The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-25
NUGBNq IN THE lead
The News Retail Clerks
Popularity Contest Grows
in Int crest.
RUMORs OF A DARKHORSE.
Alexander White Resting On His
oars-sketrh Of Today's
Leader.

The large number of contestants for
the 500 checd&o dsfray the expenses of
trip to the Chicsga Fair which THE
JERSEY CITY NEws will give to the most
popular retail CLERK in this city. is not to
be wondered at. Ths retail clerks OF
Jersey City as class are such an accom-
modating aud genial set of ladies and
gentlemen that the patrons of each store
declare that the clerks In the estab ish-
ment which they patronize must be the
most popular. Hence. it happens that
over 100 candidates for popular favor
have appeared In the contest aud are pur-
suing each other hard for the rrlzs. The
votes are coming In rapidly, and are
mounting up TO large nun bers. J. w.
Van Tine of the Popular Shoe Store
number OF votes to his credit to $50.
james Nugent. the popular clerk in
Doane's hat store, leads the contest today
with l, 775 votes. He is closely followed
by Miss Mailly. who is only niue votes
behind him. Mr.. White Of McBride's
tea store. who led yesterday. falls back
to third place. Even at that. he is only
twenty live votes behind the leader. ana
only sixteen in the rear OF Miss Mailly,
who occupies second place. A little back
slip like that does net amount TO any
thing in contest OF this kind. Mr..
Whites friends say that he has only
stopped to take breath and will be heard
from tomorrow IN q way that will make
the other candidates open their eyes.
A DARK HORSE COMING.
There were rumors today that one of
those modern myths known as dark
horse was being groomad in a ponular
store on Newark avenue; that no will be
q prf n in hn l. -
set q pace for the leaders which will take
their breath away. This dark horse, it is
further limited, Is an attractive young
lady who has many friends in the social
world rs well as among the patrons of
her store. She has several admirers
among the suscspti Bile young mon who
wear small straw plantations on their
heads and turn up the bottoms OF their
white duck trousers every one of whom
swears that she will receive the check If
they have to give up cigarettes.
Today the seventeenth coupon is printed
and there will bs ouly eight more before
the contest ends. That is plenty OF time.
however. in which to do effective work
and anyone who thinks that the contest
Is over aud they have won or lost will
find out their mistake. There is plenty
of time yet to determine the contest and
1t Is by no means over.
JAMES NUGENT.
NJ hNoNSt IL VIC Cuutoob Guudp is
James Nugent. the genial clerk IN
Doanes hat store. He mas 1,775 votes to
his credit aud has large Lumber of
friends who are working for him. Mr..
Nugent Is a born Jerseyman, having
first seen tue ligh: of day in this
city. He received his education in
the public schools and then went TO work
for William Ward. the veteran natter,
who for SO many years kept the store at
Washington aud Montgomery streets.
He was with William Il. Hall, the New
York furrier. six years, aud for two years
he was in the employ OF Callahan, the
Bowery halter. He was also letter car
risr under the first Cleveland administra-
| tion.
Everyone who buys hats in this city
knows Mr.. NugeDt, for he has been In
| the employ OF all the leading harters OF
Jersey City. In this way he has made
hosts OF warm friends who are doing
some tall hustling to have James Nugent
written on the face of that 100 check of
| The JERSEY CITY NEWS.