HOBOKEN ADVERTISER.INDEPENDENT AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.

VOL. II. NO. 3.5. I'GUOKEN, N. J., SEPTEMBER 28, 1878. PRICE ONE CENT

DUEL, ON HORSEBACK.

A Deadly Fight for a Wife -BowieKnives the Weapons.

Hardly any incident could be given as illustrative of the tierce and desperate mannersstill in vogue HIUOIIK tlie ruugli cl»*8t'u of theSouth went, tb MI the fallowing, which oecurred it) the "iciultj' of Ban Auto:>iu, l i m ,ou 21dt of last muntli.

Mrn. Cro&uier, a comely woman, living ou aBin nil ranclie to the south-west of that city,aui having beeu abandoned by her husbandfor over two years, married a Mexican ca'i tiedriver, uam<d J iae Prado, who wag known H*a hard character generally all over the comity.

O.i the day mentioned, and alter the newly-united couple had only been living to^i-tlierfor a few mouths, the course of events wa»suddenly disturbed by the first hiiiiuaiul ap-pearing upon the BCene. TIIM wan J.ikiCreamer, also generally recognizud as a dunReroaa and reckless man. Ho at once di -clared that he had uot abandoned hia «ife,bat that his absence had been occasioned byan enforced residence, in a LmUiaua StotcPrison lor horse-Healing.

Ho at once demanded back his wife, whenPrado peremptorily refused to give her np.The womau, npou being nppealed to for lierpreference, merely looked ou, laughing, andsaid that she really did not care which one <>!them she had, so loug as oho did not havethem both—Which waa eutirely out of tliequestion.

The men theu at once agreed tosettlo theqneetiou by a duel on horseback, with bowielinivea as the ouly we&poua. Tne prulimiuarie» were soon arranged, and the rival*,mounted on their swift and trained mustang*,were Boon circling around and engaging eachother iu mortal combat on the open prairie,with thu wumMU looking on a deeply inti reutt<dnoectat'jr. Tue coutent was a long and ter-rible oue. But at livst Pradjj'rt horse, havingtieen ham-strung, fell upon his side and h i dIns master imprisoned by one knee, and iuthat disadvantageous position he was speedilymade way with by hi* antagonist, who oMr-mimuUd in older t> give thu fluishing stroke.

Creamer himself was c ivered with wound*.And when the wicked aud tiard-ued woiuau,who had provoked the tight, ran up to con-gratulate him upon Ilia victory (as of courssxlie would have done to tbe other bad thetables been reversed) he was reeling in histracks, aud apparently bleeding at every pore,Hu had only strength enough loft to shakebis tint in her face, to growl out ft horriblucurse upoo her head, when he alau Ml acorpse. Doubtless by this time Mrs Crt imerit) on the lookout for another husband.

l.'i'e whites, aud pr fern uever to see ou« about'her premise*, fur iu nearly every iuetanse!they tease her about tier mode of living, andafter their departure she worries over theirconduct toward her. S'je likes the Piiitev,and even seeks their companionship. T.ieyliave never yet seeu her in need but that they'vould »h(iot pome ral.biu or lull a few bndnif r lier relit f, and iu cold weather have eveusliared the w&rinth of tin lr blankets mtUbcr.In height tUn xiugular woman id about fivtifeet m inuhert, and in action uprightly. Herdark auburn Uair lit s in wavelets about herfon head, and hangs about her head iu loDgcurls. Her drees is in at, and iu no way con-turius witli that she ia reported to wear in themountain*. S.ie is a native of Mitsaachust-'tU,has two brothers living iu Wexttport, iu thatState-, aud a «i.4ter living in Liwell. II r liv-ing a recluse was brought about by troublesin her married life yearn ago.—[rfutro (Ncv.)Independent.

An Incredible Story of Bravery.A few uighia ago, ways tlio Selieuictadj'

Union, a youug ludj nf ibij city was awakcuedby goiuetliiug panning over her arm, whichslit- at once supposed vvaB a. mouse. HUe tookii i turtber uuticu ol it, supp imug it bad runtinny. In Mm uiormng, ou making np the bed,she dioCjvered the little fellow snugly restinglUeli between tlie nlneta, at the foot of thebed, vliere it had doubtlt 89 bid when fright-ened by her awRktulug iu thu uiglit. I istuadof the customary scream aud a half taint, r-lutook her slipper, and placing it near themouse., lit> soup took refuge in tbu toe, wbounbe closed it and put it tuto a pail of waur,aud drowued tlie liitlo intruder.

