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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
FOUND COINS IN A GAVE.
Two Real Estat Dealers Make a Dis
eovery on the Mountain Road.

While digging for worms, on the side of
the Mountain Road. just north Of the
Franklin street steps. last evening, R.
". Dietrich and John Helmes. two real
estate dealers on Franklin street. moved
a small boulder and disclosed to view a
miniature cave about three feet high, and
extending in the rocks about eight or
nine feet. They explored the aperture
by the help of a lantern they had. and
discovered about fbout four. feet back. a
small tin box. Upon opening the box.
which was covered with rust and mould.
and which nearly crumbled in their hands
they saw a quantity of old copper 0
which as nearly as could be d;scerned,
were CT Spanish RECOMMENDATION. They
took the treasure home and showed It to
their friends. The coins are very rusty
and hardly recognizable.
About two years ago two small boys
were digging in the side of the mountain
near the am place. and they soon un-
earthed q tin box containing cid Spanish
ccins. Who the buried treasure belonged
to is a mystery. They can hardly be called
treasures as lone of the coins were of
any great value in their day, as they are
chiefly copper. 1t is more than likely that
some Spanish merchant used them in trad
ing with the ndian which Inhabited
that part Of the country al that time, and
fearing that they might be stolen. hid
them for a short while and eventually
forgot them when sailing away.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
The new Cali for water bids.

Another effort to provide this city with
a permanent supply Of pure and whole
some water has been undertaken by the
municipal authorities. Specifications
slightly modified from those last adopted
have been drawn up. They have been
approved by the Street and Water Board
ard signed by the Mayor. Tie Street and
Water Board and the Finance Board have
ceheufred in ordering the advertisement
OF a call for bids. The Mayor is out
town. but it is expected that on his re-
turn, early next week. he will sign the
resolution. and the advertisement will be
made at once. The date for receiving
proposals Is to be August "a.
The best Information available is to
tha effect that there Will be several offers
at that time. It is said the Jersey City
Water Company, the East Jersey Water
Company and the Roekaway and Hudson
Company VIII compete. and there are ru-
mors Of one or two more concerns which
may come in. All the city officials are
in favor of getting a new supply and if
any favorable proposals are made. the
prospect is fair for the award of a con-
tfact.
What then7
Nobody can tell. The obstructionist
conspiracy is an unknown quantity thai
defeats all calculation. So long as there
Is notoriety TO be secured, II is more than
likely Lebbeus 3. Ward. Joseph A. Dear
end the rest of the crank element, are
pretty sure to resort to the old game of
certierari. There is only one thing may
discourage them. The suit recently de-
cided cost a good deal Of money, and the
contributions were none too liberal. If
the city had not been forced TO pay the
greater part of the expense, there would
have been an ugly scandal. 1t is said
the lawyers viii be very chary about en-
barking In another proceeding without
distinct guarantees as to the costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
BRADLEY A PRISONER.
The Asbury Park Senator In Trouble
Over n Dead Sturgeon.
SDecie! 10 the jersey Cftp Nee.

%fE%D 1-tb t'@
AsBURY PARK, July 81, lsss.-James
A. Bradley, the law maker, was ar
raigned in Justice Borden's court yester-
day morning as a law breaker. 1t was
the first time the Senator had ever been
pulled" in his own town. wher he Is
now busy pulling drug store saloons, but
he was not worried about It.
The Founder was charged by Deputy
Fish Warden James F. Edge with violat-
ing the frsh and game law of the State,
IN that he had in his possession a stur-
geon during the s.elose'' season.
A few days ago Mr.. Bradley bought
TWO surgeons of a sea pound fisherman
ana had them put into his fishing pier
aquarium With the seal and sea lion. One
OF them died in a few hours and the
other lived until today.
The our room was crowded when the
Senator arose TO plead his own case. He
declared that he didn't know that he was
breaking any law in having his pets,
declaring that he had a scientific interest
IN flnding out how long a sturgeon would
live in water after it had been out of 1t
for two hours.
He spoke very feesingly of the death
OF his pets and d by asking for a
he voted for in the Legislature. and
which Edge wanted him prosecuted under
does not become an effective law in New
Jersey until Pennsylvania and Delaware
have adopted similar legislation.
Then the court n crowd laughed at
the Fish Commissioner. The Founder
was victorious and he invited the court
and all to attend tine obsequfes of the
dead sturgeon, whose remains were just
then being carted through the street,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
OATALEPsy FROM SHOCK.
A Young Giri's Strange AmictIou
From Lightning stroke.

