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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals win be received by tn,
on Monday June Is, 1895. at Q O'clock p. Nj
IMPRIovEMENT OF AvENu
from Chestnut avenue to Summit avenue.
Said Improvement to be made conforrnablJ
to ths provisions Of Chapter ~ Of the Law.
or 1885. and in accordance with specifications
Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of thu
Chief Engineer, corner Jersey avenue and Mer.
GER sirs nsri isTssS c ~ o u I
About $500 cubic yards of earth excava.
About 20 cubic yards Of rock excava.
About 100 cubic yards of earth ailing.
About 200 cubic yards of sand or gravel
About 100 yards Of paving.
About 700 lneal feet Of curb stone.
About 2G square yards Of bridge stone. Z
About 3,2D square feet of tagging. 5
About $50 square yards of repaving.
About 1850 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About so square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About GOO square feet of relaid tagging.
About A receiving basinheads to be reset.
About II manhole heads to be reset.
About 1900 square yards Of macadam pave<
ment.
work, 20 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
5ect to the remonstrance of owners Of ths
property liable to more than one-half ths
assessment thereIofs on the basis OF pfelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-.
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Improve
ment Of Pavonia Avenue, directed to 'Mr.
John C. Kaiser, Chairman Of the Committee on
Streets and Sewers and handed to the
Clerk of the Board 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 al
lowed.
The Board may. under the provisions of the
act above cited, exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
10 Section z Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall 5s
binding upon the city, or become effective or
operative until the bendsrnen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficiency
by this Board. and as to form by the Cor
| poration Counsel, the President of this Board
having power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEORGE T. BoUToN,.
Clerk.
4nafad JArsay Cifv Jf1na < 1903
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
CITY NEWS +

Tony Forey, an italian worker in a
saloon at Railroad avenue and Grove
ing while cleaning windows and injured
his back.
Joseph Mccarthy of No. 40 st. Panls
avenue. was arrested this morning by
Detective Dalton of this city and Muir
clio of Brooklyn. He is wanted in Brook
1yn for a serious offence.
Kitty Mul1ern, four years old, of No.
ia Seventh street. was painfully injured
last night by being knocked down by
q wagon driven by Patrick Corrigan
Of Erie and Tenth streets. The driver
was not arrested.
Phillip Cayanagh, of No. so Monmouth
street. fell off hts truck at Henderson and
Seventh streets this morning and dislo-
ceted his shoulder.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
Dated Jersey city. May %. 1895.


NOTICE TO DEALERS IN GENERAL HARD
ware Supplies and Contractors.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
on Monday, June Is. 1896. at 2 o'clock P. NJ,
for the furnishing and delivering, in accord
of the Clerk of said Board, from date of con-
tract until May ], 1891, of such Swedish Iron.
Steel, Nails, Wire Brooms, etc., etc., etc., as
may be required of said Board during the
term above specified.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
Chief Engineer, corner Jersey avenue and
Mercer street, Jersey City, N. ].
Bidders must name a price for each item
included in blank forms of bid, otherwise The
PROPOSAL will be considered informal and re-
jected.
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Various Sup
plies, p directed to the CLERK of the Board
and handed to that officer in open meeting.
when called for In the order Of business re-
lating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety,
lowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all proposals. if it considers that the best
interests of the city can be conserved there's
by,
to Section Z. Chapter 1874. of the Laws Of 1881,
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the City, or become e~ffectiva
or operative, until the bondsmen offered by
the contractor have been approved as to
the Corporation Counsel, the President Of this
Board having power TO examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath.
BY order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. n RoUToN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
DAMR0sOH UNION MOVES.
Increased Membership Makes Its
Old Quarters Too Small.

The Damrosch Musical Union Of this
city moved from their old headquarters
in Germania Hall, on First street, to their
new quarters in Pohlmann's Hall on the
Heights last night. The event was cele-
brated by a torchlight procession from
Germania Hall to Grove street and Pa
vonia avenue, where the paraders boarded
two cars on the North Hudson County
railroad, and were conveyed within a
block of Pohlmann's.
Arriving at the hall a pleasant time was
enjoyed in dancing, and It was early morn
ing before the affair closed.
The Union has now over 40 members.
and 1t is on account of it's large member
ship that it changed its quarters, the old
ones being too small.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
CHIEF MURPHY SUED.

