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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY.
Rapid Increase of the Order-Forry-
eight New Councils in 1895.

''INetdt tD INC JcfTfp Cuu Nc2fN
TRENTON. Feb. 10. 189e.lThe December
reports of the Daughters of Liberty show
a total membership of between 4,600 and
4.700. Calculating the membership at
4,63G. the average number in each Of the
sixty-one councils would be just seventy
tive. Since January 1 six new councils
have been instituted. which will increase
the number to sixty-seyen councils and
about 1900 members. Then. too, take in
to consideration the additions during
January, of which we have no direct re-
ports. This makes it almost certain to
say that the order in New Jersey now
number 5000 members. Councils Nos. GO,
so and 10 Will be instituted before the 18th
inst. This will make seventy councils,
saventy-hye before State Council session.
Sixty-eight councils in New Jersey,
forty-eight Of which have been organized
since January /. 1895.
less be held in PHI Kearny Post rooms,
w. G. T. U. building corner Of Market
and Mulberry streets, Newark. The date
is Tuesday, March 10. and the meeting
The Board Of Officers and Credential Com
mittee will be in session at the Contin-
entail Hotel on the evening before.
The following amendment will be voted
on at the coming State Council session.
ITO change the time of electing represent
tatives from councils. to the State Council
from June to December" BY holding the
election in December the council elects as
many representatives as it Is entitled to
The State Councillor has issued d cir
c1lar letter to all councils calling attention
to the National Orphans Home, which the
asks every council to contribute what 1t
can toward this institution.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10

Notice is hereby given that on the Sd day Of
February, 1896, the Commissioners of Assess
ment filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
their final assessment map and report for
the construction of a
SEWER IN OCEAN AVENUE.
Armstrong place, Woodlawn avenue and Car
field avenue. conforrnably to the provisions
of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895. and the
same is now open to public inspection in the
office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections
thereof are included in said assessment, names
GARFIELD AVENUE
from a point about 27.sS feet west of ARM
strong place to a point about 1858 feet east
of Fulton avenue.
OCEAN AVENUE,
on the south side from a point about 25. e.
feet west of Armstrong place, to a point about
1875 feet east of Woodlawn avenue.
ARMSTRONG PLACE
from Ocean avenue to Garfield avenue.
WOODLAND AVENUE
from Ocean avenue to Garfield avenue
And that the 18th day of February. 1896.
at two o'clock. P. NJ, and the meeting room
of the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners are hereby fixed as the time and place
when and where the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners will meet to hear. con
slider and adjudicate upon all objections that
may be presented In writing against the con-
firmatfon of said final assessment.
BY order OF the Board OF Street and Water
Commissioners.
Dated Jersey city, February 6. 1896.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
CITY NEWS r

Sheriff Toffey's Irish setter stravcd from
were notified. Last night PatroInan
animal and returned him to his owner.
Van Houten Post. No. 8, G.. al. r.,
Drum Corps, will hold monthly enter
tainments in the future. Congressman
Al. j. Booth, treasurer of the ~organiza-
ton, has charge.
There is a bad hole at the corner of
West Side and Bentley n
Mrs. Curtis had charge of the after
noon meeting at the Gospel Temperance
day, ard a very spirited meeting was
held. Brother Lockwood a v an inter
esting account of his conversion. lit was
announced thai the meeting on Friday
evening will be addressed by a young
lady who will shortly leave for Cbina as
a missionary. A union love feast, in
charge of the Rev. TThomas Clark OF
Brooklyn will be held Saturday night.
Sister Smith of the. Salvation Army
was fined 81 this morning for neglecting
10 remove The snow and ice from the
sidewalk around the barracks, at Mont
gomery and Grove streets.
Jchn Kennedy of No, 2S5 Fourteenth
street fell down q flight of stairs at his
home last might and sustained painful
scalp wounds.
EtgFlibeen cases of measles, eleven of
typhoid fever, seven of dipntheTia, two
Of scarlet fever and one of m-efnbranous
crouD were reported to Health Inspector
Benjamin today.
Warden Osborne Of the City Hospital
win call for any donations the people of
this city have for the hospital. Al postal
card to tae Warden will be sufficient.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
THE BUSY ARMoRY.
Tonight.s Drill and Presentations
Dismal Place.