M
ASBURY PARK. July 81. 1894
strange case Of catalepsy is attracting the
attention Of the doctors. Lille Andrews
is nurse for Mrs. Henry Rashbaum. The
Rashbaum family is spending the summer
at Asbury Park. Lille Andrews is
Is years old. quite pretty, and has been
with the Rashbaum family for nearly a
year. Monday night Lille was sitting
near a window. She was engaged on a
piece OF sewing which she wanted to finish
before dark, so did not leave the window
in spite of the thunderstorm that began
to roll up.
Lille was about to put down, the window.
when a sharp fash almost blinded the
girl. Then she fell back unconscious.
The needle chung to her fingers, and when
Mrs. Rashbaum ran to her she saw that
all about the needle the thumb and FORE
finger were black. DR.. Coleman APP
piled restoratives, but none of them
aroused the girl. Her hands. BODY and
feet were rubbed vigorously with bare
hands and then with stiff brushes. The
doctor poured whiskey down the girl's
throat. She was beaten until the flesh
was blue. cold water was poured over
her-then the doctor shouted in her ear,
but the girl still lay in her death-iike
stupor.
Other physicians were called in and DR..
Coleman has been in almost constant
attendance. AT one time he pressed a
bottle Of ammonia to her nostrils and
her lips qlivered. Wednesday she was
sent TO the Long Branch Hospital.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
EDUCATIONAL.
NOTICE no


sealed proposals viii be received by the
IoaFa OF street and Water Commissioners on
far +ba +, augast Il 1856 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ,
SEWER IN HARRISON AVENUE.
ION a point about 10 feet west Of Hudson
in West Side avenue. !"
Also z l5-inch vitrified pipe
SENER IN BENTLEY AvrSrrr
from a point about 10 feet west Or Hudson
boulevard 70 and connecting with the sewer
N west side avenue
Said sewers 70 be buIlt conformabIv 70
the provisions Of Chapter Pr % the Laws ~
~ ana m aeeordanee with specifications on
me m the office Of the Clerk Of said Board
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sure
tes mus oe obtained at the Office OF the Chief
street. Iersev S9to Jersey avenue and Mercer
EsTfASTEE 8 QUANTITIES.
sewer. NINE pipe
About g cubic yards Of rock excavation.
Aooat ZsyV feet Of B. NJ lumber in sheath
About z receiving basins.
lime allowed for the completion Of the
work 50 working days.
The making. Of the above Improvement and
tns award OF the contract therefor will be
Of the property Liable to more than one-half
yne assessment therefor. on the basis Of pre-
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-.
velopes. endorsed Proposals for Sewers in
Harrison and in Bentley Avenues directed 10
mittee on Streets and Sewers and handed 70
the Clerk Of the Board in open meeting when
&-N- VI Ia ne OfGET d business relating to
sealed proposals.
No city official viii be accepted as surety.
nor viii a substitution Of sureties be ailaue3
The Beard may, under the provisions Of the
aet above cited exercise its right 70 reject
any or all proposals.
The attention Of bidders is especially called
TO section Z Chapter 1874 OF the Laws Of 1881
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city. or become eTectivs Or
operative, 1ntA the bondsmen offered sy the
contractor nave been approved as 70 snfa-
Corporation Counsel. the President OF this
board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsnen under cath.
By order Of the Board sf Street and water
GEO. 7. BoUToN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
rns nank. ard rrse SILVER.

