The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-30
JERSEY CITY NoTEs

The teachers in the Methodist Episcopal
Sunday schools will begin this afternoon
to attend the sessions of the teachers
class meeting in New York. The object
OF these meetings is to instruct the teach
ers in the lessons for the ensuing Sunday
and enable them to more clearly under
stand the lessons.
Jersey City Lodge of Odd Fellows will
meet tonight and its proficient degree
team will have work to do.
The driveway in Adams Express stables
is a public thoroughfare on rainy days
for people going from York to Montgom-
cry streets or vice versa.
William e. Farr, son of the assistant
postmaster of West Hoboken, was held
for the United States Grand Jury yester-
day by Commissioner Muirhead. West
HOboken has no free delivery and many
OF the residents engaged young Farr TO
carry their mail to aud from the posbof-
tice; He was paid Two cents for each let
ter he handled and one cent for each pos
tai card. 1t is claimed that he did not
deliver letters which he took from the
Office. During the examination 1t ap-
peared that he had been paid to deliver
some of the letters which he failed to
produce.
Vice Chancellor Pitney has referred
the suit OF Nellie Van Horn against her
husband, Louis Van Horn, to Warren
Dixon to take testimony. Van Horn is q
son of the late County Clerk Henry K.
Van Horn and is now keeping a saloon
in Newark. His wife charges that he de-
serted her.
Ihe Universalist convention gwin not be
held this week as has been enormously
stated. 1t will take place in this city on
Wednesday and Thursday, October Sand
8.
A deserted babe was found in the
woods between Ocean and Garfield
n yesterday afternoon.
John Astin, No. 1874 Brunswick street,
fell of 3 building at Linden and Bergen
n yesterday and sustained serious
injuries. He was taken to the city hospi-
One Grove street segar dealer draws
attention to his wares by displaying u
o of The NEWS in his window.
A sociable was held in the parlors Of the
North Baptist Church last evening. Pas
tor Nicolson and Pastor Cordes made
short addresses.
Secretary Carpenter, of the board OF
Trustees of the Grace M. Z. Church,
promised to visit Justice Aldridge and
bring with him some of the trustees of
the church to talk about the Autenreith
matter. TIT Justice says he has failed to
appear.
Herman Schmidt of No. 293 New York
avenue Is the ~janitor OF the apartment
house there. Mrs. Cordes is o tenant of
the house. Last evening Schmidt put
out the gas in the hall. MRS. Cordes re-
lighted it. Schmidt again extinguished
it. Mrs. Cordes again attempted to re-
light it when Schmidt seized her by the
arm "a pulled her away. Mrs. Cordes
had Schmidt arrested on a charge of as
sault and battery. This morning he was
discharged by Justice Aldridge.
William Redmond, the father, and John
and Edward, his two sons, of Lincoln
street, were arrested by Detective Nc.
Nally this morning. charged with enter
ing the chicken coop of Mrs. Annie Hal
loway, who lives next door. and stealing
ten chickens and two ducks. The exami.
nation was postponed until tomorrow
morning ~by'Justfce Aldridge.
A boy named Willie Van Ness, aged
nine years, who ran away from his home,
No. 9 Third street, Plainfisld, N. j., was
found by Patrolman Shellworth at the
Pennsylvania Ferry at midnight last
night.
Michael Malone, sixty-two years old, Of
No. 159 Fifteenth streer, a laborer, was
found dead in Malone & Everitt's Skin
factory, No. 1873 Fourteenth street, by al
employe yesterday afternoon. The bod,
was taken to BOylan's morgue,
Mrs. Annie Pagan, No. 300 Seventh
street. WAS held in the sum Of 500 by Jus
tics Wanser this morning for assault an6
battery on Charles Fitzgerald, of No. 49,
Seventh street. Fitzgerald owed Mrs
Fagnn forty-iyA cents. She asked hin
for 1t and Fitzgerald swore at her. Sh,