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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

tens, often going considerable dis
tances with them to get them to safe
place.
More than one boy has climbed q
tree thinking that he could knock off
the squirrel when he had cornered
him at the top where there was no es-
cape. But the squirrel skips from limb
to limb and chatters wildly, and when
he has reached the very top and sees
the boy coming he will jump for his
life from tree 80 or 40 feet high to
the ground landing dead or crippled?
Oh, TO, he spreads out his legs
and tail, and with jump slides
through the air like thrown shingle
and alights safely, to scamper joyfully
away. And the boy comes down with
his labor for his pains.
There is perpetual battle between
the squirrels and the birds. Nothing
suits red squirrel better than a plump
young robin or sparrow or bluebird for
breakfast, and he will resort to almost
any trick to get the mother bird off it's
nest long enough for him to commit
the theft. ....taarr
The hapless and featherless bird strug.
giles family for a few moments, but
it's captor soon puts it beyond suffering,
and then eats it with as much relish as
schoolgirl shows for a pickle or an
olive. These little lunches, however,
often are rudely broken in upon by tho
wrathful parents of the unhappy bird
lings, and then follows scene which
is worth seeing. The squirrel has need
of all his agility to dodge the blows
aimed at him from all directions by the
outraged birds. Not infrequently sew
eral pairs of birds, and even several spe-
cies, unite in the attack on the common
enemy, but after many narrow escapes
-tail-breadth escapes, perhaps-and
perilous leaps and cunning subterfuges,
the assassin usually reaches some hol-
low tree or other safe refuge where he
may dress his ruffled coat and reflect on
the uncertainties of life.-Chicago Rec
ord.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
GATOR GETS LOOSE.
Starts a KindIfng Wood Factory Be-
fore Being Captured.

fore being Captured.
"We were located once for quite q
spell in one place." said the old circus
man, land we had things fitted up per-
manently The seats around the cir
Gus ring were on terraced platform,
built up like steps. The seats them
selves were not benches, but separate
chairs, ranged along in rows on these
wide rising steps. We had in the me-
nagerie an alligator, big alligator,
about IL feet long. The alligator got
out of it's tank one night and worked it's
way over to the circus arena and
crawled up on the lowest step of the
seats, between the front row of chairs
and the railing around the ring.
"Of course, it's about as important to
keep away from an alligator's tail as it
is to keep away from its jaws, because
the alligator is sort of double-ender;
it knocks man down with one end
and swallows him with the other. Asa
matter of fact, a good-sized alligator
can smash almost anything it can bring
it's tail to bear on. OF course we knew
that well enough, and what we set out
to do was to lasso him. Easy enough
to do it was, too. Some of us stood in
the ring, and some on the seats in back
of him, and we drew the moose over his
head without any trouble at all, and
then we dragged him out and back to
the tank. He Topped his tail just once.
rs we started with him, that's all, but
when he brought it down he smashed
the four end chairs in that row into
small pieces.
1T made nice kindling wood, but that
kind would have been rather costly for
everyday use, and SO we put up An
other rail around the tank" Y. Sun
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
Tax on bachelors and spinsters.

The legislators of the Argentine Re-
public have introduced law which
says that after the first day of January,
1897, every male from the age of 20 to so
shall pay a monthly tax till he mar
ries. Celibates of either sex who with
out legitimate motives reject the adj
dresses of him or her who may aspire
to her or his hand must pay the sum of
500 piasters for the benefit of the per-
son refused.-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
A Sure Case.

Wiggins-What makes you so certain
Of Bawler's patriotism?
Boggs-Why, he just DOLLS over with
indignation when he hears of the
wrongs of foreigners that we have no
interest ip!--N. Y. Truth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
Red in Favor.

Red will undoubtedly prove very
fashionable color this summer for hats
entire, hat trimmings, whole gowns,
figured or dotted in white, or dress ac-
cessories; cardinal, senorita, British,
Turkish, carnation, jack rose, Danish
lobelia, mephisto, lobster and tomato
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
AMUSING NEW GAME,

1t Is Called "Cnt and Dogs" and IL
Well Named, Too.
This game can be played by marking
a diagram like the one given, on slate
or board, or even on large piece Of
paper, if the last is placed on smooth
surface for playing. Buttons, bits of
wood, or similar small objects can be
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
A Stayer.

