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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
MURPBY--RoUFPE

Miss Emma ROUTE. daughter of John
ROUTE, of No. $50 Central avenue, was
by the Rev. Father Egan of the
ST. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church, at
her home, last night, to James J. Murphy
of No. "a Irving street. The bride looked
very pretty in a white satin gown
trimmed with orange blossoms. Miss
Nellie Murphy, who acted as bridesmaid,
wore cream colored silk. j.. Drew was
best man. Among those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Murphy. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
ROUTE, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Haggerty, Mr..
and Mrs. w. Keen. Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Lepedria, Nh. and Mrs. p. Klein. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Ball. Mr.. and Mrs. P. Hogan,
Mr.. and Mrs. J, Hoffman,. Mr.. and Mrs.
Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Smith. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Mead. MI. and Mrs, r. Keen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Decker, Mr.. and Mrs, J..
Brandt. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Wendell, Mr..
and Mrs. McCuAy. Mrs. Drew. Mrs. w.
Stainbury. ]. Goff. M. osBrien, E. Flynn,
]. Faihey. Miss D. Lynch, Miss R.
OsBrien. Miss N. Murphy, Miss F. Lewis,
Miss T.. Thompson. Miss M. Madden, Miss
M. Donohue, Miss ] Smith. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kennedy. After the wedding supper was
served and a reception followed. There
was music by Prof. Lapiedra to enliven
the evening. The couple left for a wv
weeks trip to Buffalo.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
ABOLISH THE SC0UNDRELS

[From the H~ackensack Record.]
"The Jersey City News calls the Hud-
son County Fathers .Freebooters" and
says
Nobody can call them anything but
robbers and scoundrels of the most per-
nicious stamp-not every man IN the
Board. but the majority of them"
This is handling without gloves. The
day has come when Boards of Freehold
ers should be legislated out of existence.
Some action should be taken by the next
Legislature so that counties can be gov
erned by Commissioners and in a thor
ough business like manner. There is too
much childishness in the present methods.
So large a. body of men is cumbersome.
The members come from the different
parts of the counties and there is too
great an opportunity for combinations.
No such charge as that made against
Hudson's Board can be applied to Ber-
gems Board. But in the matter of APP
propriations the Board last year made a
very sorry show. Large committees are
no good anyhow. The members get In
each others way. Put a few good bust
ness men at the helm. who make it their
business to attend to the county's affairs
alone and nothing else, then we will get
better government and government that
will not only show more for the money
but it will be more economical.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
SWINDLED,


~ weigh eco pounds" said the man who
has lived in the city a year, m mus
tache grows long and strong. I'm active,
know how to make a living and have al
take care Of myself. but | guess | must
have borne a striking resemblance to an
easy mark when ! came here.
"0f course some allowance must he
made for the fact that | was very busy
in getting my family settled. There We're
truckmen, earpet-layers and scrub women
to look after, and / was the general SUI
pervisor of the whole business. While I
was straining every nerve and sweating
at every pore to make an 11xIf carpet
badge on his chest walked in as one of
authority and politely said: i see that
you have three bicycles. Being a stranger
in this town you are probably, unaware
s. en- each wheel. It is my duty to coli
iect.' I was just mad enough to well
come anything that appeared like an adj
dftional hardship. for | was bestowing a.
good deal Of pity on myself at the time.
while / was holding VI one end of a.
refrigerator that Is warranted to weigh
800 pounds along came another man with
a badge who asked me how many cows
] kept. I told him one, and he said I
That made me feel all the more like a
martyr, and / reached for the money so
willingly that he interrupted me to ask
what kind of q COW she was. When + said
he taxed me 50. Then followed d man
who ties d brass check on my lawn
mower, and charged me 81, and another
wanted $40 because had both elec-I
trio light and gas, BY that time my
boot toe, but was out SO and felt like
a cross-road Rube.' "-Det1oit Free
Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
TURKEYS AT WORK
Seven Hundred Save an Orchard
from Ravenous Grasshoppers.

