The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-31
DAVIS BIG FAIR.
Hall on Newark Avenue
Transferred Into Fairy
Bowers.
SHERIFF RELLER'S GOOD JUDGMENT
Some Of the Valuable Gifts
TO Be Exposed For Sale
In Aid Of the Fund.
SHERIFF HELLER'S GOOD JUDGMENT

In Aid of the Fund.
The Hoos & Schultz buildings, at NOS.
Ii and 7s Newark avenue, where the big
fair and bazaar of the Robert Davis AS
sociation is to be held. have already been
converted into fairy bowers. Treasurer
wi,Iian HELLER who is managing the
event. never does things by halves ROD
ert Davis has such entire confidence IN
the good Judgment of Mr.. Heller that ne
rarely. if ever. advances suggestion ON
any subject pertaining to the event
Manager Heller and his assistants have
been at work In tthe Hoos & Schultz
buildings for the last week. and the cold'
cherries, barny rooms have been taste
fully and richly decorated Heating ap-
paratus has been put in, so that every
part of the structure can be made as
comfortable as could be desired Eiee-
trio lights by the score have been put IN
the buildings. Incandescent lights in
pr0fuSlOn aQOru the buite1AiiS. - -, -
worth more than the price of admission
merely to inspect the fair buildings.
outside of feasting the eyes on the hun
dreds of beautiful things that will De
exposed for sale Manager Heller has
issued what are known as season
tickets. They are good for every
night of the fair. 1t was originally in
tended not TO make them transferable,
but Mr.. Heller has concluded that he will
allow them to be transferable This will
enable anyone to use ticket. no matter
by whom purchased and if the holder of
a ticket so desires he may take enough
people into the fair on one night to ex-
haust the whole ticket. If the present ar
rangements are carried out the first floor
of the building will represent a japanese
bower. Ladies in japanese costumes will
preside at the booths. The office of the
fair officials will be on the first floor.
There will be a restaurant in charge OF
William E. Bassett, booth by Dixon's
Crucible Company. floral booth, candy
booth Perlmutter will have display.
Appeals Commissioner John Mehl will
equip leather BOOTH and the AnlSer Beef
Company will have display, as win also
the Franco-American Food Company. In
addition to all these displays there will
be an astonishing exhibit of fancy goods.
t. - !, ,ici+a
will find it difficult in one evening to get
above the marvellous first floor.
The second floor is the one where poll
ticians win hold forth and where there
will be the liveliest kind of times. On
that floor there viii be contests galore
and almost every conceivable article will
be put up on chances. All the booths of
the wards in this city and the outlying
towns and townships VIII be there, and
there will be all kinds of contests be-
tween them For instance, Sheriff Heller
and Collector Davis have put up a mag
nifieent diamond ring to be contested for
by the most popular county official, the
Sheriff, of course, excepted. Then there
will be 500 worth Of building and loan
shares, and as an extra inducement to
sporty people there viii be four fast
horses contested for. There will be pianos
and there will be a house and lot and a
vacant lot To clap the climax there viii
be twenty shares of North Jersey Street
Railway stock. They will be drawn in
five share lots. The shares are the gift
of Sheriff William Heller and Collector
Davis
These are only a few of the good things
that win be at the fair. Manager Heller
says he will spring the articles. to be
voted for, on the public little by little
II want to see the fair great success, =
said Manager Heller this morning II
am working hard and my assistants are
working industriously. Every indication
is that we viii be wen patronized. The
object of the fair is good one and one
whicn every Democrat should support
In fact, we propose improving our club
house. and that will have beneficent
effect upon adjoining property When
the clubhouse is finished the party viii
have something Il has always lacked: a
headquarters where party business may
be transacted without interruption.
II wish to thank all those merchants
and people who have aided us. Ny ex-
rectations have already been exceeded
I have been impressed with the fact that
the public has a soft spot in its heart
for Robert Davis and the association
named in his honor
A SALOON KEEPER PROVES AN ALIBI
Bernard Lennon proprietor Of a saloon
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