The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-19
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The meeting of the Lutheran Choral Union to
elect officers, which was to have been held on
Wednesday evening, at the residences OF Miss
Schuetz. on Rose avenue, was postponed. owing
to the lack of a quorom. The election will Dc
held on next Wednesday evening, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. J. H. Borgstede. Jr., Garfield
avenue and Brown place. President Charles
Herig has been slated for recollection.
Mr.. George W. Petit, of Danforth avenue.
was elected President OF the Tenth New York
Volunteers. a few days ago. Mr.. Petit served
throughout the war as color sergeant, and took
part 10 all the important battles. He las many
relics of the bloody struggle at his nome.
Greenville Council No. ia, Jr. O.. U. A. NJ,
has appointed a committee to arrange for a
reception at Bslvedsrs Hall. on Monday g ven :
ing January 80.
The Greenvilie Rifle Club will meet for prac :
tice this evening at the clubhouse on Gator
avenue. Tho CLUB is in a prosperous condition.,
the membership bsiug over fifty. The club has
q team OF marksmen that eau hold its owa
with any team in the State. Mr.. Dorrlier is one
of the best shots in the country. He is the only
man VINO ever made q full score of $50. An
interesting competition Is now going on in the
club. The members are shooting for the club
record for so consecutive shots. Mr.. Dorrlier
now hold the record with a score OF l ,122. an
afternoon a match will BIS shot between Mr..
Plaisted and l.. P. Hansen of the Excelsior r.
G. on the two hundred yard range at the
Schuetzen Park.
Mrs. Harry Hunt of Psarsall avenue is srrang-
ing for a charity concert which will be held
within the coming month. A dramatic per-
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young people will take part will be q feature
A pleasant tin wedding surprise party wss
rendered to nd Mrs. &. L.. Stowe, of Ocean
and Linden y lues by q number of their
fr lends on a sday evening. The surprised
couple were cesetucted to the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Grady, No. 95 Avenue E, where
kind of q time" Mr.. James H. Grady opened
the festivities with a short speech and presented
the gifts of tinware TO Mr.. and Mrs. Stowe. The
presents were remarkably numerous and almost
every product of the tinsmith's art was
represented. Mr.. and Mrs. Grady presented
the guests with miniature tE bugies as souven-
collation. were the other features. Among those
present were:-Mr. and Mrs. De Mott Vreeland.
Miss Hattie Vreeland, Miss Lottie Wiltsie, Mr..
and Mrs. r. L. Stone, Mr. and Miss Baulsch,
Miss Briggs, Mr.. and Miss B. Franklin, Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Grady, Harvey, Frank, Lester.
Bertha and Mabel Grady. Culver Demarest, and
J. Francis Byrne.
Contractor P. ). Condor has asked Mayor
wanssr to bring the Street and Water Commits
sioners to time for failing to receive from him
permission to build the WoodIawn sewer under
The Lehigh Valley tracks. The railroad is
blocking the work because it wants the pipes
across the meadow lowered a few feet. Con-
tractor Condor says that he is losing much
money on account OF the stopping of the work,
and declares he will hold the city liable for
damages and delay.
Bayview Lodge, f. and A.. NJ, held its regular
communication last evening at the lodge rooms,
Bamber Hall. Mr.. Edward Zeigsr received the
first degree.
A water man VIII be placed IN GATOR avenue,
between Old Bergen Road and Bergen avenue,
in a few days. The iron pipes were left on the
t~horoughfare yesterday. This much needed
improvement will be welcomed by the property
owners on the street.
The residents in this section would like to see
a few more policemen in the Fifth precinct
Some of the night posts are over q mile long
and while the policeman is at the end of his
post a dozen burgIaries would occur at the
other an I he would never know it until the re-
ports were made TO the station house. ut is
not SllrUriainp - said n well known resultant tn
a reporter of The JERSEY CRY News yesterday.
that robberies occur here. Burglars practi-
cally ha We full sway. We need more polics-
men. The precinct covers more territ DRY than
any other precinct in the city and our force
should be at least as large as in the other pre-
~cincSs."