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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30

HUSTON Il DENiAIN.

Inmates N ali Kinds Of Buildings furnished TO
responsible applicants free Of charge.
'"fraets .ohcted Tor all classes Of buildings Moth
ing but first class work.
HUSTON & DEMAIN,
Morgantown, w Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30

Is a receipt
of one of the
m os t noted
ply lei ans
of the South,
where trout
b1es of this
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30

and irritable, the bloom leaves her
cheek and very grave complica-
lions arise unless Regularity and
Vigor are restored to these organs.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-01-30

The bookmakers and illustra-
tors, too, have recognized '.the
children's age" and their ingenui-
|ty and artistic skill have been
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
Living Up a Tree.

Years ago a Louisiana planter aptly
named Wilderson, went to establish him
self on the Rama River in Nicaragua,
where he raises bananas and rubber-trees
with profit. A Mr.. Drew, who visited him
on business, describes his three-story
house as literally built in a tree-a sturdy
eboe tree-sixty-three feet from the
ground. To get up and down an elevator
is used, so constructed with block and
tackle that the person Using it, raises
himself or controls his descent by means
of a rope. There is also a chicken house
suspended from a limb into which the
poultry is collected at night. After a day
of free picking and strolling the feathered
bipeds come of themselves to be raised to
their roost. "A good snake story goes with
the rest. MIR. Drew says.-ssA thing that
struck me curiously was the sight of a
on the ground at the foot of the tree,
climbing over the roofs of the laborers'
cabins. even entering them. and in gener-
al making himself perfectly. at home on
the plantation. Nobody'd think of harm
ing him. said the old man to me when I
spoke to him about the big snake. He's.
perfectly harmless to any one. and he
keeps the place clear of mice and moles
that eat the roots of my young banana
and chocolate trees. Eat chickens, Never
knew him TO dc such a thing. Still, while
they're little I don't put Temptation in
his way. but keen them in a snake-tight
coop of wire netting
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
Az to John p. Fseney.

It appears that a number of ambitious
gentlemen are hustling to become the
successor of John P. Feeney next April
when his term as Police COMMISSIONS
expires. 1t is all wrong. They had better
climb back into their shells as promptly
as possible. Mr.. Feeney has been a most
able and useful official. He is an expert
In police matters. He possesses hlgh
executive ability. He is a good Democrat.
He has claims both upon the city and
upon his party for good service rendered
So far as we can see, none of the gentle
men seeking the place is conspicuously
fitted for it. They are all very nice fell
lows and good citizens, but they have
no claims to recognition in this matter
which can be put in the balance against
Nj. Feeney's.
Mayor Hoos will undoubtedly reappoint
Mr.. Feeney. He would incur much CEN
sure if he should fail to do so.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER $. 1897.
This paper as Democratic al principles
and is Independent IN its vieaus on all local
questions,
Ths water Conferences Today.

There is to be a conference this after-
noon between the members of the Street
and Water Board and the experts who are
engaged in preparing water specifications.
One of the questions to come up is as TO
whether filtration bids shall be invited as
well as bids for a gravity supply.
There should be no hesitation on the
part of the Commissioners in deciding TINS
point. The specifications should be as
broad as it is possible to make them.
They should provide for gravity and
pumped supply and for filtration as well.
If any other sort of supply could be
imagined, it should be included.
The reasons are obvious for opening the
door. as wide as possible, to bidders 1t is
the only way to shut the mouths OF Inc
cranks and kickers. This is not all. There
is a real practical advantage in inviting
bids of all sorts. 1t furnishes an lneen-
tive to all bidders to put their prices as
low as possible. The filtration people will
bid low because they must in order to
have any chance. The people with water
to sell will bid low for fear of the Ultra
L. .F-T5H
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
matrtmonial mfx.

