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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
LEGAL MAXIM REFUTED.
A Trenton Brakeman's Eloquence
Convinced the Vfce-Cbancellor.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."1
TRENTON. Sept.S, 1S97.-Charles Smith
a young brakeman of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, by his own e%loquence saved
himself from being sent to jail for con-
tempt of court. He appeared in the
Court of Chancery to answer why he had
not complied with the order of the Court
i'm paying his wife Sc a week.
He had no lawyer. but argued his W
case, calling vice-Chaneellor Grey your
Honor" and mis- wife's lawyer "the
learned gentleman of the other side"
He explained that out of $50 a month,
with a number of sick days, he could not
pay $40 a month. He astonished the
Court with his eloquence. The ,Vice-Chan-
eellor decided hat his, case was made out,
hut he would have to embody it in an ,affi-
davit to get a standing in the Court.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
REroRM SCHOOL FOB WILLIE.

Willie Brown, the 10 year old boy who,
as told in yesterdays News" Is locked
up at Hoboken Police Headquarters
charged with till tapping, will follow sew
eral of his former playmates to the re-
form school, if the request of his parents
IS carried out. Willie lives at No. 1893
Monroe street. He was caught robbing
the cash drawer in Mrs. Diederson's cam
dy store, at No. $50 River street, on
Tuesday morning, and was promptly
placed under arrest. Willie's father ap-
peared before Recorder McDonough this
morning and asked that his boy be sent
to q reform schOo He said that the lad
was incorrigjble and kept company with
boys of bad character.
An effort will be made to send Willie to
aAA State Reform School.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
LESSON FOB OUR FREEBooTERs.
Atlantic County F~reahofders Re-
snuire This Year $4,000 Less.

Especial to ~The Jersey City News."1
MAYS LANDING. Sept s, 1Ss7.-The
Atlantic county Board of Assessors met
in the Court House at this place yesterday
and organized by the election of Edward
r Donnelly, of Atlantic City, president.
and C. N. Rape. of Mays Landing. score
tary.
The County Board OF Freeholders re-
uuired the raising of $4,000 for the county
as against $73.e 600 the previous year. IA re-
duction of SIS. 600 in county expenses The
county tax was fixed at 5000 and for the
State school tax. 81. 405. The totalsvalua-
ton of the count was fixed at l7.605, 500
without exemption.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
KICKED AND BEAT THE WIFE.
sad Story of a Deserted Family =
Husbands Cruel Laughter.

The old and well worn story of the hus-
band who neglects his family for the
company of another woman was again
brought out this morning before Recorder
McDonough of Hoboken. The complain
ant inthe case was Mrs. Maggie Schaffer,
of No. rs Hoboken street, North Bergen.
She is the mother of six children, the
oldest of whom is eight years old and the
youngest two weeks. Her husband, who is
an engineer employed in the Fletcher Iron
Works, deserted her two months ago
leaving her destitute without a penny to
buy food for the children.
Mrs. Schaffer became i'll and was con-
ined to her bed. The attention of the
police was called to her depIorable con-
dition and through the assistance of
the poormaster the family was kept from
starving. 1t was several weeks before
Mrs. Schaffer recovered, but even then
she was unable to secure employment to
provide for her little ones.
Last Monday she learned that her
husband was living with Mrs. Katharine
Lotus. at Thirteenth street and Willow
avenue, Hoboken. She went there, h
said. with the intention of beseeching her
husband to return home, but as soon as
she rang the door bell. Mrs. LOTUS, who
is a heavily built woman, came out and
kicked her off the the stoop. Schaffer was
in the house, but he made no attempt
to intercede in his wife's behalf.
.He only laughed at me-" said Mrs.
Schaffer as she related her story. THE
Lotus woman then beat me until every
bone in my body ached.' -.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
GERMAEYs MEXICAN TRADE

