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Sharp County record., 1899-08-11
SIDN Ely.

More rain, and plenty of
it.
w. E. Founders has dis.
continued his school work at
Enterprise.
Horse shoe pitching seems
to be the highest enjoyment
OF some of us just now.
DR.. Batson and wife have
returned from Memphis.
They report a delightful
trip.
This article is being writ.
ten at the dark hours of mid.
night, and how still and sad
everything seems!
MIR. Lem Founders will
conduct the prayer meeting
services next Sunday evening
Everybody be present.
Mr.. Gardner and family
left Thursday for Harvel,
Mo-, where they will spend a
few weeks visiting relatives
of that place.
After an illness of a few
days of fever, Mr.. Meeks is
out on our streets again,
giving vent to his unusually
large store of mirth and en-.
joyment. ny.
S. L. Arm, one of oui
enterprising merchants, says
that he hopes that the trust
which is gobbling up the
grease will not reach out and
gobble the old.f fashioned soap.
maxim fxin's and thus put
cleanliness out of reach of all
but "hiferluting people.
B. F. Meeks and family
and N. P. Wiles and family
are planning a trip to Stone
county. where they can feast
on turkey and deer, and en-
joy the beauty, grandeur and
picturesqueness Of the seen.
cry from the SUBMITS of the
lofty mountains. They an.
ticipate spending a week or
two, ana we certainly wish
them a pleasant time.
Rev. Walker and wife, who
have been attending the meet.
ing left for their home at
Melbourne Tuesday. We
feel greatly indebted to Bro.
Walker for the many clear,
logical, earnest, sincere and
comforting sermons which he
so generously gave us during
his stay here.
The meeting here is still In
progress, and will probably
continue many days yet.
Quite an unexpected and
romantic wedding took place
here Sunday evening, the
fortunate ones being Mr..
Phillip Smith an{Niss Din
ME Cathey both Of Evening
Shade. There were only a
Sharp County record., 1899-08-11
County News.
CAVE CITY.

we 0du NlCc SuoWCi
Monday evening.
Misses Aurora and Lille
Gray spent Sunday here.
1.-THE meloncolic days have
come, the hottest of the
year."
Your scribe and lady spent
Friday visiting on Reeds
Greek.
McCurdy Horn has been
the victim of chills for sever
al days.
Mrs. M. E. Barnett has
been quite indisposed for
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Parsley
are rejoicing over their first
BORA girl.
Jack Lamar is all the time
looking for some one to swap
bosses" with.
Miss Leona Horn has been
visiting at Hickory Valley for
the past week.
Peter Fry the Missouri
organ man is in town with a
view of locating.
We are informed that the
school will begin here the
25th of September.
DR.. c. c. Gray has rented
property and will move here
in time for the school.
Those wanting to play
croquet may tackle" the
P. M. for he is the man.
John Lamar, after spend
ing a few weeks here, lief
for his home last of las
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Woo,
of Sidney was here the frs
of the week visiting thei
parents.
Thos. H. Stewart nov
rides in a nice new bugg,
which he ordered a shor
time ago.
E. Q. Craig passed throug
here Friday with drove o
beef cattle which he shippe'
to st. Louis.
Two nephews Of Rev. c. L
Castleberry was here las
week. They live at Viola
Fulton county,
Chas. Sims, ADDISON ant
Adie Arm passed througl
here Monday on their way t.
Scott township.
Tom Shell, the congenia
liyeryman at Cushman
bought a car load of cattl
here last week.
r. D. Horn was here tn
first of the week in the inter
est of the c. NJ. Finn marbl
works of Batesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Grafton
of Polk spent Saturday ant
Sunday here visiting thei,
daughter. Mrs. John B
Crownover.
G. r. Boles and lady o.
Thayer, NO., visited the
families of G. W. Brewer
f. w. Brewer and w. II,
Horn here last week,
A Mr.. Wade, from near
Moorefeld, was here last
week making arrangements
for his children to attend
school here next year,
DR.. w. V, Batson called on
us Monday morning. He re.
ports a lot of sickness over
the country and says he is
kept busy most of the time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
AL WELCOME TO CHURCH SCHOOL