". r. Birmingham of Oakland, a few
years ago purchased a large tract OF land
has since put up $4,000 fruit trees. There
was a small orchard on the place when
he purchased it, and these older trees
are in full bearing, whiie peach frees Dus
crops. The soil is deep silt, and very fer
tile. Mr.. Birmingham put in a large
gasoline engine and pump, and pumps
rigate with. The orchard presents a very
thrifty appearance, and all the trees that
are old enough are loaded with fruit.
came down from the hills to the south
east, and invaded one corner of the or
ehard. They were too young to fly much
and could only hop and crawl. but they
had a voracious appetite, and within a
few hours had eaten every leaf from every
tree over an area of five acres.
There was in the garden tract nearly
everything in the vegetable line, but the
hoppers showed no preference whatever,
eating everything clean as they went.
Squash vines that were very thrifty, each
of which covered a space of perhaps six
feet square, were eaten off clean. Straw
berries were eaten without cream, and
every berry and vegetable in the garden
went to fatten grasshoppers. And there
were millions upon millions of hoppers
and hoppers. They are not of the sew
enteen year variety either, but just com
with a mountain appetite. AS their
wings are not large enough to enable
them to indulge the disposition so prev
alent in both man and animal to hurry on
to other localities in search of greener
or better pastures, they just hop and
crawl upon the trees and vines, and eat,
and eat, and eat. 1t does seem as II
they can eat for twenty-four hours with
out a rest.
Mr.. Birmingham at once put an adver-
tisement in THE Republican" that he
wanted a thousand turkeys. A wagon
load of turkeys passed through Fresno
yesterday morning en- route for Pollasky,
but he wants all he can get.
AS an experiment Mr.. Birmingham
mixed with a quart of middlings and a
quart of bran one pound of arsenic and
set the mixture before the invading army.
They ate with a relish and-marched on
ward right on. He says he didn't find a
dead g~rasshopper..
Two years ago the hoppers invaded the
same orchard. Mr.. Birmingham found a
Portuguese who had a band of 700 tur-
keys, and at once made arrangements
with him to bring his turkeys down to
the orchard and camp there. The owner
Of the turkeys had several well trained
shepherd dogs. and with their aid twenty
FIVE turkeys were allotted to each row of
trees, and herded slowly along, eating
hoppers from the trees. and the turkeys
did the rest. The hoppers were totally
destroyed and the orchard saved.-Fresno
Republican.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
MISS WALTERS BIRTHDAY.
Her Friends Celebrate the occasion
in a Pleasant Manner.

Miss Mildred Walters, of No. 86 Han
cock avenue, was eighteen years old, yes
terday. and her friends determined the
event should not pass unnoticed. Ac-
cordingly arrangements J were quietly
made. and when she returned to her
home after a brief absence in the
evening she found the parlors comfort
ably filed by a number of her friends,
who were singing a welcoming refrain.
Before she recovered from her surprise
Mr.. E. Kraft arose and in a brief. well
worded co~ngratulatory address presented
her with a beautiful basket of lowers
The evening was delightfully."- spent in vo-
cal and instrumental music. recitations
and dancing. Mr.. Walter Hartman fa-
vored the party with violin selections,
and Mr.. E. Kraft gave several excellent
piano solos, while Miss Matte Riesenauer
of Greenville rendered vocal selections.
A few of those present were:-Mr. John
voth, Miss H. Meinken, Mr.. Charles
Sauebrey, Miss C. Meinken. Mr.. Gus
Scholz, Miss N. Riesenauer, Miss r.
Sauebrey, Mr.. H. La Croix, Miss E. La
Croix, Mr.. Walter Hartman. Mr.. G.
ehink Miss Clara Brown, Mr.. George
Trefts, Miss j. Ricke, Miss Martha En-
glehart and Miss E. Bashale.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
OOUNTERPEITS IN HOBOKEN.
NAN Arrested With a Pocket Full
of Spurious Silver Dollars.

