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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
A MOTHERS TROUBLE.

George Douglas, of No. 70 Laaalaw ave-
nue., who is subject to epileptic fits, was
arrested on Saturday afternoon by De-
tective Thomas McKenna, of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad,
for picking coal from the tracks at the
West End of the tunnel. Douglas was
~arralssled before Police Justice DOUGLASS
in the Oakland Avenue Court yesterday
morning, and held for sentence until this
morning. He had a fit last night In his
cell, and one in the court room this morn
ing while waiting to be sentenced.
His mother was in court and told JUS
flce Douglass that the boy was not ac-
2ountable for what he did half the time.
She asked ito have him discharged, as she
was going to have him placed In an in
stitution. His Honor also thought tina
the boy, who is only twenty years old,
was moi wilfully a criminal, and compiled
with the mothers request.
The boy was SO weak when he regained
home in the patrol wagon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
HONOR AMONG THIEVES.
An old JailbIrd Tries 10 Acquft III >
Pal of Theft.

One day In July last G.. w. Lawrence,
who keeps a feed store on the corner of
Paramount and Bergen avenues, found on
returning to his Office after a short
absence tina some one had stolen from
MS safe a wallet containing $T5 and notes
to the value of $1,000.
A few day afterwards he received an
anonymous letter telling him that the
notes would be returned to him on pay
ment of 500, and If he agreed 10 pay
that sum he must insert a personal ad"
in q certain newspaper.
M. Lawrence consulted Police Captain
Cox, of the Seventh precinct, and he was
advised to insert the advertisement, which
he did.
The next day a boy came to Mr.. Law
renee's store and told him that he was
sent by a man who robbed the store.
The boy said that the man told him to
come for the $500 and the notes would
be returned. Mr.. Lawrence replied that
he would give $50 and nj more. The
boy went away and returned soon after
with q package containing the notes.
Fifty dollars were handed to him, ard
as he Went along the avenue Detective
Larkins followed him. The boy Went
into a saloon and handed the money to
a man who was drinking with another
person. Both men and the boy were
taken to the station house. The prisoners
We're William Smith, w. Clancy and the
boy Charles Calm.
Yesterday afternoon they We're tried be-
- ~ ltA1A q u IA LIE
Court of General Sessions. Smith plead
ed guilty, and in his testimony said that
Clancy and the boy were innocent. He
was walking past the feed store and OBJ
served Mr.. Lawrence count his money
and place it in the safe. When Mr.. Law
renee left the store to go to lunch he,
Smith. forced an entrance and took the
money. The safe was not locked. Two
days after he met the boy and gave him
a quarter of a dollar to carry the mes
sage to Mr.. Lawrence. Smith admitted
that he had been In Sing Sing and EImira
for long terms for larceny.
When it came to Ciancy's turn to tes-
quaintance In Trenton State Prison.
where he was known as William Morgan.
Clancy said he was living with a Wo-
man on Greenwich street. New York. be-
fore the crime was committed and ac-
cidentally ran across Smith in the saloon
on the day when the notes were returned
and they were all arrested.
Where were you on the day of the
rebbery?" Prosecutor Winfield asked
him.
in Newark" the prisoner replied. but
a woman who sat behind the witness
chair, and who it appeared was the wo-
man living with Clancy said 'At home.
what she had said, but she denied that
she had uttered a word. A petit juror sit
ting beside her said she cried Ooh"
Surprised, no doubt at Clancy's state
ment," was Mr.. Winfeld's sarcastic re-
joinder.
The boy aim was then examined. and
he said he lived in Maryland and stole
a ride to Jersey city on a freight car.
He met Smith and Clancy accidentally
and Smith asked him to carry the mes
sage.
The jury found all prisoners guilty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
a PHlLos0PHI0 BUM.
Queer People Brought Into the
County Jafl. /

