The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-08
EXCURSIONS, FESTIVALS AND PIcN1cs.


Zabriskie Post are arranging for grand excur-
sion to Greenwood Lake at an early gay.
THO Naval Veterans went en- their annual excur-
sion last Thursday. Their destination was Alpine
Grove.
The John j. Norton Association will hold its
annual picnic at CaledoDian Park tomorrow AFTER
noon and evening. Music by Dryer.
The animal excursion of the John Murray Asso-
citation. OF Weehawken, is set down for august ~.
The excursionists will go to the Fishing Banks.
The annual excursion of Ellsworth Post. No. IA.
G. A. R. has been set down for August TO- and the
objective point settled upon is ROTOR Point Grove.
Abort 900 people took in the Naval Veterans
excursion to Alpine Grove last Thursday, among
them 200 marines and number of Jersey City
families.
The annual Summernight festival of the Lieder-
4 tsfel Singing Society, of Union HILL will be held
Noat Klee's Hudson County Park next Saturday eve
ming August H.
The Greenville Turn yerein held its thirteenth
annual midsummer nights festival last Monday
evening, at the Pascaic Garden, on McAdoo ave-
nue., Greenyille.
The annual picnic of the employees of the North
Hudson County Railway Company was held at
Schuetzen Park Union Hill, last Wednesday after
noon and evening.
-he annual picnic and Summernight festival OF
the Young Mems Independent Club, of Jersey City
Heights will be held at Pohlman's tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
German Lodge I. o. o. F.. Jersey City Heights,
went to Chestnut Grove last Sunday, The steamer
ssThomas Hunt and the barge warren carrying
the excucursionists hence.
George H. Thomas Post, No. %, Grand Army of
the Republic, has arranged for its annual excur-
sion to-day to the Warwick Woodlands at Green
wood Lake. special train has been chartered to
convey the party leaving the franklin street steps
at $3.50 A. N.
The Meteor and Valencia Boat Clubs will give
a regatta and moonlight excursion next saturday,
the 18th at Fort Lee. barge will leave the
cfraa for the at i O'clock
p. n, returning at 7, and leave at P. NJ for the
moonlight excursion
al. Peters T. A. B. Society and hundreds Of its
friends embarked on board the commodious barges
v. J. Haskell and walter Sands last Thursday, for
Eagleswood Park, RaritaR Bay, the occasion being
the annual excursion Of the Society. The proceeds
were devoted to charity.
The James Rollston Association, of Bayonne,
held its fifth annual picnic and Summernight fes-
tival at Columbia Park, Payonne, last Monday
evening under the management of Geo. Melen-
aick Floor Manager Martin Cassidy, Frank sim
sAnoas, VIM. Mooney and D. 1ierney, Reception
q Committee.
The most successful picnic financially and every
other way, ever given by the Union Hill Schuetzen
Qorps was thai which terminated last Tuesday. In
the shooting contest fer medals, which are models
of neatness Tobler made 6S out of possible 70
noiuts and was crowned king T. Grobles was
next, with 81, and received handsome gold medal.
and C. Doemer, with Go points, was presented with
silver cup.
Hudson City Schuetzen Company, Captain F. Fret
tag will take place tomorrow, at Wendels Schuet-
zen Park, Union Hill. The company will parade
through the principal streets OF the Hill in the
morning, and proceed by cars to the park. Sheet
ing for prizes will during the afternoon, and
in the evening the SchuetzeA King will be crowned
by six young ladie and after the distribution Of
prizes summernights festival will be gwen.
The boys of Empire Hook and Ladder Company
No q Of Heboken, had their annual Summernight
festival at Pohlmann's last Wednesday evening,
the affair, on account of rain, having been pest
poned from July IA. About $50 couples must have
been present during the evening. among whom
were Mayor Kerr, Csuncilmen Maloney, Hartell
and Kenney, School Trustees Martin and Hark
man, Assemblyman Mcdonald, City Clerk McDer-
mott and his assistant, Joseph Wienthall; Free.
holder Cullen, County Clerk Mclaughlin, Street
Commissioner Elliott, Chief Engineer Meyer Con
stable Hearn, City Physician Hagan, ex-Council-
man Fennell, exPolice Captain Alfarretta, Police
Commissioner Coyle, County superintendent John
Kelly Fire Commissioner Burke, Of this city, John
p Feeney, Richard Simpson, P. Hayden, wife and
Miss Connell, ex Chief LAyburn and wife, L. Meyer
and wife. VIM. G. Stanton and wife. Vim. Lee and
wife, John Wagner and wife, Richard Carr and
, wife II. E. Quidore and wife, 7. Bechtel and wife