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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
INSANITY Oh DELIRIUM TREM8NS
How Hcbekan,s Police Diagnossd a.
New Workers. Trou bic


man was seen to fall down at the
corner of Seventh and Garden street, Ho-
boken, yesterday morning. People who
saw him, said he would fall, get on his
feet and then flop down again.
Officer Walsh took the man to Police
Headquarters, where he was locked up
for fntoxication. He gave the name Of
John Reilly, of No. IS New Chambers
street, New York He had several cuts
on him received in his numerous falls. The
doctor dressed these and the man was
quiet for over an hour.
About 1890 Sergeant Marnell went into
the corridor TO take look at the man.
The man seemed perfectly sober, but as
soon as he saw the Sergeant he made a
rush against the bars OIL his cell as If to
tear the sergeant TO pieces if he could get
at him. He cursed, swore and wanted to
know who the sergeant was
If get out there I'll punch your
d. head off. Pm no more drunk than
you are. never drink You have no
right to lock me up
Are you hurt in any way the SER
geant politely asked.
None of your D. business, Let me
out. and I'll hurt You though
The sergeant decided that although the
man appeared SOBER he must either be
en- the verge of delirium tremens or in
sane.
The man, however, quieted down during
the afternoon and was perfectly rational
at night time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
OR WEDDING
Young German Woman on
Her Way to Be Married
Almost Asphyxiated.
NOW NEAR DEATHS DOOR
Natalia Landgraf Comes to We'd an
Ohio Man and Leaves the
Gas Turned.

MISS Natalia Landgraf was first cabin
passenger on the steamship Prussia Of
the Hamburg line, which arrived in port
yesterday. Miss Landgraf was bound for
BlufftoWn, Ohio. When she arrived she
did not have sufficient funds to take her
to her destination. 50 she telegraphed to
Blufftown for the money. She then went
to Naegeli's Hotel, and war, assigned to
room No. q During the day she spent
most of her time IN her room and kept
BY herself
She retired last might about ten o'clock
AT eight this morning Paul Kuhn, the
hotel porter. detected the odor Of gas in
the hall and ON knocking on Miss Land
sraf's door got no answer. He notified
the proprietor. and as the door was locked
the danlight was forced and the porter
thus entered the room, which was filled
With escaping gas. Lying en- the bed
Unconscious was Miss Landgraf in her
Iag'ht clothes The gas Jet was ne-third
turned off
DIR. Heller was called immediately, but
could not revive the woman. The only
response to his efforts was that she
would move when he threw water ON her
face. Her tongue was turned up against
the roof of her mouth and neg mouth
open. The woman was removed TO st.
Mary's Hospital, where it was said that
the chanees aor recovery were very slight.
The hotel proprietor said that MISS
Landgraf came from q towndn the south
ern part of Germany. but he did not know
the name of the town. He thinks that
the woman did nod know anything about
gas, and had blown it out. Or else she
had accidentIy turned the jet on aflSr
she had put 1t out.
1t IS not thought that the woman con-
templa ted suicide because she DID not
IN any way try to conceal her identity.
The chief steward on the Prussia said
that Miss Landgraf was sick during most
OF the voyage over, and only came to
meals the last two days.
To a Miss Sophie Wolff, who was one
Of the passengers, and who is stopping at
Naegelis hotel also, Mss Landgraf said
that she was on her way to be married
in Blufftown. Ohio. She said they had
been lovers In their native home in Ger
many, and he had come out here some
years ago to make a start N life. He
had been successful and had sent for his
sweetheart to follow. 1t was to him she
had telegraphed for money to take her
to her destination
This morning her ticket was ready for
her, but it is not likely she will ever use
It The telegraph company would not
divulge the name of Miss Landgraf's
daf1ce.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
WOULDN'T TREAT TEN GENT DRINKS

Frank johnson. a colorad man, was tried
In the General Sessions Court this morn
ing for highway robbery. Johnson. Henry
Hsnke, Whine men, and another white
man whose name is not known. came
over from New York on December 1e just
to XII limo.
They stopped in several saloons ana
had drinks When Henke treated John
son ordered gin; but Henke declared that
he would not pay for a ten cent drink
and johnson took soda water. The trio rio
walked leisurely up to the foot Of the
hill between the Pennsylvania and West
Shore Railroads, and sat down to rest.
The other man asked Henlxe for ten cents.
Henke refused to givesit to him. but when
the other man threatened to punch him
he handed i up to avoid trouble Shortly
afterward the other man ordered Henle
to fork over all the money ne had. He
refused and then, he says, johnson
trIpped him up and the other man robbed
65 cents. They both ran away.
johnson said that the two men got into
a fight and he merely separated them.
He was acquitted
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
GREAT WINTER SPORT
Throngs Enjoy the Excellent
Sleighing, Coasting and
Skating Hoodlumss
Mar the Fun.

