The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-20
CITY NOTES.

Work or the extension of the electric
railway on Montgomery street to the
ferry will be commenced in about ten
days. Arrangements are now being made
for the erection of the polls on which the
wires are to be strung. During the busy
hours OF the day a motor and an extra
car will be run, the rest of the day only
The motors will carry passengers.
w blocks of the Grove street pave
ment between Grand and Montgomery
streets have been laid. The work is be-
ing poorly lone. In many places the
rows of blocks are over an inch apart and
The crevlces are filled up with sand and
gravel. The part between Grand and
York streets has hollows In it already
caused by the heavy rain fall.
The Grand annual ball of Court Con-
gress of A. 0. f. of A. will be held at
Pohlman's Hall on Monday evening,
Nov. g., 1890. A gold headed cant will be
voted to the most popular Forester.
Charles Foley, No. 452 Grove street,
and Cunningham Ward, ofNo. 210 Second
street, amused themselves yesterday by
trying to break in the door of the apart
ments of Michael O'Melia, of No. 315
Grand street, and throwing bricks at
O'Melia when he drove them away.
Justice Wanser this morning committed
Ward for thirty and Foley for twenty
days.
Patrick Mcclure, of No. 1870 Fremont
street, was before Justice Wanser this
morning charged with drunkenness and
being y suspicious character. as he had q
pair of Women's shoes under his coat
when arrested. The prisoner said the
shoes were his mothers. Thirty days.
said Justice Wanser. "Any man who
would pawn his mothers shoes ought to
get three years"
A new trustee of Hedding Church will
be elected next Wednesday evening.
One OF the lightning rods on st. Peters
Church is broken.
AT i've O'clock yesterday afternoon a
horse attached to the wagon of O'Melia,
The bill poster, ran away from the corner
OF Jersey and Newark Cornelius
RlKeman, the driver, was thrown out Of
The wagon while trying to stop the horse.
No other damage was done, the horse fin
ally stopping of his own accord.
An unknown man was struck on the
pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Marion
yesterday an 5:45 p. ID. The man was
struck by an incoming train and Instantly
killed. The body was removed to Speers'
Morgue.
Timothy Breslin, Of No. 251 Twelfth
street. fell at the corner of Grove aud
Eighth streets about seven o'clock last
night, and fractured his skull. He is in a
dangerous condition. 1t is believed he
was seized with a sudden vertigo when
he fell.
The Independent Pioneer Club, OF Ho-
boken, have endorsed Herman L. Tim
ken for Sheriff without a dissenting vote.
The meeting called by the Democrats
OF the Fifth district at No. AL Bergen
avenue, Saturday evening was postponed
to meet at the call Of the chair, there not
being sufficlent representatives from the
different precincts present to warrant the
transaction Of buriness. The object of
the meeting was to appoint a special COM
mittee consisting of one man from each
precinct to obtain funds for ~defraying
The expenses of the election.
Emil S~tandinger. of No. $50 Palisade
avenue. has just equipped the gymnasium
Of ST. Joseph's Lyceum with q number of
new exercising machines n other GYM
nasium paraphernalia.
The Harmonic Singing Society will
give a reception at Dramatic Hall Tues
Jay evening, November is.
ALichael llunn, who died a few days ago
from consumption said to have been
brought on by q long term of imDrison-
lnent in a camp county Jail cell before
discharged by the Grand Jury investigat-
Ing h JENNIE murder case, was buried