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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
THE OLDEST VIOLIN MAKER.

August Gemunder. who died in New
York recently, was at the time of his
demise the Oldest living violin maker In
the country. Not only this. but he had
given to America by his wonderful art
In the construction of vioiins, a repu-
tation which it certainly. up to this
time, would not otherwise have possess
ed. His shop in New York became
known as a depository of the great
masterpieces of the art. And while In
his own original manufacture Germun-
der ranked among connoisseurs with
the very best of violin makers, ii was
In his limitations of the old masters that
he achieved a success which was his
processes by means of which the early
italian masters succeeded in construct
ms utSeriy -MeoinpaxAole Instruments
lions whose fidelity was exact.-Ex~
change
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
THE DROUGHT TN SOUTH JERSEY
Soccielt to Inc Jerseu Catu Wears.

swEDEsBoRO, Sept. "a, 1s95.-The
long continued drought is still unbroken,
excepting at a few points within the
bounds of this county. which have been
visited by local showers. lasting prob
ably a half hour. and serving only to
lay the dust in the roadway for a little
while. According to the recollection of
many of the oldest inhabitants OF
Gloucester county. this has been tine
longest spell of dry weather expert
enced in this great trucking section OF
South Jersey for probably a quarter of
a century. The soil in most of the dis
rain Is needed throughout the growine
seasons, but with the long continued
drought. lasting for a period of over two
months. the damage in the agricultural
regions is beyond calculation. and will
foot up a very great money loss, aggre-
eating many thousands Of dollars.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
THE HOME AND THE WOMAN VOTER
Possible Domestic Results of Female
Suffrage.

Today. in the household. the man is
the voter. Suppose the wife becomes a
voter too. She will either reproduce her
husbands political views, and there will
he in one house two Democratic voters.
and in another two Republican voters.
where there had been one. And this is
no gain toward a. decision of questions.
1t is only a multiplying of ballots, produc-
ing no change of results. Or else the wife
would take the opposite side from her
husbands and, instantly. with all the
heat and violence of party differences
n political disagreemcnts, a bone OF
contention is introduced into the home; a
new cause of dissention and alienation is
added to the already strained relations
in many families. Then there is the
question oof mistress andsmaid, shall the
which shall cou~nter-balance the vote OF
the mistress, orc shall the employer I'M
d 9sRtf 2 to a fSnsfsi the And po all 5hi 81 n rne
merely on the voting day, or in the
deposit Of the ballot. but the weeks be-
s scent a IN the alf heat u Of discussion issassst or in n the
smart Of defeat! The American home is
not too sacred and secure today. to make
sive materials of politics and partisan
ship. And meanwhile. as things are now,
the intelligent woman. Interested m some
hand. not the ability to rival. offset,
or double her husbands vote. but the
power of her persuasion, her affection
her Ingenuity to influence it. 1t would
be Incredible. if it were not shown to be
true. that any large number of thinking
and Intelligent beings knowing, feeling.
using. this tremendous power, should
by substituting a thing far lower and
be, willing to run the risk of losing 4.
the rashness of this proposed expert
fence of what she has gained for her
sex. with the evidence of what voting
men have brought about for her under
the influence of ~non-voting women and
the rashnes of their proposed expert
ment defies description.-4"North Ameri-
can Review for September.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
REAL ESTATE news.
for $57, 900 Worth Of
Buildings Issued Last
Week.

