The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-14
FREEHOLDERS JUNKE9
Discharging an Annual but
Not Unpleasant Duty.
AT MORRIS PLAINS ASYLUM.
Patients Doing as Well as Could Be
Expected-Two Banquets
in One Day.
AT MORRIS PLAINS ASYLUM.

The Board Of Chosen Freeholders yes
terday performed an onerotts duty py
making their annual visit of inspection
to the State Asylum for the Insane e
Morris Plains. Though the weather.
bureau had provided anything but az
auspicious morning. when the train e
which was attached their special car lefg
the D. L. g. w. depot. Hobokon, at nine
o'clock, it was comfortably filed with
the members of the Board and their in
vited guests. The smiling countenances
of those within the car were In marked
contrast to the weather without.
As the train sped across the meadows
toward Newark. various opinions were
ventured, as to the outcome of the battle
royal then in progress for the control OF
that wicked city. 1t was conceded on all
hands. however, that the weather augered
a Democratic victory. just then 1t was
noticed that Johnny Noonan was s.ssS noS
| that he was on the roof of the car nag
ging' the clouds. In this he must have
succeeded, for rents became apparent ia
the clouds before Madison station was
| reached.
On arriving at Morris Plains station the
drawn by special train 10 the door OF the
! Institution. Here the party was chaper-
oned by the genial Hudson member OF
| the State Board of Managers on Lunacy.
| ex-Sheriff Heintze, who spared no pains
| to make things pleasant and agreeable,
| and the reception with which the party
met and the courtesy and attention shown
| was unprecedented in the annals OF Free
| holder visits. This was unanimously
credited to Mr.. Heintze.
/ A SPECIAL FEATURE.
| k1The lunch provided was special fea-
/ ture. 1t was relished and also elic1ted
especial thanks to the ex-SheriH. Having
| concluded thorough inspection OF all
| the departments OF the immense fnstftu-
| tion and visited all Hudson county's In
| mates who were found without exception
| In perfect health and in every other re-
| spect in satisfactory condition the
/ special train returned with the party 70
| the Morristown station. whence they
! footed it up the hill to the ..Mansion
House," where Chairman Coyle OF the
! Special Committee and Clerk Boyd
| had provided another repast to which,
| however, owing to the unexpected din
| ner au the Asylum. justice could not be
| done. But where appetite was Lacking
| speechmaking was abundant. and Mr.
| Coyle, acting as toastmaster, gave nearly
I every body q chance for an expression or
4 opinion.
| This concluded, the special car was
hitchsd to the 4:30 p. m. train for Ho-
boken. where the party dispersed after
exchanging congratulations upon the
pleasant day and agreeable time Prom-
/ inent among those present were:-
Director Bruggemann and Board OF
| Freeholders, ex-Sherif Heintze, Chief
of Police Mcneil. of Bayonne; Henry
/ McCartin, librarian of the Jersey City
4 Law Library; ex-Freeholder James
| Coyle, Samuel Nagle, Philip Null
| doom, Alderman McEntee. James
| Hunt, DR.. Eugene Hartnett, DR.. 9. W.
King, Colonel John Grimes, Superintend-
ent James Cannon, Gustav PhnRsten.
brother of the Freeholder; Councilman
Joseph Weinthal OF Hoboken, Thomas f.
Noonan. ST.. Joseph Meigan and Coun-
| sellor James Gordon.