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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25

wife; William Roe. Jeptha Harris. William
D. Roe, Carl Struyer, Carl Strover, o. Lind
over and 0. Lindover.
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector Of Jersey City, on
the ninth day of October, A D, 1889, l the
undersigned. John e. Ferling, purchased for
the sum Of three hundred and eighty-sevea
dollars and twenty-four cents, all the land ana
ty of Hudson and State Of New Jersey. front
and designated as lot s71, in Block 745. upon
an assessment, map annexed to a report NUM-
Adjustment" appointed in and for said city
by the Circuit Court of the County Of Hud7
was filed in the once Of the City Collector
in Jersey City, on the seventeenth day OF
sale being made pursuant to the provisions
of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey,
passed March 80. 1855, entitled
IAN Act concerning the settlement and collec-
ton of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this state. and imposing and levy,
ing a tax. assessment and lien in lieu and
instead of such arrearages, and to enforce
the payment thereof, and to provide for
the sale of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
That said land and real estate is more par
Beginning at a point in the westerly line of
Sherman avenue. Jersey City, distant sixty
erly from the southwesterly corner Of Sherman
avenue and Hutton street, from thence run
ming westerly anu at rlght angles 70 sherman
avenue along the northeriy. line Of said lot,
seventy-four feet and eight inches GA 1T. s in.)
to the rear line of said lot; thence southerly
and along the rear line Of said lot twenty
five feet (25 ft.) more or less to the, s~outherly
line of said lot; thence easterly and at right
angles to Sherman avenue and along said
southerly line of said lot seventy-hve feet
and four inches Go Fl. 4 IND to the westerly
line of Sherman avenue. and thence northerly
along the said westerly line of Sherman ave-
nue. twenty-five feet (25 ft.) to the point or
And you are further notified that you ap-
pear to have an estate or interest in said land
and real estate. and unless the said land and
real estate shall be redeemed as provided in
said acts before the expiration Of six months
from and after the service hereof, a deed for
the same will be given conveying to said
John E. Ferling the fee simple of said land
and real estate according to the provisions
of the said act.
Dated March Is, 1906
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
SAW BARNEY FORD.
A Very Fishy Story From an Ex-New.
ark Man.
Special to the jersey Citu News.


NEWARK, April 25, 1S95.-Bernard ].
Ford. late Superintendent of the State
House and adjacent grounds" is, accord
ing to the statement of an old friend,
lust across the State line, only a few
miles from home" instead of down
South" or across the water" as some
people seem to think.
The friend who met Ford is James
Bolles, an old Newark halter, at present
living in Brooklyn, where he is foreman
of a large hatshop. T~hirty-five or forty
years ago, Mr.. Bolles doesn't exactly re-
member which, he was working for Jakes
& Duryea, hatters, of Beaver street. this
city.
When he came to Newark, Ford went
to work in the same shop as an appren-
tice, and remained there Until he was APP
pointed a policeman. His peculiarly mod
ulated VOICE made an impression on the
thirty-iye years would fail to efface, and
it va this feature. he says, that led up
Bodies, with his family, prior to his de-
parture for California in 1889, had lived
in the North End, az he was frequently
i tnrne ddp east W To dis bore, Of Ls aem fan pro ae r,
in this city. and afterward went to work
James Knox. the New York halter, and
about noon he took a run over to this
city to attend the sale of q store located
In me of his houses on B~elleville avenue,
near Oriental street. He was in a hurry
across town and went through Central
Park. Coming down to the Fifty-ninth
street entrance he was agreeably sur
prised, according to his own story, to
meet his old shopmate. Ford. Mr.. Bolles,
In relating the Incident, says he was de-
lighted to meet Barney, whom he had
been led to believe by newspaper re.
ports was in hiding, perhaps thousands of
miles away. Rushing up he grasped him
by the hand and exclaimed:-"Hello!
Barney, old man., I am delighted to see
you'll"
Not a muscle in Ford's countenance
moved as he very coolly answered.
you must be mistaken; my name is
THAT voice settled it." said Mr.. Bodies,
in s~Gpnnsction with his narrative. land I
said@'Oh, o can't deceive me; you
are Barney. and / know it,
You are mistaken, sir, / am not Bar
ney Ford, and my old shopmate, to whom
/ had not applied d surname at all, hur-
ried off. realizing that he had exposed
himself" is the manner in which Mr..
Bolles concludes his narrative.
tine sale and then called on his brother
i1-law, Mr.. Getchius, the Market street
painter, to whom he related the story.
It was too good to keep, and Mr.. Get
chius has let a number of his friends in
on the alleged manner in which Ford
disclosed his identity to James Bolles.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
MR.. MURPHY EXPLAINS"
The Fault Ms All With Wicked, Sem
national NeWspaperH.
(From the Estate Gazette of this morn

