The Jersey City news., 1902-11-10
LIVE NOTES
ABOUT TOWN

hDUUI lUWN
The usual crowd Of thespians came
across the river on the Twenty-third
street boat this morning.
On the 9-1O trip from New York the
low comedian was abroard in great force.
He had fog horn voice and as the boat
left the slip he demanded to know II an
ocean steamer which was mooring to the
Anchor line pier just north was the
Pneumonia or the Malaria.
The names sounded so plausible that
nobody laughed for minute.
A rare instance OF bull-headedness was
witnessed ON one of the downtown busi-
ness thoroughfares on Saturday. A stall
wart youth was unloading big truck.
As he lifted one end of a heavy box the
other end struck heavily on the pave
naent A strip of wood about six inches
long. with several sharp wire nails pro-.
truding, fell off.
The truekman did not notice 1t and
left it lying on the sidewalk while he
lugged away at another box.
A pedestrian saw the dangerous chip,
and picking 1t up, handed it to the truck
man with the remark
''Some one with thin or worn shoes
might tread upon this"
The truekman scowled at the pedes-
xr,a oh
people minding their own business" He
deliberately placed the. strip back upon
the pavement with the nails pointing ups
ward The next pedestrian that came
along kicked it into a sand heap just
over the curb and passed on.
The '"Jaggerowsky'sr are making up
purse to buy big bouquets for their dis
ringuished members, Freeholder-eleet
Thomas Rooney, of the Fourth Ward,
and Alderman-elect John ]. Cunningham.
when they take their seats at the organ
ization meetings of their respective
boards. ,
IF the conductors ON the Grove street
cars respect their positions, 1t would pay
them to be fsore attentive and CIVIL"
said citizen last evening. Il noticed
young man running to catch car today.
He signalled to the conductor, who was
looking straight at him. The conductor
refused to pull the bell for the motor
man to stop, thinking the young man
would be outrun. This time the young
man was faster than the ear, and caught
it. He asked the conductor why he had
| not stopped. The answer was.--"We
are not supposed to stop In case of that
kind" The young man was angry. So
was the conductor because he caught the
| car.
While Bergen tot of four and one
half years was making call with her
aunt the other day the hostess presented
her with big red apple.
| Thank you, very much,' said the polite
little girl.
The lady smiled sweetly.
The child was silent for half minute,
and then asked: Didn't your mamma
ever tell you to say: You're welcome'T r.
| -
Captain Charles J. Carroll, Superinten-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railrond Com
| pany's ferries, has his own troubles and
| plenty of them. A .wiry little woman at
one end of a chain with wheezy pug
dog at the other, stepped up to him the
other day and sharply said
II have been waiting for a quarter OF
an hour and there's no Brooklyn annex
in yet Do they go as you please?'
/ No, madam, replied the captain,
tthey run ON schedule time"
i Il thought they ran. ON railroad time. y
i 80 they do, madam; the trains are
run on schedule time also.v
/ SIS this--what you call it--scheduls
time different from ordinary timer
The same thing"
/ "No, it isn't. While have been wait
ing three boats have left for New York
and none here. Pretty kindSof time that
is. I'll complain to the company"
| Two Republicans who enjoyed favofi
at the hands of their party years ago go
1 their heads together at recent socia
| function and had an interesting talk ovel
old times. Finally their conversation
drifted around to politics and one Of then
said: "rm glad Odeli won ia New Yorl
but I'm sorry for John Toffey.'
\ "Toffey? Was he running for any
thingy' asked the other.
4 And the old man wasn't joking either
! He hadn't been reading the local paper
and no one had told him the news.
Patrolman Quetting of the Oceal
avenue station house is receiving con
eratulations from his fellow officers. n