WASHINGTON, Sept. s, 1ss7.-Consul
Monaghan at Chemnitz, has informed
the State Department that Germany is
steadily increasing her trade with Mexico
and that for 1896 it amounted to more
hi in 1895, when it was 1890. 600 marks.
The goods Germany sends to Mexico are
textiles, ironwares, china, glassware and
machinery. The consul says that now
the silver crisis has been brfdged over
being started in the republic, Including
mining, railroads, breweries, sugar refin-
arfac cir f&e
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
PERSONAL.

colonel Gilbert p. Robinson, clerk to
ne Board of Police Commissioners, has
been confined to his home, at Booraem
and Webster avenues. since Monday with
a slight Illness. His friends will be pleas
ed to learn tha his ailment is not seri-
Gus and that he will soon be able to re-
sumo his duties at Police Headquarters.
During his absence his son and private
secretary. William e. Robinson, has been
performing his work.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
LOWER COUNTY VALUATIONS
Cumberland Assessors, Lists Show
gDecreasc of SlS5.0OO.

Especial TO THE Jersey City News.'1
BRIDGETON. Sept. 5, lSs7.-The Cum
berland County Board of Assessors held
their annual meeting yesterday. Walter
j.. Minch was elected chairman. The valu-
alton In the county shows a netsdeerease
Of 1856, 600, due principally to the stagna-
ton Of the farming industries.
Vineland. Commercial Township and
the Fourth ward of Millville show an
school tax to be raised In the county Is
$47. 279. 81. necessitating q rate of rs cents
= <, s','ssarsa Ths totae county tax
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
4Inalan RnrLals in Canadn.

The Indians In the Interior still aahere
to the primitive mode of disposing af
the remains Of their dead. the corpse
attired in a new suit of clothes, being
placed on a platform some ten or twelve
feet high. Those living near to civili-
zation have adopted burial; but even then
the new suit of clothes is Indispensable,
and the body Is placed in an upright or a
sitting position on some hillside facing a
lake or river, that the eyes of the dead
may seen the canoe or chimans passing
Favorite weapons are Invariably in
tered with the bodies.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
BIG EASTERN GRAIN SHIPMENTS

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 5, 1se7.-On
account Of the immense shipments of
grain from the west. the Pennsylvania and
Baltimore a n Ohio Railroad Companies
are experiencing considerable trouble In
furnishing enough freight cars to meet
the demand. All cars that can be spared
are forwarded to such western points as
the business requires.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
DISAPPOINTED GOLD SEEKERS.

VICTORIA, q. c., Sept. 8, 1Ss1.-The
steamer Bristol returned to port this
morning. She started a week ago for
ST. Michaers, with two hundred miners,
who were to have been taken up the
river by the steamer Eugene. The Eu-
gene sprung a leak and could not pro-
coed on her voyage and the trip had to
ho abandoned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
MELBouRNE's GOLD RECEIPTS.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 1SeZ-consul
General Marratt reports to the State De-
partment that for the six months ended
June 30, 1897, there were received at the
Melbourne, Australian, mint, 619,214
ounces of gold. This came from AUS
tralia and the surrounding islands.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
~CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, September 10, 1897, at two o'clock
F. NJ. in the Assembly Chamber of the city
Hall. for the
IMPROVEMENT OF HURCH STREET,
from Jordan avenue to Bergen avenue.
Said Improvement to be made c~onformably to
1895 and in accordance with specifications on
file in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sur rsis
must be obtained. at the office of the Chler
ESTIMATE OF oHANTfr1Es.
About 300 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 80 cubic yards of sand or gravel hIl-
ing.
About 1870 square yards of asphalt paving.
About 1900 lineal feet of curb stone.
About 1,050 square feet of tagging.
About so square yards of repaving.
About 500 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 1900 square feet of relaid tagging.
About 120 lineal feet of cribbing-
About 3 manhole heads to be reset.
Time allowed for the completion OF tbs
work, so working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remenstranee of the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor on the basis of preliminary
sketch
Proposals must be enclosed i'm ssealed en-
yelopes, endorsed Proposals for the improve
ment of Church street" directed to Mr..
Ferd Heintze, Chairman of the mn on
Clerk of the Board 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 %sureties be allowed.
Proposals must conform to schedule of prices
adopted by this Board Ia copy of which is on
file in the office of the Chief Engineer) or they
will be declared informal and rejected.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
act above cited, exercise Its right to reject any
or all proposals. qg t
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874. of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to sutficiency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
men under oath.
BY order Of the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City. Sept. 8, 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
SUMMIT AVENUE CHURCH FEAST

