Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-07

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mense collection soon to be sold is the
accumulation of but short twelve month
| OBSERVING THE SABBATH.
Hor 1t Vas Done Under Compu,sion in
| Nc'c XOrk; Last Sunday.
In. Y. Letter.
The sale Of newspapers on Sunday en-
ploys small army of men and boys. The
stands and stores where newspapers are
sold number several thousand. The first
order issued by the police board did not
exempt them from the places which had to
be closed. The consequence was that
many dealers did not hear of the later or
der allowing the delivery of papers, and
they failed to procure their usual supply.
Even as it was the policemen construed
the order to mean only the delivery of pa
pers at the houses Of subscribers. and ar
rested the proprietors of stands and stores
where they were exposed for sale In
every case af this kind the magistrate be-
fore whom the offender was taken took the
ground that newspapers were moral ne
cessity, and dismissed the prisoner.
The code does not change the status of
the keepers of liquor stores. There were
| only few arrests for violation of the ex-
else law, the front doors of the LIQUOR stores
being kept carefully closed and the window
| blinds drawn. Not more than dozen ar
rests were made by the police in the sta
lions below Canal street. The part of the
| city south of Canal street and east of
Broadway is thickly populated with He
brews, and there the most marked change
was effected by the enforcement of the
new code. On previous Sundays only
the absence of trucks in the street has
indicated that it was a day Of rest. The
cries OF wonders of cheap cloth
ing peddlers and hucksters rose con-
tinually in the air, while the clatter of sew
| ing machines in the numerous Hebrew
clothing factories was incessant. All was
| changed to-day. An unwonted peace and
| quiet pervaded the streets. The police
said that they had never seen such a quiet
Sunday. Most of the Hebrew citizens
run in'' were all taken before Justice Pat
| terson, In the ESSEX market police court,
and told to go and sin no more.
II am forty-fve years old and dis ish not
| pleashent, remarked Israel Cohn, as he was
being locked up in the Oak street station
for selling clothing. He was too late to be
taken before justice:
Cant work in mine own 'ouse?" in
CURED resident of Baxter street of a
sergeant.
''You are forbidden to do any servile
labor" responded the officer.
ZACH, mein Gott!' exclaimed the man as
he left the police station, wringing his
hands in mute despair. q
"These people, remarked the sergeant,
'have been rushing into the station all
day, asking for information as to what
they are allowed to do. I tell them all the
same thing-that the law says they must
not do any servile labor. Of course we
have no right to go to their houses and
arrest them, but do not tell them that.
Some Of them want to know what right
we have to require man to keep two DAYS
out of the week"
Notwithstanding the vigilance of the po-
lice the violations of the law were con-
slant, if not fragrant. When the patrol
man disappeared around the corner, the
boot black, who had to cease his labor and
to make hasty flight, returned to the
waiting customer and finished his shine.
Outward and visible signs of immense
Sunday traffic in cheap clothing and ped
dlers' wares that has for years character
lied Chatham, Catherine, Division, Baxter
and neighboring streets were wanting to-
day. In Baxter street especially, where
the whole stock in trade of the Hebrew
merchants has been exhibited on the side
walk, the view for the first time in the
memory of the Oldest inbabitant was clear
and unobstructed, but the sale of over
coats was not stopped. The willy dealers
Iured their victims from windows and half
opened doors.
Il put peesness before wife and child
always, my frent,' remarked one irrepres-
sible Hebrew, over whose door Intel three
balls glittered in the frosty air. Yellow
curtains obscured the wiEdow-lights of the
Chinese stores and houses. On the east
side there were twenty eight arrests. all
placed in the category of Sabbath break
ing" and included bakers, butchers, driv-
ers of lager beer wagons, BARRIERS, and He
brew store keepers. It was the gem
eral view of the captain of the
precincts that a more quiet Sunday
had not been known in the city. No
newspapers were sold in the streets. An
inspection of the books at all the precincts
showed large number of arrests for vio-
lations of the Sunday law. Men were ar
rested for pedd]ing notions" running
fruit hand-carts, keeping newspaper stands,
carrying bundles, selling groceries, and
doing other things coming under the head
of ''servile labor" The only thing a man
could do with absolute safety was to get
drunk. The side-doors to all saloons were
open as usual and the number of customers
entering therein appeared somewhat larg-
er than on previous Sundays. The law is
naturally causing much Indignation among
those directly affected by it. Some of
them rather illogically attribute its en-
forcement to the recent Democratic sue
cesses In New York and elsewhere.
In Brooklyn, even the drug stores were
closed during the day. A sacred concert
was stopped in the evening, and the pro-
motors arrested, Harry Hill, the theater
manager, among the number.
In the police court to-day Zacharriah
Tobriner, one of the star route juryme1.
testified that Dickson declined to read the
article about Bowers attempt to bride him
without unanimously authorized to do so
by the jurymen; that McNelly thereupon
sat down, and the remainder of the mem
bers voted in favor of reading.
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