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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

TO JOHN BRINLEY, R JOHN BRIN-
ley, his wife. and William H. Bramhall, adj
ministrator of estate of Edmund G. Bran
hall. decd
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the nth day of October, 1889, The
Mayor and Aldermen Of Jersey City purchased
for the sum of five hundred and eleven dol
lars and sixty-nine cents ALL the land and
real estate situate in Jersey City, in the
County OF Hudson and State of New Jersey,
fronting on Kearney avenue, which is laid
down and designated as lot eight 90, in block
number six hundred and sixty-three (663), upon
an assessment map annexed to a report num-
Der twelve 90, made by the Commissioner
of Adjustment appointed in and for said City
by the Circuit Court of the County of Hud-
son, a certified copy of which report and map
was filed in the office of the City Collector Of
Jersey City, on the 18th day of April, 1888,
said report and map and said sale being made
pursuant to the provisions of an act OF the
Legislature of New Jersey, passed March SOth,
1886. entitled
IAN Act concerning the settlement and collec-
ton Of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this State, and imposing and levy
ing a tax, assessment and lien IL lieu and
instead of such arrearages, and 70 enforce
the payment thereof, and to provide for the
sale Of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment"
And the several supplements thereto.
And you are further notified that you appear
to have an estate or interest in said
land and real estate, and unless the said
land and real estate shall be redeemed.
as provided in said acts, before the ex-
p~iration of six months from and after
the service hereof, a deed for the same will be
given conveying to The Mayor and Aldermen
Of Jersey City, the fee simple Of said land and
real estate according to the provisions of the
said act.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
q. Hoos.
(Seal.) Mayor.
~ Atfest:- NJ. j. o'DONNELL.
City Clerk.
lssla No. $40
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
MASTERS sALE-IN cHANcERY OF NEW

MAs4ERis SALEM cHANcERY OF NEW
Between The Metropolitan Trust Company
of the City of New York, complainant, and
The Union Traction Company ct ais, defend
ants.
On bill to foreclose.
Decree for sale.
Corbin & Corbin. Sol'rs. Complainant.
By virtue of a decree of the Court of Chane-
cry of New Jersey, made in the above stated
cause, bearing date on the twenty-1rst day OF
December. eighteen hundred and ninety-eigEt,
/, William NJ. johnson, one of the Special Mas
ters of said court, will expose for sale and
sell at public vendue; to the highest bidder
FRIDAY, the 9th day of January. 1899,
at two o'clock in the afternoon. at the sher-
IFS office. in the Court House, at Hacken-
sack. in the County of Bergen and State Of
New Jersey, all and singular the premises
mentioned in the said bill of complaint and
described as follows. to Wit
All the street railroad of the Union Traction
Company constructed and in operation from
North Arlington to Woodbridge, a distance OF
about eight miles, in the Counties of Hudson
and Bergen; also all the franchises, contracts,
machinery. railroad tracks and all other prop
erty of the defendant, the Union Traction
ever kind or description, including the lines
of tracks located on the Santiago, Francisco
and Riverside avenues. in the said borough
of Rutherford, with all the property of the
company now in use and making up a full
and complete railroad plant, in the, borough
Of Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey,
and adjacent thereto, and used in connection
Herewith, or as a part Of the works of the
said Union Traction Company, situate in said
borough of Rutherford, and varf61--ether cit
les, townships, boroughs, &C., in the State of
New Jersey, as more particularly described in
a map filed with the articles of Incorporation
in the office Of the Secretary of State of the
State of New Jersey, now possessed or which
may hereafter be acquired by the said the
Union Traction Company, together with all
privileges, rights. benefits, immrnities and ex-
emptions acquired by said company either by
legislative or other grant, or by contract.
Together with all and singular the heredita-
ments and appurtenances to the said premises
belonging or in anywise appertaining.
Dated Hackensack, Dec. "a, 1895.
WILLIAM M. JOHNSON.
$500. Special Master.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
TO SAMUEL D. WILSON. JOHN ROLLER.
and also Robert Allison, Charles H. Smith
and Howard L. Johnson, partners, as Allison,

