The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-04
CITY NOTES.

A variety party and entertainm emit viii
be given by Garfield Division No. 2Sl 5. OF
7. as Humboldt Hall, Newark avenue.
A Gospel Mission meeting viii be held
tomorrow at four p. IN. at the Grand
Street Free Reformed Church. II will be
conducted by II. +. Barrett, superin-
tendent OF Holy Trinity Mission, New
York. The Rev. DIR. Wilson, or New
York. will also make an address, and Mr..
| and Mrs. +. T.. Barrett will give several
vocal selections.
An oil stove exploded at the residence
of John Sanders, Of No. 462 Bergen ave
nue.. last night, and did $40 worth of
damages by fire.
A slight fire occurred In a closet of the
avenue, owned by w. Jackson. The fire
was extinguished by No. 8 Truck
The First District Democratic Associa-
ton. will meet at headquarters, No. $40
Grove street. on Monday evening, Apri!
8, to elect officers.
Joseph II. Boland. of the Fourth Alder
manic district, has declined the Demo.
cratic nomination for Justice Of the Peace,
beca use he Is now filling n county
Office. that Of constable.
Mrs. William Francis. Of No. 81 Jack
son av enue, while curling her hair yes
terdayJ afternoon dropped the curling iron
on a lace curtain, causing 1t TO catch on
fire. In attempting to ~extinguish this
flames she was badly burned about the
neck, face and arms.
There were -four admissions TO the City
Hospital yesterday. The patients are
suffering from grip and alcoholism.
Lafayette.
The sewer basin at Halliday street and
Commuuipaw is again choked. The
street is impossible. a small a having
formed.
ploy of the Central Railroad Company,
was crushed between the bumpers or two
coal cars at Communipaw this morning.
His injuries are principally external and
not necessarily fatal. He was taken to
the City HOSPITAL.
Mr.. Smiths new villa on Arlington
avenue, now nearing completion, will be
one of the handsomest residences in
Lafayette.
Mr.. James Couch has sold his hand
some residence on Pacific avenue to
James d. Chapman of New York.
The Ladies' Aid Society. Of the Lafay-
! cite M. Z. Church Is making orange
ments for q fair in aid OF the Sunday
School.
G~reenville
The anniversary OF the opening OF the
German Pioneer Home on Garfield ave-
nue. will be appropriately observed on
Pingst Monday, May Is.
MI. u. OtIulcIJ Is tuJO1luk y CoHAulhcu
business and pleasure trip through the
West.
Miss May Saybolt of Avenue e is visit
ing friends at Philadelphia.
IC is about time some action was taken
IN the matter of grading q curoing
Avenue e, which is one of the most prom
iuent thoroughfares Of Greenville.
A stag sociable will be held at the Min
kakwa clubrooms. Ocean avenue, this
evening. The members anticipate a jolly
time. The club Is making excellent pro-
gress of late, the social features proving
the strongest ''elixir" that could be in
troduced. Politics and ~sociability are ap-
parently good ~comDanious, for the club
house is now crowded every evening.
Mr.. Lightbody is erecting a three-story
frame dwelling on Lignot Court.
West bergen.
The ladies who are assisting the Enter
tainment COMMITTEES of the West Bergen
Citizens Improvement ASS ciation in
preparing for the annual meeting me {
yesterday afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. Helen Dean. No 230 Eye aven ne,
and completed the arrangements for the
-gsstronomie part OF the programme.
The Excursion Committees of the So nth
Bergen and BERGEN Reformed Churc hes
have decided to nave their annual excur-
sion Saturday. June %, at Idlewiid, one
of the Glen Island group. The Lafayette
Reformed Churcn decided not to join.
Those who were so unfortunate as to be
obliged to stand outside the West Side
Avenue station Thursday night got o
good drenching because OF the lack of a
night agent.
A number of well known West Bergen
men will meet at Sanders store on West
Side avenue this evening for the purpose
OF organizing a building and loan asso-
citation,