When .sBlack Maria deposited its GUS
tomary load of buns at the door of the
Hudson County Jail yesterday afternoon,
a tall, powerful looking man stumped up
the path to the door of the Jail escorted
by a policeman. The prisoner had a
wooden leg and one arm had
a curious twist. The right eye was
closed and the cheek below a lively hue
of green, black and red. His trousers
were so patched that it would be a hard
matter to find a piece of the original
cloth. There were secured at the waist
by a stout piece of rope Shirt, he had
none, but a greasy waistcoat buttoned
closely up to the neck protected his very
dirty skin from the zephrs of the meadows
where he was found.
On the lapel Of his coat he wore two
buttons. One read, vote for W. tjryan
and free silver" and the o1her' iouf'
What's your nameg' asked Johnny
Mersheimer, who SAT on a high Stool az a
high desk with his legs dangling several
feet from the floor.
"Charles Thomson. l spell it without
the p, if you please" n~onchalantly re-
You're particular, amt you? Where
do you liver" asked Mr.. Mersheimer.
East India"
Whats your, o~ccupation!n asked me
~ pal-1AS A0fh
guests book.
Thief" quietly returned Mr.. Thorn
son without the p.
.sFave dollars or thirty days IS your
sentence" said Mersheimer when ne had
recovered his eauanimity.
aAn right. I'm not acquainted here;
please show me in and bring me a
The keeper escorted him to the ward
without a word the buns composure was
too much for him.
Taking in the whole sat Prosecutor Win
field and a News reporter. and before
Mr.. Thomson left the room he turned to
cents. saying You may have it. ] can't
spend ito The Prosecutor waved his
hand with a polite refusal, and Mr.. Thorn
son raised his hat.
That's a cool fellow replied Mer-
shefmer, when the prisoner had been re-
moved, ssbut he's not a marker TO one
fellow named Perrine who came here.
Would you believe 1t, when he was
brought in he turned to me and said he
was hungry. and would 1 please hand him
the bill of farrell"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
SIGILY's EARTHLY HADEs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 1s96.-Consul
W. II. Seymour writes the Department
Of State from Palermo, Italy, that the
Civil Commissioner for Sicily is trying
to correct abuses IN the sulphur dis
tricts. With this end in view two circu-
lars have been issued, one of which is
intended to stop the payment of labor
ers in any other thing than money; the
children as laborers in the mines.
Mine owners have been in the habit of
paying their iaborers in provisions, etc,
for which exorbitant prices are charged.
ana OF violating the law as to children.
which provides an age limit and the
hours a child may be worked.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of May. 1885, application was made TO the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
Thomas Brown and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF GARRISON AVENUE,
between Stuyvesant avenue and Tonnele ave-
nue..
Said improvement to be nnede conforr.ahlv -
the provisions Of Chapter 217 Of the Laws u
1925, and in the following manner. Including
all Intersections
To have the street for the fun width there
of graded to the established grade by excayat-
ing or filing the same to the established
grade.
TO have new 2o-inch curb set on either side
thereof.
To have the present curb reset and new 10
inch curb set where necessary.
To have new blue stone tagging. 4 feet
wide, laid on either sidewalk.
To have the present tagging relaid and new
tagging laid where necessary.
To. have new bridge stone c~rosswalks laid
To have the present bridge stone c~rosswalks
reiaid and new bridge stoSe laid where neces-
And all other work done that may be neces-
sary to provide for the flow Of the surface
water and to complete the Improvement in q
good and substantial manner
Notice Is also given that on the first day
Of September, 1885. the Commissioners of As
sessinent filed in the Office of the Board q
Street and Water Commissioners their pre-
the probable total cost OF the contemplated
Improvement. and the probable amount to be
assessed on property specially benefited there
by. and the same is now open to public IN
spection in the Office OF the Clerk of said
Board.
thereof are Included in said assessment. name
GARRISON AVENUE.
from stuyvesant avenue to Tonneie avenue
from Garrison avenue about lol.4A feet SOUTH
AVENUE.
from Garrison avenue about 81 feet southeast
and 1914 feet northwest.
And that in accorsanee with the provisions
OF the act above cited, the 22dz day Of Septem-
Der, 1896. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and the meet
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
THE SMALL BOYS NEW DEVICE.
His ssTro1ieY. and Its Dangerous

