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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
PAULsoN ASSOCIATIONS PIoNIo

The T. ]. Paulson Association of lower
Jersey City held their inaugural picnic
last night at Pohl1nann's pavilion. A large
crowd was in attendance. Those who de-
serve credit for it's success are:-President
M. r. Dalton, Secretary J. f. Hayes and
Treasurer J. j.. Arahill.
Dancing began shortly after eight
o'clock and continued until daylight. AT
midnight the grand march was led by
Floor Manager j. J. Rutledge and Miss
Mamie M~cDonough. Others in the march
were j. w Weber, Miss Buffmann M.
Connors, Miss Katie McCristi, w J. Pen
dergast, Miss Winifred Corbett, r. Nc
Laughlin, Miss NJ Ruttledge. T. J. Elan
agar. Miss Alice i, McDonough, w. J..
Welsh, Miss Mary Henley, Michael Grim
Minis, Miss Mamie Arrahill, Joseph Scott.
Miss Annie Mcknight, John Mannion.
Miss Sadie ~Ingraham. John Quirk, Miss
Rosie Goyne. Michael Whalen, Miss Agnes
Dalton. ]. J. Driscoll, Miss Mamie Bro
gan. Eugene Lynch; Miss Lizzie McAvoy;
MIR. and Mrs. John leonard A. L. Krook.
MISS G~eorgiana Sharper. Fred Kicker,
Miss n Shyster, Harry Brown, Miss
Johanna Pratt and delegations from the
Banquet Club. Pavonia Social Club, Chris
Arnheiter Association. J. J. Driscoll AS
ISOLATION and Anonymous Club.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
Dated Jersey City. Nav q. 1886.

NOTICE TO FoUNDRYMEN. DEALERS IN
Hydrants and Valves. Dealers in Meters,
Lead and General Contractors:-
Sealed proposals. will be received by the
Monday, June l. 1896, al two O'Clock P. H..
for the furnishing and delivering, in accord
tb h clerk TasH y fee said Board Z from date otti' con-
tract until May l, 1891. of Special Castings,
cocks, Solder and Lead, etc. as may be re-
quired by said Board during the term above
specified.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office Of the
Chief Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and
Nf The bidding vii Be- divided into three sec
lions. each Of which VIII be a distinct propo-
separate cover. as follows:-
First-For Furnishing and Delivering Special
Secona-For Furnishing and Delivering Hy-
ThfrdEFor Furnishing and Delivering Cor
poration Stopcocks, Meters. Solder and Lead. =
A bidder may, If he so elect. submit a pro-
posal for anyone or mora of the foregoing
propositions; but If 1t is desired to submit .
proposal for more than one. each must be
enclosed and submitted separately: and the
Board, in subsequently making awards of coin
tracts, will consider each proposal SO sub
mitted as individual and without reference to
may be submitted.
a proposal submitted for any proposition but
said proposition will be considered informal and
rejected.
yelopes, endorsed Proposals for (prop-
ositien specified" and directed to THE Clerk
Of the Board" and handed to that officer
in open meeting when called for IN the order
Of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals. if il considers that the best
interests of the city can be conserved there
by.
The attention of bidders is especially called
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to
suficiency by this Board, and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel. the President OF this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28

weeks. As a result, a number OF them.
their spiritual advisers aiding and abet-
ting, went out yesterday to collect evil
dence aga INST saloons. Tine way they took
70 do 1t was to get Into such places as
they found open, drinkt themselves and In
duce any person rhey found about to
drink with them. 1t is said that the wo-
men friends OF a number of these anna
teur detectives are rather doubtful about
the propriety of the whole business. 1t
Is to their credit if this is so.
The Rev. Mr.. Scuddes, when questioned
about this "drinking for the sake of doing
good, said that tsthe detectives must
decide for themselves how far they ought
TO CO." Dr. I. r. Chambers. who was
himself one of the detectives, said that
he thought three or four drinks ought TO
he, the limit for Christian Endeavorers
while on excise duty. He. thought also
that they ought only to sip the Mauor-
this Statement 1t is evident that he OBJ
amateurs to take the latter course.
The Objectionable thing in this whole
performance Is the absence OF all sense
on. the part of the promoters Of this Cruz
SADIE, that they are training a lot of young
men to be sneaks of = particularly dis
agreeable sort. Such proceedings can re-
suit only in the deterioration of the indi-
vidual, This occupation ought to strike
the respectable families to which the
Youths belong as undesirable. Whatever
the object aimed at, the ~c;ergy7nen who
are behind the scheme are causing their
brother to offend. There Is no moral or
legal sanction for breaking the law in or
der that dt may be observed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
LEGAL


