The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-19
THE NEWS OF HOBOKEN.
THE NOMINEES OF RIVAL eau
CUSSES TO COME BEFORE
THE COUNCIL.

Colonel Erlenkoetter and "Patsy" Lon
drigan Are Both Named for the Presl
dency of the Board of Council-Th
May Meeting VIII Be Livelv-Hobokei
Notes.
The new Council, which goes into
office in May, have already formed {
caucus and the city appointments are
already fixed. In fact there are two
caucuses, each having its own ap
pointees, and the developments are
expected to be of an unusually excit-
ing nature. It is said that August
Bewig, who has been elected from the
First ward, will take the place OF
Chairman Winges and follow in the
path that he has travelled on.
With regard to the presidency OF the
Board, it is rumored that n caucus
has slated Colonel Erlenkoetter for it,
and that the other will do its best to
put "Patsy'' Londrigan in the chair.
As far as knowledge of parliamentary
procedure goes, Londrigani is about the
best posted man in the Board, and he
would undoubtedly make a good pres
ident. With Patsy there, the Third
ward will not be neglected, as his
ways are well known. If it comes to
pass that Colonel Erlenkoetter be
made chairman, and PATSY" and Ed
ward Stanton are out of the combine,
there will be fun. Both are first rate
kickers, and will go well in harness
together. Stanton is a plodding kind
of kicker, but Patsy is a fighter from
way back.
His pulse has been felt, and with the
city's charter on his desk before him,
he is no mean antagonist. Newspaper
men. too, have to look out that
Patsy's corns don't come under their
mines. Newspapers are his mortal
enemies because, he says, they have
slandered him, and he is willing to
fight the whole lot of them. When
he is around reporters have to be
armed with a cannon and a dirk knife.
Even then Patsy will denounce them
in very supplementary language be-
fore a sympathising public. There
are two weeks, however, before the
fun commences. Gentlemen of the
Council, get your ears trimmed for
Patsy's indignant rhetoric.
Apropos OF the appointments, it is
said that DIR. Heller will be strongly
backed for City Physician, and that
sympathetic and handwriting DR..
Simon will be left. He has endearedl
himself to the poor tenement house
folks by his patience and hard work.
Nights of sleep have been given up by
him for some poor person in pain.
Any time of the day he is to be seen,
accompanied by his little bag, which
was formerly brown, but has become
black with age, plodding about
among those who are too poor to pay
for medical aid. DR.. Heller has a car
riage and is aristocratic. He
never take the place of DR.. Simon
in the estimation of the city's poor.
1t is almost certain, however, that DR..
Heller will be the next City Physician,
but the caucus is likely after all to
change its mind.
There is considerable discussion as
to who will receive the appointment
of City Clerk. Marty McDermott
may hold the position for another
year, but at present the wind does not
seem to blow in that direction. The
names of other candidates are not at
present made known, but the unfor-
tunate Mausell affair will probably be
McDermott's deathblow politically.
1t is reported that a majority of the
1itCOlllllR DOdIu ID III ldfOI VI Ul1S aD-
pointment of a man to take the posi-
ton of j~anitor and engineer combined.
BY that means Mrs. Chapel, who
really deserves the appointment, will
be ousted. There is no reason for sup
her supporter in the Council by the
death Of Councilman Tom. Miller. In
lieu of a reason, they make one on the
plea of economy. The saving is only
a few paltry hundred dollars.
The man said to be slated for the
position is Councilman Maloney. If
the scheme be carried out the Council
man will have to resign, and there will
be q vacancy in the Fourth ward to
be filled by a special election. The
democratic candidate for the position
would probably be Henry Quidore,
who was defeated at the last election
when running for the position of
Water Registrar. In the event of Mr..
Quidore being elected he would have
to resign his position as Water Com
missioner. That position would have
to be filed by the Council, and
William A. Macy, of the Hoboken
Land and improvement Company, and
a republican, would probably be ap-
pointed. The plot is a deep one.
Kicked by a Horse.
Charles Arzinger, ten years of age,
was severely kicked by a horse at the
corner of Newark and Jefferson streets,
yesterday afternoon. He was driving
the animal, which belonged to his
father, from the stable at No. $40 First
street to the blacksmith's shop, when
it suddenly kicked out and struck him
on the forehead. Policeman Desmond
picked the unconscious boy up in his
arms and carried him home, where he
received medical attention. His in
juries are serious, but hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Street Commissions Cornelius Kelly
is booked for reappointment.
The German catholic Church.
Two lots on Hudson street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets, belonging to
Mrs. Stiastny, have been sold to Bishop
Wigger for the sum of $27,0 900, for the
purpose of carrying out the old pro
ject OF building a German Catholic
Church for the benefit of the large
number of German Catholics in Hobo
ken. Bishop Wigger has decided that
services will commence on Easter Sun. |
day, and has selected q priest to of1ci- |
ate. Services will be held temporarily
in the handsome brown stone house
which OverlOoks the Soldiers, Monu-