The Jersey City news., 1902-07-21
LIVE NOTES
ABOUT Town.

| Former Finance Commissioner Alya
| A. Bedell had an amusing experience a
| few days ago in New York. He is the
| double of ex-President Grover Cleveland
and SO strong is the resemblance between
| them that at recent political reception
at which both were Mr.. Bedell found
! himself pushed willy nilly ON the re-
| cciving line and he nearly exploded with
laughter when he heard some of the
guests request Mr. Cleveland to intro
| duce them to his brother"
Mr.. Bedell was walking down Broad
way recently when tall, elderly man
rushed up to him, grasped his hand and
said:-
"We all are indebted to you, sir
Mr.. Bedell wondered who we were
and what he had been doing to earn
..we's'' gratitude. He was still more
mystiied when the stranger said:-
at was a great night, sir. and I'll
never forget it; wasn't ity
.'Ye-e-s," stammered Mr.. Bedeil.
~ nope IL VIII Dt piiHtSu anu 'eiie -
every Democrat in the country. Good
by and God bless you" and the man left
Mr.. Bedell wondering. At last it
dawned on him that he was mistaken for
Grover and the reference was to GER
tain political gathering for harmony.
A number of children were furnished
with a half hours sport on Saturday by
small amount of excelsior which had
been scattered on Washington street,
between York and Montgomery, by some
one not interested in the ''clean streets
movement. The kids made wigs, boards
and mustaches from the stuff and
showed themselves to be students of the
various national peculiarties of face
trimming by using the proper dialect.
The fierce pointed mustaschios of the
French and the large flowing beard OF
the Hebrew were the favorite makeups.
One youngster endeqyored to impersonate
Emperor William, but had difficulty in
fashioning the "eagle wing" mustache.
Police Recorder Hyman Lazarus re-
turned TO his official duties this morning
in Bayonne, after a few days absence
by illness. A large volume of litigation
was dispatched by the Recorder.
LAWYER Joseph Anderson is spending
his vacation at Stamford, Delaware
county. n. Y. He wheeled to town last
Friday on business and will go back to
the mountains on Wednesday.
During the rush hours at the Barclay
street ferry entrance in Hoboken yester-
day afternoon, two stray horses, each
wearing straw sun bonnet, walked laz-
lily through the ferry gate and attempted
to board one of the boats. They We're
stopped by one of the ferrymen and
turned over to Policemen Whitlock. One
was a grey and the other sorrcl.
Neither wore any harness. They offered
no resistance when the policeman took
them in charge. but went with him ap-
parently contented to Police Headquar-
ters They were put in a livery stable
and were claimed later by John Marshall
a produce peddler, of No. 204 Grand
street. Marshall said that he had turned
the horses out in vacant lot to Craze
and they walked away.
A young lady living on Montgomery
street not far from the Hudson Boulc-
ward. was dexterously welding an adjus-
tible feather duster few days ago when
she accidentally inserted one of her I'M
gers in a small hole i'll the end of the long
bamboo handle. 1t went in easily enough
but greatly to her surprise and vexation
she couldn't get it out. The harder she
pulled the mere firmly the digit stuck,
and she sought aid from her mother to
separate herself from the duster. Mother
and daughter played tug of war for sew
eral minutes but with no success Then
sweet oil was poured ON both duster and
finger The duster and girl We're still
attached to each other. Finally the
mother got hammer and the daughter
held the stick on the kitchen range
while it was split in two by several Wig
orous blows, and a very red and badly
swollen finger released.
Residents of lower York street were
treated to free show of the Weber &
Fields order, Saturday morning. He
brew domestic had either been discharg-
ed from or voluntarily left the employ of
a gentleman of the same nationality and
they discussed the question in the open
air.
"You viii pay me vot is to me coming.
yesr'
SHOULD it be dot would pay you ven
lief by der mont too soon?'
sYou mate for me a discharge und
should gif te mo the menish."
The question was discussed until the
arrival Of policeman. who scattered the
crowd and the debaters without any de-
cision having been reached.
The risk that men will take to save a
few minutes IS illustrated by a track
leading from the Pennsylvania Railroad
Summit avenue bridge in the direction
~ p.lJ ic xxraI1 1,oa FOR,