Owners of slelghs will not find fault with
Jack Frost 1his eeason. He not only
brought a s1yowstorm for Christmas but
made it possible to enjoy sleighing during
the past week
Yesterday the Boulevard was crowded
with sleighing parties. There We're sleighs
OF all sorts The merry jingle of bens
mingled harmoniously with the joyous
shouts Of their occupants
In the afternoon many family parties
We're seen enjoying the sport. The cheeks
OF all bore witness to the fiealthfulness of
the sport. The women in their warm
furry costumes and with cheeks aglow
with the vivid color of health, looked
most bswitching.
The crowd held possession Of the road
until midnight
Every game which can be played on
skates was indulged in on the ice by
skaters. Snap-the-whip tag and polo
proved the most popular. There were all
sorts of feet ON the pond, small feet, large
feet, fiat feet and feet which had toes
pointing toward each other and which
trlpped up their owners whenever they
attempted fancy movements
Inc hill on DanfOrth avenue was monop-
oiized by four large coaSting 'sbobs,n built
TO hold about seven each One sleigh on
the hill was of a greendsh color and about
seven feet long The four young ladies
and three young men who coasted ON it
We're envied by all who saw them. The
bob was provided with a patented
steering apparatus, which made its man
agement easy. The small boy was there
and even though his sled had lost all
traces of the paint which once adorned 1t
no one there had better time than he.
The small boy of the notwithstanding
type was never SO happy as when he was
the means of upsetting the "bobS" on
which the girls coasted
He accompanied this feat by walking
up the HILL directly In the path of a
down coming sleigh and pretending to
be totally unaware of its presence. The
young man at the tiller fearing to run
with a sharp turn that would throw all
its passengers into a heap in the snow.
The small boy could not Of course be
found after matters were Strengthened
out
Much of the pleasure Of sleighing on the
Boulevard has bene marred by the ac-
tfons of several gangs of tough urch.us
and hoodlums of an older growth These
gangs are in the habit of not only passing
al sorts of uncomplimentary remarks
about those in the sle.ghs, but also throw
snowballs at them
Several complaints of this conduct have
been made to the police of the Oakland
avenue and Webster avenue stations
Justice Douglass this morning expressed
MS severe d-sapproval of such conduct
and said any persons brought in by the
police against whom anything could be
proved, would be severely dealt with
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
CARRIE FOUGHT LIKE A WILD CAT
Convicted OF Stabbing Copper with
Hat Pfu.

Carrie Stevens, whose face is familiar
in the police courts and who spends the
greater part of her time in JAIL was tried
I'm the General Sessions Court today for
assault and battery on Mrs Mary White.
the matron of the womans prison. in the
Oakland avenue police station and for
stabbing Policeman Charles Loddick with
a hat pin. Carrie was arrested on De-
cember g.
Policeman Loddick tried TO lock her up.
Sne plunged hat pin into him and
fought like a wildcat. Matron White went
to the policeman's assistance. Carrie
grabbed her by the hair and yanked her
around. Then she picked up a pail of
slops and threw it over the matron. The
next day Judge Douglass gave Carrie
sixty days in the penitentfary. She ex-
pressed her opinion of the Judge In the
classic language to which she is accus-
toned. The Judge reconsidered the sem
9ence and committed her to await the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury
The defendant said today that she had
no recollection of having stabbed the po-
Eceman Or assaulted Mrs White She
said she was drunk. The jury convicted
her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
SOCIAL LIFE IN TENNESSEE

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Dec Is. 1sss.-At
Helenwood, fifty miles from here. yes
terday. Lewis Pemberton. a saIoonkeeper.
appeared on the streets drunk with his
y, Winchester rifle and began firing his gun.
IoWn Marshal Frank Hugette attempted
70 arrest him, whereupon James Pember-
younger Pemberton attempted to shoot
the marshal, but was too slow and re-
sceived bullet from the officers revolver
Whlch killed him instantly The father
nred al the marshal, the ball taking ef-
feet in Hugette's neck, infiicting a flesh
wound. The officer shot at the old man.
hitting him twice IN the chest and once
IN the bowels. They clinehed and the Of
ficer then fired twice more kjIling his
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
SAYS It's L FORGERY
Vice Chancellor Pitney's Opin-
ion Of a Receipt 10 a
Foreclosure Suit.