At the Armory. Saturday night. the
entire regiment held a drill, rehearsing
for tonight's review by B~rigadier Gem
eral P. F. Wanser and presentation of
medals by Brigadier General Bird W.
Spencer. This was the first regimentai
drill since camp, and the companies did
well. The doors will open tonight at
half past seven, and the ceremonies will
begin at eight o'clock, and will consist
of regimental parade and review and
presentation of long service and marks
mems medals. The floor will be surren-
dered to Terpsichore after the presenta-
ton. Cranmer's orchestra will furnish
music. Admission will be by ticket only.
each person must have a ticket.
The members of Company L will hold
open house tonight. Their friends viii
be warmly received. After drill Satur-
day night the company held a special
meeting and elected P. Brady. to menu
placed on the bulletin board, to be acted
next Friday night.
Inc Armory was at one time a pleasant
place to While away a disagreeable Sum
day afternoon, but since the rule went
effect prohibiting all games it is
many in the regiment who only get a
chance to drop into the Armory of a
Sunday afternoon, and it is not pleasant
to sit in a circle looking in each others
faces. Two daring and awful bad young
men Were detected yesterday playing
that terrible game, checkers. They were
Immediately ordered to desist, and the
matter was hushed up. The other mem
bers gazed on these two reckless in
with reverential awe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
THE DEADLY PAssAIO.
HKiIis Goldfish, although Jersey City
People SuryIYc Its E6acfn.

From the New York Sun of Saturday,
There's an aquarium over at my house
that III sell cheap" said a Jerseyman to
the Sun" reporter. 81 don't know but
| might give it away. It's of no use to
me. You see, about a year ago l paid
$40 for it. | had an ambition to raise
goldfish. I like goldfish, and I've got
three children who think that goldfish
are about the prettiest things in the
world. l started off with fifteen fish.
for which | paid fifteen cents apiece.
They got along s~plendidly for a week.
Then put fresh water in the thing.
That afternoon four died. The next
morning eight more died, and before the
day was out there wasn't a fish left.
said there must have been something the
matter with the water. So l bought
fifteen more and started over again. 1
put them in the water one night and
the next morning they were dead. gave
It up then for a while, but the children
begged me to get more fish, and finally
| cleaned out the aquarium, and took
out all the plants and things, put a lot
of fresh, clean sane in the bottom, filled
It up with water, and bought more fish.
they lived exactly one day.
This time | let fish raising alone for
a month or so, and then the fever struck
me again. 1 cleaned and scrubbed the
tank, and I filtered the water before I
put !}bsv # IN; The There ! said to myself,
| bought died within twenty-four hours
of the time / put them into the water.
I was mad all the way through, and 1
went back to the fish man and kicked.
live?'
~ live in Jersey City, l said to him,
but what's that got to do with ito
'Oh-h-h,' he said, why didn't you
tell me- that when you We're buying the
fish? | wouldn't nave sold them to you.
Don't you kno that no fish can live in
that Passaic water they give you people
to drlnk?'
".What?' / said.
That's true he replied. why, 1
know of hundreds of cases just like
yours. As long as you live in Jersey City
you will have to give up trying to raise
fish unless you buy spring water to keep
them in. They die of typhoid fever, or
something else, almost as soon as you
put them in the water
80 I've made up my mind to dispose
of tba fonIyt,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
A FEW WILL BE SURPRISED.
Miss Harrison's Remark About Her
Wedding 10 Mr. Williams.

The Rev. George G. Wilding. pastor Of
Hedding NJ. E. Church. was sitting in the
parsonage, which adioins the church, yes
terday afternoon when a coach drove up.
Two well dressed young ladies' and two
gentlemen alighted. They entered the
house at once, and the minister was in
formed IL was a bridal party. The bride
seemed particularly anxious to have the
ceremony performed without delay. The
customary questions were asked. and when
Mr.. Wilding found that none OF, the pros
pective brides parents or relatives were
present. he thought it might be am elope-
ment. and hesitated. He was assured by
every one that no trouble would come of
the marriage, and he tied the knot.
The bride was Miss Charlotte X. Har-
rison, twenty-one years old, OF Railway,
ana the bridegroom was Henry r. Will
Jams. thirty-three years old, of No. Az
State street, Brooklyn. The marriage was
witness by Miss nnie G. Fleming and
Charles w. Clark. both of Brooklyn. AS
soon as the ceremony had been performed
the party entered the coach and drove in
the direction of the Brooklyn annex, Miss
HARRISON said she was confident there
would be no trouble over her marriage.
She smilingly remarked, however, that a
few people would doubtless be surprised
to learn of her sudden and unexpected
660 a-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
Mr. PItney and the vice Chancellor
ship.

