The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-27

sociable at her residence on Pacific ave
nue. this evening.
A number of school boys were amusing
themselves this morning by throwing
snowballs at the Lafayette jiggers. One
OF the windows In car No. los was
smash ed and caused a small panic among
the passengers. Policeman Green gave
chase to the boys, but they succeeded in
escaping.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Green
Vile Colored Baptist mission, will hold a
necktie o apron festival at the church
next Thursday evening. The following
ladies aud gentlemen have organized the
entertainment: = Mrs. l.. Van Buskirk,
presidenl; Miss L. Van Ryper, secretary;
Mrs. u. Van Buskirk, Miss J.. Lamb, Mrs.
III. Floid, Mrs. e. Van Ryper, Mrs. Reid,
Mrs. L. Brown, Messrs. j.. Frazier, j.
Lamb and S. Lamo. Mrs. l. jackson
will be handed around. The proceeds
will go to the church.
The G~reenville Building and Loan As
ISOLATION No. 2 will issue a new series Of
shares tomorrow evening.
Messrs. A. M. Duhme and w. II. Wolfe
will leave today for Trenton where they
will represent the Greenvflle Association
at the Y. NJ. G.. A. convention.
The work of improving Pearsall avenue
will begin next week.
A series or revival meetings will be held
in the Reformed Church e week.
1t is rumored that a f'consignment'' of
spinners will leave England next week
for this country, TO be employed at the
Lings Spinning Mills which Will start up
in a few weeks.
A canoe, containing two young men,
capsized in the Newark Bay yesterday
morning. Their cries for help were heard
by George Vreeland and others, VINO
pulled them ashore. The young men
were almost exhausted when taken from
the water. Their names could not be as
certained.
The regular meeting of the Y. p. S. C.
f., which was to have been held in the
Reformed Church this evening, has been
postponed until next Friday evening.
West Bergen.
An entertainment and sociable will be
given at the residence of Mrs. Cornelius
Post, No. II Vaudeville avenue, next
Tuesday evening, under the auspices of
the Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeayor of the Reformed Church. The
Social is preparing an elabor-
ate pro gramme for the occasion.
As Il rule the tend of population is TO the
west side, AS can clearly be seen from the
erection of many new M pretty resi-
dences. Few new houses on the west
side remain empty long.
The railroad company has abandoned
WORK on the artesian wells for the present
owing to the unfavorable weather.
The new trestle in the horticultural i'm
plement mandatory yards. erected from
the Newark and New York Railroad
tracks Is rapidly nearing completion. 1t
Will be ready for use in a few days. The
company will receive all freight by rail
instead of trucking il from Jersey City.
Miss Alice Swift of Atlanta, Ga, is
visiting Miss Grace Connolly of Com
munipaw avenue.
A special meeting of the Epworth
League, Chapter l,S04, will be held his
evening after the regular services to
elect delegates to the district league con-
ventiop.
The West Side avenue Ladies' Parson-
age and Social Mo are making at
engagements for a foreign supper and
fair, at the audience rooms next Thurs
day evening. The supper will be served
from six O'Clock. All the necessary com-
mittees have been appointed and the
other details arranged. The ladies will
be assisted by members of the church.
Tn supper n fair will be held only n
evening.
The regular meeting of the West Ber-
gen Pleasure Club was held last evening
at the club rooms on Mallory avenue.
-Four gentlemen and seven ladies were
admitted to membership.
The regular meeting of the Junior So
ciety of Christian Endeavor will be held
at four O'Clock this afternoon at the Re-
formed Church parlors.
Misses Celia Hecker of Atlantic street
will leave today for Scranton. Pa, where
she will spend several weeks with her
friends.