The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-11
CITY NOTES.

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CITY NOTES.
The Board of Finance will hold q spec
ia. meeting at eight p. m.
The annual masquerade of the Night
Owls will be held at Oakland Rink,
Friday evening. November 20.
Peter TrupD OF No. 15l wayne street,
and David Kenyon of No. 200 Railroad
avenue were committed for thirty days
to Snake Hill as disorderly persons.
A broken gas pipe at Newark avenue
and Henderson street was repaired yes
terday.
John Cussick, of No. 64s Twenty-ifth
street, Bayonne, was arrested by De-
tective Eaton for stealing a can of sugar
from the sugar house valued at thirty
cents.
Fire broke out in the apartments of
Patrick Gilroy or Halliday street, yester-
day afternoon. The watchmap at the
gas works saw the bI re, and pulled box
No. SO. Engine No. 10 responded to the
alarm and e~xtinguished the flames.
Cause unknown. Damage, 800.
There will be a meeting OF the City
Hal Commissioners Thursday morning.
Lafayette.
Clinton Council, No. 49,, Jr, o. U. A..
N. at its last meeting decided to hold its
annua entertainment and reception at
Bergen Hall on THANKSGIVING Eve.
The residents on Woodward street were
agreeably surprised yesterday at seeing a
gang of men at work cleaning that
thoroughfare. Although this street is
but 200 yards long, fifteen loads of refuse
were removed.
The Lafayette Liederkranz Singing
Society is rapidly taking a prominent
place among the singing societies in this
city. The membership is increasing and
rehearsals are held every week. A public
concert Is now being arranged for.
A pair of rubber boots or a rowboat are
necessary adjuncts to anyone wishing to
cross Pine street south of Communipaw
avenue. The street is sorely in need of
paving.
Miss Jessie Adams of johnson avenue
is visiting friends at Bethlehem, Pa.
G%reenyille.
The Young Mems Democratic Club met
last evening at Jnccard's Hall and elected
eight new members. The membership
now numbers nearly two hundred The
rooms have been fitted up In a very cozy
manner, and are crowded almost every
evening.
The Rev. Charles B.. Mitchell, A. M,
of Plainfield, will lecture at the Linden
Avenue M. Il. Church, Friday evening.
His subject will be 'What viii Mrs.
Grundy Sayg" The lecturers at this
church are proving to be very entertain
ing and instructive.
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the Lone Three Social Club will be held
at Kachlee's New York Bay House on
Wednesday evening, November IS. The
committee in charge is as follows: Joseph
Freund, A. A.. Anderson and j. Culver.
The joint concert of the Thiesen Ana
teur, Pamrapo Juvenile and Thiesen
Juvenile orchestras will be held tomor-
row evening at the Metropolitan Hall.
After the concert the floor will be cleared
for dancing.
TEs G~reenville Guard will meet this
evening and bang holes in targets at
Metropolitan Hall. The Guard has u
membership of over seventy-five, and
the finest lot of marksmen in Hudson
County. The scores at the recent annual
target shoot will ~substantiate this state
ment.
Over twenty young men have signed
the charter list of the new Council OF the
Jr. o. u. A. M. The council will be In
stituted in a few weeks.
The preliminary assessment map for
the new sewer through Warner avenue
has been filed. Work upon this valuable
improvement will begin in the spring.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. G.
A. cleared $40 at the "kaffee-klatsch"
which was held last week. The money
mas been turned over to the Treasurer of
the Y. NJ. G. A.
The tracks of the Jersey City and Ber-
gen Railroad on Thompson place are be-
ing removed and relaid along Fifty-fourth
street at the expense of the Lenigh Valley
Company. Mr.. Thurston, while willing
to accommodate the city. thinks that the
change will be an expensive one for his
mpan because the grade from Avenue
to Ocean venue is very steep, and this
will necessitate the use of hill horses.
The West Side Rent and Taxpayers
Association will meet this evening at the
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nues.
West Bergen.
Sneak thieves have been operating in
this section the past few nights. Several
houses have been entered, and consider
able money and v~aluables have been
taken. The police have been notified, and
several "hawkshaws" have been detailed
to watch the district.
The West Bergen Pleasure Club, which
has been dormant during the past few
months, has been reorganized, and a
meeting will be held at the rooms on
Mallory avenue tomorrow evening. The
annual ball will be held at the Greenville
Metropolitan Hall on Monday evening,
November 30.
appointed %janitor of the new school. 1t
is also said that Miss Foote, the teacher
of the old school OF Yale avenue will be
appointed principal.
Mrs. William H. Beach will conduct
the Bible class meeting in the West Side
NJ. L, Church this evening.
A new sewer IS being laid in Virginia
avenue, west OF the new school house.
President Somers of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners, when asked
when the sidewalks were to be repaired
in this section, SAID that notice
had been served on ali
owners of property whose sidewalks are
in poor condition to have them repaired
a stipulated time. This time has
now expired, and the Board intends to do
the work and charge it to the owner, pro-
vided the Board OF Finance will advance
the money.
The cutters on Yale and Hatch ave-
nues should be cleaned out. They are
reeking with filth.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Blair. of Bergen ave-
nue., will tender u reception to their
daughter Aunie at their residence his
evening.
BAYONNE.
The Centrevilie Building and Loan AS
met last evening in Gerinania
Hall and sold loans aggregating SIG. 200 to
FIVE bidders at premiums of fOrtv-fva