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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-16
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George HOLSTER and William N. Crane,
as HOLSTER, Crane and Com
pany, VS.. Max Werekshagen and johann
mes A. Beugger, partners as Werck-
shagen, Beugger and Herzog.
In attachment-In contract.
Notice is hereby given that a writ of
attachment was issued out of the Cir
cult Court of the County of Hudson
against the rights and credits, moneys
and effects. goods and chattels, lands
and of Max Werckshagen and
Johannes A. Beugger. partners as Werck-
shagen, Beugger and Herzog, absent
and William N. Crane, partners as Hol-
lister, Crane and Company, for the sum
of twenty-five hundred and twenty-five
dollars and forty-five cents C2 ,225.45), re-
turnable on the fifteenth day of Febru-
airy, a. p. 1889, has been served ana fSa dgly
teenth day of February, A. d. 1899, by
he Sheriff of the County of Hudson.
JOHN G. FISHER,
Clerk.
mated February is, 1899.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-16

The Board of Education has asked for
the purchase of the Gennert property by
resolution. That action may be ~rescinded-
Yesterday afternoon the Mayor and
Finance Commissioners inspected the
Gennert land, the Detwiller tract, a par
eel offered by Mrs. Finn and a tract
on Ocean avenue.
The Finance Commissioners and mem
bers of the Board of Education are to
make another inspection of the property
today.
The Finance Board is to meet Friday
night, and it is possible that some ac-
ton will be taken at that time. When a
site is acquired it is recommended by the
Board of Education and purchased by
the Finance Board.
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N9i1cTAv STEUP. deceased; Adele Woeck-
ensr' administratrix of Gustav Steup, de,
ceased. BY order Of the Deputy Surrogate OF
II,,Sson County, dated December 2Sth. 1898.
iarahv riyes notice to the creditors Of said
aecedent to bring in their debts, demands and
o,ai,ns against the estate of said decedent,
,,nder 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. ADFLE
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-16

(Sale No. 24o4.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust CO.
TO JULIA 3. SEYMOUR widow. ROBERT
Company of New York
You are hereby notified that at a public sale
made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on
the 18th day Of October, 1892, The Mayor and
Aldermen of Jersey City purchased for the
sum of nineteen dollars and f~orty-one cents
ALI. the land and real estate situate in Jer-
sey city, in the County of Hudson. and
State Of New Jersey, fronting on Landy's
lots one a & two (), in block number ten
hundred and seventy 2 Q070E), upon an
seventy-two T2), made by the Commissioner
of Adjustment appointed in and for said City
by the Circuit Court of the County Of Hud-
was filed in the office of the City Collector
of Jersey City, on the 18th 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 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 lien 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 appear
to have an estate or interest In said
land and real estate, and unless the said
and and real estate shall be redeemed.
as provided in said acts, before the ex-
niration 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
Dated Jersey City. N. j., February Goth. 1899.
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JER-
= e. HOGS.
.sea11 Mayor.
~ Attest NJ. J.. O,DONNELL.
(sale No. s2oz)
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LAND FOR SCHOOL NO. 20
Jacob Detwiller Offers
Thirteen Lots Action
Delayed.

The Finance Commissioners held a long
and important session last night. The
principal business under Amusement was
the proposed purchase of a new site Tor
Public School No. 20. w. Gennert at
torney for G. Gennert, sent a letter 10
the Board offering a tract 50x22S adjoin-
ing old No. 20, for So, 900. There is a rae
tory on the site and Gennert wishes to
retain possession in the event of pur-
chase, at will until May 16, 1899. He
also demand thai the fixtures be retain
ed by him. The letter was referred to
the Committee of the Whole.
Several other offers of property nave
been made to the Board.
One of the offers is as follows:-
Jersey City, N. J., March Is, 1899.
To the Honorable Board OF FINANCE.
Gentlemen-I take the liberty to offer
you a site for a new school house in place
of the property destroyed by hre, whicn,
if l am correctly informed, Will be a large
saving to the city, and the location Is
superior to the old one in regard to SAM
tary as much as a central location. the
four lots adjoiningthe old school viii cost
thirteen lots, or a piece OF land $50 by 22o
feet. between Danforth and Linden ave-
nues, only a block west of the. present
site, on severed street sandy SOL, ana ~
save You 1000 on the first outlay and
leave you the present sehoolhouse lots
beside, which at a reasonable figure are
worth $1,000, making a saving in all OF
5000.
I hereby offer you lots Nos. "a, 36, IS, IS
81 and 80, each % by 10 feet, for $3.50 each,
and the adjoining six lots, Nos. ~ ~, 81,
29, 81 and 80, We're offered by Mr.. Charles
Woekner for 5000 each, making a total
expenditure of IS, 1900 for a plot $50 by 20
feet.
IL vo,1r honorable bodv will give this
proposition due attention n together
with the Board of School Commissioners
will compare the properties, should be
pleased to give fuller particulars ana
meet you at yOur desire.
Yours respectfully,
JACOB J.. DETWILLER,
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Dated jersey city, March I. lS99.