TO SAMUEL D. WILSON. JOHN KOLLl1R
and also Robert Allison. Charles H. Smith
and Howard L. Johnson, partners, as Allison,
You are hereby notified that at a public sale,
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 18th day of April, 1895. /. the undersigned,
one hundred and twenty-three dollars and
ffty-six cents C123. 56), all the land and real
estate, situate. in Jersey City, in the County
Of Hudson and State of New Jersey. fronting
on Charles street. Jersey City, n. j., which
is laid down and designated as lots number
ninety-seven 90 and ninety-eight (9S), in
block number eight hundred ana slxty-nine
$500, upon an assessment map annexed to q
report number ninety-one SD. made by the
commissioners of Adjustment appointed in
and for said city by the Circuit Court of the
report and map WIS filed in the Office Of the
City Collector in Jersey City, on the twelfth
day Of April, Al. D. 1898, said report and
map and said sale being made pursuant to
the provisions OF an act Of the Legislature of
New Jersey. passed March Soth, 1886. entitled
ton of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this State, and imposing and levy
ing a tax, assessment and lien In lieu and
instead Of such arrearages, and to enforce
the payment thereof, and to provide for the
sale Of lands subjected to future taxation
and assessment
And the several supplements thereto
And you are further notified that you APP
pear to have an estate or Interest," in said
land and real estate, and unless the said land
and re4I estate shall be redeemed, ~ provided
in said acts, before the expiration Of six
months from and after the service hereof, a
deed for the same will be given conveying to
the said Mary A. Slater the fee simple OF said
land and real estate, according 70 tea pro-
DAsss MARY y SLATER.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
HoBoKEN's MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Supposed Insane Woman Il
Claimed by Her Mother.

Mrs. Ida Kirschner, the young woman
who, it is believed, is slightly demented,
and who was picked up in Hoboken on
Wednesday by the police, is no longer a
mystery. She was claimed by her mother,
Mrs. Clare Stein, of No. ia Grand street,
Hoboken, yesterday afternoon. The
woman, when arrested, gave her address
as No. 40 Belmont avenue, Jersey City
A detective went to that address, but
failed to find anybody of hat name resid-
ing there.
Mrs. Stein told the police that her
daughter lived in Newark. She said that
she came to Hoboken on Wednesday to
visit her, but could not find the house,
and roamed the streets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

Corporal w E.. Mills, of the Astor Bat
terry, now at Manila, writes to a friend in
ST. Louis: you've not the remotest idea
what an enterprising study the average
PHILIPPINE girl is to us foreigners. She IS
naughty. proud, and always within keep
ing Of her station. She mas looked with
favor upon us intruders and Vulnerable
courtesies have been shown to us.
prior to General Merritt's departure
for Paris he was presented with a cane
that viii surely attract attention. 1T was
made out of hair. 1t contains 0ck from
almost 1200 girls. Contributions were by
no means confined to blondes or brunettes,
natives or foreigners, every nationality
and type being represented. It weighed al
most Is pounds. and was shaped SO as to
represent the letter ], q Philippine EN-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
THOMAS METTAM.
Adroirtctru
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To Elizabeth f. Daus:-
BY Virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey, made on the
day of the date hereof, in a cause where
III The Howard Savings Institution is
complainant, and you and others are de-
endant you are required to appear,
plead, answer or demur TO the said cont
claimants bill, on or before the sixth day
Of February next or the said bill viii
be taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
gage given by John Eugene Neukirch
n wife to you on land in Township of
KearnyMHudson County. New Jersey,
dated May Is. 1893. and assigned by you
to complainant as collateral security for
your bond, and you are made defendant
because you have an interest in said
mortgage or the proceeds thereof.
Dated December 9Th, 1898.
JAMES G. MCDONALD,
Compliments Solicitor,
745 Broad ST.. Newark, N. J..
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
NO SUNDAY DANCING.

