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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
Highest Of all in Leavenng Latest U. S. Govt Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
NEARING COMPLETION.
School No. 9 Will Be a Credit
to Jersey City.

Work on the new school No. 8. on
Brunswick street, is progressing rapidly.
The recent cold weather hindered the
work considerably. The building at pres
ent is enclosed, with the exception of the
sides.
Steam filters, gas filters and carpenters
are busy on the building and the plumb
ers' work is almost finished. Much of
the lathing in the building has been
done. The roof has all been slated ex-
cept the centre part. A man is working
on that portion now, and will soon conn
plete the work. The plasters are waits
ing for the fine weather to commence OPP
erationS.
Superintendent Beers said today that
the work was being dome as quickly as
possible under the circumstances, and
the building would probably be ready for
occupancy sometime in September. The
best material had been used on every
part and there was no danger of the
frost damaging the building.
When finished, the school will be one
of the finest in the city. 1t win be
equipped with all modern improvements,
the best that money can procure.
The new scnool faces on Brunswick
oblCSts Will q iiOfldSc VI IJus 1cct- Liz
wings on Mercer and Wayne streets are
13 feet deep. 1t is three stories high.
The play grounds, lavatories. boiler and
engine rooms will be situated in the
basement. The first and second floors
of the building contain ten class rooms,
each and every class will have q cloak
feet long and 5 feet, 10 inches
wide, with wardrobes for the accommodate
ton of the pupils. The third floor will
be used as an assembly hall, n is
60x105 feet. 1t will accommodate an au-
dience of one thousand.
The. building will be heated by the in
direct system Of heating. An electric
to all the class rooms. Perfect ventil-
alton will be provided by a system Of
exhaust fans which will drive the foul
air from the rooms. The building is to
properly located in ventilating stacks,
extending eight feet above the roof. Five
exits have been provided, by which the
school can be emptied in two minutes.
Two of these are fire proof.
The school is being built to take the
place of schools No. II and 10, which are
a disgrace to the city. School No. II is
located over a stable, and school. No 10
barracks have six teachers When No. 8
is completed the twelve teachers will
be transferred to it, and eight more will
be appointed to make UP the necessary
cation can raise the necessary money
with which to pay their salaries.
The old barracks will then be closed.
The new school will accommodate 1,200
assembly hall will only be used for con-
certs and exercises. The city lots on
which the building stands were bought
from the Colgate estate for $3.50 which
is considered a very reasonable price.
The building, when completed. will cost
the city $4,000.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
IMPROVING THE CITY.
Applications Pouring in Upon the
Street and Water Commissioners.

Street and Water
Applications for public improvements
are again pouring in to the Street and
Water Commissioners Property owners
are getting them in now so as to nave
work begun as early in the spring as pos
sible.
Some of the improvements asked for
are:-Oxford avenue, between West Side
and Marcy avenues; Bowers street. be-
tween Summit avenue and the Boulevard;
Sip venue, between Wiley street and the
Boulevard Wiley street. between the
Boulevard Nand Summit avenue.
Sewers have also been asked for in OK
ford avenue, between West Side and
Marcy avenues, and Leonard street, be-
tween the Boulevard and Nelson avenue.
To the final assessment map for the
construction of a sewer in Ocean avenue
no objections were filed.
Residents of Fulton avenue, between
Rose and Ocean avenues, want the grade
changed.
An application was made to nave George
II. Newkirk appointed inspector of the
improvement Of Virginia avenue at the
The reconstruction of Bay street, from
Henderson street to the river has been
under consideration for some time. Tt is
in a deplorable condition at present, and
is so choked up that Easements of houses
on the street are frequently flooded by
the sewage backing up An estimate Of
Lne coSl OF feconStructlon as MADE by
Chief Engineer Ruggies Is S23, 600. The
Commissioners propose comforting with
Mayor Wanser before any action is
taken.
Property owners on Garfield avenue
want that sewer reconstructed. The work
was to have been done, but it has been
found that several assessments originally
levied a not been paid. There is a
question now as to whether the city can
at its own expense reconstruct the sewer
until the old assessments have been paid.
Corporation Counsel Blair has been asked
for an opinion on the subject.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