A Woman Hermit.

Old Mother Dddine, the female hermit, wholives iu the moantains about fifteen mitesnorthwest of towu, made her Bemi auaualvisit to Sntro, ou last Waduesday to sell a few"eggs aud lay iu a scauty supply of groceriesand other provisions. Iu conversation sheseemed quite eelf-possessed aud intelligent.Sbe says she will be sixty years old next Octo-ber ; that she has lived nloue in the moun-tains now for twelve years, und that she isperfectly bappy ID living secluded from theoutside world. Her only support is that•which abe derives from 26T Angora goats andeight henu, She says sbe U seldom visited by

ALL SORTS.—Ii is a wiao in.au who Ueepa his own noi-

brulla. • .—An orange peel—tuo yell of a crowd of

Oiaugetnen.

--Tlie Emit Clerks' Aiisociatiou io uot a se-cret society Tiuy have tellers.

— Lightning struoii au apiary i" Djuver, re-cently, aud astouicliod every bee-liolder.

I —Tutre is no good uobstitute for wisdom,| but silence is the bust that has been discover-ed yet. . '

—When "grim viaged war had smoothedbis wni'klcd IPJO:," did he iron oat lits bhirtbosom ?

—Cau tomperauCtt ladies, who wear pull-b,aciitt, be acousud of gultiiig tighter audtighter? • .

—Tne woman thai uiaketb. a good pnddiugiii silence is better tnau nbe. wbo maUeth atart reply.

—HJW to make a newspaper ruader standon ins or lier hand ; .QKO[) jptsdn si)dciil«i8dJUO.{ l a u j

—At thu box office of one of our theatrestiie other morning a lady oalltid for preservedBeats for two.

—A Nebraska paper ou etiquete :—No truegeutleuiau will a~U a lady if her coral jewelryis made of ee»Iiug was.

—The " Age of M*u" furnishes an iuterest-ing field of speculation, bat by Comtnou cou-seut the age of woman is a matter which isleft eutirely to faith.

—Love may be blind, as tbey say, but wenotice that in all the records of tlie ages, it

lias never kissed the girl's mother by mistakewhen it reached after the girl.

—It is said that mosquitoes are bred uponthe waters. Iu that case they will returnagain before many davn.

—8iid he, "Matilda, yon are my dearestduck." Said she, "Augustus, you are tryingto stuff me." Sue was too sage for him.

—" 5fes, tint's the way it goes. Aa soon asflour comes down meat go.es up—ic» comesdown and coal goes up. Ttiey cau take thisold country aud go to bkz^g with it."

—Nothing will tickle a mule half so muchas a straw—but you'd better not befoulingaroutid the otlier end of the straw, unless youwant to be an angel aud wear nothing butwings.

—Au Ohio young lady. Mis* JIattie Gray byanile, commuted suicide lately because herfather would not consent t i her m -ringewith bis hired man. Now, an Indiana -1would simply have left a nota saving, " D.:erfather, we h«v flew, torgiv your T Ida."

—A California papa say*: '• Among thepeculiar characteristic* of eourtiug iu Tei&sis that the 'youug fellow' id ocwsi iDally ask-ed to step outiide tbu boiiKo aud hold au ap-ple or potato for the giil'i* brother to shootat, and it is considered highly, unsociable notto comply. It is eq tally uoiewurthy that thewell-to-do youug suitors uever get hit.

—Tampering with tbe beard is always adangerous experiment. An emiuently re-spectable cit>zi.m, who shaved off his mous-tache Uet week, was mistaken for a notedbase bajl player witbiu legd'tbau two hoursafterward, and earnestly entreatud to play fora t>icK man tbe following day. His wifo bank-rupted a broom naudle aud dui 'oral zed abrn'id new Hilk hat in c'lasiug him out of thuhouse, while a dog no had foudlad from puppy-hood tore liis pants, and tlie baby was Bearedso bad that it hasn't got through giving lUmother tie pttrticuUrn yet.

THEY ALL DO AGREETHAT

J.&W.OBREITER164 WASHINGTON-ST , ' '

BET. 4TH AND jTH ETS,

Sell the

BEST CIGAE3 127 TEE CITY,

t Connecticut ciirars for0 Mixed cigars for • •5 Havana favorites for4 Fine Havana* for - - •3 (icimine clear llarnims

Etc., Etc., Etc.,

E.\ ra inducements offered to boxtomers.