On Friday evening mex the ceremony
of the Feast of Dedication will be held
in Summit Avenue Baptist Church. Or
the following Sabbath the pastor, the
Rev. Walter j. Swafieid, will preach
both morning and evening.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
ALucky Man.

did you have good accommodations when
you were in London?'
Eyes. l was fortunate; L had a whole hat
rack to myself.7-Chicag Record.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
N cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

TO John Charles Fox
BY virtue of an order Of the Court of Chanc
erv Of New Jersey. made on the day of the
date hereof, in a cause wherein Julia Frances
Fox is complainant. and you are defendant,
YOU are required to appear. plead. demur or
snsxvef to the eomplainant's bill, on or be-
fore. the eleventh day of October next. br the
said bill will be taken as confessed against
you.
divorce from the bond of matrimony.
FRED,K FRAMBACH,. JR.,
Solicitor Of Complainant.
Post Oflce Address.
No. / Montgomery Street.
Jersey City. New Jersey.
a Dated August 10. 1897. $500
NOTICE Of. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IS
hereby given that the final account OF he
subscriber, executor of Helen Reid, deceased.
will be audited and stated by the Surrog ate
of the County of Hudson and reported for
settlement on Friday. the 18th day OF Sep
TENDER next.
Dated June 5. A.. D.. Is9,
DAVID PEARSON JR-.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
Cures
"Cures talk y in favor R
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla,
as for no other medi- 904 ~

cine. Its great cures recorded in truthful,
convincing language of grateful men and
women, constitute it's most effective adj
velous. They have won the confidence Of
the people; have given Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla the largest sales in the world, and
have made necessary for its manufacture
the greatest laboratory on earth. Hoods
S~arsaparilla is known by the cures it has
made-cures of scrbfula, salt rheum and
eczema, cures OF rheumatism, neuralgia
and weak nerves, cures Of dyspepsia, liver
troubles, catarrh-cures which prove
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08
HOTEL
WORK WANTED

FOR BARGAINS IN ALL WORK RE-
lating to Painting, Kalsomining and
Papering, go to Frank A. Bergstrom. No.
272 Warren street, north of Montgomery
street. Orders by mail or otherwise
promptl attended IL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-08

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, September Is, 1897, at two o'clock
P. NJ. in the Assembly Chamber of the City
Hall. for the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
Tip IT."
A Trivial Pastime Popular Among Ian
cashire Gamblers.

J A Trivial Pastime Popular Among Ian.
cashire Gamblers.
Among the strange sports of Lanca-
| s'6ire is game known yariously as
, Golden" or Tip it,"
AS She Lancashire man of sporting
tendency must have a wager on every
thing that engages his attention, 10.
Of money ch&gces hands on this game,
generally in snail way. but quite fire.
quently in substantial SUES. Indeed,
says London Answers, there is a recog-
ni2od champion player of tip it, who
is open 20 back himself for Z IS TO lick
creation"
And this is how it is played: The
rival players take button. or some
small article, and sit on opposite sides
of table. The beginner puts his
hands under tie table, and, taking the
button in one Of them. raises his closed
fists into view, and the business of the
other is to say in which hand the button
is held. The button changes sides as it
is found. and the game goes Cd until the
points are reached.
II is often played with two or four a
side, and the champion will meet a
dozen at time. and discover the hand
holding the button by n sort of instinct.
The position of the thumbs decides
whether the game is "codtlam' or Tip
it." On this trivial rastime hundreds
OF pounds change hands every year in
some parts of Lancashire.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
TIE SYRIAN ARABS.
Styles Set by the Patriarchs stiu in Vogue
In the Last.