Now that he is lost irrevocably, a lot
of people are raising a great cutlery about
the pity Of Superintendent A.. b. Poland
being allowed to go over to the New
York schools. 1t is a pity, too. But what
do people expect. We pay absurdly low
salaries to everybody in this State. and
then expect to keep f~rst-rate talent,
while New York and Brooklyn are offer
ing from half again to double the amount
Of money for far less work. There is
probably not a competent man in the
school system of New Jersey who has not
one eye fixed all the time on New York
and Brooklyn in the hope of sooner or
later landing there.
And yet we have proposals to put the
salaries of our Supreme and Chancery
Court clerks down to $1,000 a year. We
have a bill in the Legislature to cut down
the salary of every public officer in the
State who draws over $1,000. Demagogues
and fools are constantly bowling to the
Legislature to cheaper everything.
Perhaps in another century or SO the
State may wake up to realize that the
dearest of all men are cheap men.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
SENTENCES IN THE SESSIONS.

Sentences were imposed on some minor
offenders in the Several Sessions Court
yesterday afternoon. Stephen Grob
pleaded guilty of stealing some harness
and explained that he had a cold for
which he took some whiskey and the
wh.skey Influenced him to take the har-
ness and sell it. He was sent to the
Penftentiary for nine months
Gerry Brick was called up, having
pleaded guilty of resisting an officer.
Have o ever been in jail BEFORE
asked Judge Hudspeth.
Indeed | have, your Honor. many a
time answered the prisoner promptly
and frankly.
Three months in the Penitentiary. (
John Burge was sent to the County
Jail for five days for stealing coal.
DAME Buckley got sixty days in the
Penitentiary for stealing three geese.
Henry Oswalt and Michael Sullivan
were sent to the same institution for
six months for stealing brass
Thomas Sullivan was sent to the PEN
itentiary for six months for breaking in
to a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad car and stealing copper.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
MINKAKWA CLUB DoINGs.

The Minkakwa Club met last evening
in the club house. at No. s24 Ocean ave-
nue.. George w. Dunn, the contractor,
was elected to membership. Two propo-
sitions were received. The Campaign
Committee reported on their work of or
ganization. an account of which was
given in THE Jersey City News OF
Thursday. The report was accepted
Unanimously.
Notice was given Of an amendment to
be made to the bylaws of the club, maxi
ing a unanimous vote necessary to elect
to honorary membership.
Mr.. William A. Gahagan was present
for the first time since his recent ills
ness. He received the hearty congrat-
uwIations of all his fellow-members. Mr..
William J.. Burns, another member who
has been on the sick list, is reported as
narrowing
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

The sale will be conducted by FRANK STEVENS, Aucaoner subject to thu
l. That the purchaser shall pay 20 per cent of the accented hid to the cuv ar
the, dy of sale, mi shall pay the auctoneera fee of 50 upon each parcel sod
80 days after the SALE pont the payment of the balance of the purchase
money. P
g. In caset the purchaser shall alt comply with the conditions of sale the
property shall Der solda me the amount Of he deficiency. ii INV Charged 10 the
4 he city shall deliver to the purchaser a deed conyyingf the lands in fa
sfmple containing covenant of warranty on the part of thu city. limited how
rents and otherc city liens to the date of sale
G. aymnts nay be made in money Or in bonds or obligations OF ts cv at
par and accrued interest
T. IN cae the mount bid shall be less than thu amount due to +e cv with
interest on the day of SALE the sale shan be subject to the approval Of the Mayor
of he CITY,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
WOODS HALL.
A Most IptcnaeIy I~nterestin. Leeture
Course. Free for AlI-Magnif-
cent u~fasofvinx Views

Here is a rare treat forseveryone inS the
city and suburbs. and the best oft is, ii
is entirely free to all. All lovers Of the
beautiful should not fail to attend. The
well known Or. Greene, of No. S5 West
Fourteenth street. New York city, will
give a grand free lecture course in
Woods Hail. Tuesday. Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday evenings, February
Is, 26, 81 and %. at eight O'Clock, Illus
trated by the most magnificent stere-
opticon dissolving views ever seen In
'a Friday d9s''s Evening, February IS, st 5
O'Clock, the doctor will deliver his grand
Nv Illustrated free private lecture 20 men
only, containing Information Upon those
vital points of a private nature which sali
men Should. but roo often o. not under
stand. Every man will q IL to his M
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

the expenses of the Board of Indian Com
m~issioners. This is not because the lead
Ing men on the committee disapprove Of
the Board in any way, but because word
has gone forth from the Speaker that all
appropriation bills must come into The
House trimmed down to the most meagpe
sake of the impression Of economy to be
made upon the country. Then. if Congress
desires to d anything more, It must
take the consequences.
This is Reed in a nutshell. Sham, hum
bug. dishonesty. utterly reckless disre-
gard OF the public needsi Anything to
make a point for party and the country
be damned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

