The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-09

/ Member We'll. Of the Hoboken Ca
I mera Club, has the high and oistin-
1 guishesi honor OF being the longest
winded talker in the club Some OF
4 the members have suggested that Mr.
Well should while away his time in
more laudabie pursuits. while he has
I a chance. They fear the club will re-
4 ceive the awful fate Of the snan who
was talked to death"
Circuit Court Clerk Ed ward Gritten
bosses ore end Of the Camera Club
and through his Vaccinations sue
4 ceedeG in inducing the club to wander
to the wilds OF Snake Hill and through
/ the desolare wastes Of the Backen-
sack meadows. The club went there
! TO take u picture OF old black Tom
I Thompson, who was slave III the
family of the grandfather of Judge
/ Abel T. Smith. The club had good
time Juggling the apparatus while Mr.
! Gritten selected the muddiest paths
ne could find, and, after much Iabori-
Gus exerticu, reached old Toms
shanty. Dir. 6ritten adjusted the
camera and sent the delegation TO the
house fer the ex-slave. 1t happened
that upon that day Tom discovered
that his tobacco was OUT and he went
70 the city. He was not expected
home until dark. The Camera Club
united in q benediction FOR Mr.
/ Gritten and wearily retraced the steps
of the morning.
George t4ethardt having vanquished
everything around at pinochle is get
ting points in checkers from Tom
Hatfield
The coming reception of the lodges
of Company ID. Second Regiment.
! promises to be a great affair.
One Of the most successful balls ever
held ia Hoboken was that of the Ar
/ lington Pleasure Club at Odd Fellows
Hall on Wednesday night Messrs
/ StadIer and Hull worked indefatiga-
bly, and their efforts We're crowned
with success.
Ike" Mansfield has been crowned
king of checkers. He vanquished Will
liam Lehman with considerable ease
on Wednesday night.
Dick" Dewey, the District Court
constable. is one of the best rifle shots
in Hoboken. he is one or the most
active members OF the Miller Rifle
Club
Mr.. Ranges, the genial assistant of
/ Mr. Crane, is one OF the finest dancers
i that grace Odd Fellows Hail. His
/ style is inimitabie.
/ Charley Holland and Jack Heating
/ spent few pleasant hours ut the hall
/ on Wednesday night Their fun did
not wax fast and furious, but they
I got there just the same
Artist Lehnhof has been proposed
for membership in the Lime Kiln
+ Club. The club was in a fiourishing
condition prior to the unexpected
streak of luck of Mike Cannon,
which broke the bank. Now the
club has gained its former pres
tige and stability, and the mem
bers are looking about for a suit
+ able site for club house. as their
+ present headquarters are too small to
accommodate the constantly rowing
membership.
i we'll known politician remarked
to me the other day that MeMahoE's
term in prison expired just in time TO
I give him chance to run for Alder
man IN the Fourth Ward. l think the
remark an lnkind one.
That well-known, idolized old ap-
paratus No 2 Truck. viii not at
tend any more fires in Hoboken The
dear old 1nasheenn was taken to West
New York on Wednesday night. where
/ it will be a means of saving property
and life A large number of the old
I volunteers accompanied the truck to
I West New York, and tear glistened
in more than one brave fire laudy's
/ eyes as they babe adieu to their old
companion.
Josh Alworth, who tends the bill
lard parlor at Philibert s Geayer's is
| a sort of bore. He never tires telling
! of the great men he numbers among
his friends.
am informed that Henry GUIDE
! viii, better known as bib Nye, is
recuperating in the South South AM
boy or South Bergenl, and expects to
/ be in great condition for the opening
of Scbuetzen Park.
/ 1t was ia a concert garden on River
street. A well-known citizen asked
permission of the proprietor to sing.
I After considerable persuasion the pro-
prietor aequiesced The prop. was
heartily sorry four minutes later.
| The well known citizen mounted the
stage, and instantly made an excellent
impression by Chesterfielden bow
! Suddenly he began in a rye and rock
tenor to sing that time worn chestnut
White Wings There was a dead
/ silence in the audience. 1t was the
calm that preceded a storm. The we'll
/ known citizen had reached as far as
they never grow weary, when the
pent up agitation of the audience was
let loose. Along with the pent up en-
/ thusiasfn went several cushions. One
cushion struck the well known citizen
fairly OH the month and knocked him
fiat on the stage. The proprietor
tainted. 4 glass o. whiskey revived
] him enough 20 state that his business
was Queered by the uiiwarranted ac-
ton Of the well known citizen, and he
offered 10 sell the place ar a ridicul-
ously low figure At last accounts the
proprietor and We'll known citizen are
both alive
John Z. Bernitt the well known
saloon keeper and proprietor Of Der
! nirt's Hail, mas sailed for Europe.
Mr.. Beruitt's departure was quite a
7 surprise to some OF his intimate
| friends.
WEHAWKE EN- NOTES.
Mike Capp's place is the resort for
all the sports in town Reason why
Mike keeps the best free lunch in
North Hudsoh. His bean soup has
been awarded prize in Paris.