Styles Set by the Patriarchs Stiu In Vogue
In the East.
The Syrian Arals have char ced tier
style OF dress less than any other ma
tonality. At any rate there is no
record Of its having charged during
the period covered by human history,
either IS regards male or female dress
or a1o'rmcnt. Saving only for his
arehEns, there is 10 reason to believe
thai the Bodouin OF the dcser. dccs not
c!othe ard adorn himself exactly as he
did in the days of the Patriarchs. and
the women war their ornaments in the
nineteenth century Of the same shape
and in the same style as Sarah and Re-
tccca did. Among articles of western
costume. the two oldest arc probably
the Highland kilt and the smock- frock
OF The west country English laborer. 1t
is not probable that el;her Of them
has altered much for 1000 years. The
smock-frock was the reasant dress in
early Saxon times, and the kilt would
seem TO be q development of the kir:ia
or fringcd girdle, which was prcba bly
the earliest garment worn BY man.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.
Wonderful Things That Happen TO Mon
Who Shoot.

Who Shoot.
a well-known naturalist and sports
man was shooting quail one day near
the Pyramids, says Parsons Weekly.
Sighting an owl, he raised his gun, and
was about to pull the trigger when.
judge of his surprise. the bird suddenly
twisted in its fight as if shot, and came
fiuttering TO his feet. On examination
he discovered that the bird, although
in midair, had broken its wing through
the mere exertion of its flight.
When shooting on the moors in York
shire an unlucby sportsman had his one
solitary chance during the beat spoiled
by an extraordinary accident. just
as he was shooting at a grouse flying
about 40 yards away, another bird,
which had evidently lost its presence
of mind, futtercd in front of his gun,
receiving the whole Of the charge in its
body. 1t was literally blown to pieces.
Booth, the well-known collector of
Brighton, once did the very same thing.
He was firing at a small iock of com
mon pochard when the charge hung
fire, in consequence of which rare
specimen had time to fly into the line
Of shot. 1t is now in the Brighton mu-
scum.
Apropos, a strange freak of par
tridges may be mentioned. Upon GER
tain occasions they will fy far out to
sea and settle on the top of the waves
with as much unconcern as if they were
on turnip field, although it means
certain death to every one of the covey.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
WHOSE SHOT WAS IT?"
A Difficult Question which OFTEN Cen
fronts Sportsmen.

A Difficult Question Which often Con-
I fronts Sportsmen.
When two men are hunting together.
either for large game or small, there is
frequently considerable difficulty in
determining TO which one the dead
game belongs, especially when the
shots are fired stimuli aneously. or when
shot or bullets of the same size are
used by both hunters. DR.. j. w. Hall
in Recreation discusses at considerable
length the question: Whose Game
Was ltp"
When two persons standing side by
side shoot with shot of the same size
at bird the question is practically IN
answerable. though II both bit Che
1'ird the number OF shot in the game
would, Of course. have 10 be considered.
Courtesy gives the doubtful game 10
The one whose bag is slightest.
An experienced hunter can usually
tell when he presses the trigger whcth-
cr it is killing shot or not, and when
two such men shoot together there is
rarely any difficulty. as each knows
whe Their he held on or not. and does not
hesitate 10 say 80 if he feels that he
miHsed.
When hunting with q man who
claims everything il is best 10 quit.
Some men. even if their second she'll
misses fire, will contend that they
killed two birds rods apart. They
can make marvellous shots around cor.
nsrs. over hilltops and through trees.
and they quite spoil AN honest mans
snort
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
AN Es TN THING.
4 Duel In DARK Room = Both Men
Proved towards