Constable McAneny served the papers
on Chief of Police Murphy yesterday af-
ternoon in the suit of Abraham Lincoln
Graham to recover 10000 for alleged
false Imprisonment. Graham had been
making libelous attacks on the Chief in
his paper. The Mirror and the Chief
caused his arrest on a charge OF criminal
libel. Nothing came of it. and 1t is UNI
derstood that the Chief was dissuaded
from prosecuting the suit. Now Graham
takes his inning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM P. SLOAN

Memorial services. were held in the
rooms of the Railroad &. M. G. A., in the
depot of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad in Hoboken, yesterday
s 9 s1noo IN n me M o. the late William
railroad who died on May 10.
The services were conducted by Assist,
eulogized the deceased, speaking Of him
as the founder of the Railroad Y. M. al
A.. Mr. Griffith, who is an excellent singer.
also sang several solos.
The Rev. DR.. Terry of New York was
to have made an address, but he failed to
appear.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
A Doctors Life.

The average longevity Of the membars
Of the medical profession is an interesting
subject. A French statistician has mais
encouraging for the doctors. He finds
that in the Sixteenth Century the average
duration of a doctors life was onlv aS%
IS rs years, in the Eighteenth ~ ga yeass
aid at the present time he finds thai If l.
IS wears This Interesting man of science,
age longevity of the patients incrsasa sd
IL the same Observation-Disclosures Round
Table.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
FEMALE THIEF CAUGHT.
Mamie Over Had seven Pocket
and Many Pawn Tickets.
speeial to the jersey Citu Ne,es.

'HotVst % t4ft JETStY Gu Ne1cS.
ATLANTIC CITY. June & 1909 l1a+-
tive Barry yesterday caught Mamie owen
colored, a noted pickpoeket and snon
litter. A warrant had been sworn ont
for Mamie for having relieved the per
son OF James Hart OF a watch and chain.
Barry found her in Gashouse Alley.
When searched at headquarters II u,,s
found that she had one of those big bag
pockets in her skirt worn by shop filters
when plying their trade. In the capac-
lcus receptacle was found a missing
watch and chain, seven pocketbooks
twenty pawn tickets and many other trim.
kets. Recorder Ingersoll held her in $500
bail for court. Wv
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
IN MEMORY OF JOHN ]. IRVING.

Union Veteran Legion No. 81 will hold
memorial services in Humboldt Hal on
Monday evening in memory of John
]. Irving. who captured the flag OF the
Charlottesville. His death is the only
one in the Legion during the past year.
He was q member of Company G, Fifth
New Jersey Regiment. The memorial adj
dress will be delivered by the Rev. John
Francis Morgan, pastor of the Park Re-
formed Church, and the choir of that
church win furnish the music.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
Runner I'm.
st. Cxclers.

The cycling nne to ST. Bridget's
Lyceum has a membership of nearly 50
names. They are divided into two Sec
tons, the senior and Juniors. To become
a senior it is necessary that a certain
standard Of speed and endurance be
gained, and then only may Juniors hope
to be numbered in the semi-weekly runs
OF their more accomplished brethren. The
cycling division of the Lyceum has elected
Its officers ard directors. These are:-
President, Ed Delaney; Captain, John
Tracy; Color Bearer, George Mccormack.
Committee on Tours. Charles REYNOLDS. a
j. kielt and John Tracy.
Among the ardent enthusiasts of the
wheel is Father d S. Clancy, who never
misses an opportunity to the
boys on their spins. He rides 4 high
gear wheel, and is always ready for a
brush.
George Mccormick, a youth Of much
promise, handles the wagering machine
like an expert. George may smash some
records this season. The Seniors took
2 run to Allendale last Sunday and were
royalty entertained by County Superin-
tendent @. p. Smith. Genial Christy had
only one regret. and that was that his
other cycling friends of the Lyceum were
not there.
The next point for inspection viii be
John Nolanss place at Dover. The Jl1nior
section Of the cyclers Is being capfained
and coached by Tenn Burns: Tom with
= record o3 2H hours 70 the Point from
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
Dated Jersey city. June 5. fsss.

AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RELIET OF
Margaret G. Coplan in coustructien OF bay
windows on buildings situate on the south
west corner of Newark avenue and Grove
The Mayor ana Aldermen OF Jersey CITY.
by the Board Of Street and Wafer Commits.
sioners, for and on befalfe OF the muHioipalitv
of said city. do ordaln az Follows =
Sectlon l. That Margaret Q. Conian be and
ana maintain bay windows on SuiIaing to be
constructed ana owned by her or the south
west corner Of Newark avenue and Grove
street. which bay windows may extend from
the second story 70 the roof OF said building
and beyond the building line OF Newark avenue
Z feet and 4 inches. and beyond the building
line OF Grove street 2 feet 4 inches, any ordi-
nance to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The work to be done under the SUPERVISION
of the Inspector Of Buildings.
Passed May IS. 1896.
RICHARD BROWN.
S President
r. r. 'wANsER,
Mayor Z
GEO. 7. BouToN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
shoot OF she 0~rcenviIle Gun club.

The GreenviIle Jun Cub entertained
several members Of the Endeavor Gun
Club at the semi-monthly shoot Thurs
day afternoon on the shooting ground
at the foot of Chapel avenue. Among
them were:-George Piercy, Sr., George
Piercy, Jr., Mulvaney and Hepsley.
Young Pierey, who is only a boy, shot
remarkably well and held his own in the
race with the others. He equalled the
best score of the Greenvilles. w. G.
Collins LED the latter and the scores were:
Collins. II; Ehrhardt. 16; Duff, u;
knobloeh, IL; Dodds, 8; Boesein, with
drew; G.. Percy, 10; Piercy, Jr., II; Null
vaney, IL; Hepsley, withdrew.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
SUICIDE FRUSTRATED.
An Elderly Ma Prevented From
Drowning Himself.
Special to the Jcrseu Cttu Ns1us.

SDtcIut 70 TIC JcfseI CWU NelOs.
ATLANTIC CITY, June 6, 1Ss6.-Oficer
Gibson while patrolling in the vicinity
Of the drawbridge yesterday afternoon no
ticed an elderly man acting very strangely
and kept him under close surveillance.
Finally the old man made a run for the
bridge and was just about to leap off
when the officer grabbed him. He was
brought to police headquarters. where
examination disclosed a deranged mind.
and he was taken to his home on West
minister avenue. The police refuse to
his name.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06

contested this year than ever. as the
are more evenly represented on
the wicket. The New Jersey Athletic
Club OF Bergen Point and the Patersons
lead IN the record, which is New Jersey
and Paterson won /, lost 0. Brooklyn
woa 2, lost i; Manhattan won /, lost ii;
Columbia won 0, lost /; Harlem lost /,
Kings County lost /.
The friends OF President D. A. Munro
the Metropolitan Cricket League SYM
with him in the death Of his son.
A large number of cricketers attended
his funeral last week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
Dated Jersey city. June 5,
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioner
on Monday. June To- 1870 az Z o'clock r M,
SEWER AND CONNECTIONS TO CURB
LINE IN ToNNELE AVENUE.
from a point about 100 feet north of Newark
avenue to and connecting with the sewer in
ST. Paul's avenue.
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws Of 1896.
and in accordance with specifications on file
in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sure
ties must be obtained at the office Of the
Chief Engineer, corner Jersey avenue and Mer-
= ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 760 lineal feet of 15-inch vitrifed pips
sewer.
About 1000 feet B. NJ. lumber in sheathins
and bottom.
About $40 cubic yards of rock excavation
About 10 cubic yards of concrete.
About 4 receiving basins and connections.
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, 60 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
the award Of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remenstrance of the owners Of the
ment therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch.
strucsion Of a 15,inch vi5Tiaed Pipe Sever
ooh9 Streets &C. Aa ana se enersman and d h tne am g tss
Clerk of the Board in open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating to
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be al
lowed.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
Act above cited exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially
called to Section 2, Chapter 1874 of the Laws Of
1881, under the terms whereof no contract
effective or operative until the bondsmen Of
fered by the contractor have been approved
as to suficiensy BY this Board, and as to
form by the Corporation Counsel. the Pres
ident of this Board having power to examine
the proposed bondsmen under oath.
FORGE I. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
HERMIT ORDERED AWAY,
Aged William Warner Must Leave
BeIvIdere in Short Order.
SpecirltO the Jc,

