The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-16
CITY NOTES.

The Board OF Finance meets At elgnt
p. M.
The third anniversary entertainments OF
Local Branch No. 785. Order OF the Iron
Hall, will be held at the North Baptist
Church, Jersey avenue and Fourth street,
this eveuue.
will meet this evening at the corner of
jackson and Orient avenues. Officers Will
be chosen.
Court Hamilton, Foresters of America.
will elect officers this evening. The court
meets in the bank building, Erie street
n. Il. Duff was elected Chief Ranger Of
Court Hnfsimus last night. High Chief
Ranger L~indenberg and his staff were
present.
Boats will leave Pavonia ferry ut nine n.
m. and Morris street dock halt an hour
later. The voyage win be to Sylvan
Beach Grove.
Edward White of No. 81 Second street
will have to answer in the upper court
| the charges made by his wife, Clairindu,
In the First Police Court this morning OF
frequently beating, kicking and Knocking
/ her about, varying this HOMOGENEOUS pro-
crsmme occasionally by splitting qui1s Of
tobacco in her face.
Court Greenville, A. o. f. Of A., will
meet tonight and elect officers at the
lodge rooms in the Globe Hotel, Dauforth
avenue.
Lafayette.
Grabbing is becoming a favorite pas
time 10 this vicinity. Unusually large
numbers OF the ~crustaceans are being
caught IN the New York Bay.
The annual meeting of the Lafayette
Literary Society was held last evening.
h following officers were elected: Pres
ident, William Frank; Vice President,
George Kay; Secretary, Harry Dimse;
Treasurer. James McNaughton.
The Scott Social CLUB, composed OF the
colored elite Of this section, will hold a
picnic at Currie's Woods, Greenville. to-
morrow.
The street cleaners have not visited this
section during the past six months.
Charles Dolan, a laborer employed at
Communipaw, was overcome by the heat
yesterday and was removed to the CITY
Hospital.
Mr.. James Gray will soon break ground
for a handsome villa on Pacific avenue, to
cost 81 1000.
The property owners on Lafayette street
will soon circulate a petition for tine Inn
provement of that t~horoughfare by grad
Ing, curbing and ~fiagging-
Greenville.
The Jolly Six Social Club will hold a
picnic at Gautners Passaic Garden on
Wednesday June IA.
Vice President George Schmalze. of the
Sixth District Citizens Improvements As
ISOLATION, has been elected a director OF
| INC nay 1AOth Nv
The members of the Minkakwa Club
had a thoroughly enjoyable time last
evening ut the stag racket at the Ocean
venue club house. Through the kind
ness of Mr.. Struthers the members en-
joyed n good supper.
Small BOYS, who do nothing but smoke
cigarettes and say cuss words. congregaie
nightly at the Greeuvilfe station of the
Central Railroad much to the annoyance
of the station agent and commuters.
A.. II-.a,ar I.1k Ha.r4u ~,
has Joined the National Amateur Press
Association.
Nearly all of the property owners on
Old Bergen Road have signed the petition
for the Improvement OF that thorough
fare from Danforth to Gates avenues.
The painters are at work on the new
brewery buildings Mt the foot of Girard
avenue The brewery will start up III a
few weeks.
Mr.. George Kruse has been appointed
cemetery florist by the trustees of the
New York Bay and Bay View Cemeter-
les.
The ladies Of the Reformed Church will
holo a .'dairyuIaids' FESTIVAL . at the resi-
dence of Mrs. w. p. Vreeland, on Avenue
f tomorrow morning. The proceeds will
go to the Y. p. S. c.. E. COM ected with
the church.
The Greenville Guard will meet this
evening TO arrange for the annual target
excursion. The guard meets everv We'd
nesday evening for practice at the Metro
politan Hull.
The work of opening up Avenue f.
through TO the Bayonne line Will begin
IN a few weeks. This will be "a valuable
improvement as il will be the means of
building up that splendid stretch of up
LAND running from the New York Bay to
Garfield avenue, n measuring one-half
mile in length.
West Bergen.
The regular meeting of the No Name
Society will be held this evening at the
residence of w. II. Beach. No. So West
1 Side avenue.
Rpworth League. Chapter 1904, is max
ing active preparations for the big joint
league meeting which will be held in the
NJ. Il. Church Thursday evening. Rev.
w. p. George, of the Linden avenue NJ.
l. Church, with be the principal speaker.
The residents on Virginia avenue
should tear mp that dangerous plank
walk. A property wne who lives on
this street told me this morning that he
was tired of paying assessments every
month to keep the walk In condition, and
would gladly sign a petition for improve
ment.
Claremont avenue Is being regarded and
is now fifty feet wide. Tagging will be
laid on both sides of the t~horoughfare.
Passengers on the j. c. 81 b. r.. r.
lines are forbidden TO smoke on the front
platform OF a car when the. doors and
windows are open. This rule is not en-
forced by the drivers of jigger cars on the
| West Side avenue line. Passengers are
| frequently annoyed by smoke aud ashes
from cigars, which blows through the
car when men are allowed 10 smoke on
the front platform.
Two West Bergen saloon-keepers, to
increase their business, have laid out
baseball grounds opposite their saloons.
The returns from this scheme are said to
be large.
The sidewalks on CommuDipaw avenue,
between Bergen and West Side avenues,
are still in a deplorable condition. Pc
destrians' limbs are in danger there after
nigntfall
the drivers on the Yves: Side horse car
line are not troubled any more by the
small boys who steal rides. The special
detectives have broken up the practice.
and spectators who a seen some mar
row escapes, breathe more easily.
The street lamps in tins section need
cleaning badly. The dirt on u few OK
them obscures the light almost entirely.
Mr.. Z. Thorp, of Nc. 222 Eye avenue, is
seriously III with typhoid fever.
Mosquitoes are begging TO make them
selves felt. They were out In full force
last evening and made things lively for
some people
BOARD OF EDUCATION.