The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-22
MOVING DAY AT HAND
A Heavy Exodus From La
fayette In Favor of
the Heights.
AROUND VAN WORST SQUARE.
A Week Of Notable Weddings
Social aud Musical
p Aeo"o' . .
AROUND VAN worst SQUARE.

Now Is the time when families fit,
when househunter prowls the highways
and byways, aud the voice of the real es-
tate agent is heard in the land. In these
days President Harrison and Governor
Albeit are as nothing to ehe man who
ownsa truck. For two weeks or more
such q man will own the earth, and draw
a salary of four dollars a minute. He will
pile his truck twenty feet high with re-
frigerators and spring beds and piano
lamps, and then go hunting for a nice.
comfortable car track where he can lose
a wheel and pile his load on the ground.
And in these days carpenters aud build
ers have their hands full, for houses are
going up on all sides, and an epidemic
of Queen Anne cottages has broken out
on the Heights. Here are a few of the
changes which the month of May viii
make in Jersey City's social directory.
Mrs. Virginia Olmstead and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Grattan leave their resi-
dence on Eighth street and tax possess
sion of their new nome on Bentley ave-
nue.. The house Is a spacious cottage"
built on Queen Anne models and painted
yellow and white. The property adjoins
the grounds of the great Clifford home
stead, known as the Hundred Room
House," aud is situated in a fne part of Il
beautiful residence street.
The imposing residence On Glenwood
avenue, which will be occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Edward L. Young. will not be
ready until the end of next month.
among the finest pieces of architecture on
the Heights. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis K.
Dressler will be at home to the Muses.
and their Jersey City friends on Arling-
ton avenue next year. 1t is expected that
the Street Commissioners will have
trouble with the p~avenents from this
time on-the stone will think their old
friend OrDheus is somewhere arouad and
fly to meet him.
Van Worst square and vicinity will see
several CHI anges. On the Barrow street
side. next to the residence of Chancellor
McGill, a handsome brown stone man.
sion is in process of erection. In the
course of a month or six weeks it will be
ready for DR.. and Mrs. Doherty, who
now reside at No. 90 Wayne street. Mrs.
Doherty was Miss Eleanor Marie Elglish
and her wedding will be remembered as
one of the social events OF last winter.
The house will be completed by a tower
and will have a fine private stable II the
rear two stories in height. A cemehted
carriage-way will lead along the side of
the house to Barrow street. The interior
decoration will be from special designs
and in perfect harmony OF detail. The
tw o houses built by Mr.. John Holmes on
Montgomery street are similar In design,
and another member of the medical pro-
fession, DR.. Craig, has just moved into
ont of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Buchanan have
bought the house at No. 246 MONTGOMERY
street, just off the Square and will trans
port their Lares and Penates from their
present home on Fifth street, which they
have occupied for the last seven years.
Miss Eleanor N Buchanan is we'll known
in musical and social circles and has
taken roles in the operas produced by the
Athletic Club operate Association. She
has been soprano soloist at the Park Re-
formed Church for the past year aud APP
pears at many musicales and concerts.
I'll GILCHRIST HOMESTEAD.
A block further up Barrow street. on
the corner Of Mercer. stands a handsome
building which society knows as the Gil
christ homestead. The house passed out
of the possession of the family at the
death of Mr.. Robert Gilchrist and has
since been occupied as u private school. 1t
Patrick Turley, an old resident of Mercer
street, who has spent much time and
more money in remodellins and beautify-
ing the property, The basement railing
has been removed. Il the space around
the lowest story filled in level with the
street. The interior has been remodelled.
and when occupied, the mansion will pre-
oSht oA AhAPOoAh5 ~
christ now resides i'll Newark with her
daughters, Misses Frederick and Lottie.
The elder, a dark-eyed brunette, was the
life Of a famous school for girls, when l,s
senior class included Miss Sadie Trap-
hagen, Miss Bessie Jordan, Miss Meta
Peck, Miss Lilfiau Pearsall, Miss Myra
Watson, Miss Jennie Mcbride n Miss
Mary Albeit. Mrs. Gilchrist and her
daughters spent two years abroad, and
then took up their residence In Newark
where Miss Frederick was recently intro
duced to society.
THE DICKINSON HOUSE.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mallory, whose residence
on the corner OF Pacific avenue and Ltf-
ayette street, has been for years q LAT
ayette Landmarks, will break up house,
keeping the first of next month II board
on Park street with Mrs. Whitney. who
will occupy the Dickinson house. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Doubleday will begin house
Keeping, as their parents discontinue 1T,
in a dwelling nearby, on Park street.
CHANGES IN LAFAYETTE.
The Gluten Of Is on Lafay-
ayette, and the Mallory homestead will
be replaced by a brick combination OF
flats and grocery shops. The four large
by Mr.. Michael Allison, Mr.. q. r. Hitler,
Mr.. Sauer and DR.. ID. s. Hardenberg, re-
spectively, are probably safe for sometime,
but the large house next TO Mr.. Hillter's
is deserted. For twenty-nine years ii has
been occupied by the Culver family. and
has probably seen in hat time more hap-
piness aud more sorrow, than many
another house of twice Its age. Death
has reduced a family of eight members to
three, IL last week Mrs. l. b. Culver
with her son and granddaughter moved
10 Madison avenue, just above the lap
fist Church. Society now exists ia Lafay-
cite In isolated GASES in u desert OF shops.
Parts of Communipaw avenue have yet
escaped and SO far there Is nothing more
than a stove factory to disturb the resi-
deuts OF Pacific avenue beyond Com
muuipaw. but In these days of Building
and Loan Associations, no one know
what IL day may bring forth.
Miss Marion Morton VINO has many
warm friends on the Heights and in St.
Johns Free Church especially, has left
this city and moved to Iompkins avenue,
Brooklyn. The choir will miss her very
much, as she has been a regular at
tendant for many years. They presented
her with a friendship RUG AS Il remind.
er of many happy hours. The families
of Mr.. james Warner of Clifton place
and Mr.. Charles H. Voorhis OF No. 1913
Academy street will exchange resi-
dences. The Misses Voorhis are delight
ed at the change. Their new home Is
beautifully situated and commands an
excellent view Of the Bay.
The large yellow residence on Crescent