A clever looking Individual, with a light
brown mustache, made his appearance In
the Fourth ward, Hoboken. last night,
and attempted to pass counterfeit silver
dollars on a number of storekeepers.
About 5 o'clock he entered the saloon OF
Henry Miller, at First and jackson
streets and rendered one of the spurious
coins in payment for a drink of whiskey.
Miller detected the fraud and refused to
accept it. After examining the coin care
lessly the stranger replaced it in his
pocket and paid for the whiskey in good
money. He then left the saloon and
visited the store of Paul Cuneo, a fruit
dealer, where he made a small purchase
and again presented the counterfeit. He
was unsuccessful in passing it. however,
and when he left the store Cuneo notified
Policeman Granelli, who placed the stran-
ger under arrest.
AT Police Headquarters the man said
he was William Moran, thirty years old,
a painter. He refused to give his ad-
dress. In his pockets were fourteen
counterfeit silver dollars n s1S.75 in
change. Each of the counterfeit coins
was wrapped in tissue paper, presumably
to prevent them from being scratched.
The e~ngravings on the pieces were well
executed, but they lacked considerable in
weight, and were, therefore. easily de-
tected.
Moran refused to answer questions. He
will be turned over to the Federal au-
thorities today. The police believe that
he a an accomplish, who was probably
waiting in the vicinity, but who made
his escape when his PAL was arrested.
a !. ~ - &c hu tho nOlfnR none
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
TO TEST THE LLOYD LAW.
Lawyer Claims the Mar
Tiage License Bill IL Void.
Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."]

Especial to THE Jersey City News.
CAMDEN, Aug. 16, 1S97.-The Lloyd
Marriage License law which has put
such an effectua1 barrier on the wedding
of nonresident in New Jersey in gen.
eral, and Camden in particular, will in
all probability be tested in the courts to
determine whether the new statute is
constitutional. Assemblyman Harry S.
Scovel, of Camden, the colleague of AS
semblyMsn Frank T. Lloyd. of Stockton,
who was the author of the marriage law,
it is said, intends to attack the consti-
nationality of the measure on the ground
that as it now stands it is practically
~prohibitory, and therefore at variance
with the spirit and language of the
states fundamental law. Lawyer Scovel
states that he has a client who is de-
sirCus of getting married, but, being a
nonresident, he can get no n to an
swer the questions necessary under the
law. He says he proposes to advise a
Justice of the Peace or clergyman to per-
form the ceremony and risk prosecution
under the statute.
BY the first section of the law licenses
are only necessary where parties are nom
residents of the State. By the eleventh
section the license is necessary where
either party is a nonresident.
On this point Attorney General Gray
has just rendered the following opinion
in answer to a request for the clerk of
Monmouth county,
received this morning, l beg to say that
the construction put upon the act Of
1897, chapter 1873. as j understand, is
to require a license. where either OF the
parties are non-residents OF the State.
There seems to be some confusion be-
tween Section l and Section 2. but this
for any minister. Justice or other person
to perform a marriage ceremony in con-
formity with the statute"
There is. no question that 1t was the
intention of the Legislature to except
couples when one of the contracting par
ties was a nonresident. The discussion
resulted in an understanding that where
one party was a nonresident the license
should not be necessary.
County Clerk Barber, OF Camden, sat
the provisions of the new law. The
couple who presented themselves have
been residents Of Camden for a number
necessary. but the clergyman who is to
perform the ceremony hesitated to marry
the young couple, and advised them to
This ~preeaution because the bride had
been absent from the city FIVE months
and was employed at Wallingford. Della
ware county, Pa.
The prospective groom is Benjamin
H. MacMinn, p years old. and resides
at No. l72O Railroad avenue. Camden.
by ccupdtlOH he - d -ClOlH hiiisilSl.
The bride-to-be is Miss Mary Stephen
son. aged 10 years. and her residence in
Camden was given as No. 512 Jefferson
avenue. The Identifying witnesses were
Harry and Bertha McMinn, brother and
sister of he prospective groom. To all
of the questions which were propounded
BY Clerk Barber they gave satisfactory
nswers and the license was issued to
the couple. and the party went on their
way rejoicing. Clerk Barber. however,
informed them that the ceremony could
mot be performed within five DAYS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Scaled proposals will be received by the
Roard of Education on Thursday, August rs.
1897 at eight o'clock P. NJ, for all labor and
material necessary for the
ERECTION or ADDITION TO PUBLIC
SCHOOL NO. 20.
Gator avenue, in accordance with plans and
~ the clerk of the Board, City Hall. where
blank forms of bid and agreement OF sure
ties must be obtained.
The bidding will be DIVIDED INTO SIX sec
lions, as follows:-
First-All work and material comprised IN
ulason's specifications.
Second-Au work and material comprised in
plumbers specifications.
Third-All work and material comprised IN
carpenters specifications.
Fourth-All work and material comprised IN
painters specifications.
Fifth-All work and material comprised IN
heating specifications.
Sjxth-For the entire labor and material
complete.
valones endorsed Proposals for (item speci-
fedl Public School No. 90" directed TO Mr..
Joseph f. Firm, Chairman of School No. TO-
and handed to the Clerk in open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating to
sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of suretfes be allowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids if the best interests OF the city
may be conserved by so doing.
BY order of the Board OF Education.
JAMES ]. WISEMAN,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16

