The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-12
NEWS IN NOTES.

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Greek Church building at Henry street
and Chestnut avenue. The building Will
have a thirty-eight foot frontage and Will
be eighty-four feet deep. 1t will be q one
story frame structure, and will cost S5,oou.
G. i. Bettcher is the architect.
Jacob Michel, No. $50 Pine street, died
suddenly with cramps at his residence
yesterday morning.
Andrew O'Neil was a~rraigned in the
Court of Sessions yesterday on a charge OF
rape on Annie Kearney on March 8. OF the
present year. He was arrested soon after
Inc alleged crime was committed, and
rave bail which wa forfeited. Suisse
uuently he was again unprecedented and
today, after pleading and paying the costs
of the forfeiture of the former bail, lie
was again admitted to bail: Thomas
Reedy being the surety In $1,000.
Much annoyance is occasloned the Post
Office officials of this city by o disposition
on the part Of some people to direct let
tiers to such and such a number and
street, Lafayette" without the words
Jersey City. As a consequence some let
tiers find their way to Lafayette, Pa, and
elsewhere.
Joseph A. Dear, the business manager
of the local sheet printed on the other SIDE
of Montgomery street, returned from MS
trip to England the day before yesterday.
He was accompanied by his W sons, he
looked well, and said he had enjoyed ms
visit to the land of. his birth. He is now
sojourning at Ocean Grove.
The condition of Monticello avenue last
night was simply frightful. 1t was sim,
ply a huge muddy slough with occasional
which a laIge sum of money was squan-
deled by the Board OF Public Jobbery
last year, is as rough as a by
road, and many of the culverts are clogged
up so that the rain water accumulaIes IN
the causeway. Curses, loud and deep,
~r1.o .,&t4xol Ir Il nh xvoVo I nhlnnX
enough to be out of doors against the
Ring that misgoverns the city.
The mud at Washington and Grand
streets is two inches deep.
Lawyer James p. Northrop is home
again from his summer outing.
Senator John r. Mcpherson was in
Jersey City yesterday. He called at the
First National Bank and other places.
Prof. Waite, of the Hasbrouck Insti-
tute, has returned from his vacation,
which he spent in Europe.
Dennis Fowler. secretary of the COM
missioners of Adjustment, has resumed
his place at his desk after his summer
outing.
The Central Branch. Irish National
League, will meet in st. Johns Hall,
Gregory street, Sunday afternoon at half
past three o'clock. The members are re-
quested to attend, as committees will be
appointed to make arrangements for the
reception Of the Irish delegates, John
Dillon and William o 'Brien.
John Phalen. a sixteen-yerr-old boy,
was remanded by Justice Stilsing this
morning charged with robbing the money
drawer of Ira La FORCES cigar store, No.
So Cole street, of seventy-ive or eighty
cents.
Mrs. Nellie Noble, No. 159 Steuben
~gtreet, was held by Justice Stilsing this
morning as O disorderly person; Michael
Gorgan. of Plymouth street, was sent
fN tho Cifu priQnn for fhrpn DAYS nn tha
same charge.
William D~oberdee, No. 116 Pavonia
avenue. was carried to the City Hospital
yesterday suffering from the effects Of a
sunstroke.
Box No. II was pulled for a fire last
night at the residence of Ariel Cameron.
Nc. 68 Jones street, caused by a window
shade coming into contact with a gas jet.
The damage caused by the fire approx
mates $500.
Blackstone has gone out of the bust
ness Of commenting upon law n is now
keeping a drug store on Monticello ave-
nue..
The cars on the Montgomery street
line are obliged 10 go through Grove and
York streets to the ferry today. The
opening of the sewer between the Mont
gomery street tracks. near Henderson
Street. is to blame for the aggression from
the usual route
TIL granite blocks with which Grove
street is to be repaired, have made their
appearance along the sidewalk Of that
thoroughfare this morning. AS much as
the residents along the street desire the
new pavement they are inclined to object
to having their sidewalk made impass-
ible.
The rain which fell last night covered
MONTGOMERY street, between the bridge
and Brunswick street, with a depth of
mud which made travelling through it
nVarVthinO hIlf QniovQhta BQnnlQ QTa
wondering when the Street and Water
Commissioners will pave this important
th~oroughfare.
David Lynch, u ragged, neglected boy
Of fifteen, with unkempt hair, stood be-
fore Justice Stilsing this morning
charged with stealing a loaf of bread
from Henry VOLTS grocery store, No. 321
Ninth street. Lynch said he lived with
his father, O brass worker. at NO. 2T4
Eleventh street, but had run away from
home. He was hungry when Patrolman
Dodson caught him stealing the loaf.
Wolf refused to press the charge.
Susie OffermaD, a remarkably pretty
hve-year-old child, died at her parents
home on Mercer street this morning. She
fell out OF a window q year ago and did
not thoroughly recover The injuries
then received caused her death.
You can invariably tell a mans calling
by some sudden exclamation of surprise.
l was cOnversing with a prominent rail-
road official when the patter of the heavy
shower attracted his attention. He
looked u of the window and remarked,
1T is raining at the rate OF fifty miles an
hour
The calendar in the Second District
Police Court this morning consisted of
three plain DRINKS. They were relics of
the Dunno picnic.
The Erie Railroad added another vic
tim to its long list today, Dennis Mullins,
a brakeman, being crushed to death
while coupling cars. The body was
taken to Speer's Morgue.
Chief Murphy yesterday ordered that
the services of the young matron at the
Third precinct station house be dispensed
with. The chief feared a scandal that
would effect on the police force of the
city.
The Toffey Guard will drill tonight at
the Avenue House.
Work was commenced today on the
foundation for the new engine house at
Snake Hill under the supervision Of Su-
perintendent Cannon.
There is a probability of trouble be-
tween the police of the Sixth precinct and
the Consumers Gas Company when the
latter begins ~excavating on that part of
Palisade avenue which is in the Sixth
precinct.
There was q very slim attendance at
The italian picnic at kessler's last night.
Among those present were Alderman |
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