If free coinage would enable the savings
banks to pay OF their 1880, 900, 600 of de-
posits IN flfty-three-cent dollars and
IL ii that the heads 81 those banks. who
are In business to make money. are so
bitterly opposed 10 free coinage? Don't
they. want 20 make all that proft?-Den-
yer News.
You might as well ask why fraudulent
Bankruptcy was not generally recognized
among business men as an excellent way
70 make money. rhe primary reason
why Hns banks DO not want to make the
profit suggested is that they 90 not de-
sire 10 swindle their depositors out OF
forty-seven per cent. of their balances.
Bit the banks. besides being heavy
debtors. are among the largest creditors
fl the country, and only a small part OF
their credits are payable in gold. T~hey
neariy all hold vast blocks Of government
bonds. for instance, and they have a
natufai dislike for seeing these depre-
eiate from 1Is or 100 to 60. which Is the
level they would reach within about
.wentysfsur hours Of fhe election OF Mr..
Efyan.
The fact Is It il hard 20 see row any
bark could remain solvent through the
cfixis or . silver victory. Ne doubt some
- them would pull through; bas 81
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
TIE MOTHER INSANE.

Mrs. c. II. Daum, wife of a well known
sheet iron worker at No. "a Oakland ave
nue., applied to Justice of the Peace Macs
in the Oakland Avenue Police Court this
morning. fer a warrant for the arrest of
her mother, Mrs. O'Brien, on a charge of
insanity. Mrs. Daum said that the old
lady was an inyeterate smoker. and when
they would not give her any tobaeco she
became violent.
Clerk Boyle instructed Mrs. Daum to
get a certificate from their family ply
stefan that her mother was insane. and
then notify the County Physician. Judge
Macs refused to issue the warrant. as ne
did not wish the old lady to be locked
up in the ordinary cells.
Mrs. O'Brien has d son who draw a
large salary, but Mrs. Daum says ne will
do nothing for his mother. and as Mrs.
O'Brlen has no money of her own she
wants her placed in the county institution.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
PROFITABLE AUoTIoNBBRINe.
Kings Daughters of Trinity Baptist
Church Give a Soefabte.

The Kings Daughters of Trinity Bap-
fist Church, on he Heights. held a
pound sociable last night at Franek's
Hall on Bowers street. About two dozen
young men were present while there
were twice as many pretty girls.
Auctioneer Franck obtained good prices
for the packages.
Previous to the sale of the goods and
the soclable which followed, an enter
tainment was held, at which Miss Eta
Ackefnann played a piano solo, Miss
Carrie Franck sang. Misses Elsie Hart
wick, Lizzie Bagshew and Ella Gering.
recsted; Miss Annie Irwin sang, and Mr..
Robert Hartwick played several selections
upon glass tufnblers.
Altogether the sociable was decidedly
successful, for which great credit is due
to the efforts of Misses l.. Wyatt. A.
Bertholf and D.. McMann. the young
ladies who had ii in charge.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
~Ilighessof all in Leavening Powez.-Latest y. S. Cows Report
RsklRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Of Brooklyn. Mrs. Allen Is a good sailor
and never succumbs to seasickness.
Warren Conklin of Bayonne, George W.
Thompson and E. E. Elbersoie are at
Barnegat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra K. Seguine Of La
fayette are spending the summer at Della
ware Water Gap.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schultz Of Dam
forth avenue have returned from Ord
Forge, where they have been visiting
Fish Commissioner Hackney Of New
York
The Misses Ritter of Greenville avenue
are touring in Germany. They will return
to this city in September.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Reid and family
of Danforth avenue are spending the
summer at Caldwell, y. =.
Miss Lillian Morse OF Columbia place
is visiting friends at Caldwell.
Thomas c. Mcguire. wife and family,
of No. II Wayne street. are spending a
few weeks at Cookstown, Pa.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

-
Sealed proposals viii be received bv the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners On
Tuesday. August Il, 1895. 1t 10 c'clock A NJ.
IMPROVEMENT OF ARLINGTON AVENUE
from Grand street TO Communipaw avenue.
ata lnlhrovemsnS 70 oe made eenformaoiy to
1885. 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 offce 81 the chief
Engineer. corner Of Jersey avenue and Mercer
ss EsTIM4.TFE Or QUANTITIES.
About 800 cubic yards % earth excavation.
About 2s cubic yards Of sand or gravel fill
About 40 square yards of Belgian paving in
cutters.
About sso HneaI feet Of reset curb stone.
About 2 receiving basin heads 20 be reset.
About $40 square yards Of nacasan pave
Time allowed for the completion OF the
work. Is working days.
the award Of the contract therefor Will be
subject TO the rsmonstranee of the owners
the assessment therefor. on the basis of pre-
lirninary sketch.
Proposals must Be enclosed in sealed en-
veioDes. endorsed Proposals for Improvement
Of Arlington Avenue, directed TO Mr.. John
G. Kaiser. Chairman OF the Committee on
Streets and Sewers. and handed 70 the Clerk
of the Bosrd In open meeting when called fer
in the order Of business relating 10 sealed
Nc city official will be accepted as surety.
nor viii a substitution Of ~sureties be allowed.
The Board may. under the provisions OF the
act above cited. exercise its right 70 reject
any or all proposals.
The attention Of bidders Is especially called
to Section :, Chapter fs Of the Law o. 1921.
under the terms whereof no contract shall he
binSing upon the city. or become effective or
operative. until the bopdsvnen offered BY the
contractor have been approved as 10 suffi-
cheney bv this Board. and IS to form by the
Corporation Counsel. the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posAd hbndsnan under cath.
ny order Of the Board Of Street and Water
e. T. BouToN
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
PUBLIC NOTICE.


