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The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
OBITUARY.

Thomas Shafto, who was a mem
Der of Freedom Council, Jr o. U. A..
NJ, died at Hamilton on Sunday of
last week
John H. Giberson, well known
farmer, of Holmdel township, died
suddenly Tuesday. July q, 1886, aged
Sc wears and leaves d widow and one
exi4fd.
George Smith, Overseer OF poor in
Middletown township, died in the
insane asylum at Trenton recently,
aged IS years. He was taken to the
asylum about two months ago.
Edward s. Farley, of Philadelphia,
the undertaken who had charge of
the funeral of President Lincoln,
died at Asbury Park, July 19, 1896,
aged IA years.
Mrs. Catharine K. Ross, mother of
James Ross, of Ross Pavilion, Ocean
Grove, died at Middleton, Pa, aged
90 years and months Tuesday of last
week.
The young son of Edward G.. and
Anna Forman Nickerson, did in
New York on Saturday, aged four
weeks. The remains were brought
to Freehold on Monday and inter-
ed in tie family plot at Maplewood.
James L. Allgor died at New Bed
ford on Wednesday, in the 10Th year
of his age. He had served many
wears as township Committeeman of
Wall and had held many positions of
trust. The funeral was held on Fri
day.
Charles r. Wilson, an infant son of
James Wilson, died at his parents
home, near Allentown, on Saturday.
July 18th, 1896. The funeral was
held at the Hightstown Baptist
Church the Monday following at one
o'clock.
Edward A. EcBert, brother OF
Gen. Thomas t. Eckert, president OF
the w. u. Telegraph Company, who
Was severely injured by his bicycle
colliding with bicycle ridden by
Miss Josephine Kingsley of Asbury
Park, near Allaire, July 4th, died al
Asbury Park on July Goth, aged %
years.
Miss Sadie E. Holmes, daughter OF
Mr.. Burrowes NJ. Holmes of heyport,
was married on May Sd last to Mr.
John w. Applegate of Toms River.
The couple were quietly married al
Freehold, and they kept the matter
to themselves until last week when
they announced it and received the
congratulations of their friends. Mr..
and Mrs. Applegate are now at As
hurv Park, where they will spend
tha simmer
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
Lightning Freaks.

Alfred Paulson, of Long Branch,
was stunned by bolt of lightning
during the shower on Monday
evening and remained uncon-
scious for fifteen minutes. Sever
al barns in the vicinity were struck
by lightning, but the DANCE was
small.
Lightning struck the chimney on
Mr.. ElipLalet Barkalow's house at
Lokerson's Corner near Freehold on
Monday evening but did very little
damage
The residence of Benz. Cottrell at
Turkey was struck by lightning on
Monday evening and some shingles
and clap boards torn off the house.
The fluid ran down the rafters and
stunned Mrs. Cottrell and the other
inmates but they soon recovered
from it's effects.
The lightning also burned out the
instruments in the P r. H., station
Freehold.
Elberon Hotel Cottage No. = occu-
pied by Attorney General John r.
Stockton was struck by lightning
Monday evening. Mr.. Stockton
grabbed the children and jumped
out Of the window as he feared the
cottage bad taken fire. They es-
cared unhurt. The cottage was not
damaged to any extent.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
The colnred Bicycle Race.

The races for colored bicy clisti
on the Smithburg turnpike on Satur-
day afternoon were very exciting.
The races were all for a distance OF
one mile.
John Jones won the first race and
was awarded as prize cyclometer.
VIM. Simmons won the second race
and won q box of cigars.
The third race was won by Octa-
via Jones, of Turkey, who was award
ed bicycle pump and Jack Rock
won the fourth and fifth races and
was given the bicycle bells, one being
offered for each Of tie races.
The other participants in the races
beside those mentioned above were:
Ed. Bodice, John Price and Robert
Rice. Another race will take place
on the Fair Ground track il Septem-
Der, open to all colored cyclers of
the county.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
An Early Morning Fire.

a little before 5 O'Clock yesterday
Wednesday, morning the she'd for
the storage of old wooden patterns
Of castings and odd castings Of the
Freehold Iron Foundry Of Combs d
BawdeD, was discovered in flames
The fire alarm was given and the fire
men responded quickly to the call.
The building was long one-story
shed, about 16x70 in size, and was
about two-thirds destroyed when the
fremen succeeded in putting it out.
There was no insurance. The prop
erty almost adjoins that of the lum-
Der yard Of Combs & Ellis, Mr.. Gil
bert Combs being partner in each
of the concerns. AS there was no
possibility Of fire being anywhere
near the building it is supposed it
was set on fire by some one. The
burned building was located some dis
tance from the other buildings and
the other structures were not in dan
ger at any time.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
Every One Went Through.