TO MARY KERNEN widow. ALSO KNOWN
as Mary McKiernan; John Kernen, also
known as John McKiernan; Mary McKier-
nan, his wife; Sarah V. v. Sewell,t Cor
neiius Van Worst. William v. V. Powers,
Caroline Powers, his wife; Cornelius V. V.
Powers. Annie p. Ledoux, Albert r. Ledoux,
her husband; Julia Van Worst, William b.
Van Worst, Sarah Van Worst, his wife; An
toinette Booraem (widow). and The Provi-
dent Institution for Savings in Jersey City
You are hereby notified that at a public
sale made by the City Collector of Jersey
City. on the 18th day of October, 1891, The
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey CITY pur-
chased for the sum of one hundred and hIty-
seven dollars and eighty-three cents ALL the
land and real estate situate in Jersey CITY, IN
the County of Hudson and State of New Jer-
sew. fronting on Railroad avenue, which IS
laid down and designated as lot thirty-seven
f30. in block number four hundred and TWEEN
tv-eieht (42S), upon an assessment map an
nexeS 10 a report number sixty-seven SD,
made bv the Commissioners of Adjustment
appointed in and for said City by the Circuit
Court Of the County of Hudson, a certified
conv Of which report and map was filed in
tbe office of the City Collector of Jersey City,
On tbe DIST day of January, 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 Goth, 1886. en-
titled
"An Act concerning the settlement and collec-
ton of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assess
ments and water rates or water rents in
cities of his 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 appear
~ 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 expiration 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 pro-
visions of the said act.
Dated Jersey City, N. j., February 9Th, 1899.
THE MAYOR N ALDERMEN OF JER-
E. Hoos.
(Seal.) Mayor.
Attest:- M. J.. osDoNNELL,
City Clerk.
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DATED February is. 1899.
i. HERBERT POTTS,
Attorney.
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HUDSON CIRCUIT COURT.

(Sale No. S207.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee 4 Trust CO
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lSale No. 26SS.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23