The small boy on the Heights is at 1t
again. Some precocious youngster Of an
ingenious turn of mind has invented for
the use of his companions and the Tempt
ing Of fate a device known as a trolley
This trolley is not an intricate piece of
workmanship, as it only contains two
parts. One is a plain piece Of board and
the other a piece of wire. A hole is
bored in the centre of the board and the
wire passed through. On the under side
it is crooked and inserted in an opening
about half an inch deep. This secures
the wire and the board. The upper end
of the wire is crooked also and then the
instrument is complete.
While the trolley may not be a thing
of beauty, nor yet a joy for ever, the
inventive youngster gets more fun out OF
it in ten minutes than if he was playing
marbles all day long.
Now that the mode of constructing the
trolley" has been explained, its use IS
the next thing to be told. The best man
ner in which this could be done is to
give an illustration OF the trolley IN use.
The other afternoon three or four small
boys We're standing on the corner OF
Bergen avenue and Montgomery street
holding in their hands what appeared to
be rude hanging brackets. While the
passing p0ueSIrianS were WOIiueIlH5 Wuiul
the article was for a light ago turned
from Bergen avenue into Montgomery
street. Like a flash those boys were
after it and in a short time had caught
up with it. Then the crooked end of the
wire was passed through the bolt of the
dashboard. This left the trolley hang
ing down.. AS each youngster completed
the adjustment of his trolley he jumped
on to it with the wire between his feet.
Then the use of the trolley was ex-
planned. for there along the rear of the
and enjoying a ride which to them could
not be excelled by the comfort of a parlor
car. After riding a few blocks they got
off and waited for another wagon.
While the trolley is harmless the
use to which it is put is more dangerous
thar is at first imagined. THIS was proved
to be a fact yesterday s>srnoon or
Bergen avenue, near Bergen Square.
Some small boys were enjoying the sport
when a collecting and delivery wagon of
the Free Public Library passed. A
scramble was made fer it and two boys
succeeded in attaching their 'troIlies' to
the wagon. They were riding along en-
joying themselves heartily, never thinking
oftdanger. When at the corner of Bergen
venue and Vroom street a creaking was
heard and without further warning a
nut fell from the axle, thus allowing the
wheel to slip off. Down came the end
of the wagon with a crash and slipped
along the foot of the. boy nearest the
pain he jumped up and ran down Vroonn
street in the direction of his home. That
the fall of the wagon did not throw him
directly under the axle is a miracle.
The use of the trolley will be attended
by a serious accident some day.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
-CoRPoRATIoN NOTICE.

&04N4O As<A AOAt
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
Board of Street and Water Commissioners By
S. n. McChain and others for the construction
Of a lateral sewer in the easterly sidewalk Of
HUDSON COUNTY PUBLIC ROAD.
from North street to and connecting with the
sewer in Nelson avenue at its Intersection with
Blocker street.
SAID sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions Of Chapter 27 of the Laws
of 1895, and In accordance with the estab-
lished plan of sewerage, together With all
necessary manholes. receiving basins and APP
p~urtenances.
of August. 1886, the Commissioners of AS
s~essfnent filed in the Office of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners their prelinn-
mary map for said Improvement, showing the
probable total cost of the contemplated inn
provement and the probable amount to be
assessed on property specially benefited there
by and the same is now open to public in
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section there
Of is Included in said assessment, namely
HUDSON BOULEVARD.
on the east side, from North street to a point
about. us feet northeast of Blocker street.
Of the act above cited, the ed day of September,
1896. at 10 O'Clock 4. NJ, and the meeting
room of the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners are hereby fixed as the time and
place when and where the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners will meet to hear
parties interested In said application and re-
monstrances against the said proposed improve
ment that may be presented in writing.
BY order Of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
patsa Yarsev city. Septemher IL 1895
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
GEORGE wEsooFT MISSING.

Miss Emily Westcott, of No. 30 Newark
avenue, reported to the Hoboken police
this morning that her father, George
Wescott, of the same address had been
missing since Saturday last. She said
her father was a m~achinist, and Saturday
had injured his hand withSa chisel. In
the evening he had leftsthe house. SAYING
he was coming to Hoboken to have the
injury treated at the ST. Mary's Hospital.
That was the last seen of him. n Ho-
boken police have no record of him,
neither are there any evidence of his
having been to the hospital. Wescott is
described as being SIS years of age, 5 feet
6 inches in height with gray side whis-
kers. He wore a black coat and vest
and gray trousers and a white straw hat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
WESTSHORE
Picturesque Lane OF Travel to the
North and West.
TIE NIAGARA FALLS Ror