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DAVID M COOKE,

WINE, ALE, LIQUOR, Etc.

No. 14 Newark-st.

SCOTCH WHISKEY A SPECIALTY.

INSURANCE. COLLECTION,

J. C. FARM, |Successor to WILLIAM C. HARPi

W.iulcsulc dculcr IU

JOHNH. TEKHUNE,AGENT

People's Insurance! LUMBER, TIMBER, BBIOK/ LA.T.I • Q OllipailV

L i m e , O i n e i i t , I ' l a s t o r , S a n d , i n ' - , . 1 .••

Assots, *507,321.48.-.1 Surplus to Policy Holders. $37O.!m 1>3'

H 0 B 0 K E N , N . j :

Mr. HARP has been eugaged to remainwith Mr FARR and aive his p-rsoual at-tenUon to the business as heretofore. j

JOHN MEtHAN,• i

Wines, Liquors, Ales, and Cigars

of the best qtKtUt;/.,i

Cor. NEWAES & GARDEN STS.,

CLAUSEN & PRICE'SCELEBRATED ALES ON DRAUGHT.

NO. 72 PARK

Between First and Second-sts.

SAMUEL EVANS,Importer of

FiN:p WINES ANI)also,

EXTRACT OF JAMAICA GINUEIl,Raspberry Syrup, E sence of Peppermint,

Ginger Cordial, Gum Syrup. HeilandBitters, &c.

First-elasx Billiard and Pool Table.

121 FIRST-ST,, H0B02EN, N. J,

H O B O K E N A D V E R I I S E K .

II OHO KEX ADVK RTISE It

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1878

Published Every Saturday by

M O Y E R & LITE

No. 49 Fir.-*t Street,HOBOKEN, N. J.

Church Notices for To-ini>rri'>v.

First Baptist Church Cor. third and Blonm-field Streets, Rev. W. S. Goodim, pastor.—Morning, 10:30; Evening, 7:30

First SI. E. Church, Washington H'rret, hot7th ami 8'h ; Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbutpastor.—Morning. 10;30; Evening, 7:30

First Presbyterian Church, Cor. (Turfson andSixth StrcfH ; Rev. John Ueid, pastor.—Morning, 10:30 ; Evening, 7:30

Reformed Church, PiicWm Street, bet 5thand 6tl> ; pnlrit filled for the present IngttulHuig of diff rent nemiuHii 8. Morning.10.30; Evening. 7:45.

Free Tabernacle:, Cor. Pork Avenue and FifthStreets; D B. F. Randolph, pastor.— Morn-ing, 10:30; Evening, 7:45.

German Evangelical Chnroli, Cor. Sixth andGard"n Strf ; Itev. Leopold Molin, pastor.—Moniiug,.10:30; Evening. 7:45.

Lutheran Church, Cor. Eighth and HudsonSt».; Rev. H. Hafciman, pastor.—Morning10:30; Evening, 7:30.

Germ»n M. E. Church, 64 Garden Street; R-v,Charls Reins, pastor Morning, 10;30 ;Evening 7:45.

THE DEMOCRATIC CON-VENTIONS.

Patrick H. Laverty Nominated forCongress on the First Ballot,

John - Mullins ibr ShcvilT.

For Coroners—William H. Parslow, Joseph

Warren aJ l Patrick H. Duffy.

CONOltESSION .L CONVENTION.

The Congressional Convention met at2 o'clock P. M. yesterday at Duhrkoop'sEagle Motel. •There were 144 delegatespresent. Hon. R. F. Uabc was electt-dChairman. After the appointment ofthe usual committees 011 credentials andplatform, nominations were.declared inorder, when .the ' following gentlemenwere put in nomination for Congress:P II. Laverty, Esq , Hon. Chas. II. \Vin-field,'Robert Gilchrist, Esq., Hon. DelosE. Culver, Hon. A. A. Hardenberg, andCol. E. P. C. Lewis. The roll call hadscarcely began when a letter was receivedfrom Mr. Winfleld defining the useof his name. The call then pro-ceeded. Mr. Laverty received on thefirst ballot 112 votes, Mr. Harden berg 10,and Mr. Culver 1, others refusing lovote. P. II. Laverty was then unani-mously nominated. The Conventionadopted a platform, of which we shallhave more to say when we have time andspace. A committee was appointed towait on Mr. Laverty, who appeared andthanked the Convention, pledging him-self to do no act whi'jh those who supported him, would ever be able to findfault with. Hon. Leon Alibctt then ad-

dressed the assemblage, after which theConvenliou adjourned.