'gIIoush 70 satisfy a hungry man, If the
me could be found in the kingdom-but
G''l would be impossible, barrin on
t'a' gay, when Ghe ould sinners that they
"',1| 'hey used to schame it by goin OUT
".g snitherin up the smell of the whate.
""1 uIlh themselves Che villiainsD that
way lu their fren's would Almost have to
"ge. some of them (the bla'guards) with
- LOT fear they'd bust; and the blight
'Ne rot was niver known on the pra-
~ ana they had tatties that big One
s 'hey called them) that l heerd me
80 -d,her say that he heerd his gran
So say that he heerd his great-gran'-
ie q wish him restD tellin' him, that
va, W." harvest time they often scooped
fsb them out and put to say in it to
s loI mackere.-and more betoken, the
de- ulem days swarmed with every
u,att-.pHoh OF fish that ever put a fin IN
or rl, ana the fishermen never used hook
hoo Dut Just baled the fishes into their
ar,5t, WIN an ould bucket. Well how
ana ~ IL was in them glor'us days of full
s,, P.eHly that Billy Began lived as a
ana IT, "a cotthar to the King of Donegal,
or 49, "y mad one son, Jack, that turned
ears w., We very handy like with his fu-
bsl" "eH ne wanted anything that diun't
gI'iohs to him Well. thar Jared well tin
atf ri7" up to be a stout, strappin
COM mp Of a gorshoon, when the King
Con- 10 ould Billy, his father, to make
la,i,-''n's on Jack, seem that he wasn't
Or ,ra 5 d movable thing about his castle
him. Out ne was hosting off wild
he ,"% r't Billy Began" says the King, says
as hands tor" ''A sums ~ ''' -
way yer reverence" says Billy that
tur, p3ek to him, ''throgs. l think he'll
bis , HIS hand to anything you laive in
he 0 1t. know that" says the King, says
Ns NO. my own cost; but 1 mean to say
him time you were thinkin' of givin'
Of +, Wfade for the short and the long
bons. Is that l won't have him about INV
saw or place longer. 1 caught him"
off ~ only last night thrying to carry
Iigb, pest mare / have in nv stables
t5ra,-D loot, and that, you know is high
purisbgi' and We know that the llghtest
burre5 ''f t for high thrayson is TO be
don Deheaded and hung. But III par
to fbra on condition that you put him
Of tbrt i'de at wanst. and that at the end
throda years he'll be so parfact at the
three mat mat ! can't puzzle him in any
'u'hgs III put afore him to do;
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! but if there's any one of them he can't
90, ne II have to suffer his fate for high
thrayson."
why, yer highpess' reverence" says
Billy, the farms is mortal hard stilland-
lVer we'll have 10 do our best, and sure
the best can do no more. But what thrade
Will | prentice him tor"
Why, as for that" says the King. says
ne, "plaise yourself, only mind my I'M
provokable conditions"
We'll, says Billy, says he, in brown
study that way, Il think the only thrade
that ever 1 could make an honest thrades-
man out OF him at would be a thief, for
L think it's the only one he has the in
clination for"
''Plaise yerself, Billy" says the King
back to him again only mind my condl-
tons"
Well, to make a ding story short, Billy
thramped off and found Jack, and tould
. him what the King of the castle was af-
Their saying.
We'll, father" says Jack, says he.
what cant be cured must be endured.
so you'd betther be up Defines in the
mornin' an come along with me till we
meet some daicent thief that's masther
or his thrade that you'll prentice me to,
Tor, between ourselves, 1 was long swith-
erin to go an larn the thrade properly
anyhow, for though they say that self
ard place one has to work under a great
many disadvantages in the uphill part
of the business, so that there's often
would have given my one eye for a couple
of good hints from a purfclent in the
thrade.'
No sooner said than done. Jack and his
father took the road early next mornln'
and weary travel they had of it that
day through a strange country till tor'st
night they came to an inn where there
was entertainment for man and haste
and for boys, too-and they put up there
that night and slept sound l can tell ye,
and, moreover when Billy paid the land
lord the damage next mornrn', doesn't my
brave Jack stale twicet as much back
again out Of the till before he left. Well
they started that morning again and trav-
eled on and on, of a hot summers day
when tor'st evening who did they meet
but the mastherman thief of all that coun-
try, and there and then Billy bound over
Jack TO him for three years; and he gave
Jack his bessin' and told him to make
the most of his opportunities, and to al
ways keep before his eyes the fear of
what he'd meet with from the King of
Donegal when he'd come back If he
wasn't masther of his thrade. Jack prom
ised faithfully that it wouldn't be his fault
or he'd know tire FMS and the outs of the
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comes steppin' into his fathers house; and
Riuv. | can tell you, was delighted to see
him He hardly knew him, for he had
grown 10 be as fine and able lookin a man
as you'd meet in the longest day in sum-
mer.
"Jack." says his father says he, throw
IN his arms about him, have We larned
yer trader"
know what the King has promised If ye're
not able to do the three things he puts be-
fore ye?"
"Yes, father" says Jack, and I'll do my
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own parlymint, and we had mines of all
sorts and descriptions, both coal and cop
per and silver and goold-and, more be-
Token, the guineas were as common as
ienpennies; and the farmers had fields Of
Whale that it was a days journey to walk
over and the smell of them was almost
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business so far as the ould buffer that he
was 'prenticed to could put him. Billy
then set out for home again, and there
was nothing more heerd of me brave Jack
till the three years was up.
They weren't long in passin', and on the
day after the end of the three years Jack
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best 10 do them and as yourself says, sure
the best can do no more"
Well that evening the father took Jack
hope l have father" says ne.
Jack, ahaskey," says the father, you
UP to the castle, and when the King came
out he told MIN that this was Jack come
nome asain after saryin' his premiership,
and he had the thrade back with him.
why Jack" says the King, its well
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The closing paragraph OF the VIII OF VIII
liam Steel, the banker, who died recently
IN San Rafael. Cal, leaving an estate OF
$780, 900, reads thus: And l make the spe-
cial request that my body be crenlated
and that not one copper coin Of the income
of my estate be expended upon or In any
chapel or church or upon the support or
encouragement, directly or Indirectly. OF
any so-called minister of the Gospel, or
on missionaries of any sect for the whole
of the tribe of whom I entertin a Sincere.
well-founded and uncomfortable aversion,
because during my llfe-time l found that
boih the men and women preachers did
not know what they We're talking"
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1t is said that at the death of Hetty
Green S1.oO0,0OO Of her fortune will be di-
vided among 100 distant connectionA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-22

