The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-11-28
CUE DAY or THANKSGIVING.
HOW 1t was Celebrated ia This City ana
FIo5osSen.

HOW 1t was Celebrated ia This City and
| FHo5oiSen.
| The SUNDAY MORNING News last Sun
day morning enjoined It's readers to give
thanks on the day set apart for that pur-
pose for various stated reasons. But one
opportunity for thanks presented itself
which was unforeseen week ago and
many a person who, by reason of a
previous engagement, were compelled
TO go out, thanked heaven that the
weather was no more Indictment than
it was. The morning set in with leaden
sky and roar wind, with every sign of a
great impending storm, but, though the
| air got no warmer through the day, about
o'clock the rain began to fall and from
that time till midnight, with occasional
cessations of few moments duration,
fully an inch of water must have fallen.
It was q gloomy holiday, but the people OF
Jersey City enjoyed it in apparently an
old-feshioned manner. The number Of
turkeys and quantity Of cranberries de-
molishel cannot possibly be estimated.
Could anybody have witnessed the supply
before it was distributed to tho different
tradespsople first and by them served to
their customers, it must certainly have
been an astounding spectacle.
While it is true that Thanksgiving Day
is peculiarly home day, and the proba-
bilities are that large Majority of people
remained at home or ate dinner at the
homes of relatives and friends, it is also
true that not few gatherings outside of
the family circle were set down for the day
and night.
There was quite large gathering of
young folks at the residence of Captain A.
A. Newman on the evening of Wednesday,
It was a reception of the Merry Social
| Club, and an evening of much merriment
was passed. Among the guests were.
| Misses M. Atkins, S. Baker, A. Banter, "
Linden, E. Barrett, ). Parsons, III. Cain, L.
Remington, B. Fra.lz, 7. Halt, M. Simp-
son, G. Whitehead, NJ. Cummings, q.
Wilkinson, E. Sutton, J. Hogan, NJ, kir-
win, A. Zurcher, w. Wyatt, i Ludlow, S.
Hope. M. Furey, NJ Dickson, E Brimhail,
r. Phillips, L. Pole, K. Phillips, J. Vile,
Il. Brown, g. Harrington and others.
Among the young gentlemen were Messrs.
Joseph Psrlmutter, William Fletcher, VIM.
Sproul, z. Ernst, j. Bauman, q. G. Buoy,
E. Morgan, G. Allison, VIM. Shayne, Il.
Yanderbeck, Charles Martin, VIM. Webb,
G.. Montgomery, J. Butler, j. Alderman,
G Peters. BENZ. Adams, E. Phillips, j.
Anderson, A. Frank, T. Fart, F. Arm
strong, j. Hornung q. Labarr, J. Laird,
j. Sewell, T. Simons, e. Hudson, r.
Turner, f. Young, VIM. Hart, Charles SUIT
ton, Z. Manson and L. Hogan. The Off
GERS of the club are T. Solomon, President;
Turner, Treasurer, and j. Feenan, Secre-
tary.
feature of the day at Hedding M. E.
church was the concert in the evening for
the benefit of the Sunday school on Thanks
giving eve.
The employees of John Mehle & Co. held
forth at Kesslers. 1t was the occasion of
their fifth annual ball. It was pro-
nounced and fattering success, more than
400 couples being present. About 49,
couples sas down to supper, having FIRST
paid their half dollar head. Among those
present were John Mehl, ST., John Meh-
and wife, Mr. ana MIS-. Emil Mehl, Assem-
blyman VIM. G. Heppenheimer. VIM. FAB
bett, Messrs. T. A. Schaefer, Jr, A Schunk,
NJ. Lutz, Emil Rust, Henry Mehl, A.
iirscb, Henry Braun and their wives, Al
derman w. Elliott, Commissioned VIM. L.
| Kern, II. Mirabeau and sisters, john Hen
KEEL ana Miss IT, Rush, Oscar Claus and
Miss Walthers, g. Sumbinger and Miss d.
| Stumpf, John Macarthur, John Buz and
sisters, Hilarius Pattberg, Philip Patt-
berg, Wilhelm T. Appropriateness, Charles
Heppenheimer, samuel Maggie, Frank Run
| yon, of Trenton, John Schulz and Miss ID.
| Hobsam, Frank Bellevue and Miss A. Hob
sam, Messrs. g. Daeehe, J. Kundth, A.
Suss, w. Boeges aud their wives, s. II. Ja-
cobs and Miss Julia s. Allen, of Roekland
county, N. Y, Mr.. T. Kunath, w. Fischer
and daughter, Emil Koch and Miss B.
| Heck, Heppsnheimer and Miss A. Roth
and A. Buchmuller and wife.
Other Thanksgiving Day entertainments
were the third annual ball of the James
Walker X. Y. X. Association in St. Johns
Hall; a reception in Crescent Hall, compli-
mentary to Mrs. j. G. Finn. The seven
tenth annual Thanksgiving dinner Of tne
Rooster Guard, OF the Fourth Dist riot; the
sixth anniversary Of Jersey City Temple Of
Honor and Temperance, at Union Hal
the annual ball of the Willian s. Elliott
Association, ct Kroebels Hall, on Ogden
avenue; the parade of the William +. Kern
Guard ct Schneider's Garden, on Ogden
avenue; the second annual matinee soci-