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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

REPORS OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
The Chief Engineer reported certificates
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

The foregoing We're each separately
ADOPTED by the following vote on the call
for the ayes and Nays
Ayes-Commissioners Boltwood, Heintze,
Harding and President Brown.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

The Committee ON Assessments and Ex-
tensions presented the following:-
Resolved, That $201. Sc be paid to J. B.
Allen on account of contract No. $50 for
furnishing and delivering special castings.
Charge water account A. & E.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

Resolved, That said final assessment
map and report as filed by the Commits
ssfoners OF Assessment ON the fifteenth day
Of February, 1897, and the said assess
nent therein shown be and the same are
hereby confirmed, and thai the Clerk be
directed TO file the same with the City
Collector for collection.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

Striking results are aimed at in some
bridal corteges. A January bride will
have six maids and their rocks are
revelations. Palest corn-colored MORE
is the chief fabric used, the lower half
Of the skirt slit in six tails, and every
tab embroidered over in gold seuuins.
Between them fail out portions of an ac-
co~rdion-pleated underskirt of yellow ch.f-
fon and the back width Of the skirt is
edged with a band CT mink. Straps of
seqiIin-powdered MORE, over a chiffon I'M
derwaist, form the bodice, while the
shoulder straps are the slim bodies Of two
little minks. a yellow velvet hat, decked
with fur and piulmes. tops eff everything
effectively and pearl gray owe stitched
in yellow silk are the last touch such &
toilet needs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

For l5-inch vitrifed pipe on piles
per lineal foot...... =. .. .........
For Gaping, per thousand feet B. M.)...l
Fol ~sheathing and lumber in bottoml
(cradle), per thousand feet (B. M.)......l
For receiving basins and connections,
For pounds of iron
For pounds of iron spikes.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

They have been married for some years
now, during which time he has always
worn a moustache. The other day, how
ever. he succumbed to the latest thing
in masculine face-wear, and came home
sbaven and shorn. At dinner that night
she idn't say much. but she watched
him very closely indeed. So closely that
after awhile he asked her what she was
thinking about. "Oh. nothing much,',
was the answer: only / never would have
married You had / known you a an
upper lip like that
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AN
COMMUNICATIONS

The regular order of business was then
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

lowest BIDDER for the Who'll work and ma
Serials, and that the Corporation Attorney
pc and Is hereby directed to prepare and
the same.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

Whereas, This Board met on the 9Th day
of March, 1897, to hear, consider and adj
Indicate upon objections which should be
presented against the final assessment
map and repont for the construction of a
sewer ii Irving street, from a point 80
feet east of Summit avenue to Central
avenue, conformably to the provisions of
Chapter PIT of THE Laws of 1895; and
Whereas, No objections were presented,
alleged or known against the same; there
fore
Resolved, That said final assessment
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

The Castle Point Cyclers will open their
season for club runs April Is with a run
to West Orange. The road officers are
at work on a schedule for the season.
A meeting of the Good Roads Associa-
ton of Hudson county for the purpose Of
organizing Division No. 1 and election of
officers, will be held tomorrow evening AT
the Jersey City Club house, Clinton and
Crescent avenues. According to the new
constitution adopted by the Executive
Committee at ts last meeting, this or
ganization has peen divided.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18

6l6SO1NoQ, IISAI the report OF une COM
mbttee on Streets and Sewers, Upon the
application m writing of Simon James
and others, presented to this Board on
construction of an 1S-ineh vsfriied pipe
about 20 feet north of Bright street. to
and connecting with the sewer in York
street. in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895. be
and the same is hereby accepted by this
Board, which hereby declares its deter
less at or before the time for hearing in
relation thereto hereafter to be accorded
s sba nar e p = 1ntsTes g this B 5emSns sTenes
by the wner of property liable to more
than one-half the assessment therefor;
and that the Chief Engineer, with the aid
and assistance of the Bureau of Survey,
be and is hereby directed to rake and
report to this Board Specifications de-
such improvement. together with am esti-
mate of the quantity and kind of excava-
tion and filling and amount of work 70
be done, and of the, materials to be fur
niShed for the making and completion
Of the. said Improvement. and that upon
the fling and adoption thereof the Clerk
of this. Board shall advertise for pro-
ing such material In manner and for the
length Of inns required by law.
Resolved, Tina the report of the Com
mittee on Streets and Sewers. upon the
application IN writing of 0 h H, Mahlen-
brock and Others. presented TO this Board
30 feet west OF Bergen avenue to and
connecting with sewer in Hudson Boule-
ward, in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 2l7 of the Laws of 1895; and
Whereas. on the 18th dav of February.
1897. the Commissioners of Assessment
filed with the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners their preliminary sketch
for said Improvement: and
Whereas. On the eighth dav of March.
1897. this Board met to hear all parties in
terestsd in aaid application who ap-
said Improvement that We're presented in
writing, and
Whereas. No objections were presented.
fore
Resolved. That BY and with the concur
renee Of the Board of Finance. the said
tract for said work and materials be
awarded to EdW O'Nenl, he being the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12
One Mans View Of II.
of the Kennebec journal:

