New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-18
rNJOyIYG COOL SEA BREEzES.
THE REACHES CROWDED WITH PEOPLE.
Az ATTEMPT Ar SUICIDE AT WEST BRIGHTON
nrArTfrs OF LoNG BEACH.

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prAuTfEs OF LoNG BEACH.
s,ro,c south wind frcttcd the ocean with white
cnps1 Yesterday and drove upon Manhattan Beach
great billows which we're broken ny inc plcs INTO
clouds stray ihpt d'is"d ne pI ,cac hoo.
IL IN tho greatest day OF the season. was tho
unanimously Expressed oplpi9n " ino n ,, hcn'
tries eff the island The number of people who were
there WAS vnriously estimated ct from 10000 to
100 900 and one enthusiast placed II ns high ~
ib0'OoO Tho truth probably lice somewhere ho
tween 10 600 aud 10000. Of which number prom
biz ~, 900 went down. by the ynfiout llnrs 10 Man,
"nrning ON inc plazln of the Manhattan lionch
Hotel by the Rev. a, \. Walker 81 spencer Mnss
who IL u guest of the Oriental Hotel ~ pom
these hotels Saturday was thc best paying day 80
far. of tho season The total number of pormnncnt
guests is 500 In the two hotels Among those az the
deinnia, Mr ana Mrs II. Il. ChfIn, MI, and Mrs. r.
n Allcr, of Cleveland Mr. aud Mrs. W Morris OF
Columbus Ohio Mrs. Charles A. taPallo. lienIy
Abbott of Chicago bartlett a -, tns Woss
Mr.. and Mrs il II lehcock Of WatGriown. N -
Mir and Mrs Charles Whitney IT,, ana w LOWING
of Now. Orleans; 4 A. Steer nnd Robert william.
son of ST. Louis. aud the Japa9eao o2nsnl ~ tnnl'
Emefaon Nh aud Mrs. Charlie II. crosby, NJ ana
Mr.. !, + 0lndwin, Major General Dnniol Hick.lH'
,n, ,i "" Of Hunter, n 81 be. Ward, Of Ncwlurg
and Colonel c. A. Wood and family OF Ilni ii2td,
All the arrangements have h'1n l"ao i4l "'j"," '
1', n"d Icn"tlunc for cpht daya wing IL 10 be-
added on each side Of he music hlhnu nnuu lI'I'
nn cxtTa military band tho pa Regiment Drum
COrps "a corps al Scotch piprlh ana u nlip'u" "i ~
anyls. Mr.. Gilmore says lhat ~ N'll w w UB
vest thing that Coney Island has over Known,
The Western end of the Island was so crowded WIN
people that it was difficult fora person 10 push ms
waV along the walks Bands phYhg eAG9Iapi'
mnsic called the attention of the throng 20 az SORTS
of side shows and the roller skating INK inc cur
ousals. cOa,tng slides. III iact alIo lle many uo-
Ill. 4, ,..aIt f he desire "a
novel pleasure did n thriving business Buhhel
museum with its curOstIes and " snow attracted
about 3 900 people. old and young within IT'S doors.
Much o. excitement was caused among the pleasure
seekers at West Brighton by the report OF plStoI'
at D. H.. in front Of the fruit store OF John w. an
Duvn on Suri-avc. Henry IIerley age twenty-i0ur,
ATTEMPTED to take his own life by shooting nlhsel
i'm the head with a small pistol. lie was taken TO
the police station by and attended by Dr. y. J.
