The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-17

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Mr.. Erastus Wiman will lecture at ths
monthly meeting of the Heddlng \. I.
q. e. in the church. Montgomery street
near Barrow, on Monday evening, jan
uary. 10, at eight o'clock. His subject
will be "How 10 Get Rich" and will be
especially Interesting. rs he seems TO
have solved the problem for himself. The
lecture will be free to all.
Lafayette.
III regular meeting OF the Lafayette
Club was held last evening at the resi-
dence OF President James O'Halloran on
Pacific avenue. The following officers
| were DISQUALIFICATION, James O'Haf
loran; vice president, G.. Stern; secretary.
Charles Black; corresponding secretary.
John Franklin; treasurer. William
Grace; fin ance committee, John Frank
lin. g. Stern and Frank Riper. The club
appoint ted the following committee TO
make arrangements for a grand ball at
Bergen Hail next month:-Charles Zust.
chairman; A. Peterson. }. Workley and
w. Hansey.
The Lafayette Literary and Debating
Society met at the residence of John
Smythe on Halliday street last evening.
The subject for debate was: Resolved,
That the Lodge Federal Election Bill i
an Unwise Measure" Messrs. y.
firmative side aud Messrs. VI. Mayors and
w. Rchan on the negative side. The
judges. A. Smith. r. Small aud w.
Schultz, gave the debate to the afirma-
| alive side.
Detective Holdick caught another coal
thief this morning at the Central's yards
at C~ommunipaw. John Pike. fourteen
years-old, of No. 235 Halliday street. Is
thief. He was brought before Justice
Wanser this morning.
The work of improving Woodward
street will soon be begun. The contract
4 for Innroufn0 fha Qfraaf hQa hQpn lat and
everything is ready for the contractor TO
begin work.
The regular meeting of the Germania
Singing Society will be held this evening
at the residence of John Schmidt on Pa
cific avenue.
Mr.. Frank Cassidy, OF Fort Plain. NY.
is spending a few days with his mother.
Grace Fulton, of Pacific avenue, while
skating on the mill pond vest erday after
noon, slipped aud broke her left leg. She
was taken home aud medical aid sum
moued.
The third grand annual masquerade
ball Of the Germania Rife Cub will De
held at Bergen Hall on Febru airy %
The regular meeting of Oxford Singing
Society will be held this evening at the
Communipaw avenue. Arrangements
will be made for an entertainment at
Bergen Hall next month.
GreenvilIe.
The regular meeting of the Minkakwa
Club was held last evening at the rooms.
Ocean and Gator n Arrangements
were made for the stag racket next Mon-
day evening.
Services are held every Sunday morn
ing and evening at the new colored
church, on G%reenville avenue. The
church now has about fifty members and
is progressing nicely.
Work was resumed yesterday on the
new brewery buildings for Becker and
Coyle, on Grand avenue, near the New
ark Bay shore.
A delegation from the Sixth District
Citizens Association will attend on Non
day evening the meeting of the Board of
Trade to present its views on the extern
sion Of the Hudson county PARK system.
The printed copies of the annua report
of the G~reenyille Building and Loan As
ISOLATION will be ready for distribution
early next week. COPIES can be secured
from Secretary X. f. Routh. No. 80 Lin
den avenue.
Cards are out for the wedding of Mr.. l.
Mcintyre aud Miss Laura Robinson.
The Greenville Rifle Climb was organ
lied at Shriner's Hall, Rose avenue, u
few evenings ago. A number Of promi-
nent men are interested In the club.
Tommy O'Brien and Colig, the we'll
known athletes, are members.
The regular meeting of Orient Lodge
NOs lcJ, OEUtf VI TdLtEudl llIcIe. WAS
held last evening at the lodge rooms ut
Orient Hall, Orient and Jackson avenues
Two brothers were admitted to member
ship.
At the meeting of Our Lodge No. 80, A.
Q. 2. W., held last evening at Becker's
Hall, Jackson avenue. four brothers were
admitted TO membership.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Y. p. S. g. E., of the Reformed Church,
was held last evening at the chapel. Two
young ladies became members.
Mr.. George w. Dodd, Jr.. Of No. 241
Ocean avenue, will start today on a short
trip to Philadelphia and Baltimore.
West Bergen.
A committee of the "B. o. w. B." is
arranging for a social gathering next
week.
The Rev. William Vaughn. late pastor
of the Reformed Church, at Bergen ave-
nue. and Union street, will preach TO his
former congregation tomorrow evening.
The subject OF the sermon will be Rock
or Sand. Which?'
Mr.. W. C. Adams, of Vaudeville ave-
nue., will return soon from Dublin. Ire
land, where he has spent several months.
Fred L. Cummings. of No. 173 jackson
avenue, has returned from a several
weeks visit to Mrs. Colston, Wash
ington, ID. c..
The regular meeting of the local ath-
letie association will be held at the rooms,
No. 50 Bergen avenue, next Monday even
ing. The club has received a challenge
from the Alpha Baseball Club, of Brook
Ign. for a game of baseball next spring.
There has been a noticeable Increase In
the traffic and travel of the Newark aud
New York Railroad TO and from West
Bergen lately. The railroad has been
running accommodation trains to and
from the station.
Charles Benedict. a lineman employed
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. fell from a telegraph pole at Com
munipaw and West Side avenues to the
GROUND, a distance of twenty feet. He
received a few bruises about the head.
After having his wounds dressed ut a
near by drug store he left for home.
Miss Mamie Kennedy, of Bergen ave-
nue., will leave today for Spokane Falls,
w. t., where she will spend several
months with her friends.
Miss Katie Turner, of Brooklyn, who
has been visiting Miss Mamie Leggat, of
| West Side avenue. has returned home.
George Adams, of Bergen avenue,
created u disturbance, while drunk, in a
saloon on Bergen avenue last evening.
He smashed a number of chairs anu
tables. He was arrested by Policeman
| Mccarthy.
A few lights could be used to advan-
tage in the vicinity Of the railroad bridge
at Mallory avenue.
Mr.. Frank Zoe. of Canarsie, 1. l., is
, visiting George Vroom, Of Bergen ave e.
nue..