The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-09
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Tomorrow night the Lutheran Choral Union
will celebrate It's second anniversary at the
lions Evangelical Church on Adoo avenue.
Tae Union has been making extensive arrange
ments during the past few wesks for the event,
and th. programme which will De presented BY
the choir will be an excellent one. All the meni-
ners and frlerds of tho church are invited to be
present. Admission will be free. The coliec-
tioa which will be taken up will be for tho bene-
At of ths building fund OF the church. IL is
expected that a large number of people will
be present, aud for this reason the event will
be held 10 the church. The programme will be
as oilows;.orga prelude. by organiss MISS
gregation. Gloria Patrl. by choir; song by con-
gregation. address of welcome. by Pastor Burk-
hardt; solo and chorus. by Miss Eta Lancksn
and choir; address in English. by the Rev. D,
Petersen OF Middle Village. l.. l.. solo and
chorus, Thou God of Grace and Mercy by
Mr.. Charles Herig and choir; sermon. by Pas
tor s. Behrens of st. Matthew's Church, New
York: offersory, 'Hear, Nc. Oh God, by choir.
prayer and doxology, by Pastor BurKhardt.
On Thursday evening ths postponed enter
tainment of the Gresnvilie Kindorgartea will
be- held al the Linden Avenue NJ. E. Church.
The entertainment will be under the direction
Of Miss Ida Lewis. and the proceeds will go to
the Board of Trustees of The church.
Tue annual meeting Of the Board of Trustees
of the New York Bay Cemetery will be held
this afternoon at the office OF the company, on
Chapel avenue. After the meeting the Trus
tees will enjoy their annual dinner at the Bal
vedere House.
Contractor Cendon has q large force Of men
at work upon the stable at the uew Fifth pre-
cinct statioa house, aud by February rs he ex
poets to turn the completed annex oyer TO the
Police Commissioners. The stable IS q model
structure in every respect, and contains every
The Y. I. s. c. E. of the Greenville Reformed
Church will observe tho week OF prayer by
holding prayer meetings every evening this
week except Saturday, at the chapel, ON Ocean
avenue. There will be good music and singing,
and all are invited to attend,
Tomorrow evening the much talked OF re.
ception OF the Teyrapin Club will be held at
Voss's Hall, on Rose avenue.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Citizens
Improvement Association will be held this
evening At Bamber Hall. on Linden avenue.
The matters that will bs talked about are:-.
New WOODLAND school and Are house, Lshigh
Valleys attempt to steal Chapel avenue and
lbs stopping of work on the Woodlawn sewer,
disgraceful condition. of Ocean aveaus AMI tue
need of an annex school.
The policemen who are detailed to guard
Chapel avenue, where the Lshigh Valley Rail
road intends to cross, have no sinecure, especi-
ally when the thermometer reaches the point It
did last night. The p~olicsmen are forced to
stay at QUE spot, and receive full beuedr OF the
sharp East wind which comes from tbs bay
shore. If we could oaly walk shout, to keep
our blood Ia circulation we would be- all rig
e c,Ey : NE p1.,v yssse dsy. III IS highly proSaois. !,
he continued, THAT this watch will be kept up
all winter. aud it's no more than human that
we should be- shsitefed In some way from the
pisreing cold wind"
Contracto or Copdon's laborers, who sre build.
Ing tho woodlawn sewer, have loft Dwight
street. from Ocean to Garfield avenues, ia u
frightfuI condition. 1t is almost impossible.
The sewer he's been completed between thess
points, and there Is no reason why tue thor
ougfare should be left as it has bsen-
Mrs. G. w Petit of No. 142 Dauforth avenue
left yesterday morning for Philadelphia, where
she will spend several weeks with friends.
John Richards, the Elizabeth lawyer who Is
charged with having q hand in the atrocious as
yauit upon Homer Brooke. At the Greeuvilie
station of the Central Railroad. a few weeks
ago, will be arraigned for trial before Justice
KImneriy. at the Third DISTRICT Court, tom,r-
row morning. Richards, It is expected, will
tell au interesting story of ths assault.
One of the most prominent plots ~ the Nav
York Bay Cemetery is that OF ths American
Dramatic Fund Association. Despite the fact
that It is close to Chapel avenue, tire main thor
oughfara in the sscity Of ths dead" few psople
know that there is such a place The plot was
bought by the association over twenty-five
years ago. and 30 far bat four blowers of the
arr OF Thespis have been laid at rest within its
limits.
The large clock IN the steep,e OF the Linden
Avenue III. e. Church Is strangely affected by
the temperature. Whenever u cold snap ar
rives the clock refuses to follow time Ia its
highr, and comes 10 q standsfiils When the
present cold WEATHER arrived. Sunday night,
The clock, as usual. quit work, .aad It has not
yet settled dowu 10 business.
-cdisses Mamie Hackney OF Fofr Plain. n. u.
Is waiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Schultz OF
p&ukprth aveats.