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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08

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<ever and no worthy or
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q set
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Guiding Arabian Nights, Pilgrims Prog
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A splendid collection
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
ROBBED THG CAPTAIN.
A Cavalier Breaks Into the Cabin and
staaIa Watch and aoneY.

James Reilly, a canal boatman, whose
home is in South Amboy, was aTraigned
before Justice Potts in the First Criminal
Court this morning and was held for the
Grand Jury on the charge Nof robbing
James Duffy, a fellow ~canaller, OF $40 and
a gold watch. Duffy is captain of the
canal boat Michael O'Donnell, Which is
lying in the gap at the foot of Washing
ton street. The cabin of his boat was
broken into last night and all that he had
of value was stolen.
The money was in four SO bills. Duffy
did a little detective work on his own
hook and learned that Reilly, who never
has much money Of his own, had broken
a $40 bill in a saloon near the sugar house
and had flashed several more. He traced
him to another saloon, where he pointed
him out to PatrolTnan Ackerman, who
made the arrest. Reilly had all of the
money, excepting 81, and the watch upon
him when he was arrested.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE.
Nefghbors Rush I'm and Prevent
Johnson From Doing Murder.

Frederick Johnson, no home, was held
for the Grand Jury by Justice Potts in the
First Criminal Court this morning on the
charge of attempting to kill his wife,
Johanna Johnson, who lives with her
mother, Mrs. Whalen, at Henderson and
Fifteenth streets, this city. The couple
separated some time ago because of
Johnson's viciousness and refusal to sup
port his wife.
Last night johnson met his wife on
Henderson street. and drawing a revolver
threatened to shoot her. He had the
weapon leveled at her head and had his
finger on the trigger when Mrs. Johnson's
brought men to her assistance,
who disarmed her Infatuated husband and
suffered her to escape into the house.
Johnson was turned over to Patrolman
Peter Murray. In court this morning
Mrs. johnson testified that he husband
has twice threatened her life within a
week. A few days ago he went to the
apartments where she is living and burst
ing open the door, attempted to cut her
with a pen knife. She declared that she
is afraid to go in the street for fear of
meeting death at his hands. Johnson
was also held on the charge of carrying
concealed weapons.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
EMoRY's CHURCH FAIR TO OPEN

The annual fair of Emory M. e. Church
will be held in the church, Bergen and
Belmont venues this evening, under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society and
the Epworth League. 1t will continue to-
morrow night. Great preparations have
been made to make the affair a complete
success. In addition to the fancy tables
and booths usually seen at church fairs,
there will be a well equipped kitchen,
where a substantial supper will be served
at a reasonable price. A souvenir of the
fair in the form of a year book has been
issued and will be given to each person
holding a ticket of admission.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
A FARMERS MEET.
State Ora nge Ii Session at ths oaPisoi
Reports Road.
rsnecial to ''The Jersey City News."l

rsnecial to "The Jersey City Naws.'l
TRENTON. Dec. 5, 1S97.-The twenty
ff+h annual meeting of the New Jersey
state Grange was opened yesterday IN the
assembly chamber and 90 OF the ~
oranges in the State were represented.
The delegates included many ladies.
Secretary Mahlon Dickinson of woods
town reported three new oranges, an IN
crease of 359 in membership, and a well
filed treasury.
state Master John T. Cox Of Redding-
ton in his annual address, advocated the
Introduction of agricultural studies IN the
n,,blic schools, a fair and equitable tax
for CITY and county instead of equal tax
alton. no reduction in postage until the
free delivery of mail in country districts
is established, and properly conducted
nostal savings banks. He paid a high
tribute to the late Isaac wv. Nicholson OF
ramden who was State Master seven
years. /.
At last nights session Caddle J. CHI u
ewedesboro read a paper showing tnat
women have been of great benefit TO the
srane and Bessie b. Sked of Ringoes
SPOKE on the benefit the grange mas pc
slowed upon women aa1irer ID an address on
nhSSgriculfurai Education" in which he
strongly advocated the addition OF agflcul-
tural studies in the schools. -
]. B. Rogers spoke on Grange Educa-
ion" He treated the unixefsal grange grange
TT% were but two things, he said, which
God created practiced any kind Of agri-
Culture, namely, the agricultu l;3an+ ant ant,
darornrth from a bit of land near its hab-
i ierSon M on such surface plants particular
species which affords nutritious gr a ms
and these it gathers and stores away W. man aul
He who made both the ant ana man
caused the whole methods of agriculture
pursued by them to differ;
trod,1cfion Of a course of agricultural edu-
cation in our common schools.
The grange will hold three sessions To-
day and will adjourn Thursday afternoon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
EVENTS.

