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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
sLAOK-PERRINE CASE AGAIN.
Two Opinions Filed in the Court OF
Errors and Appeals.
Srectal to the .7elscp Citp Netrs.

NpeclIt 10 tHt ,efSCB Otty tSlCS.
TRENTON, April 5, 1s97,-The opinion
in the Court of Errors and Appeals in
the Slack-Perrine case was filed by JUS
tice Dixon on Saturday. One of the opin-
ions was relative to the decision of the
Court of Appeals in setting aside a de-
cree of the Chancellor, in which he va.
Gated a previous order made by himself
ard awarding the custody OF the two
Slack children to their mother. The order
in favor Of Mrs. Slack was advised by
Vice Chancellor Bird. Justice Dixon
says it was within the issue raised, and
not invalid. as the Chancellor afterwards
decided. on account of any lack Of op-
portunity being given to the parties to be
heard. The Court of Errors, however,
may be made by the Perrinee in the
court below for a fuller investigation of
the merits of the case.
The syllabus in this opinion Is as fol-
lows
When an infant has been brought be-
fore a Vice Chancellor on habeas corpus,
and the petitioner for the writ and the
person in possession of the infant make
counter claims to the permanent custody
ct the infant. they may. BY sntitling
and filing them with the Clerk of that
court, presenting therein an issue which
only that court is competent to try, in
olStbO liz IA POoSft liz tEC SOI-
troversy into that court, and so give
that court complete jurisdiction of their
cause.
The circumstances of this case show
that the ~litigants over the right to the
permanent custody of two young chill
dren had in the manner above stated
transferred the cause into the Court of
Chancery; had consented that it should
be heard before the Vice Chancellor who
had allowed the writ of habeas corpus,
and had agreed upon a day set for a final
hearing: Held. that the respondents who
did not appear on that day could not
successfully assaii the decree then made
upon the ground that the court had no
jurisdiction, or that the order of refer
ence to the Vice Chancellor was made
ex parte. or that they had not received
regular notice of inal hearing.
h second opinion refers to the order
made by the Chancellor declaring the
Perrines in contempt Of court and which
the Chancellor afterwards vacated. The
opinion sustains the Chancellor in vacat-
ing the order. 1t says no contempt was
committed in defiance of the court, and
the parties should have had ample notice
and a full opportunity to answer before
being condemned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
JERSEY WOODS BLAZE.
Thousands of Acres of land Swept
Over by the Flames.
Special to the Jersey city Meas.

BRIDGETON, April 5, 1ss7,-The usual
spring forest fires are devastating this
part of the State and the people are anx-
iously hoping for ain to extingui.sh them.
Thousands of acres are being burned over,
and thousands of dollars worth of timber
is being destroyed. The u~nderbrtlsh is so
dry that a spark soon becomes a fire.
On Thursday two men driving along the
road near the residence of L. r.. Gould
of Fairview township lighted their pipes
and threw the matches by the wayside.
In a few minutes a blaze sprung up and
a fire started which spread over thousands
of acres. Men fought the fire all night
to keep 1T from several farm houses.
Other fires. supposed to have beer
started by tranlps, broke out near Centre
Grove and swept across Lawrence town
ship. meeting the fire in Bear Swamp.
Fire also started along the Central raa-
road yesterday between here and Rosen-
hayn, and swept the woodlands towards
the Millville turnpike destroying thous-
alds of cords OF wood and acres of tim
har 3 .H
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NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals viii be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday. April u. 1897, at two O'Clock p. M,
in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall.
for the construction OF an 18-inch vitrifed pipe
SEWER IN G1sRMANIA AVENUE,
from a point about 525 feet north Of St. PauPs
avenue to and connecting with the sewer in
st. PauIs avenue.
said sewer to be built cenformably
of 1895, and in accordance with specifications
on file IN the office of the Clerk of said Board.
ties must be obtained at the office of the
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 545 lineal feet of 1S-inch vitrified pipe
sewer.
About 20 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 1000 feet B. M. lumber in sheathing
and bottom.
work, 30 working days.
award Of the contract therefor viii be sub
ject to the reTnonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-haIf the as
sessnent therefor on the basis Of preliminary
sketch.
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Censtruc-
ton of a Sewer in Germania Avenue directed
to 'tthe Clerk Of the Board" and handed to
that officer in open meeting when called for
in the order Of business relating to scaled
: NJ city oficial viii be accented as surety.
4 will a substitution of sureties be allowed
The Board may. under the provisions of the
Act above cited. exercise its right to reject
The attention Of bidders is especially called
to Section q Chapter l34. of the Laws OF 1881,
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city, or become effective
or operative until the bondsnen offered by
cheney by this Board, and as to form by the
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Board having the power to exqmine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BouroN.
Cferh.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
AM
Academy Of Music

