The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
TIE GREAT FESTIVAL.
Schuetzen Park in All the
Glory Of the Platt-
deutSch VolkSfest.


Union Hill, will be in an uproar tomor-
row. The great Plattdeutsch volksfest,
which is always looked forward to by the
citizens of Union Hill as the greatest
event of the year, will be duly inaugu-
rated at the big Schuetzen Park. To the
average citizen of Union Hill a Worlds
Fair is mere bagatelle to this festival
The saloon keepers are rubbing their
hands with glee in anticipation of the
dollars which will pour into their Golfers
during the four days of the festival and
are praying for auspicious weather.
/ took stroll through the big park yes
terday and watched the preparations
which are being made for the monster
festival. The preparations are on an ex-
tended scale and the proprietor is sparing
no expense to get the park in first-class
order for the thousands who are expected
to attend.
The dancing platform is being over
hauled and new boards are being laid
near the music stand. The floor will be
waxed three times day during tine festi-
val. A band of sixty pieces will discourse
music from noon tomorrow until the
close of the fest on Wednesday night.
There are two other dancing. platforms in
the park which are capable of accommo.
dating about sixty couples each, and
there will be band of music daily in at
tendance here.
The castle, which is one of the features
of the park, has been decorated with
flags and bunting and an additional
corps of walters will be in attendance.
The busiest part of the park at present
though, and the one which no doubt will
be the busiest during the four days
festival, is the green stretch Of land near
the lake. Here carpenters are erecting
booths of every description, but prin-
cipally lager beer booths. AT this place
will be located the headquarters of the
along the side will be called Chatham
Square" and each booth will be num-
bered and the name of the lessee printed
in big letters. There are about thirty of
these booths. Different saloon keepers
in Hoboken, this city and New York
have paid large sums for the lease of
them. Right near the booths Will be a
monster stage and trapeze.
The following is the programme for to-
morrow at this place:-The Julians in
their specialties; Prof Orten's Mimika-
lisches Figuran Theatre at eight O'Clock,
with fifty young women in the cast. At
nine O'Clock there will be stereopticon
views. and the evenings entertainment
will conclude with grand display of fire.
works, including the figure of Niagara
Falls.
If tomorrow is fine day 1t is estimated
that at least twenty-five thousand people
will be in attendance. In former years
the crowd on the opening day was even
greater. In 1875 forty thousand persons
were present, and the money poured in at
such rate at the gate that it was put in
to barrels. One of the barrels was stolen
by two strangers, who drove up in light
wagon and carried it off. IL contained
about s., Goo
The proceeds of the monster festival
will ho ffih tad tho diff0ranf
hospitals in this county. The police ar
rangements tomorrow and during the
| festival will be of the best. There will
be twenty y-eight policemen and constables
in constant attendance.
IL is probable that dancing will be in
dulged in tomorrow night, as the COM
mittee of the affair generally secures a
dispensation for it,
Narrow Escape from Fire.
But for the timely discovery made by
Sergeant Rathien the inmates of FIVE
story double tenement house in Hoboken
| would have met a terrible death by fire
early this morning. The tenants in the
| house, when they realized how miracu-
| lous had been their escape were visibly
| affected, and the Sergeant received their
sincere thanks.
| While the Sergeant was on his rounds
at twenty minutes past one O'Clock this
| morning he saw u bright light in the gro
Gerry store on the ground floor of No. 12C
| Park avenue. On closer examination he
| saw an oil lamp on the counter. The
| lamp was burning and smoking at live
| ly rate, and it seemed as if at any moment
| it would explode. The chimney dropped
| off and the flames set fire to the wood
| work of the counter.
| The Sergeant broke in the hallway door
and, rapping with his baton, yelled
] Fire" at the top of his voice. The ten.
| ants came scampering down stairs, panic
| stricken One of them, a young man
whose name could not be learned, broke
open the door leading to the grocery store
and grabbed the burning lamp and
| hurried into the street. His hands were
| badly burned.
The fire in the store was then ex.
| tinguished with few buckets of water
! Had not Sergeant Rathjon discovered
| the flames at the time he did, there
| would no doubt have been loss of life
| The store in which the burning lamp was
| discovered is located In double five story
| tenement house which is owned by Mr
| Erxmeyer.
Probable Suicide.
Wilhelm Brickman, of De Bois street
| West Hoboken, has probably committed
suicide. Brickman was employed until
| few days ago as starter for the North
Hudson County Railroad in West Hobo
ken. For some wrong act he was dis
charged by the company Monday night
He has brooded over his discharge ever
! since
| On Thursday night he disappeared leav-
| ing the following letter to his wife:-
"You will never see me again. All
| ask of you if you love me is to look wei
after the children. Good bye"
The children referred to are seven il
number, the eldest of whom is not yet fif
| teen years of age. Mrs. Brickman is
| nearly distracted. Brickman's fellow
! employees say that he was crazy enough
| to do away with himself.
| Hoboken Notes.
Captain John Allen of the schooner
Abby Greene, lying at the foot of Fif
teenth street. New York. fell off the
stoop of his boarding house, No. Wash
! ington street, last night, and sustained {
| severe scalp wound. His wounds were
| dressed by DR.. Simon.
| There is circus in the city today anC
| the small boy is in his glory.
| Daniel Scott, watchman, went into
| Hanson's Hotel on Fourteenth street lasl
| night and fiourished revolver reckless
| ly. He was arrested by Policeman Lueks