The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-22


urer's office. but the TATTIEH knows it was
the Treasurer who was done up in the gun
ny bag stuff. For wasn't it labeled. sJohn
1.FTotfey, State Treasurer, weight 10000
lbs"
we are sorry that the Democratic As
semblymen didn't like the TArrLER cores
pondents criticisms Of the weakness Of
their contest Of the political bills. Still, if
their fight hadn't been weak one the TAT
TIER wouldn't have said it.
I'VE wonder did Charcoal District Ser
geant-at=Arms Colfax send Jimmie OBrien
70 the State PrD,on Thursday morning as
committee OF one to investigate the
the case of his friend there for whom he is
seeking pardon. It's just like him.
Senator W. B. Miller took great UNI
bragg because one of the committee of
winch ne is chairman delivered passed
bill at the Executive Department last Tues
day during his absence. The Senator
fhouldn't allow such little things to trouble
him.
AS Director Govern says, s.there was
only one way by which Paddy McDonough
could have averted the catastrophe which
oetel him in the American House last Mon
day night. He should have taken his pants
down stairs and had Billy Early check them
for him."
A-We saw Senator j." coming from
Philadelphia the other day. Hes too much
engrossed in national affairs now to con
slider the needs of asingle Subsequently,
like Jersey. In other words he had no use
Tor sinecure $500 clerkship at Trenton
this year.
| The Passaic County Freeholders have
rejected the nomination of J. w. Day of
Preakness for County School Superintond-
emf, made by the State Board of Educa-
ton, and have reelected J. G. Cruikshank
under the bill Senator Griggs has Just
passed over the veto.
1t was rather unfair of Fred Fish to
force Seuator kBrinkerhoff to discussion
I OF the plank road condemnation bill last
tuesday, when it is considered how unwell
the latter was-and more especially as he
had asked the gallus Freddie at the dinner
table to have it laid over
Now that MIR. Chapman takes charge of
one of the offices in the State House Mrs.
. Meeley will doubtless promote him to the
! distinction of being, in her judgment, zone
of the finest gentlemen in the State" How
Mr.. Apgar must have fallen in her estima-
ton since yesterday morningl
/ Judge Randolph, as member of the
Board of Education, was prodigal of his
: nominations the other day. With equal
/ justice to all Hudson candidates he nomin-
ated Messrs. Campbell, Chapman and Sal
tonstall, but when it came to casting his
one vote it went to Chapman.
Like Dundreary's bird, Will Hunt has
Aocked all alone by himself and held the
next Gubernatorial election. The result of
} it is that Miles Ross is defeated for Cover
, nor by an unanimous vote against him.
} Will Hunt is the gentleman who said last
Fall that ''the word had gone forth that
, New Jersey should go for Blaine"
The Sunday Cal, of Newark, saws that
Keeper Laverty is candidate for Clerk of
the Court of Chancery in place of George
Duryee. Keeper Laverty would be a great
improvement on Duryee, and we can say
| that without fattering the Keeper par
ticle. Duryee is very much like chief
spittoon cleaner Brown. He's no good.
, That was very witty remsrk Speaker
Armstrong made on Wednesday night that.
if Gangewers motion to suspend the rules
and allow the members to smoke in session
. prevailed, he feared he would have TO re-
quest some member to move to adjourn.
but it didn't speak very well for the quality
of Western Union cigars, all the same.
Brown, the chief of the scrub women
and spittoon cleaners in the State House..
says it was some mischief maker who said
he would like to suppress the distribution
OF the TATTLER among the members. He
says he would rather aid in their distribu-
ton if he had anything to do with it and
that he intends to subscribe for the paper.
We won't let him.
The best collection OF books lin the
State is the State Library at Trenton. It
consists of about 2s,70O volumas, and is
increasing at the rate of 1000 volumes a
year. It's chief feature is in the law branch
but it also has good showing of miscel-
laneous literature, and particularly of rare
volumes and records of value in connection
with the history of the State. It's files of
the leading State papers are very complete.
Ten thousand people visit the library each
year.
On Monday evening, at the opening of
the State Senate, the desk of the Mon
mouth Senator was graced with one of tho
handsomest boquets that has ever been
seen in the Senate this year. On the card
accompanying it was the following address:
To
Hon. Thomas G. Chattle.
from
W. G. t. U. of Asbury Park and Ocean
Grove.
On the diverse side was tho FOLLOWING
from Mrs Julia Ward Howa.