The attraction at the Academy of Music this
week will be the latest melodramatic success,
The Land of the Living" from the pen Of
Frank Harvey, the English playwright, author
of Woman Against Woman" Wages of
SIM His First Wife, and many other well
known and successful plays.
1.-THE Land of the Living touches upon the
past. present and future of Characters, the
counterparts we meet every day. Human ma
ture abounds at every turn. 1t tells a power
full tale of country and city life, and though
at times when the opportunity arrives, Dor
ders yer'1 much upon the extreme sensational,
there is nothing inconsistent or unnatural in
the production.
The scenes are picturesque in the extreme
and take place in London and South Africa.
The cast is a very strong one, headed by the
young. romantic American actor, Frank Kar-
rington. Others in the cast are Ed Grace,
George d. Macintyre, Charles r. Gilbert. Neya
Harrison. Elenora Brodhay, Belle Darling,
Electric Milenna and others.
The usual matinees will be given.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
SHERIFTrS NOTICES.

SHERIFFS SALE IN CHANCERY OF
New Jersey.
Between The Security Building and Loan
Association, complainant, and Thomas Sheryin
ct al. defendants.
Returnabie May Term, 1897.
Bacot & Record, Solicitors.
BY virtue of the above stated writ, to me
directed and delivered. I shall sell by public
vendue. at r. 6. Wolberts Real Estate Sales
room, No. AZ Montgomery street, Jersey City.
on
THURSDAY, the Sixth day Of May, A. D.,
1887.
at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the fol-
lowing described land and premises. with the
said writ. that is to say
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land
erected or to be erected thereon. situate. lying
and being in the City Of Jersey City, Hudson
County, New Jersey, known and designated
as lot number twelve Q) in Block two hun
dred and ffty-two (252). and colored yellow on
a certain map on file In the Office Of the
Register of Hudson County, showing the par
among the heirs Of John B. Coles. deceased;
said lot being bounded and described as fol-
l0ws.-
Beginning at a point on the northeriy side Of
Eighth street distant one hundred and seventy
five Q75) feet westerly from the northwesterly
corner of Monmouth and Eighth streets:
Monmouth street one hundred q00) feet; thence
t) westerly and parallel with Eighth street
twenty-five f25) feet; thence t) southerly and
parallel with Monmouth street one hundred
400 feet to Eighth street thence % easterIy
along the northerly side of Eighth street
twenty-five (&) feet TO the place OF beginning.
Thomas Shervin by Julia Bayley by deed bear
ing date the sixteenth day of February. eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-eight.
Dated March so. 1881.
Jersey City News and Jersey City Democrat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

The last personally conducted tour of the
Pennsylvania Railroad will leave New York
and Philadelphia April IS. Tickets, Including
transportation. meals en- route in both direc-
tions. transfers of passengers and baggage,
hotel accommodations at Old Point Comfort,
Richmond and washington, and carriage ride
about Richmond-in fact every necessary ex-
pense for a period of six days-will be sold
at rate Of $50 from New York, Brooklyn and
Newark: s34 from Trenton; ss3 from Phila-
delphia, and proportionate rates from other
stations.
fort and return direct by regular trains within
six days. including transportation. luncheon On
going trip. and one and three-fourths days
board at Old Point, at rate of SIG from New
York, BROOKLYN and Newark, SIS from Tren-
ton, SD from Philadelphia. and proportionate
rates from other stations.
Apply to ticket agencies. Tourist Agent, I1s6
broadway, New York. Tor Geo. ". Boyd, As
sistant General Passenger Agent. Broad Street
Station. Philadelphia
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dated Jersey city. ApriI 2, $50.