Editors of the Kennebec Journal:
our readers will remember Il lively
nearing before one of the Legislative COM
Hittees last winter. concerning what Is
now known as Bakers chair" not only
mere IN Oakland and adjacent territory,
put through the patent Office at W. sh-
ington, also in many of the great centers
IN this country and in Canada and Eu-
rope. This chair attracted wide noto-
rlety last winter largely through ridicule,
some Of the most prominent newspapers
IN the State setting forth in not over
cholce language the peculiar virtues of
une invention. but no one can see the
chair today in its improved form without
sshlnking of the old adage, "He laughs
oest who laughs last"
.,Will you allow me in the interest of the
tramp question:" a little space in which
30 say that time has wrought wonders in
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12
MESSENGERS NOTICE.
Office of the Sheriff of Kennebec County
STATE OF MAINE,

kENNEBEC, IS. July 1st, A. D. 1897.
This is to give notice, that on the thir-
tieth day of June, A. d. 1897, warrant in
insolvency was issued out of the court of
insolvency for said county of Kennebec,
against the estate of ISAIAH w. SMITH,
adjudged to be an insolvent debtor. on
petition of said debtor, which petition
was filed on the thirtieth day of June,
A. d. 1897, to which last named date in
terest on claims is to be computed; that
the payment Of any debts and the deliv-
cry and transfer of any property belong
ing to said debtor, to him or for his use.
and the delivery and transfer of any
property by him are forbidden by law;
that a meeting of the creditors of said
debtor, to prove their debts. and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will
be held at a court Of insolvency to be
held at the probate court room, in said
county. on the twenty-sixth day of July,
A.. d. 1897, at two o'clock in the after
noon.
Given under my hand the date first
above written. JOSHUA F. BEAN,
Deputy Sheriff. as Messenger Of said
Court. july5&l2
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

-
this locality in,-regard to the invention
81 Mr. Baker We begin to see that the
tning Is not only simple and economical
uut practical and efflcacious, and every
ynWn a IN Maine can rid itself Of the ter
rtoie tramp nuisance just as well as has
Oakland. We admit that 1t was long
time before it was brought home to us
Inat Tor some reason our tramps were
not only lessening in number, but were
actually mt" The writer has not heard
of tramp being seen in town for
months,
During the time the chair was on ex-
hibttion at Augusta last winter Mr.. pa
ker held long consultation with one Of
tne Justices of the supreme court in
Maine. who gave much attention and
thought to this chair, and he suggested
new ideas not only as to mechanical mat
tiers but as well to the moral and prac-
t1cai. Mr.. Baker WAS not slow to accent
the amendment" and today has chair
that is certainly destined to work a great
public benefit.
As evidence that Mr. Baker has the
town behind him in this business. I will
say that the selectmen have lust acted
on the petition of more than 300 voters of
Oakland in placing two of these chairs
in the village lookup.
Inc very talk through the press served
notice on the whole tramp fraternity and
thus was largely instrumental in the
sooo work. Il want to say here that the
kennebec Journal treated Mr. Baker and
ms cnair with eminent fairness.) The
chair Is not now recommended as a mode
or punishment, but as protection to life
and public and private property
10 summarize tramps, and other per-
sons sometimes, are a public nuisance.
and all law abiding citizens wish. to see
such nuisances abated We in Oakland
Know that this chair has accomplished a
great work for us. and We unhesitatingly
recommend all towns and cities to secure
one or more of these chairs The ex-
a n nt1tlfp ctx ytVy-f 9N11
not deter the smallest village, thus put
ting many little inland villages in a d.
rect way to do away at once and forever
the tramp nuisance. CITIZEN.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

From letter written by Rev. J. Gun
derman Of DimOnda!e, Mich, we are per-
mitted to make this extract: II have no
hesitation in recommending DIR. Kings
New Discovery, as the results were all
most marvellous in the case of my wife.
While 1 was pastor of the Baptist church
with pneumonia succeeding la grippe.
Terrible paroxysms Of coughing would last
hours with little interruption and It
seemed as If she could not survive them.
A friend recommended DIR. Kings New
Discovery; 1t was quick in its work and
highly satisfactory in results" Trial bot
ties free at Chas. X. Partridge's Drug
aug12, m, wei. .&wtf.fol ~
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12
A Ranqeley Guide.

