New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-06

SEEKING SALT BREEZES.
A GREAT DAY AT COMFY ISLAND.
THE CROWD SAID TO BE THE LARGEST OF I'll
sEAsoN-PoLICEMEN BUSY.

THE CROWD SAID TO BE THE LARGEST OF THE
sEAsoN-PoLICEMEN BUSY.
CoDey Island has never before known such
busy times as IL has the last three days Last Friday
ecpsed all previous Fridays Of in the number
OF the crowds who visited the island and then Saturday
eclipeed Friday, and honored with the title
OF the busiest weekday Of the season. This appears
TO have put Sunday its mettle Saturdays lau els
would not let 1t sleep 30, with supreme effort IT
eeeded In collecting the biggest crowds
OF any day in this any other season.
Even the police. who had been disposed think slight
ingy OK the two preceding days and TO call them "du
because everybody was weIbehsved, satisfied
yesterday. There much excltement In the way
OF breaches Of the peace aud law the most nsatate OF
police officials could DESIRE and from morning till night
headquarters were busy
The gambling was going usual but that
afects tho police little and they had more ur-
gent matters In hand In the first place
chcrcn insisted in getting lost from early hour and
homeless infants played kind of hide-snd-seek
game with the police all the morning,
until thirteen distinct babies had been lost and
found and returned TO their parents by o'clock la the
evening Then. shortly after noon. the officer duty
outside the headquarters disturbed by old
rushing past him and shouting "Stop thiefp at
top Of his voice The j. d. Erbig the proprie-
tor OF fancy goods house at No. GIG Third-ave.
He had been looking at q merry -go round.
when he felt tug at his pocket Turning
round he saw man making OF with his pocket-book.
and while he started 10 pursuit four accomplces
raised hue and cry Ia another direction Mr. Erbig
however. had a strong scent, and with the help
OF the police the thief down, after long chase be-
hind the Jumbo House. and the pocketbook was found
him.
This however, not TO be the only ex-
element OF the day, for later In tho after.
John p. Gleason. OF No, 201 Divison.st.,
vert with party Of friends into Murrays
liquor store, with which Judge williamss court
shares It's premises so anicabIy. After drink
ing, according to one OF Mr.. GIeason's
Trends he put down S. bill the counter When Mur-
took 1t up however, 1t only 81 Dill stranger
who gave his name Oliver Hamilton, OF Atlanta Ca.
standing ut the time close 20 the onaDgeug BILL aud
Gleason promptly accused him of having stolen
"a. Hamilton's retort TO put his
hand behind him and draw out
revolver Gleason seized his arm, and in the
struggle which ensued the weapon went OF aud
shot Hamilton in the leg He tbereuron had
complaint against him 10 CAPTAIN McKaoe he took adj
vantage Of ul Ia the examination 20 bot out Of the
were out all night looking for q complainant against
him.
hotel keepers begipnng TO think the may nc
pro.s such bad one sftsr all Among Tue smaller
l. muon Erumbing going on The proprteIors say that
. .a place ns BENG ssa Sn we
on like this. business on Coney Island two
years hence woud not DO w"rtn going INTO
Tue cause OF this decadence, they say
lies IN the race-course and the pooiroo ms. "H a
has 80 cents spend nowadays instead OF coming
IN here" said one botel-keeper 'ho goes ana buys
ticket horse and then race days the men nearly
all 40 on 10 the course. They leave their wives aud
families behind. certainly but II isnt wives snd families
that make business" rhe real enec ~ the
however n has 70 be 10 increase the
custom OF the isrger houses. II 10 draws t away
from the miscellaneous collection Of places at the
end felImeus Ocean Pavilion. noled for IL big
ball-rpom with an area OF dancing surface OF $4,000
square feet has found business good that II Ia opening
IL two upper stories banlsoaely lifted hot'l, with
sixty large bedrooms The furniture the majority OF
thes IL that which solf from the St James
Hotel on tho recent change o: propriet0rL
An important step uas just Teen taken by MT Mac
Dogel. general manager and vioc-president
OF the Eew.York and Sea Beach railroad.
Yestrrdky he gave Instructions 10 Captain Louis.
the superintendent of the steamboats, Of the
company. that drinking bars were TO be allowed IN
future any OF the companys boats and nenceforward
there W II be none.
Among the crowds at the Oriental Hotel last night
MonxHor Cape VINO has just arrived there, attracted
nm am ALL AFT ntiou.