These items of interest are taken from
st. Johns Church sBulletin':-
I'VE are glad to have the poorest chill.
drel in our church school, and they Will
be welcome. Even IL their clothes are
But we eannot have dirty children AL
teachers in all grades are asked Hrst 70
tell their children that they must come
clean. After that, if they do not come
so, they must be sent home to wash their
hands and faces, and then come back.
Let no teacher hesitate an instant to en-
force this rule. There Is always excuse
ness is the first Gospel for dirty children
A usual we hope 10 hold a parish
sociable each month through the season,
The object of his is THAT six times q year
all the people of st. Johns shall be IN
vited to come together, meet the clergy
and each other and feel there IS an ele-
ment of common social life abroad in the
church. It is really a monthly reception
given by the clergy and their wives The
first reception of this season will be heia
on Tuesday, October 10. The members OF
the Holy Cross Guild will be the enter
tainers. 1t will differ from former recep-
Mrs. Niese, the president OF the Holy
Cross, with the officers aud chairmen OF
the different committees, will receive on
the platform of the chapel. and the
guests are supposed to pay their respects
to them as il IN a private. house. Then
refreshments will at once he served, ana
those who have this part IN charge are
est in the Holy Cross. The names OF
those who receive and serve will be print
ed In the next Bulletin There Will be
music as at any reception
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
HOBART SERIOUSLY ILL.
ii Is Possible That He May Be
Unable to Preside Over
the Senate.
-|1.71 -
rsneeialto erhe Jersey city News.

Fsneeiai to 1.-THE Jersey City News.
PATTERSON. Sept. %, 1Ss9-It is possible
that Vice President Hobart may be un-
able to preside. over the next session Of
the United States Senate. More thar
hat. it now is recognized as a serious
probability that he will not be IN pny-
steal condition to accept a denomination
as the running mate of President Me-
Kinley in the next national campaign.
The disease from which Mr.. Hobart sur
fers is a kidney trouble, not acute, but OF
a form requiring absolute rest for a long
time. The fact has been known to ms
friends. but this is the first announcement
that his Illness is so serious as to threaten
an auctual Withdrawal from the duties OF
his public position. This illness began with
an attack Of the grip in Georgia last
spring He returned theme to Washing
ton. where he suffered a relapse, Deins
confined to his house for several weeAs.
Then he went to Long Branch ana Ee-
covered sufficiently to join his friend. the
President. during a part or ms outing ~
Lake ChamDlain.
Since his return last Tuesday to his
home in Paterson. Carroll Hall, the Vice
President. has not visited his Office in the
saving bank building. 1t is SAID lnal ne
Fan make no effeort without e~xhaustaon.
His private secretary sayst--Ihe troupe
with Mr.. Hobart is that as soon as he
feels strong enough to work he pitches IN
SO hard that he makes himself Ill again.
1t is now nearly six months since the
Vice President, despite long perioos OF
resi- has been able to devote time con-
tinuously to business
Vice President b is slowly Out
steadily improving and if the weather Is
favorable he expects to go 10 ms PATERSON
nfice some day this week to clear up
some private business matters
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25

Tonight the Academy of Music will
bring forward a comedy farce novelty en-
titled 1.-THE Cuckoo adapted by Charles
sBrookheld from Aeilhac's oDecore." The
English version of the play Is not called
1.-THE Cuckoo" after the bird of that name,
but after a newspaper that figures con-
spicuously in the plot. Briefly, the latter
concerns the misdeeds Of Nj. and Mrs.
Penfoid, who are SO decidedly il-matched
he Is commonplace and she quite a
beauty-that each finds some n else
more companionable.
There are a dozen other characters IN
the play, one of which, an African king,
furnishes a great deal of amusement
.fT9ae Cuckoo" is, on the whole, a good
Offering for this season of the year when
many theatre-goers are hardly ready for
serious plays, and will doubtless find at
the Academy of Music the same favor II
met with at Wallack's. It will be pre-
scented by an excellent company OF come
dians selected from the ranks of Charles
Frohmanss players. The cast includes
Joseph Holland, Amelia Bingham, Eleanor
Moretti, Charles Bowser, Clayton Whyte,
James Lea Short. C. st. Aubyn, H ;.
David Mccartney, Jos. A. Wiener,
Fulton Russell, Harry Lewis, Nellie
Butler. Mora Dunblane. Annie Wood
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25


father. If haf the girls who are now
doing mems. work at %cutthroat prices
were RELOCATED to private life, the result
would be the establishment Of enough men
earning money enough to marry them all,
eager to marry them, too.
1t is not true that Gun men are averse
to matrimony for their OWE sakes. On
The contrary, ninety-five per cent. OF
them, away down in their hearts, simply
yearn for it. though they nay talk other
wise so long as 1t is impossible-'throw
a bluff we believe. is the phrase. 1t is
the fault of out Of their
sphere that marriages are SO few.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
SCHOOL NO. / WINS.