(Erom the state Gazette" OF his morn
ing.)
1t is not strange, perhaps, in view OF
the disposition they have shown in the
past to distort facts and give a sensa-
tional colorlng to everyday occurrences.
that certain newspaper writer's at the
north end of the State and in New York
City saw in the absence of Mr.. John L.
Murphy from the city when he was
summoned to appear before the Inyesti-
eating Committee, an opportunity to. in
q degree, appease their hunger Tor SEN
sationalism, and announced to their read
ers that he had run away" from the
Mr.. Murphy in leaving the city Tues
day had no Intention Of evading the
He was subpoenaed Monday evening af-
ter having made arrangements to leave
the city, to appear before the committee
e ten o,ei4 81 the ESs morn fbag
hour, and a. the committee had not
yet come together, he left the building.
returning q short time afterwards to 1ind
ply had an important business appoint
ment in Philadelphia, and for the pur-
pose of keeping 4 he took an early train.
mittee or disrespecting their order.
Mr.. Murphy spoke to senator VOORHEES,
about his business engagements IN phila-
desirous of taking a forenoon train for
that city. He got all the available .ac-
count books that the COMMITTEES asxed
have no trouble in finding the accounts
they were after.
Mr.. Murphy is willing to go before the
Investigating Committee as a witness,
and has no disposition to escape the
inquisition. This explanation is made for
the purpose of correcting whatever
wrong Impression may have been ere
ated blythe sensational and wholly I'M
true reports regarding the matter that
gained currency through the columns
Of the newspapers published in this State
and abroad.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
HAND AND SEAL.
A Feature of Legal Documents and
BtS Rrfo5p

Every one who at any time has had
occasion to sign a legal document is
aware of the Importance that is attach
ed to the hand and seal" There is no
reason why a simple signature should
not answer the purpose, as it does in
banking business, where the convenience
and time of those ~transacting it IS CT
u Importance that the hand and seal
part of the performance has long been
abolished. But the law, that is, a law
made hundreds of years ago, when the
majority OF the men were unable to
to be kept UP, and so it is. 1t does not
particularly Inconvenience anybody, for
most persons do not have many legal
documents to sign, and, indeed, the
majority of these are now prepared in
such a way that the seal is printed to
fulfill the legal requirements of the case.
The provision, now useless and absurd,
is, however, a relic of a former age,
when the seal was a more important
part of the document than the signature.
Three or four hundred years g a most
important portion of very business man
outfit was the seal.
Every merchant, every clerk, every
sonage had his seal, locking it up when
against, it being employed without his
seal was a stone, properly engraved and
set in a ring, which the proprietor hab-
itually wore on his finger. and which
ne Entrusted only TO InOSe VINO were
his confidential personal representatives.
When an Oriental %potentate sent an Off
cial on a special mission of Importance
he gave him the royal ring containing
he seal, just as a commission is now
made out for a special officer, and the
ring was his commission. The seal was
affixed to public and private documents
IN attestation of their authenticity, and
The theory was that the signature
could be counterfeited by anybody who
chose to take the risk, but obtaining the
seal was no easy matter, and when it
was affixed nj doubt remained. The
hand is a relic of even earlier LAYS
than the seal. There are in the British
Museum deeds and grants that have
no signature but the impress of he
hand of him who made the deed. The
palm and fingers were dipped in ink
name being written above, and some
times, also below. In later days the
thumb was deemed sufficient, and when
people objected to dipping their hands
or thumbs in the ink the word ''hand"
came into use in connection with the
seal.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
RESERVATIONS FROM THE CABINET
Seventy-sevem K~etfrerments Up to
1S76-Reasons for RcsIgDing.