TO MINNIE E. EMMONS (widowl. WILL
liam F. Williams, Mildred l.. Williams,
his wife; Isaac F. Williams, John E.
Andrus and Alonzo L. Crane
lie sale made by the City Collector of
Jersey City, on the Sth day of October,
1895, I purchased for the sum OF two
hundred and fifty-seven dollars and thirty
cents ALL the land and real estate sit
uate in Jersey City, in the County of
Hudson and State of New Jersey, 'front.'
ing on Van Horne street, which is laid
down n designated as lot thirty-six
$50, in block number five hundred n
sixty-eight G6S), upon an assessment map
annexed to a report made by Commits
sioners of Adjustment" appointed in and
for said City by the Circuit Court of the
County of Hudson, a certified copy Of
which report and map was filed in the
office of the City Collector of Jersey City,
on the 18th day of September, 1894, said
report and map and said sale being made
pursuant to the provisions of an act of
the Legislature of New Jersey, passed
March Both 1886. entitled
can Act concerning the settlement and coll
sessments and water rates or water rents
in cities of this State, and imposing and
and instead of such arrearages, and to en-
force the payment thereof, and to pro-
vide for the sale of lands subjected to
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified tina you
appear to nave an estate or interest in
said land and real estate, and unless the
said land and real estate shah be re-
sdeemed,a as provided in said act. before
the expiration of six months from. and
after the service hereof, a deed for the
same will be given conveying to the pur-
chaser the fee simple OF said and and
real estate according to the provisions of
Dated Jersey City, N. j., May 20, 1896.
JOHN t. DILLON,
Jersey City. N. j.,
Purchaser.
The New Jersey Title Guarantee G Trust
Co, Attorney and Agent for Purchaser,
Jersey City, N. j.
(Sale No. 5967.)
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
GENERAL HAMILToN's PORTRAIT
The Last Acquisition to the state
House Gallery of Famous Jerseymen

Speculate TIC Jcrscl Ctr Neirs.
TRENTON. May %, 1884 portrait Of
the late Samuel r. Hamilton huns in the
first gallery of the State House rotunda
yesterday. 1t was presented to the State
by STATE Librarian Morris A. Hamilton.
An interesting feature in connection with
the painting is. that it is the work Of Fritz
W. Hamilton, an artist of Louisville. Ken
lucky. who Is a grandson of the de-
ceased.
Samuel r. Hamilton was born in Prince
ton in 1880. He was the son of John
Hamilton and Phebe Ross, his wife.
Their ancestors came from Scotland.
Samuel graduated at Nassau Hall in 1868.
and studied law unded Chancellor Isaac
H. Williamson at Elizabethtown. He
was admitted to the bar in November,
1872, and opened an office at Prineeton,
where he practiced for several years.
Then he removed to Trenton, where he
remained the rest of his life. He ac-
CURED a large law practice and attended,
the courts of Hunterdon, Somerset, Mid
dlesex and Burlington counties before Mer-
Ger was formed. He was regarded as a
keen and fearless lawyer and gave his
profession his whole attention until the
time of his death. He was noted for his
geniality and hospitality, and his house
was the gathering point of the members
of he profession from all parts of The
State, when on business at the Capitol.
He was q lifelong Democrat in politics,
n In 1886 was nominated by MS party
as a candidate for Congress, but In that
year the Wings triumphed for the first
time in several years., and he with the. re-
nainder OF his ticket. was defeated by
about GOO votes. He was appointed
Quartermaster General of the State Mill
ia in 1880, which office he filled with great
aoceptancy. One of his most important
acts during his official period was to Sc
cure the old State Prison as All arsenal.
He resigned in 1855 and was succeeded by
General Lewis Perrine. He was APP
pointed prosecutor of the pleas of Mercer
county by Governor Fort, which office he
held until the time of his death. He was
also elected by his fellow citizens Mayor
of the city of Trenton, he being the first
Mayor elected by the people. For many
years he was a trustee Of the First Pres
byterian Church of Trenton and at all
time during his life wa deeply interested
In the cause Of religion. He took a great
interest in the schools of the city, 1t being
one of his greatest pleasures. He died
on the 18th of August, 1856. at the age Of
S., leaving a widow ana four children.
ing Morris R. Hamilton, the State Librar-
IAN. Two other sons are engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. His only daughter
is the widow of the late Judge Sherrerd,
Of Eelyidere. He was buried with milf
tary honors in consideration of his COM
neclion with public affairs, the military
and city government.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
CAPE MAY CITIZENS ANGRY.
The Opposition of the Mayor to the
Boardwalk Railing Discussed.