Some of the newspapers throughout
the State have begun something in the
nature of a crusade against vice-Chan-
ceflor Pitney. His term expires this
year and there is a strong demand that
he should not be reappointed.
With the object of the crusade we
heartily sympathize. Mr.. Pitney is a
clear-headed man and a good lawyer,
but his absurd ideas of his p~rerogatives
and his detestable temper more than
counterbalance those attributes. The bar
of the State has a host of members who
are as wen qualified as hi to administer
justice and who would sit on the bench
with the dignity and moderation which
are beseeming to 1t. There is no hard
ship involved in Mr.. Pitney's retirement.
either. He is a wealthy man. He depends
in no way upon his salary. Indeed he is
reputed to be the proprietor of the Nor
ristown water supply.
We should be sorry. however, to see a
crusade organized against Mr.. Pitney.
There is something about the judicial
office which should protect it from at
tack under all ordinary circumstances
1t offends right feeling to see the char
acter and conduct of a v-ice-Chancellor
overhaufed in cold blood as a means OF
busting him from an office, in which he
has provoked censure. We hope, there
fore, that, before the fight becomes any
way active or bitter, Mr.. Pitney will
take the decision of the matter in his
own hands and notify Chancellor McGill
that he viii not be a candidate for reap
pointment. The Vice-Chancellor must
be aware of his own infirmfties. He is
too conscientious a man, not to nave sui.
fered from the criticism to which they
have subjected him.. He now has an OPP
portunfty of retiring gracefully. Very
likely he win avail himself of it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
RUNAWAY TEAM sMAsHEs A LAMP

A team in charge of Edward Dubois,
and attached to n of the wagons of
the New York Condensed Milk Company.
became frightened at the approach of a
trolley car while standing at Ocean and
Claremont emu about eight o'clock
on Saturday evening, and ran away.
The driver was not ON the wagon at the
time. He was delivering milk in a house
nearby. The fear-craZed animals dashed
down. Claremont avenue at full speed.
AT Arlington avenue the team attempted
too short a turn into that thoroughfare
and struck a street lamp on the curb
there. The wagon was not seriously
damaged, but the lamppost Is a complete
wreck. 1T was bent way out of plumb
and the glass in the lamp shattered. Be
fore the horses recovered from the shock
of their sudden bringing up, Patrolman
Routh, h had been pursuing the run
them. He turned them over to the driver.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
E PUBLICATIONS.
Frank Lesiiess Popular Monthly for
February.

The Lee family CT Virginia is the sub
ject of a series of profusely illustrated
articles which will constitute a leading
feature in Frank Leslie's Popular Month
ly during the current year. The February
number of this magazine, just out, con
tains the initial article OF the series.
entitled 1.-THE Ancestors of Gen. Robert
e. Lee. and toe Times in which They
Lived written by Mrs. Roger A.
Pryor, e%mbodying many rare portraits,
coats of-arms, etc. This same Febru-
airy number of Frank Leslie's also con-
tains beautifully illustrated articles
upon "A Roman Festa," by Theo. Tracy;
Sardinia" by Charles Edwards; 'The
Social Settlement in America" by Ru-
fus r. Wilson; West Point" by Carl
j. Becker: Art Students in Paris:
n stories. sketches and poems by
Howard Paul. George Edgar Montgo-
merry, Dr.. j.. H. Porter. J. f. Sullivan,
Ella Rodman Church, Lena L. Pepper,
and other popular contributors.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
CLASH NEW WITH SERVANTS.


SoNSW-ttO tue JsISeU SfJp IfC1rS>
TRENTON, Feb. 10, 1896.-Dr. J. Stock
ton Fough, a wealthy and prominent
local politician and the owner of prob
ably the handscmest gentleman's farm
and the best stocked stables in Mercer
county, is in a peck of trouble with two
cosored girls Of Lynchburg, va. ana
incidentally with d liberal portion Of the
colored population Of Trenton. The doc
tors agent, j. S. Sullivan, visited LYNCH
burg and engaged Jennie Brown and
Bessie Stavan, colored girls, to come
North as servants in Or. Hough's house
hold. The Doctor paid their railroad
fares.
on their arrival Jennie and Bessie
were surprised to learn that they were
expected TO go to the ountr They
claim that Sullivan told them thev were
to work in the city. A day or two later
the girls left the Iarm and the Doctor
swore out criminal warrants against
both, charging them with obtaining
money under False ~pretcnces and with
consEtring to defraud him OF their SER
vices. The girls were arrested and ar
raigned before Justics w. s. Mills and
held in bail for d hearing Tuesday night.
The arrest Of THE girls created q Big
stir rnOng colored people,, and Rev. DR..
RandoaFh OF Nit. Zion Church. soon
raised funds n employed Judge
Cl6qancy HI Beasley and Lawyer j, T.
Conrad to defend the girls. They deny
ithe EscQtor's charges, and the lawyers
&Ay. they VIII hran8 suit TOT dazaa8 ee
8&4SllSl S{3l4 Q9cSof.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
Ramapo water for brooklyn.