COUNTY CONVENTION.

The County Convention met at Frank-lin Hall, Jersey City, at 2 o'clock yes-terday, and was called to order by JudgeDavis. There was an animated contestfor permanent Chairman between JudgeDavis and J. II. Lippincott, Esq. Theformer was elected by four majority.The candidates for Sheriff were JohnMuUitis, C. J. Donovan, John McAuer-ney, liainon Ml Cook, W. H. Steinbren-ner, B. N. Crane, Hiram Van Buskirk,John II. Cable and ex-Coroner Gannon.Mr. Mullins was nominated on the sec-ond ballot, receiving H\% votes.

For Coroners, the contest was lively,resulting in the nomination of Win. N.Parslovv, Joseph Warren, and Patrick H.Dully.

The Secaucus Races.Tiie mooting of tlio Hudson Cuuuty Driving

Association at ttie Secauctig truck, ou Tuesdayami Wediii sday, for the benefit of thu Y>-HowFever snliertra was not go largely attended usnag oesirable. The sport, however, wag verygood. TUu piogmmme for the Brut day compi is. (i trots tor three minute and 2 45 horsesThe former was won by B N. Crauo's s, mFanny, aiid the latttr by P. Mauee's b. m. O.U A. Tlie most interesting race of tbe day,which afforded unbounded Fuu, was a raatjliwith double teams to phaetons between iivufeather-weights, O&piain H. D. Bunch, Hob, -ken'* genial landlord, weight 470 poumla, andJohu Eberhardt, tbe popular ferrym tster,familiarly known us " Fat Jack," who inanity gto turn the scale at 312 pouuds. B >th handledthe ribbons wilh skill aud grace, but, againstall previous experience in racing, weight toldin favor of Captain Busch, who acnuvtd aoeasy victory.

Tlie attendance on W> duesday was eveusmaller tbau the previous day. Three eventswere decided: A tbree-quurters i.f a mile racewon by James Neviu's "Giny Lag;" a mile1 ace won by J. Douobue, Jr.'s " Little M*c,"and mile heats by H. G flnj's " Dmlgusiao."While tbe Blim atteuduice in to be regrettt d,it was uo doubt due to tbe excitement causedby the primary eleetioug aud tbe apuroacuiugpolitical conventions.

The " Greenbackers.'Tlie "Greenbackerg ' " County Couveution

met at McPii.ersou's Hall, Jersey City Heights,ou Wednesday, aud, after a noisy tumultuougSession, from which all outsiders, except theNew York "Herald "reporter, were excluded,Humiliated Thomas Jacob for Congress amiMichael Kennedy forS itriff, bum In#b-Aiaei.-caiin. Mr. Jacob is a uoisy young man wliu»tt.ambition U inordinately iu ixce-auf liu politi-cal experience or knowledge ; aud Mr. K 11-nedy lg a printer who is as likely to be S leiillof Hudson Couuty as lie is to follow thu foot-steps ul imou Cameron iuto the U. 8, 8( uate.What is known at) tbe Elisabeth platform WASadopted. It is neutrally conceded that (tieresult "I Hie conventiou will by uo meaiiBstrengthen tbe "Greenback" party, »ud manyjudicious sympathizers with the cause of laborare Dot flow to express the most lUiphaticdisgatinfautiou of thu renult.

Special Session of the Council.Tbe CJUIICII met ou Thursday eveuuiK for

tbe purpose, of lecousiderinR tbe appoiiitiugof Johu Keuucdy'.H aalouu, 14 Clinton atre«t,as tbu place, (it registry aud election of theFirat District ot tliu Fouith \V>rd,and to namethe locution for tlio plico of polling of I heSecond D.-tnct ot the fame ward.

Bovural moiioiiB wtre offered, maiuly byConned nai Streug, to rtC'iisi ler or rescindthe abive, Uul wero uot eijtarta ned by the

Chair. Au appeal from the rulings of Chair-m in Miller, who was acting in the absence ofCliatrman Wiggins, was not sustained, andafter a session of nearly an hour and & half,including two rocessen, the meeting adjournedwithout acuruplishing ton purpose for whiqliit was c>lled, and th>' un^in.il locations stand,viz: 14 Clinton HIreet for the First, and 66Alums i-treet for tho 8 lUntid Distiiet of theFourth Ward.

