The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-20
GREENVILLE GOSSIP.

Miss Moody of Chicago is visiting Miss Edith
Nelson of Columbia place.
Mr.. James E. Sullivan, the popular presi-
dent of the Metropolitan District A. A. T.,
| who has been confined to his home on Linden
| avenue during the past few weeks with eye
trouble, has recovered.
AT the last meeting of Greenville Building and
Loan Association No. 2, $1,000 was sold at a
premium of $lS7 per $500. The borrowers will
use the money in erecting pretty houses in
Greenville.
Road was among the candidates for a posi-
ton as letter carriers, who were examined
| recently in the High School.
An effort will shortly be made by a number
of property owners to have Jackson avenue
opened through to Old Bergen Road. TINS
would open up a pretty section OF Greenvllle
| for building purposes and would give the celery
district a fine thoroughfare from Communl-
paw avenue to the Bayonne line.
The Minkakwa Club will meet this evening
| at the Ocean avenue Clubhouse to complete the
arrangements for the sail up the Hudson Rlyer.
The committee which has charge of the affair
has decided to allow the Opposite sex to
join the party. The Minkakwas have come
to the conclusion that stag rackets" are not
one-half as enjoyable as afalfs IN WHICH lHe
ladies participate.
Mrs. NJ. Bowen was seized with an epileptic
fit yesterday afternoon on Ocean, near Glare
mont avenues. She was taken to her nome on
Newark avenue by friends.
The Greenville and United Building and Loan
Associations will meet TO receive subscriptions
this evening, the FORMER al No y LlIluSii '
nue. and the latter at Bamber Hall.
The property owners on Neptune avenue Will
| shortly petition the Street and Water COM
| missioners to open up that thoroughfare from
Ocean avenue to Old Bergen Road.
The funeral of John ]. Joyce, a we'll known
| resident of Greenville, who died on THURSDAY
| took place yesterday afternoon from his late
| residence, No. 81 Kearny avenue.
The New York Bay shore is becoming d
| popular social resort. The dances at the CLUB
houses of the New York Bay and Greenyllle
Yacht Clubs attract many young people. Nngh
there is no dancing the young people form SAT-
| ing parties and spin about the bay IN the
The Greenville Musical and Social Club will
| resume it's regular weekly meetings and IN
formal dances on Friday evening. September
Z, at Voss' Hall.
The Young ladies who are to participate in
the dramatic performance at the Schwaben rest
on Labor Day had another rehearsal yesterday
morning at Kraus' Hotel, In the afternoon
the Committee of Arrangements met ana ar
ranged a number of details. A large number OF
tickets have already been sold and Presldent
Abel predicts that at least 1000 people Will
visit the park.
That portion of the. County Road between
Grant and Stevens avenues looks as though II
has been neglected for a number OF weeks.
Grass and weeds are beginning to hlae the
road and the recent rains have Washeu away
the soft earth and formed ruts in many places-
Insnector John Mccarthy is keeping a close
watch upon the PAYERS who are at work on
the Ocean avenue Improvement. Mr. mccarthy
saws that he Will see tndl 0feehNAiS tSSSlNeS
that which 1t is paying for, a first class thor
oughfare. The work is being done under the
personal supervision of Contractor condor ana
10 baine rushed rapidly to completion. The
west side of the avenue Is now paved from
Myrtle to Woodlawn avenues.
Two young men who visited Greenvtlle yes
terday with a number of friends for the pur-
pose of having an outing in Currfe's woods,
nod a DISPUTE in a baseball game, and being
urged by their friends decided to settle the
matter with their fists. They adjourned to the
foot of Pamrapo avenue and a ring was
sta ked out on the canal tow path. Before the
first round was finished one of the aspirants
for pugiltstic honors received a blow that sent
him into the canal. He houndered about in the
dirty water for fully ten minutes before he
succeeded in reaching terra frrna. His an
tagonist then apologized and the fight was de-
Jared off. The crowd restored their nerves to
q normal condition at a nearby wet goods"
establishment.
Damon Council, Royal Arcanum, will meet
at Bamber Hall this evening. One candidate
will be initiated.
Misses Minnie Spencer and Alice Kentworth
of clerk street will leave tomorrow for As
hurry Park. h.,