wv ~
1S76-seasons for RcsIcpfng.
From the beginning of the govern
ment until 1876 there had been 2o7 cabi-
of the United States, and of these II
had resigned their Offices. Eight of the
q Secretaries of State had retired from
ries of the Treasury, II of the 40 Sec
retaries of War. - of the so Secretaries
of the Navy. II Of the Postmasters Cen
eral, Is of the SO Attorneys General, 6
of the IA Secretaries of the Interior.
There We're nc Secretary of Agriculture
before 1876. but that office would not
enter into consideration anyway, for no
one yet has resigned it.
OF the Postmasters General, two re-
signed because of the death of a Presi.
dent. Whenever the Vice President of
Presidency by the Presidents death, the
members of the Cabinet have rendered
Their "a enisc to give Nh him an op-
In rare cases the new President has
asked some of the old Cabinet officers
to remain; As a rule, he has chosen his
teal friends and advisers.
Montgomery Blair resigned the Post
master Generalship in Lincoln's Cabinet
with the Presidents ppliay. William
CO eoln psca sucee ee ga MAJ To rst gef On Jew With w L.nt
out with Secretary Bristow, whom he had
supported vigorously in his attack on the
Whiskey Ring. R. J.. Metgs, Jr., resigned
because of failing health after a service
of nine years. Samuel Osgood gave up
office because the seat Of Federal Gov
ernment was moved from New York
City.
Men soon tire, as a rule, of the labor
demanded. by the Government with its
accompaniment of nervous anxiety over
the distribution of offices and the ques-
ton of party policy in little things and
Of the Office and it's meagre rewards has
led many men to retire from Cabinet
positions. Mr.. Cleveland has been singu-
larly fortunate in HOLDING his Cabinet To-
gether for two years.-Harper's Weekly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
RAILROADS.
Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
The Standard Railway Of America
In Effect April 81, 1895.
Trains leave jersey City as follows:-
EnR TIlE, nyEc.n