Much amusement was caused during
the week over the discovery that of the
Jour are boys, six being ~ull-grown> men.
The wonder has been all through the
session where all the pages kept them
selves, only four showing up in front of
the clerks desk during each session. An
Industrious reporter went on a tour of
discovery was rewarded by finding
that six men are on tire pay roll, draw
ing salaries as pages.-Trenton Letter.
What an aggregation of humbug the
Republican party is.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
TOOK OUT TIE BUTTONS.
Ladies and small ROys Too Much
for the New system.

When the new Montgomery street cars
were put on The line they had an electric
button on each side of the sash of the
window inside, SO that passengers might
signal to the conductor when they wished
to a1ight. 1t worked splendidly for a
few days until the boys got onto the
thing, and h the conductors woes be-
gan and his life became a misery. The
dear ladies, God bless EN-, too, added
to his tribulations by pushing the but
ton at the street corner where they
Wished to get off instead of a block be-
fore, and, of course, the ear had to
travel another block before stopping.
and oh, how pleasant they We're with the
poor conductors What loving glances
they gave him because they were car
ried a block beyond their -destinationi
At last Manager Young thought 1t best
to take out the button communication
and the conductors shed tears of Joy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
A STAY FOR COLT,

Ex-Judge Hoffman made an application
to the Cour this morning for a stay
of execution in the case of Thomas o.
Colt, who was sentenced to six years
and six months in State prison for shoot
ing Carrie Plate. Judge Hoffman had
been. retained to defend the prisoner but
was unavoidably absent and Colt was
defended by Lawyer Alex Simpson. Judge
Hoffman wants time now to determine
what course he will take in the matter.
The stay was granted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
AM EASEMENTS.
Of Music.

Bobby Gaylor is a .little bit of a
man." but he must have felt several
inches taller last night from the rousing
reception he got here at the Academy
of Music. From his first entrance until
the curtain went down the large audience
wore a broad grin on their faces or We're
roaring with laughter.
Of course the play sIn a Big City"
the usual "Bowery melodramatic'' order.
Nevertheless Mr.. Gaylor never failed to
interest and amuse the audience, par
ticularly in his neat little bit of comedy
work as Lazy Lanigan, the fiddler. 1t is
rather a difficult task for one actor to
carry the whole burden of a performance,
but Mr.. Gaylor succeeded in Accomplish
ing it with marked success. The rest of
the company might have been cIassed
among the and others" with here and
The work of Mr.. Palmer Collins as
Stephen Lurcher. the first assistant viii
lain, was as nice a piece of dialect char
The German comedy part was entrusted
to Mr.. Charles A. Mason. and was
handled in an amusing manner, and he
evoked many outbursts of laughter. Miss
Lizzie Conway acted the part of an Irish
widow with a heartiness that was really
refreshing. Patrice, who is a popular IA
yorite, was not as happy as she usually
is. but she made the best of a bad bar
On the whole the show is a smooth per-
formance.
The scenery is new and very pretty.
I'm a Big City will remain during the
week, with the usual Wednesday and
Saturday matinees, and everyone who can
should take advantage of the chance to
enjoy three hours. of continuous laugh
ter Witnessing Bobby Gaylor's comicali-
ties.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1896.

