The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-27
ABOUT THE CITY,
The Condensed Pirate Does
Up His Fellow Citizens
in Rainbow Colors.
CITY HALL GOSSIP.

CITY HALL GOSSIP.
What a peculiar aspect the streets Of
Jersey City would present ON Sundays it
everybody who owns horses and wagons
were allowed to do as does grocer on
York street-plant his wagon along the
curb and there let it stay. Every Sunday
this mans two wagons. one of them filed
up with barrels and boxes, are found on
the street within less than fifty yards of
the front of Trinity NJ E. Church They
are an eye sore. and are the subject OF
much complaint. Perhaps the owner
will next apply to Building Inspector
Clark for permit TO erect a wagon she'd
on the same spot. Such building would
at least cover up old rag-covered and
diiapidated barrels aud unsightly boxes.
But as the gentleman is an economical
merchant and is apparently ayerse to
building stable or paying stable rent it
Is not likely that the Building Inspector
Will receive such an application, even II
the city granted him SO much space on
one of the public thoronghfares.
The Van Houten Fife and Drum Corp s
is doing lots o. footing, whistling and
banging" these warm evenings. Anyone
might imagine the City Hall was u fish
market. Yet'the boys are only practicing
for their visit TO the National Grand
Army Encampment at Boston next
month, and are straining every nerve to
the thousands who will witness the great
Grand Army parade-and they'll do it,
too.
The old veteran, Colonel "Gir' Robin
son, clerk of the Police Board, will go
along with the Grand Army boys to Bos-
ton next month and take part in the fes-
tivities incident to national encamp-
ment. Johnny McCutcheon's going
too. He's recently been compiling his
assortment of war stories with a view to
selecting the choicest ones for swap
ping purposes. The 'sTomato-can and
gated to back fly leaf and the others are
| interspersed with lively fish stories just
to relieve the monotony of martial
! themes.
Clerk Johnny WandIe, of the City Col
lector's Office, is spending his vacation
| with his wife among the Adirondacks.
| 1t is presumed that Willie Wallace, the
good looking, light haired youth who is
an efficient clerk in the Tax Boards
/ office, will be paid his July salary by
! Commissioner Lawrence. But perhaps
| Willie is only taking a vacation.
| Peter Cannon captured $500 on the
races the other day, and, like a sensible
man, slapped $3.50 Of the amount in the
bee Hive But how long will Peter
remain sensible?
It would hardly be believed that a man
| whose business it is to see that people
| take the right train and do not get left
| should go astray when he starts out to
travel himself Nevertheless that is just
| what happened to Heber Catlin, one OF
the most popular and efficient Of the
| Pennsylvania Railroad gatemen in this
! city. Mr.. Catlin spent last Sunday in
Wilmington, Del, and just before he
started on Saturday he went up into the
| gatemen's room over the station to bid
/ some friends goodbye. While there he
or oI Il
struck on the depot gong, and he rushed
down stairs to see which train 1t was.
| Gateman Veghte, who was never known
to perpetrate joke--oh, nol-gravely in
formed Catlin that it was mis- train
which was leaving and he had better
| hurry up if he wanted to catch it. Cat
| lin grabbed his grip and the passengers
in the station were treated to the specta-
Gle of large, portly man flying down the
| platform with a satchel in one hand and
a linen buster in the other floating out
behind like an ensign. When he had
gone half way down the platform in his
mad career some one informed him that
the Wilmington train would not leave
for some time. Catlin went back to the
waiting room a sadder. If not a wiser
man. If any one says Wilmington TO the
genial Catlin now woe betide him If a
/ suspicion Of a smile fingers in his face.
A pension claim agent from Washing
/ tOu has thAoH up dudItclo l1 Lay tOF ,
| Hotel, and is doing thriving business
under the new Dependent Pensio law.
He is In great demand by the relatives OF
all old vets, and the visitors to his room
are legion.
One of the most popular promotions
which the Police Board made at its last
meeting was that of Policeman Hopkins
to be a roundsman. Not only Is Hopkins
one of the best men on the force with an
| excellent record, but no one stands higher
in the estimation of the public than he.
| Every one who knows him has always q
good word to say for him, and the thieves
| and rogues on his post have occasion to
| fear him.
Turner & BennelI have during the past
| week instituted new departure. Near
| the entrance to their new store is q tall
! silver urn, over which young lady, who
| rivals Miss Angel Cake in attractiveness,
presides with grace and dignity. She
| compounds out of milk, sugar and a
| patent compound a most delicious bev-
erage while she discants most eloquently
| upon the virtues Of the new brand of
! chocolate. She has many listeners and is
Except busy all day. A hardened wretch
the other day accepted from her hands
| one of the delicate china cups in which
! tents, smacked his lips and expressed his
| satisfaction in manner which brought
| to the young lady visions of large sales OF
| the brand she advocated. Then he set
| down his cup carefully, deliberately
| wiped his lips and asked the young lady
| for three cakes of another kind of choco-
| late The young lady looked at him aud
| if looks could kill that hardened wr etch
would now be cold corpse.