zone winter there was a eontagion of
matrimony in our chool district" recalls
a citizen who persists that he IS still
Young at seventy. wv were a merry
party of young people, had a social circle
of our own and paired off as was natural
under the circumstances. | was the first
one to give out that I was engaged. Soon
the returns began to come in from the
other boys, and within a month there
were seven of us committed to marry.
Some one in a spirit of fun suggested that
we make one grand roundup of the affair
and nave a septenary wedding. The idea
took and was adopted, because it did away
with the rivalry incident to such events,
and was alike satisfactory to all parties
concerned. At the appointed hour we all
appeared at the office of an eccentric old
Justice of the Peace, who was a jolly soul
and a great friend of the young folks.
We had given him no warning, but he
accepted the situation as calmly as
though he made a speciality of uniting
people in blocks of fourteen.
+" Stan up there he said promptly,
am jine hands. No titterin' or jostlin'
now
Then he ratified off a ceremony as or
iginal as himself and wound up with:
That settles it. You're man an wife,
every one of YOU
But it appeared in the rapid 'jinin'
of hands two couples had become trans
posed, and they at once explained their
dilemma.
/" Don't make a particle of difference in
the eyes of the law. chuckled the Justice.
4 married you all good an right. If you
got mixed up. that's no foult of mine or
the law. Each fellow must sort out his
own girl and that closed the wedding
Detroit Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
GUAYAQUIL AND QUITO R. B. 90.
New York MiIIionaires Combine TO
BniId South American RaiIwaYs.

Especial to The Jersey City News."1
TRENTON, Sept. s, 1S97.-The Quayaquil
and Quito Railroad Company. capitalized
at $12, 2S2, 900, filed a certificate of in
corporation in the Office of the Secretary
of State yesterday. The object of the
company is the construction and opera
ton of railroads in the Republic of
Ecuador, South America. The franchises
for this have already bsen granted and
a contract entered into between Archer
Hermon, of Louisville, Kentucky, in his
own name and IN behalf of Peter Cooper
Hewitt, of Ne, York, and T.. H. Powers
Farr, of Oran D, with the Assembly of
the Republic o.. Ecuador.
The incorporators of the company.
most of whom are OF New York are:-
Peter Cooper Hewitt, George Hoadley,
Nelson Z. Burr. Charles II. Lee, E.
Hope Norton and John G. Hilbreth, of
New York; Archer Hermon, of Louis
vile. KY; Robert M. Thompson n T..
H. Powers FAIR, of Orange, and Peter
D. Dumont, of Paris, France.
The State fee for filing the certificate
was 50, 45G.
Another company incorporated yes
terday was the Righter-Kolb Company,
of New York and Brooklyn. The object
of the company is to engage in the bust
ness of fne.art decorating. The capital
are J. Walter RICHTER, of New York;
August r. Kolb, OF Lake Hopatcong;
Sydney c.. Schramnae, of Spuyten Duy-
vii, New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
BATTLE WITH A RATTLESNAKE
Nearly Killed u Miner Before Being
Killed by Him.

-4i
Bernard Sharkey, owner Of the Clipner
Queen Mine, near Salmon, Ida, has had
an encounter with a r~attlesnake, which,
for sensational features, has seldom been
equaIed in a contest with a reptile. Mr..
snarkey was passing along a mountain
trail. The footing was uncertain and he
was holding to bushes, grass, etc., on the
upper side of the trail with one hand. In
tent upon where he was. stepping, he did
not notice he had aroused a snake, and
had no warning of impending danger UNI
til the RATHER darted it's fangs into his
hand. The shock caused Mr.. Sharkey to
lose his footing and slip the trail, and
he rolled down the side of the mountain
for a considerable distance.
The snake did not release his hold, but
attempted to coil itself around Mr.. Shar-
keys arm during the descent. Gaining
his feet Mr.. Sharkey attempted to shake
the reptile off, but found it impossible.
He then drew his revolver and shot it,.
snake loosened it's clutch on his hand,
but darted at him again and sunk its
teeth in his leather coat. Holding to the
coat it twined itself about his body, but
with both hands free, Mr.. Sharkey con.
tinued to battle with better advantage.
He loosened the coils of the snake, got
his foot on it's body and literally tore it
loose from his coat. a piece of the leather
being carried away in its mouth. He sue
ceeded in killing the snake, which, proved
to be six feet in length and had sixteen
rattles.
BY this time Mr.. Sharkey was suffering
intense pain, but he hurried to a nearby
cabin, where. by great good fortune, he
found a bountiful supply of whiskey. He
drank this in large quantities, while an
other man went for a doctor a distance
forty miles. He was almost dead when
the physician arrived. but the latter sue
ceeded in saving his life.-Denver Repub-
lican.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08

NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 22d day
of March, 1897, application was made to the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
D. Langerwisch and others for the construc-
ton of a
SEWER IN MANHATTAN AVENUE,
from a point 100 feet west of Summit avenue:
to and connecting with sewer in Sanford
said sewer to be built conformably to
the provisions of Chapter 2I7 of the Laws OF
1895, and in accordance with the established
plan of sewerage, together with all the neces-
Notice is also given that on the oath day
of August. 1897, the commissioners of Assess
rleut filed in the Office of the Clerk of the
their preliminary map for said Improvement.
showing the probable total cost of the COM
templated Improvement and the probable
amount to be assessed on property specially
to public inspection in the ofhce of the Clerk
Ana potice is also given that the follow
ing street or Avenue or particular section
thereof is included in sald assessment, name
MANHATTAN AVENUE,
from a point about 100 feet west of Summit
avenue to Sanford place.
of the Act above cited, the 18th day of Sep
TENDER. 1897, at two o'clock p. M, and the
Assembly Chamber of the City Hall are
hereby fixed as the time and place when and
missioners will meet to hear parties interest
ed in said application and ali renonstrances
against the said proposed improvement that
may be presented in writing.
GEO. T. BouToN,
Dated Jersey City. september ;, 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
OSTRICH FARM In JERSEY.
Anthony Kuser Will Try Raising
she Birds at Trenton.

Especial to The Jersey City News."i
TRENTON, Sept. s, 1s9L-Colonel An
thony r. Kuser, of Trenton, has an idea
that ostriehes can be successfully and
profitably raised in New Jersey, and he
is going to make the experiment.
Five acres of the Kuser farm on the
outskirts of Trenton ave been set apart
as an ostrich reserve. 1t is in a sheltered
spot, we'll watered and surrounded by a
high wire fence that the birds can
neither kick nor fly over. Steam heated
buildings at a cost of several thousands
of collars are to be erected for the hous-
ing of the ostriches during the winter.
The first invoice of ostriehes arrived at
the Kuser farm last Saturday night. They
came from southern California, and are
of a hardy breed. Fou birds had been
forwarded from the Pacific coast, but the
long journey was too much Tor one OF
miles west of Bittsburg.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
CONSUL LEE RETURNS
Says the Cisneros Case Is Elk
aggerated-No Business In
proyement in Cuba
While the War
Continues.

NEW YORK, Sept. s, 1S97.-Consul Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee. accompanied by his
son, Fitzhugh, Jr., arrived here from
Havana or board the Seguranca, this
morning. The General said that he had
been suffering from biliousness for some
time past, but he felt very much better
after the sea trip. He looked to be in
perfect health and the only change in
his appearance was that he had shaved
off his goatee.
When asked as to whether he would
return to uba or not, the General shook
his head and said:-'I cannot answer
that and I would rathe not talk on
Cuban affairs until I make my report
in Washington"
In speaking of the case of .Evangelina
Cossio Cisneros. the General said:-"The
young woman is now confined in Casa
R~ecogidas. She has never been tried and
| do not think that it s,as csc. attended
that she should be banished. The stories
of her ill-treatment are very much ex-
aggregated, and were it not for8the hubbub
whhh has been raised about her the
girl would probably have been released
long ago. In fact, 1 was given to un-
derstand that her name was ON the par
don list. She has comfortable quarters
and is treated as we'll as possible under
the conditions. There is a good deal of
suffering in Cuba, but the Americans,
numbering about 1,400, are being cared
for from the fund of $50, 600 which was
appropriated for that purpose. They re-
ceive relief daily and up to the present
time about s15, 900 has been expended"
is there any sign of business i'm
proving or a change for the better in
Cuba?' asked the reporter.
mo, I am sorry to say there is not
replied the General. "And there will not
be any Improvement until the war is
ended
when will that be, General?"
To this last question General Lee re-
piled in Spanish, a free translation of
which is, THAT is too much for me; I
cannot say
General Lee and young Fitzhugh Lee
win go to West Point today to see his
other son, George M, who is at the
Military Academy there, and tomorrow
they will leave for Washington. Among
the other passengers on board were Rob-
ert L. Oliver, United States Consul at
Merida Mexico, and George w. Fishback
of this city, who was said to have been
sent to Havana on business for the Am
erican Government. Mr.. Fishback said
that this was not so and that his trip
to Havana was purely on private bust
ness. Mr.. Fishback said that there was
a great deal of suffering all over Cuba,
and that the condition of the people
was ever worse than when he was there
last as Secretary to Commissioners Cal
houn, when the latter was investigating
the Ruiz case. He saw Miss Cisneros
at the Casa Ricogidas and he said the
reports regarding her treatment were
grossly exaggerated and that the young
woman was fairly well treated and did
not complain when he was speaking to
her,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
CHANGED TIE NAME


