, 1882-12-23
The Sunday Law in New York.


! Penal Coas went nto.efect o-dsy While
The pcliee were very active during tho
: day. then. efforts were, not, directed in
such a manner. ss.,o. eliei, prsise from
persons. .Whu hesrtilygsupPorI. thu. .provis.
iCns of the new Code Many arrests were
made. but neither liquor selling nor
drunkenness spp~sred toSiecrsase to any
extent. Cigar stores were generally clos.
ed, and many proprietors. hung out pl,-
cards ridiculins the new law. Much of
their business went 10 the drug stores.
The business Of harbers was limited t. the
hotels, where customers, uniformly CLAIM
ed that they were guests. I rb.een our
Of nineteen drivers sent out ty the Adams
Express Company during ,he morning
were arrested The lsv hss Seeu enforced
n such 6 way IS to make i, odions, With
A view OF securius its early repeaL About
i've hundred arrests were made on'charse.
of DISCERNING tbs Sabba.h. Compare
lively few .iqnor deslop weFe secured.
milsmen, butchers, bakers, grocers, now
paper renders, BARRIERS, ragpickers AID
Hebrew s,orekeepers making mp the nun
Der. A iA6orer employed by the Steam
Heating Company wss the first persoa ar
| res'ed. In Brooklyn eren the drug stores
| were closed i sacred cuuosrt was stop
ped in the evening, aud the promoters
were arrested. Harry Hill among the
number
CHICAGO, December IA Tim>s' New
York special says Oser one hundred
persons were arraisned in the police courts
to-day on charge, of violating the prpris-
,ons of the Penal Code relating 70 the OIL
servance Of Sunday. At the Tombs Is
burer va, srra;sned for working IN an ex-
cavs,ioa for the Stelm Heating Company
after mi1ni,h,, Justice Morgan disch.rg-
ed him, hui declined to look upoa the Ia
bor as acc, ssty. Several lads. arrested
Tor blaokirg boots ani selling p,pes-.
were Glsp discharged About iiity .psr-
sons, charged With breaking tho Sabbath.
we're arraisned 8: ihe Essex Market Pn-
ice Court To PARTY represented bar
bsrs, bakers. gvUCeu, nessbcys, boot
alseks, eiga, sto:e keepers and dry goods
ie1lers. The magistrate di-chassea them
Il except the BARRIERS. The discharged
,Tisuers 1ere cSltirued that If they re
peatrd the oi1erse, they would be held
Tor trial 4 number cf Hebrew storo-
keepers claim tha', ~ .hey observed their
own Sabbath OF Saturday, the law VS.
not applicable to them. Justice Patter-
son Informed them that they were mis-
taxes. AZ Jefferson Market Cont there
wac motley crowd Of policemen and
Sabbath breakers. A milSman was charg-
u with delivering m'la IN violation Of ,l,e
Code He said be would have finished
his mornings work before nine o'clock,
out the strSeis were so slippery tha, hs
vas compsilc3 to wslz hi. horses. JUS
ice BiShy thought the law did not con-
template prohibiting the filing Of orders
previously received The newspaper stand
~ the Astor House vas raided eaily in
The morniEe by the police, and the prop
ietor was notiied that # he did not cl"se
np AZ Once lie would bo arrested. One
Gentleman u the 8stor House. snIiOns 20
-njoy dsiyo without rendering hims II
liable to the new Code, borrowed a med;
cine chest from Hunts Pharmacy, So that
t irterfered with he might say he was a
physic,an oa his way 70 vi.i: patient.
Ia Can,l street gentleman Was In the
act Of having t.s boots BACKED, and the
oootblack had just succeeded in making
one boot look Ike a mirror. when he WAS
arrested. The police reported general
observance e tho Code on the East side.
uong the BoWery, Avenue A, and other
Iorougbfafes, everything appeared quiet
sad orderly. A policeman in Avenue A
,aIi Il J'ist bad a drink myself, but !
notlfed the proprietor Of the saloon that
II | SAN his place open or caught hiIn sell
i.ng any liquor would arrest him. Well,
have not seen HI, ,aloon open, and the
lass IF liquor | drank VAS not paid tor.
made Ave arrests this morning, bu, they
vera two BARRIERS, bcotblsck and t~o
bakers. II is Of no nse 90 arrest liquor
iealers. They are politicians, and have
influence enough to break . policeman.
4 tour cf the West side revealed sorGe
startling incpng-u:ties- While barber
shops and bar rooms Of most Of the large
hotels were IN full blast, those near them,
out not connec:sd with the hotel, we're
cl"=ed A pole Ensn who s asked the
cause Of this SAD tho outer doors were
.lOsed, and unless someone made a spec
al complaint to him be had no right TO go
rio the hotel pryiEg around, and besides
10 would be iI.ble to complaint for having
eft his heat. No diff 1sslty was saooaEt-
srsd in entering liquor saloons, or getting
cigars and such things from druggists and
dealers The bars I Hoffman, Windsor
md ST. James hpttls, AID Delmonieo's
were opea al day, and the proprietors
apparently felt no apprehension Of
arrest. None OF the rireet-eieanins
gangs Vere at work, having all been
stopped Dg the police. Tae sale Of neSs
gaPers was stopped a, stands, though
boy, rere allowed to carry them under
.heir arms aud sell them The news
dealers 10 avoid trouble pasted mp a sign
,nno1nciing the loan Of Sunday papers.
and regular cusiomers borrowed them and
tomorrow H'll pay the dealer. Baggage :
va. receiced yesterdry at the dspo:5 q,
usual. No CATS Eere 20 be seen on cab
stand. :bTonghoe; New York Madisna
and UD;on Squares were deserted, md
s-en grezs hotels lad 10 cabs or ether
vehicle. waiting AZ tho doors. TheDw2s,