Trains leave jersey City as fcllows:-
FOR TIE WEST.
9.44 A. M, Fast Line, with vestibuIe Parlor
and Sleeping Cars, daily for PittsbuFg, Column
bus. Cleveland and Chicago; daily except Sat
urday for Toledo.
10.4 A. NJ, the celebrated Pennsylvania
Limited. the pioneer Of this class Of the SER
vice. composed exclusively of Pullman Ves-
thule Compartment, Sleeping, Dining, Obser-
walton and Smoking cars. lighted By station
airy and movable electric lights, daily for
Pittsburg, Chicago, Cleveland, indianapolis. St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Toledo.
a13 P. M. Chicago ana st. Louis Express.
%ith Pullman, Nestibule Sleeping and Dining
cage.
GA F; NJ, Western Express. with Pullman
Chicago and Cleveland. Dining Car to Phila-
delphla; and Ptttsburg to Chicago
800 Z. NJ, Southwestern Express, Pullman
Sleeping and Dining Cars to Cincinnati and
ST. Louis Arrives Cincinnati GOO =. NJ,
Indianapolis lois P. NJ, ST. Louis 100 A. Il.
SIS P. NJ. Pacific Express. Pullman Sleep
ing, Car to Pittsburg- Connects for Chicago
daily, and Cleveland and Toledo except Sat
BALTIMORE. WASHINGTON AND THE
For Baltimore, Washington and the South at
s-13, SAB. s:l3, 1924, lila A. NJ; 23S 3.s2 Com
gressional Limited. ParIor Cars and Pennsyi-
venia Railroad Dining Carr, 442. 5.13 and SIS
p M; and $3.50 night. On Sunday, S.43, 9.13 A.
NJ. 1913 Congressional Limited Parlor Cars
and PennsyIvania Railroad Dining Carr, IA.
BIB and SIS p NJ. and 1880 night. For Bal
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Express for Philadelphia. Ga. 7.a, s1a.
S.43, 9.1s, 9.A do.14 Pennsylvania LiInited5.
4.4s, 51S, 6.14, S92. SIS, s.15 p. NJ, and 1886
night. Sunday, 6.S4. $40, BIB, 9.44 GOA
l.f3, 5-13. 6.14, 500. SIS, 915 P. II. ard 12.3o
night. Accommodation, Ills a. M. 444 and
7:l5 ?. NJ. week days. Sundays, 5.15 and ia
z. NJ.
For Atlantic City. 11.n A. NJ. 12.12 P. NJ.
Saturdays only, {203 P. NJ. with Through
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car and Day Coach,
2.23 P M. week days, 6.4 4. N. Sundays
For Cape May LA p. NJ. week days.
For Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean
Grove, Point Pleasant and intermediate sta
tions. via Railway. 923 A NJ, Fps, 3.52, 52s
p. NJ, and 12.01 night. On Sunday, 10.e5
4. NJ, 5.22 P. N. (Do not stop at As5ury
Park or Ocean Grove on Sunday)
The New York Transfer Company will call
for and check baggage from and to hotels
and residences.
S. NJ. PROVOST, J. R. roc
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
o0LORED METHoDIsTs CONVENE.
Opsntng of the A. M. H. Conference
in Newark.
to fhe jersey Citv Nesc,

frt SAQ Ky ~
NEWARK, April %, 1Ss5.-Presiding
Elder B. F. Wheeler. of Jersey City.
presided at the opening meeting of the
twenty-second annual session of the New
Jersey annual conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
held in the Clinton A. M. f. Zion
Church, started at twelve O'Clock yester-
day. Elder Wheeler read a letter from
Bishop James Walker Head, stating that
owing to a death in his family he could
not attend the opening session and dele
eating Rev. Mr.. Wheeler to preside un-.
til he could reach the city.
DR.. Wheeler then read the twenty-third
Psalm and the sixth chapter of Galatians,
and introduced Rev. ]. H. White, who
led in singing LET z.on's watchmen An
Awake" Prayer was offered by Elder ".
I. Biddle. The presiding elder then LED
& s5niEflngL and SIP The Y Toil a ws seq t6e of ca she
ed, and the following ministers and lay
delegates responded:-Elders p; F.
y Whs sfsnf;oI j. HI Il w w Ra W.; 7; BidSTse " F +.
Drmpson, R; F; Butler; T; H. Harris. 6.
r f Sole, N. L L p p J; H And L 91a,d E.
Mason aain Il. N cesephas. s j. I. Tilg h n1,
Mason, i. s: cottene, N. +. Anderson
anu II. olaSh.
b conference then proceeded to or
ganize. by electing the following officers:
-Presidsng Elder. B. F. Wheeler, of Jer.
Camden; Assistant Secretary, L.. G.
Mason, of 'Matawan; Marshals, Deacon
r. S. Cottene and Deacon E. Black;
Reporter of the Star of ZION, J. Harvey
Anderson; Post Messenger, R.. H. Tin
son; Publisher of Minutes, j. H. White;
Compiler of Minutes, Rev. J.. A. D.
Blaice.
The following standing committees wara
appointed by Elder wheeIer to serve serve
until the arrival of Bishop Hood
Devotion, T.. II. Mason, B. F. Wheeler,
J; H: White: Finance, B. F. Wheeler, j.
H. Mason, J. H. White: Rules, q. Ham
nett, w. T. Biddle, J. T. Tflghman; Gre
dentials, H. M. Cephas, T.. III. Harris, L.
q. Mason: Holy Orders and Ministerial
studies, %. F. Wheeler, J. H. White, J.
a. p. Bloice:: Widows and Orphans
Eund, N, M. E~dmondson. T. H. Harris,
GH. Cole; S~uperannuated Minister'S
& Eddie; State Of Country, ]. <. D.
Harvey Anderson: State of Church, w.
I. B.ddle. J. T. Til@hman, J. B.. Small:
on Temperance, j. A. d. Bloice, G. II.
Cole, Rev. E. George Biddle; to Preach
the. Opening Sermon, Rev. J: A. D..
Blofce: Auditing, j. H. Anderson, Theo-
dore Danige, R. 8. Cottene.
1t. was annoISlced that DIR. Baker
would deliver an address of welcome at
eight O'CLOCK. and after bened.ction by
meet at three O'Clock.
The Committee on Credentials went
into session Immediately after adjourn
ment.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
I'M AND PARAsoLs.

