The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-16
LAFAYETTE LIGHT.

The storekeepers along the avenue
regret it.
LAFAYETTE LIGHT.
Len Boyd is again a victim of the
bowling epidemic He is shaking off
the rust that has accumulated during
the past decade and is bowling the
wooden sphere almost nightly, and
expects soon to be as clever as he was
once.
The meetings of the Lafayette N. Z:
Church during the week are not we'll
attended. The revival meetings down
town attract the members. The
church is. as usual, crowded at the
Sunday services The church will
gain many members by the revival, as
those living in this section OF the city
who are converted at the revival
meetings will unite with this church.
The Town Fathers who convene at
Steffen's are discussing what part the
Lafayette boxes will play in the re-
count. Opinions are divided
1t is remarkable how many drivers.
turn out of Grand street into Pacific
avenue, presuming that the avenue is
the main thoroughfare.
Uncles John and Joe talk of having
another bowling match for beef and
greens dinner.
Captain McKaig calls around to see
the veterans occasionally, and they
give him royal welcome. He is pop
ular with them.
did you hear that we have had
Snow on Pacific avenue every night
this winter?n said Bob Smith. 1t was
too much for the seltzer water syphon
to endure. 1t exploded, and Bob is
sorry now he attempted to enact the
role of joker He referred to the Snow
family.
The Curling Club will transfer the
curling stones to the yacht club
next week to donate them to the
yacht owners for ballast. The curriers'
have no further use for them.
GREENvILLE GRIST.
The members of the Citizens Assoc
citation are kicking because Mr.. Henry
Lembeck has publicly refused to ac-
cept the MayoraIty nomination as the
"Citizens' candidate or as the candi-
date of any other party, including the
Prohibitionists. Mr.. Lembeck says
that he has enough of politics.
Pastor Hancox, of the Faith Cure
flock, is not susceptible to colds. He
is so used to going waist deep into the
cold waters of New York Bay that
wet feet do not affect him in the least.
Edward M. Kyle, OF Avenue E, IS a
great 'giggler. That is, he filed
that role to perfection at the recent
Jarley's Waxworks Exhibition.
Someone suggests fire escapes for
Bamber Hall. They would be de-
cided improvement.
Genial 'sDickn Routh has more trials
to go through in his capacity as sec
rotary of the Greenville Building and
Loan Association than one would sup
pose. Daily he is met on the street by
light headed shareholders who stop
the little Justice to inquire chow
much they owe on their individual
books. How in the world is any one
man able to keep the accounts of over
a thousand members in his head2
Local Prohibs are preparing for
the spring campaign They express
their confidence of polling at least five
votes under the Ballot Reform system.
Alasl who are the unfortunate five
who will thus become victims of the
cold water movement?
Counsellor Chapman contemplates
running tor - ustice of the Peace in
the spring
ISOLATION of knowing that the mud on
Ocean avenue is no deeper than it was
before the road was macademiZed,
about dozen years ago.
Ex-Judge Michael Schultz mani
tests the same interest in local affairs
at the present time that he did in his
younger days. He manages to be
connected in some way with every
new venture and enterprise of local
importance.
The medical profession seems to pay
in this section. Dr. Stegman is hav-
ing home erected on Lincoln ave
nue., near Ocean avenue.
The new Detwiller building is called
by all 1.-THE Bank Building" prob
ably to commemorate the fact that it
came very near being used as a
"bank."
Unfortunately for the poor of
Greenville there are too many bene-
VIOLENT societies and King Daughters
Circles III LONn. Inc result Is that
they are not doing half the work they
should. They stick close to the
Literary" translation of the Scrip
lures in many instances, among them
that OF mot letting the right hand
know what the left hand doeth. .
They are like the little girl who was
given quarter to put in the church
collection box. The little one had
just learned the above bit of scripture
and meant to put il into practice. On
arriving home her father saw that the
quarter was still in her possession and
upon being questioned she quoted
the text and said, The quarter hap
pened to be in my left hand and
thought my right hand was putting it
in the box and consequently it was
left out altogether
Mr.. E. J. s. Kyle has faithfully
served as superintendent of the Lin
den Avenue III. E. Sunday school for
the past twenty-one years. This is a
record attained by few men.
Dir. and Mrs. ID. w. Outwater. of
Avenue Z, celebrated their silver we'd
ding a few evenings ago. They are
as young looking and as sprightly as
when they were married, and there is
more fun in Dan than in a dozen
other men.
Since Pop" Holderige gave up the
I-bootblack business which he carried
on at the depot a number Of local
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