49, @-r
A short time ago, just before the OPEN
ing of the schools, a handsome globe OF
the world was offered by Furst Brothers,
Of Newark avenue. to be voted by the boys
ana girls of Hudson County to their
favorite school. The extent of interest
shown in this matter of considerable
moment for the little ones far surpassed
expectations. When the great mass OF
votes was counted it was found that the
competition extended far beyond the
limits Of Jersey City, the schools in Hobo
ken and Bayonne receiving many votes.
A reliable count Of the votes was made by
Messrs. 7. J. higgins and H 6. Rice, ex-
Directors Of Education. It was found that
No / School of Jersey City received the
greatest number of votes. The globe was
thereupon formally rendered to No. !, the
school elected the most popular, with this
letter.
Mr.. Geo. H. Linsley, Principal NO. !
School, Jersey City, n. J.:-
Dear Sir-During our annual {schooi sup
ply) sale which has just Terminated, 9
handsome revolving globe q me woria
Hudson county. Messrs. t. j. higgins
H. G. Rice. ex-Directors Of the Board
of Education, volunteered to act as tel
iers in the contest The result was very
No. / having received the highest number
Of votes cast. We take great pleature in
presenting this globe to you and hope
your pupils will be benefttedby It's use.
Wishing you and your school the greatest
success we are
Very Respectfully yours.
FURST BRO.
The following acknowledgements was re-
ceived by Furst Brothers.
Public School No. l. Sept. q. 1899.
Globe to this school was received yes
terday. The teachers and pupils appre-
eiate your kindly act m wish me in their
behalf to extend to you their earnest
thanks.
Most respectfully,
GEO. H. LaNsLEY,
Principal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
PRAISE FOR COMMITTEE
Greenville People Are Still
Talking of the Big Flag

The Greenville Dewey Flag celebration
is still the main topic of conversation IN
that portion of the world. Nothing but
words of praise and highest eommenda-
ton are bestowed upon the committee,
who successfully piloted the gigantic pro-
ject to success.
Various estimates have been made as 70
the size OF the crowd, Captain Nugent,
who has had experience in judging
crowds. is sure that it numbered about
5000. The experts disagree, but striking
an average it would appear that there
We're 10000 people present
The police arrangements were excellent.
Captain Nugent commanded in person a
number OF detectives worked through the
crowd on the lookout for piekpockets- No
arrests were made.
The flag was taken down yesterday II
will not be again raised until the evening
of Admiral DeWey's arrival.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25

STATE OF NEW JERSEY. DEPARTMENT
Of StateACertifcate OF Filing of Consent by
Stockholders to Dissolution.
TO all to whom these presents may come Greet
ing -
Whereas, it appears to my satisfaction. by
duly authenticated record Of the proceedings
for the voluntary dissolution thereof deposited
in my office, that the Hygienic Inspection
Company, a corporation of this state, whose
principal office is situated at No % Montgomr
erv street. in the City OF Jersey City. County
Il Hudson. State of New Jersey tNezx Ier-
sey Title Guarantee and Trust Co being the
agent therein and in charge thereof, upon
whom process may be served, has complied
with the requirements of AN Act concerning
corDorations tRevfsion OF 1866" preliminary
to the issuing OF this Certificate that such
Consent has been Filed.
Now. therefore, /, George Wurts, Secretary
If state of the State of New Jersey, Do Hereby
Certify that the said corporation did, on the
6fteentb day of August, 1899, file In my office
4 duly executed and attested consent in writing
to the dissolution OF said corporation, exc
c,fed by more than twe-thirds in interest or
the stockholders thereof, which said certilcate
and the record Of the proceedings aforesaid
are now on file in my said Office as provided
by law.
nv hand and affixed my official seal.
TseaI.l at Trenton, this fifteenth day OF
August. A. D. eighteen hundred ana
GEORGE WURTS.
Secretary of State.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
WALKING CLUBS OFFICERS.


