The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-25
MUSICAL BAYONNE.
Concert By the Mozart Club
Fire AlarmS-Po1i-
tics.

The Mozart Club of Lafayette and
other volunteers gave an excellent enter
tainment last evening in the Third Ger
man) Reformed Church. under the aus
pieces of the Ladies' Aid Society. There
was a large audience. The programme
was opened by the Mozart with the
orchestra overture to "Don Giovanni"
The club also admirably rendered the
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin," Bach's
Concert Overture" and Lamaret,s
March of Victory" Mr.. James d.
Love Of You" and "Non e Yer" Miss
D Dsssis so Marvin ..rS saVs Old Log S9ar Huns
aud 'Separation" were sung by James
P. Pierce. Thomas Cullen recited
Malvern Hill. Con O'Callaghan' and
the Squirrels Mare" THE Story OF
Prayer" and IAN Evening Idyl." Fred
erick Decker performed W. violin
solos, Bohm's ''Barcarlo" and Bohm's
''Cauzona." Albert Mahon sang, Don't
Tell Mother,' and 1.-The Tar's Farewell"
Facetious stories were narrated by Will
read miss Flora McFlimsey had Moth
ing to Year, and 1.-The Danish Boys
WHISTLE"
A Pair of Incipient Fires.
A shed on West Tweuty-ffth street be-
longing to John Vreeland aud containing
a quantity of salt hay was set on f1re late
Yesterday afternoon by some incendiary.
The Second ward fire companies respond
ed to an alarm, out the shed and its con-
tents were burned to the GROUND.
Last evening while Andrew L. Gill and
Walter Miller, two Young men about
town, were passing along Avenue ID, they
noticed a blaze in the store of John j..
Uevaney, at No. 2S3 Avenue d. They
burst in the doc and extinguisned the
flames. The fire was cause by some EN-
ploye of Devaney setting a hot plumbers
pot on the floor beside some old bagging.
Political Points.
The First Ward Republican Club will meet
this evening in Browns Hal, West Eighth street.
A caucus for primary candidates will lake place.
The Democratic City uni had a long
meeting last evening in Magner's Hall. Plans
for the charter election campaign were dis
cussed. The primaries were scheduled for Tues
day evening.
The Republican City Commit ee has scheduled
the primaries for Thursday evening. The COM
m ttee has under consideration a resolution re-
guessing the election as a member of the State
Republican Committee from this lection OF the
Eighth Congressional district of Edward E. Van
Buskirx, III the place of ex-Mayor John New
man. who will decline the honor when notified
officially of his appointment. 1t is safe to say
that no matter what the City may do
Van Buskirk will not get the appointment. The
honor will probably go to Colonel Charles Whis-
kers Fuller.
The Third Ward Young Mems Republican Club
will hold "a caucus this evening at Raiferty's
barber shop. Avenue D and West Fifty first
street, to select primary candidates..
Notes,
Wilson J. Haver reported to the police this
morning that thieves had stolen eight chickens
from his premises on Evergreen street last
night.
Chief of Police McNeill received this morning
from the Chief Of Police of Syracuse. N. Y, a
letter establishing the identity of the strange
young man who was killed on the New Jersey
Central Railroad near the East Forty
ninth street station early Wednesday morning.
He was Peter Mcdonald, alias dutch Pete" a
notorious character Of that city. Tue dead man
was a German and he endeavored to pass for an
Irishman. He was a Forester in bad standing
ana pretended to be a member of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians. He left that city on Feb
ruary 9 with a sixteen year old boy, who was
subsequently found in Troy.
A twenly.four hours walking match will be-
gin this evening in the pavilion of Columbia Park
at Centreville.