New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-26
PA.SSAIC COUNTY.
PATERSON.
SIX INDICTMENTS AGAINST A TIuEyING PATROL
MAN-MECHANICs' LIENs-OTHER NOTES
OF INTEl,ES

OF INTEREST
Patrolman John Powers, who was caught robong
a drygoods store this week. j. best described as a
shoplifter. Merchants who for some time had been
puzzled by the disappearance OF wares ana wnD had
suspected and in some discharged innocent
Clerks now Jay their losses to Powers. and the
things found not only in his nome. but in his locker
at the police station. showed where he had been m
dulgng his thevish instincts. There were boxes OF
cigars bottles of perfumery and toilet soap from
drugsores: fancy neckwear and other articles taAen
for personal domestic Use. Six indictments nave
been found against him by the Grand jury
The Board of Trade after listening To both s'des
OF the question, has unanimously adopted the deca-
ration the Orange Board Of Trade In favor o. the
repeal of the amendment TO the mechanics lien Ia"
which inserted three years ago FOR the special
protection" of hardware and lumber dealers and
others known material men" The latter have
one side OF the controversy now raging pretty
much to themselves. while officers Of building loan
associations and other money-lendlng agencies
whose operations hampered by the evils or
class legislation. want 10 know why 1t would
not be just fair to let the leather dealer put
lien on a mans shoes because the shoemaker had
not paid for the hide the farmer issue an attach
ment against a loaf OF bread because the miller mad
not paid for the wheat The grocers. who constitute
the main strength Of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation. to have chosen an unfortunate time
for demand for special legislation while this sub
ject is getting so much ventilation. They want the
Legislature to pass law making married woman
responsible for the grocery bill II her husband does
not pay it,
Two Paterson teams were in the big bowling
tournament just ended in NewYork. Curiousy
enough. one Of them, the Albion which won the
championship last year. just missed place among
the eight prize-winners this time. and yet the club
made the highest OF the tournament and
furnished the winner. Il. II. Scott OF The prize FOR
highest Individual average. The other Paterson
club. the Columbia. managed 10 get a prize.
though not one of the leading ones No other
teams in the tournament came from such dis
eventeen miles-and the results emphasize
the difficulty of maintaining for TWO seasons
team that be depended upon TO take a msnt
journey twenty times In q season. \ curious tact
about this tournament was THAI the t"o paterson
'nves" stood apart all the others in the nom
Teutonic character OF their names. While the
all the New-lork. Brooklyn ana = 9o9Nen
bowling teams were evidently OF German birth or
descent. the ten Paterson bowlers "er' tNo
SCOTS. Coombs Cllngen. Mead, DIV SIMPSON
Tho New-Jersey and NeW-York Telephone COM
pany has rather astonshed the public thoush ~
10 dig M the city streets because it want 20 take
down It's poles and put All its wires underground
The catholic club has heard thar i VIII receive.
and has announS'd n dGNahCe ,S' fog ~ a Roy
Or = g. Smith. rector % ST JOS sphs Rom
or S pppa aF6n T9G nov tha br h vii @
the clubmen have their old rooms. from which =
The young men have already declared 10y rcsolu-
ton that the only way FOR Or smith I'd restore
harmony In the parish IS TO leave IL permanently.
The county of PassaiC IL In a peculiar qnahteFE'
II has ordered iron bridge. and has no place
10 put It, The muidlo r. a legacy from no i'raer
Board of rreeholders. They planned ana con-
tracted for bridge across the Passaic River,
abuttlne into West Side Park. and the Park COM
missioners refused to allow IT, There has been
difficulty about securing another terminus, an" ds
the bridge-builders will insist on carrying %,
their contract. the Freeholders may have ID stanl
the bridge up on end IN she jailyard. II they don't
pay for II when II ia done
\ coasting accident whose immediate cause re-
calls the Wolf, Wolf" story occurred on THURS
day night Hamilton-avc. hill was crowded WIN
sleds. The Paterson Railway Company's electric
line crosses the thoroughfare at Bridge-st ana R
colored lad stationed at the corner to warn
the coasters Of the approach Of trolley ears, Inc
young negro mischievous. and several times
VIXEN the coasters were coming down he shouted a
warning when there was no car. lie ealoye'
himself thus seeing the merrymakers turn their
slcds into snowbanks until "A large bobsled with
load OF boys and girls upon IT,. was dashng down
the icy incline. The colored boy shouted that
car was corning. The coasters had been fooled
SO often that they would not believe him. and
they kept on There car coming. and the
sled dashed into a. hurting the coasters IN all d.
rections The only one seriously hurt was Sher-
man Dean, OF Bridge-st., who had a Sash cut In
leg.