The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-06
The Sea Did Not Give ID
The Minister to Spain
to the Waiting
Cohorts.
oAME BACK WET AND WEARY
Only 4 Tug. ard Committee
Will Now Receive the
Gallant General.

hoated about New York ana Rariran
Bay without Grub.
They were wrecked (prohibition vocab-
ulary) on the high sea and in search OF
Grubb. It was vain search, but Wig
orous one. for Grubb was the last straw
they could hope to catch to renew their
political vigor and return them safely,
from the obscurity whence they came.
"Grubb, Grubb, oh where shall we find
Grub? was their plaintise wait as hith-
er and thither they conducted the search.
To the right Of them, to the left of them,
and all about them. were they borne by
the pillows, but no Grubb haayed In right
and no nope came to cheer.
II was ten o'clock yesterday morning
when the good steamboat Pomona left
its mooring at the Adams Express Conn
pany's dock with five hundred exhuber-
nnt and enthusiastic men On board.
That they were enthusiastic cannot be
disputed, for they feariess1y made their
way through the binding rain from all
sects0nso OF the State to reach the common
goal. the Pomona. This band of brave
and daring enthusiasts had but one idea,
cherished desire. these men had come
from wicked Camden, rural Burlington.
tickle Mercer. ravenous Essex and starved
Hudson.
The Gruhb they nted and sought was
no common grub. 1t was =. Burd Grubb
grub. For example. there is the
grub that feeds the turkey buzzRrd.
the grub that feeds the honevsuckie, and
=. Grubb, who feeds Republicans s[twas
Z. Grubb the hnngered moItais sought.
and this nourishinent was known To be
F1 ct1 <4A<.
La foQraiue, which vas expected to
reach this haven yesterday.
THERE WE'RE FLAGS GALORE
The Pomona WIS decorated with flags
galore and had the general appearance
Of wearing It's Sunday store clothes. A
big brass band had been corYallad by the
noble Five Hundred and the want of
Gruhbwas supplied with vast quantities Of
wind end brass. The uont steamed direct
70 the Quarantine Signal Station to OBJ
Tain Lews OF La Iouraine aud IFS freight
q much wanted Grub. the gangpiank
was thrown out and rush was made.
case Of every man for himself. The
phiegmatic telegraph operator at the sig
nal Office simply replied TO his hosts Of
visitors, Not sighted at Fire Island yet. Z
He was SO accustomed to similar raids
that ue i1q not observe tue pained expsess
sion TOO plainly visible on the noble Five
eearclefs returned TO the POMONA The
ttapfain sought 70 cheer them
up pg keepihg tne poae lied
& last 70 me dock, Wniie agile ,par-
J tenders e eliicsasea as soosherS. An hour
was .nus oasssq, ens sesedg1apn man s once
tain said they would \, continue the search.
They would sail to Fort Hamilton. An
nour was passed at TINS slop, ana again
tne poav Iepurheq % slenal station;
AGAIN Inc telegraph lhAn was raiaeu anu
again tne ulscouraslne reply, No1
long. Short cruises IN search OF the
much wanted Grupp, ana return 20 the
signal ONCE. Al haI past SIX O'CLOCK
the Pomona returned to TINS city, and 1t
did not nave It's Supply Of 1rupo.
AMONG THE FIVE HUApkED.
on the search, were William r. Will
liams. OF Newark, Cairman OF the Com
mittee OF arrangements and his aids
Horace H. Farrier, John Brennan, Cap
tain John Graham, OF this city, John
Bannell; j. N. Hawk, Z. Y Walsh and
Dir. Hopkins, Of Newark, ana Ex-Assem-
blyman w. H. Corbin, OF Elizabeth. 10
Mr. Cor6in had been delegated the
pleasant duty OF welcoming the Grubb In
speech had La Touraine come into
port.
There were also 100 indians, hepubli-
Ct<1 1AQt III Wv 81 ~ ~ t<tt+t - s<.1'@>tc
these We're fifty members OF the Il Burd
Gyubb Pioneer Association q beverly cry
and delegation representing Henry Will
SOD Post. 6. a. T.. OF this city, consisting
Of Michael Conklin, Robert Mcdonald
and T. 5. Brown. Camden came 70 the
front with Geeral William sherman,
Colonel j. w. Kinsey, Major George f.
Martin, Coroner p. =. Jeneries and Har-
rus tsroHen, oecl0saiy - 'no -oaAu "
r. B. Seymour: Captain, headed the
representatives OF theIhirty seventh Reg
iment, Of which Minister Grubo was
Colonel in the war otner members OF
the regiment on board were ambrose
Hastings. Homer BROOK wiiliam, =:
Luln, Thomas Z. Rowe. Poiice sergeant
Charles McGinnis aud Albert
Payne. Others who were on the
boat in their individuai capacity
were Reuben simpson ex-Alqerman
Schultz, Y. 5swe' -. n ~ ~ a,s1n'
gaplaia on is,..e SfitIs 1icmas young STATE
@',..',s,;ttaan,S,, William Vnn Keuren.
T I u 1922 1870 f,anrain tfred. Farrier.
Joseph LoCAs, M ~ IT T,r,cy,e,.
John helu, hopoheu, - ~ ~. ~ - S11rePs.,
Samuel A. Smith. county Clefk o. Essex,
Henry M Potter, George Large. Internal