The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-22

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The senior girls elocutionary class OF
Hasbrouck's Institute will play "Rebec-
cas- Triumph" Il domestic drama in
three acts, at Crescent Hall tomorrow
evening, under the direction of Miss
Amelia B. Myers, their instructor.
eEThe Board of Education will not meet
this evening OF account of Principal
Demarest'S death.
The First Assembly District Demo-
cratic Association will meet tomorrow
evening at Jaccard's Hall, No. 121 Old
Bergen road.
West Bergen.
The annual Christmas entertainment OF
the West Side M. 4. Sabbath School.
which will be held on Thursday evening,
will be varied this year by an entrances
fee OF gifts of all kinds for needy inmates
of institutions of charity n other out
side cases that may demand attention.
The usual floral and musical exercises
will take place on next Sunday morning.
In the evening a union service, IN which
the church and Sabbath school will unite,
will be held.
A few street lamps on Morton place are
badly needed. The Lamp and Lights
Committee of the Improvement Associa-
tion have the matter i'll hand. They are
also trying to secure two lamps for Fisk
A few weeks ago Weathered Sons. the
horticultural implement manufacturers.
has some planking laid beneath the West
Side avenue bridge, SO that their trucks
| woul not become embedded in the mud
when driving beneath the bridge. The
planking was once gu improvement aud
a sonrc of danger. The latter because
since the planking has been laid. fire
engines cannot pass under the bridge IL
responding to an alarm, thereby ex-
posing q large portion OF West Bergen TO
great danger should a fire break out on
0ocn1pfc f tina xriHa 1atnr1p fhn m nrtoao
would have to make in order TO reach
that portion of the district south of the
railroad. A fire could In the meantime
gain much Roadway.
The rotten plank walk on Virginia ave-
nue. grows more dangerous TO pedestrians.
It's condition is something frightful.
Several children have been injured by
tripping on the wrotten planking.
The Bible Glass Of the West Side M. K.
Church has been In existence for TWEEN ty-
one years under the same leader. namely,
MIR. William III. Beach. A new series OF
The class meets every Wednesday even =
ing in the NJ. Il. Church parlor.
Greenville.
A number Of c~haritably inclined
Greenvilie men have u deserving project
under way. IL is to raise none to make
a happy Christmas for Greenvllle's poor.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Benson has consented to dis
tribute the said money when collected.
Mrs. Benson has already distributed over
$50 raised since the starting of the pro-
ject. and the indications are that several
hundred dollars more will be raised aud
distributed before Christmas.
The Cantatu which was to have been
held at the Reformed Church tomorrow
evening has been postponed on account
of the death OF Mr.. George Walker.
Rev. Chalmers ID. Chapman, rector of
Grace p. e. Church. has received a letter
from Bishop Starkey commencing the
special Advent services which were re-
Gently held. Four services were held
each day for eight days. There were we'll
marked.
An effort will soon be made to organize
a social club in this section. Messrs. j..
j. Detwiller and Adam Reid are pushing
the scheme.
The new council Junior Order United
American Mechanics will be instituted
at Bamber Hall on Friday evening, jan
uary 20. The members of all the Jersey
City Councils will assist III the institu-
ton. They will march to the hail in a
body, headed by a brass band. The State
officers will be present. The new
Gil starts with a membership of forty. five,
and its promises TO become one OF the
largest councils ia the State.
Local physicians report scores of la
grippe cases. Only q few have termi-
mated fatally, however.
The ann Ial bali of the Hudson County
Schwabishen Verein will be held ut the
Belvedere Hall on January 10. The COM
mittee in charge Is working hard to make
the affair a success. The sale OF tickets
is reported to be large
BAYONNE.
Bayonne's School Trustees held a
twenty minutes session last night. Ac-
ton on the Bible and the Lords Prayer
was postponed because of Tr lstee
Hickey's illness, as The News said yes.
terday it would be. A protest from Lady
Harrison Lodge. A. p. A. against the
discontinuance of the Bible reading was
filed.
Miss Ormiston was made an assistant
teacher in the Academic Departments at II
salary OF $50 u month, to succeed Miss
r chael f. Noe. who will resign to take
u post graduate course at a New York
Seminary.
The Bayonne Firemen's Relief Asso-
citation held its annual meeting last
evening in the truck house of Hope
Robert Fl. IenBroeck. President of In
dependence Fire Association, was re-
elected p. esident. the term being his
twelfth. Messrs. George E. Seymour, or
Bayonne Engine Company No. l. and ex-
School Trustee Egbert Seymour, of Hope
HOOK ana LtuueT CUDDuny NO. q. were
respectively reelected Secretary aud
Treasurer. Ex-Councilman William ].
Dome, a 10 of Enterprise Hose
Company No. /, was also reelected
Vice-President There are about So, 900
in the funds of Reorganization.
Bayonne Lodge, No. 206. L. 0. o. f.,
has held its semi-anEut Il election for off,
GERS with the following resuit:-Nobie
Grand. Percival Y. Seaman; Vice-Grand,
Alexander Lawson; Financial Secretary,
James Beardsley: Treasurer, Francis q.
Ludev; Past Noble Grand. Marquis Del.
Valley: Trustee, Philip Beardsley.
The Thomas Masner Association Of this
city has been Incorporated.
Hudson Council, Nc. 81. National Prov
ident Union, will meet this evening in
Odd Fellows Hall at Centreville. Foul
applications for membership will receive
the provident grade of citizenship. A
lecture will also be delivered by DR.. Sam
uel ]. Myers. the Surgeon OF the organic
alton.
The following officers have been chosen
by Lady Harrison Lodge No. 2, American
Ladies' Protestant Associations Worthy
Matron, Mrs. Mary Stewart; Past Worthy
Matrons, Mrs. Julia G.. Clark and Mrs.
Rosanna Tidabock; Worthy Deputy Ma
tron, Mrs. E.. Lawson; Recording Secre-
tary, Miss Dora Zeigler; Financial Score
tary, Mrs. M. uWoeart; Assistant Sec
rotary, Miss NJ. S~chechterly; Treasurer,
Miss Elizabeth Clark; Conductress, Mrs.
John Clark; Assistant Coudnctress, Mrs.
H Miller; Chaplain, Miss Reppie Tida-
book; Inside Sentinel, Mrs. Sarah Graeff;