The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-17
ODDS And ENDS.
Ancient Jersey City Ordin-
anceS First Published LII
the Bergen County
Courier"
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Politics in Jersey City Sixty Years
Ago Amusing News
Items.
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i rorsa,, City N 1890 y viii interest the
1870 ne +ba Roard of Aldermen.
hoAa, naSt and nrasant to know that the
60 rub,,oaaon 81 orainanras of .Iersev
tcitv s,nearad in tne ..courier,, on No
var,her : and IA 1899
Tho arst Of these was nassed by the
po,rd 90 rslootmen &c thew were then
oaued -, Marcb Ia. 1929. and was ito
rag,lo "a rho sattine of any mole or poles
fo,. eshine within the waters of Jersey
ritvn
The second was passed on March %,
1900, relative 70 tbe as,poiutment of an
auctioneer in Jersey city, and to regu-
late saaes.
..ybe interuemt of the dead within the
oo,norate limits of Jersav CIV, was pro-
hblted nv an ordinance passed March II,
1899 and tbe last ordinance to be pub
lisbad IN tha .srour,er, nrevented the
r,nning Of larea of swine within the
un,its ~ Iorsav catv. This was passed
AMI, A 100,
Tba r,ost ,mnortant i+am of news an
naorfno IN the March 1929 issa,e of the
s.co,,rier. was tho IMPLICATION of the
,au 1uaars,+ad FROM Tho Naua ,s ..Dsilv
Advartisoru, ncornoratine tho New Ter
Gov R.i1rosa hul That -cornorst;on he
gan with q canital stock of $3.50. 600. and
tbosa wore anno;nted commissioners to
omen s,hscr;ntion books.-J. s. Darcy.
w. Chetwood. Isaac Baldwin, A. w.
Kinney, Carrot SIT. W. Edgar, c. P.
n.rdanburob n M,pr w r Aalen 7
c. Van Dyke w. Pennington. q. Drake,
Amy Dodd. Thomas Salter, J. K.
Mead A w, Corey. j. w. Scott and ].
80
w. NGEluS. Inc T1llT0dQ WAS 10 DSSlL DIT
ark across the p Passaie and Haeken-
sack rivers to the Hudson.
A few weeks later the Courier
printed a long letter from Bartholomew
S. Calvin "on behalf of himself and the
Delaware Indians in relation to the
Anar act of official intercourse between
the state of New Jersey and the Deia-
ware Indians, who once owned nearly
the whole of its territory. Concerning
...- .x. C..u.,
the settlement. Mr.. Caivin says
.AThis has been consummated in a man
ner which must redound TO the honor Of
probability to the prolongation of the
e.ir+anaa of ryas+ad nat .ro+af,l noon,o
~ ye' peop.e.
Not one drop of our blood have you
spilled in battle: not an acre of our
1--z I~-z -, u = = I,,f 1ayy a,,r anrcnn
land nave you taKen' put by our consent.
They place the character of New Jersey
in bold relief and a bright example to
limits our brethren still remain. Nought
save benisons can fan upon her from
the lips Of a Lenni Lenappi.
pise an INDIAN bensdiction, but when I
the results OF my mission, the ears OF
which ara still erasolsly open to our
cation Of blessings upon the generous
~ TuRVEYDRoPIsM
On April 4 the Courier" printed a dis
Monsieur AchiIie, WHO would instruct
the people Of Jersey City in the art Of
edueation.a NJ Achiile had a large
sons and daughters of fashionable Jer-
sey City people living on Grand street
Were taught posing; the nn.nnet and 1ne
gar and relegated to the denizens Of
the Bowery.
Then, too. at this time Mr.: Thomas
lie School. to ''instrurt sons of gentle
people in the three RS"
The m5nth Of April ushered in the city
elections, and for days the Courier is
hooded with letters ~denouncing this can
dldate and lauding that h FIVE Cor
IN II p to 1cCl LIN Gil
aezyons for politicians, and ali the meet
fngs We're held there. After a little
fieht these officers were elected
Cnrneli,Js Van Wrinkle, moderator; Syl-'
vester Van Baman. town clerk; Philip
Earle. assessor; Cornelius Van Rey-
nan COLLECTOR
pg Peter sin. Cornelius van Wrinkle. Rob
orr WcFarlandl commissioners OF ap-
peal.
Merselis J. Merselis. Abel I. Smith,
chnsan f~reeholders.
Earret Sin. Carrot M. Vreeland, sur
,avors af hSghwavs
iahn NJ Newkirk, Hartman Van Wag-
nen tr,,stees Of moor
tSIff,,en Ra,,tsar 3 Earle g Van
y, "a ret Henson Henry I.von
nn2 HAS
pr M rcrnaI,son r Mcfarland
=; w;rlie a. n Mot schnoi
I..D. ~
cotniia roNa Dor TTJcr
uha ~ had i,lat e,nereed FROM tbe
lae clfy ~ - JoesI q chi wban - vas
tnn0 Msv q Il tn nl,,p roesi in nfn th mee sea Of I ne
na,lonat a anhaSs - = oats1,nre nd 49,,
Wa te.pe sSiu 81 ta tba nanocrstia
seHt I'VE ueiss 49, : rsod ddran, ~
gatnerilg, Wnicn e,oo ~ pracaSas M +
sonss q at4o I,,5 as Is rrat unne
aeieRates werS,- ~ suo Tobn : H Gornali nop-
ger. : II fsrrS. ~ 1 1h = y 1as,1sdn1ar "
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