Tuttle who found that the bullet had entered the
temple and had taken downward course lougHg
either in the check or the lower Jaw me WQ9und
will not prove faatl the only danger beng from
crvsjpcasor shock. Ilerlcy, who has been seaiar-
ing man is an Engshman. lle came TO TINS
country about sX months ago ana has 4ecn employ
ed by Mr Van Duyn since ms ARRIVAL lhIeo OF
four DAYS ago he returned to the store intoxicated
and was demonstrated with by hs employer, but
he kept on drinking and was discharged on satul'
day. Yesterday morning he again went TO Mr.. Van
Dnvn and asked to be taken back, but the latter
adyised him TO 90 home and sleep as he still un-
der the influence Of liquor. lie went away ana
returning about o'clock again asked 10 De az,
lowed to 90 to work Mr. Van Duyn said No!
IIpTlpV then
shot himself An ambulance was summoned ana
he was taken to the Flatbusll Hospital
4 Among many distinguished guests az Long beacn
Tins season none has created such a hurry among
the social world of that popular resort as the visitor
of last Sunday. He came unannounced but ms
arrival was Immediately noised abroad through
hotel and cottage lie didn't stop long but occu-
pied the whole house while there and didn't pay
any board. People haven't stopped taking OF nm
vet ana the opinion prevails that he Is the best Gus
toner the hotel has bad certainly the proPIletols
think so. for they are keeping Opcd doors IN the
hope OF tempting another such in ,u.,
"Dldn't say that hot weather always -ioIi0WHd
an earthquakci' said Mr.. l-told-youso all the
week. -, 49,.
davs Tor sensible resorts and they balanced the
ledger account against many that have been cool
enough 10 keep folks at home.
'Tbe sca never reached moro huncrly landward
or lathcrcd the sand moro plrllly ln3n u uu US,
terday II was lumry ana the sun piorL" nvd
drove them i'm q mad race to the beach where thGy
playfully slapped each other and sputtrr,d ON tho
sand turning their blue into white ana iuHhlug
far IN to lick the shoes of spectators 10" nugh en-
tranced 10 Ice on thcr guard. mo chnil'tnR pi
numerous hothcrs mingled win tne l"uRH,oI9 81 w.
waves and II was hard 10 sty when enjoyed thc
finn most those who rode the surf or those who sat
on The benches and lifted their feet for the water to
| spread under and bc drank IN by the ever thirsty
The business Of Tie hotel continues TO increase
! us the season grows old ANA 40 one ever fcRlri'
| having gone there ~ spend day, week or month.
| Duug the prevailing pleasant weather 6lrn
laaud's many charms attract thousands of pleasure
|
! of Mr. stnrin's delightful island retreat. Tho boat
service of this island seems complete ~ every par
| tlcular aud visitors do not meet with any annoy
| auces A large fleet of steamers run continuously
! ON week DAYS ~ which four extra boats are added
| on Sundays thus enabling guests to enjoy charm
ing sail up the Sound IN perfect comfort ana SAFETY.
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! STRIKING BRICKLAYERS REJOICING.
The happiness Of the striking bIicdiycrs aud
lahotcts was increased yesterday hy the announce
| turut that Contractor KING aud Potter lostcvin n
| sons had concluded ~ grant the hours demanded
| aud that THEN men could 80 to work to-day Tho
| htickayots and lahorrfs some time ago made com
pinu That the work that was bciug done lv thr non
! uniun nrn wpH unsafe. Tho Inspector Of
! Uuillinpa. after examining tho work said that
| lac could only luirtfoto If IL VIVA rullcicutly
nni of plutnb to bo dangerous aud that
that ~ fhf ~ hu had rron, tho work Nna not dan
prtota Tho District Attutrny has hron requested so
! uito u LEGAL opinion tu whether 90 not tho Ia
npectnf could not interfere II the walls ot hudng
| Wefo not properly Hld. The German brcklycfa
! said that only two men were on strike ~ thrif
| union The lhboIris hhy that they have only u few
| men. The frumcTH say that they have two Strikes
| on hand and that good many of their men are out
| ON account of the brcklaycr,' strike. Tho house
paintcrs have given ~ 90 70 the brckaycrs 800 10
the stone masOus and 900 10 the laborers. Tho
strikers arc certain now that the backbone of the