Vice-C Chancellor Pftney this morning
rendered decree in a very remarkable
sust and the decree, too is remarkable In
mat It pnonounces a document parporting
TO be a receipt for $67S5 in a foreclosure
case to be a forgery. The case is that
OF Mrs. Sara l.. Flenming, widow of the
late Lawyer James Flemmdng, against
Peter Lawless, Julia Wrathe and Catha-
riils O'Neill to foreclcse the mortgage
held by Mrs. FIemning on the property
standing on the northeast corner of Erie
and Twelfth streets, this city. On the
mortgage there was balance due of
S4750, which with unpaid taxes brought
the indebtedness up to about $1,000. A bill.
was filed by Mrs Flemnaing in the ordin-
airy way to foreolose and the answer was
as usual, but the testimony turned up a
surprise for Mrs. F'lemming
The defendants put in as evidence
paeca OF papar purporting TO be receipt
tor TOUR separate payments aggregating
$6, ,4S5- 1t was signed James L. Flein-
ming" Mrs. Flemming'S counsel at once
pronounced the document a forgery and
produced experts in writing and IN type
writing to show that the body of the re
ceipt had been treated with acids and the
figures raised from what they originally
intended to represent.
Mr. Robert Lightfoot, the well-knoWn
expert stenographer. showed that the
typeWriting had been done with a mod
ern machine and not by the instrument
in Mr.. FlenIning's office at the date on
the spurious receipt. 1t was not contend
ed that Mr.. Flemming's signature was
forged, but whoever had fixed up the re-
ceipt had removed the body of the writ
ing with acids and then written over the
place with another machine.
Vice-C Chancellor Pitney in giving a de-
cree for Mrs. Flemming commented se-s
verely on the production Of the paper,
and 1t was rumored that the Court may
direct the case to be noticed by the Grand
.J,ry
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28

Sheriff Heller was held up in his own
office on Saturday afternoon 1t is Gus
tomary to close the Sheriff's office at
noon on Saturday. but when the hands
Of the clock pointed to u last Satur-
day the Office was filed with a crowd.
which extended into Under Sheriff Hea-
vey's office and overflowed into Chief
Clerk Healey's quarters. Sheriff Heller
was little Surprised at the invasion
until he was informed by Police Com
missioner Feeney that it was customary
on the day before or the day after
Christmas for the Sheriffs friends to call
on him and wish him the compliments
of the season.
The Sheriff said he was glad Ito see
them all, and remarked that he would
invite them to be seated If he had
Gnalrs S;at,n enough; but the office was a
little scant of furniture as yet. He was
assured that it was all right, that the
visitors could wish him a merry Christ
mas and happy New Year just as well
standing up as sitting down
Mayor John Zeller of Gutenberg, who
seemed to be in charge of affairs had
brought some liquid refreshments with
nm, nm, and they were duly distributed
The party included among others Ex-
Sheriff Davis, Assistant Prosecutor Jo-
seph M. Noonan. Police Commissioner
Feeney. County Superintendent Smith,
Under Sheriff Heavey, Mayor John Eel
Ter of Gutenberg. Chief Clerk Healey.
Warden Lennon and Matron Rose Mur-
ray of the County Jail, Michael J. Kel-
ahar, Deputy County Clerk Edward Grit
Joseph Whelan, N p. Wedin, Custodian
Hogan of the Court House, and nearly
al the constables and attaches of the
Sheriff S office.
Acricfout Drouaot,+o,, NTr.x-
customary happy manner, presented the
Sheriff with very handsome and costly
badge set in diamonds. There are three
diamonds in it, one of them Weighing
two carats and half The inscrip-
tlon on the back is, Presented to Sher-
if Heller by his friends,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
wEATHERED SONS INsoLVEHT.
Greenhouse Building Firm In West
Bergen Has Now a Keceiver.

The greenhouse builders, Thomas
Weathered Sons, Of Orient avenue, Jer-
sey City. are insolvent, and Vice Chan
cellor Pitney appointed receiver this
morning to wind up its affairs.
A few days ago the Chancellor tenn
porarily appointed Mr.. Cornelius j. Gro
nan until the wishes of the majority of
the creditors had been aseertained. This
morning Counsellor Elijah Cowies pre-
marlent appointment of Mr. r. Young. of
NO 81 Wayne street, who was formerly
IN the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
The change meant no reflection on Mr..
Cronan, counsel were careful to say but
the creditors wanted one who could de-
vote his whole time to the work
The company owes about Sal, ,209 to its
creditors and to meet these liabilities
on land, machinery. etc., worth about
S35, 600; notes payable, $4,000 and other
sources, $4,000, making in all about s55.-
600 worth OF assets
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
G. 0.P. PAPER FOB HoBoKBE.