The Park Reformed Church opens a fair
tonight.
Bergen Republican Club meets tonight.
The G~reenville Republican League Club
meets tonight.
The Young Mems Republican Associa-
ton will hold their annual ball tonight at
Music HAL on Gregory street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08

wants the Sergeant-at-Arms and some
minor clerkships it is thought that Mr..
Codding's chances are good. because
Union County has not asked for much IN
the way of places in either branch OF the
Legislature. /.
Assemblyman Charles. Hopkins, of
Morris County, who wanted TO be the
engrossing clerk Of the House, has with
drawn as a candidate for that office IN
Of Mount Holly, who has more than
enough pledges to elect him. Mr.. Hop;
kins has become q candidate for assist
ant clerk of the House, for which office
he is the only contestant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
GERMAN AnTI-BuRaLAR DEVICE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 1Ss7.-In a re-
port to the State Department from Leip-
sic, Germany, United States Consul War
ner describes q novel German anti-bur-
glar device. This consists of flexible
safety curtains, made of hardened steel
tubes, properly connected, which are in
vulnerable to the ordinary burglars tools
for the reason that the tubes revolve n
the centrebit or other tool can find no
purchase or hold.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
NOTICE TO GAS AND OIL COMPANIES OR
CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE III LAS AMI JILL SOhlI OAs
CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners a.sio on
p M. in the Assembly Chamber of the City
Hall, Jersey City, N. j.. for the
LIGHTING OF THE STREETS OF JERSEY
CITY
cordance with specifications heretofore adopted
Nv said Board on November 29, 1887, and filed
in the Office of the Clerk thereof
ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer. City Hall, Jersey City, N. ].
For Gas Street Lighting
The minimum number of lights to be fur
nished and bid upon is three hundred SSOQ;
The maximum number will be limited by the
term of a possible contract. with due re-
gard to other contract requirements.
BIDDERS will be required to state the price
per lamp on propositions. as follows:-
First-For each lamp monthly and yearly
the city to pay the cost of regiazing.
Second-For each lamp monthly and yearly,
the contractor to reglaze without cost to the
city.
The minimum number of lamps to be fur
nished and bid upon is three hundred 5000.
The maximum number will be limited by the
appropriation in the tax levies during the term
of a possible contract, with due regard to
other contract requirements.
Ridders will be required to state the price
per lamp on proportion. as follows:-
First-For each lamp monthly and yearly,
the city to pay the cost OF reglazllS.
Second-For each lamp monthly and yearly,
the contractor to reglaze without cost to the
city.
contract on the basis of any one of the fore
ening propositions, or to reject any or all
of the same if. in its Judgment the best in
ferests of the city can be conserved thereby.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
welcomes. endorsed Proposals for Gas Street
Lighting or .'oil Street Lishttss,"r as the
case may be, directed to 'Mr. Jas. S. Nolan,
Chairman of the Committee on Municipal
Lighting and handed to the Clerk in open
meeting when called for in the order of bust
ness relating to sealed proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
n section Il, Chapter 1874. of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
hinding upon the city or become effective or
lucrative until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to sufficieney
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
tion Counsel the President of this Board haf-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
WIN. A. FOLSOM,
Clerk pro TEN.
Dated Jersey City. December 8, 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
FLORIDA SEASON OPENS.
Northern Tourists FIocking TO the
Gay Southern Hotels.

TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 5, 1S97.-The Florida
season of 1897-'9S commenced today, when
the doors of the Tampa Bay Hotel at this
point were thrown open for the reception
Of guests. Sixty days ago it was feared
that the existence of yellow fever in some
the Southern States, but which has
since entirely disappeared, would have a
detrimental effect upon the tourist bust
ness to Florida this winter, but the fact
that there has not been a single case
within the confines of the State having
become so widely known, the hotel man
ayers report the prospects better for a
larger business than for years past.
In addition to a large flow of people ar
irving, they are receiving hundreds OF let
tiers from tourists who will come down af-
ter the holidays. They attribute the
bright aspect of things to Florida's nav
ing been entirely free from the fever
the extremely healthy condition of
the State, as well as to not the less i'm
portant fact, the restoration of the orange
crop and the prosperous condition of aft
fairs prevailing throughout the country
generally.
Large amounts have been spent by man
ayers in additions anu Improvements to
their houses, and the railway and steam
er lines are augmenting the present SER
vice, so as to give faster and more lux
urious transportation facilities for reach
ing the various resorts. Other hotel OPEN
ings will occur almost daily until Janu-
airy Is, by which time the season will be
in full blast.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN SUPPER.

The annual supper of thel First Pres
byterian Church was eaten last night in
the Sessions House of the church, on
Emory street. 1t was under the auspices
of the Church Home Society. About 200
persons partook of the supper.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
SNAKE HILL VISIT.

The Grand Jury made an official visit
of inspection to the county institutions at
Snake Hill yesterday. They found every
thing in first class condition, and the Off
Gals were complimented.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
$50 NEW ARK AXEN UE,
covering $500 So feet of space. and devoted to
TOYS, GAMES, DOLLS AND BOOKS ONLY.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE
IN. THE DEVOTED THE EN-
BASEMENT. TIRE EASEMENT TO
THE SHOWING OF
THE GRANDEsT ASSORTMENT OF
sILvERWARE. BRIC-A-BRAC, LAMPS,
CUT GLASS AND ARTISTIC TABLE
WARE EVER SHOWN IN HUDSON
COUNTY.
A COMPLETE LINE
sILvERWARE. OF ROGERS SILL
VERW E, N
GUIDING CHOICEST NOVELTIES IN
GRAVY LADIES, SUGAR SHELLS,
CAKE BASKETS. ETC. WE MENTION
ONE TABLE SET OF 27 PIECES AT
S10.9S
BOHEMIAN DEC
LEMONADE AND GRATED LEMON
WINE SETS. AIDE AND WINE
SETS, EXCLU-
sIvE DESIGNS, RICH AND TASTE
Full.
DECORATED GLASS LEMONADE
PITCHERS ). .25c.
SOME OF THE
BRIC-A-BRAC. ETTIES
VASES AND Or
NAMENTS THAT COME TO US ARE
OF JAPANESE MAKE, AND THEIR
SATSUMA WARE is JUSTLY CELE-
DRAFTED. WE HAVE AGREAT VARI-
ETY., ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND
ONE PRETTIER THAN THE OTHER,
CSC. to $500.
ARE A BIG FACTOR IN
LAMPS THE PROPER STOCK
ING OF AN ART DE-
PARTMENT, AND WE HAVE PRO-
VIDED AN ASSORTMENT OF LAMPS
AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES,
UNEQUALED IN THIS STATE. WE
QUOTE ONE ARTISTIC LAMP AND
GLOBE, 81 INCHES 1925
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
Thursday, Dec. 20, 1897,

AT O'Clock P. NJ.
.sro take into consideration the question
whether said proposed Branch Road shall be
opened or not" as provided for in the acts
and legal provisions aforesaid, and f9r the
lection in writing to the opening of said road,
or to the course or location thereof. which
may be presented to said Board az such time
and place.
By order Of the Board Of Chosen Freeholders
Of the County of Hudson.
EDWARD w. MOOLIEY,
Clerk.
Jersey Cit. N. j.. November %. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08

