The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-11
The party did not break up until long
after midnight.
BAYONNE'S TAX BOOKS.
Rival Assessors Squabbling over
Observation-Disclosures Day
Notes.

City Tax Assessor Jacob H.. Johnston
of Bayonne is still denied possession OF
the books and papers belonging to his
Office by his predecessor, Attorney Daniel
j. Murray. City CLERK Hamilton has
served notice upon Murray that certain
of the books in his possession are required
at the City Hall. Murray has a stated
time in which to deliver the books. but it
is thought That even then he will 1etaIn
them. When he s~urrenders his Hell
the Equalization of Taxation he
cannot hope to recover them again as
City Clerk Hamilton is a member of the
Board. Assessor Jonnston Will report
his failure to obtain the books to the
Board of Councilmen at its next meeting,
and will insist that the Board act. Muir
ray says he intends to hold on to the
books as long as possible. claiming that
Johnston was not legally elected. lie
has placed his case in the care OF Ran
dolpn, CondicG and Black, of Jersey City,
and will have Quo warranto proceedings
established. He insists that he will have
the work done on time.
Children's Day.
Children's Day will be celebrated to-
morrow afternoon and evening by all the
Bayonpe Sunday schools. The chief eel
ebration of the day. however, will be held
by the Sunday schools of the several
churches in the Bergen Point section.
Following the services n exercises in
of tine First Presbyterian. Ber-
gen Point Reformed and Ber-
gen Point Methodist Churches will
march to the Trinity Episcopal
Church, where they will join the Trinity
Sunday School in union exercises. A fine
musical programme has been arranged
under the direction of DIR. Frank N.
B~oynton. There will be accompaniments
GA the organ fate, piano, cornet and
horn to the choruses and anthems reud-
cred by the children. The edifice will be
deliberately decorated with floral displays.
The principal address will be de-
livered by the Rev. William S. Lang
ford, of this city, Secretary of the
Episcopalian Board of Foreign Missions.
! and at present acting as rector of Trinity
Church owing to the illness of the Rev.
| Harold Arrowsmith at Bay Ridge, Long
Island. In the evening the Sunday
| school of the Bergen Point Methodist
| REYNOLDS Memorial Chanel. The chief
floral decoration there will be al immense
ship of flowers with sails trimmed, and
| representing a beautiful allegory.
Notes.
Yesterday forenoon Mrs. W. Bennett,
| of No. % East Forty-ninth street, found q
strange man in the hallway of her resi-.
dence. When she accosted the fellow h.
fed.
The central Railroad intends to NOV
the East Forty-uinth street station back
from the tracks. 1t will be remembered
that Frank Stovekin, OF Greenville, was
killed several months ago at the station
while waiting for a train to pass. A force
OF men are now at work upon the new
foundations
Tony Ross. a thirteen-year-old urchin
living at Avenue A and West Fifty FIRST
street, and employed as n water boy for q
gang of ~IIalinns working on the Leligl
Valley Railroad Compauy's improve.
ments, was arrested last evening v PA,
trolman Jonas for an assault upon Katie
B. Lagia, y little Italian girl. This morh.
ing Recorder Besher held him for further
examination.
Independence Fire Association has
chosen the following Observation-Disclosures
o. Platt, Robert 5. Gilchri Samue
Gaftley. franklin N. LocSman, Aloazo
D. Purdy and Arthur MacEarline.
Having served the requisite number Of
years as nj active member of Indepen
dence Fire Association. William c.. AL
pers has had his name enrolled on the
exempt members list,