TIE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE
-1Falns leave 42d street GSorth Rtver9 station.
rev York. as follows, and dftesn minutes
minal station at weehaWken. n. J.. can he
rsaehed via trains Of y. J. ]. Rd., leaving
Pssaan r r. Depot at Jersey city
1870 A. NJ. Daily. Local 70 AIbssv rar c.tu
XII Mountains and Saratoga. Parlor. car to
Albany. Sundays only.
s.l5 A NJ Daily. for Albany, Utica. Syracuse.
Cleveland, Chicago.
lbs A.. NJ. Daily. except Sunday, to Cats
Kill Mountains. New Psltz. Lakes Mohosk
Lake George. Parlor cars to BioonayfIIe. sar-
atoga and New Paltz.
400 :. NJ Daily. except Sunday. for All
SEQ P. NJ. Daily. for Albany. Montreal, Utica.
Syracuse. Rochester, Buffalo. Nfagara Fails.
Toronto, Detroit. Cleveland. Chicago and ST.
$40 P; N, Daily, except sunday. for News
burg. Albany Saratoga and Montreal. sieep-
Ing car Albany TO Montreal
Syracuse. Rochester ana Bunaio.
SIS P. NJ. Daily, for Albany. Utica. SYRACUSE.
Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara FAILS. Toronto,
Haverstraw Locals, 100 A. IA. as. 45O. $50.
Newburgh Locals. ia.I5 A. NJ: s115. Els. .s.sa
.oaiiy. .sundays only. Kingston Local lis
wagaes sIeeplng Cars for Albssy. Utica,
Toronto, Detroit. cleysiand and S5,eaeo y,
through trains.
For tickets. timetables. parlor and sleeping
ear ear a seeSTna9Sasi0sS o. Or q i~ns ssg n s r sBnlg
street. Annex Office. foot of Fulton street.
New York City: Nos. 113. 3sS. ST. End S<2
Broadway; No q West one Hundred and
G. E. Lambert. Cent Pasxengar Agent.
No. 5 Vanderbilt avenue. New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
The Accident Explained.

1t was said at the Pennsylvania Rail
road office in this city this morning that
the wrecked freight train consisted OF
twenty-six cars. which left Jersey City
about nine o'clock for the West.
At Arrboy Junction the tracks of the
Long Branch division of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad branch from the main
line. The switch is automatic.
Whether it was defective or one of the
car trucks broke, is moi known. The
freight train, which was running about
twenty miles an hour, passed the switch
unta its three middle cars reached it
when they jumped the rails and were
thrown across the three main tracks of
the railroad.
A wrecking train was sent out from
New Brunswick and one from Jersey
City.
One of the freight cars still projected
across one of the main line tracks when
train No. 10, which left Chicago yesterday
came by on an adjoining track. The end
OF the freight car scratched the side of
the Chicago train its entire length, alarm
ing the passengers, but no serious dam
6 was caused.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
WANTS THE INDICTMENT QUAsHBD
Case Against saIter Comes Up in
Court.

Senator W. D. DAILY asked Judge Hud-
speth this morning in the Court of Gener-
al Session to quash the Indictment found
at the April term against William D..
Salter for violating the law by selling
liquor on a Sunday at his place on the
Boulevard, known as Salter's Casino. The
Senator said that the Indictment did not
specify to whom the liquor was sold,
neither did it set cut whether the liquor
sold was to a minor or a drunkard.
Prosecutor Winfield ridiculed the con-
,tention. The Indictment read for selling
liquor to divers persons unknown" and
that description was sufficient.
Judge Hudspeth Laid the matter over
until next Monday, the date axed for
Salter's trial. Should the motion be de-
MED Senator DAILY proposes TO begin GER
.tforari proceedings.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16

At tive o'clock in the afternoon,
At the Town Hall, Harrison. Hudson County.
New Jersey. for the erection and construction
Of a Highway Bridge over the Passaic River,
from the foot of South Fourth street, in the
Town of Harrison. TO the foot Of Jackson street.
in the City Of Newark, according to plans and
specifications drawn Jointly by Thomas H.
Mccain, c. f., on behalf Of Hudson County,
New Jersey, and James Owen. c. E., on behalf
of Essex County, on file in the offices of the
Clerks of said Boards
The portion of the work for which bids are
invited is denonlinRted in said Specifications
as "Section 2. River Span" and comprises
all the work between the north end Of the
wing walls, on the north shore OF the river.
to and including bent No. O., on the south
shore. as shown on said plans and specifca-
lions; and said work in said specifications Is
t2) Substructure. go Paving; and separate bids
will be received on each of said classes, and
each bid viii specify g lump sum or price for
price shall be written in words at length and
figures, and no bid will be received which con-
classes; and no bids will be received except
upon the design, plans and specifications on
file.
Qualifications OF s%ureties, specifications, con-
tracts. bonds to be executed. notice Of pro-
posals containing particulars as to the amount
OF bonds required on the contract, as well as
amount of deposit required with proposal. and
Instructions to bidders may be obtained at the
Office Of the Clerk OF the Board of Chosen
Freeholders of Hudson County. ". J., or al
the office Of the Committee on Roads and AS
sessrnents, No 500 Broad street. Newark, at
which ofices the plans may be inspected.
BIDDERS are particularly requested to exam
i ins shs bo not'e e,a los a pa9pe spesIas sss norm m q f,s con n
said Office. as they are Intended to and win
form part Of the proposal Of bidders.
reject any and ali bids 81 proposals. If deemed
for the best interests Of said Counties.
2 order s * sos 5s]sf c <. RioSDAs.
Chairman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
GIGGLED AT TIE VERDICT.
A Women Convicted of
Maintaining a Nuisance.