There are lots of women nowadays
who can tell you about "quatern-ions,
n ''determinants," and write theses by
the yard on "Geemetric Inversion" Uni
versal Cubics." but l doubt very much
If you can find one in a hundred who can
carry an umbrella as being as much
an object Of terror as a runaway trolley
car.
with the handle nestled closely under
the arm. and the end sticking straight
up in the air, parallel with her elbow.
Of course, when she gets in q crowd she
jabs promiscuously at everything tnq
people don't often nave their eyes put out
BY this deadly combination OF woman ana
umbrella is surely due more - GOOD luck
han good management.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
ELE0TR0LYsIs IN NEWARK.
Sewers and Water Pipes Affected by
thc Trolley Wires.

.cJfctut 10 tHr JcIstU CIB ItSUS.
NEWARK, April IS, 1s95.-In a COM
munication submitted to the Water Com
mittee of the Street and Water Board
Tuesday night by President Van Duyna
Harold r. Brown, the electrical expert
employed by the Board, directed atten-
ton to the fact that the city's mains, as
well as fire alarm wires, underground
service pipes, ETC., are being impaired
by electrolysis in the district bounded by
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, Mar
ket, Mulberry and Lombardy streets.
The worst point, the communication
states, is at the corner of Mulberry and
Clinton streets, the pipes being eight
volts positive to the rails. The district
round about the South Orange reservoir
is also still in a bad condition.
Mr.. Brown urges that both companies
be required to put in operation at once
the same system that gave such, good
results at the Boyd street power-honse
In all new work he advises that a band
be used equal in conductivity to a cope
rod ive-eighths of an inch in diameter,
with an approved method OF Fastening
the same.
On motion of President Van Duyne, the
clerk was directed to communicate the
subject matter of Mr.. Browns letter to
both traction companies, with a request
that steps be taken to remedy the trou-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
CITY NEWS r

The sixth rally Of the Junior Christian
Endeavor Union of Hudson county will
be held at the Bergen Baptist Church
on Saturday afternoon.
nYank'' Adams gave an exhibition of
finger billiards last night at the Jersey
81. Frederick sPettigrew, formerly a
wealthy practitioner of this city, was adj
mitted to the Almshouse at Snake Hill
Peter Scheifer. of Heboken. is seeking
q divorce from his wife Theresa, and al.
1eges infldeltyA Henry Appelnouss 3
children. n ~ whom, Martha, is an
Inmate Of st. Michaers Home In Jersey
Fire broke out at $40 last night in the
two-story frame building, No. 10 Cots
sfaee street, owned BY w. Wertmore, and
afaounted to $500. The building was IN
sured
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
PURITANs ON BIG SLEEVES.

