The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-03
A LATHER OF RAGE.
"Charley" Noelke and "Barber
George Make the Hair Fly
at Taylor's Hotel.

The frequenters of Taylor's Hotel were
treated to battle royal last evening, the
like of which has not been seen seen in
that vicinity since the Revolution True,
there was not much blood spilled, but the
casualties up to this time foot up:-One
broken meerchaum pipe, one badly dam
aged high hat, one silk umbrella and two
ivory collar buttons missing.
The combatants were Charles d. J.
Noelke. the purifier of politics. and
George Gartner, better known as "Bar-
Der George, the encyclopedia tonsorial
artist of Taylor's Hotel and the time was
shortly after eight O'Clock.
Mr.. Noelke had been about the hotel
all the evening One of the Ringsters.
whom Mr.. Noelke's fearless onslaught
upon political corruption in this county
in supply of liquor before the prices
were raised in consequence of the new
tariff. But Mr.. Frank Barkeep, who had
been i'll Mr. Noelke's company most of
the time, does not hesitate to say the
truth is not In that Ringster.
At any rate, Mr.. Noelke was in the
billiard room singing the choice selec-
tions of the Saengerbunde in rather
east wind voice when Mr.. Gartner
waltzed in in his usual energetic manner.
Mr.. Gartner brought with him O large,
elegantly colored merscham pipe. He
said that the pipe belonged to friend
who had spent thirteen years in coloring
it. The friend was in straitened circum-
stances and was about to, rattle the pipe
at fifty cents throw.
NoELKE DROPPED THE PIPE.
Mr. Gartner'S tale awakened the SYM
pathy of all parties and they began to
examine the pipe preparatory to buying
tickets in the rattle. At the same time a
general movement set in towards the bar.
While standing there the pipe came into
Mr.. Noelke's hands, which seemed to have
nothing on them but thumbs, and he had
no sooner secured the pipe than it
fell TO the tiled floor with a
smash and flew into q Thousand
pieces. MIR. Gartner was little discon-
certed at this accident, but knowing Mr..
Noelke as a generous and wealthy man,
he had little fear but that the damage
would be satisfactorily adjusted. The
gentlemen present began TO regret the
mishap, when Mr. Noelke majestically
waived the subject aside by remarking
that it was nothing but clay pipe and
not worth much.
Mr. Gartner replied that it had been a
genuine meerschaum pipe and worth at
least $40. ,
81 have collection of meerschaum
pipes at home numbering over one hun
dred. /" said Mr.. Noelke, "and l tell you
there was no meerschaum about that
pipe"
Mr.. Gartner insisted that it was meer-
schaum. whereupon Mr.. Noelke hotly re-
torted that Mr.. Gartner he'd. The blood
of the original Seigfried, of whom Mr.
Gartner is said to be ''linear'' descend
ant, boiled at this.
81 have an honest name! l have an
honest name." he shouted as he danced
around Mr. Noelke, who was passing out
into the street.
GEORGES DEADLY RIGHT.
Mr.. Noelke made some retort which
caused Mr.. Gartner to send out his deadly
right with telling force and over into the
gutter rolled Mr. Noelke's new silk hat.
This was an insult which nothing but
blood could wipe out, and SO the sweet
singer of the Jeffersonians laid down his
$25 silk umbrella and sailed into Mr..
Gartner.
Mr.. Gartner flew to meet the attack
and for few minutes both gentlemen
IN the air with their arms, while such
sounds as ''chin scraper," lottery, ,
''liar" and "snide" smote the ears of the
bystanderS.
Suddenly somebody managed to make
Noelke understand that another some
body had decamped with his S25 silk um
brella. Noelke Immediately suspended
hostilities and began a search for his
umbrella while friend of his from New
York expressed u great desire to renew
the battle.
But friends of Mr.. Gartner, seeing that
his collar was gone and two ivory but
tons were missing, declared that he had
been punished eLough, and pursuaded
HIM to go into his tonsorial palace
Noelke could not find his umbrella ano