The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-16
could not disturb the perpendicular o
his extended legs
now PIgIGGE MARCHED.

Jimmy Hunt was in bad humor,
for" said he, there wasn't woman on
board" Tax Commissioner John Prigge
was correspondingly happy and in march
ing he executed the difficult feat of
marching constantly at right angles in a
perpendicular horizontal parallelogram.
Oh yes, Mr.. Prigge can march. So can
Colonel Henry Spielman, of the Cover
nor's staff, but he does it better with his
uniform on him and not in him. Some
how, If the uniform is in him it gets
around his feet and rather tangles them
Surrogate O'Neil, who for score of years
has dealt in relics, looked like relic of
the relickiest kind rs he marched his COM
pany through the city, but thOs e
old stagers, Commissioners Feeney,
Kelly and Solners were as buoyant lively
and sparkling as wine could make them.
Poor little Fred Kissaml--he went astray
somehow int the march, and the associa-
tion would be pleased to hear from him
The only thing that saved Under Sheriff
John McPhillip from dire disaster when
the ssch0onersn were deserted for the
land was his whiskers. These ex-Com-
missioner Thomas Reynolds, securely
fastened to Charlie Esterbrooke's military
stride, and John walked smoothly aud
happy. Colonel Mike Brown and Colonel
John Grimes were perhaps the sorest,
lamest, saddest, most woe-begone of all
the pleasure seekers, and how under
heaven they ever did the parade with
out an ambulance is mystery
to even themselves. City Treasurer
Jere Cleveland did not look much the
McGrath and John E. Hewitt
Last, but not least, to be mentioned in
this parade was Collector P. H. O'Neill,
in whose honor the association was
named. He looked tired but happy. He
greeted those who cheered him in proud
l1r.% a1A k..- l.
gazed admiringly at the big silk banner
that headed the procession and bore his
picture.
THE LINE OF MARCH.
The line of march was from the dock to
Hudson street, TO Exchange Place. to
Montgomery street, to Newark avenue
to Grove street, to Wayne street, to Bar
row street, to Mercer street, to Jersey
avenue, to Montgomery street. to Grove
street, to Van Worst street. to MontRom-
cry street. to Henderson street, to York
street, to Paul Decker's, where the line
was dismissed by Marshal Fielder.
The buildings along the line were
all illuminated, those more noticeable
being the houses of Governor Albeit,
Collector P. H. O'Neill and Sheriff Robert
Davis. Many other private houses dis
played Chinese lanterns and flags and
fireworks. OF the business places that
showed their admiration of the associa-
tion were those of Thomas Kelly, Thomas
Grass. on Hudson street, Rich's Hotel.
Ewlng's Hotel, Murphy's Hotel. the
Weldon Building. THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS office, Bauman's liquor store,
Symes' restaurant, George E. Darcy AS
sociation, C. S. First, Marshall & Ball,
the Boston Clothing House, Perlmutter,
Hoos & Schultz and others.
Everywhere along the line the Cover
nor and Collector O'NeilI were loudly
cheered and if the applause of man can
make anyone happy, surely those two
gentlemen ought to have been blissful.
The procession passed the houses of the
Governor, Sheriff and Collector and
great cheering took place at each. The
Governors carriage did not leave the
O'Neills until the parade ended and then
His Excellency was driven home.