MASTERS SALEM cHANCERY OF NEW
Between Lizzie McEldur, complainant. and
James McElduff ct AL. defendants.
In Partition.
Notice of Sale.
George G. Tenant, solicitor for complain
ant
BY virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of the State of New Jersey, I, the
undersigned, one of the Special Masters of the
Court of Chancery, will sell. at public sale or
yendue, to the highest bidder, on
WEDNESDAY,, the tTenty-first day of April,
A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-ssven.
at the hour of two O'clock in the afternoon
of that day, on the premises, No. 90 Irving
street, Jersey City, N. j. ALL that lot, tract
or parcel of land and PREMISES situate. lying
and being in the City Of Jersey City, County
of Hudson and State Of New Jersey, which on
a map now on file in the Registers office Of
the County of Hudson, entitled Map of the
Heritage Homestead. situated in the Fourth
Ward, Hudson City, New Jersey, dated 1865, :"
surveyed by r. c. Baeot, L. w. Post and ].
Camp, Jr., is known, marked and distinguish
ed as lot numbered ten l0, in block lettered
"a" as laid down on said map. including the
life estate and interest in dover of the COM
plainant, Lizzie McElduff, wife of Frank Nc
ElduT. deceased. in the said premises, together
with al and singular the hereditaments and
anpurt 4nances to the said premises belonging
or in s,nywise sppertaining.
Dated March %. 1897
special Master in Chanccry of New Jersey.
S11 40.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
WAN7BD---A BACHELOR.
The Tabernacle Receives Cam
didates for the Position
of Third Minister.

At a recent meeting of the Prudential
Committee of the Consolidated Congre-
gational Churches, Deacon Ingersoll pre-
scented an important resolution. In effect
1t is that the Tabernacle will die if the
irregular supply system is continued and
that for the good of both churches a
regular minister must be obtained to
preach at the morning services. The
Prudential Committee endorsed the reso-
luton and it was presented to the con-
gregation at the prayer meeting Friday
night.
Since the consolidation of the churches
Mr.. Scudder has preached in the Hill
church every morning and in the Taber-
nacle in the evenings. There has been
no regular preacher in the Tabernacle in
the morning. The pulpit has been sup
piled by exchanges. The people have
complained that they never know who
the minister is to be. If they attend the
service they hear some dry sermon tina
sends them to sleep, and if they stay
a very fine sermon. They say 1t is all
very well to say they ought to go con-
stantly and so hear both good and bad,
but they don't have any interest in going
when they don't know what Kind of a
sermon they are going to hear. There
was therefore no opposition when the
resolution was presented by the Pruden-
tial Committee. Everyone was in favor
of a third minister and of having him i'm
mediately.
The officers of the church communicated
with the Union Theological Seminary n
received a list of eight names of students.
The first of the eight, the Rev. Robert
L. Jackson, preached yesterday morning
in the Tabernacle. The other seven will
be heard on the seven Sunday mornings
following. The officers wish to secure a
preacher who will be popular and who
will build up the church. The young
people of the church are anxious that the
trustees, as an investment in futures.
secure the services of a bachelor. and as
bachelors are popularity supposed to come
cheap it is probable the trustees will
comply with the request.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
NEW CLUB FORMED.

The Bacneiors' Club. a new social organiza-
ton, was formed at Woltmann's Hall, No. SIS
Newark street. Hoboken. on Saturday night
with thirty-two members. The officers of the
association are:-President, Allison Matfer;
Vice President. William Kaufmann; Recording
Secretary, Edward Watson; Financial Secre-
tary. e. V. Mertz, Treasurer, John c. Volt
mann; Sergeant-at-Ar4ns, William Branton.
ana Trustees. L. s. lime, Andrew Henry and
william Harrison. Meetings Of the club will
be held on the second and fourth Thursdays
IN each month. A committed was appointed to
arrange for a call to be held at Pohimann's
some time this month. Several members We're
laws.
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The True rssue tp the E.ee,ion.