The Sunday Afternoon Walking Club
met yesterday afternoon and elected new
officers for the season, as follows:-Jas
T. Mclaughlin, president; Joseph OMara,
vice president; John Gray, secretary; ex-
Street and Water Commissioner John f.
Madden, treasurer. The new president
was escorted to the chair. He made a
! speech of thanks and promised hat every
effort would be made to make the COM
ing season as successful as the last.
He appointed ex-Alderman Connolly,
John Gray and John Cannon to select
routes for walks. and Pierce Flemming.
William Laverty and Joseph o'Mara as a
Reception Committee.
Among those who attended yesterdays
meeting w-ere:-Thomas Carly, Joseph
O'Mara, William Laverty, John F. Mad
den, ex-Alderman Connolly, James Me
Laughlin, John Gray, Pierce Flemming,
Hugh Hague, John Cannon. John Cleary.
ohm Sweeney, Chick" Hart, and Thos.
Mclaughlin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
TURN vERElN SUCCESSFUL.
Beth Schools Showing Encouraging
Results.

A meeting of the Governing Board OF
the GreenviIle Turn verein was held
saturday evening, at Turn Hall, Danforth
ven A report which showed both the
new German school and Turn school in a
hourishing condition.
The German school has one hundr and
ion members. which is four more than
last vear,s membership. The Turning
school comprises one hundred and fifty
members, exceeding the membership OF
last season by fifty.
DR.. Funk, the new turnmaster. has be-
come exceedingly popular with the pupils.
He has introduced a number or new TEA
lures with excellent results.
Mr.. Hamburger stated that the firsf
rnnnfhlv entertainment will be held at
Turn Hall. October q. Al me act German
comedy. entitled, Homes Labor. NIL be
produced Entertainments which will give
the turn class pupils an opportunity to
display their gymnastfc abilities will be
held each month during the coming sea
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25

We had the fortune to eyerhear 9 con-
versatson anent the Dewey Arch. on Sat
urday, which was pregnant with sugges-
fien. One OF the in~terlocutors was mild
" an admirer of the arch, and strenu-
ous,y an admirer of Dewey. He seemed
to havs e dim perception of the philo-
sophie utility of the coming display. the
other gentleman was shriekingly indig-
nant at the waste of It all
Gould anyone eat the Dewey Arch ne
wanted to know. or drink it2 Could u be
worn Tor clothes or used to make money?
TO the last INQUIRY, we deliberately an
sWer Yes"
We regard h coming eelsbration, and
especially its artistic features. as a direct
contribution to the money-making power
OF the country.
Anything which n up the spirit OF
the people, which eultivates their Ma
tfonal and individual self-respect, which
opens and expands their souls, strength
ems their nerve power and stimulates their
ambition to excel Is q contribution 70
their efficiency as men. The impulse
passes into their several lines Of activity,
industrial or commercial. and the result
Is q larger production per capita, and a
finer, higher and more valuable produc-
ffon besides
As for the Dewey Arch and similar
adornments Of the occasion, they are sim
ply Invaluable to the American people as
items ef public artistic education. As
such they have m industrial Importance
which cannot be overestimated The one
thing IN which eur products are deficient.
on the average. is in beauty We are IN
competition wtth nations, such as France,
whose people are saturated in the con-
temptation Of art products. from genera
ton to generation, As they walk tneir
streets, the architects and sculptors of a
thousand years speak to them through
their eyes. Their governments. at vast
expense, preyide them with galleries OF
paintings, with music. with the drama,
with public pageants IN never ending sue
oessioR. Out Of all these unconscious les
sons. which they drink IN In their daily
life, they drink In the spirit Of beauty
which has ifs. industrial results in the
seyres poreeiaine. the Gobelins tapestries,
the 1aces Of Malines, the silks of Lyon,
the auadreds, ever thousands. of artistic
materials of common use which all the
world brings its gold and silver to buy
no buyers being more eager than we
Americans, who cannot yet buy the like
cbjacts at home. because. as yet, we have
not as a nation reached the necessary
stage OF aesthetic development.
Not only do we endorse the erection Of
the Dewey Arch as q money-making in-
vestmapt but we insist upon the impor-
lance Of turning it into a permanent art
lesson for our Own and the generations
which are to succeed us. No matter what
Il costs. LET us have this noble product
Of our growing ~art-spirit done into stone,
as a monument of our own higher feelings
and Q gift to posterity.
There is not merely Joy to the heart
and satisfaction In the eye in it. There
Is development. There is cultivation.
There Is power And there, is profit.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25

