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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1892
Page
3
Local notices report Somers Street scarlet fever house under strict quarantine. Other items note a W. O. T. O. devotional in the afternoon, parish events, rain benefits, and community meetings in Somerset and nearby areas.
Liam B Flamiston of Efeabeth will speak at the Park Avenue Band missionary meeting at Chiiaudan Endeavor Boelery on Friday evening. Thomas Keller and others from the Independent Gan Club home on West Sixth Avenue reported the death of K Wall in the fifty third year. Katherine R Thorne of La Grasvenut left town for the Adirondacks with her brother Harry A Thorne to spend the winter in New York. John W Murray of Central Avenue became Vice President of the Republican Convention at Trenton. H N Spencer of North Wisfield served on the Permanent Organization Committee while baseball manager Coding of Wenfield served on the Resolutions Committee.
The piece attacks a Democratic press story about the Hepatlicas Convention in Trenton, labeling it as false and manipulative. It cites J W Sore and others denying the claims and argues about caucus rules and loyal delegates amid a charged union county scene.
After the Trenton Republican convention, John Kean Jr led a welcome home for Jersey's next governor at Elizabeth Depot. A large crowd, band, fireworks, and a torchlike procession escorted him to Republican headquarters amid cheers despite bad weather.
Julia Mammill sued Frank E Miller proprietor of Jotel Netter wood to recover eighteen dollars for a month's wages. She says May work in linen room and added dressmaking with no pay. Miller wife alleged forced extra work. payment refused September 10. Judge Nash awarded seventeen dollars. case appealed.
Winfeld Scull Post No 73 Grand Army of the Republic held last evening with Commander William Smith in the chair. Naval routine business passed, resolutions favored a trip to the National encampment on the 19th instant, and discussion arose on adding a band or drum corps. One new member was mustered in.
Board of Meslth Make & Teer of Inspection, with H B Newhall, C B Leonard, and Councilman Johnston, toured the raceway from Thor's dam to French's mill. They urged cleaning, lime spreading at the fore bay, partial fill, and possible altering the brook from dam to sewer mouth for public health.
The Reading Strike factions reach settlement with President McLeod after a conference with Chief Arthur and twenty five committee men. One discharged engineer reclaims his job while two others remain under the signed agreement. on leased lines unions may form freely, main line workers must comply.
The item notes Editor T. W. Morrison of Plainfield deserts Morrison at Lake Hopatcong amid the rumor of a failed tender joinie. Rev J W Mitchell of Emanuel Baptist Church is away on vacation. Edward Maynard plans a church festival for funds. A poetry and arts evening at Bethel Mission is announced with Khedr Mise Edoorah Nahar featured. The U S Grant Republican banner raising in North Plainfield is postponed with new date to be announced. Peaches sell for sixty cents a basket.
Samuel D. V. Barr of Ocean Grove inscribes his name and date on a kite and releases it. The drifting kite traveled nearly 400 miles from New Jersey to Virginia, changing winds east south and west before being found at Brad yford Point Fishery in Princess Anne county. The voyage, begun September 3 at 12:30 p.m., yielded a seven cent kite with string and provided unexpected public notice and amusement.
A novel scene covered the Music Hall stage with a full circus menagerie tent for Under The Lion's Paw third act. Louis Montague leads a lavish Sinbad extravaganza with John Gilbert and a star-studded cast delivering farce, opera, and spectacular transformations.
The Riverside Athletic Club of Newsik will host two handicap bicycle races for all AAU bars in September, plus the Atlanta Wheelmen ten mile road race on September 24 over the Elizabeth Plains course with many cyclists expected. A special meeting of the Elizabeth AUhiette Cyclists will gauge league status. The Union prisoners of war reunion for the state is set for October 19.
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