ear rests from the noise of worldly
sounds. The lips grow silent; the limbs
cease from their labor. Our senses,
those reporters of the souls, resign their
office. In the citadel of our earthly ma
terial life the sentinels sleep. The red
thousand channels, closes its valves. The
clay fabric, mysteriously ~tenanted by the
spirit, that signs after immortality Is
ready to dissolve and in a moment God
givefh his beloved sleep.
The ~deathbed, where nature axes her
last farewell, is, indeed, full OF solemn,
its bright side. too. If the soul there
dying IS we'll prepared to meet it's God.
why should we begrudge It the glory
that shall be reyealedg L me ne gym, ',psm man
came to appear before God-he was ready
death is a friend, not a foe.
Death. physiologically considered, Is the
ing to its appointed and needfui rest. ~
Is not probably attended by the extreme
agony with which u imaglnation invest
ii. Those who have studied the phenom-
ena of death tell us that the first symp--
tom is loss of sight, and the last loss OF
hearing. The principle OF Consciousness
IS often sooner released than some of the
sense organs on which 1t has been ac-
customed to act. They continue a part
of their functions from habit rather than
yolition, so that the friend on whose
commissions we gaze is sometimes insen-
sfble to the pain which makes US shud-
der.
death transcend any suffering of human
life, how brief are they and how incom-
parable the reward which shall be ours
If we nave lived good Christian lives and
die good Christian deaths. How mean IS
this earth when we gaze on heaven. NAY,
ever the happiness Of heaven Is height
ened by its contrast of earthly, happl-
ness to the glory of a holy death me
deep darkness of the veil of death yields
to a day that knows no night; the sharp
separation of body and soul already rev
eIiing in those anticipated pleasures,
which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
nor hath it entered into the heart OF
man TO conceive the means of dissolution
exchanged for the sweet music OF cheru-
bimn and seraphim, the tear of parting
from earthly friend wiped away IN the
greeting of the spirits of the just MADE
perfect
What is there in the whole world that
can be compared to the joys of a happy
death? Death brings out our faith IN
God and His church more brightly. Ior
through the gates of death we pass INTO
the glorious company or the SAINTS ana
enjoy a long wish for immortality. When
We think of the departure Of the good
Christian and the shadows OF his absence
make us grieve for his loss. let his death
be to US as the cloud that hied the as
cending Saviour from His disciples. The
cloud that takes our friend from our
sight looks lark and dreary and dreadful
TO US but the other side of the cloud,
which is hidden from our view, Is hooded
with the efulgence of Cod presence and
with golden light of heaven
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE
Of bicycles, ~tricycles and all vehicles known
as -mo having rubber tires thereon
on the public w streets. squares ana
marks within the limits of Jersey City.
THE Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, by
the Board OF Street and Water Commissioners.
for and on behalf OF the municipality OF said
city. do ordain as follows:-
liar vehicles, and all vehicles known as auto
motors having a rubber tire thereon when
in use on the public. highways, streets or
places within the limits of Jersey City, be-
have a lamp duly lighted. Of such illuminating
newer as TO be plainly seen one hundred yards
ahead, attached thereto.
Sec. 2. All such bicycles, tr1eycles or similar
attached to the handle bar OF such machine
that the same can be conveniently and quickly
rune. which when rung may be heard at
least one hundred feet distant.
vehicles shall not be ridden sior propelled
through the public highways, streets or places
Of Jersey City at a greater speed than eight
miles per hour.
or occupied, be ridden or run on the side
walks within the limits of Jersey City.
Sec. &. That for every violation Of any OF the
provisions of this ordinance, upon complaint
dictfon thereof. the offender shall be subject
to n fine not less than three dollars and not
exceeding five dollars for each offense.
Sec. 6. That all ordinances and parts or or
dinances inconsistent with the provisions OF
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
fassea Aus cHAs. HOLLYWOOD,
President
Approved August II, 1897
Mayor.
p t. BouToN.
N Giprk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
WE ARE NOT SURE.