The recent protest made by a number of
prominent Greenville church women
against the Christmas festival Of the
Greenvflle Turn verein, has deferred
many organizations from holding their
annual balls in Columbia Hall, G~reenville,
on Saturday evening. Since Christmas,
W organizations have held receptions on
Saturday evening, but Captain Nugent
would allow no dancing after midnight.
sThey must abide by the law" said the
Captain, s'or suffer the consequences"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

Two new anecdotes Of Dickens have re-
Gently come to light. The first is as
follows:-He one day related how the
title Of oliver Twist had suggested it
self. The author had long puzzled his
brains to know wha name to bestow on
the youthful parish founding, when, one
day getting into one Of ShilIibeer's omni-
buses-then not long es-tablished-the
slammed the door and shouted
out to the driver:-"Go on, Oliver Twist
ssqhe singularity Of the cognomen struck
me, said Dickens. and I said to N.Y.
another occasion Dickens asked a
friend il he knew what "a corvivial glass
of port wine was, because, said he
asking # I will go q take n with
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
NOTICE.

NOTICE. =
the Orphans Court of the County of Hudson,
New Jersey. made on the 18th day of Novem-
Der, A.. D.. one thousand eight hundred and
ninety~eight, the undersigned, administrator
IL the estate of Charles Mettam. deceased.
will sell at public vendue, to the highest
bidder. on Wednesday. the 18th day of Janu-
ary. A. d. one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
al the Court House of Hudson CorIty, in Jcr-
sew city, New Jersey, all that cert in tract
or marcel of land and premises, situate, lying
and being in the City of Bayonne, i'll the
County Of Hudson and State of New Jersey,
known and distinguished on a map of prop
ertv belonging to E. C. Bramhall situated III
the Second Ward. City of Bayonne, surveyed
ard drawn by Smith & Eddy, June, 1859, as
lots one % and two t2l,. in plot number one
al. in block number nine 6), as laid down
on said map, said plots fronting on the south
eriy side of West Thirty-second street tor
merly Oakland avenue), distant four hundred
and sixty-seven and one-haf (46719 feet west
erly from the westerly side Of Avenue e, each
Of said plots being twenty-five feet f25 ft) III
width in front and rear and one hundred and
ninety $50 feet or more in depth on each
side.
Adp7irfctrufar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
WANDERED TO HoBoKEn.

Carrie and Susie Ludwig, aged six n
seven years, respectively, of No. Sc Cen
trail avenue, Jersey City Heights, wan
dered away from their home yesterday
n were picked up in Hoboken by the
police. The girls said that they found
their way TO Hoboken, but did not know
how to return home. They were taken to
Police Headquarters and placed in charge
of the matron.
Mr.. Ludwig. the father, called at the
police station and claimed his two children
1acf pi06f
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
VAN HoUTEN's INSTALLATION.

The newly elected officers of Var
Houten Post No. 3, G.. A. R., whose names
were published in 1.-The News" were in
stalled last night by Comrade George B.
Fielder. Department Commander William
G.. Smith of Plainfield and his staff Wis
tied the Post and participated in the cere-
monies.
After the installation a collation. was
enjoyed in the banquet room.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

and are contemplate, leading from Nor
ristoWn to all portions of the county, and
connecting with the improved roads of
adjacent Counties
The State Road Commissioner thinks
trolley lines should not be constructed
along the highways. ssThe highways"
ne says, were opened for free and I'M
obstructed travel by persons and vehicles
and they should be protected from danger
from any and all sources
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
ANNA NJ. STROBEL, deceased; Carl G..
A. Schumann, executor of n M, Stro-
bel, deceased, by order of the Deputy
Surrogate of Hudson County, dated No
ve1nber 2lst, 1898, hereby gives notice to
the creditors of said decedent to bring
in their debts, demands and claims
against the estate of said decedent, I'M
months from the date of said order, or
they will be forever. barred of any ae-
ton therefor against said executor.
CARE G.. A. SCHUMANN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
BAD WALKING ON BOULEVARD.

In spite of all the rain Jupiter Pluvius
has poured down ON this city during the
past few days, the snow on the Boulevard
sidewalks has not yet vanished. and
walking on that thoroughfare in the
G~reenville section is everything but pleas
ant. The police have done what they
could in having the walks cleaned when
they could find the owners. However,,
there are many lots in that section owned
by people who live out of this city and,
therefore, they cannot be reached.
The same trouble is experienced each
ucar
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
Mr. BELL HAS NOT RETURNED.

