The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-06
~GREENVILLE GOSSIP.

The Linden avenue NJ. z. Church aud Green
vile Reformed Church have arranged to hole
services will be held on alternate weeks in each
church and will begin tonight at the Linden av-
enue NJ. E.. Church. Pastor w. s. MCGOWAN
will conduct the meeting and Rev. w. P. Bruce
There is no Iivelier social club in the Green
vile section than the Jolly Lot, which, on Wash
ington's birthday we will hold q reception al
Uldrich's Newark Bay Shore House. The com
mittee of arrangements has sent out over tive
hundred invitations, Dancing will begin at hall
past eight O'Clock.
Council No. ia. Jr. o. VA. NJ, will hold a rafae
for a handsome EBONY piano at the Belvedere
Hall. The proceeds of the rattle will go to the
benefit iund of the council
The Y P. 8. c. E. of the Greeuville Reformed
Church held a pleasant social session after the
prayer meeting at the chapel last evening.
Vocal solos were rendered by the members and
a pleasant time was had by all.
The robbiDg of residences by burglars has
been an almost common event in Greenville.
The police force is so small that burglars haYe
ample opportunity to clean out a residence and
leave the district without being discovered. At
night there are but seven policemen on duty In
the whole precinct, and some of the beats are
over a mile long and q half mile wide. The
residents are talking of petitioning the Police
Commissioners for more patrolmen.
The Frank H. Kimmerly Association will hold
an important meeting tomorrow evening at
Orient Hail. The arrangements for the first
annual pail will be completed, and the COM
mittes which has charge of the affair viii
render an interesting report. The ball will be
held on Easter Monday, at the Belvedere Hall.
Superintendent of Telegraph Speicher OF The
Fire Department, while repairing the alarm
box at Ocean and Danforth avenees, a few days
ago. created consider able excitement by acct
dentally sending in an alarm. No. 10 engine
and No.. 4 truck responded in short order, and
when the firemen discovered that they had
been called out needlessly, they hurled many
uncomplimenrary epithets at the snpsrinten-
dent. who tried hard TO expiain that lit was an
accident"
The trustees of the Linden avenue NJ. E.
Church have not yet taken apy steps to place
the old church cemetery at the rear of Bamoer
Hall in q presentable condition.. Ever since the
trustees took possession of their new church the
cemetery has been neglected. Ashes, lin cans,
in fact all sorts Of rubbish has besn thrown on
the graves and many of the headstones and
Monuments ars cracking aud falling apart for
more want Of care. 1t is no uncommon sight to
seq boys deliberately destroying the head stones
by chipping pieces from them. Many OF Green
viiie's most illustrious dead are buried 10 the
CO metery.
The black cat which walked into the new
Fifth precinct station house on the day it was
opened has become the pet of the policemen.
The cat has been provided with q neat collar
from which bangles a little silver bell.
The Greeuville Either Club will meet this
evening at Hamburger's Hall on Old Bergen
Road 10 rehearse the music for its coming con
cert.
The residents of Greenvile are complaining
because the branch Postofdso on Ocean avenue
IS closed at eight o CLOCK evenings. and on sun
LAYS. Postmaster Dickinson will be asked to
have the Office opened until ten O'Clock even
ings and all day Sunday.
On Sunday Gustaye Wolfram, q barber en-
ployed by Francis Missed OF No. 732 Ocean
avenue, notified his employer that he was about
to open a rival shop and would soon leave his
employ. When Wolfram, who boarded with
MISSED. tried to enter his room. after going out
for a walk in the evening he found the keyhoie
10 the door plugged up. and he could not gain
admittanca to his room. He had to sleep at q
friends house. Yesterday he met Misssl
in. a saloon on Ocean avenue.
and. afte INDUCING in hot words,
the pair started il to punch each other.
wolfram soon proved himself the better man
aud when time was called Missei was doubled
up on the floor. Wolfram vas arrested on a
charge of atrocious assault and ballery aud Jus
tice of the Peace Hennemeier held him in 500
bail to await trial.
Mr.. and Mrs. GeeIge W. Taylor. of Kearny
avenue. left Yesterday for Boston, Mass. where
they will spend several weeks With friends.
The funeral Of W iIliam j. Conrad took place
this afternoon from his late residence on Ocean
avenue, near Dwight street. Mr.. Conrad was
we'll known In the Woodland s-otion. whe.e hs
had many friends, The interment was ID the
New York Bay Cemetery.