The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-12
MR.. NEWMAN,S BIRTHDAY.
His Friends Celebrated 1T with a Ban.
quet and Many Gifts.

81 Ills ETfeuu9 celebrated IL Win u bau-
quet and Many Gifts.
Proprietor A. A. Newman, of Cooper
Hall, had a pleasant surprise rendered
him last evening. Yesterday was Mr..
NeWmman's forty-fourth birth day. His
amiable wife desired to celebrate the
occasion. The genial proprietor, white
attending his duties below, was asked by
u few friends for q private conference in
the ball room above.
Excuse me, gentlemen said Mr..
Newman, Il am very busy; it will take
Can't the business be transacted in my
private Officer"
"Oh." replied one Of the gentlemen.
you've been asleep. The hall is lighted
up and a big racket is on"
Mr. Newman shifted something in the
wind, n without ceremony. left his
friends and bounded up the stairway two
steps at a leap. Imagine his surprise.
There was a banquet table spread with
the choicest yiands and decorated with
long necked bottles from the wine cellars
below. around which sat three hundred
of his most intimate friends.
Mr.. Newman glanced aloft at the
decorations OF the hall. He espied the
words "A. A. Newman, 1846-1S90.n He
remembered it was his birthday. Then
he braced up, and taking the proffered
seat of honor by the side of Mrs. New
man, who sat at the head Of the table
resplendent in silks and diamonds, he
from That moment forgot business for
the occasion. From this time on mirth
and merriment ran as free as champagne.
and wit ran faster.
Mr.. Newman was the recipient of many
handsome presents. His lower hall was
converted into a bower of roses by the
numerous horseshoe designs that graced
it.
At the banquet tables above. Justice
Lowry, in behalf of MI. Newman,s many
friends, in an eloquent speech presented
Mr.. Newman with a beautiful gold
ciasped prayer book (no cards.; Mr.. New
mans son Joe, the handsome brigadier
general, on behalf Of the half-hundred
employees OF MI. Newman, presented his
Tatler with an elegant reclining chair; next
the Apollo of the gathering, Mr.. Oscar
Scarry, made the heavy speech of the
evening and presented Mr.. Newman with
8 magnificent horse and buggy
Then Mr.. Newman got happy. He
wanted to drink the health of every sepa-
rate individual at the tables. Among
those who responded to toasts were MI.
Edelmuth, of New York; Mr.. Peter
Riley, Mr. Charley Marks, Mr.. p. Asch-
lein, of New York; Captain McKaig, of
The Fourth police precinct; Justice Lowy
and Mr. Oscar Scarry.
A dance followed the banquet. Prof.
- NASW pASkCu muSlCIAuS Iur-
nished excellent music. Among the
hundreds present were Nh. Joseph
Harris. Miss Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Fox, Mr.. and Mrs. Mendelsohn Krause.
Mr.. A. Oppenheimer, Miss Clara Morris,
Miss Hattie Hersch, Mr.. Herman
Rodney. Mr.. and Mrs. Adler, OF
New York; Mr.. y. Newman, Mr..
Herman Newman and Mr.. Alexander
Newman, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Troeger,
Mr.. Stephen Newberger, Miss Lille
Moore, Mr.. Hugo Mootz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Marks, Mrs. Erzberger, Mr.. Harry
McGrath, Mr.. E. II. Ernst, Miss hoerch,
Mr.. Isaac Newman, the Misses New
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Newman.
s.Sir" Randolph Newman, Mr.. Vernardo
Newman, Miss Blanche Sullivan, ex-As-
senblyman John Windolph, Of New
York; Mr.. Julius Lubbert, Miss Solomon,
Mrs. and Miss Hartmann, of New York;
Mr. Herman Radowitz, Colonel" Pyreo.
kropowski, Mr.. w. p. HAYDEN, Miss
Blanche solomon, Mr.. and Mrs. Sewer
stein, MI. and Mrs. Hecht, Miss Hecht, of
Savannah. Ca, and Mr.. and Mrs. Block.