A gentleman living in Boston told an
interesting story the other day about how
some of his blood relations happened
to have a family name different from his
oWn. 1t seems that during the persecu-
tons in Scotland these particular Kirk
patricks went over to Ireland and settled
inBelfast. Subsequently the head of the
family came across the ocean, and, as
soon as he was established, sent for his
wife to join him, bringing with her their
four sons, two of whom were old enough
to make STRIPPING soldiers and some ex-
igency demanded such a sacrifice.
The Journey was undertaken in a slow
going ship, bound for New York, and
while she was somewhere in mid-Atlantic
the wal of 1872 between England and the
United States broke out. The ship, when
nearing our seaboard, was overtaken by a
British cruiser. which put her about and
escorted her to Halifax, N. S. The officer
in command of the cruiser declared his in
tention of impressing sailors and soldiers
from among the passengers. A mother
having more than two sons would nave to
give up all over that number who might
be available for military or naval service.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who was a quick
witted woman, instantly planned a ruse,
which she justified in her own mind by
calling it ruse de guerre Ga trick of war;.
She stood two sons in one part of the ship
and two in another, and was accepted,
without detection, as the mother of both
pairs, though she called herself Kirk
patrick in one instance and Fitzpatrick in
the other. 4
After they disembarked the deception
mad to be Kept up, as they were constant
Nv lfnnGr-f IN ALhG .Cf ~ "A So NIX,
interception by the cruiser resulted IN the
family settling in Halifax instead of the
United States, but even after peace was
restored the two Fitzpatrick boys found
It much harder to get their name back
than it had been to exchange it on ship
board. In fact, they never got it back.
Those who had come to knew them as
kilpatricks refused to know them as
kfrkpatricks, and in the course of time
the effort 70 reclaim the family name was
abandoned as hopeless. The variation in
prefix made expedient pro tenn. by the
i~ntermeddling cruiser seems to have been
Round Table.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
R1uion Dollar oongres.ss.

Congressman Mahlon .Pitney has a
smart little article on billion Dollar Con-
crosses in the current number of the
illustrated American" in which he points
out that while, twenty years 60. the an
nual expenses of the Government We're
about a third of a billion they have re-
Gently reached half a billion. He further
shows that twenty years ago we were
paying from ninety to a hundred millions
a year in interest on the public debt,
whereas now we are only paying about
thirty millions. All this would suggest
that our actual outlay for governmental
purposes had increased about two hun
dred million dollars or about sixty-six per
cent. in two decades.
This increase is of course out of all pro-
portion to the growth of population. 1t
probably even surpasses the development
of available wealth. 1t is not, however,
as alarming as these facts might suggest.
Twenty years ago, we were in the throes
Y III Ii0td PSAAoo VI HCiV
result of our vast expenditures on the
war. We were letting our navy rot and
our coast defenses crumble. We we're
resisting ali inducements to expand our
Institutions to correspond with the
growth of the country.
Since then. we have paid much debt.
We rave taken stock of our revenues,
and we nave resolved to grade up our
expenditures accordingly. We are some
what in the position of a nan who has
built up a big usine on borrowed capt.
tai, and who first of all pinches and
scrapes to pay off part of the load. Then,
of a sudden, one day, he discovers that
the expansion of his business has made
the balance of his debt a tri7e, SO he
stops cheeseparing and resolves to enjoy
life.
We are enjoying life now as a result of
the struggle that was made in the bitter
days of the sixties and the economies that
were practised in the narrow seventies.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
SPECIAL MASTERS SAIL OF LAND-IN