TO THE CREDITORS OF THE wEAyE
Cycle Material Company
Take Notice, that in pursuance of an order
of the Court of Chancery of the State of New
Jersey, made on the eighth day of November,
A, d. eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, you
are required to present to the subscriber, Re
ceiver of the Weaver Cycle Material Company,
an insolvent corporation, and prove before him,
your several claims and demands against said
insolvent corporation, within three months
from the date of said order; and in default
thereof you will be excluded from the benefit
Of such dividends as may be hereafter de-
clared upon the proceeds of the effects of
said insolyent corporation.
Your claims must be presented and proved
before the Receiver, at his Office, No. rs Mont
gomery street, Jersey City, N. ].
Dated November s. 1897.
..- RpcaiXer Z
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08

Ever since the
LEATHER GOODS. present style of
Christmas Gifts be-
gan Leather Novelties have always been
largely in evidence because one can
make such good use of them. For in
stance
In Alligator, Seal,
POCKETBOOKS. Morocco, Crushed
Levant, plain or
with gilt or silver corners. /. Ace. to $500
All colors and the
MUSIC ROLLS. newest styles and
shapes, with all the
latest little sec. to $2.OO
For the men and
CARD CASES, which they like so
BILL BOOKS well to carry, and
AND WALLETS. gives them so much
pleasure Csc. to $4.0U
A splendid assort-
STATIONERY IN ment in celluloid,
FANCY BOXES. wood and satin
boxes, with good
paper and stylish tints.-......Sc. to S2.oV
Fancy webs, with
CARRIERS. jeweled buckles, in
all the pretty
shades and patterns, Csc, 49c., 59c., 75c., 81.
This little notice
FANCY includes so much
NOVELTIES. that it's hard to re-
alize that a 1000
different articles come under its head.
We only have space to name a few in
detail:-
Dainty and artistic
WRISTBANDS. in cut glass, porce-
lain, silver and gilt;
always acceptable and always kept,
Csc. to $500
A welcome gift, af-
PHOTO-FRAMES. ter you inclose a
photograph all
sizes and STYLES: gilt and silver, 19c. to 81.
OF Bohemian, Aus
EVE CASES. TRAN, French, Ger
man and American
maka all beautiful in their own way,
and each possessing separate points OF
merit Soc. to $500
Consisting of Comb,
TOILET SETS. Brush and Mirror,
in Sterling Silver,
Triple-rlate. Porcelain, Celluloid, a wide
range .9Sc. to $1,000
OF White Metal,
SMOKING SETS Neat,
ON TRAYS. Dainty,
Comfortable,
CSC.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
Proposed Branch Road
Connecting the
Hudson Boulevard
With the
townships Of Harrison and kearny

Is hereby given that the survey and map of
fine proposed Branch Road connecting the Hud-
son boulevard with the Townships of Harri-
SON and Kearny and the Borough of East
Newark have been made and filed in the Office
of the Board Of Chosen Freeholders of the
CIV New Jersey, as authorized and provided
for in the Act entitled A Act to authorize
the Board of Chosen Freenolders Of any of
ont omen. construct. improve and maintain a
nIblic road therein approved April 7th, 1883,
and the supplements and amendments thereto
1see Section 81, and the said survey and map
are open in said office for public inspection.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders Of the
County of Hudson will meet at the Court
House in said County. in Jersey City. on
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
SOUTHERN DIVISION
OF THE HUDSON BOULEVARD FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER /. 1898.

certihed check for $500 or the receipt of County
Collector showing deposit of money.
Printed conditions, under which proposals
form of contract. any other necessary infor-
nation, and blanks for proposals can be OBJ
tanned at the office of the Board, Court House,
Jersey City N. ].
Bonds for faithful performance of the work.
to indemnify the County, will be required Of
the successful bidder.
All to be done in compliance with an Act
entitled IAN Act to authorize the Board Of
Chosen Freeholders of any of the several Coun-
ties of this State to lay out. open, construct,
improve and maintain a Public Road there
in" approved April T.. 1855. and the Acts sup
Elementary thereto.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids, if deemed for the best interest of the
County so to do.
By order of the Board.
EDWARD w. WOOLLEY,
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08