This paper is Democratic in principles
and is Independent in IFS rie,cs on all local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
a LIVELY RUNAWAY.

surrey caused considerable excitement
on Communipaw avenue this morning
by dashing up that ~thoroughfare at
breakneck speed. A gentleman was seated
in the surrey yainly endeavoring to check
the horses speed. AT the corner of Com
mifnIpaW and Pacific avenues the carriage
MS mas q H. VIZ ma - 1,ar, suesrSiooip,asiltt inrVWa
and FASTENED away before anyone could
learn who he war. The horse was stopped
by a man named Edwards.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

ALL the Republican papers are earnestly
urging clemency for Barney Ford. We
wonder what he is going to tell about
the G. O. P leaders if the Court crowds
him to the wall.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

Done pursuant to a resolution adopted by the. Board of Akhrnen OF Jersey
city Jun r. 1884 concnredf in by the Board of Finance Inc a. 1854 and a-
proved by the Mayor Jun 81 1894 80
BY the Committee on Finance of the Boards Of Aldermen Jersey Cit city, Feb
ruary 24 1895 EDWARD W. OOLLEY
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

b JERSEY CITY NEWS. THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC
DAILY PAPER PUBLISHED IN JERSEY CIrY-single
copies. one cent: subscriptions thres dollars p,r
year. postage paid.
Entered in the postofHce at Jersey City as second
class matter.
Aifbasinsssc an'nunicatfon ms snollI be addressed
tothec CRY PUBLISHING CoMpAyr: all letters for pub
iicaiion. to the Managing Editor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

THE hard-to-please element keep on
kicking at the expense of extra work on
the city Hail. This is highly immoral.
Instead of heaping obloquy upon those
martyrs to duty. the enthusiastically
Commissioners. let us all sing paeans in
their praise. For, has not a petty Jury
w~hitewashed the whole structure, from
the canary bird cages on the roof to the
pit at the foot of the elevate shaft.
The building must, indeed, no longer be
called the Monstrosity. but the ex-Mon-
strosity.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

Come, now. Brother Phelps, viii you
pledge yourself to support the Democratic
ticket next fall if they do ignore it?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

OUR feeling is always one of pity to-
wards a man who makes such a display
of ignorance and folly as did the more
or less reverend gentleman who harangued
on the newspapers in this city on Sunday
night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

1t is not possible for the present Legis-
question Of equal taxation. without sub
jecting itself to the charge of neglecting
q pressing public duty.-"Evening Jour
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

In an age of farce comedy when
variety show succeeds variety showon the
stage and the surest road to popular favor
runs through topsy-turveydom, it is in
deed a treat to see a play like Sowing
the Wind produced last night at the
Lyric Theatre, under the direction of Mr..
julius Kahn. This is Mr.. Sidney Grundy's
latest effort, and when it enjoyed an
extended run at the Empire, New Workers.
said 1t was his best. One can well be-
lieve in the superlative judgment, its ex-
cellence making it improbable that the
authors pfeyious productions could
possibly lave excelled it. The play de.
ponds neither on mechanical effects nor
would be effective even with the barest
surroundings. Still more. and the great
est test of merit, the text would prove
to the solitary eader Interesting, in
structive and elevating.
The time of the. play is thrown some
sixty years back but while the manners
what different from our own, their hui
man nature is painfully similar, and
it Is plain that our grandfathers si1ned
much as we do. Love is Mr.. Grundy's
theme, and its pleasures and pains are
fully eysemplified in the various acts of
Miss Metta Maynard as Rosamond car.
ried off beyond question the honors of the
evening. In the second and third acts
| ities, and her defense of her own ex-
| istence and her unfortunate mother s
life was most pathetic Her manner
grief. but rather the. gentle melancholy
| Of a nature which had never known hap
| piness and had only dreamed of IL for
a very brief period.
Mr.. Marshall Stedman as Ned Annesley
was in high favor with the audience
whose I pplause tS O. ms ind constance 9 E snd de,
sid, "al1 the world loves a lover,
Mr.. Percy S. Sharpe, as Mr.. Brabazon,
When he takes up the gauntlet thrown
| down by Rosamond and declares for sex
against sex. His horror at the revela-
ton ton Which viii well 1m werthS II t Gver appIaasa
1t elected.
TIE p taken as a whole, is
more more than tsa ! salts waiIr M ana ar noSGay g who
is there can fail to be gratihed
Lyric onigh tomorrow night and to-
| morrow matinee.
BON Ton Theatre.
This weeks bill at the Bon Ton is full
OF good things, and every act is an ex-
| ceedingly interesting one. Manage Din
| kins has engaged for the week a very
| clever lot of artists, each in his or her
| specially exceptionally good. Among
those whose work IS well worth seeing
| are viii II. Fox, in his original ~travesty
APadewsdskie;" the laugh-maker Frank
lLatonia. the musical tramp. and the Mil
| lette Brothers in their graceful act; Hell
ston Trio, in their dancing act, entitled
I'm Love with Hercules Descriptive
| ing monologue, black faEe comedians
| Marion and Pearl; vaudeville gem Bijou
| X{ignon, d very graceful dancer; the eora-
Is ss,s e9a5as s:ss t f. 58&ss f FI1oo0 6 fa@ Z S3
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25