who were Christians, were unable 70
attend services because of bodily fnIifIn1-
ties. We decided to visit them. We found
them seated together, the old man bent
with age and the woman suffering from
paralysis Of the entire right side, which
rendered her right arm useless. We pray
ed with them and talked of God. Their
old eyes lit up with religious fresand we
knew that they We're Gods people: We
sang a hymn In the praise of God, IN the
midst of which the old woman arose to
her feet. lifting both arms to heaven
completely cured Of a disease which mad
confined her to her hail for years.
The testimonies were mterspersed with
singing. A hymn was usually sung when
a ~testiier was oyer the allotted time.
The Rev. Martin ancox
that the new church of the First Born,
at Ocean and BramhaH n would be
dedicated Sunday, October 1.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25

DIR. Scudder thinks the hardness of mar
fiages in the present generation is made
up by the superior happiness of those
which take place. We do not think the
Divorce Court statistics quite bear out
this view of the case. The fact is early
marriages are more likely to turn out
well than late ones. Young people who
lake up a common yoke while they are
still Of pliable age are more likely to ae-
Quire tolerance for each others shortcom-
fnea than those who are linked together
after their characters and habits are
moulded and set.
Besides. after all, there is something
lasting in the glamour OF loves young
dream. no matter what the croakers say,
ana We should be inclined to place far
more reliance upon It as q bond between
husband and wife throrgl middle life and
ags Than on any ~rationalistic oonsidera-
lions Of expedieney formed by the ripened
baehelor or the mature spinster, Com
mon observation, we believe, suffices to
prove that the love-matches last much
better than those which are made by
measure
we think It Is a great pity-espeeially
for the sake OF the girls-that marriages
Are % late, and we think the best hope
~ khe world is that the female sex will
&=EMtEH&|
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
Dated Jersey city. Sept. n. 1888.
CORPORATION NOTICE.

CORPORATION NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of September, 1899, the Commissioners Of As
sessmen< fled in the office OF the Clerk Of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioner
their final assessment map and report for the
CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWER IN WIN
FELL AVENUE
formerly Jackson place., from Old Ber-
gen Road to a point about IS feet west Of the
summit OF the grade on Winfield avenue, In
accordance with petition previously presented
and conformably to the provisions of Chapter
27 Of the LAWS OF 1895. and the same Is now
opea to public inspection in the office Of the
Clerk of said Board
And notice is also given that the following
street or avenue or particular section thereof IL
WINFIELD AVENUE
formerly jackson PLACED on the south side
from a point about lbs feet west Of Old
Bergen Road to a point about $50 feet west
WINFIELD AVENUE
from a point about E3.o2 feet west Of Old
Bergen Road to a point about 120.S7 feet west
thereof.
And that In accordance with the provisions
Of the Act above cited. the 3rd day OF October.
1899. at two O'clock p. M. and the Assem-
bly, Chamber Of the City Hall are hereby fixed
as the time and place when and where the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners viii
meet to hear, consider and adjudicate upon all
objections TO the confirmation Of said final as
sessment map and report that may he pre-
sented in writing.
By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUroE.
Dated Jersey city. Sept. q. 1889.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-25
FORK or HIS BIKE BROKE
Gardner Was HURLED Oyer His
HandIebars and Hurt.

Charles Gardner, who resides at No. 81
Greenville avenue, was the victim of an
accident while riding on the Boulevard in
the Bergen section yesterday morning.
The fork OF his wheel snapped In two.
precipitating the rider over the handle-
bars. Gardner landed on his head. For
tunately he was riding slowly at the time.
His injuries were serious. but he Is in no
danger. His head and face were cut and
bruised. DIR. Nevin attended the injured
lad. He was taken home later ny a
friend. The wheel is a wreck