The police of the Ocean venue station
on Thursday evening said that William
Bell, Jr., of No. 81 Culver avenue, who
was missing from his home, had returned.
This was incorrect, as Mr.. N. r. Arm
strong, the missing mans brother-in-law.
said this morning hat Bell had not re-
The missing man is slightly demented,
his relatives say. He left his home Monr
day and has not been seen since.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO CREDITORS-ESTATE OF
Frank F. Hemenway, deceased. Martha
A.. Hemenway, administrators of Frank
F. Hemenway, deceased, by order OF the
Surrogate of Hudson County, dated No
vember 40, 1898. herbey gives notice to the
creditors of said decedent to bring in their
debts. demands and claims against the
estate of said deeedent, under oath or
affirmation, within nine months from the
date OF said order. or they will be forever
barred Of any action therefor against said
administrative.
MARTHA A. HEMENWAY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

STATE OF NEW JERSEY--DEPARTMENT
Of State-Certihcate of Dissolution.
To all to whom these presents may come,
Greeting
duly authenticated record Of the proceedings
for the voluntary dissolution thereof Nby the
unanimous consent of all the stockholders, de-
nosited in my office, that the c. f. Byrne
piano Company, q corporation Of this State,
bawken Ferry, Weehawken, County of Hud-
son state of New Jersey Uohn Conway being
agent therein and in charge thereof, upon
Whom process may be served, has compiled
With fhe requirements of A Act concern
inr corporations Revision Of 1885,, preiimi-
nary to the issuing Of this certificate of dis
solution;
of state Of the State of New Jersey. Do
Hereby Certify that the said corporation did.
On the fourteenth day of December, 1898, file
Il my office a duly executed and attested
consent in writing to the dissolution of said
cornoration, executed by all the stockholders
hereof. which said consent and the record Of
tbe proceedings aforesaid are now on file in
NV said office as provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereto set
my hand and affixed my official
fsealzI seal. at Trenton, this fourteenth day
OF December, "A. D. eighteen hum
dred and ninetv-cight-
GEORGE WURTS. Secretary OF State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO CREDTToRS-ESTATE OF
MaRGARETA HELMSTETTER. de-
ceased; Jacques Helmstetter, one of the
executors of Margareta Helmstetter, de-
ceased, by order of the Surrogate of
Hudson County, dated December LIST,
1893, hereby gives notice to the creditors
demands and claims against the. estate
of said ~decedent, under oath or affirma-
ton, within nine months from the date
of said order, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against
said executor.
JACQUES HELMSTETTER.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF
WHITNEY W. VAN CLEEF deceased; An
toinette w. Van Cleef. executrix OF Whitney
w. Van Cleef. deceased, by order OF the Sur
rogate Of Hudson County. dated October oath.
1898, hereby gives notice to the creditors of
said decedent to bring in their debts, de-
mands and claims against the estate of said
decedent, under oath or affirmation, within
nine months from the date of said order, or
they will be forever barred of any action
therefor against said executrix.
ANTo1NETTE W. VAN CLEEF.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

Ernst Adolph Leischker, deceased, Eva
Leischker, executrix of Ernst Adolph
Leischker, deceased, by order of the
Deputy Surrogate of Hudson County,
notice to the creditors of said decedent to
bring in their debts, demands ana claims
against the estate of said decedent, under
oath or affirmation. within nine months
from the date of said order, or they will
be forever barred of any action therefor
against said ~executrix.
EVA LEISCHKER
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