The Late George W. Barker.It is with sincere regret that we learn tbe

death of George W. B*rkei, Esq., Superin-tendent of the Eisteru Division of the Penn-sylvania Riilroad. A personal acquaintanceof gome years standing with Mr. B.trker in-npired us with the highest regard for hischaracter. Ho was a man of great energy,intelligence and untiring industry; warm-hearted, kiud aud genial iu bis disposition ;rigidly faithful to duty, aud so consid rate andj irit in his irealm ut of tho-e uuder him as toenjoy an exc ptioua"! popularity which gbvehim great influence in times (,f • tlli rgency, aswas shown iu the recent railroad strike". Mr,Barker was fifty years old. His logs will bedeeply ft It by his family and friends, as well,also, by the company he hits so loug aud faith-fully served.

Chairman Wiggins Defending theWater Commissioners.

Chairman J bn 11. Wiggins, of tbe CommonC IUIICII, spoke at some leugtb on Tuesdayevening in defence of the Beard of W-terCommissioners and It gi»trar Murphy againstthe aspei sious of Mayor B :ssou iu his c 'tnrau-nioalioii to tbe Cuuucil the week previous.Mr. Wiggins reviewed tbv Miyor'd oourse withsome acerbity, clearly duu'oustrating his er-rors or want of inlormatiou iu regard to tbeWrtter Board, and exhibiting a facility of ex-lirogion, a knowledge of bis subject aud areadiness of resource which w uld ha- 9 donecredit to a more experienced public speaker.His remarks were evidently well received bytbe audience.

Crushed by a Locomotive.Pavid Wolf i" a coachman iorHuxamer, the

Hudeou street livery Btablo ru*n. Thursdayeveuiug at six o'clock h» drove up to theWurreu Btrtet crossing, Jersey City, with acoach and team. Thu flagman motioned tohim to cross, and ho drovu uu thu track. Inau itmtaut an engine caught him aud scutniftii, coach and horses whirling throughspace. Wolf had au arm broken and wasotherwise injured. The coach was badlysmashed, ami one of the horses bad a hooftorn off. Tne suffering animal was subse-quently shot. Wolf was carried to the hos-pital and the CJiicb aud borne wero taken to aHtable. • .

LACONICS.— To Republican Convention will be held

iu Lhmry Hall, Jernej Ci'y, on Mo.iday.

-The 0 ilosseura will be opened again thioevening, uuder the management of Cha«. H.Mness.

—About $500 was realized from the St'ean-ens racex for the beuelit of tlie yellow feversufferers.

--TI10 closing regatta of the season of theAtlantic B >at Club Cornea off to-day at Pleas-ant Valley. -"=-

—It cost Wm. Deltz, of Meadow street, $5for causing a fxlse alarm of tire early lastSunday morning. ^

—The Jersey City Browns and Alaska*", ofNew York, will play a game, of base ball on theC nteiimal grounds this afternoon.

—A match Romo.of A'ntrit-an r«cket will beplayed at II ck's court tliis afteruooti for thebeiieflt ol the yell iw fi-ver unffi-rcrs.

—In a boat race off the Elvmiau Fields lastStturdiy between Jinoee W.CUrk, of this city,

and L. J. Smitli.i of Jersey City, tuo formercame 1 ff »ioiorioiig. Time, 27:30.

- T o e H nornble Bartwell Sloto and Mrs.G n. G lflory (M-. and Mi". W. J. Florence)appear »t the Grand Opera H mse. New York,

I M•mday evening in the " Mighty Dollar.1'— A lecture will be deliven d hy the Rev. J.

L. H.11 Ibut in the First M E Church ut-xt Fri-day evening, under the auspices of tbe Youugmen's Bible Lougtie. Subject, "JohliKooxand tin - S'Mttinli Refoimation.'1 A'i interest-ing lecture may hu anticipated.

— A large stock of Fall and Winter clotbingha- j mt been received at Driesen's popularI'lothing store, No1. 76 Washington ctrett.1'liH H-tiHiic manner in wlneh he gets up hisKiumetils for tliu price ssktd IN a great attrac-tion to patrons of custom tailoring,

—A tire broke out in the apartments of Mrs.Mtrj Sveeny, ai No, 130 Gliulon street, Suu-day luoriiing, caused by a lamp explosion, aud

,Mrj, S teeny's tiiiitei 11-year old daughter wasj seriously burned. A phvsiclau was sum-tuoiied, who proiinuuced her Condition critical.

