The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-15
ROUND THE COUNTY,
Personal Points on the Tire
of the Revolving Wheels
Of Time.
HoBoKEN HITS.

The last meet1ngpt The UOuncll was not
| as WARM as it was predicted, although
the atmosphere in the Council Chamber
was very hot. Councilman Londrigan re-
! fused to be led into any discussion and
showed his sense by quietly mopping his
1 brow with handkerchief, and remark
| ing:-" Gentlemen, It is too warm to talk
| much tonight Not so with Council
man Boncelot, however. Although Pete
| suffered more from the heat than his less
corpuIent colleague from the Third, he
| had blood in his eye when he entered the
chamber, and he did not hesitate to en-
| phatically express his opinion about
| Councilman Londrigan's course in not
conferring with him on committee mat
! tiers.
sIIe was one of the squarest and most
upright of sporting men, This was the
remark Of we'll known boniface. refer
| ring to the late Pete Dafresne, wn o
| Joined the great mai ority last week.
What fiutter the Stevens students
| created In the hearts of the bellies on Fri
day night, when they celebrated, in their
| inimitable way, the cremation OF Calcu-
lus, one of their most difficult studies.
| One pretty young woman on Washington
| street was heard to remark as the stu
| dents filed by in costumes of every con-
| ceivable description;--"O, | think Char
| ley is making q clown Of himself tonight,
and he is generally so dignified and sensi-
ble.n The boys were out for fun, how
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Freeholder Coyle wears his thirty eight
| years gracefully. To look at the genial
| Mike" with his healthy color and ffow-
| ing mustache, no one would put him
| down as being over thirty years of age
| The celebration of his birthday was
marked by fitting testimonial in the
hall
Albert Schiller, the Hudson street boni-
face, thinks he has q sure thing on the
! Suburban. Look out, Al, the good things
| do not always come off.
The manner In which Commissioner
| Coyle choked off the fireworks speech Of
| JulinS Schlatter. the mouthpiece of the
| Hobok en- Inn Keepers Association at the
meeting of the Police Commissioners on
| Monday night, was intensely amusing,
| and particularly so to the accused grocers
| who were present in the lobby.
1 Street Commissioner sKelly goes around
| lately with pleased look on his counter
ance 1t is said the opinion of the Cor
poration Attorney deheing the duties OF
| the Street Committee in its relation to
himself has created the smile. Neal is o
pretty decent little fellow, and is foolish
| to lose his temper. Keep cool. although
| ice is certainly luxury.
| Why don't the powers that be hurry up
| the police and ambulance van? A driver
| has been appointed, and scarcely day
passes but what some police incident
demonstrates its immediate necessity.
Darcy has q new gag which he has
been getting off successfully during the
past week IL is not q Sunday school
| Joke. either, and it is hardly safe to pub
lish it in Sunday paper
There is good story going the rounds
this week about certain we'll known
New York business man who had been on
protracted spree for several days and
had spent considerable money. Several
| friends of his who knew that mis- business
| xrrosyI7 no o hn If ho did mo off
his drinking, reasoned with him and tried
to get him to attend to his business, but
it was useless, aud the fellow kept
up his spree. Finally one OF the
| more ingenious of his friends thought
of a plan Going down to the foot of the
Hoboken hill he procured a diminutive
snake in the swamps, The ingenious
friend then enlisted the services of the
day bartender in we'll known resort
near the ferry where his hard drinking
friend generally got his morning ball /"
After killing the snake its bodywas neatly
coiled about the sides of whiskey bot
tie in the saloon and developments
| were awaited.
The next morning the fellow who waa
on spree stepped briskly in and called
for drink. The bartender handed out
the bottle with the snake on it. The
ensued little by-play. The customer
walked away from the bar, rubbed his
| eyes and said In an alarmed voice:-s' Bar
tender, what is tnat on that bottle2e 81
don't see anything on it" answered the
bartender, with well feigned surprise.
why, amt there snake on that bottlesn
excitedly asked the customer. 'No, my
dear sir, guess you are wrong" answered
| the bartender. Say, bartender, amt
there anything on that bother"
he g asked in wbv confidential ala tone 3Rs
SartenSe as impatisneiy IL shnf save You've 'Re
got em bad. y II think so too Give me
little absinthe. think need little
rest Good bye" and he went home and
was to his place of business the next
| morning. The story leaked out and has
been the cause of considerable amase-
ment about the ferry during the week.
Police Commissioner Utz has govt very
bad, but it does not interfere with his
genial temperament.
Corporation Attorney Minturn eau be
seen behind his fast PAGER on the Boule-
ward on any pleasant afternoon.
The Growler seems to be the daisy of
them all in the feet Of the New Jersey
Yacht Club and her owners should feel
proud.
Drum Major Philibert looked the per-
lection of a drum major at the benefit
given to Manager Harrison on Thursday
night.
Gus Bruggemann, the director of the
Board of Freeholders, and his pretty sis
ter were driving behind a spirited horse
Oh Jne boulevard laSU sunday.
Bill Hersee is one of the oldest inhabi-
tants. He can remember the time when
what is now the Third and Fourth wards
in the lower part of the city were sheets
of water and when toughs owned the town
on Sundays.
Emil Vogelsang never plays the races,
but IL is said that he viii take little flyer
on the Suburban.
Johnny Dede is said to possess the Sc
cret of perpetual youth. He is one OF the
handsomest bartenders in the city.
Pat Flahertv's beaming countenance
and leaking whiskers have been missed
from the corridors of the City Hall lately.
John Hammond has emigrated to Pat
erson, where he is saidsto be managing
show.
All of the members of st. Joseph's Iy-
ceum are preparing to spread themselves
on the event of their first excursion. 1t
will be held on June %, and no doubt will
be a huge success.
WEEHAWK KEN JOTS
Mike Hannah looked SLIGHTLY hotharad