The old records of the town of Dedham.
Mass, shows that as early as 1859 the
authorities found it necessary to pass
laws regulating the size of sleeves. This
is the way the curious old paper reads:
after no person whatsoever shall make a
garment for women or any other sex,
with sleeves more h half an ell wide
in the widest part, and SO proportioned
for the bigger or smaller persons. And
for the present reformation of immode-
rate great sleeves, and some other super
fuities, which may easily be redressed
without much prejudice or spoil of gar
ments it is ordered" etc.-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
A JAPANESE BATH.

Henry Norman writes: 1.-THE Japanese
are a clean people, and their bath a new
experience to Europeans. Take an enor-
nous oval bucket. holding perhaps fifty
gallons. with a stove pipe running up in
side. Fill the tub with water and the
pipe with red hot charcoal, and when the
temperature Is a little short of boiling
point get bodily in and sit down, and you
a Japanese bath In most cases the
next step Is to get out again with amaz-
ing alacrity, but the Japanese sits. calmly
there and perSpsres till he IS parboiled.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
KLBproMANIAos AMONG WOMEN

1t has been announced from high
medical authority hat kleptomania is
more prevalent among women than he
other sex. The experts declare it a dis.
physical weakness. How the medical
world is taking the responsibilities of
the moral world! After a while people
will not see the absurdityof the Negroes
plea in a recent arrangement In a vir-
ginia court for chicken stealing. The
negro had been listening to a long ex.
notism, kleptomania and the like. So
his answer was ode chicken don hyp-
notiza me, jedge, and then kleptomania
came on.''-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
WOODEN MILLS TO RESUME.
Special to tho JERSEY City Neacs.

TRENTON, April %, 1S95.-Samuel X
Wilson, the millionaire woollen manu-
facturer. whose employees lave been on
strike for the past seven weeks for the
restoration of the second 10 per cent. re-
duction made in their wages last fall.
met a delegation of the striking weavers
yesterday and consented to their de-
mands. The mills will resume opera
tion next Monday. About seven hundred
work for Mr.. Wilson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
COLLECTOR CONNOLLY ILL.
Confined to His Room In washing
TIM and Enahla II Return HAIne.

WASHINGTON, April Is, 1Ss5.-Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue James r. Con-
nelly. OF Newark, is seriously i'll at the
Hotel Normandie. He came to Washing
ton on Monday to consult with the Com
mission of Internal Revenu IN regard
to q number of income tax cases, but has
rival. and is in a feeble condition.
He was unable to return to Newark
with Senator Smith yesterday. His
physician advises him to spend a few
days at Old Point Comfort. Hts SON,
DR.. Connolly, Is with him..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
WILL MEWAN BE THERE7

The Fremont Club will give a reception
to Commissioner John E. Macarthur at
its rooms on Central Z tonight. The
crowd invited VIII be too large for the
rooms, and supper win be served in
Arion Hall. at Cambridge avenue and
Hutton street. A big time Is antici-
pated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
NOTICE 40 cREpIToRs.

Estate of Bernard Max. deceased; Rose Max.
administratrix of Bernard Max, deceased, by
order of the Deputy Surrogate of Hudson
County, dated February 9th. 1888, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of said decedent
against the estate of said d~ecedent. under
oath or affirmation within nine months from
tine date of said order, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against said
~ ROSE MAX
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-25
TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Thomas Purcell, deceased; Mary
Purcell executrix of Thomas Purcell. deceased,
by order of the Deputy Surrogate of Hudson
County, dated February 9th. 1895, hereby
gives notice to the creditors OF said decedent
to bripg in their debts. demands and claims
against the estate of said d~ecedent, under
oath or affirmation within nine months from
the date of said order, or they viii be forever
barred of any action therefor against said
executrix.