Notice is hereby given that the Commits
sioners Of Assessments for Jersey City, N. j.,
will meet at their Office. in the building oecu-
pied by the Board OF Street and Water Com
missioners, corner of Jersey avenue and Mercer
street. Jersey City. n. J., on Tuesday. August
Is, 1896. at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to
appraise the value OF the land TO be taken
and to determine the value Of the real es-
tate to be taken and the damage which any
owner of such real estate or Of any interest
therein may sustain by reason Of opening a
street to be called
LEMBECK AVENUE,
from the Old Bergen Road to the centre line
said Commissioners win hear all parties inter-
ested In said Improvement who desire to be
heard before them on the value of the lands
to be taken for said improvement, and the
damage which any owner Of such land will
sustain BY reason OF such Improvement, and
real estate or OF any interest therein Will
sustain by reason of said improvement.
The land and real estate to be taken for
said Improvement may be described as fol-
lowat-All land and real estate within so feet
on either side OF Tie following described
eriy side of Pearsali avenue, distant Il feet
81 inches from the intersection OF the said
westerly side of Pearsall avenue. with the
northerly side of the Old Bergen Road: thence
running westerly in a straight lire or course
To the westerly. side Of Pamrapo avenue
line Of Thompson avenue. Also continuing
said course easterly from the westerly side
Of Psarsail avenue to Columbia place. II pro
duced.
HUMPHREY w. CARR.
MICHAEL SCHULTZ. JR.,
CORNELIUS J. CRONAN,
Commissioners Of Assessments,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
W.. u. DAILY. Allan l.. mcDcrmott and
Free silver.

The Newark Daily Advertiser" one of
Col. Sheffield Phelps Trust newspapers,
had d long article ON Wednesday in
which Senator Daily was made 10 predict
that Allan L. McDermott would come
out for Bryan and silver before the close
Of the campaign. The article purported
&c report a conversation between Mr..
Samuel Kalisch, the Newark lawyer. and
the Senator. which displays an ignorance
and misunderstanding of the whole sub
1sct on the part of the latter which is
not Unexpected. but is absolutely ap-
paliiug. With this. however, we have
nothing TO do at present. Anything
Daily may have to say on a question of
this sort. Involving knowledge and thought.
may be dismissed with contempt, All
that we care to notice is the following
brief passage
Mr. Kalisrh here remarked that if Al
Ian McDermott had not come out in a let
ter for gold, Senator Daily would not be
FhEbicrs M'DERNoTTs CONVEX
Not on your life, said the Senator;
And l tell you that MeDermott Will
soon come out for Bryan and Sewall."
Held on. DAILY" said Mr.. kalisch.
sYau are not arguing before a Jury now"
ryou don't mean. Senator said Mr..
MeCanter. THAT MeDermott will go back
~ say yes the Senate declared. and
ne will take the stump for Bryan, for he
wants TO be Congressman
If Senate Daily did not say this. he
owes to the remnants of his reputation
to make prompt and emphatic denial. If
he did say it. it stands an u~nrivalled
specimen of wanton libel. Mr.. McDer-
mott would not take the stump for sill
yer If he could become President by do
ing 50, instead of Congressman. He has.
within a very few days, told a reporter
Of the Journal Of this city that when
he became a candidate for a place in a
iunati asylum he might be found adj
vocating silver, and not before.
Mr.. MeDermott. we hope. will be the
Democratic candidate for Congress in
this District. He will run as a represen-
tative Of sound money. He will be elect
ed BY a great majority.
He would be beaten if he took the
stamp for silver.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
REOH TAKEN TO PRISON.
His Attempt to Escape Shortened
His Days of Grace.