Among the interesting features of the
water situation as 1T exists today is the
recommendation of a committee of en-
gineers that the water supply of Brook
lyn be increased by tapping the Rama
Pc water shed and conveying the water
from the New York State portion there
Of by a system of conduits running I'M
der the Hudson and East rivers to the
City of Churches. This kills off one
more ghost that has constantly come be-
tween Jersey City and a settlement of
her own water problem.
The Ramapo water is very fine water,
but about four-ffths of it is collected
in Rockland County. New York. There
has been a talk of a convention between
the States surrendering the water for
the use of our cities, and perhaps one
might have been arrived at when no
part of New York State was reaching
out for 1T. But of course 1t is out of the
question for us now to look for such a
thing. The world has not advanced far
enough yet for any such concession of
the Golden Age. On the other hand, the
little Ramapo water gathered in this
State becomes valueless through the i'm
pounding of the higher waters. for it is
not sufficient in quantity to keep the
river bed healthy. No Legislation that
we can pass can do any good in the pre-
misses. The water Brooklyn wants is in
her own State, and we cannot stop her
from taking it.
II IS interesting to note that the Brook
lyn plan provides for fourteen reservoirs,
capable of storing over twenty-five thou
sand million gallons. There is to be. be-
sides S9.2 miles of main conduit go inches
in diameter, and the cost of constralc-
tion Is to be Sic, 900. 900. not counting the
condemnation of the land and water
rights.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
THE JOLLY BoARDBR's HAUL.

Mrs. Mary o'Reialy keeps a select
boarding house at No. $50 Grand street.
Her boarders are principally gentlemen.
Among them was Frank Turner. He
boardeas formed a great liking for him.
He was invited to their rooms, shown
all their pretty things and treated wen
with him many articles of wearing APP
parel, perhaps 500 worth in all. The
case was reported to Captain McKaig Of
and he in turn notified headquarters.
Detective Dalton was assigned to the
case. He hurried to the P~ennsyivan MIA
Railroad ferry and arrived there Just in
time to catch Turner and q friend who
saws he is George Baker, of No. $50
Johnston avenue. on the way to New
York. The stolen property was in their
POSSESSION. They We're arraigned before
Justice Potts this morning and are held
for a further hearing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10

Notice is hereby Isds given that on the 90 day
sessment filed in the office Of the Clerk Of the
their fral assessment map and report for fbs
Improvement Of
PARAMOUNT AVENUE,
from the Hudson County Public Road =.
West Side avenue. conformably to the provis-
ions Of Chapter 217 Of the Laws of 1895 and
the same Is now open to public inspection in
the office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the follovine
streets or avenues or particular sections there
of are included in said assessment. viz
PARAMOUNT AVENUE
from Hudson County Public Road to West
Side avenue.
YES SIDE AVENUE
on the east side from Fairmount avenu.
about 21.S1 feet north and 31.S1 feet south.
And that the 18th day of February. 1895
at two o'clock p. NJ, and the meeting room
of the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners are hereby fixed as the time and plac>
when and w.nere the Board Of Street ana
Water Commissioners will meet to hear. con
slider and adjadieate upon all objections that
may De presented IN writing against the con-
OF said final assessment.
BY order Of the Board Of Street ana WAFER
Commissioners.
GEO. Z. Bourov
Dated Jersey city. February !. lsss.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
COMING EVENTS.