Proved SOWaruA
1t has been said that all men are
towards in the Gark, ard there is
doubtless some truth in the statement.
a correspondent of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat cites an instance in illnstra-
ton. Two officers of the British army
in India had difficulty which resulted
in a duel.
The colonel, the challenged party.
was an old campaigner who had won
his Iaurels in the Crimea and was most
gallant soldier. The choice of weapons
being his. he named pistols, and elected
that the affair should occur in dark
room.
We secured a room 20 feet square,
says the narrator of the incident,
closed every crevice that would admit
light, placed our men in corners di-
agonally opposite, and withdrew.
Each man was provided with three
charges, and when these were exhaust
ed we rushed in to gather up the mutt
lated remains. ...
Each man stood erect and soldierlike
in his corner, untouched; but directly
behind the officer who had given the
challenge were three bullet holes made
10y the colonel's pistol.
''Iow is this?' said grizzled major.
Had you been standing here when
those shots were fred. you would have
been killed"
The culprit was forced to admit that
he had dropped TO one knee.
"Iou ore a coward. Sir, and unfit for
the company OF soldiers and gentle
meD!" cried the major,
Hold on, major!N rad the colonel.
1T is a stand-of. While be was on his
knees in one corner, was on my
stomach in the other"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
GETTING A SEAT IN A CAR.
Cute Trick OF = Pretty Giri- obtsiped b,
False Pretenses

Cute Trick OF Pretty Girl Obtained By
False Pretenses
Have you ever noticed" said .
young man about town, "the foxy
game that some girls work in the
street cars for the purpose OF getting
a seat? No? Why, they've worked il
ON me several times during one month.
The first time it happened was one
night around Christmas time. /
boarded car and got seat. The
car soon filed up, with women prin-
cipally, the majority of whom carried
Christmas buha1s. was sery tired,
and, Of course, ] became interested in
my paper TO the exclusion Of every
Thing else. J moment or two later,
however, l glanced up from my paper
and looked around the car. A rather
pretty young woman, who stood Just in
front of me, bowed very sweetly and
said: Why, how do you do" tipped
my hat. but for the life OF me couldn't
place her-didn't know her Mt all. But
she seemed to know me, and, of course,
IL was only proper that should give
her my seat. did it, making some
idiotic remark about the weather a.
she took my place. Oh she said. look
ing at me, critically, I'm afraid I've
made a mistake. took you for an
acquaintance She turned away with
a look Of well-felgned embarrassment.
But she had my seat and kept It."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16

A princess, a countess. duchess and
the daughter Of reigning prince were
among the 1000 thieves. professional,
and unprofessionai, arrested in Pari.,
during tho first six months Of last year.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
Racing Pigeons m f}eiriam.

Belgium is the home of the facinr
pigeon. There the sport lie a national
pastime, and good pigeon frequently
wins for its owner large sums Of money.
the prizes being considerable, 70 which
heavy pools are added.
Evening star., 1897-06-08
CADETS COMING HERE AwHEEr

They Bring Messages From Gen.
BROOKE to Secretary Alger.
Twelve young men, comprising the bicycle
corps of the Northwestern Military Acad-
emy Of Chicago, ILL.,, started awheeI for
Washington yesterday morning, TO deliver
a message to Secretary Of War AIger The
young men leaped into fame at the mill
tary carnival at the Coliseum in that city
several weeks ago.
Their maneuvers, under the command of
Major Davidson, their organizer and lead
er, made the hit of the great exhibition,
and the task which was undertaken yester-
day was the result of a determination to
show the public that the corps could do
the toughest kind OF actual work, as well
as exhibit skill in drilling on their rubber
shod steeds.
The message from Gen. Brooke to Gen.
Alger Is merely a formal statement of the
trip and its object. The document is to be
carried the entire distance, from Chicago
to Washington, by the corps The mem
bers of the corps will ride, camp, cook.
maintain guard and precautions, according
to the rules observed in an enemy's coun-
try. with the exception. of course, of forag-
ing.
Each cadet carries a Springfield rife,
shelter tent. blanket, extra clothing and
one days rations. The weight of each bi-
cycle, with equipment. is ifty-five pounds