"Aren't you getting gray about the
temples ?" he yawned after sitting there
till after midnight.
II presume So" she smiled YEARLY,
though there was not silver thread
In my hair when you called. Detroit
Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
( SHEA WIN
Vice Chancellor Pitney Allows
the Stone Crusher to Be
Operated for One Week.

The Sheridan & Shea Company won a
signal victory in the Court of Chancery,
this morning, and for a week at least 1T
will be able to run its stone crusher,
which has caused them SO much trouble.
The matter came up before Vice Chan-
ceIor Pitney this morning on the appll-
cation of Anna Menges for an inJunc-
ton to restrain the company from erect
ing or operating the crusher at Wash
burn street and Palisade avenue. The
Chancellor granted an order to snow
cause. last week, why the Injunction
should not be granted, which acted as
the application. He read a lengthy bill
and an affidavit by Mrs. Menges, IN
which that lady stated that she owned
five tenement houses at Hoooken ING
Palisade avenue, which rented Tor S5,tz0
per annum, and which were situated
about 200 feet from the proposed loca-
ton of the crusher. She declared 5nal
the crusher would make a noise, produce
a dust which would settle down upon the
clothes of her tenants, and IN otnef ways
become a nuisance, which would make
it a difficult matter for her to keep ten
ants in the houses and would depreclale
the value of her property.
Marshall Van Wrinkle, for the company,
read a large number of affidaylts. one
by Hugh P. Sheridan, president of the
company, said that the land upon which
it was proposed to locate the crusher was
the property of the Erie Railroad and on
the line of the railroad tunnel. His COM
pany had leased the land for a year only
and did not intend to keep the crusher
there over three months.
There were other afidavits from prop
erty owners and residents near the Penn
s~ylvania cut where the Shanleys maintain
several stone crushers, and they all sWore
that the crushers were not a nuisance.
They did not make a disturbing noise.
did not raise a dust, nor did they de-
preciate the value of property in that
neighborhood. Still another affidavit made
by the agent of the crusher manufae-
turers said that the crusher which the
Sheridan & Shea Company had spur-
chased did not make as much noise as the
ordinary kind and would be SO inclosed
that it would not produce dust.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle said that he had afftda-
Wits by some of those who had signe the
remonstrance against the crusner through
a misrepresentation of the facts in The
case, and who were now Wiling that the
crusher should be erected.
The Vice-Chancellor said that the best
way to determine whether the crusher
was a nuisance or not was to have it put
I'D and run for a while. He would there
fore modify the order SO as to permit the
crusher to run thls week. On Monday next
he would listen to afidavits as 10 whether
the crusher was a nuisance or not.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
Love GREW COLD
His Wife Says Jealousy Made
Him Hide Under the Bed
and Also Lock Her Out.

