The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-04-20
ABOUT THE CITY,
Tlle Condensed Pirate Does
Up His Fellow Citizens
in Rainbow Colors.
THE CITY HALL REGION.

state prison one CRY last week. Harry
Hewitt, son Of Poornaster Hewitt, and
one Of the most obliging and popular of
State House employees, did the honors,
and escorted the visitors about the prison
and State House.
Mr.. Cofrode, OF the firm of Cofrode
& Co., who are driving the piling
for the new Pennsylvania Railroad
depot IN this city, y one OF the
But since he has beon experimenting the
work on the new depot his patience has
been sorely taxed with the questions the
curious ask him concerning the work
He willingly inlparts all information ut
his disposal concerning the details of the
operations, but gets exceedingly wary
a discussion concerning the weight u
single pile will sustain and the propor-
ton of the weight of the entire station
which should be allowed to each pile.
Mr.. Cofrode said the other day thar al
though piles driven under water
will last for centuries. there is d certain
worm with scientific name as long as
the piles themselves which is found upon
the surface of the mud in bhis vicinity.
and which SO completely honeyconD the
piles that they have been known to break
off In eleven years after they have been
driven.
Ex-Commissioner John Brennan. the
men in this city, is resigned to the pros
pect of succeeding Commissioner Hen
derson in the Fire Board. Mr.. Brennan
is chief of the Pennsylvania Fire Brigade
and under his Intelligent direction
several fires on the company's property,
which at one time looked as though they
might become serious confiagratiOns,
were extinguished in their ineipiencY
There is gloom and sadness among the
susceptible young men who take their di-
gestions in their hands and patronze
Morrow & Days restaurant. For them
the sun of the establishment has set. aud
life has lost its glitter. The queen of the
black eyed fairies, who for So
many moons has added an adj
ditional sweetness TO the fifteen
cent plate of mixed cakes by transferring
them in her delicate fingers from the
showcase to the plate, has shaken the
-four Of the establishment from her feet
aud left tor parts unknown to them.
When it is discovered that she is
now the presiding genius Of
the pattern department Of sewing ma
chine establishment further down the
street, the boom which will take rlace in
patterns for gents r0bee de 9iastt, = smok-
ing jackets and other accessions Of male
attire will both astonish and delight the
proprietor of that establishment.
Peter Keen is vainly endeavoring to
ascertain the name Of chat Newark banjo
player
Shaw. proprietors Of the Rink stables
has an educated dog, named rink. . that
would make an excellent stake holder.
Bah" will put $40 bill in Kinks mouth
aud bet anyone $40 that the dog Will not
give up the money under any circum-
stances unless he is injured The other
day BAH and Rink entered a saloon
together. The proprietor was invited to
H. 4f1rA a ~.
money from the dogs mouth. Each pun
$40 bill in Kinks" mouth The propri-
etor took down q seltzer bottle and
squlrted the contents into Rink 81 face
Rink WINGED, but rolling back the two
bills in his mouth he made dash for the
saloonist. who turned and fed. Rink"
followed, and "Bahp had more trouble to
extricate ''Rink's" teeth from the seat OF
the saloonist's breaches than he had to
make him disgorge the money he had
fairly won.
''Billy'' Riddle, stableman at Fire
Headquarters. is one OF the most consci-
entions men in the Fire Department. He
the gong dies out when an alarm is
struck Billy is down the new sliding
pole and has the chiefs horse harnessed
before the chief gets down stairs.
1t is matter OF speculation in the
minds of some individuals as to just how
1luCl SIuS NQlltSs lQ6 Otikun tACtofy,
knows about negroes and rope.
IL is said the president of the Crescent
Club feels considerably elevated since he
became stakeholder In the South
Brooklyn Steam Boiler Works. The
high hat was the first indication of the
presidents attempt to elevate, as 1t were
"Billy" Farrier has taken his usual
trip out of town to escape what he terms
malaria. "
Andy Writer'S friends have tried to
keep account of the number Of eggs
ANDY ate during Easter. He claims to
have eaten twenty-four at one sitting.
The presence OF the mammoth deer
heads in big Jake's' saloon has led
Justice Weed 70 declare that Jake con-
templates holding double stag racket.
A mean and envious man asked a Gus
toner the other day il all the brass
Enoch Smith has put on his walls came
off OF his cheek. The customer asked
Enoch the question. That customer deals
elsewhere now.
A man asked me the other day:-.sWho
is the worse, Mike 0'Mara or Tom Trot-
ter?" My mathematical education WIS
too much neglected to permit me to cor
rectly answer this question, and said
would go out and ask O'Mara. failed
to find him. didn't want TO.
AROUND THE LONG DOCK.
Thomas Hill, the originator Of the Old
Foundry Mission, was justly proud last
Sunday when the second anniversary of
the institution was celebrated. He is one
WHOSE works give evidence of his faith,
and he has accomplished power of good
for that portion of Hafsimus.
What has become OF the Hon. Terence
u? He has not been heard from of late.
Now that Roundsinan John Engles has
become acclimated to the Horseshoe dis
trict the Commissioners have sent him
back TO the Hill Heis pleased with the
change, however.
Alderman O'Rourke will be relegated
to private life in u few days to join the
s'have beens. " He will slways have a
a host of friends, however, and some day
will again demonstrate his strength in
the "Shoe."
The friends of Commissioner John p
Feeney who voted for that badge ut the
Grand Army fair had dead sure thing
mp to the closing hours, and the Commits
sioner had olrcady determined that an
other badge would be added to his coilec-
tiou. but Coroner James Murrer con-
cluded to go in for it and he captured the
prize at the last minute. Had Feeney
been beaten by Commissioner Conway
he would have been satisfied, but to be
knocked out by Coroner was too much
for his sensitive nature.
AT THE ELEVATORS TOP.
Rudolph Braun's capture Of fleeing
sneak thief the other day has made the
captor happy all the week He says the
axc{tpfnput WINS inst what ha =, a0d OIL nd