The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-10
OUR NEW YORK LETTER..
New YoRK, August 8

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Correspondence Wheeling IatollssncC.
This Communication shall 10 devoted
exclusively to news and gossip. l will
not trouble you with any extended re.
markS' on the labor problem, although
that is the only question now "bcfOre the
people"
To-day was big day in the city police
courts, on account Of an effort made yes
terday Sunday to enforce the excise
liquor law. ItSeems to be generally pro,
nounCed u failure, although several hun
dred persons were brought before the
courts for "retailing" on Sunday. The
authorities are not In sympathy with the
effort to enforce the law, or Of course, II
would be done. They were, however,
forced to make, at least, q sham effort to
stop the Sunday sale Of liquor, Yet at
the same time they stand of and
virtually say ave told you It was no
use, they'll soil any how They did sell,
and will continue TO sell, until temper.
Rnco men arc put in the offices that con.
troll the city, and then you may bet your
last fSrIhing that they will moi sell on the
Sabbath.
THEsICK CHILDREN.
The sick children Of the poor who have
been taken on board the Floating Hos.
pital Of ST. Johns Guild during the last
month Of excessive heat number, with
their mothers, 1880. The pleasant days
sail along the Hudson or upon the Bay
and the open sea has been TO each Of
these little ones what the mountain re.
sorts and seaside places are 10 the child.
rem Of the rich. The mothers and rurles
have found abundance, where at home
often the days labor and recourse 10 the
pawn shop would scarcely produce
enough to keep body and soul together.
Scores Of physicians, standing we'll in
Metropolitan practice, have attended 10
the sufferers 10 the incloSOd sick wards,
and have presented every facility End
comfort in the treatment Of the most ser.
ious cases. Hundreds Of infants owe TO
this most beneficial institution Of the
City Of Charities their preservation from
death. Their mothers are heartful Of
thanks no doubt. At least they should be.
CoLLooUY IN THE POLICE COURT.
Carrie Tammany, you were very drunk
last1night,no said Justice Smith to woe.
begone female placed at the bar OF the
TombS this morning.
II was, Yer Honor" laconically an.
swered Carrie.
"Were you politically drunk, Miss
Tammany?" asked the Court.
politics had nothing to do wild II,
Judge"
"Then You are rot candidate for of.
Zee, Carrier
"Ah, go way wild you, Judge. What
wud be doin' as a candidate? Let me
go home"
Carries appeal was unavailing. The
magistrate remarked, as he signed the
commitment for ten days in the city pris.
on, "This is the first time | ever locked
up Tammany."
That was, to say the least, good take
Of on Tammany Hall.
l attended the Tombs police court this
morning and was very much interested.
There you can see cougregated, OF Mon.
day morning especially, almost all classes
OF criminals. Old men and young men,
old women and young women, the
abandoned, the degraded, the wretched
and miserable creatures OF earth. You
can scarcely immagiue an ofenIe against
the law that was not Represented in this
throng, by some kind Of IN individual,
in some form or other. The sentences
were principally imprisonment, for it is
but little use 10 fine them, because only
an occasional one could raise money
enough TO pay the fine. Tho most OF
them 20 to Blackwell's Island in East
river, where there are now about 975
convictS at work, and $50 OF them are
under 20 years Of age. The crime that
exists among the younger people is simp.
ly appalling. and it is steadily on the in
crease. This does not speak we'll for the
parents OF New York, for surely they
ought to have controlling influence over
their children until they are 81 at least.
1t is said las the twig ia bent, the tree in.
Clines," hence we are led 10 conclude that
large number Of New York parents are
themselves CROOKED" in the ways Of
morality, or their children would bs
strdighter.
TIE EAST RIVER BRIDGE.
The immense suspension bridge across
the East River, between New York and
Brooklyn, is beginning to look like n
bridge. They are peiLiDv ready IN throw