Fourteen members of the thinner
man Cvclers of Freehold, and three
members of other clubs, lined up be-
fore the club house, on Main street,
Saturday morning at 535 O'Clock and
started ON their first Century Run.
There had been heavy rain the
night before and this doubtless de-
tered many members of the club
from participating. Although the
start was 35 minutes late than sched-
ule time, yet the Cyclers reached
Trenton a very few minutes after
their schedule. The.start was made
from Trenton and the Cyclers reach
ed Freehold at noon, ten minutes
ahead of schedule time. After the
members had had their dinner, they
started oil the run to Asbury Park
and reached there ten minutes
ahead of their schedule. After being
handsomely treated by the Asbury
Park Cyclers they started for Free
hold five minutes late, but reached
Freehold twenty minutes ahead OF
the time set Everyone of the seven
teen riders went through without an
accident and it may be said with
pride in home product, that nine oi
the wheels out of the seventeen, were
of the Jimmy make. Joseph Me
Dermott acted as pace-makeI
throughout the run and it was main
ly on account of his steady riding
and sensible slackening of speed
where the road was in poor condi
tion that everyone kept in line and
was carried through to the finish
The roads were in excellent condi
tion sor the run and all seemed Il
enjoy the novelty of it.
Those participating in the Rur
were:-Joseph McDermott, w. A
Hankinson Jr, Leonard Arrowsmith
Elwood Hoffman, Willard Wander
veer, Chester Stlllwell, Walter Hulse
VIM. Freeman, James Freeman, Fred
G. Conover, Arthur Qnackenbush
VIM. E. Webb, John Bawden. Thos
/ G. Haight, Geo. B. Alexander, OF
Newark, w. w Ogborn, Hightstown
Peter S. Ives.
Secretary Francis V. Many, John
Taylor ana Wesley Crawford and
several others, accompanied the run
/ to Asbury Park in the afternoon.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
To Build The Chapel.

Alta meeting Of st. Peters Parish,
on Monday evening, it was voted to
commence the enlargement of the
chancel of the church and the erec-
tion of a new chapel at once. Plans
and specifications viii be given out
by committee Of the Vestry this
week and bids are asked to be sub
mitted at a meeting Of the yestry
next Monday evening.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30
Gala Day at Highland Beach.

We advise all our readers TO
spend Saturday, Aug. Sth, at High
land Beach, the noted day Summer
resort of Monmouth County. There
has been an elaborate program for
the morning, afternoon and evening,
including yacht races, rowing races,
swimming races, diving matches,
bicycle races. tub races and a great
variety of entertainments. High
land Beach is Monmouth's Coney Is
land and a diversity of amusements
will make this occasion a particularly
pleasing excursion.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-07-30

contractor David j. Vanhorn, OF
New Brunswick, has begun work on
the construction of the gravel and
iron ore road for the county from
Manalapan to Englishtown., The
work was begun near Manaiapan
end. Although the contract was
awarded in May, there was consid-
erable delay in having It signed
which was not done until the Free
holders met last week.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-15
BAsTROp BRIEFS.

New Vault for the Court House-Beneht
Performance New church.
Bastrop, Texas. February 1t.--Commis-
slcners court adjourned Thursday at noon
after n heavy four days work. 1t rained
nearly all the lime they We're in session,
hut nothiug seems to dampen the energies
Of Bastrops enterprising county Judge,
j. b. Price, and his able conductors ana
ahettors." the worthy county commis-
sioncrS,
Vault builders, W. Y, Coats x Co, com
menccd work on new vault IN the
court house for the clerks office yester-
pringle'S MINISTRIES held the boards at
Elzncr's opera hoase Thursday, and the
Performance was excellent.
Home talent viii prre."nt the comedy
drama "Charty Ball" here Tuesday
nirhi. February IL. for the nenent OF the
CHRISTIAN church building fund, ana a
splendid caste of characters assures its
success.
The old Catholic church of this city has
been torn down and a new edifice Is being
erected ON the same spot, with rather
leonard T \. llHsler. w. Shaefer and
other devoted members lending heart ana
hand TO the work.
Tho beautiful windows and doors of the
now Christian church arrived this week
and the ornamental building is very near
iv completed.
EYdor b. II. Sanders. state evangelist.
erent a day or two with his Bas;rop
friends this week and his daughter, Mrs.
~. q. Cain. accompanied him to Austin,
where she viii make an extended visit TO
her mother
Judge Gurwood. County Attorney High
tower and Attorney Robert Brooks vent
TO Austin to hear lngersolrs lecture
Wednesday night
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nRApsTRENr's rlNANc1AL.