Articles of Incorporation of the Re-
publican Printing and Publishing Com
pany were filed today in the County
Clerks office. The object of the incor-
poration is to publish Republican
paper in Hoboken. The capital stock IS
Coroner Anthony T. vol3S.. Edward Ma
tin. Gustave E. Spanessalkszs ard Ieha
w. Schwartz. The company VIII bezs11
business with working capital Of s5s7sa
which represents lib shares. These Share
are distributed as follows:-A. +. NclE,
"a; Edward Martin. 49, Gustaye Spangen
berg, %; John Schwartz, d
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
OVERCOME By s0HNAPPs.

Frederick NUM-, a German, so years old.
accumulated an elegant load II
s.Schnappss' yesterday. He soon lost /
idea Of where he was at, and was fourse
asleep this morning in the kitchen Ct
No. III Lincoln street, When arraigne
before Justice Douglass in the Oakland
avenue police court he was very pens
tent He assured the Court in broke :
English that he had meant no harm. and
was dfsfha rgetl
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
afaTTERs OFFarT

New Jerseys best flour costs &c. more per
barrel than ordinary -four. but worth dollar
extra. Wholesale only at D. e Cieary Co. s.
stores. Greene and Montgomery streets
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
HUDSON CIRCUIT COURT

Calendar for Tuesday. December %. 1Ses
Supreme Court cases, Nos. 13. IA. rs and
60. Circuit Court cases-Nos. I27 22s, 1873,
1874, 1S5 and 1856.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-28
DIED.

CANFIELD-At the residence of DIR. F.
G. Barlow, No 646 Jersey avenue, on
Sunday. December 27, 1896, Caroline
M. Garfield. aged IS years.
T,,1ra or.a1 r,,.i,ra 20
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15

larceny and for Liza. Lucy and Mertie Smith and Catherine Sterrett for receiving stolen prop erty, same said to have been sto- len from a house in Woodlawn. The sex tette were arrested by A. J. McDanief, to the county jail yesterday afternoon. They will have a hearing this week. J. c. Carraway was sent up from the inferior court for larceny.
 Jeff Crawford was sent up from Justice Benners' court for burglary and frand larceny
 Teddie Holley, Agnes Curry, John Fur ner, Lee Griffin, Rute Chiffon and Alice Ruford were released, the grand jury reporting no bills.
 Abram Wilson was sent to Tuskaloosa county. nY-
 Work of the Grand Jury. The grand jury yesterday morning re- turned large number of true bills, as follows:
 Frank Brown, burglary and grand lar ceny.
 Dave King, alias Bill Williams, same. Timothy Appling, same.
 Will Smith, same.
 Henry Mayfield, same.
 William Harris, same. Charles Bell, same; two cases. Will Winston, same; two cases. Joe Cole, alias Dave Watkins, same. Alex Moore, same.
 Elijah Parks, same.
 Enoch Lockett, grand larceny. James Wilson, same.
 Will Lanfbkin, same.
 Dave Johnson, same. Mary Rogers, same; two eases. Eugene Oliver. same.
 Anderson Jones, same.
 Will Crews, same.
 Robert Jones, same.
 John Riley, same.
 Jasper Boykin and Frank Wilson as- Sault to murder.
 G. Perna, same.
 James Price, same and robbery. Wes Johnson, same and robbery. Roland Hines, robbery.
 Henry Kyle, assault to murder. Jim Davis, rape.
 Emanuel Yancey, assault to ravish. w. c. Harris, forgery.
 R. H. Fowler, assault to murder.
 Inferior Criminal Court. The following cases were disposed of in the inferior criminal court yesterday morning:
 Peter Mims, carrying concealed weap- ons; $50.
 will Fixes, trespass $5. Will Fixes, carrying concealed Weap- ons; $50.
 George Panes, dsorderly conduct, $5. J. Smith, disorderly conduct; S5 J. T. Carroway, grand larceny; bound over to the grand jury in the sum of S3oo; Nose Mathews, violating section 594 Of city code; $5.
 Richard Sadler, same $5. Anthony Walker, same; $5. Charlie Poole. same; $5. Doc Brown, loitering; BIO. Nose Mann, affray; 30. Tom Toby same; $5. Jack Jordan, violating section 55O Of city code; $5 and costs. Peter Mime trespass; $5.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15
Fresh bread ana candy made daily at c. w. Cody's, 1920 to 1926 Sd avenue. Ie5 F s1

A small bank given for thirty days to every new depositor in our savings de- partment.
 PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15
POLICE PICKINGS.