The main issue in the present election
Is the Term E~xtender. 1t is not worth
while considering what would have been
the issues If this abominable abuse of
owe had not been committed by the
Republican party. In presence of this,
however, 1t would be wrong to compli-
ate the situation by any petty fault-fnd-
ing. Here is a crime to be punished, and
public morals demand that the people
shall concentrate all their energies upon
furnishing it.
The term extender was not a mere po-
litical under. 1t was not an honest but
mistaken effort to save the public money
or to increase the interest in municipal
elections. These statements of the Re-
publican leaders in and out of the Legis-
allure were aimsy pretences of the most
vulgar and transparent character.
The real truth was the party desired
70 steal away an election from the peo-
pie. They desired to nullify the fran
tayfI Ito = g
shise and retain in their own hands, by
mere brute force, the power and emolu-
ments of government. In his city and
Newark They werea hopeless of success
N a popular election The Democratic
Victory in Jersey City last spring, the
majority by which william Heller and
James T. Lillis carried the city last fall,
The evident appropriately of the party
among the people made the results of
he contest a foregone conclusion. SINH
arly the election of Mayor Seymour, In
Newark, last year, showed that the peo-
pie Of that city a turned against the
party Of corporations and Of bosses.
But, Il people be damned is now
Is it always has been the motto of simon
pure Republicanism. If the people win
gote their way, all right; if not, take
heir votes away from them.
Fortunately, in this State, our courts
remain uncorrupted and i~ncorruptible.
rhe momen a lawyer takes his seat on
he bench, no matter how bitter a par
isan he may have been, he becomes i'm
,artial in the administration Of his office.
thus we have Judge Gummere, a life
ong Republican, condemning the Term
Extender in terms even more severe than
hose used by his Democratic colleague,
Judge Garrison. The Court and the Con-
t~ituAIon have saved the people from The
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
GRIGGs SIGNS SIX BILLS.
of the Legislature Which
Met His Approval.
spccic! 10 the Jerstn Citv Meas

Spccsc: 10 tRG JefStN CffV Ness-
TRENTON, April 5, 1-Sg.-Governor
GrIggs has signed six bills passed by the
recent Legislature. They ares
Senate 113-Fixing a fine Of 500 or ten
days Imprisonment for running hounds
or horses across another's property.
House ~31-Providlng that patriotic So
cieties may become Incorporated for a
fee of 81. h is for the society to i'm
prove the Wallace House at Somer
Vile.
House 15EAuthorizing boards OF fnan e
in cities to appropriate $3.50 for The p,r-
pose OF erecting a pedestal for a lsoldis rs
mum This applies to Sold Ars'
in Jersey City
House 209-Fixing terms of reiad in
spectors at two years.
House 265-Making terms of su perrin
enden OF indoor relief threeSyeais.
House 3G4-Pernitting fire insurance as
soctations organized unaer the Lloyds
system to dispense with TAD word
s'Eloyds'' in the name Of the association.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

. -
Sealed proposals will be received by ths
Board of Street and Water Commissioners o.
Monday, April II, 1897, at two o'clock P. M.
for the construction of an 1s-inch vitrifed pipe
sEWER IN BRUNSWICK STREET.
from a point about 20 feet north OF Bright
street TO and connecting with sewer in York
said sewer to be built c~onformabiy
to the provisions Of Chapter 217 of the Laws
of 1895. and in accordance with specifications
on file in the Office of the Clerk Of said
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
Chief Engineer. City Hail. Jersey City, n. j.
EsTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About 25 lineai feet of IS inch vftrihed pipe
About 1000 feet B.. NJ lumber in sheathing.
About 1900 lineal feet of piles.
About 1900 feet B. NJ. flooring.
About 500 pounds of iron bolts.
About 10 pounds of iron spikes.
Time allowed for the completion Of the work.
award Of the contract therefor will be sub
5ect to the remonstrance OF the owners Of the
sessment therefor. en- the basis Of prelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed. Proposals for the construc-
ton Of a sewer in Brunswick street, directed
to the Clerk Of the Board" and handed to that
officer in open meeting when called for ia the
order of business relating to sealed proposals.
No City official viii be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution Of sureties be allowed
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 7, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city. or become effective or
operative until the bondsnen offered by the
cheney by this Board and as to form by the
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
BOARD having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
GEO. T. BoUroN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
Tbe Repubnean Ticket.

