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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1892
Page
3
The notice describes an impending sale at Laing's Hotel and ongoing auctions or tenders this week. It also mentions City Council actions on license regulations near Muhlen Hospital and Potter Brent Works and a protest by Councilman Care regarding Teenmere licensure.
Wetumpka hosted a promenade concert last evening by the Commandery No. 24 and Wetumpka Lodge rooms with about two hundred attendees. The grand march had sixty plus couples in formal dress contrasted with Breswes band attire, followed by a listed program and a talk by Captain George D. Morrison. A Youth Auxiliary event and a State Charities Aid Association meeting with officers election were also noted.
The New York Postal Telegraph Company declares its first dividend of 8 cents per share as lines are completed by July 1, 1891, showing a capacity increase of about 16 percent.
Dia re ete James Connolly) a tmeck-welker at Weaffeld had two ribs and a collar bone broken cm last, by being caught between the freight house plat form and a box. The injured man died yesterday. Mrs William was today summoned to Woodbridge ty the sulbo and ilness of some of her owe. Among those p t at the Consell meeting lam wert noticed Rev. Dr. AH. im, Rev. Cornelius Hehenck, very & ae Dr. M. B Long, BB, Grey Bwales.
The Me garcoml concert at the Union Co. Country Club drew an ardent audience last evening. Signor Antonio Galassi delivered a superb baritone performance while Mme Lillian Beorety excelled in soprano tones despite a limited venue. Adolph Hartdegen’s cello solos complemented Alfred Alice’s lively Piper’s Son encore. The standout piece was William K. Chapman’s Sancta, a new and beautiful work praised for its contribution to modern musical composition.
A city debate questions the idea that officers choose their own chief engineer and assistants. Councilman Frazee's resolution to appoint a committee to study the method is criticized as backward. The text argues better outcomes come from elected officials accountable to the people.
A wedding at the Church of Our Saviour in Neth erwood united Eleanor Garthwaite Beal daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert J Beal with William Gage Snow of Hoaton. The chancel flowers and seven o'clock ceremony followed by a reception of numerous guests and remarks by Mayor Gilbert at a Lincoln banquet. The piece also notes a New Jersey Cavalry Association meeting with about seventy attendees and election of William C Senith as vice president.
An adjourned City Council meeting last evening saw seventeen license applications. Two were granted on final action, seven were rejected or returned for reconsideration, and remaining cases were referred or deferred. Several protests, including hospital and church groups, were noted as part of the deliberations.
The case filed in the Supreme Court at Trenton by W A Biryker for M D Lestrope editor of a defunct New Jersey Telegram seeks $10,000 damages from Peter Wilkes for injuries after an Alhambra restaurant incident last January. Shrope says permanent injuries and short hospitalization followed. Monday night bowling scores from the Crescent League are listed.
G Thome outlines a municipal wastewater plan for Plainfield using chemical precipitation and intermittent soil drainage. Two reservoirs store and redistribute sludge and clarified liquid, with deodorizing steps before discharge. He argues city ownership and bonds will fund long term benefits for future generations.
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