The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-09
ABOUT THE CITY,
The Condensed Pirate Does
Up His Fellow Citizens.
in Rainbow colors.
PAuLus EIoo< PoIMTs-

Ieittl SCIuDD6T anu CIllel SsiSYQuSIer, as
will be remembered, was committed
for trial for robbing his employer
Hisresponsible and lucrative position.
which it now appears drew assalary of
Sc per week, and all the champaign
and cigars he could steal was omen to
new applicants. The Justice and Jake
ralSed together all the old buns in
this section, and providing them each
with a letter of recommendation
instructed them 70 call at the
cashiers desk in the concert hail.
and make application for .Jalniskes'
position. There were all kinds
OF fictitious names signed to the
bottom of the recommendations and
the list of the applicants embraced
nearly every Polish cognomen that
ever puzzled wide awake American
Justice Of the Peace, Tie hall was
filled with an audience Mrs New
man, who rakes in the shekles under
q glass window in the front of
the cashiers box, grew irritable when
the fifteenth applicant appeared and
instructed the special officer to guard
the approaches and bounce every
man who fumbled in his vest pocket
for piece of paper on entering the
one corner intensely. ENJOYING the
parade, only regretting it was not Mr..
Newman instead of his aniabie wife
who suffered most by the Joke.
There is much complaint about the
blocking of Cooper place. But what
is Contractor Cutley goingto do about
it, He has been fined But how can
he erect a large public building with
out mountaineering pedestrians to
some extent, at least2
The contest between Undertakes
Moran, Hughes and Coyle for the gold
handled whip at st. Joseph's fair
is increasing in interest as the fair
approaches its end.
The new Thayer building near the
corner of Montgomery and Warren
streets, now in course of construction,
is said to be the only building in Jer-
seY City in which the sides went up
with the front walls.
Justice Louy preferred TO pose in
full drsss at the German masquerade
at Woods Hall Monday evening. His
wife appeared as Queen Elizabeth.
Both are exceedingly popular among
the Germans ia the Lafayette section.
| approached Alderman Hauck at
the German masquerade at Wood S
Hall Monday evening. He was at
tired in one of Uncle Sans cast off
garments. What shall I put you
down as, Alderman asked "Just
say Alderman Hauck, from Way
Back he replied. The Alderman,
however, was having lots O fun, and
his constituents were evidently proud
of him.
Justice Weed is one of the most
prominent Foresters in the county.
He has been recently rewarded for his
services to mis- court, Pavonia, No.
$780, by being elected Chief Ranger.
Anticipations run high concerning
the success of Court Pavonia's annual
Johns Hall ON the evening of Febru-
airy 10.
"What does Abe Post wear an cleo.
tric light on his shirt bosom forY
asked one gentleman of another re-
Gently, when they saw the genial fish
dealer walking down the street.
THAT amt an electric ight and refec-
tor you see, it's only Abe's big clus-
ter pin, was the response. "Oh!'
commented the first speaker.
John G. Bailey, at one time Deputy
United States Marshal Tor this dis
trict, has always had an ambition to
be considered a sailor, and unfortu-
nately for Mr.. Bailey, his fellow mem
beers of the Neptune Club could not be
convinced that he was one. Some time
ago he and a party left the club house
on the Shrewsbury River to sail to
this city Among the; party was
Jimmy Hall. JiInmy's faith in Bailey's
seamanship was extremely limited and
after the sails jibed several times and
the boat was half full of water in con-
sequence, he aid" John, you don't
know this channel as well as I do, lei
me take the tiller.n Il know every
blarsted hole and oar in the river
there's one now was the calm reply
as the Crazy Jane ran on a sand bar
The party reached Jersey City, but
John G. Bailey never piloted them
over the same course again.
Ex-Freeholder Shanghnessey is in
trouble. He cannot make up his mind
whether he warts to be Mayor or not.
John T.. DAILY, Gamln ontown's poet,
has declared that he cannot have that
Office, and Mr. Shaughnessey fears
there may be some truth in The decla.
ration.
HARSfMUS WHITES.
John Parnell I'eeney filed the bill
as director of the John II. Brown As
sociasion's ball. He was gotten nv
regardless, and his patent leathers
shone almost as brightly as mis- pet
diamond.