The Republican party has not had the
courage or honesty to renominate Peter
f. wanser for Mayor. and make the
campaign on his record. In this they
have shown themselves cowardly, treach-
erous and foolish.
Mayor Wanser would nave been the
strongest candidate the party could have
named. When the people sized up all he
has lone for this city, eliminating in the
passage of Assembly bill No. 1s4. a great
number of them would have voted for
him in spite of the Term Extender, of
which he was only a passive beneficiary
IN refusing to name him, the Republic
cans have deprived themselves of all
benef from the acts Of his administra-
ton. They run IN their merits as a
party, on the General record they have
made in the State since they gained con-
troll of the Legislature in 1884.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
Bon Ton

The famous and original Little Egypt will
be the star feature of this weeks attraction
at the Bon Ton Theatre, when Charles 7. De
Forests Imperial Burlesaues Company will
hold the boards. Their entertainment promises
to be startling. to. say the least, consisting Of
an original first part, entitled Jack and tie
Beefsteak,,' and a closing burletta. ..The
Grand Duchess with an olio between en-
bracing speciaities by the GLOWING clever ar
tists:-The great and only American -Four CHI
Smith, Jack WEIGH, Charles De Forrest and
Dan Sullivan); Sam Ryan, Marie Bartlett.
Byron and Blanche, John hester, baritone vo-
calist. and Leslie and Clair.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

APART from the Republican record,
the ticket is not a bad one. Justice Potts
is among the best of Jersey City Repub-
leans. Mr.. Kinks record is better thar
that Of any other Republican Assembly
a The other gentlemen on the ticket
are eolorless.
h ticket cannot win, we believe; but
It would be foolish not to take all pos
sible precautions against its slipping
through by accident.
democrats must make a lively cam
paign.
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Dated Jersey city, April 2. 1887.
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To the creditors of the savonette Manufacture
ing Company
made on the day of the date hereof. YOU
are hereby notified to present and prove be-
fore me, at the address given below, your
claims and demands against the Savonette
Manufacturing Company, under oath or afTir-
nation, within one month from the date here
of. or you will be excluded from the benefits
of such dividends as may be hereafter made
and declared by this Court upon the proceeds
of the effects of said company.
Dated March %. 1897.
GEORGE c. TENANT.
Receiver of Sayonette Manufacturing Company,
Is Montgomery street. Jersey City. n. ].
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
CLOSING THE BOWLING SEASON.
The Various League struggles Are
About Over.

Two weeks remain in which the tlubs VIII
have an opportunity to settle their positions
n the Jersey City League. The Linaens have
! clnch on the first place, but the holder Of
he second prize is very much in doubt. The
iyeolltties and Van Bergens are still even for
he honor. with the Cilntons only one game
oehind. ready to slip in ahead of their rivals,
VINO nave managed thus far to CROWD them
out. The Iafayettes are fifth, with the Puri-
tans pushing them hard for the place. The
yther teams are we'll strung out. The posi-
tons in the record are
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

assault of Republicanism upon the ballot,
and have turned the criminals over to
the people to be dealt with according to
their will.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

The Elizabeth Y. NJ. C. L. A. has success
fully blocked all efforts to unseat them from
their place at the top Of the column in the
and Institutes third. st. Peters Lyceum Of
this city should finish in fourth place, as they
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

The O~rientals lost their hold on the cham
pionship in the Harlem League last week
TN ough their defeat in the games with Empire,
Who are at the top. The Gables are still even
with the latter. with Oriental one game be-
hind The teams are doing some remarkably
good work in this league. Records are
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

The Colgate Club, having won the champion
ship in the Wholesale Drug Trade League, and
the success Of Dodge & Olcott in the games
Saturday having given them second prize, the
series has come to a close. The record is:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of The Jersey City and Bergen Railroad
Company for the election of eleven di-
rectors will be held at the office of the
Company, No. / Exchange place, Jersey
City, on Monday, April Y, 1897, between
the hours of II o'clock noon and l o'clock
p. NJ.
THOMAS ]. GEORGE,
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This paper is Democratic in principles
ond is Independent sn ats rieWs on all local
ouestioRs.