sEileen Oge. or Dark is the Hour
Before Dawn" will receive its first rep
resentation in Greenville by the Amateur
Thespians of st. Paul's Catholic Church
parish tomorrow evening at eight O'Clock.
The play will be repeated on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
The Monitor Glee Club. a young but
exceedingly active social organization in
Lafayette, will give a masquerade ball in
Schipman's Hall on February 10. AT the
club meeting on Saturday evening last the
Arrangement Committee reported that all
preparations were made
The twenty-second grand annual mas
qlerade ball Of the Greenville Turn We're
in will be held tonight at Metropolitan
Hall, Ocean and Gator avenues.
The Second Company, Boys Brigade,
will hold a meeting and drill Tuesday
evening at the First Presbyterian
Church..
A valentine festival will be held at the
Bergen Reformed Church next Friday
afternoon and evening.
TbeGood Government League meets to-
night in the avenue House.
The Musical Club meets tonight at the
residence OF Mrs Apsar. on Glenwood ave-
nue..
The Wanser Club has a euchre tourna-
ment tonight in the clubhouse.
The Young Mems Lyceum OF ST.. Brid-
gets Church will give q dramatic per-
formance tonight.
The Sherman Pleasure Club gives a
masquerade BAN tonight in Kessler,s
Hall.
The Amerieus Club holds a bah at
Woods Hall tonight.
The Hudson County Turn yerein gives
. ball tonight ct Pohlmann's.
The Athletic Committee u ire X. 4. u.
meets tonight.
The catholic clab gives 1 dinner Is.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
Frank Leslie.s Pleasant Hours for
ROYa and Girls.

The new Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours
for Boys and Girls improves with every
number. That for February is the best
vet; it is full of good things for u
people. Oliver Optic starts the number
with an interesting W~ashington's Birth
day, Story. An article that every. reader
ivorite Story-writers for Young People,"
by Frank Lee Farnell, in which are
dsssrtbeS the msthq TI, Of york Ct Oliver
T: Trowbridge and Susan Coolidge; finely
Illustrated with their latest portraits.
+ T. is s, The FIRST T Ct a t series {; Of pa papers syt,c on
on Costumes for a Fancy Dress Party;
an entertaining chat about chameleons;
the tive serials by Edward s. Ellis and
Jeanette H. Walworth; a story for the
little folks: the editors talk about the
number of puzzles. for the solution Of
which a prize of IS is offered.
North American Review for February
Under the caption of "The Anglo
American Imbroglio." the North Ameri-
can Review for February opens with
two noteworthy articles, the first being
from the pen of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie,
and entitled 1.-THE Venezuelan Dificulty,'
and the other by the Right Hon. James
Bryce, author Of 'srhe American Com
! nPRgs glssi;sh Esslinsg ESaP IN shKIs S Ssss Ims
portant question. As practical paper on
hPractical Politics., Is contributed by
His Excellency the Governor of Massa-
tion of Gold" Mr.. Edward Atkinson pre-
diets that the United States will take
the lead in gold-producing countries this
coming year, thereby placing our ma
tional finances on a solid basis. A UNIQUE
contribution is supplied by the well-
known statistician Michael G. MulhAil.
F. s. S., who asks us the Human Race
peteriorating?" presenting In connection
herewith some interesting statistics. A
timely symposium on the Issues Of
Peace and War is furnished by Cap
tain H. c.. Taylor, u. s. N, and Presi-
dent OF the Naval Wal College, who
writes upon THE Study of War; the
Right Rev. Wm. Croswell Doane, Bishop
of Albany, who treats of the sFollies
and Horrors of War and by Mr.. George
Parsons Lathrop, who thoughtfully tells
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10

business for him to get IT. The proof
that he did not get it from official
sources lies in the fact that his bid had
no perceptible relation TO liaat Of The
Stewart syndicate. 1t was higher, bur
so much higher and so curiously figured
as to demonstrate its wi total irrelev-
affcy to the Stewart bid.
OF course, the Press is not influenced
in any way by the fact thai Mr.. Stewart
ridicules the idea that there was
What does the Press care for the
trtfth2
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-10
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Barr treats ably the topic of Dis
contented Women" and a vigorous paper
on Does the Ideal Husband Exist" is
presented by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore.
Astronomical matters claim a due-share
Of attention, THE Newest Telescope"-
the -Y~erkes-being elaborately described
by Prot. G. A. Young of Princeton Col
lege. Lake Nerni's Mysterious Wreck
forms the theme of a delightful paper
by .sRodolfo Lanciani, the celebrated
subject with all the charm of a romance.
The second instalment of THE Future
Life and the Condition of Man Therein
by the Right Hon. w. E.. Gladstone is
given in this number. and public inter-
est in this great contribution is well
assured. Other topics skillfully handled
us" by Pliny 7. Sexton: "a Woman's
View. of 'Christianity's Millstone'," BY
Maud Nathan. and New York's OPP
portunfty for 1900" by c. M. Skinner.