Ed Grant is one Of the most famous
hunters, trappers and guides in the
Rangeley region. He is the proprietor
of Seven Pond camps, situated 40 miles
north of Rangeley and just this side of
her majesty's dominion. The camps
are so near the line, in fact, that on
jubilee day the guests crossed over and
attended the exercises in Canada.
Mr.. Grant has travelled from Maine
to California and has hundreds of
friends among the sporting public who
visit the Rangeleys.
He is at once the most Jolly racon-
teur and the strongest exponent of the
unabridged gospel of truth in all Maine.
In the bright lexicon of his fame as
story-teller there is no such word as
lie. In his camp hangs liars license.
duly signed and sealed by his satanic
highness, the archliar of the under
world, but Ed would scorn to exercise
the powers it grants him.
Truth is stranger than felton, he
says to q newcomer at Seven Ponds
"And, by the way" he will continue,
''have you heard of my tame trout?"
The newcomer usually hasn't and
Ed proceeds.
He was a little beauty, weighed
about half a pound when first caught
him, but when he died he tipped the
beam at two pounds. 1 was fishing
one day in the meadow grounds, and
the little fellow stuck his head out of
water.
Hello, Ed said he.
Hello said 1, How'd you know
me?
..'Oh!' said the trout, I've known
you for some time, and if you're really
after me, I'll come out, for it's no use
trying to get away
Course, after that 1 didn't feel like
hooking the little sucker, so I asked
him up to the pond, and all that sum-
mer he used to stay near the camp.
When 1 wanted him I'd go out and
whistle, and he'd come flirting up to
the float.
Mighty handy, he was, too, for when
1 had a slew of company and wanted
mess of fish, that little trout used to
scout round and come back and tell
me where the trout were the thickest.
He would eat out of my hand like
dog, and used good language for fish,
and / never heard him swear in the
| world.
But he died last year and 1 cried
like a baby. He had a way of coming
out of the water and following me
around the camps when I was at work.
One day,I struck off down the trail
and had gone five miles before I saw
the trout following me. 1t was a rough
path, and the trip was too much for
him. I carried him back, but he'd been
out of water so long that he'd forgot
ten how to swim. I put him into the
pond, but he drowned before could go
to his assistance"
This is only one of Mr.. Grants stor-
ies He has bushel of them, and
though some visitors have staid at
Seven ponds all summer they never
heard him tell the same yarn twice.
Some of his sporting friends pre-
scnted him with little gold pin in the
! shape of a hatchet, and he keenly en-
Joys his position as the lineal de-
scendant of the immortal and truthful
George.-Lewiston Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

The northern part of oxford county is
exercised over the peculiar phases OF the
Swain Notch highway. This road II built
would make a shorter carriage way be-
tween Andover and Rumford Falls. An
dover is eager for the road, while Rox-
bury and Rumford oppose it. The petit
ton was originally denied by the county
commissioners. Those who wanted the
road appealed to the supreme court ana
a committee of reference was appointed:
This committee reversed the decision or
the county commissioners and located
the road. The opposing party carried the
matter to the law court. which also de-
cided for the location of the road. The
next move was a petition to the county
commissioners to discontinue the ioca-
ton. The county commissioners held a
hearing upon the petition. last week, but
the question was raised as to whether
they had legal right to discontinue un-
der the peculiar circumstances, and they
adjourned to consult counsel ana get
more clear information relative to this
unique tangle. Andover has raised 500
besides what has been subscribed by citi-
zens, and has already expended consider
able in the preliminary work of con-
structing the road. such as clearing the
land from trees, etc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12
WHAT DO the CHILDREN DRINK?

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you
tried the new food drink called Grain-O?
1t is delicious and nourishing and takes
the place OF coffee. The more Grain-O
you give the children the more health you
distribute through their systems. Grain
erly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about u as
much. All grocers sell 1t. 15c and Csc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12
Cereal Coffee Drinkers BEWARE!

II you have been deceived and tried
one OF the cheap bran substitutes now on
and to have great food value, and you
got a pound of poorly roasted bran for
your 25c and poor. weak. sickish drink
lwhat can you expect from bran), don't
be discouraged but try GRAIN-O. 1t is
made from solid grain. nicely Drowned
and two pounds for 25c. Grain-O takes
the place of coffee at u the price. Get a
package Of your grocer today
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12
MESSENGERS NOTICE.
Office of the Sheriff of Kennebec County
q. STATE OE MAINE .