Spcci0lto the Jcrscu Citff Netcs.
BELvIDERE, June 6. 1sss.-The coun-
Gil has ordered William Warner, the
aged hermit, to leave town within five
days or he will be removed to the County
Almshouse.
Warner once owned valuable property
here, which he s~quandered in various
ways. Early in the spring he built. him
self a hut in Pauls Grove, where he has
lived ever since. He a y he is molest-
ing no one, and will resist eviction or
arrest at the point of a shotgun. He
has wealthy relatives in Easton.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
A WOODBURY. MANS REQUEST.
SpecfcI to the Lcrscu Cit,l

SDeciCI to the JcfScu Citu NclDs.
vINELAND, June 6, lsss.-samuel
String, who recently died at Woodbury.,
has by his will, just probated, bequeath-
ed 5000 to the New Jersey Training
school for Feeble-Minded Children, locat-
ed at Vineland, 81, 900 to be paid imme-
diately, and the remainder of the beuuest
to revert to the institution on the death
of his niece.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
A NAPHTHA LAUNCH EXPLOSION
Special to the JERSEY Cftu Nears.

VI GO Ute OUfetB CtIU LVEIS.
BRIDGETON, Jun s, 1S96.-While Gin
ton Ayars was fighting the burners of a
naptha launch yesterday morning the
gas ignited from the candle which he
held. An explosion followed and he was
thrown backward over the side of the
boat into the river. His eyebrows and
hair We're well singed and his face burn
ed. 1t was necessary to Iii the boat
in order to e~xtinguish the flames.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
NEGRO CATHOLICS.

Following is an approximative list of
the number of negro Catholics in the cit
les Observation-Disclosures, $500; Charleston,
800; Chicago, 100, Covington, 14o; Calves
ton, 800; Indian Territory, 200; Kansas
City. $50; Little Rock, 400; Mobile. $500;
50; Natchez. LOO; Natchitoches,
!, 200; New Orleans, $4,000; New York, 1000;
Pniiadelphia. LOO; PiJtsburg, 1900; Sa-
vannah l.200; San Antonio, 1900; Will
mington, 100. Among this large number
tnirty-one priests are laboring, thirty
seven churches have been erected by our
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
ON THE NEW BOARDWALK
Special to the Jeasev Cdty Neus.

ATLANTIC CITY, Tune 6, 1sss.-Two of
the workmen employed on the new Es-
planade met with painful accidents al
most simultaneously yesterday afternoon.
One was hurt about the head and the
other sustained internal injuries. They
were taken to their boarding houses.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
POPE LEo's health.

DR.. Lapponi, physician to the Pope.
says;-'If nothing unforeseen happens
the Holy Fathers constitution is so sound
that he can well attain his Tooth year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
Advantages.

Mr.. Wallace.-.It seems to me that If ever
q bachelor realizes his unhappy lot it must
be when he Is in bed sick.
Mrs. Wallace;-"Yes There is q great DIFF
ference between a hired nurse and a wife.
II he goes TO throwing the medicine bottles
and things at the nurse when she happens
to hurt his rheumatism, she will leaVe..s-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06

Duncan avenue) is hopeful Of turning out
some experts.
John Rowe and Patrick Mcguire are
soon to settle an old question of suprem-
acy on the wheel. Likewise { Ssh IS
Butler and Samuel Elvis are in traing for
a race to the Point. Patrick Black, owing
to a late mishap, which has made useless
both knees and one wrist. cannot give his
promised exhibition of trick riding.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
PAST TIME ON WEST JERSEY.