The permits issued by Building Inspec-
tor Jones during the past week show al
investment by property owners of over
5 1900, a trife more than for the pre-
vfous week. The permits issued were
as follows:-
J.. H. Ferren. $50 Communlpaw avenue,
one story frame extension, $25O.
George Ogilvie. southwest corner OF
Monitor n Lafayette streets, three
three-story frame house, 1854.
II. v. Condiet. northeast corner War
rem n Grand streets, to take down
front. $500.
Charles Eppler. Halliday street. a
C~ommunipaw avenue. two three-story
frame. s4,aS0.
Charles schmolze. on Old Bergen Road,
one one-story frame stable. 500.
Eliza M. Gregory. Nos. 1S1, 1873 and 1856
$500.
William Horn. No. Al zabriskie street,
one twoastory frame 81 GOO:
boken avenues, one one-story frame.
Brinn Bros, northwest corner Palisade
avenue and Congress street, one one
story brick. $3.50.
s. B.. King. Freeman n Duncan ave-
n4es, n two,story frame, $1,000.
w; =: FRANKIE Belvidere n dBserkley
C&sL oSOLy III pouu.&Z--
A. De Forge, West Side and ~Stuyvesant
avenues, one two-story frame, 81, $50.
VIM. ForwiAiger. Belvidere and Dun
can avenues, n two-srory frame, $500.
-Wm. Van Keuren & Son. Grand and
Prior streets. three three-story brick,
j. D. and j. C. Coideway, No. 70 CON
gress street, three-story frame, $4,000.
John A. Bonner, Forest avenue near
Ravine avenue, two-story frame, 81, 800.
r. Freese, No. 226 Congress street, to
rebuild green house, 500.
Theo. Gubelman, No. 1872 Montgomery
street. improvements, 1920.
John b. Faunce, No. 1877 to 191 Clare
mont avenue, four two-story frame,
81. 800 each.
Diedrich School. No. u Nesbitt street,
two-story frame, $500.
frame, $1,000.
John McGrath, No. $40 Henderson
street. to move frame building to Erie
and Seventeenth streets. $500.
Thomas Wright. No. 40S Grand street,
one-story frame extension, $500.
F. W. Payne; No. 800 First street, i'm
G. and F. Dubie. Magnolia avenue,
three two-story frame, S2.0 900 each.
Michael Hogan, one-story frame, s75.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
PALMA's ATTRACTIONS.
New billiard Room to Be Opened

The Billiard Committee of the Palma
Club has informed the members that the
clubs new billiard room will be opened
to the members tomorrow evening. An
exhibition gam of pool will be given by
experts.
The room is %splendidly equipped for
playing pool and billiards. 1t is fur
nished with eight new tables, an entire
new line of cues, and all the tables are
furnished with new ivory balls: and
hereafter the members will find at the
club the best of billiard and pool attrac-
lions. The committee to whom much
praise is due for it's energy in pushing
the improvements, is composed of w. M.
Rlink. chairman: /. V. Pearson, M. w.
Van Winkle and B. J.. Downer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

of public morality on one hand and the
supremacy of the saloon on the other.
an American citizen must be admonished
to either strangle his conviction or run
the risk of being deprecated as unwise
or derided as a crank.
But we have hardly recovered from
this flight of logic when 1.-THE News
climbs owe r the fence and pronounces
the following eulogium upon the amber
beverage
The brew Of Gambr.nus is a universal
beverage, in the good use of which most
of the people largely join.
And next m the following EVASION,
which is really below the ordinary moral
one of our esteemed contemporary
The truth of the matter is, the laws of
New Jersey touching the sale of malt
and spirituous liquors are mild and incon-
sequent when compared with the legal re-
strlctions placed upon such traffic IN the
ments the .,Freie Zeitung'' does not rep-
resent. The German laws touching the
sale and quality and price OF beer are Sc
we're, and are enforced TO the last letter,
and are submitted to because they are in
the interests of the consumers.
Can it be that THE News is trying to
mislead voters into the belief hat Griggs
in 1888 favored legislation touching the
quality and price of beer? Surely, the
attempt is 100 foolish.
What Griggs favored was a license law
so excessive as to amount to practical
prohibition in most communities, linked
with a county option system BY which
the people of one section might impose
their %prejudices Upon those of another
of totally different character n needs.
1t does not remain for us today to pass
judgment upon the Griggs law of 1888.
The people did that in 1889 and 1890. The
question is settled.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
STEVENS ASSOCIATION PICNIC.

The Harry B. Stevens Association
held it's annual picnic at Berg's Oriental
Park last Saturday evening. The asso-
citation was organized about three years
ago, and this was its first attempt at q
public affair. and was a success. The
following are the officers of the associa-
tion:-James p. Plunkett, President;
ohm McGratt, Vice-President; Charles
ticker, Recording Secretary; Alexander
Addicks, Corresponding Secretary; r. j.
Smith, Financial Secretary. Herman Egg
left. Treasurer; Charles Pierson, Ser
geant-at-Arms, and James Varrasca,
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
IN A BURNING BUILDING.
A Colored Prisoner Nearly Expires
From FRIGHT
SpeeiGE 20 the Jerseu Citu Mems.

