The Jersey City news., 1891-12-31
CITY NOTES.


The Board of Trade will eat its annual
dinner at the Hotel Washington, January
IS, 1892
The regular watch night service will be
held in st. Pauls Nj. E. Churcn, Third
street, near Erie, tonight. commencing
with service of song at half-past nine
o'clock. Mrs. Grace Weiser Davis will
deliver the sermon, which will be fol-
lowed by an old fashioned Methodist love
feast. All are invited.
Ella Conroy last night, while engaged
in Il quarrel with Barbara Kelly OF No. Is
Canai street, struck her in the head with
glass, infiicting dangerous wound.
She Is held for atrocious assault.
John Brady of Essex street was arrested
by Detective Mcbride last night for COM
piicity in the robbery Of Henry Schu-
mann's dry goods store. He is held.
Comptroller Hough and City Treasurer
Cleveland signed the police warrants yes
terday. The men will receive and cash
them today.
Greenvilie.
The annual ball of the Greenville Pleas
ure Club will be held this evening at the
Metropolitan Hall in Ocean avenue. The
members have been working hard to
make the affair success, and an ENJOY
able time is anticipated. The committee
in charge is as folows:-J. O'Halleron.
Chairman; L. E. Scheibe, j. Losey. B.
nelly duu JOSepu w dlSH.
The meeting of the West Side Rent and
Taxpayers Association, which was to
have been held last evening at the Globe
Hotel. was postponed on account of
the lack OF Il quorum. This asso-
citation has not held a meeting
since its organization two months ago,
and the residents would like to know
whether it is a citizens'a Association in
name only. There are several nuisances
on the west side that need attention, and
the residents hope that the new asSocia-
tion will wake up and work.
A special song service will be held at
the Reformed Church Dext Sunday. The
choir is rehearsng every evening, and
Choirmaster Westervelt promises a mnsi-
| Cal treat.
| The committee In charge of the twenti-
eth annual masquerade ball OF the Green
vile Turn Verein has secured Metropoli-
tan Hall for February s.
| Notwithstanding the decadence of the
| custom of receiving New Years calls
| there are scores of Greenville people who
still keep up the good old knickerbocker
| fashion.
At the next meeting of the Citizens
| Association some action will be taken in
the matter of placing street name signs
| on the lamp posts in this section A
stranger would have a hard time finding
a Greenvilles street as there are no signs
| on the lamps.
West Bergen.
The regular meeting of tine West Ber-
gen Pleasure Club will be held this even
! ing at the rooms on Mallory avenue.
| Several applications for membership will
| be acted upon, and arrangements will be
made for stag party.
Since the rooms or the West Bergen
Athletic Association have been renovated
! they present handsome appearance anu
| are very attractive to the members.
| Nothing is being discussed by the boys
except the annual election, which will
| take place Monday evening. President
Lincks. the boys say. will be reelected.
| The suggestion made by resident
some time ago that citizens club together
| to fill in the Yale and Hatch avenue
ponds was hailed as good, but no attempt
| TO carry it out has been, made. If some
citizen would start it there is no doubt
| that the ponds would be eradicated in a
| few days.
| Eye avenue. between Bergen and West
| Size avenues, is in Il disgracefuI condi-
ton, the recent heavy rains having
| formed ruts and holes the entire
length of the street, making it
| III some places almost impossible. "The
| sooner this" said a citizen yesterday.
"the principal street leading to West
| Bergen, is paved, the better it will be for
the best interests of the section. 1t needs
| attention at once"
"Wili the Post Office authorities ever
| give us that promised branch post
| office?" said a prominent citizen TO /,
JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter this morn
| ing The oranch Office was promised by
| the postal authorities over five months
! ago. bur, as yet there are no signs that
! 1t will be opened.