SPECIAL MASTERS SALE OF
Chancery of New Jersey;
Between Charles M. Collamer, complainant.
and Hattie Corlis ct ais, defendants.
On bill for partition. Decree for sale.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
the decree for sale made by The Chancellor OF
the State of New Jersey, in the above stated
cause, bearing date the seventh day of July,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to me di-
the Special Masters in Chancery of New
Jersey, shall expose to sale, at public yendue,
THURsD4Y, the thirtieth day of September.
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
at the noun Of two o,elock IN IN the n i afternoon g tb oa
Court House of the County of Hudson, in
the City of Jersey City, Hudson County and
premises described in said decree, being the
premises hereinafter described. and being in
said decree described as follows. to Wit
Land and premises situate in the city of
Jersey City. which on a certain map entitled
MAP of property belonging to Charles Heste
and Christian Weber, duly affiled or record in
the Clerks office of the said County of Hud-
son, May, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
known and designated as lot eleven dD, in
block number four eD on said map; said lot
being twenty-five feet wide in front and rear
and one hundred feet deep or more on each
ing had to said map will more fully appear;
he street referred to as Scott street being
now known as Griffith street; including the
estate and the interest and dover of the de-
PENDANTS. Mrs. Edward Collamer, wife of
said Edward Collamer; Mrs. John ColIamer,
wife Of said John Collamer; Mrs. Joshua Dupy.
wife Of said Joshua Dupy; Mrs. Myron COL
ismer, wife Of said Myren Collamer, and
Mrs. Daniel Collamer. wife of said Daniel
Collamer; together with all and singular the
hereditaments and appurtenances to the said
premises belonging or in anywise appertain-
ing. a
gust. in the year eighteen hundred and ninety
WALTER j. KNIGHT,
Snecial Master in Chaneery of New Jersey. (
s22 Prudential Bldg, Newark, N. J.
w. KNIGHT, ESQ,
Solicitor. $3.50
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
INJURED W HILE wADING.

August Leonhardt, 10 years old, of No.
306 Willow avenue, Hoboken, met with a
painful accident yesterday afternoon
while bathing in the Hudson River at the
foot of Ninth street, that city. He was
wading through the shallow water when
he stepped on a sharp piece of glass, in
ficting a cut three inches in length on
the sole of his right foot. He was taken
to Police Headquarters in the ambulance
where the wound was sewed UP by City
PHYSICIAN Simon. Leonhardt was then
removed to his home.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
MYSTERIOUS DRAIN PIPE.
West Hobokcn sewage Makes Life
In Hoboken lntoIerable.

A drain pipe, which onyey sewage
and surface water from West Hobo
ken into Ifpbokens was the cause OF
serious complaint made to the County
Board of Health at its meeting yester-
day afternoon. John nj. Albeit, presi-
lent of the Railroad Triplex Ticket Com
pany of New York, sent a strong COM
munication to the Board complaining OF
the damage lone to his property on Adj
ans street, between Fourteenth and FIJI
zenith streets, by the sewag carried by
a sewer in West Hoboken by this
drain. He said hat the stencil is in
tolerable at times and highly detrimental
to the health of the community. If some-
thing is not done to abate the nuisance
Immediately Mr.. Albeit viii probably sue
for damages.
Inspector Nevin was called in and re-
ported that he had investigated the mat
ter. He e~ndeavored to trace the drain
pipe to its inlet to ascertain whether
it drained a sewer or a private house,
but was unable to do so. So far as he
could ascertain, the pipe comes out at
the top of the hill, near the head of FIT
teenth street, and goes thence down the
hill, passing under the tracks of the
North Hudson County Railway Company
and the West Shore Railroad. AT the
foot of the hill it empties into a ditch
and the sewage passes through that to
Mrs Abbett's property. The members of
thes Board expressed their surprise that
Hoboken has not attended to he mat-i
ter. Counsellor Winfield was directed to
communicate with the West Hoboken
Common Council on the subject and ask
that TIE nuisance be abated.
DR.. Connell called attention to the care
less manner in which dealers in fat and
other greasy substance bring the stuff
into the county in violation of the health
code, and said it was nearly time the
thing was stopped. The Health Inspec-
tors were directed to procure evidence
against these persons with a view of lay
ing it before the Grand Jury and having
them indicted.
The contract for building an extension
to the stables at the Hospital for Con-
tagious Diseases and the ~deadhouse at
Snake Hin was awarded to Martin K.
Bonner for sS75. His only competitor was
A. w. Crone, whose bid was $457.
DR.. Converse reported that a diphtheria
patient at the Hospital for Contagious
Diseases had been cured and discharged.
He commended the work at the hospital
very highly.