Special to the JERSEY City News.
PHILLIPSBURG, Sept. a, 1Ss5.-Ernst
Fuller, a colored man hailing from North
Carolina, is suffering from the effects of
a tersible fright sustained yesterday
morning. He was arrested by Officer Reh-
fuss, of this place for being concerned in
robbery of an armless colored man last
week at the Bethlehem Fair, and was
locked up in the station house nde the
Centennial Fire Company Building. A
fire broke out in the rear of this building
The firemen gave no heed to the piteous
cries which Fuller made to be released
from his cell. into which smoke poured.
Finally Officer Rehfuss arrived and took
the mar out. He was completely over
come with fright and is still in a pit
liable condition.
The fire was e~xtinguished without much
trouble. Several fremen We're hurt. The
flames are believed to have been started
by incendiaries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
HIT THE MARSHAL.
The Trouble Arose Over Remarks
About His Wife.

sSnecial to the Jersey Citu Neics,
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Sept. "a,
1S95.-Borough Marshal Copeland of An
glesea. on Sunday night called at the
cottage of Edwin J. Blakemore, and it
is alleged committed an assault on that
gentleman. charging him with SANDER
Gus reports regarding Copeland's wife.
William WEIGH, an employe of Blake
more, came to the rescue and 1t is
charged struck the marshal with a
blackjack. A warrant was placed in the
hands of another officer, Who arrested
Welch on Monday. and turned him over
to the marshal, On the way to the jail
Weleh attacked the officer again and it
is claimed beat him seriously. WEIGH
Yesterday came before the Grand Jury
and asked for the indictment of Cope
land on a charge of assault and bat
terry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
CHINESE JUGGLERs.
Some of the strange N startling
~ Feats They Perform.

Some of the Strange and startling
Feats They Perform.
Chinese jugglers and Indian fakirs have
pretty much the same stock in trade"
Here is an account of some tricks per-
formed by a Chinese.
When the conjurer asked the spectators
what they wanted2t tt see, some one called
for a pumpkin.
"a pumpkin" answered the conjurer;
that is impossible. Pumpkins are out OF
season.
However, he was only talking, for pres
emily he took a pumpkin seed and plant
ed it in the earth. Then. having made
his little son, A or 8 wears old, lie down,
he thrust a knife into his throat. The
blood poured out into a vessel and with
it the man moistened the spot where the
seed had been planted.
Next he covered the corpse with. a cloth
and placed a wooden bell over the seed.
In a few mute a sprout was seen r1s-
l bnss rF9 into 5h q d ao1s; y T Ehe@ no owe sf fen, the
pumpkin showed itself and increased in
size with extraordinary rapidity.
it from the stalk, showing it to the public
and took up a collection. after which, of
course, he fitted the cloth and found the
boy perfectly unframed.
The second feat, by a different perfor-
meP, was eVen5rnorei startling. A peach
was called for by one of the. spectators.
at is March, said the magician. The
land is still icebound. Peaches are not to
toh. we'll" answered the spectators,
you are a soreerer and ought to, be able
to bring a peach down from heaven"
The conjurer grumbled, but finally cen
scented to see. what he could DO: He pc,
he cast into the air It took at once the
shape Of a ladder. which went to a ire
mendous height. On it he placed a child.
and the little fellow ran up the rungs
like a. monkey. Up, up he went till he
vanished in the clouds.
Some moments passed. then a peach
dropped from the sky. the magician
it t. the py stance t, t was 5a a rsal pea Tbe
head of the child dropped out of the sky
and was followed by the trunk and hen
picked them up and placed them in a box.
But after much show of grief and after
the sympathetis spectators had taken up
a collection for his benefit, he opened the
box and said:
Come forth, my child, and thank these
kind gentlemen"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
WHIPPED HER RIVAL.
One Atlantic City Woman Furnishes
Another.
SpeciaL 70 the Lerseg Citu Neos.

Special to The Jersey CITY NelUs.
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. "a, 1Ss5.-An In
terestirg setto between two married
women occurred on Atlantic avenue last
night directly in FROM of the Extra Dry
Cafe. The participants were Mrs. David
c. Britton, the big, buxom wife of an
Atlantic avenue barber, and Mrs Harry
Marks, the wife of a Third ward consta-
BILE.
Mrs. Britton was strolling down Allan
tic venue with her husband when Mrs.
Marks came along. Mrs. Marks spoke to
Mr.. Britton, when Mrs. Britton pulled a
short whip and struck at Mrs. Marks
head and face.
Mr.. Britton claims tina his wife is in
sanely Jealous and that there was no rea-
son for her assault upon Mrs. Marks.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
SHE WAS A PEACH.