Mrs. Augusta Ditmann, Of No. 1923
Bloomfield street, Hoboken, a lanky, ca
daverous looking omar was convicted to-
day in the Court of General Sessions of
maintaining a disorderly house To sub
stantiate the charge a batch of girls,
VINO We're arrested when the house was
raidsd and sentenced to sixty days at
Snake Hill by Recorder McDonough. were
called to the stand; but they. of course,
denied that anything improper ever took
place in the house The evidence was of
a filthy character. and fortunately was
cut shor abruptly by one of the girls
fainting.
Mrs. Ditmann had no counsel, and COM
planned that she had had no time to call
any witnesses. She giggiad and chewed
gum when the jury gave its Nerdict.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
He NEVER GAME BACK.

Cornelius Coveney, nineteen years old.
of No. 17 Pavonia venue was this morn
ing a prisoner in the First District Grim
inal Court charged with stealing a IS
bill from William Pe~ndergast, of No.
149 Provost street. The theft occurred
about two months ago, when Pendergast
sent Coveney for a pint of beer with a
IS bill. He forgot to return. He has since
managed to elude the police until yester-
day, when he was arrested. Pendergast
declined to press the complaint, but
Police Justice Potts committed the pris-
oner for trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
TIE ETHELRED's SORRY PLIGHT.

BOSTON. Sept. IS, 1ses.-A private
despatch states that the long overdue
fruit steamer Ethelred (Br.), Captain
Hopkins, concerning the safety of which
there had been considerable anxiety, ow-
recent hurricane, arrived at Fortress
Monroe, Va. about midnight last night
with serious damage to her tanks and
decks, with cargo gone. an otherwise
injured. A despatch to the Boston Fruit
Company from Captain Hopkins stated
that the steamer would proceed TO New
port News for repairs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
gLLIsoNs' AssAILANTs Held.

Eeeney, Smith, Farrell Greene, the
four men charged with the assault upon
James Ellison n his wife in the Glen
dale wood on Tuesday, September S.were
held for trial this morning by Police Jus
tlce Douglass. Feeney, Smith and Farrell
we're held $500 bail each, and
Greene in $1,000 bail. James T. Bannon. A
S~aloonkeeper on Grand street, went on
Farrell and Feeney's bonds, but Smith
and Greene were unable to secure BAIL
and were sent to the County .Iail -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
7. M. @. 4. z UP.

Mr.. George L. Burrell, the former ac-
tor, will give the opening entertainment
at the Y. M. c.. A. building, Saturday
night. 1t viii consist of mimicry and
general public especially young men.
The converted actor will Civ an ad-
dress at the opening of the mems meet
ings next Sunday, at four O'Clock. All
men invited. Educational classes in ali
branches Will soon open. Full p~articu-
lars can be had at the office.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-16
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Commits
sioners Of Assessment for Jersey CITY, n. j..
pied by the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners, corner Of Jersey avenue and Mercer
street. Jersey City. N J., on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER %, 1896. at 3 o'clock in the forenoon.
to appraise the value of the real estate to be
taken and the damage which any owner of
such real estate, or of any interest therein.
may sustain by reason OF widening Runyon
avenue between the Hudson Boulevard and
the Morris Canal. - the full width Of 80 feet,
at which time and place said Commissioner
win hear all parties interested in said im-
provernent, who desire 70 be.heard before
taken for said Improvement. and the damage
which any owner of such real estate Will sus-
fafr BY reason Of such Improvement.
Dated Jersey City. N j. September 10, 1895.
HuMFHREXzW. CARR.
MICHAEL SCHULTZ. il.
CORNELIUS y CR0NAN,
Commissioners Of A1sessnaente