—The great game of cricket between theAustralian Club and the New York eighteenwill taki> place Tiusdhy and Wednesday ou tbeSt. George's cricket grounds, foot of Niuthstreet. Ttie New York teaur will have a prac-tice game ou the above grounds this afternoon.

—Councilman Daniel Sullivau of tbe FouithI Ward, was on Tuesday urn sted with his wifeand taken hi lore Judge Aldridge, of JerixyCity,charged with assaulting Mtg Ann Neville,a uetghbor. Tue Cnunc linan and his wifet_'ave bail for their appeatauee bofoto tbeGrand Jury.

—GiOrgt Sliidmore, formally a resident oftliis city, was buried trod) the regidetioe of hissdn, No 377 Grove street, Monday afternoon.Tbu deceased was for years an active memberof the lire department, and was one Time fore-man of Ocr-anif H me Company. Death result-ed from a Com liOklioU of diseases.

—Tbe cold, crisp weather which is nowupon us will turn tbo attention of beer drioti-ers to stout, iuvigoraliug ales, of which tbobrewery of Clan en & Price U tbe best in themarket. T.iis tirm, through the activity oftheir agent, Mr. Fred Fiucken, 39 Washing-ton street, and the excellence of their ales,have already obtained large sales in thiscounty, wiiieli will, uo doubt, be greatly in-creased this wallet.

"^—k man named John Singer, of Unioo Hill,uot overloaded with 'Virginia reel " oil Mon-day, and while in that condition euttredWeinUial's clothing store on Washingtonstreet, to make some purchases. Before belett he attempted to make way with a pair ofpauts, and Joe Weiutbal arrested him. Theman when searched bad $108 45 in his pockets.Recorder M< Douough released him uuder•300 boil. Singer savs he was stnpetied byfuin and did uot know.what lie was doing.

—One of the greatest theatrical attractionsin New York at present is Mr. DrnnianThoiup-oD at the Lyceum Theatre, where liei< nightly greeted with a full house to wil-niss his great impersonation of the NewHrtinpBhire farmer, *' Joshua WUitcomb." Itis one of the most eminently uatnral, dueplyhumorous, and avoidably affecting imper-sonations pog^Uile. Those who have not yetsaw " U cle Josh" should immediately avadtin 111 relvert ot i he opportunity. Matinees 011f S t d

— The event of the season, thus far. will be'he second annual re-uniou of the Equitable

j Social Cub, which will take plaon at Webei'svVmter Garden on Tu<gdny evening. Thisclub has become noted for the excilleut man-ner in wliic'ithey give their entertainments,and this one will be no exception. Tne tnu»iowill he under the direction of Professor L.Moeslein, an acknowledged mn-icimi of tliehighest order. Tin- club i« i.flice.red by tliefollowing gentlemen : Otto A. SchneiderPre-idri.t ; Willmin Toibiu. Yav-President ;O to K> in B-coi'ilinir 8 rn-taiy ; TheodoreMtienoii, FIU«,IIUIK1 aiul C>>rrespoi>diug Secre-tary; Clmrlet. E iiiel, Trtapunr; C!llltle^ Bick,fcr, Sergeant at-arrus.

HOBOKEN ADVERTISER.

City Fathers.The City Fithers had quite an interesting

meeting on Tu> eday evening, the session be'ingeulivi-Dtid by five vetoes by his Honor the" R form M*yor."

Messrs Filzpatrick ^MoDermntt petitionedthe Council for a $1 000 city bond, upon theirsurrendering an equivalent amount of im-provement certificates R ferred.

Tile Trustees of the Fire Department de-manded a refund of the money realized by thecity by the sale add subsequent red' raption ofthe hous-e No. 237 Garden Btreet, which prop-erly should have beeu transfe-ired to theTruntees. It ferred.

A c injmunication was received from M.Foley, contractor, in relat* • to claims forwork on the new schoel b ing, which wa«referred to the C mmittee oil Public Ground •aud Buildings. '

An invitation was accepted f-ora ttar AtlanticBoat Club to attend their regatta at I'lcasautVulley, which comes off to-day.

The Committee on Street* and Assessmentsreported in favor of awarding the coutrartfor tlie removal of garbage and aBlies to J.isKilduff. he being tho lowest responsible bid-

« der. Councilman Strong objected to the ac-ceptance of the report. He held that the pro-posal was invalid, because in writing Kilduffdemands $800 for the work, while iu figuresthe amount is $825. Mr. Kilduff, who waspresent, said the discrepancy in the figuresoccurred through a mistake, but ne volun-teered to take the contract for t800, althoughthe ori^i.ial bill was $25 more. Clerk Albertswas instructed to change the figures, aud thecontract was award to Kilduff.