They sat IN the hammoek-he and she
swinging the hours away in a happy
manner peculiar to lovers. Finally he
whispered IN her shell-iike ear
"You are hike q peach" he sighed visit
I'VE maiden hung her head demurely
Fer \ few minutes, while a warm blush
spread over her blonde face.
tYA-T'd rather hefa pair she answered.
{Sen llkC "a benAtiful dream the situa-
Asam unfolded itself tukt the young man,
and the cards are now out.-Ruchester
Union and Advertiser.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
ANNOUNCING GUESTS.

It would save many awkward moments
and much embarrassment if the custom
was general in this country, as it is
abroad, of announcing the guest who en-
tars the drawing room already occupied.
s0f course this an intelligent
seryant to say the name, but one who is
at all bright can quickly acquire the
knack OF catching the words given and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
THE CRANBERRY CROP DAMAGED
Special e the Jefsep en- Nsits.

TOMS RIVER, Sept. a. 1885,. lit is
estimated by leading cranberry growers
that The crop in Ocean county has been
damaged by fires Twenty-Five to fifty per
cent. by the recent frosts and forest
fires, combined with the drought OF
the past two months. In some localities
there viii not be a tenth of last years
crop, notably ON the Metedeconk Neck
and the natural boys around the Head Of
Barnegat Bay, where many rover do
not consider 1t worth while to harvest
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
TORN BY A BOAR
A Toms River Farmer Sought to
Drive Him to a Pen.

y tfI " WI Tctc.
TOMS RIVER, Sept. "a, 1886
s.Uncle Charley Johnson. an aged far
mer. was badly cut and trampled upon
by an Infatuated boar yesterday morn
ing. The boar belonged to his son, Ben
iamin Johnson, and had escaped from
the latter's farm adjoining, and it is sup
posed that the old farmer tried to drive
him back. when the boar set upon him,
knocked him down and inflicted many
wounds with his razor-like tusks and
sharp hoofs. Mr.. johnson is Sc years
old and is hardly likely to ecover.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
THE Newark Press and the Nominal
lions.

Among the interesting signs of the
times is the evident determination OF
General Sewell's enemies within the Re-
publican party to use John w. Grigg
as a tool to injure the Camden leader.
The Newark Advertiser" has been
against Sewell for a long time, and evil
IDENTIFY it sees in the present situation
a chance to strike a deadly blow. On
Saturday. it devoted a page of its more
Or less valuable space to a ferocious on
slaught on the General. 1t dished it up
with a scare heading stretching across
three columns. 1t vas a very animated
heading indeed and aptly illustrates the
tone and spirit of the article. Here are
some of the lines from it,
AFTER THE TRENTON FIGHT
Earret A. Hobart Looms Up as a For
midabl State Leader-His Relations
with General Sewell-Other Lead
ers in Various Counties Brought
into Prominence bv GriggS'
Victory at Trenton,
Renewed Interest Taken in Hobart's
National Ambitions-Sewell May
Have to Divide the Honors of
State Leadership
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

THE attitude of the Newark Sunday
Calf would be puzzling if one were in
the habit of looking for common sense in
the editorial columns of that paper.
It had two long political editorials on
Sunday. In the first, it lectured the De-
mocracy in high flown. through some
what unmeaning terms upon its duty
on Thursday. 1t says this is the time
to turn down a leaders, and winds up
with the following owl like utteranee:-
The name of Chancellor McGill is sug-
gested as a candidate for Governor. He
is a good man, has shown personal IN
but. if he is preferred. let it be by the
voluntary and independent action OF dele
gates. 1t would be folly to reject any
man because the bosses had been Will
ing to see him nominated; but let II De
shown to all men that the choice was
made regardless of bosses. and let the
nominee himself cut loose from and pub
iicly repudiate the remotest sense OF
obligation to bosses and rings, IN VIC
tory or defeat.
For goodness sake. What shape is the
guarantee to take to satisfy the Gail"
If Chancellor McGilrs life record does
not afford all the guarantee of upright
ness and independence that the people
can demand, what will suffice? And
what is the use of making an honorable
record if it is to be ignored in the criti-
cal period of a mans life?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