DptSt&t ga ~ -
CAPE MAY, May %. 1sse.-After City
Council had last night awarded to various
persons the contracts for building the ten
paviiions on the beach front at an aggre-
gate cost of about $4,000 they went into a
discussion of the action of Mayor Ed
munds, lessee of the trolley road, in Sc
curing an injunction restraining the con-
tractors from doing any further work on
the building of the railing along the new
board walk. The Council chamber was
packed with citizens indignant because
the work was stopped.
Councilman Wilson offered a resolu-
ton allowing the city all the additional
counsel desired to defend the city's case.
Every member voted Aye" but Coun-
Gilman Rutherford. John J. Burleigh. of
Camden, was questioned concerning
Mayor Edmunds' methods. Councilman
Johnson said the Mayor had cost the city
81, 1000 in the past year for lawyers fees.
The Street Committee were authorized
to confer with MIR. Burleigh and secure
from the Mayor a written statement of
what he wanted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
This paper Is Democratic in principles
and is Independent IN its uietcs on all local
questions.
question

THE new City Clerk, Mr.. Michael J.
O'Donnell. did not act like a new City
Clerk at Tuesday nights meeting. He dis
played the precision and efficiency of q
veteran. This was what his friends fore
saw and forsto.d. Mr.. o'Donnell has the
natural gift of executive ability. The
city's business is safe in his hands. At
ter he has been In office a year, not even
Republicans win ever talk of disturbing
him. He is John E. scott's legitimate sue
cessor by right of fitness.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
DIED RATHER THAN STUDY.
AI3-Ysar Old BOY Committed suicide
When Sent to School.
- fcTsJ

PENNINGTON. May 2s, 1Sse.-Harry
Rfttenhouse, aged about 10 years and fivl
ing with his father, Hiram Rfttenhouse,
near Barbertown, Hunterdon County,
committed suicide yesterday by hanging
himself with a mason's cord not more
than t-hree-eighths of an inch thick.
No reason can be assigned for the act
other than that he was told he ought to
go to school. This seemed to displease
him. He disappeared shortly afterward,
and his parents supposed he had gone to
school. On going to the haymow at five
O'Clock in the afternoon Mr.. Rittemhouse
was mortified to see the body hanging
a beam. The thin cord cut his neck hor-
rIbly. It Is strange tina the cord did not
break under his weight. $500
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
GIRLS PROFIT By LEAP YEAR.
ssThr Princesss, Given III Hasbroucl
InstStute by Nouu~ F,adfea

Anststute by Young ladies'.
The young ladies of Hasbrouck In
stitute had an opportunity of showing
last night how much better than men
girls can make love. It was Leap Year
with a vengeance and the young ladies
used all the privileges, and more too.
that that time affords. The play was .sTne
Princess,' a dramatization Of Tenny-
sons poem. given for the benefit of the
Peoples Palace Free Bath Fund. The
masculine parts were taken by the
young ladies and boomers weren't sin
Il" with the costumes worn. They con
sisted in full knee trousers, short kits,
doublets and large hats with dropping
feathers. Greek W were worn by
the women and their hair was arranged
In Greek knots with Grecian bands Miss
Irene Calvert Phillips, a Rambler. was
ohe Princess Ida and she acted her part
well. Miss May A. Forman was the
suit, of blue satin and a blue hat. She had
q 1axen wig. Miss Forman was excellent
aar snowed Understanding of the charac-
surprised and pleased the large audience.
sne was particularly good In the scene In
fne grove iga n When pleading her. or his, love
lazy Psycne won Well-merited applause
TOT ner graceful acting. Miss Grace Loo
II HARRISON was especially good as Lady
Biancne when she s~oliloquizes over the
possible defeat of Psycne and when she
disGloses the plot of Ida. Other parts were
We'll taken by Miss Eva Perlmutter as
Melissa, Miss Belle B.. Stueck as Violet,
MISS Jessie Craig as a poetess. Miss Ii,
lan Morse as. Florian, Miss Margare W
rage as Cyril. Miss Helen Lockwood as
llama. Miss Emma Van Horne as Ipse
ana Miss Carrie E. Myers as Ferdinand
= created q little amusement when the
lnree "men" We're pushed without the
sates, but the amusement was quickly
DROWNED In applause.
dne Eastern fame worship was very
Wen done by Clara Alpers, Eva p. Pig
9ney, Marion Blake, Mamie A. Brown
Emma M. Hallock, Louise o. Heika
GSHrlsSe a. Heppenheimer, Bessie Kinds
4lIzaoetn Mclean, Matte L. Nordine
Jennie n. Ransom, f. Dorothy Reid, Ian
Tetta SNYDER, Cassie ". w. Speer. Lo1sise
~Tompkins, Emile Turner. Agnee r.
twist, Josephine Van Horne, BESSIE +
X. White, Katherine Wright The inci-
GENITAL solos by Miss Agnes L. Twist and
MISS Morse We're excellent, Miss Morse
especially deserving praise. The choriIses
SWeet and Low" and Home They
Brought Her Warrior Dead" We're siing
very well under the direction of Me-
Baler. Miss Myers, under whose dirac.
aion the play was given, was heartily
congratulated on the success of lis nre.
sehtatfon. Dancing followed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28

