Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-16
AN EXCITING SCENE.

AN EXCITING SCENE.
Last Sunday (ith) one of the most eycit- .
ing scHres that New York has been treated /
to took place. Sixty wild Texas steers
were being driven through the crowded |
streets 90 their final goal, the slaughter !
house, when, as might have been expected, ,
they took fright. 4 genuine stamped en-
sued. Bcwildered and frightened, the long
horned beasts became transformed into so
many demons. They charged in a wild, /
furious flight up the dCnsely crowded street, !
attacking whatever came in their way.
Now man would be tossed from their
fearful hOrns-nOw cart would be over
turned. Men and women climbed awning
posts, and crowded into dOorw&ys for safe
ty. Finally the herd became separated,
aud one by one, the furious beasts were cap
tured. But they made it lively while they
were about it. TO have sixty wild steers.
mad and blind with rage, charge through
4 street crowded with vehicles and men,
women, and children, is anything but
joke. 1t is a wonder that no lives were
lost and that so few were injured.
SOME CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
The annual inventory Of the criminal Sit
uatiOn has been taken. and the figures given
are startling. For instance, the cost Of car
ing for the dangerous classes. courts, pO-
lice and prisoners, fo0ts up 81, 0G0, 900 an
nuaily. The arrests per year amount to
1l2. 900, and the criminals. that is to say
the people who live by violating laws, num-
Der 0,OOO. There are in the city 1900
actual prostitutes, known and open in their
pursuits, and probably as many more who
live by prostitution, but who carry on their
netarlOus business quietly and not in pub
lie way. There are 5000 known pick
pockets plying their trade all the time, then
there are 5000 thieves who have no special
ty, but who steal anything that comes in
their way. There are 1000 female shop
liitcrs who make their living by pluuder-
ing stores, and there are 600 fences, or to
use English, receivers of stolen goods
When put the number of criminals at 80
| 900, do not. of course, include the Demo-
! cratic politicians. Add that class to the
| estimate and the number would be swelled
at once to $4,000. But the show is sufi-
ciently frightful without adding this most
| dangerous of all the classes.
! BEECHER-TILTON.
| At last this matter has come to Il head.
! BceCher has commenced suit against Tilton
and MOultOn for libel, and the nastiness
will 60 to the courts for final adjudication.
| This is where it should have gone at the be-
! ginning. In the courts the tCctS in the case
! VIII be brought out, for there can be no
! suppression OF evidence and no lodging
Ii Hilton and AlOultOn have cOnspired to
/ ruin an innocent man, that fact will be
made apparent, and if on the other hand
the man is not innocent, it will be so shown.
But right in the midst of the satisfaction
tnat this terrible trouble will be settled by
the Courts comes one terrible draw back,
! which goes TO show that human felicity
cannot be perfect. The bitter drop in my
| cup is Mrs. TiltOn is going to make state
ment She has got to have her innings.
! T!tOn has made TWO, Beecher one, MOul-
ton one, Miss Catherine Beecher one, al
most everybody else one or two, and now
Elizabeth IS going TO rush intO print to tell
what she knows about it. Will she tell it
all All, that's the rub. She knows as
much about the matter as any one, BIT. will
she tell all she knows And if she does
will it be believed? ? Like all the rest OF
them, it is to her painful duty" =" but she
feels 1t duty, and she is going to do it.
For your sakes, Messrs. Editors, | pray
she may be more economical of words than
i the rest Of them have been. Nav she keeU
within thirty ordinary newspaper columns.
But there is no telling. The people con.
cerned in this quarrel have passion for
six syllable words, and q most eXasperat.
ing number of them they have heaved upon
the world. l fear me the gentle Elizabeth
VIII not prove an exception to the rule.
MAKING MONEY.
The individual who supposes that to GET
very rich II is only necessary 10 come to New
York and ''gO into business, " labors under
fearful delusion. Not one man in q
hundred who goes into business in this city
retires with competency or anything like
it. You see when you pay $4,000 yeal
rent, when you pay clerk hire, commissions
for the business you do, and when the sim
pie item of gas alone amounts to 81 900 q
year, you have got TO sell a great many
goods and do a great deal of business to ge
anything ahead. The curse of New YORK
is expenses. Nothing is done for love OF
friendship-money enters into everything
and the money question is so prominent, 81
ever present, that he who makes any of i
in business has got to have an eXlraordin
ary capacity for business combinations, anC
enormous capital on which to make money
The most money that has been made here
for wears has been made in real estate
| Hc cuDillIOlI appreciation Vi Itdl tSJtIt
up town has made everybody rich who wa!
lucky enough to secure any considerable
amount. Lots on Broadway, near 20tl
street, which a few years ago were sold fol
81 800. have advanced in value to rs higl
as $4,000. The immense increase in pOpu
latiOn and business in the city has made
property uptown very valuable, and ha'
made great fortunes for the shrewd or tht
lucky. But the business man labors anC
sweats for these lucky fellows 4 store OF
a lot which is valued at S75, 900, has to pay
interest on that sum, and when the unfor
tunate occupant has paid that rent, he has
very little left for himself. Oh, We dweller'
in The country, keep out of Gotham. l
you have good square living and a fai
business, stick to it, for it is a thousand
times better than anything you will &c
here. There is a great deal Of glitter anC
show, but it is all plated. Stick to you
own places and be happy. P1ETRC