After months of careful planning and preparation avery part and corner of the store seems to
separate song of Christmas ra and welcome Never before have we gathered unhr our roof
mmgnfcnt collection of Holiday Wares suitable for Christmas Gifts Every country on the
globe has been placed under tributes and every department has its own suggestion MAKE, from
A B CBbkst to Fur Garments Nothing has been forgotten o the children we have akens special
PAINS properly care for rw wants and pleasures by engaging the Store
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
An old and well Tried Remedy.

children teething should Always be used
for children while teething. 1t softens
the gums, allays the pain. cures win
collie and Is the best remedy for d.
arrhoea. Twenty-Five cents per bottle.
The herald., 1897-04-20
WAR

England's grand old man, In one OF his
latest utterances, arraigning the policy
of Great Britain upon the eastern ques-
tion complains that his country Is en-
gagged in doing police duty for the two
young despots" of Russia and Germany.
Gladstone might have been more severe
without straining the whole truth. Had
he wished to be justly severe he might
have selected a term that would convey
the whole truth that neither of his 'des-
pots" Is mentally balanced. Alexander
III, the father Of Car Nicholas IL,
about two years before his death, or
dered his court physician out of his pres
ence and, it was reported, struck the doc
tor besides, under peculiar circum-
stances He had commanded the ply
sician to give him a truthful opinion as
to the mental competency of the czare-
witch, Nicholas. whereupon the obedient
latter was an idiot" The following
day found the physician restored to the
imperial favor after being admonished
that even the very truth must be tenn
pered when it tends to reflect upon
royalty.
The eccentricitiee of William of Ger
many, the other one of Gladstone's two
despots. are notorious. His removal
from the imperial state and the Great ton
of regency in the hands of his brother,
Prince Henry, has already been dis
cussed, and the event has been consid-
cred in Europe as one of the possibilities
Of the near future. Williams aff1iction
is an incurable organic trouble which
reacts upon his brain. rendering him at
times irresponsible, as it is reported
1t is by these two conspicuous madmen
that the present movement of the Mo-
| hammedan armies against Greece is
said to have been instigated The
achievement is, therefore, in fair accord
with it's inspirati ton. The most far-seeing
statesmen of Europe have sought to pre-
!vent the actual precipitation of war for
The herald., 1897-04-20
THE ORIGINAL NAVEL ORANGE
TREES

A little ranch in Riverside contains
the two original trees from the buds Of
which has descended the great forest
of navel orange trees which today pro-
duce two-thirds of the orange crop Of
Southern California, and in the near
future will produce nine-tenths of such
crop.
The patriarchal trees were imported
from Brazil about thirty years ago by
the government agricultural department
at Washington, and hence they have
been named Washington Navels. With
them were several other navel orange
trees, which were sent to Florida. The
two trees sent to Riverside both pro-
duced the superior navel orange which
has made for itself such a record and
made for Southern California such a
reputation as an orange producing coun-
try. The other trees sent to Florida have
never been heard from-at least they
have never made a record. In fact, the
navel oranges produced by them were
not superior to the seedlings grown in
that state. Again. the Washington Ma
vel orange sent to Florida from Califor-
mia did not keep up the reputation of the
fruit here. Hence it has been concluded
that the climate of Southern California
has been the cause Of developing this
superior fruit.
The Herald suggests that these two
Riverside trees should be secured and
should be made public property in some
way, so that they can be taken care of
at public expense. and be SO placed that
they may be visited by the public.
AS the soil and climate of Riverside
was instrumental in developing this su-
perior orange, it is but right that River
side should retain these trees If her peo-
ple so desire, but they should be pur-
chased by that city and placed in the
public park and carefully cared for. In
this manner they can be kept to ripe
old age, to be admired by the people who
fully appreciate the good they have done