crosses the Augusta road a short dis
lance from the 'snowplough," Wednes-
day afternoon, is one of the saddeSt
accidents that has happened in this
section for long time. No one was
with the little fellow at the time, and
it is not known just how the accident
occurred. He was last seen at his
home, about o'clock, and not return
ing when night came, a search, which
on account of the darkness was I'M
avaiing, was made for him. The
search was renewed, early Thursday
morning. by his father and the neigh
hors. and about I o'clock, the body was
found under the ice in the Greeley
pond stream. a short distance from the
bridge. 1t is supposed that he ventur-
ed on the ice which the warm weather
had weakened broke through and was
carried under by the current. Patsy
had many friends about the home, was
a bright promising boy and the heart
felt sympathy Of every one in the
Home goes out to the afflicted father
and bereaved brother and sister. The
funeral services were held at the house
yesterday afternoon, and the interment
will be at ST. Marys cemetery in Au-
Gusta, this morning.
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Our Granger Visitors.

The Granger cXCurSioniStS, a party
numbering about 80, reached the Home
shortly before Q o'clock yesterday
morning, and We're shown about the
buildings ana grounds by Colonel
Allen, leaving again at II o'clock. A
few of them called at the Offices and
looked up old friends in camp. Among
the visitors were Mr.. ana Mrs Frank
Martin. Auburn E,likanah Spear.
RoCkland; Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Davis.
Harrison: Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. X. Hanly
Mr.. and Mrs. g. s. Hamlin, South Wa
terford; &. w. Cummings. Hebron; A.
Robbins. Appleton; w. f. Ingorscll 90
lumbia Falls: +. +. Barrows. West
Paris: -. j. BoWlcs. South Hope: r.
NJ. Page, kingman: +. T.. wood. Nor
way; II. J. Whitmorc. West Minot; W.
H. Eamsd"ll. East Hebron; W. f. La
land. West Minot: Ned T.. cox. North
Norway: y. r. Swan. Fred s. Swan.
Bangor Il. j. earle. Hollis. s. f. Ar
chibald. Monticello: J. IL Ponder. Al
fred; Geo. w. clark. Perry: &. NJ. Nor
lis. 18th NJ. Vols. Lincoln: Eli stone
Windham: Matte !. Holway. Mrs. Ada
Euttage. \. Baker bingham.
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shippers ana carriers might come to AT
agreement.
y. B. Kelly of the Philadelphia Trad,
League, said that what the shippers
wanted was that the new classification
should 80 into effect, April |, instead OF
Jan. |, 1900. Mr.. Gill. who was on the
stand during the morning. protested
against Mr.. kelly's prop psitiun.
a. j. Nalandinham. representing the st.
Louis Traffic Bureau. believed that If 4
postponement of the date when the OIL
cial classification would he effective
could ~ arranged. the Western lines
would take similar action.
Mr.. Gill, although protesting against
being again examined. nevertheless sub
mttcd 10 2 series Of questions on the
shipping of petroleum ANA admitted thaI
the standard Oil 60. was favored by the
railroads at the expense Of the small
shippers.
Nathan Guilford. traffic manager Of the
New York Central ana the Boston x AL
bany Railroads. made a long statement
in which he said that he did not care 10
defend the proposed classification because
he realized that there might be inCOnsis-
tencies in them. Without reaching any
conclusion The hearing adjourned until
tomorrow.