Mayor Bjsson objected to theresolntion ap-pointing the house of John Kennedy. Cliotougticet, as the place of registry and electionfor the First district of the Fourth ward. Theveto wad aec .mpauied by protests from resi-dents of tho ward stating that the place ispoorly located and not large enough. Theveto waB received.

Re also vetoed the resolution designatingNo. 66 Adams street as the polling place iuthe 8 Oond district, Fourth ward. Tlie reasonassigned was because of a lengthy protestclaiming accommodations to be insufficient,and demanding a more C utrally loCitedplace. The veto was received.

TUB resolution advocating a pro rata settle-ment ot the uuBatisfled claims held agniutstMr. Isaac Tinkey, contractor lor the surpmi-ter wi-rkoii the school hotine, %vas vetoed byhis Honor. Hi claimed the Council shouldnot interfere in the private trane&ctiohs'of thecontractor. Keoeived

Hi* Honor also objected to referring theclaim of Merriam&Cj. 10 the Police Board,for the reason that the Claim was for stablinga stolen burse, aud it was not fair to pay

. Hiich hills from the public fund The com-munication was received.

Tue Mayor farther vetoed the action of theCouncil in orderiug the transfer of $800 fromhe contingent fund to the new school fnud ;

also, the transfer of the premiums on thesale of the school bonds to tht1 contingentfund. He held that if there was a deficiencyto be made up the transfer should be fromthe school fund, and that it is provided bylaw that premiums from the sale of bondsmust be applied to the sinking fund. Thesame was received.

The ordinances providing tor the improve-ment of Adams Btreet, between Fourth andSixth, and Clinton street, between Third andFourth," passed their second reading.' Councilman Wrbb advocated the paymentof the $30 claim held against the Council byEdwiu K»rr, of tlie School B >ard. Mr. Cur-tin, of the Printing' Committee, vigorouslyprotested, claiming that the bill, which is forstationery, is exorbitant. Ho wanted time toinvestigate the claim. The motion was theuwithdrawn. -

poae of cont"Htiug the validity of the lawpassed by the Legislature in 1877, diveetiugthem of their jurisdiction in civil suits andtransferring it to district courts, and at ameeting qf the association a week ago it wasdecided to try a tent case before Justice Al-dridge, one of the oldest Justices in JerseyCity, to determine the validity of the act.Accordingly Justice William Matron, of thiscity, brought suit against Justioe FrederickW Payne, of Jersey City, for the recovery of$500 all ged to be dae him from the last-named Justice. The action was tried Wednes-day evening before Justice Aldridge iu JusticeNiColiV'iinit room. J'-r^ey City Heights. "Ex-Judge William T. H ffman, Herbert Stout andThuotl.ii-c UyiiBoiv appeared for the plaintiffand Howard MacSherry for the defendant.0 miinel for the plaintiff argued that the L"g-irliture could not divi-st a legally constitute dtribunal of n« jurisdiction by implication, HSin the District Court act, and that the Ianguage should he spicilic and explicit. ,C <un--el for the defendant asked for a nonsuit outhe ground .that the wording of the act waasufficiently explicit, and contended tha* theDistrict Court had exclusive juripdictton inthe caae. Justice Aldridge denied the motionfor a nonsuit aud entered judgment for theplaintiff with costs. Ao. appeal was taken, sothat the caso may be properly brought beforethe Supreme Court.

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T H E L I A R S A T I T AGAIN. | W A T E R

Fish Stories Th i s T i m e - Y a r n s t h a t a reOnly to fee Read to be Believed.

Th<> Liars' Club had another session downnear Pittsburg. The business under discus-sion was fishing, and tbe following facts werevouched for by the speakers. Before the de-bate wag fairly opeoed, Marcos Forse's boyEd came in with a string of annual) and perch,and thus gave it a turn but little expected.

"Ah 1" aaid Brother A •, " you have goodfishing here. How long were you catchingthese?*

"AH the afternoon," replied the boy."That's not very good fishing," responded

Brother A-—. "When I was a boy, thereneed to be a creek Hbout three milm from mvfather's houae tuat did afford good 'fUbiug.Sometimes the flash would get so plenty in itthat they would crowd the water out of thebatik*. Muiy a time I have bta-rted over tothe creek at one o'clock in the afternoon,caught three .hundred bass tiiat would averagethree pounds each, aud got back home withthem in time for eupper. Ami It wouldn't btan extra day for base, either."