A mother and father fought for the pos
session of their two children in Chancery
Chambers this morning. Joseph Perrine
Lutes. a confidential clerk in the tracing
department of the Adams Express Conn
pany, at No. 40 Broadway, is suing his
wife for divorce on statutory grounds,
naming as correspondents several we'll
known citizens of Lafayette. Mrs. Lutes
has possession of the three children, AL
merton, thirteen years old; Eugene eleven
years, and Elwood, nine years old. Mr..
Lutes. by order OF Vice Chancellor Emery,
before whom the case is being tired. -
paying his wife 81 weekly alimony for the
support of herself and the children.
Mr.. Lutes sought this morning through
his lawyer, Frank McDermott, TO gam
possession of the two younger chlioreh
and have the alimony reduced. inc oio-
est boy is earning wages ana is seiI-sup-
porting. a~
opposed the motion. He held that the
mother is in every way a NJ person 20
have the custody of the children. Mrs.
Lutes denies all her husbands. allegations
and declares that they are the outcome
of his intensely jealous disposition.
II am tempted to believe" she declared,
.that the man who will make sucn utter
" g~roundless charges against me Is noS
in his right mind. We were marrlea
secretly in New York on September u.
1882. It did not take long TOR his.loVe "
grow cold. He began to show signs OF
Unreasonable jealousy and he has been
growing worse every day: Why, he wouiq
follow me TO church and sit IN the oach
new and watch me through the service
for fear 1 would look too much at otheI
men. l am a Methodist, and when WouLo
come home from prayer meetings at night
/ would have charges hurled at me. One
time he took my pocketbeok containing
IS. which my brother had e me, ana
accused me of having received the money
from a strang man.
"At another time l couldn't find my hus-
band and later on he crawled from under
tho bed, covered with feathers. One time
he met me in the street and openly ac-
cused me of going with other men. mat
was more than l could stand and l pound
ed him with my umbrella.
one night I was detained at a straw
berry festival at the Lafayette M: u.
Church. and did not get home until one
O'Clock. My husband locked me OUT be-
cause the hour was late and exposed me
to a drenching rain
Vice Chancellor Emery permitted Mrs
Lutes to keep the custody of her chill
dren and continued the alimony.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
MRS. PACKER WANTS ALIM0MY
Vice Chancellor Emery Wants the
Law. II ANY. tn the Case.

LAZ
Counsel for Mr.. Emily Packer applied
to Vice Chancellor Emery this morning
for an order compelling her husband to
pay her alimony and counsel fee pending
her husbands suit against her for ali
mony.
John w. Packer Is superintendent of the
Boyer Manufacturing Company of Elev-
enth and Clinton streets, Hoboken, and is
well known as a society man and a promi-
nent member Of a number of fraternal So
cisties.
boken, he applied for a divorce. alleging
that his wife, believing him to be pay
ing attention to other women, followed
him to and from his place of business.
On several occasions when he was talk
ing to female acquaintance on the street
he alleges she interrupted the CONVERSE
ton and openly denounced him as a
faithless husband, also insulting the wo-
man he was conversing with. On re-
turning home one night after one of these
disturbances Packer was prevented by his
wife from entering the house and was
obliged to spend the night in a hotel.
Mrs. Packer, through her counsel SEN
ator William DAILY, filed an answer to
her husbands bill Of complaint. In it she
alleges that her husband has been UNI
faithful to her and has twice deserted her
for periods of three weeks. IN the light
Of November 70, 1896. she alleges. her hus-
band became enraged because he could
not find the key TO his desk. and selling
a Ratchet smashed the desk TO pieces.
She also alleges cruelty. claiming that her
husband ragged her about the floor when
in a passion with her Mrs. Packer, moth
err of the petitioner, lives with her daugh-
ter-in-law. and will be one of the princi-
pal witnesses against her son.
Mr.. Young. read several afidavits in OPP
position to the wife's APPLICATION tending to
sEow that she had money in the bank
which she haC saved out of her allowance
from her husband. When he had finished
MI. Emery asked him il he knew ct any
divorce for jealousy making a burden Of
life, or Ihc oihrr things chargedejn the
bill. Mr.. Young thought there was. The
Vicc-GhanqeAor thought rot. but allowed
Mr.. Young i.nlc TO find the1 Jaw.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
sOHUY1IbL 0oLLIERY.

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. Nov. %. 1857
Schuylkill Colliery. a familiar landmark
Of Mahanoy Valley, which has been in
and a large force of men today began the
destruction OF the breaker and other
buildings around the entrance to the
mine.
For the past twenty years the schuyl-
kill Colliery has been operated by the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company, and was one of the b~est-paying
Der of years 1t was in use it has become
unsafe. North Mahanoy Colliery has now
been sufficiently equipped to prepare tn,
coat from both operations. and the I'M
derground chambers are so located thai
there is little Inconvenience experienced
in transferring the coal from one to
other, while the cost Of preparation IS ma
terially Increased. The capacity or SchuyIs
Kill Gallery was 500 tons daily, and the
average production was nearly equal &
the capacity
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
tsale No. sooo.)


AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RELIEF OF
Henry Bahncka in construction of Bay Win
dows.
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
Far and on behalf of the municipality OF said
CITY do ordain as follows:E
Section THAT Henry Bahncka be and is
beysby granted permission to construct and
maintain Bay Windows on building to be
erected by him on northwest corner Of Van
Horn street and Johnston avenue, which Bay
Windows may extend from the second story to
the roof of said building and beyond the build
ing line two feet six inches e, 60. any ordi-
nance to the contrary notwithstanding. The
work to be done under the supervision of the
Inspector of Buildings.
Section 2-That all costs and expenses, incl
dent to the introduction, passage and publica-
tion Of this ordinance shall be paid by the APP
plicant for same and such amount therefor as
q estimated by the Clerk Of this Board to be
necessary shall be deposited with that officer
on demand.
Passed November 8, 1897.
HAS. HOLLYWOOD, President.
Approved November l6. 1897.
EDWARD Hoos. Mayor.
o 7. BoUToN Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
THE DREYFU2 PUZZLE.
french war Department Persecutias
Friends of Tho Accused Wan.

fBy Gable to The Associated Press.j
PARIS, Nov. %, lS97.-ENPresident Cast
mir-Perier in an interview today, de-
clined to confirm or deny the story told
today by the Paris correspondent of the
DAILY Chronicle" regarding the onnec
ton Of Emperor William Of Germany with
the Dreyfus affair.
The arrest of Major Paufin de Saint
Morel. who is now undergoing a months
rigorous confinement to his quarters. has
led 10 a serious wrangle between General
Billot. the Minister for War. and General
Boisdeffre. the Chief of the French Head
quarters staff, who accompanied President
Faure to ST. Petersburg, who is under
stood TO be a great f~avorite of the Car
and whose name has been mentioned as
the successof of Count de Monticello, as
French Ambassador to st. Petersburg.
Major de Saint-Morel is the aide-de-
camp of General Boisdeffre. and was pun
ished recently with Major F~oreinetti, for
his attitude in supporting the agitation in
favor Of reopening the case Of Dreyfus:
the military prison of Cherche-Midi, was
punished by being relieved of his post.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
JUBILANT YALE.
Students 10 Reward the Victors and
Their Coach with Presents.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. p, 1897
Yale undergraduates have not ceased TO
rejoice over their great victory of last
Saturday over Princeton. Their latest
topic of discussion is the question of a
suitable present for the members of~rhe
eleven. Usually the players are given a
watch charm, appropriately Inscribed, but
this year their token from the college is
likely to be much more elaborate and
valuable. What form it will take is not
decided upon. H.
When the players receive. theirs memo
rial. the college will probably tender to
Head Coach Frank S. Butterworth a suit
able token of their esteem. The under-
graduates are profoundly grateful to him
for his unremittent efforts in bringing out
a victorious cam. and wish 10 show their
gratitude in a substantial way Sugges-
tons fer a popular SUBSCRIPTION to pro-
cure a medal or silver loving cup have
been made. and a complimentary banquet
has been talked of. 1t is Yet too early
to mature plans, but the undergraduates
will bring the matter to a head in a few
DAYS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
TRUCKING TO THE CZAk
[By Gable to The Associated Press.

