The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-03
BAYoNNE BABBLEs.
Bits of Personal and other News from
Oar NeighbOrfng City.

Oar NeighbOrinG City.
Mr.. Andrew Cadmus, of Avenue B, Ber-
gen Point, has been very i'll with typhoid
fever.
A series of sociable heps are being held
Saturday evenings 10 Bradys Hall, Bergen
Point.
During the past week an outing was en-
ioyed by Fatrolman Patrick Sweeney, of
Bergen PORT.
Mr.. J. Monz. Of G constable Hook, arrived
home last Saturday. from his vacation tour
through Germany.
zeMeigs street, Bergen Point, between
Avenues @ and D, is to be regulated,
graded and tagged.
Camp meeting services are held Sunday
afternoons by our colored residents in Sal
ter's Woodbine Grove.
Postmaster Thomas Brady, of Bergen
Point, has appointed Thomas Stafford as
mail delivery clerk for that Office.
Ex-Freeholder and ex-Postmastsr Chas.
7. Mum is about to open sample room
on Sixteenth street, Bergen Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. Cobson, of
Bergen Point, are entertaining their dau6h-
ter, MIS-. Edward Earl, of Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. M. Donneliy, of Avenue S, Bergen
Point, and her daughters, have returned
fid m their visit to friends in Islip, Long
Island.
Mrs. G. F. tanning, of Centreville, and
Miss Louise Connolly, of Bergen Point,
are rusticating at Warwick, Orange co unity,
N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel L. Rogers, of Bay
onne proper, and their children, have To-
Gated for u week sojou IN at the Delaware
Water Gap.
Messrs. A. W. Anderson, John R. John
son, Henry NJ. Wheeler. Jacob Fl. johnson
and Richard Butler were recently expelled
from Independence Fire Association of
Bergen Point
Mr.. J. McNamara, of Bergen Point, has
issued a challenge 90 any athlete in Bay
onne to throw, for purse of from $50 to
$3.50, three stones, weighing respectively
twenty, thirty and fifty pounds.
The first annual picnic of the Bayonne
Liquor Dealers Bowling Climb, held last
Monday evening in Columbia Park, Gen.
treville, was very successful affair.
Another of the delightful concerts given
under the direction of Prof. B. G. FonLana
was held Thursday evening in the club
house of the bayonne Rowing Association,
on the New York Bay shore.
The Mayor and Board of Councilmen
have accepted the invitation the Board of
Officers of the Vnlunteer Fire Department
to review the annual parade of the fire-lad-
dies on Wednesday the Goth inst.
It is expected that Counsellor William
II. johnson, of Bergen Point, will return
home this week from San Francisco, with
er he went after attending the national
conclave of the Knights Templar at ST.
Louis.
The management of the Standard Oil
Companys oil refining establishment at
Constable Hook has elected several addi-
tional electric lights in the yard of the es-
tablisnment, and also enclosed the entire
plant with high board fence.
The second victory of the team
of the Bergen Point Athletic Club
over the Jersey Blues Of Hoboken was
won on the Avenue S ground in a game
for the championship of Hudson county
Wednesday afternoon by a score of to /.
A stapding challenge to sal race of
five miles to windward against any boat,
twenty-five feet or under in length (barring
his own build), has been issued by p Nc
Giehan, the well-kRown boat-builder of
Pamrapo. The money consideration is
$500 side.
Mr.. Alexander McDonaldShas been ex-
PEELED from Hope Hook and Ladder Com
pany, No. 2, of Bayonne, proper, and
Messrs. Joseph Dell, Bardo, William K.
smeeton, James Forgner, E. G. Bettman,
William McFarlane and L. II Clayton have
been elected as members.
At a recent meeting of Enterprise Hose
Company, No l, Of Constable Hook,
Messrs. John T. Duck and N Bill were
chosen members, Messrs E. Boyle and P.
Mckinney resigned, and Messrs. George
Renter, S. Van Pelt, D. Minehan and James
Thompson, Jr., were dropped from the
roll.
Messrs. Edward O'Keeffe. MichaelE Hen
Messy, John Carroll and John Herch have
been expelled from Bayonne Engine Co.
No. 1, of Bergen Point, Mr.. Franz Ludwig
has resigned, and Messrs. Berney Toner,
Lewis Linseay, Charles Hass, John Fitzge'
raid and William Ourran have been elected
to membership.
The Prohibition Campaign Club held
well-attended meeting Wednesday evening.
in Arcanum Hall and made arrangements
for demonstration for temperance to be
held one week hence. The officers of the
organization are: President, William Rum
BILE, ST.; Nice-President, John ID. Roache;
Secretary. Egbert Mellick.
To ratify the nomination of Robert S
Green for Governor and for the purpose of
organizing Democratic campaign club,
mass meeting was held Thursday evening
in Hibernis Hall, Pergen Point. A COM
nlttee of fifteen, three from each ward.
was appointed to report next Thursday
evening on plan for permanent orgaRiz =
ton.
Uuder the direction of Prof. Ellis of
Brooklyn, special service of song was
held Thursday evening by the Sabbath
Senool of the Franklin NJ. E. Church, in
that editce. Rev. James T. Rigg, pastor
of the Bergen Point Reformed Church, also
delivered an excellent discourse entitled,
"rhe Charm of Bible Study" to those in
affannanca