.ses STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC, ss. July 1st A. d. 1897
This is to give notice. that on the thir-
tieth day of June, A. D. 1897. a warrant in
insolvency was issued out of the court of
Insolvency for said county of Kennebec.
against the estate of said FRANK B.
FISHER, adjudged to be an insolvent
debtor, on petition of said debtor which
petition was filed on the thirtieth day of
June, "A. d. 1897, to which date interest on
claims is to be computed that the pay
ment of any debts to or by said debtor,
and the transfer and delivery of any
property by him are forbidden by law:
that a meeting OF the creditors of said
debtor, to prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees of his estate. will
be held at Il court of insolvency to be
holden at the probate court room in said
Augusta on the twenty-sixth day of July
A, d. 1897, at two o'clock in the after
noon.
Given under my hand the date first
above written. JOSHUA f. BEAN,
Deputy Sheriff, as Messenger of the Court
of Insolvency for said County of Ken
nebec july5&12
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

The farmers of Hancock town are
greatly exercised over the discovery of
the weed which kills all grass roots.
The fields of Joseph Crabtree are yield
ing an abundance Of the plant. in con-
sequence of which his hay crop will be
very slight. Others have found it in
small patches, and have moved it, hop
ing thereby to prevent an increase.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

For the cue Of Alcoholic, Morphine
and other drug addictions attend the
Maine Kelley Institute at Isl Congress
St.. Portland. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

An article Of merit is sure to win. So
with the Hop Plasters which are used
in thousands of homes with confldence
and success. Active the moment ap-
piled. All medicine dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

II have taken six bottles Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla and found it to be just
what needed. 1 had no appetite and
suffered with terrible pains in my side.
Since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla can
eat heartily and can do good days
work. I cannot speak too highly of
Hoods Sarsaparilla." EDMOND
ROBERT, East Gambia, N. H.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

HOODS PILLS are purely vege-
table and do not purge. pain or grippe.
All druggists.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

Hancock county has had four drowning
accidents within five years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-07-12

iry S. Warren of Bangor. who Is a
her of the Harvard Medical school
accepted an appointment to the chill
S hospital, Huntington avenue, Bos-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-04
THE NEXT. REFORM.

Gov. Tanner is being pressed to call
the legislature of Illinois in special ses-
sion, and the press of that state is
quite unanimously urging that the
enactment of a primary election law
be one of the objects named in the
call. In Wisconsin, eX-Congressman
Toilette has been touring the state dis
cussing the relations of the primaries
to government their present capacity
for mischief, and outlining a plan that
makes them portion of the elective
system, controlled and regulated by
law, conducted with all the formally
Of general elections, with the same
persons acting as judges and clerks,
who make return under oath of the
votes cast and for whom. We advert
ed recently to the South Carolina plan
senators are chosen. A peculiar fea-
ture there is the. provision that the
successful candidate must have a ma
jority of all votes cast; and, if no one
mas IndI, lneTe InuSl De another con-
test between the. two having. the high
est number of ballots. This is an adap-
tation of the rule in Germany and
France in their ~ general elections,
where second elections are frequent,
and is one whose adoption in in all cleo
tons in this country might profitably
be followed. The president and vice
president of the United States~must be
so chosen, and, if the rule Is a wise
one there, it is equally wise anywhere.
Kentucky has been operating under
a primary election law for five years
that has produced excellent results. 1t
was the result of the conference of the
representatives of both political par
ties. The law provides that all pri-
maries of any, political party shall be
held according to it's provisions, and
the conduct and penalties for violation
are identical with those for general
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-04

elections. Officers are sworn and pun
ishment provided for their acts of
fraud Any party desiring to hold
primary election must give forty days
notice, conspicuously posted, of the
time and place, the hours during which
the polls will be open, and the officers
to be nominated. It provides for COM
plete registration of the voters of each
party, kept in books in which the party
affiliation Of the voter is recorded, if he
wish to declare it; If not, he may re-
main neutral. This is done for each
election, and thus each party has a
complete roll of it's members, the reg
istry lists being cleared annually of
names of all persons who have died or
moved away. This puts an end to vot-
ing dead men and to the familiar prac-
tice under our own system Of borrow
ing men from other parties to carry
primary. A penalty is provided for the
man who registers or attempts to reg
lister in more than one party.
Having registered, the law guar
antees him the same secrecy in voting
given voters at the general election.
The ballots are provided by the public,
as are our general election ballots, and
the voter gets them from the officers
only The use of counterfeit or imita-
ton ballots is prohibited, and 1T Is made
a. felony to have outside the polling
placa either q genuine or counterfeit
ballot No electioneering is permitted
inside of or, within fifty feet from any
booth. A voter or officer is punished
if he so mark his ballot as to lead to
it's Identification, and bribery is punish
ed with the same penalty provided for
the same crime at general elections.
The same punishment is melted out to
the election officers who doctor" the
returns, and the same safeguards are
made for the honesty of the count that
secure the purity of the returns for gem.
eral elections. The effect has been sat
isfactory 1t provides each voter an
opportunity for a free expression of
his choice, and it eliminates all those
features of our caucuses, the packing,
away from the primaries men unwilling
to engage in or submit to them. This
is the next needed reform. We have
begun at the top and are now at the
bottom. To it attention must next be
given.