The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-03
JERSEY CITY NOTES.

The new pavement on Belmont avenue
between Monticello and Bergen avenue,
has been laid, and the street will be open
for travel tomorrow.
The horse car tracks on Montgomery
street, between BrunSwick street and the
Hill, were in many places under water
this morning. This is due to the uneven
ness of the street, which will cause con-
siderable trouble and vexation of spirit
when The comes.
Cards are out for the marriage of Lieu
tenant Robert Berry to Miss Sprouts, OF
Summit avenue, IN October IA.
A grand musical entertainment for the
benefit of the orphans of ST. Peters Par
ish on Wednesday INT Thursday even
ings, at st. Peters College Hall, October
Sane 9. The entertainments will be under
the patronage of the st. Vincent of Paul
leader, will direct the music.
Justice Wanser presided in the First
District Police Court this morning.
There were but four plain "drunks" for
disposition. They were Mary Stapleton,
of Provost street; Alice Moore and Mary
John ~Edmonston, of Newark. AS it was
a prohibition day, the Judge discharged
all hands.
Walter Davey, of York street. was ar
rested by Detective Bob Pierson this
morning for assault and battery on his
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Justice Wanser, the wife appeared and
pleaded with the Judge not TO cut off her
only means of support by sending her
husband to jail. The Judge severely rep
rimanded the prisoner and h dis
charged him.
Patrick Schaughnessy, of No. 769 New
ark avenue. while walking the Pennsyl-
yania railroad track at Marion yesterday
afternoon was struck by locomotive and
sent to the City Hospital with O mutilated
skull.
Edward Hollinger, No. 1927 Tenth street,
dislocated his thumb by falling on the
pavement on Henderson street yester-
day.
Patrick O'Keefe, No. 4o4 Grove street,
appeared at the Grove street station house
this morning with two incised wounds on
his left arm, as though he had been
slashed by a razor. He protested to be in
entire ignorance as to their cause. The
wounds were sewed up ana O'Keefe sent
home.
a druggist on Montgomery street has a
large honey comb and a swarm OF live
bees in his window which attract conSid-
cradle attention. The mmen OF those
who stop to look at the bees upon their
nature and work is amusing.
The new paving blocks are piled up on
the sidewalk of Grove street, leaving u
very narrow space for pedestrians. Mis-
chieyous youngsters play on these stones
and often the blocks are displaced and
LETT lying on the walk for pedestrians to
stumble over after dark. Mrs. Fowler, of
York street, fell over one of these blocks
last night, and, in falling, struck the
spike pointed railing in FRONT of a dwell
ing and received severe Injuries.
The police should stop the wholesale
theft of ash barrels and boxes. A gang
of a dozen boys followed the carts yester-
day, and as fast as the barrels were
emptfed picked up the barrels and carried
them off. On Mercer street there was q
procession of ten small BOYS in Indian
Tile, each with u barrel or box on his
head.
The Jersey City Athletic Club will
have a stag entertainments tomorrow
night.
The firemen OF the Halliday Street
Engine Company held q meeting last
night In the house for the purpose OF pass
ing a set of resolutions on the death o.
Charles Dolan, one of the members, who
died last Tuesday. Mr.. Jobes was elected
president and Charles Tisdale secretary
of the meeuing.
The Old Guard held a meeting at the
Avenue House last night and admitted
ten men to membership.
At the Pioneer Club meeting last even
ing shares were placed on sale for the
first time. The sales were quite ex
tensive.
The gas pipes still disfigure Palisadt
yenue by running above ground over thu
bridge.
One side Of the block OF Grove street