The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-03-23
broke his scissors in tryfng to turn the
curve on Bob McNaughton's whiskers.
HUDSON CITY SURF.

Itwould be difficult to supply the place
of Deputy Surrogate james Liliis us sec
rotary OF the Democratic County Com
mi,tee. He knows all The ropes
A story was told a few days ago at tho
Court House about eX-Assessor Robbins,
of The Third district. He was, when
Colonel Dickinson was first elected TO the
Legislature, able to turn the scales at zoo
pounds, ana Sammy could not bear half
chat number The Assessor, so it WAS
said, wanted to go to Trenton one day,
and he borrowed one OF the Assembly
mans passes. The conductor who had
charge OF the train, when the Assessor
handed him the pass, gSzed on it and
muttered:-"You amt Colonel DiclSin
son" .'Of course | am. " was the calm
rejoinder. This completely knocked the
conductor out, for he left alter murinur-
ing, "Gosh, didn't you get fat in the Leg
islature2'
Constable Zaeller has succeeded by con-
siderable industry and judicious advef-
Using in making himself known as The
champion crab eater at the Court House.
His favorife place for disposing of the de-
hghtful shell food is on the Court House
steps, and this location is chosen to make
the less fortunate court officers gaze on
him in envy.
Coroner Broekner is willing to bet that
he can lay ont a case OF the late la
mented" with less injury to the feelings
terested IN burying patches.
Emil Roede is jolly enough, big enough
and intelligent enough TO make an Alder
man, but he says he is not a candidate for
that position. He proposes to fly higher.
and says, Il am candidate for Sheriff
against Fred Mersheimer.'
Frank Gallery and ex-SherIH Helntze
are going to Germany with their families,
but they say they can't think of starting
till the bowling season Is ended
Pop the weather prophet, feels bad
over the failure of his predictions as to
the number of snowfalls we We're to have
this season But he consoles himself with
the thought that he struck the open win
ter all right. Pop" must have had the
rainfalls in mind when he predicted
snow. He was somewhat elated Wedues-
day when the long looked for storm
came, but he thinks now it was the last
of the season.
A trio of more jovial good fellows than
President Seiberr, Charley Grimm and
Dr. G. Adams, OF the Humor Bowling
Club. cannot be found on the Hill. They
are the life not only of the club, but of
every social affair iii which they partici-
pate. Something has to give When they
are around
Joe Cutleyis swallow tail has recovered
from its mishap at The p. H. O'Neil's re-
ception. 1t appeared on Joe at the Fed
eral Club reception Wednesday night and
looked as good as ever
Was Freebooter Pfingsten in dead
earnest about the Mayoralty nomination,
or was the whole thing ''stall?"
Ex-Finance Commissioner Reynolds is
becoming an expert at bowling. Under
the coaching of AL Heritage and Tax
Commissioner Lawrence, OF the No
Nance Club he is piling up big scores
every Monday night at Henn's alleys
Frank Cotton has pair Of performing
donkeys, and they are good ones. One
day last week, an Irishman confidently
told Frank that his little boy had the
whooping congh, and he had been told
that If he could pass the child twice
about a donkey's body, he would be cured
He asked permission TO try the expert
ment, and Frank granted it. The child
WAS taken to the stable and the man full
of faith undertook the job. The boy was
passed once around one of the donkeys,
and then the latter thinking lis time for
a trick had come Ia ised his hind feet aud
let fly. 'Howly Mother, said the Irish
man, sbut THAT'S vicious brute. Ii he
had struck me it would have been worse
than the cough I'll have no more Of it, y
and he hastily left with his boy.