From this, it looks as if the "Adver-
fiser'' was not over anxious to elect
Griggs, so long as it can hurt Sewell.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

'sThe News should remember that
Griggs is the man who is responsible for
the saloon in New Jersey politics.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER "a. 1895

This paper is Democrats an principles
and is independent IN its pieUs Oh =" local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

Renewed Interest Taken in Hobarts
National Ambitions-Sewell May
Have to Divide the Honors of
State Leadership.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

MESCHUTT'S T
DINING ROOMS
No. 90 Montgomery Street. Jersey Oily
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
ladies DINING ROOM UPsrArRI
HELP WANTED.

~~
CANVASSERS WANTED-L. STERN
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ing ON Credit.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24

the car Snoulu JOY IN IT, Inc S"h
is clamorous for a State Water Com
mission is Griggs in accord with it on
that point? Does his record demand
the approval of the Cali in this con-
nection?
The .Calr' spasmodically demands the
equal taxation of the railroads.: is
Griggs in accord with it on that point?
Does his record on railway taxation call
for It's approval!
The eCall'' has for some years been
demanding the abolition of grade cross
ings on the L. L. & w. Railroad in
Newark: is Mr.. Griggs in. accord with
1t on hat point? What is Mr.. Griggs'
position upon railway track elevation.
The "Call'' keeps up a great affecta-
tion Of regard for popular rights; can it
name any one feature of public policy in
which John w. Griggs has how
such regard? Can it indicate one soli-
tary occasion on which Griggs has been
anything but the enemy of the people in
The interest of corporations?
Does not the sCalr' NOW that the
convention that nominated Mr.. Griggs
was absolutely under the thumb of pol
ftical bosses. Even if it was hostile to
General Sewell-a thing which no sane
man believes.-was it not owned by
Carrot A.. Hobart and the Society for
Useful Manufacturers, with all that
means of monopoly and jobbery?
Is not the call, simply doing the os-
trich act in ignoring all the facts of
the case and shouting for Griggs?
n then there is our esteemed name
sare the Newark Evening News
rrl.e News, is usually very clear and
Main spoken. When it gets turgid and
obscure, you may be sure it knows it is
talking nonsense and is rather ashamed
Of itself. We recognize the ~well-known
signs in an article entitled 1.-THE Ger
mans and Local Option"
The News quotes an article from
the ..Freie Zeitung." which says
Against him nothing can be cited ex-
cept that seven years ago he committed
re error at d causus Of expressing his
nersenal opinion regarding local option
and of voting for 1t.
OF course this is funniIy mendacious;
but here is .The News /" still funnier
comment on it:
It is possible that the reverence Of
me eFTeie Zaitung'' for the saloon is SC
ereat that, when It comes to the question
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-24
URsULINE ACADEMY.
UNDER THE DIRECTION or THE
URSULINE SISTERS.


In a work describing the resour-
ces and industries of city nothing
else affords more pleasure than to
record the fact that its educational
facilities are of a very high order.
This city is fortunate in having
located here the Ursuline Acad-
envy, a splendidly conducted insti-
tuition under the direction of the
UrSuline Sisters. The institution,
established in 1851, is near the
city, on lot of ten acres, forming
a beautiful peninsula, bathed by
the San Antonio river, and both
healthy and delightful.
The school is chartered, and en-
powered to confer diplomas. A
large and efficient corps of instruc-
tors teach the young idea how to
shoot" The branches taught are
Reading, Writing, Gram M a r,
Arithmetic, bookkeeping, Alge-
bra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Gee
ography, History, Ancient and
Modern; RhetoriS Logic, Uses Of
Globes, Astronomy Natural Phil
3sopny' boIony, rnysiosi9GN.a , lo-s =
H manu. lyPewI!Cins, oheiiiistry'
n eeuaemoLh' Plaih anu olllii,ieii,a la
EilprotHery ana ilace WORK. I'm
9lIsh, Spanish, Er t'' anu Ger
man are uaugnV oS teaciiers " 'ne
ui 5IIS I iaslois =,
me healCh vi the pupii y an ou-
lGcC Oh onihO S soilcieuue lor
tne Iaules. inc houIs OF reiaxa-
tioh are SO ulstflDuoeu througiiou1