The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-09
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John Allison, OF Van Horne st rect, was
run over aud seriously hu sbout the
spine by a wagon IN Gran street last
evening. He was taken TO his home in a
cab. The driver of the wagon was ar
rested.
The Star Pleasure Circle will meet this
evening at the residence of Major Scott
on Hallalav street.
Attention has been called by the resi-
dents in this section to the destruction of
trees by malicious boys. The branches
are being cut off aud then carried away.
/ Greenviue
The Greenville Guard met last evening
and completed the arrangements for the
annual target excursion which takes
places on Wednesday October %. The
members will meet at METROPOLITAN Hall
at nine O'Clock. and will march in a body
to Armbruster's Schuetzen Park. The
D ize shooting will begin at eleven
O'Clock. Handsome prizes will be
| awarded to the successful competitors.
In the evening a ball will he held in Met
ropolitan Hall. The COMMITTEES OF Ar
rangements is as follows:-John Don
| nely, chairman; Charles Schlatmann,
| Patrick Roach, Ernest Gottberg n
Joseph Lewis.
An entertainment will be given at
| Metropolitan eHaIl on the afternoon aud
| evening of October - for the benefit of
| the Library Fund of Public School No.
20. The Jewell Brothers, il~lusionists aud
| humorists, have been secured for the &C.
casion.
A building boom is under way in this
| section. Up to date 1t has assumed large
| proportions. On at least ten different
thoroughfares from three to five houses
are being erected.
The ladies' OF the Grace P. E.. Church
will hold a Festival of the months at
| Zeugner's Belvidere Hall on Wednesday
| and Thursday evenings, October 81 and
90. The proceeus will go towards clear
ing the church debt.
Warner avenue is in a frightful condi-
tion, the recent heavy rains having
formed ruts and holes the entire length
of the street, making it in some places
almost im passable. &.
The long looked for improvement of
Pearsall avenue hal come. 1t has been
graded, paved and curbed aud the resi-
dents are happy in consequence. Inc
| Citizens Association has agltated this
| matter for some time, and the result OF
their labors is apparent. !.
Mr.. Theodore E. Feree has resigned
from the Executive Board of che Young
| Mems Christian Association.
The Greenviiie Wheelmen will meet
this evening at the clubhouse, No. 62l
Ocean avenue
West Bergen.
Freebooter Kimmerly is circulating a
| petition for the paving of Eye avenue
from Ocean to West Side avenue. He is
also pushing a scheme to connect Eye
avenue at Bergen avenue with a bridge
across the N. & N. Y. r. r.. This
t~horoughfare is sorely in need of i'm
provement, it being an arduouS task To
drive q heavily loaded truck through the
street on account of the mud.
The new school building when com
| pleted will De n Of the handsomest in
the city, and is an honor to West Bergen.
It will accommodate several hundred
| scholars, and afford room for children
who cannot secure places in other schools,
The galvanized iron roof has been placed
in position, and Contractors Jewkes and
Kelleher are making all possible haste
with the building SO that the children can
Jake their places in their new quarters
| without loss of time.
There has been much talk of late
among West Bergen citizens regarding
the West Side avenue bridge. They are
TRYING to devise means to compel the rail
road company to raise it so that loaded
| trucks can pass beneath without having
to remove their loads. 1t has been sng-
| gested that the matter be brought to the
attention of The Grand Jury, with the
idea of having the railroad company in
| dicted for maintaining a nuisance. The
company has made no move TOWARD rails
ing the bridge. and, to judge from APP
~pearances. has no intention of doing SO
until compelled to.
The Junior Y. P. S. C. E. of the Re
formed Church will meet this afternoon
in the church parlor.
The children's temperance school,
| which is conducted under the auspices of
the w. C.. L. u, will hold its weekly
meeting this afternoon in the West Side
Nj. b. Church.
The proposed mass meeting on the
water question was not held last evening.
1t was announced at the close of the
meeting two weeks ago that a second
meeting would be held last evening. No
one put in an appearance.