no EDWARD BOYCE, MRS. EDWARD
Boyce, his wife, Cornelius Murphy. Mrs.
Cornelius Murphy, his, wife; Michael Mur-
ply, Mrs. Michael Murphy, his wife; Ed
ward Murphy and Mrs Edward Murphy. his
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector Of Jersey
City, on the 18th day of April, 1892, The Mayor
and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased for the
sum of sixteen dollars and f~fty-four cents L
the land and real estate situate in Jersey City.
in the County of Hudson and State of New
Jersey, fronting on Miller street, which is
laid down and designated as lot thirty 800.
in block number FIVE hundred and f~orty-ive
(545), upon an assessment map annexed to q
report number sixty-nine tss, made by the
Commissioner of Adjustment appointed in
and for said City by the Circuit Court OF
the County of Hudson. a certified copy Of
of the City Collector of Jersey City, on the
l4th day of April. 1891, said report ard map
and said sale being made pursuant to the
New Jersey. passed March soth, 1856. en-
titled:-
IAN Act concerning the settlement and coll
lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as
sessments and water rates or water rents
in cities of this State. and imposing and
levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu
and instead of such arrearages, and to
vide for the sale of lands subjected to
future taxation and assessment
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that YOU appear
TO nave 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
and Aldermen Of Jersey city the Zee simple
Of said land and real estate according to the
provisions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, n. j., May Is. 1895.
iii MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JERSEY
T. = wANsEn.
tSeal) Mayor.
Attest: NJ. j. O'DONNELL.
City Clerk.
The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
CONDITION OF ARLINGTON AVE.
The Contractor is Not to:EIame That
n WORK is Not Yet Efnfzhna

owing to the large number OF complaints
concerning the condition of Arlington
avenue, a reporter of 1.-THE News inves-
tlgateu the whole matter and found that
the contract for the improvement of Ar
nngton avenue, comprising also the
Improvement of Bay View and Garfield
avenues, was awarded late last summer
10 MT. J. f. Stanley, and that it would
nave oeen completed within the time pro
Vloed by the terms of that contract had
not the city as late as September UNDER
TAKEN to replace the water main in a por-
lion OF arlington avenue which was in
PAD eonditi9n, and had not the property
owners on Bay View avenue asked for a
to be put in at their own expelses
the work IN the latter case not being com
pleted until October.
me authorities then decided that il
would be unwise to allow the contractor.
NJ; snanley, to proceed with the ma
uni OF those portions Of Airing
Ton and Fay View avenues that had been
TORN up Tor the purpose of laying the wa
Ter main and constructing the sever
as referred to, and work was stoppad un-
81 the opening OF the spring when the
sion of time under his contract in which
TO complete the work as the city and not
ne was responsible for the delay.
tractor to close to public travel as much
OF the street as he had completed until
ms work was finished on the whole lob.
use that street and to travel on the work
already done all through the winter and
spring. The result is that the street
has been cut up by the heavy fr,ickine
from and to Bayonne. The work ana
the contract have not been accepted as
complete, although the completed por-
tons have been in public use.
Mr.. Stanley has agreed with the Mavor
to scrape off the portion about which
complaint has been made and practically
put a new head on the street by covering
It with half inch screenings and rolling
it before asking the city to accent If.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
ARMY WORMS MARCH TO THE SEA
Devastating Assaults Upon Gardens
at Atlantic City.

