The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-01
NEWS OF NORTH HUDSON.
THE DEADLOCK IN UNION HILLS
COUNCIL rs BROKEN.

ct Is Mayor Schlemm are
Deals and Rumors of Deals-It was
Councilman Ross Who Made the
Move That Broke the Deadlock.
1t is now Mayor Schlemm, of Union
Hill. The deadlock is broken at last, and
a compromise candidate chosen chairman.
This was the way of iJ:-
Last evening the six Councilmen
solemnly filed into the Town Hall and
were called to order by Clerk Ahles with
out more ado. The lobby was well filled,
but a number of citizens, who had been
taking the greatest interest in the
proceedings thus far, were conspicu-
ously absent. Councilman Schlemm arose
and after a few words of preface intro
duced a series of resolutions which set
forth that, as not only the best interests
of the town, but also common decency ana
manly self respect, required the un1nter-
rupted attendance of each and every
Councilman at the stated meetings luntll
the organization of the Board, that here
after, until the Board should have been
organized, it should be unlawful
for any of the Councilmen to leave or alb
sent himself for any purpose whatsoever
from any of the meetings without the per-
mission of the majority OF the Council-
men present at such meeting, and that IN
case n COUNCILMAN SuOu1u dDScuI HlIloC1I1
in defiance of the resolution, he should be
considered to have forfeited his right
to act as Councilman, and that the re-
mainder of the Board should be then en-
powered to call a special election to fill
the vacancy caused by his action;
Councilmen Rub, Henry, Schlemm and
Merritt voted for and Councilmen Frech
and Ross against this resolution, and so 1t
was declared the will of the Board. Then
the balloting began. Rub nominated
Schlemm for chairman and the
other faction presented Merritt's name.
Three to three was the result, as usual,
A little by play, desultory conversation
and interchange of compliments passed
between the Councilmen, and then they
did some more balloting.
Finally, Councilman Ross arose and
said.-"1 think that the interests of the
town demand that we come to some con-
clusion, and | nominate for the Office of
chairman, Councilman Schlemm.o
The roll was called, and the six Council
men voted yes, and the deadlock that has
lasted for six weeks was broken, and the
suspense was over. The citizens present
drew long breaths of relief, and then
burst into long and hearty applause.
A recess was then taken at the motion
of Councilman Rub, and after the recess
the Board adjourned until this evening,
at nine o'clock.
Rumors of a deal and in fact countless
$500
this morning.
Councilman Merritt was known to be in
town yesterday afternoon and, with his
colleagues, is said to have held a con-
ference with Schlemm, the outcome of
which will be seen to night, when the
new chairman appoints his committees.
Councilman Ross was given the lie in a
most emphatic by Councilman
Schlemm at q recent meeting of the
Council and his action in nominating his
opponent for the craftsmanship, shows
signs of a most sudden reconciliation, to
say the least.
Hop Sing in Court.
Henry Bernstile has lost faith in the
heather Chinee. Some few days ago he
sent seven new shirts to the laundry of
Hop Sing, Esq, Clinton avenue, West
Hoboken, but when he got them back
he found that three of them had been
changed n three others of most ragged
condition substituted.
Hop Sing smiled serenely when Bern
stiel demanded an explanation, and when
the 1rate German said he would go to law,
replied, 1Allee right. me go to law alice
Mellican man"
The case was tried before Justice Rein
hardt, West Hoboken, yesterday after
noon. Counsellor Hok Wing, Of Will
1amsburg, and Counsellor Grice, of Jer-
sey City, defended Sing, but their elo-
qusnce failed, and Bernstiel was granted
Judgment.
This did not discomfort Sing one bit.
He simply said:-''Allee right; me 'peallee
case alice Samee Mclean man.
Stecker Dodged the Brickbat.
Conrad Stecker is a good dodger. If he
had not been, the brickbat that Charles
Wolff threw at him in Union Hill yester-
day afternoon might have knocked his
brains out instead of bruising his shout
der.
There has been much bad feeling be-
tween the men for some time past owing
20 Q civil suit. Wolff was held by Justice
Rub to await the action of the Grand
Jury.
North Hudson Notes.
The Union Hill Liedertafel will have a
grand time at Ruth's Hall this evening.
Representatives from the Arion and Lied
ertafel Societies of New York will be
present. The picture of Gottlieb Beren-
br0ik, painted by Otto Venio, will be I'M
yelled. Berenbroik is one of the oldest
n most energetic members of the Lied
ertafel now living.
The tug Il. A. Stevens has been char |
tered by the Friendship Club for their ex-
cursion to the Fishing Banks tomorrow.
The limit has been fixed at fifty passen-
gers.
The Mountain Park Observatory has
been recently repaired and is now one of
the prettiest places to while away an hour
in North Hudson.
THE TROUBLE AT SNAKE HILL.
DoubIe-BarreIled Charges Against Keep
ers and the Warden.
There has been much comment on the
story published in THE JERSEY Cry
NEWS about the war between Warden
Grimes, of the Penitentiary, and his thir-
teen keepers.
As in all other cases, there are two
sides to the story. For his part, the War
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