn, secretary to General
Franklin: George Seyerter, Indiana,
guest OF Colonel Steele.
At River station the car containing the
party was switched to the Southern
Pacific railroad tracks ana was hauled by
special engine to Santa Monica, where
the ladies and gentlemen will remain for
some days.
Speaking of the soldiers home, General
Franklin said:
"We have not come out here to make
any Investigations. This is simply a
tour Of inspection of all the national
homes. We started out on June 18th,
visiting the homes at Dayton. Ohio; Mar
ion, Ind; Milwaukee, Wis.,; Leaven-
worth. Kan, and are now in the land of
sunshine, flowers and delightful homes.
We shall make Santa Monica our head
quarters during the three or four DAYS we
shall stay in Southern California, spend
ing day at the soldiers home.
"Ies. we have found everything salts
factory at the homes visited on this tour.
The old soldiers are receiving the best of
treatment in all the institutions. 1t is
our one great effort to make the last days
IS al o+o I,- l, N;nol l.,
for the preservation of our government
as happy as posi- BILE.
The herald., 1895-06-29
EXPERIENCE OF A MESSENGER
Slings Himself Through the Doorway Of His

An illustration of being born under a
lucky star, remarked an express official,
is the case of F.. i. Potts, messenger of
Wells, Fargo & Co., who, in the dozen
years Of his employment has probably
participated in more exciting adventures
in the service than any of his compan-
ions. His experience includes two "hold-
ups" by highwaymen and several derail-
ments and ditchings of his train. by
which his Car was thrown about in all
sorts of ways, but in each and every in
stance he has escaped injury. Perhaps
the most singular. it not the most dan
gerous predicament in which he has been
placed occurred quite recently, and Just
as he was leaving one of the way stations
on the way from this city to San Fran
cisco. The train had started from the
station and gained q headway of some
thing like twenty or twenty-five miles an
hour and he was engaged in placing
everything in order. A large chest con-
tanning packages was standing on end
in the center of the car and opposite the
large double doors through which freight
is taken into and out of it. and in order
to remove the chest to anoGher position
he grasped the iron handle at the end for
the purpose of giving it swinging mo-
ton and thus roll it out of the way. The
doors OF the car were standing open. and
in giving the chest sufficiently powerful
twist to move it the handle came off in
TIE hands of the messenger with such
sudden jerk that he was thrown through
the doorway. However, he retained his
presence OF mind, turned somersault
in the air. alighted upon his feet scme
distance from the side of the track, and.
as the train pulled along he saw and sig
nailed the Pullman conductor, who was
standing upon the pla form OF the rear
car, to stop the train; this was done, the
messenger boarded his car and the train
proceeded on it's way, the only damage
being the loss of the handle of the chest.
The young gentleman now says he is
prepared to take run on the Michigan
Central route and, with his car. jump over
the suspension bridge. believing that the
hand OF Providence would protect him in
that exploit, as it has in the past. Evil
IDENTIFY he is not born to die by the hands
of robbers. broken rails. collisions or
gymnastics from his car when running at
full speed.
The herald., 1895-06-29

was taken up by Rev. Burt Estes How.
ard and Mr. W. G. Patterson, after which
the matter was most thoroughly put in
formally discussed by the gentlemen
present.
A permanent organization was effected
by the election of Judge Enoch knight as
president, Charles Dwight Willard, vice.
presidents; Fred l.. Allies, secretary Louis
+. Vetter, treasurer. These gentlemen
were subsequently elected also as an ex-
ecutive committee and given plenary
powers in the managem tent of the clubs
affairs. The membership roll already
contains fifty-two names, and the club
is limited to sixty members. There are
already more than thirty applications for
admission, and the prospects are now
that the new club will always find abund-
ant choice material from which to select
names to fill any vacancies which may
occur.
The next meeting of the club is set for
Friday, July 10Th, and the subject for
discussion is that of silver, the leading
paper to be read by Mr.. Theodore S. Van
Dyke, noted as an author and thinker,
and the discussion to follow will un
doubtedly bring out many interesting
points.