CAMDEN. june 6. 1Sss.-Four immense
locomotives, weighing $4,000 pounds each,
rave been added to the rolling stock of
the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
for the Atlantic City travel, and they are
expected TO show a speed of over 10 miles
an hour
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
ST NICHOLAS.

st. Nicholas R. c. Church has purchased
three lots on Ferry street, the purpose Of
when is to move the present church edi-
nee upon them and donate 1t to the C. Y
~ A. as a lyceum and a clubhouse. A
new church is to be erected on the present
site, at Central avenu and Ferry
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
TO CALL SUPREME COURT GASES

Justice Lippincott announced this morn
fng that on July 6 he VIII call all the
cases on the Supreme Court list WHICH
term, and fix dates for their trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06

Yeast-tWf1 you have a frankfurter? q.
Crimsonbeak-sNos I'm a great believer n
signs, and ! Just passed one which said. re.
ware q the Dog. "-yonkers Statesman.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
Dated Jersey city. June 5. 1896.
coRpOBATToN NoTJcE

CORPORATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of May, 1896, the Commissioners of
Assessment filed in the office of the Clerk of
their final assessment map and report for the
acquiring of lands and the construction Of
A A SEWER
upon a line located as follows:-
Beginning at a point in West Side avenue,
Is feet south of the south side of Williams
OF West Side avenue to the centre line of
Yale aven lie; thence westerly along the centre
line of Yale avenue to the centre line Of
Mallory avenue; thence northerly along the
centre lire of Mallory avenue to the centre
line of Eatch avenue; thence westerly along
avenue If produced lover lands acquired to
Newark Bay.
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
of are included in said assessment, namely
WEST SIDE AVENUE,
from Williams avenue to a point about las
feet south of Yale avenue.
YALE AVENUE
from West Side avenue to Mallory avenue.
MALLORY AVENUE.
from Yale avenue to Hatch avenue.
HATCH AVENUE
from Mallory avenue to East Canal street.
And that the 2d day of June,
of the Board of Street and Water Commits
sieners are hereby fixed as the time and place
when and where the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners will meet to hear. con-
said assessment map and report.
All objections thereto must be presented in
writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. T.. BoUToN.
INlATR
Evening journal., 1896-08-22
BuckIey-Bunce.

Thomas J. Buckley, Jr.. Of Whining
ton was married to Miss Ada Buuce, OF
Chester, Thursday afternoon. The csre-
mony WAS performed at the parsonage OF
the Immaculate Heart Church. Second
and Norris streets. Chester, By Rev
Father B'rdett. Miss Maggie Brennan
was the bridesmaid, and NJ. A. Buckley,
q brother Of the groom. was best man.
The bride was attired IN a dark blue
travelling dress Of cathmere, trimmed
with ribbon and lace. A wedding sup
per was served at the home OF the brides
parents. The happy young couple left
for Wilmington, their future home, on
the 8 IA train on the p, w. & B. K X.
The following guests were present
Mrs. Lizzie McAuley, Mrs. Maggie Wat
son and daughter, John Buckley and
daughter, Mrs Laura Evanson, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Dickinson, besides the rela
tives Of the bride and groom. After the
reception the bride and groom were fol
lowed to the train by their friends and
showered with rice.
Evening journal., 1896-08-22

the city are also responsible for the In
terest on $11, 900, 900 bonds which have
been Issued by the sanitary district
There are, too. the smaller uebis of the
various towns. The purchase would
mean. therefore, largely increased in
terest account. though the existing one Is
by no means small, and It would involve
besides some very serious questions OF
administration. With such political con-
ditions as those that have prevailed
Ia the past It would mean increased op-
portunitias for evil to the riff raft that
thrIves upon municipal Office. Glasgow
Is less than half the sizs Of Chi
cago, and it's growth has been much
slower Its affairs are run upon business
principles and are not tainted by spoils
politics. Hence 1t was better prepared
to face complications and had fewer com
plicatlons to face But II we may not
follow its example In ell respects We
may learn Of 1t and govern ourselves &C
cordingly when new applicants appear
for public fagors It should be an In
vlolAble rule with us never to give away
franchises without adequate compensa
tion, and perhaps when it comes to the
renewal Of street car grants In the not
far distant future the Glasgow plan may
be cited with effect during the course of
the negotiations