The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-02-28

4 WOlO appointed ~ committee W vail
.upon the road officials and insist upon
the cars running bv Mav1 az letter
from President Bonn was read, excus-
ing the delay, the cold weather pre-
venting the pavement of the tracks,
and promising that the cars would be
running by the end of May.
North Hudson Gossip.
AS Mr.. Phillip Knipper was passing
along Bergenline avenue, Union Hill,
yesterday morning, his attention was
drawn to the undertaking establish
ment of Widow Geschivind, at the
corner Of Blum street, by the sound as
of a large body of water falling. He
soon ~ascertained that a water pipe on
the floor above had bursted, and the
water was deluging Siefert's bird and
seed store below. The inmates of the
house We're quickly aroused, and the
leak stopped, but not until consider
able damage had been done.
Ex-Freeholder Rudolph Frech, of
Union Hill, is the fortunate possessor
of an unusually wise horse. Yester-
day the genial Rudolph had occasion
to pay a business visit to Snake Hill.
He fingered until after 10 o'clock in
the evening. When he went out he
was surprised to find that both buggy
and horse were gone. He sent word
to the various police stations, and re-
turned home. He found his horse still
attached to the, buggy standing in
fropt of the stable door.
The Porgalunen Club, Of Union
Hill, met Tuesday night and elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Chris Rattmann, president;
Justus Bruins, v~ice-president; A.. E.
Noetl, secretary; John q. Wickmann,
treasurer. They also elected the Of
ficers' delegates to represent the club
at the Plattdeutsch Volks Fest Verein
Convention, to be held in New York
in March next. Mi. Shagnus Schultz
will also be a delegate.
Among the we'll known Republicans
OF Guttenburg who will visit Washing
ton, ID. g., on Monday to witness the
Inauguration of General Harrison as
President are Judge Hiram Walker,
Frederick Walker, AL Marks, AL Lur-
colt, DR.. A. ". Hill, DIR. Gordon, Coun-
Gilman Louis Emmerich an&s John j.
Daley.
At the meeting of Mle NSAh Hud-
son County Railroad Employees Asso-
citation, which'is composed principally
of conductors and drivers, held last
night at Hennig's Hall in West
Hoboken, three new members were in
itiated. A considerable amount of
other business was transacted.
townsville, West Hoboken, for the
laying of a sewer through Ann street
from Cedar street, down Railroad
avenue to- Angelique street, where it
will empty into the Spring street
sewer. Manyssignatures have already
been ootained.
Chairman Rub of the Union Hill
Board of Council did not add many
laurels to his brow last night by his
strong opposition TO the placing of
lampposts in front Of two churches
that had asked for them. The street
in front OF Mr.. Ruh's residence is
well lighted.
Ex-member of the Board of Educa-
ton of Union Hill, Henry Rennenberg,
who has been residing in Chicago for
the past three years, paid a visit to his
friends on the Hill yesterday. He is a
stock broker, and has accumulated
considerable wealth since going West.
The new Guttenburg Hose Com
pany, No. 3, has appointed John j..
Daley, James De Gross and John
Nurge, as a committee to purchase a
hose carriage. The committee will re-
port the result of their labors to the
meeting on Saturday night.
Ex-Chief OF Police Michael Capp will
on Saturday evening next, on the occa-
sion Of the anniversary of his 45th
birthday, entertain his friends with a
snapping-turtle supper. Mr.. Capp is
an expert in the line OF preparing this
luscious dish.
The Exempt Firemen's Association
held a secret meeting at the Town
Hall in Union Hill last night. Before
the meeting opened the local reporters
were carefully bounced. Hence the
public has nc report of their pro-
ceedings.
Ex-Councilman John Mink, of Gut
tenburg, yesterday purchasecRa hand
some horse and road wagon, and here
after on fine days he will devote his
time to showing the drivers on the
Boulevard what he knows about horse
flesh.
A valuable horse, belonging to
Peter DENIM, a West New York hack
man, was being driven up the hill
from the West Shore ferry yesterday
when it suddenly dropped dead from
heart disease.
This would appear to be q bad time
of the year to rip up a macadalnized
boulevard for the purpose of laying
gas mains, but that is just what is
being done to the Bulls Ferry boule-
ward in Weehawken.
The s~emi-monthly meeting of the
Guttenburg Board of Council will be
held tonight at Muendel's Hall. Mat
ters of local Importance are tocome up.
for consideration.
The Baltic Association, of Gutten-
burg, will hold its annual ball at Muen-
del's Hall on Monday evening. This
association is composed of the elite of
the burg.
North Hudson is kicking o about
a division of the county because Hobo
ken wants the Court House located
there. Every town up here wants it.
As slight as yesterdays snowstorm
was, it put the North Hudson Railway
Company to an expense of about $3.50
to clear the snow from its tracks.
Contractor johnson, of Union Hill,
is only waiting for the advent of fine
weather to begin the grading, curling
and sewering of Lewis street.
There will be a regular meeting of
yVinkalraid Counci1 No b9 Order of