SpgcfdE 70 Ws JcTatU EfH NetfS.
MAYS LANDING, July 81, 1s9s.-John
Rech, who was convicted Of acknowledgement
murder last week for the brutal murder
of MS young wife, Bessie. was hurried
on 10 State Prison to serve his twenty
years sentence by Sheriff johnson yes
terday morning.
Reeh applied for the twenty days gem
orally allowed prisoners to remain in
the county prison before being taken to
the State Prison in order to enable him
when he was caught with the dahgerous
weapons in his cell and, preparing. 10 esA
p T,asna rpe 70 oA 81 10 = Tr pnes, enasf He R War;
day wrote long letters to Messrs. Endi-
colt and Stephany. his attorneys, thank.
ing them heartily for their FRIENDSHIP
iowards him, and presented Under Sheriff
Ashley with a beautiful iamond ring
for mis- past Kindness. The ring was
formerly the property of Bessie Rech.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
A POLICE MIDDLE.
New Brunswickss Force at Present
I'm az Agftsted state.

Sffffuf ~ ift JENNY tIp ttHSs
NEW BRUNSWICK, July 81, 1885,
With the advent of a new Police Com
mittee charge were preferred against
Francis Harding, Chief of Police, and
Policeman George Dunn. Both were
found innocent of the charges of neglect
of duty and promptly re.nstatei.
The resignation Wednesday of Night
Sergeant VIM. Kuhn created a sensa-
ton when he asserted that the force
was in need of a thorough r~eorganiza-
ton. Another session of the inyestiga-
tors was held Wednesday night. which
was not concluded until two O'Clock in
the morning.
Officer c~ontradicted officer and the tes-
timony as a whole created the irupres-
SION that there was a conspiracy to &c.
Policeman Campbell off the force. Camp
bell was represented by Allan Strong aie
P. Francis DAILY. The City Attorney.
Frederick Weigel. represented the city.
The committee will render its decision
on Monday night at the meeting Of Com
mon Council.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
NOTICE no CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals VIII be received by tire
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners, en-
Tuesday. August II. 1896. at 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
IMPROVEMENT OF OLD BERGEN ROAD.
frem Gates avenue to Fifty-third street.
TO the provisions OF Chapter 2l7 OF the Laws
of 1885. 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 Of Jersey avenue and
Anon. E 81 MAT OF 9 : AMI .or
About 900 square yards Of Belgian paving in
cutters.
About 80 3 SQUARE feet os Sriage stone.
About 2.1N square feet Of Tagging.
About l,soo lineal feet Of reset curb stone.
About 100 square feet OF relalG bridge stone.
About 4.oe square feet Of relaid tagging.
About 2 new catch basins ana connections
About 100 iineai feet Of ls-inch vitrsaea pipe.
About $500 square yards Of macadam paw
/ fine allowed for the compilation Of the
work. So working. DAYS.
The making of the aboves Improvement and
to the renaonstraaee Of the ownsrs o. ti,s
property liable 70 more than one-ha,s the as
sessment therefor. on the basis Of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed IN sealed en-
velupes. endorsed Proposals for the Improves
ment cf Old Bergen Read" directed to MI.
John G. Kaiser. Chairman Of the Committee
on Streets ard sewers. ana handed TO The
derk OF the Board IN open meeting wfs.n.
called for in the order Of business relating Il
sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as suret,
nor will a Substitution Of saretfes be allowed
The Board may. under the provisions or the
act abave cited. exercise rs right to rejecf
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 4, Chapter 3n4 Of the Laws OF
1891 under the terms whereof no contract sl:aIl
he binding upon rhe city or became effective
or operative until the han1smen offered b. the
contractor have been approved as 10 sutfzsfenry
BY this Beard, and as 10 form br the Corpora
t3cn Counsel, the President Of this Board hav4
ing the powsr e examine the psopessa bonds-
~ order s. liz Board u street and water
s. + Bovrox.