TFrom the Kearny Record.l
THE Jersey Cit News" thus pays It's
compliments to the new tariff bill:-
The Dingley tariff placed a tax of SO
a ton on borax, and as = result q gentle
10 Invest one of his millions in a factory
in New York which will give work to 200
laborers.
dustry, Seventy millions of people are
henceforward to pay tax to 201 men. two
hundred getting SO a week each out of 1t
and the two hundred and first a million
or so a year.
Hurrah for Dingley and home indus
tries!
The News" might have added that the
Associated Press dispatches state that
the borax m~onopolist is yet in doubt as
to whether he will close his shop at Ala
media, California. Is THE News" sure
that even most of the two hundred men
will get $40 a week?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16
ALL HAD 4 GREAT TIME
Michael y. CoyIe AssocIation,s Ex-
cursion 10 Greenwood Lake.

michael II. CoyIe A8socIatIonss Ex-
cursion 10 Greenwood Lake.
The Michael j. Coyle Association Of
Hoboken gave one of the largest excur-
sions yesterday that has left that city
this season. The ex~cursionists, number
ing nearly two thousand. were conveyed
to Greenwood Lake on two special trains
of the Erie Railroad. which left the sta
ton at the foot of First street at ten
o'clock. In all there were sixteen cars
and every seat in them was occupied.
Almost every politician in Hoboken at-
tended with their wives and families
There were also hundreds Of Others VINO
were not politicians. Robert Davis was
there with several OF his friends from
+h,,, o,tr rba non,,lar standard bearer.
tiis eily. -ne popuIa, 80
the only Michael -, was thsfe' eop,
and loud were the greetings he received
-. fi'7 $50 u.sh
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16

AN ORDINANCE, ENTITLED IAN .oRDI-
nance to regulate the use Of streets in Jer-
se Tbe e' Mayer for s ond'a Alser ane o Of jersey gespS City. by
the Board of Street and Water commissioners,
for and on behalf Of the municipality OF said
city. do ordain as folioWS:-
The Permit Clerk is hereby authorized to
issue permits for the obstruction OF streets
and sidewalks upon the following eondi-
ist. The portion of street to be occupied
shall not exceed one-third q-8 of the width
Of the carriageway outside eurbstone. The
materials to be placed near the curbstone and
di e tlfba IN m aren't Gf s 5aan be 50 piaced as not
to obstruct the free iowage of water along
the gutter in front of or adjoining said prem
Sd. The sidewalk in front of said premises
shall be kept at all times free and clear Tor
pedestrians, and suitable provisions Maintain
ed when the same is removed for alterations
or other purposes.
uniform width; nor shall the same be placed
within two % feet of any railroad track, nor
s wish IL, fq fsst q e I any a ere any hyd GasS lamp post =
5th. In all cases suitable and sufficient lights
are to be placed upon such BUILDING msderia. ais
to be kept burning every night until such
building materials are removed from sucn
sth. Fences must be erected to guard exca-
vations and to prevent pedestrians from fall
: 7th. Asphalt payements must be properly
covered with planking to protect the same
are placed thereon. and lime or cement mortar
must be mixed in a water-tight box. Per-
sons holding permits will be liable for any
damage sustained to pavements through ne
glect to comply with this condition.
Sth, Any violation of the ordinances relating
to barriers, erection, of fences. placing sutfi-
eient lights to prevent accident, or failure to
comply with the above conditions, or either
Of them. will be sufficient cause for revoca-
ton of this permit, and the commencement
Of proceedings to recover penalties for the vie-
latfon of the same.
9th. IN case Of any street opening, or re-
pairing or laying of water pipes, gas pipes,
subways or other improvements or alterations,
a permit is thereby revoked, and all mate
rial must be Immediately removed without
further notice.
10th. The holder Of a permit is required to
replace any pavement disturbed In conse-
ouence thereof In proper condition. and to re-
move any rubbish. dirt or surplus material
therefrom, within the time for which permit
is granted, and the holder of a permit shall
notify the Permit Clerk on or before the ex-
~piration Of the permit. Of the time when the
work to which the permit applies is cemplet-
ed, and no further permit will be issued to
any person who shall fail to comply with
these conditions.
Passed August ., 1891.
President
Approved august A's EDw. HOGS.
Mayor.
GEO. T. BoUToN,