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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1892
Page
3
Several short items from North Plainfield and Bound Brook cover community meetings, entertainments, and local business. Highlights include branch meetings, council adjournments, gun club activities, a temperance gathering in New Jersey, and a reform hall entertainment with tickets and program details.
In a lobby assault last night Lydis Thompson's husband and manager Ervent Mutchinson was attacked by actor Charles De Forest. A medical certificate was shown to Justion Grady this morning. The report mentions plans for Crescent League baseball uniforms and other local happenings.
Entertainment at New Market Hall opened by Friendship Council No 1 with Mia Louise Apgar giving remarks. Winfield Scott Post planned Memorial Day activities without consultation, prompting a planned separate observance by Mabnomeset and Beeform Hall. City funds of 100 were allocated to Memorial Day efforts, with disputes over speaker choice and coordination between posts.
A large delegation visited the depot to view engine No 670 with its electric head light. The train was expected in the city at 9 35 PM but arrived about 30 minutes late, making the Min worth seeing.
George Baker was arrested by Constable Moffett this morning on assault and battery charges following a complaint about Stet Bobbin. Bail set at 100 to await Grand Jury action. Firemen’s Relief Association held a routine meeting in Chief Doane’s office. North Plainfield man Cine Suckler remains under care after a horse kick. doctors fear surgery. Rev Bresks notes severe malaria in a New York bound girl and praises Sulphur Bitters for relief.
A man named Mulford Batll assisted by a stationer and bookseller was robbed at a bookshop yesterday near noon. An unabridged Webster dictionary and a gold pen worth about forty dollars were stolen from the store’s gold pen box in broad daylight. Police seek clues as clerks and patrons recall the incident but no suspect is identified.
April 14 reports include a barn fire near a river delta and structures damaged, with crews battling the blaze seven miles away. Separately, Pacific Mills Print Works engravers strike after wage-cut refusal, leading to widespread idle labor and discharged workers.
Linden Park owners claim the land strip with railroad tracks was not sold. The Linden Association traded seven acres to the railroad as compensation for $5,457 of spur construction and improvements. Managers expect the track to operate next fall or by 1893 if resuming is possible.
A letter from Cornelius Sereno clarifies a misprint about aid requests from Trinity Reform Church Newark and Plainfield. The notices also report the marriage of Charles Lister and Emily Putnam in East Second Street with attendees and rice celebration aboard a New York train. Delinquent tax collector W W Neal makes arrests. random health tonic ad and powder mill brick notes follow.
Authorities and the Courier understand steps are under way to remove the freight house. Two sites are under consideration one beside the track between Berekman and Richmond streets and the other on West Second street between New and Liberty streets. Railroad officials favor relocation and the Courier predicts the long-desired removal will come soon, replaced by a handsome graded area with decorative park features.
Several gangs of workmen labor on the block signal system the Central Railroad Company is installing between Jersey City and Bound Brook. A large crew passed through town to Bound Brook to drill for connecting wires while others will wet posts mill pipes and lay pipes. Each foreman and switchman will work under instructions until thoroughly familiar with the system.
Miantinomo Tribe No 118 of the Improved Order of Red Men met to form a committee for a ball at We tampka Lodge rooms on May 13. The committee includes John H Carney chair, F P Storr secretary, Joseph Wyckoff John Mile D C Allen George Carpenter William Westphal and Charles Holston. An outing sale by the Unitarian Church will open next Tuesday at six o clock in the new Park Avenue church with oysters arranging four month vacation notes.
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