Officer Patton, assisted by Deputy Con- stable Whitehead, on Sunday night about 6.30 o'clock arrested Montee MeAnally, white, and Moody Gary, colored, the former and the latter years old, on charge of burglary and grand larceny. The two youthful criminals were found in the store house of the J. c. Marks Li- Quor company. Second avenue, between Twentieth and Twenty first streets They had gained access to the store through the cellar. Ii seems that after entering the store they went to the sec ond floor and took therefrom a lot of whisky in bottles besides a lot of caps for bottles and labels. These they de- stroyed in the alley. II is thought two other boys. who were in the alley with the ones captured, were interested in the burglary, but they escaped. This is said not to be the first piece of devilment the McAnally boy had tried to get into. The two boys were before Judge Feagn yes terday morning, but Constable Austin appeared with warrants for them and they were turned over to him.
 Mrs. George Muse was arrested on a charge of forgery, it being alleged that she attempted to alter, forge or coun- terfeit an instrument purportIng to have been signed by c. w. Burks in favor of c. c. Bates. The case will be heard in the inferior criminal court this morning.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15
Another Reminiscance.

The continued dry weather is getting to be very serious in some sections, especial 1y in the Birmingham suburbs, where there are no water works. The State Herald is informed that many citizens are now having water hauled by the barrel from the AVondale and other springs ad- jacent
 Speaking of the dry weather, an old citizen remarked to a State Herald re- porter the other day that In 1889 there was the longest dry spell ever experi- enced in this section. In that year. he said. there was hardly running stream in Jefferson county, and water for do- mestc purposes was hauled from holes around in the beds of creeks. ''The Ca haba river," said he. twas as-dry as a bone in places, and the only spring that ran at all, according to my recollection, any where near Birmingham was the one ot 4A"sndale. Stock died in numbers and many families suffered. Crops of all kinds were almost total failure, and the year following was the toughest in the history of the country. But we man. aged to pull through. Good crops fol lowed, business resumed it's normal activ- ity and times progressed until-here we are,'
 With this the old gentleman boarded an electric car, apparently wondering what other changes would occur in the section in which he has lived for over sixty years before he would be called across the river
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15
\ BIT OF HISTORY REPEATED
PickpoCkets Had an Eye 60 Bus
 mess in '60.
FOLLOWED s. A. DOUGLAS
How Mrs. Douglas Detected and Pointed Out One Of the RaScals on an Ala
 bama Train.

The pointing out of pickpockets by MT. Bryan at one of his speakings recalls to the older citizens the fact that Mrs. stephen A. Douglas, wife of the candi- date for president, also pointed out one of these rascals while accompanying her husband in his canvass of the south.
 The incident happened in Alabama. MT. Douglas had addressed the citizens of Columbus, Ga, and was on his way to Montgomery travelling via the Western Railway of Alabama. A committee had been appointed to escort the candidate to Montgomery and the cars were pretty well filled. The trip from Columbus to Montgomery was made in the night time and planters along the route were so ea- ger to see and hear the presidential can didate that they built bonflres, blockaded the road and went up the track and wav- ed danger signals. MT. Douglas would come forW ard and speak. when cheers would be given, the Instructions would be removed and the train would pull out.
 The train was stopped near Cheha W and at the close of Mr. Douglas speech some one in the train cried: There is a pickpocket on the train" A commotion, of course, was the result. One of the party had lost handsome gold watch and eager eyes were turned in every di- rection.
 Drawing her stature to it's limit and Using her right hand in a manner that depicted bravery and defiance, Mrs. Douglas pointed to q handsomely dressed member of the party and exclaimed:
 'rhera is the ptckpocket! He joined our party in Atlanta, and my husband and myself have noticed that at every point we have stopped since he would step from the car and go prowling through the audience"
 The young fellow was grasped and searched and the watch recovered. He was then tied and on reaching Montgom- cry was turned over to the city author ities
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15

If your blood is impure and you feel all played out take Hoods Sarsaparlla to build you up.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-15
BUY CORONA COAL. John K. Warren, Manager.
 Telephone 1920.
INCONSISTENCIES, EXCURSION

To Texas, Arkansas and Indian Territory.
 The Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- mingham railroad will sell round trip tickets to all the princi- pal points in the above named states on September 1, 15 and 29, and October 6 and 20, at the low rate of one fare for the round trip plus $2.00
 For further information apply to Charles Jones, travelling passenger agent, Birmingham, Ala. S-22-tl oc1