The Jersey City news., 1891-06-24
CITY NOTES

CITY NOTES.
I The Hudson County wheelmen ex-
/ tend a cordial invitation to all wheelmeu
/ ia this citv to attend their house warm
ing on Thursday evening, and to partici-
pate ia the lantern parade.
G. B. Charleton, of Greenville. an habit
ual druukard, was committed to the
/ County Jail this morning, for thirty
DAYS, by Justice Kimmerly.
/ Mary Foster OF Reed avenue, was re-
leased from the Penitentiary on saturday
last, after serving term OF thirty days
/ for Drunkenness. This morliag she
\ was arraigned before Justice Kimmerly
again. She was committed TO snake Hill
1 for sixty days
/ Minnie Toranze. OF No. IS Wales ave
nue.. was put under 500 bonds to keep
the peace this morning ty Justice Kim
/ mer1y. The prisoner entered the apart
ments Of Nellie Banks at No. Al Wales
avenue last night, and assaulted her with
William Tray, coIored, was fined~s2 by
| Justice Kimerly for allowing garbage to
fall from his cart on the street.
Frank Vallaly. of No. So Lssex stree {,
was fined So bv Police Justice O'Donnell
this morning for burning waste paper IN
tho street.
A man named John Cloaoesey was
| struck by a locomotive at Bristol, Pa,
day before yesterday and died few hours
afteward. Before he died he stated that
he had brother living In Jersey City.
| Undertaken Good OF Brfstol has COM
| municated with superintendent OF Police
| Smith and asked him to hunt up the dead
| mans brother.
A ladies' watch was picked up OIL Greg
ory street early this morning. Superin-
tenden of Police Smith has 1t.
Clerk EsterbSook of the Fire Board
has ISSUED over two hundred fireworks
| permits.
| Despite the watchfulness of the police.
| the residents still suffer from the depTe-
datious of flower thieves. Ip the majority
| of instances the damage done is not great.
| but sufficient to iDjure many beautiful
gardens.
The organization of Y. NJ. G. A.
branch In this section is talked OF, but
\ that Is about all It amounts TO. No one
seems to nave any desire to boom it. so
| the matter Is at a standstiH
| More lights are needed at the Commu-
| nipaw avenue station of the Central Rail-
road. A number of people have stun
| bled and fallen down tue steps during the
past week, and il this danger Is not soon
averted by the proper remedy the COM
| pany will soon have lawsuit on its
| hands.
A petition for the paving of Lafayette
! street Is in circulation for signatures by
| property owners.
Charles Wilbur, twenty seven years old
and living on Commuuipaw avenue,
| slipped and fell while attempting to
| board Lafayette jigger last evening at
| Passaic and Communipaw avenues. lie
received severe scalp wound and was
| taken to the City Hospital.
| The regular meeting or the l. afaye ette
| Club will be held this evenin Z at the
rooms on Pacific avenue
GreenyiiIe.
Messrs- G. r. Burger, G. X. Dusel and
! f. Jaehne have been appointed com
/ mittee TO organize the Y. NJ. G. A. wheel
men. A number of young men have
already siGniied their willingness TO join
1 the organization.
The new brewery buildings. on the
| Newark Bay shore ut the foot Grard
\ avenue, are rapidly nearing completion.
| The machinery will all be IN place by
next Saturday, and the painters will
! finish their part of the work today The
| brewery will start up next week.
The first annual picnic of the jolly Six
| Social Club will be held this afternoon
| and evening at GHntnerss Passaic Garden,
on the Newark By shore.
At the next meeting of the Young
| Mems Christian Association arrange
| ments will be made for a moonlight ex-
cursion up the Hudson.
The residents on Pearsall avenue would
like 10 know when the work of improv-
ing LHdL LnOEOu2uIdTt Will DcSiu- ne
| contract was awarded three months ago,
and the Belgian blocks and curbstcnes
have been delivered and are now lying In
| the street.
The Assembly bill providing for a new
| Greenyille police station TO cost $50 UUO
was passed months ago. but nothing has
been done as yet by the city authorities
| in the matter further than to purchase
| the site at Gator and Ocean avenues.
| Captain j. Smith is anxious 10 have the
I q
work begin, as the present quarters are
| inadequate to the needs OF police sta
tion. Several Of our stalwart citizens are
in favor of building a court room in con-
| nection with the station house.
The regular meeting of the trustees of
the German Pioneer Home was held last
evening. Several Improvements u the
Home were decided upon, and arrange
ments are TO be made for the accommo-
dation OF larger number of people.
The member of the Greenville Wheel
men has increased to twenty. and about
every evening the young enthusiasts take
q run to Bergen Point and return.
An entertainment will be given by { he
pupils Of ST. Paul's Catholic School this
evening, at St. Paul's Music Hall, Linden
avenue and Old Bergen Road The
scholarship prizes will be distributed.
Young cherry thieves are still creating
CONSERVATION among the owners of fruit
trees in this section.
West Bergen.
Mr.. Judges new villa on Ege avenue.
now nearing completion, will be one of
the handsomest residences in West Ber-
gen. II tends considerably to beautify the
already beautiful neighborhood in which
IL is located.
An old country farmer, who had
strayed to West Bergen from New York
while under the Influence" few even
ings ago, spent the gre ster part of the
evening looking for the Astor House. His
persistency amused IA number of boys who
put MIN aboard n tram bound for New
York.
The body of Nicholas McPhillips. who
was drowned while trying to rescue Ar
thur Denny, in the Hackensack River
Yesterday, was recovered this morning.
1t WAS taken to Speer's morgue.
The South Bergen Reformed Church
will send a large delegation to the Y. p.
;. G. Z. convention at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church on Thursday even
ing.
Mr. William Darmer is meeting with
unexpected success in the organization of
the West Bergen Wheelmen. Over n
score OF young men have signified n will
ingness to join and a meeting Will soon
De held for organization.
The Commissioners OF Assessment have
NOT vet made their report on the " est