Crushing Vote Against Silver Was An
ENCOURAGING Incident.
New York. February H,-Bradstrcot's
review of the New York stock market for
the week says: irregular strength has
characterized trading on the stock ok
change for the past week, The outcome
OF the bond issue has stimulated publ,
interest in the market ana brought i'm.
considerable volume OF new buying orders
is-ndon has also purchased our securities
70 certain extent the market there no
His antctod ny renewed movement in
the kanr circus" Americans btinr belu
m uttttr esteem on account OF the success
81 the bond issue and the decreased f,ar
oi SlNer legislation by congress, as wei
as becanSe OF the prospect OF an under
slAhdlns between our own and the british
soNttunleNl ~ regard 10 the Venezuelan
question lne foreign buying was OF a
NtlY married. character or Thursday but
Was checked on Friday largely because OF
tile appearance OF friction A,twceu Tho
noer government Of the TrRnsvaal rApuh
hS ana the. British authorities.
me rapid restoration of treasury gold
20 Almost normal proportions throurh
payments Tor the new bond sales also NJ 1
laNVIable effect on speculative seutI.
mcni though the withdrawal Of ronsj1.
sranle amounts OF god from the treasury
to be turned back TO IL Immediately IN
payment for bond subscriptions was ma.
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NEW LUMBER INDUSTRY.

Tar. Turpcntinc and Lamp Black to be
Made from Yellow Pine Stumpage.
Orange, Texas. February 1.-The Post
reporter today net MIR. Max Scheuman
from Alaud, Finland, who is in Orange
for the purpose of establishing "A new in
dustry here, namely, the manufacture OF
tar. turpentinc, lampback, wood acid ana
charcoal He has process, for which he
has applied for II patent In this country,
by which he gets all OF these materials
from pine stumps. refuse timber and pine
knots in the wocds and from the SLABS
and lumber That is burned at our saw
mills. lie claims to nuke from these ma
tcria-s TAR fully equal to the famous
Stockholm tar, the finest grade oil tur-
pentino, lamphiack, charcoal and WOOD
acid used for preserving wood of all KINDS
He came to this country for the purpose
OF emuarkug in this industry after first
having went to Canada The timber there
did not suit his purpose, however, ana he
went to New York. While in n lumber
yard there he came aero IS some pitcn
pine lumber that mad been Culled because
1t was too rich for the use for wnlch II
was Intended. lie at once saw TINS was
what ho wanted and made inquiries as To
whore 1t came from. lie learned mat II
came from Orange Texas, and was
shipped by the Lutcher Moore Lumber
company. and he at once departed Tor
Orange. and his first inquiry on reaching
here was for lutcher x Moore. II ne
can make satisfactory arrang mcnts for
stumrage he Will begin his Industry IN
their pine forests and If the mills VIII give
him Tin, proper backing he VIII put up
boilers here TO use up the slabs ana retuse
stun that is burned at the mills TO pay
for the entire lahor of the mills. II THIS
he So II viii vcvolutioni2e sawmiine In
this section enabling the min man 10
make his lumber at n clear profit. BY MS
process one boiler, operated by two men,
will In four days make thirty barrels OF
tar and turpcntnc. four barrels OF wood
acid and twelve barre,s OF lamphlack. Mi
! Scheuman's father has a patent on this
| process In Sweden and has operated sue
| cc.stu.ly IN that line 70: e number OF
! year.
rho tug Fauuie went to Johnsons bayou
! today to bring UP a barge load OF fat
| beer cattle FOR Mr. C. b. Pevoto, to be-
| shipped to Now Orleans.
| pr. -. a. Ieardsley, an eminent divine
| from Kentucky, will preach AT the Metho
| dist church in Orange Sunday, mornlnG
and evening. aud viii lecture Monday
! night his subject being The Philosophy
| of Right Living"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-15
CONGRESS AND SILVER.