KEEL, Nov. 20, 1s~97.-Emperor William
of Germany arrived here today in order
to attend the swearing in of the naval re-
cruits.
Majesty referred to the devotion to duty
exhibited by the young Duke of Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin and the members of the
crew OF the German torpedo boat who
were drowned in q gale Off Cuxhaven in
September last.
After Admiral Knorr, the Commander
in-Chief of the Imperial Navy, had called
for cheers for the Emperor, the latter
addressed the recruits and dwelt
upon the honor shown the navy by the
presence at the OF officers and
sailors from a Russian cruiser.
His Majesty also reminded his hearers
that the Gear was an AdTniral in the Ger
man fleet and called for cheers for the
Guar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
subscribers, the Commissioners Of ADJUST
ment for the Town of Harrison, County OF
Hudson and State Of New Jersey, appointed
by the Circuit Court Of the County of Hudson,
on the twenty-ninth day of October, A. D.
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. for the
purpose of performing the duties and executing
the powers conferred by Chapter 1876 of the
Laws of 1897, entitled IAN Act concerning the
settlement and collection of arrearages of I'M
maid taxes, assessments and water rates or
wafer rents in towns of this State, and i'm
nosjng and levying a tax, assessment and lien
in lien and instead of such arrearages and to
enforce the payment thereof. and to provide
finn and assessment" approved May eigh-
teen*h- eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do
hereby make known that they. the said Com
missioners OF Adjustment for the Town of
harrison, will meet in the Council Chamber
in the Town Hall of the said Town of Har-
rIson. on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of De
oember. A.. D.. eighteen hundred and ninety
seven. at the hour of two o'clock in the after
noon of that day, to hear, either personally or
nv counsel, all persons interested, either as
tsxnayers, owners of assessed lands or other
Use in the reassessment or adjustment under
said act. of the taxes, assessments or water
claims for local improvements heretofore made.
Dated Town of Harrison. N. J., October
J.. DAVIS,
PETER ]. GOODMAN,
EDWARD RUSS,
Commissioners of Adjustment of the Town Of
Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey.
MICHAEL r.
Corporation Counsel.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
(sale No. 2ess
HUDSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.

To the unknown owners and persons interested
in the lands below described
Take notice that on the 18th day of October,
A. D. 1892, the Mayor and Aldermen of Jer-
sey City purchased for the sum of six hundred
and ninety-nine dollars and twenty-five cents,
at a sale for adjusted taxes, &c. made by
the City Collector of Jersey City, pursuant to
Charter CXII. of the Laws of 1886, and the
supplements thereto and amendments thereof,
the lands known as lots Nos. 2S, 80. 80 and 81,
block 142, fronting on Tuers avenue, Jersey
City, Hudson County, New Jersey, as desig-
mated and laid down upon an assessment map
annexed to Report No. Y, made by the Com
missicners of Adjustment, appointed for said
CITY by the Court, pursuant to said Chapter
of the Laws of 1886 and the supplements
thereto, which lands so sold are described by
metes and bounds as follows, to witt
All that lot, piece or parcel OF land and
premises situate, lying and being in Jersey
CIV Hudson County, New Jersey.
BEGINNING on the easterly line of Tuers ave
nue. at a point distant 1e5 feet southerly from
the intersection of the easterly line of Tuers
avenue with the southerly line of vroom
street; thence running easterly at rlght angles
10 Tuers avenue 12A feet; thence soutAerls par
allel with Tuers avenue NV rect; thence vest
"a Tuers avenue; thence northerly along the
easterly line of Tuers avenue 100 feet TO the
point or place Of beginning. said lands are
thot Nv virtue of an order made on the 22d
day of October. A. D. 1881 by the Circuit
Court of the County or Huason. you are re
on or before the 18th day of April, A. D. 1898,
or to show cause on that day before said Court,
81 the Court House, in Jersey City aforesaid,
al ten A. NJ, why a deed therefor should not
he delivered to the said purchasers, their legal
CONSERVATIVES or assigns, pursuant to the
statute. and why such further order should
NOT he made as is by the statute provided.
Dated october g, 1887.
NJ MAYOR N OF JERSEY
CITY. :. rnx,-
MaVDr 4
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
HARD TERMS FOR AFRIDIs.
fBy Gable to The Associated Press.

[By Gable to The Associated Press.
SIMLA, Nov. %. 1S97.-GeneralsSir Will.
lam Lockhart, the commander of the Brit
ish forces operating against he insur-
gent tribesmen, telegraphs from the Brit
ish camp in the Madam Valley that he
has issued a proclamation stating the
terms of submission which he is willing
to grant the Afridis.
The latter are given u weeks grace in
which to accept the terms referred to,
which include the restoration of the rifles
and other Governmental and private
property stolen, the surrender of 500
breechloaders, a fine of 50, GOO rupees and
the surrender of hostages as a guarantee
of compliance with the will of the Gov
eminent.
The Khyber Pass will be reopened in
the manner the Government deems advis-
able, and all the Afridi tribal allowances
are forfeited by their misconduct.