The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24
ABOUT THE CITY.
The Condensed Pirate Does
Up His Fellow Citizens
in Rainbow Co1ors.
NEAR THE FERRY.

NEAR The r T. fekt J..
There is a great deal Of grumbling
among the business men OF this CITY
who have occasion to use the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad over the manner IN
which the company has closed up
Green street. When man was In. a
hurry to catch a train it was very
handy to rush into the depot from the
Green street side and board the train
just as it was pulling out. In this
way it often happened that at least
ten minutes could be saved. But now
q high wooden fence across Green
street excludes all trespassers from the
tracks, and eompels the passengers to
90 down to the depot at the ferry,
whereat there is great prodigalty OF
adjectiyes on the part of the pas
senger.
AT the close of court the other day
Chancellor McGiil remarked that he
was going away for few days to rest.
Where are you gOing1p asked a
lawyer. "If [ told you lawyers where
I ain going. replied the Chancellor,
with show of feeling, II wouldn't get
muchrest." Very few indeed are aware
of the immense amount OF work the
Chancellor does. Besides being
obliged to examine and carefully
weigh all the evidence in cases tried
before him he has to consult numer-
Gus authorities. As much Of his bust
ness is concerned with the settling of
estates and accounts the amount OF
expert figuring he has to do is hardly
realized. Then his court never adj
journs, and, like the office of the I'M
pecunious lawyer is often IN
his hat. He is called upon at all
hours of the day and night, wherever
he may be, to listen to applications
for injunctions and restraining orders,
and il is not to be wondered at that
he refused to tell the lawyers where
he was going.
Andy, the driver of the all night
sjiggern is genuine character. No
one ever rides over his route twice
without Andy's becoming acquainted
with him and the street at which he
Nights The next time he rides over
the route he can go to sleep without
any fear of being carried beyond his
street, for Andy will stop the car
and awaken him. Andy is a slight
built, comsumptive appearing little
man, who looks as though child
could handle him. But never were
looks more deceitful, as more than
one tough who has undertaken to
monkey with Andy has learned to
his bodily discomfort.
Duncan Mcleod, Jr., is the latest
arrival in the city. The youngster
weighs fourteen and half pounds,
Duncan, ST., thinks this is the fat
test take'' he has picked up in years.
A novel pen artist has made his APP
pearance in this city. His work con-
sisfs of writing your name, address
or other devise upon a card in such a
manner that when you look at the
card in the usual way it APP
pears to have nothing on it
but a series of lines crossing
and recrossing one another. But if
the cord is held so that the eye can
just peep over the edge, the ss ds,rise
: 'ess1a' '5v tau reaul,y. I re artist plants
his table and chair directly on the
sidewalk in the path of travel and is
always surrounded by curious
throng which patronizes him literally
The friends of a certain young pro-
fessional man of this town were much
astonished the other morning to OBJ
serve in his head several hairs which
did grow white in a single night.
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New York via a CORTLAND street
ferry boat the other night at the
time when the boats run on a half
hour Roadway. A boat was Just
going out when he reached the wait
ing room and he had to wait half
hour for the next. While engaged in
this delightful occupation he
fell asleep, but awoke when the boat
came In. He hurried aboard and
was soon fast asleep. When he awoke
the boat was just entering
the slip, and getting up with
"a yawn he passed through
the ferry house out on TO the
street more asleep than awake. As
he walked UP the street a puzzled
look came over his face. Where the
car stables ought to be he found
q half demolished binding with
pile driver in front. A
street which he had never seen before
ran along the river upon which Tay-
l0r's Hotel and the Pennsylvania depot
faced. A cold perspiration broke out
upon his brow. and he began to won
der whether his present hallncination
WASN'T species of the bats.
The more he wandered about
looking for q familiar object which
did not appear. the more firmly he
became convinced that he was
losing his mind and in, the anguish of
his soul he groaned that he would
never drink another drop Finally
friend came along and upon listen
ing to his fears broke out into a
hearty cit of laughter why. YOU
are in New York, " he said. you
must have slept through round trip
of the boat, and instead of waking
up at Jersey City you did not do SO
until you got back to New York. y
The resolution to drink no more died
after brief and uneventful existence
of ten minutes, and all that reminds
the young man of his scare are the
white hairs.
HARSIMUS HURRAHS.
The excursion of the Union Club on
Thursday was a success, and although
the weather was not very propitious.
yet it did not succeed in dampening
the ardor of the fun-seeking excur.
sionists. Police Commissioner John
p. Feeney, before the merry crowd
went on the boats said he
was out for pleasure and he in
tended TO have 1t. He had the word
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