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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1892
Page
3
A patchwork of items runs from library reports and lecture plans to charity events and public meetings. It includes lecture notices by Henry M. Ragan on Belgium and Holland, pension and union day reminders, civic committees, water contracts, and social club activities. Also listed are obituaries, municipal appointments, traffic and depot work updates, and local personal notices involving residents and officials.
The Plainfield Public Library Board schedules four lectures at the Casino with proceeds funding new books. Lectures feature Prof John M Tyler Amherst on Animal Intelligence February 18, Prof Henry B Richardson Amherst on Niebelungen Lied March 3, Prof Ramell Sturges on The Interior Architecture of Modern Residences March 17, and Bishop John H Vincent on A Talk About Tomorrow March 31. Tickets are $3 for the full course. Ovide Mosin, renowned violinist of the Spe company, will give a farewell concert at Music Hall Saturday. His performance, with top accompanists, showcases flawless technique and moving expression, including the Moses in Egypt piece on the G string.
Harmony Sage Knights of Pythian Elizabeth hosted the annual District No. 14 meeting in New Jersey. Grand officers addressed the gathering while plans for the national encampment in Kansas City August 22 were announced. Assemblyman George Kyte of Fanwood, born in South America May 22, 1846, discussed public work and fiscal concerns, urging unity to curb saloons and poverty.
Henry M. Raegan lectures on Belgium and Holland at Music Hall this evening. The Paljiie Library listing shows a remarkable Belgium and Holland collection with numerous works and authors including Amicis, Boughton, Champeey, Field, Galdid, Haro, James, King, Meriwether, Morrison, Rogers, Shaw, Young, Motley and many more.
The text notes January and February are slow months in business for settling accounts and planning for the future. It contrasts gloom with prudent action, urging calm assessment and execution of well digested schemes to enlarge business and increase profits.
A large livery stable at Main street and Milton avenue owned by ex Mayor Hyer and run by B Frank Crowell burned Wednesday. About twenty horses and most wagons and carriages were saved. Fire blamed on an incendiary. Crowell’s loss about 1000 with Lot Bittle Insurance. Hyer’s loss 500 insured. Nearby light seen from city as flames rose. State Board of Taxation drafts new tax law delaying due date to October.
A late night tremor in Omaha caused a two story frame house to collapse, killing P. H. Green and his wife with two children under debris. A light quake occurred at about 10 30 p m. Sir Morell Mackenzie, eminent physician, died in London after influenza. Also reported Russell Sage’s nephew and heir died at Windsor Hotel in New York. The steamship Bason arrived from Santos after a voyage marked by seven crew deaths from yellow fever as the vessel sits in quarantine.
The railroad plans a steam heater in the cellar and new water pump arrangement after testing showed mineral content in the water. The change aims to cut pumping and heating costs from more than 150 dollars monthly to under half that amount.
Governor Albott sent Mercer Beasley’s name to the Senate for a seven year term as Chief Justice and the nomination was confirmed. Other nominees approved included E. M. Jamieson, Lewis Parker, and Ephraim Rook for Girls Industrial School trustees. A Connecticut tip to Assistant District Attorney Wellman about Carlyle Harris’s case surfaced during his wife’s murder trial, recounting a 1860 Plainfield marriage and a complex tale of betrayal and elopement involving Lola Van Zandt.
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