The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-22
CITY NOTES.

The new st. Bridget's School building,
in Mercer street, has the most perfect
system OF ventilation in use in the State.
A tax sale is on at the City Hall this
afternoon.
A sign in a Newark avenue store which
advertises a book bears the curious SEN
tence. "How Men Are Sold Here"
The large brown stone house and lot at
the corner of Jersey avenue and ayne
street, recently sold by auction, it Is
thought, by real estate dealers. brought
a very low figure, selling for little over
$4,000.
Soon the parks of the city will be filed
with heaps of burning leaves.
The New Jersey Title Guarantee and
Trust Company has u wooden bridge over
the sidewalk in front of its new building
on Montgomery street for the accomoda-
ton Of pedestrians while the vault is
being built under the sidewalk.
The new double decked ferry boat, New
Brunswick, is proving a great attraction
TO the people of Jersey City and many
persons ride to New York and back upon
it daily for no other purpose than to say
that they have been on the new boat.
The Jersey City and Bergen railroad
company have at last solved the problem
of changing the electric motors at the
stables on the hill. The motor used TO
leave the car about two blocks from Ber-
gen avenue, and ii a passenger did not
a. w W ttAu tAhtil % pal vi OlSNS "ocANA
be procured to drag the car to the avenue
they had to walk that distance. Now the
motor leaves the car it has dragged up
the hill at the avenue and pushes one
which was waiting for it across Bergen
avenue where it is switched on to the
down track, all of which is done in q very
few minutes.
Young Alphonse Blankenburg, a prom
inent graduate of the High School OF class
80. is now with Klein, Hartman 81 Co.,
Of No. 2S3 Green street, New York.
The Erminie Pleasure Club visited til =
rooms OF the Harmonic Singing Society
last Friday evening, and We're entertained
very pleasantly by their elegant singing.
The Erminie Pleasure Club wishes to
thank the society for the courtesy shown
them.
Anton Blegle. of No. 80 Carlton avenue,
a prominent member OF the Arion Sing
ing Society and of Germania Lodge. No.
AGA *. of H., died at his home Monday,
His funeral will take place this after
noon. A delegation from the Arion So
ciety will attend the funeral.
The Harmonic Singing Society is grow
ing in popularity. 1t is one of the young
associations Of the elevator district. The
officers are: President, William Eckert;
vice president, Miss Annie Lehne; secre-
tarp, G. Minger; treasurer. Freida Schlen-
mig; financial secretary. Emil Z. Stand
niger. The society meets every Friday
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near Summit avenue.
From a careful inquiry among the
member OF the Arion Singing Society,
one OF the mostinfiuential German bodies
in the county, | am convinced that there
is wide spread dissatisfaction among the
Germans ar the action of the present
Democratic Ring in attempting to debar
them from voting for Mr.. Thinker, the
INSTRUMENTATION candidate for Sheriff.
The Sylvan Athletic club, which meets
in Lansen's Adriatic Hall has recently
made acquisitions to its %gymnastic phara-
~pharnalia.
One of the evening amusements for
stroliers is watching the s~tereopticon at
junction Of Newark avenue and Mont
gomery street. Pictures and advertise
ments are shown on 600 square feet of
canvas III a circle of "a feet IN diameter.
An electric light of 1000 candle power
is used. The s~tereopt1con is to become
u Of the institutions Of the city, the
owners having leased the building.