The vote in congress on the silver Issue,
taken IN the senate two weeks since, and
IN the house on Thursday. rather empha-
sizes a point made by the Savannah News
That paper says that less than twenty
years ago the house was the free silver
coinage part OF congress. In 1877 the house
passed frea silver coinage bill by vote
OF 1si TO 81 But the house is no longer
crazy about silver. II Is tho senate that
Is now afflicted with the craze. ~ no
time does the senate represent the senti-
ment Of the country on any important
question. Tho house Is fresh from the peo-
pie and ia close TO them. In 1877 the senate
was against the free coinage Of silver.
Now it fayors 1t by small majority"
II has always been commended that tho
senate. being farther removed from the
retplc. reflects the popular sentiment far
les than does the house. II this assuulp-
tlen b accepted as correct, the vote of the
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HOUSTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is
THE TRUE TEST.

The county democratic executive COM
nittee at Waco prescribed the following
est to all voters participating in the pri-
nary election for county and district Off
GERS: That they pledge themselves to abide
he decision of the National democratic
convention on National isrues and of the
State convention on state issues. to sup
bort the nominees of the party. county,
district, State and National, and to advo-
cate and defend the principles of the DEM
scratic party as enunoiated in our Ma
tlonal and State platforms.
The Post wishes especially to impress
on every democrat that ''pledge to abide
the decision" of the National and State
on National and State issues,
is not a pledge to change your opinion on
any issue, or that you will cease to con.
tend for your views on silver, or other
public questions, but it means that you
viii endure and bear with the difference.
among your party associates and stay with
them patiently pending the final adjust
ment Of all questions within the lines Of
democratic policy and organization.
Every good democrat viii do that.
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'otals .... ........ SlF, 206,602 20.
RRADSTREET's

Says That Trade is Very Duh for tno
Season.
New York, February 1i.--Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: The general business
situation throughout the country does not
meet auticipaticns and except at a few
citie>--Ba,timore and Pittsburg in the
East. Chicago, st. Louis ana Omaha in
the West, Texas points. Chattanooga and
Atlanta at the South-ramains duh Tor
the season. Improvement in demand ana
prices Is confined to hides, leather ana
boots and Shoes, which are conspicuous
in the snort list OF staples for which prices,
are higher. Features Of the situation are
tFO-. TtslUtiug from uufaNrIalic W9athrc
West and in me Central West reaction
I'm prices of iron and steel further COM
plants by wooden manufa cturers, an out
look for more .d.e WOODEN machinery. a
smaller total in bank clearings, continued
stiffness maintenance Of high rates for
loans, Notwithstanding the favorable in
f,rences drawn from the heavy oversuD-
srrlption to the government bond issues.
and restricted product of pig iron. EN-
ports Of wheat 0lour Included as wheaD
from both coasts OF the United States this
week amount to 2,7lS,0o0 bushels, again ~
3.otl"p last week and as compared with
@,al2,o0o I'm the week one year ago, 100000
In the week two years ago. 30OSp01 three
years ago and rs rontrastcd with i.iJ2, 90
In the corresponding week of 1872.
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he will not be able to do himself Justice.
He has been practically out of training
for "a week and he certainly viii not be
able to do anything between now and
Monday. II the fight comes of on that
day. Fitzsmmons chances will be very
greatly improved. He ~ in splendid con-
dillon.
This morning Maher IL still locked in
the little room In which he was placed
last night. The shades are drawn and
every ray OF light Is carefully excluded.
Hot bandages were applied to hts eyes
Mt frequent intervals during the night
and when he finally dropped of to sleep
toward morning u raw egg poultice was
applied. There is no doubt he Is in a
very bad condition,
Mahcr is greatly worried lest the public
think he has backed down or the sore
eyes are n subterfuge TO enable him to
avoid going into the ring Anybody see
ing the mans condition could not enter
tain such an idea for an instant He IS
not only utterly unable to see, but Is 40
helpless he can not care for himself
Connolly. his trainer said this morning:
IF Peter rounds-to by Monday, there
We know that our man can win. even
II he has been compelled to let vp on
his training. lie Is dead game and more
thhn Willing to fight, IL he can see when
Monday COMES around he will get into
the ring"
Stuart says that he is ready to pull off
the fight at any time when the men ARE
ready. We would have been on our
way 10 the battle ground now" he add ed
~ Maher had been in any shape ut all
am prepared to pun off the fight to-day
ana J am ready 20 pull 1t off at any time
the principals are ready There win h
no HIke on my part when the time comes
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while they were In the city but from
them II was learned that the money ap
propriated for the present dredging con.
there were Yet $4,000 available for jetty
work. Neither of them doubted that
permanent depth of twenty-four feet
would be secured under the present con-
tract.
The county board will meet at the court
house tomorrow TO examine applicants
for teachers certificates. State Superin-
tendent Carlisle has also forwarded the
questions for the examination of those
desiring permanent certificates therefore
the board will hold the examination for
permanent certificates at this meeting
y. II. Hill, a prominent business man
of Winona, Ill.,. Peter Stock. prominent
Omaha business man and leading man
anong the Scandanavians of Iowa ana
Nebraska: NJ Cansen of Chicago. ILL.,,
arrived in beaumont this morning and
departed Immediately for Port Arthur
\ S5 mule belonging to MIR. Il. c. Vices
tional bank yesterday afternoon. 1t is
thought the animal had the blind stag
gers.
This morning there arrived in this city
Mir. T. T.. Campbell of Pittsburg, Kan.
Ex-Governor Millette of South Dakota,
and Mr.. L. Il. Richardson. "A capitalist of
Springfield, i'll. Mr.. Campbell Is a Kansas
memb-r of the deep water utilization com
mtttce, and the other gentlemen are in
Lerested In the development of the most
available deep water port on the Texas
gulf coast. In this city the gentlemen
were met by Mr.. f. G. Henderson, man
aEer of the Port Arthur Land aud Town
site company, and under his chaperonage
they departed for Sabine Pass. where they
visited the jetties and made personal
inspection Of the government Improvement
at that point. They returned by way OF
Port Arthur. where several hours were
spent and the praticahility of that point
as a deep water port was explained and
reached Beaumont highly pleased with
their trip.
The city school board met In special
session this afternoon and decided To
close the public schools March 6. The
funds Will be exhausted on that date.
IN attempting to extricate pipe this
morning contractors for the court house
square artesian well pulled the top OF
their derrick
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BOSTON HRoTHERHooD.