Etl borrowed a pencil from one of the board-ers and figured out that Brother A mudhave been a remarkably strong lad to be able | RuBoian ladies figuring in the character otto carry 900 pounds of Hull at a single load for | duelists, as waa ttie caau uot lung siuce with

two belles at Potignriib, a well-known fash-ionable resort ou the nor Ilium slope of thaCaucasus. A dispute arose between the rivalbeauties, springing out of the attention' paidto each in turn by a handsome young cavalryofficer quartered iu tbe neighborhood. Tl»oquarrel rau so high that one of tue Ainazoiisat length dispatched her intid to the otherwith a formal challenge, which waa instantlyaccepted. The belligerents mot without sec-ond) in a lonely place outside the town, eacharmed with a brace of loaded pistol*. Before,however, they had even taken up their re-spective positions, the trembling of the onelady's haatl, caused her pistol to explode pie-maturely, tending a bullet through tbe dressof tbe other, wb« shrieked aud fell down iu aswoon. Tlie assailant, frightened out of ht'rwits, flung away her weapon aud rushed tothe aid of the anppoaed corpse; but h. r un-grateful antagonist, recovering her seu8i-n aseudilenly as she had ' /8t them, clutched Iurby the hair with orno Uand wlule boxiug herears with the otlier iu tho most cuerguticstyle. Tue firing having now (soased, the bat-tle was proceeded with, haud to haud. L -cksof liair, ribbons ;uiil slirmk of clotUiag fluwiu every directiou, and but for the timely ad-vent of three or four policerreu, tlie affraymight have ended like the somewhat similarcombat of the Kilkenny cate. Tue militaryLothario'* only remark, ou bearing tlie story,wag:

"I t ' s lucky they took to cUwiug each otheriastead of me."

of three mill s." It required a good deal of patience," said

Brother K , '• to become a successful fisher-man. The trouble ip, peoplo almost alwaysjerk too quick. No one can be too patientwhenhegots Qahiog. Job i* an excellentmodel. I once lost at leant 1200 by ROUiugimpatient nud jerking too si ou. It wag whenI was down at Ocean Grove the last t.ine. Ithought I would go ashing, and having madenp my mind to catch a big fish whil« I wag at'it, I took an immense hook and fastened it oo• eea-grans bed-cord, baiting witb two poundsof salt pork. Finding a good place, I threwin, and it waeo't long before 1 got a bite; butI took things quietly. The fish began to pullaway, and every little bit tbe line would slacknp, and then the pulling would be twice anheavy. At last it felt like a locomotive wag atthe other end of the line, aud then I lost mypresence ot mind and jerked. It took prettybard jorkiug, too, but at laat I lauded a Bahabout sixteen feet long. I took it off the hook,and there was another one about two feetshorter. I took that oue off, aud there WASanother oue on a little shorter, and go onuntil I took off nine of them, aud then cameto the bait still on the hook. You sue, theway of it was is ti>i»: The Sr«t fls'li to graband swallow the book wag about two and ahalf feet long. A-i soon as be got fast a big-ger one Bwallowed him, a larger one still swal-lowed them both, on np until the ninth swallowed the whole eight. If I had only waitedthey would have kept on until I would havebad a whale after a while, and the oil audwualebpne would bpve sold readily for 1200.''

Ed immediately drew a requisition on biglather for enough money to buy a half-fareticket to Ocean Grove, and asked BrotherK—- for tho loan of bis book and line.

" I once caught a pretty big flab inyaulf,"remarked Brother C—-. "Oue time theAllfeghaoy River became blocked np with therafts from H rr'ri Island down to the Handstreet bridge, tilt the whole eurfaae of tbewater was covered with them. I was, on oneoccasion, when a small boy, fishing d.<>wu ahole about three inches square in the middleof this raft, aud caught several »ranll f 11>w».At last a tremendous catfish got hold of thehook and swallowed it. By actual meatuire-ment it was forty-two inches long, and itshead was thirteen inches aernm. Y >u may l>e•are that I bad a hard time handling him,bat at last I landed him ou the top of thelogs. He dressed just sixty-two poiiiida audseven ounces."

" Bat say, mister," broke in E l , " how didyou get such a big fish through such a smallholw?" .

" Little boys should listen, but a«k no ques-tkiia," responded Brother C .

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