The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-29
ABOUT THE CITY.
The Condensed Pirate Does
Up His Fellow Citizens
in Rainbow Colors.
PAULUs POsIEs.

Mr. and Mrs. William e. Grattan, Mr..
and Mrs. Il. +. C. Young and number OF
other Jersey City ladies aud gentlemen
attended the opening OF the new club
house of the Larchmont Yacht Club
Thursday evening" They were the guests
of MIR. William Murray, formerly of this.
city,and since their return home they have
been most enthusiastic In their praises of
the many beauties of Larchmont.
Two well-known club men, after a
period OF relaxation spent in New York
the other night, were vending their un-
certain way up Montgomery street. when
they came in front of the Second National
Bank Building, which has recently been
dressed Ia new coat of sickly-yellow
paint. " asser Masser wis en- banks'
hiccoughed one of the navigators as soon
rs his eyes rested ON the new paint. His
cofnpanion9steadled himself against the
telegraph pole which stands In front Of
the building and ran a critical eye over
the structure Guess she's turnin' pale
brought on 'er, he finally said. Wrong
CIRCULATED the first speaker with an eff
fort, "Ole Bills whifewashner after her
conduct in en- Coykendall casen And
the two resumed the uneven tenor OF
their way with the air of men who have
satisfactorily settled q Inomentous ques-
ton.
Every one who knows him is wondering
why Walter w escott of the ProvidenE
Institution for Savings, Is going around
town in disguise. He has shaven off that
beautiful lnustache which always excited
the admiration of the ladies at the Jersey
City Athletic Club receptions, and looks
altogether like different man.
The lawyers who visit the Court of
Chancery enjoy from the windows of the
chambers the finest views of the river aud
harbor that can be had in that vicinity.
The Chancellor is often seen standing ut
the window OF his favorite room taking
in the many interesting sights which the
river affords. On steamer days the spec
tacle OF the big ocean liners slowly back
ing out Of their berths and getting away
to sea, as viewed from the chancery win
dows, Is an unusually fine one
The heart Of John EdeIstein nearly
burst with pride when he saw Miss Hat
tie Merritt-the first colored graduate of
the High Schoel-step forward at the re-
cent commencement to receive the special
medal he himself had offered.
How tired Mayor" Cleveland must be
of hearing people talk OF ballot purity.
Even the young 'uns are at it. The num-
Der or essays and orationS delivered at
the recent school commencement exer-
clses, whose subject matter bore upon
this important theme, auzurs well for the
squeiching Of Hpdson's political de-
bauchery.
Z would be hard to ind more distin-
guished looking individual than Presi-
dent VOORHEES,, OF the Board of Education;
and what strikes one as being somewhat
peculiar the fact is more noticeable when
you ind him IN body Of distinguished
men.
Some miscreant recently telephoned to
Police Headquarters a false summons for
the ambulance TO Provost street at night
during very heavy shower of rain The
driver had just answered two calls.
Chief Murphy gave instructions to the
effect that hereafter no summons will be
answered unless accompanied with the
number of the telephone call If this is
not wired the number Will be asceftained
through the central Office. The police
intend to make it warm for such mis-
creants.
Postmaster Samuel Dickinson is said
to have looked dagRers at small boy
whom he recently overheard whistling
standing on the platform, waiting for
the train,o etc.
If Miss May Sheridan, the young vale
dietorian of class go, of the High School,
could but catch a glimpse of couple Of
Horseshoe toughs sorapping over a
fancied insult to a spieler at summer
nights festival she might perhaps be in
dnced 70 change her mind concerning
the death of the age of chivalry
fhe City Hall thanked by two large
and elegantly appointed theatres. That's
about the size of what the Newark ave
nue. pedestrian may reasonably expect to
see in the near future. Cooper Hall, it
is understood, is to be converted into d
big variety theatre. The second and
third floors are to be torn out and circu-
lar galleries put in. just what Mr..
Leonard Grover is doing is mystery
But the debris of the recently burned
buildings on the Doyle saloon site is be-
ing rapidly removed. Mr.. Henry Puster
says big family theatre will be built
there, but he refuses to say by whom.
Turner & Bennel have. put handsome
front in their new store opposite the Neags
dows are capped by cathedral glass which
will give rainbow effect. Fhe transom,
100, is of.colored glass IN which numer-
of1g coiors are preftiIv bleIldad