While theoretically the North has taken
|the colored brother to hcr arms practically
|she holds him aloof.
The reason far this seems TO be less
matter of personal antipathy than An at-
fair of profit and loss. 1t appears that Il
Ecolored bishop by the name Of A~nott re-
Gently went to Boston as the guest Of the
Young Peoples Society Of Christian En-
deavor. The society took him to tho ho-
tells for accommodation, and three Of the
leading hosteres declined to entertain
him. The Boston Standard has grown in
iignant. and expresses surprise at the
action of the Young Peoples Society of
christian Enaoavor u says:
What they should have done the next
i day was TO have the most prominent
cllurcil member IN f. S'on go at once TO
4 the hotel ana invite The iishop 10 his own
house, We are very much surprised that
this did not occur to the managers
Several soc etics have eXrres "a their
sdisapproyal Or the cuurge OF thu hotels
and IN at least two Instances prominent
ciergymen have cancelled euraE"UcutH
10 speak at meetings called at one OF these
hotels. But none ~ the members ~ the -e
s1cieties put themselves on record as Eo-
ing TO the Revere to invite the bishop to
their own hOms8-fnorc $ the pity.
I The society members forgot all about
!. inviting the bishop 10 thair own homes.
/. for the reason perhaps, that they were so
absorbed in the exciting occupation OF try
7 ing ic force him on the hotcls. It seous
strunge that they ala not think OF having
/ the most prominent church member IN
Boston gc to the bishop and invite him to
his house Perhaps the prominent church
member and the editor Of tho Standard
! were hiding out together 10 avoid the per-
Torrance of such duty
! While the society ara the church mem
1 bcrs and the editor of the Standard were
hurrying around trying to think OF some
| enc who would entertain the bishop, thai
distinguished parsonage managed to set
quarters with one of his color.
After the Standard vents Its indignation
against the hotels for not furnishing ac
+ cornmo dations for the bishop that this
Young Peoples Society of Christian I'm
deavor strangely forgot to offer him, it OF
fers this suggestion:
II some well known Bostonian win In
vite any prominent nero 10 his house ant
entertain him rs an honnred guest, II vii
/ do more to educate public sentiment that
ten thousand hroadsides fired at the moor
4 by after-diuner speakers or morning an,
evening preachers. There Is II flnri0ui
opportunity for some really effective mis-
sior,ary work right along this line, and W.
commend the opportunity TO those whi
4 are the leaders OF public sentiment.
The STANDARD prefers firing hroadside
/ at the moon to hohnobbing with prominen
negroes but It will be grleved II som
s we'll known Boston!an doesn't walk up an
K sacrifice himself on the altar OF the III
teenth amendment.
4 In the meantime, prominent negroes fror
a distance visiting Boston would do we
to carry with them a basket containln
Al plenty of something to go on.