Gottlieb Langsdorff, deceased, Charles
H. G.. Langsdorff, administrator of Gott-
lieb Langsdorff, deceased. by order of the
Surrogate of Hudson County, dated No
vember Is. 1898, hereby gives notice to the
creditors of said decedent to bring in their
debts. demands and claims against the
estate of said decedent, under oath or
affirmation, within nine months from the
date of said order, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against said
administrator.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO cREDIToRS-EsrATE OF
Mary Jane Casey, deceased; Edward A.
deceased, by order of the Deputy Surro-
gate OF Hudson County. dated November
7. 1898, hereby gives notice to the creditors
OF said decedent to bring in their deb.s.
demands and claims against the estate OF
said decedent. under oath or affirmation.
within nine months from the date of sail
order. or they will be forever barXasd Of
amy action therefor against said adI1inis-
traitor. EDWARD A. CASEY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF
ELLEN ATKINSON, deceased; William A.
Atkinson, executor of Ellen Atkinson, de-
ceased, by order of the Surrogate of Hud-
son County. dated October 25th. 1898. hereby
gives notice to the creditors of said decedent
to bring in their debts. demands and claims
against the estate of said decedent, under
cath or affirmation, within nine months from
the date of said order. or they will be for
ever barred of any action therefor against said
executor. WILLIAM A. ATKINSON.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
ANNIE ORMSBY, deceased; Alexander
Roe, executor of Annie Ormsby, deceas-
ed, by order of the Surrogate of Hudson
County, dated November 10Th, 1895, here
by gives notice to the creditors of said
decedent to bring in their debts, demands
ana claims against the estate of said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation, within
nine months from the date of said or
der, or they will be forever barred of
any action therefor against said exec.
.utor. ALEXANDER ROE.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO cREDITORS-EsTATE OF WILLIAM
Fl. DALTON, deceased: Catharine Dalton. admin
istratrlx of William Il. Dalton, deceased. by, order
Der Il. 1873. hereby g YES notice 10 the creditors of
said decedent to bring in their debts, demands and
claims against the estate of said decedent. under
oath or animation within nine, months from the
date az said order, or they will be forever barred
OF any action therefor against said administrators
DALTON.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
NOTICE TO cRED1ToRs-EsTATE OF

NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Deborah Morton, deceased Isabella J..
Higham and Emma NJ. Chirm, executives
of Deborah Morton, deceased, By order
of the Surrogate of Hudson County.
dated November Z, 1898, hereby give
notice to the creditors of said decedent
to bring in their debts, demands and
claims against the estate of said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation, within
nine months from the date of said order,
or they will be forever barred of any
action therefor against said executives.
ISABELLA J.. HIGHAM
EMMA NJ. CH1RM.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07
TO JOHN A. LIGHTHALL. FREDERICK S.
Lighthal and Mrs. Frederick S. Lighthall,

TO John A. LIGHTHALL. FREDERICK S.
Lighthall and Mrs. Frederick S. Lighthall,
his wife,
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jersey
City, on the 18th day of October, 1852, The
Mayor and Aldermen Of Jersey City purchased
for the sum Of one hundred and eight dollars
and seven cents ALL the land and real es-
tate situate in Jersey City, in the County of
Hudson and State of New Jersey, fronting on
James avenue, which is laid down and desig-
mated as lots fourteen Ga, fifteen C51 and
sixteen Q6), in block number six hundred and
forty-three (643), upon an assessment map an
nexed to a report number seventy.two N2l,
made by the Commissioners of Adjustment
appointed in and for said City by the Circuit
Court of the County of Hudson, a certified
copy of which report and map was. filed in the
office of the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 10th day, of July, 1891, said report and
map and said sale being made pursuant to
the provisions of an act of the Legislature
Of New Jersey, passed March S0th, 1886, en-
titled
IAN Act concerning the settlement and collec-
ton of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of this State, and imposing and levy
ing a tax, assessment and lien in lieu and
instead of such arrearages, and to enforce
the payment thereof, and to provide for
the sale of lands subjected to future taxa
ton and assessment
And the several supplements thereto.
and you are further notified that you appear
to have an estate or interest in said land and
real estate, and unless tee said land and real
estate shall be redeemed, as provided in said
acts, before the expiration Of six months from
same will be given conveying to The Mayor
and Aldermen Of Jersey City, the fee simple
Of said land and real estate according TO the
provisions Of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. j., December 20, 1888.
THE MAYOR N ALDERMEN OF JER-
E. Hoos.
fseall Mayor.
>'ea Attest:- M. j. o'DoNNELL,
City Clerk.
ssaie No. sO57.)
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-07

NOTICE TO CREDIToRs-EsTATE OF
LIZZIE M. KNOWLTON, deceased;
Thomas F. Watson, executor of Lizzie M.
Knowlton, deceased. by order of the Sur
rogate of Hudson County, dated Novem-
Der 21st, 1898, hereby gives notice to the
creditors of said decedent to bring in
their debts, demands and claims against
the estate of said decsdent, under oath
or affirmation, within nine months from
the date of said order, or they will be
forever barred of any action therefor
against said executor.
THOMAS y. WATSON.