Sgsee Hft0 inc JcyscD CatJ Nczrc.
ATLANTIC CITY, May Is, 1sssEMiuions
Of the much dreaded army worms have
made their appearance in this city and
are ravaging gardens and grounds IL
private residences in the vicinity of
Maryland avenue. The worms Hrst
made their appearance after a rain
storm last Friday in the vegetable gar
den of Christian Born on North Mary
land avenue. They attacked the cab
bages and corn and then made a raid
on a big lot where young hay was grow
ing. This the pests also devoured and
destroyed until the ground looked as
IL devastated by fire. In places the
worms have gathered SO thick that TIE
ground is black with them. While
Born's crop was being ravaged worms
also attacked the gardens and lawns
of a number of homes in the vicinity,
among them those of S. B. DeBois. On
Maryland avenue. and of Mrs. Amanda
Frank and Christopher Seull on Virgin
la avenue.
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CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


pa Sealed s PROPOSALS wiz be received by til.
Mofaay, June l, 1896. at two o'clock ?. NJ.
IMPROVEMENT OF eIFFoRD PLACE.
from Bergen avenue to Hudson Boulevard, in
aseordance with specifications on file in the
Blank forms of bid and agreement CT sure
ties Gsssy must be obtained at the Office Ct the
The proposed Improvement is to be made un-
Of 1924 and was applied for on April q,
1896, BY J. p Hulshiser and others.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
ABOUT 500 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 3,I29 square yards of asphalt paving.
About 50 square yards Of I ssDn repav.ng.
About 1.560 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 6 manhole heads reset.
Inspectors fees, 80 days, at SO per 1ay. 800.
Time allowed for the completion q the
The award Of contract will be subject to
filing, by the owners of a majority OF The
iineal feet of the property on the line o. the
Street and Water Commissioners Of a petition
in writing, requesting that the contract be not
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the
t top.MrlJho John e G.. E Eaifoge c Saaf T d 5f Tied
Committee on Streets and Sewers and hand
when called for in the order Of business re-
lating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety,
nor will a substitution Of s~ureties be allowed.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874 of the Laws Of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by
sufHeiency by this Board, and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Roard having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
By order of the Board Of Street and Water
GEO. t. BoUToN,
no+o5 ro~-o-- rt.~ zEa-. 90 one
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
"a HORSES VICIOUS KICK.
1t LANDED Square OF Mitcheirs Fore
head, But Didn't FRACTURE ITS skull

Special to The Jerscg Cftu Ncars.
LAMBERTvILLE, May %, 1885,
Thomas Mitchell. son of John Mitchell,
a well-known farmer living on the out
skirts of this city. had a narrow escape
from death yesterday by being kicked by
a horse.
Mitchell was cleaning the horse when
the vicious animal kicked at him, its hind
Mitchell was close behind the horse surely
saved his life. He suffered a deep cash
In the head, but luckily his skull was not
franfl1rad a.-.-. -.
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DEAL LAKE BRIDGE CONTRACT
Specfalto the Jerscv Cffu Ne,r

AsgURy PARK. May %, 1ss6.-The
Board of Chosen Freeholders Of Mon
awarded the contract for building the
new iron bridge over Deal Lake to fhe
Berlin Bridge Company, for s24, $50. The
new structure will connect Asbury Park
with the Ocean Drive to Long Branch
The bridge. which will be completed in
the fall will be the finest of Its kind
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-28
BERRY PIOKERs IN FORGE.


STer7dI t. fHc .7eYScU Cdtv Neacs.
BRIDGETON, May Is, 1896.-Ttaiians
are arriving here in great numbers to
take the places Of the native population
as strawberry pickers. Three carloads
Of them came from New York yesterday
over the New Jersey Southern Railroad
and five carloads today.
Most of. them will be distributed among
berry growers in the lower part Of the
county, who had contracted with ship
ping agents for them. They are paid
one and one-haH cents per box.
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TEACHERS CAUGHT STEALING.

MILFORD, May Is. -se6.-several laav
teachers of Warren county have lust
had their certificates revoked for steal
ing the answers TO examination ol1es-
tons from the teachers desk turing tha
absence of the superintendent. When
the situation was made known to Conn
ty Superintendent Price the teachers
were at once debarred from further