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BY
THE CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
Know Hoods Cured

81 was all run down and could not sleep
ct night on account of the continuous
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06
UNUSED STAMPS.
How Uncle Sam Rcelcems Envelopes
That Are Spoiled or Misdirccted.

One of the most interesting branches
of the postal service is that which is
devoted 10 the redceming of stamped
envelopes which have been misdirected
says the New York Journal. a person
of an observing turn can spend q very
profitable half hour there any time lis
teninS to the stories told by the men and
women Of how they came to spoil so
much valuable stationery. Indeed, it
Is remarkable thing how so many en-
Velopes get misdirected, many large firms
returning them in lots of several thous-
and at time. The clerks who have to
count them say that it is all gross care
lessness, and they point to the way in
which the envelopes are returned-some
back to back. and others folded and
twisted into every possible shape. All
TINS means extra work to the clerks
who have very little time to spare on
their hands
Inc envelopes are redeemed in all
cases possible, many packages being re-
ce:Ved which have obviously not been
misdirected. For instance, If a firm goes
out OF existence and has a quantity Of
envelopes left over, the chances are
that a marking brush will be drawn over
the edges instead of Il few pen scratches
being made on each envelope There
are many ways in which envelopes can
be spoiled for business purposes. and If
a list OF all the peculiar cases were
iioue ~ Wouiu Ill n book. One man re-
Gently brought I'm a boXful over which
ne had spilled bottle of ink, while
another had large quantity that had
been badly damaged by fire and a
third appeared with n lot that he claim
ed had been gnawed by mice.
The Government, OF course, loses
nothing in these transactions. 1t has
been already paid for the envelopes
ana printing, and it redeems only the
lace value of the stampS Tho Nau,
York office makes payment not I'm cash
but in postage stamps, and these stamps
have TO come out of the regular supply.
as the department at Washington will
not recognize any demand until misdi-
rected envelopes have been counted.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06

provided with q sail and alao drag or
guide tropes, which will trail along the
surface below and Tetard the balloon,
making its rate OF speed about 20 per
cent. less than that of the wind. and
hence Capable OF being steered. This APP
paratus has oftrc been used by Herr
Andree. enabling him 10 sail N. an angle
of % degrees to 80 degrees. from the dl-
rection OF the wind. The sailing altitude
Is TO be 250 meters, equal to 9.S42h feet
or a little less than two miles; and II is
expected that this altitude will keep the
balloon above the surface fogs. and be-
low the lowest clouds. This will be ac-
oomp!shed by the guide ropes. the
weight OF which on the balloon constant
lS increases during ascent, as cope Is
taken up from the surface TIL Il point Is
reached wher1 IL VIII coupterbalance the
lifting power of tn gas. The contrary
effect Is produced by descent, in proper
ton to the weight OF rope supported on
the surface; so that any tendency 10
wary from the sailing altitude fixed by
this counter balance VII be checked In
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-06

hour; and. allowing for 25 per cent. re-
tardation by the guide ropes, this gives
a sailing speed of about 16 miles an hour.
as above. The average temperature al
this point in July is SO degrees Fahrens
heit, the lowest being AZ degrees and tho
highest SO degrees; and there are no
storms and but little snow at that time
of the year, the temperature being 81
nearly even. From this it NAV be in.
ferred that similar evenness of tenn
perature and freedom from storms viii
De found further north. near the Pole;
this date being near the middle of tba
arctic summer, when the sun is contin-
ually above the horizon. Hence, though
lower temperature will. of course. he
found at the Pole, excessive cold is hard
ly to be expected. and the conditions for
a successful voyage are almost as favor
able as could be desired.