The New York herald., 1869-05-23

business OF def,and,ng your servant girl. Now I'll
tsii son what lll do; want you to pay tins woman
and i'll give you half an hour to pay 1t in.
Inc LAwyEE-Wei, III pay this, but dons pay It
Marshal TOOkER-It makes no difference now
whether you pay II because order you 70 DO SO or
not, provided you pay II.
The action or this sharp lawyer is on par with
that of the professional hummer who was shaken
from his morning nap in Metropolitan gin mill and
ordered n oy Inc Darkeeper 70 go out anu take some
m'o1t, but rr be blowed If i'r goin' To take any
Among the establishments which appear to 40 q
n0urlshing business are the
BOGUS JEwELRY STORES.
eeveral OF these have been shown up during tue
week ana from the nature OF number Of the com-
plaints made during the past few months u would
appear that these lancy bazaar men, thieves ana
gamblers, own the Jersey ferryboats, especially AZ
the times when passengers come from the West.
Ihese sc0undreis know very well how 70 manage
tnelr business and can avoid the New YORK oncers,
Y they manage to find good customer by keeping
him 10 Jersey until he ~ fecced or until the way IL
clear, so that they may reach West or
trymen In the dens which abound on those
tnOroughfares. The latest case was that OF
James Maglil an intelligent cOntraband from George
town, s. G., who was pulled into one Of the shops on
West street, and eeced out OF twenty dollars
One OF the most successful Of these shops 10 at NO.
l79 Broadway, Tor which circulars are distributed ny
man who manages to coax and wheeole country
men into the place. The cards and circulars OF the
agents for the Oroide Gold cased Watches" There
were three complaints against tins place enter
talncd yesterday. One was made Dy Jonn DOWs,
OF Detroit who had been induced to invest $l00. AS
this was all the money he had the propret0rs OF the
shop kindly lent him fifty dollars to pay his way
home Alien Grlffen, OF Macon Ca, had been neeceu
out OF lilty dollars, and was furnished with thirty
live dollars TO pay his way home; and Hiram Lynn,
OF Auburn N Y, was similarly done out OF 1Orty
dollars and obtained loan OF twenty-five dollars.
The last mentioned individual had a horse to take
home TO Auburn, and he was going along with MS
blanket and lantern, when he was pulled into this
place by u man who wanted TO tell hin how TO get
up glee for him when ne got home. He got IN
there. and another young man came In, and then
the old ticket and envelope dodge was gone through
with. He was loaned twenty-five dollars on pr0ul-
lse to return AZ soon as lie got home and threat
that II he did not return Il the Colenins would send
warrant after him. The compainantS were
directed by police Oflicers To the Mayors oce and
through the directions OF Marshal TOOker and the
aid OF officer McGrath the balance OF the money In
each case was recovered The amount Of
MISCELLANEOUS BUS SINESS
disposed OF during the week was very large, al
though not more than ordinarily important
number OF haekmen. cartmen and others were fined
or reprlmanded Tor violating certain corporation Or
dnances Hack drivers FOR over charging, were
obliged to refund the money exOrted, ana obliged,
III addition to pay fines Tor their misconduct and
had their names placed on the black list. At the
business department licenses have been issued as
fOlows:-Pawnbr0kers, 25 second nand dealers, 81;
Junk shops 36 junk carts SO; intelligence offices,
.; express wagons, IA; venders, 49, carts, oil;
drivers As; carts, y; porcrs q junk boats, y board
ing house. !. There has been received tor license
ices and fines S, $685. and the sum OF $42l has been
recovered for parties who mad been swindicd.