Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-16
NEW YORK NOTES.
The Beauties Of Natural Scenery in
and About the Great
Metropolis.
The Dire Disaster Of the Sarah orsig-Cisr
gymen ON Wheels Poliucal-An
English Prodigal.
speoIaI oorrespondence o. lhe ea,otte

Special Correspondence OF the Gazette
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.--Our heated term, /
after various delays, has come, and from
present indications to remain for time
at least. Many Of our uptown streets
with their rows OF tightly closed dwell.
ings have deserted air; country resorts
are generally doing well. Newport,
Narragansett, Richheld and Saratoga all
hold their own, as they ever will In the
matter Of patronage; still II Is a recog-
nized fact that large number of people
yet remain In the city Some for varied
reasons cannot leave orpreier the autumn
days for vacation trips, others again feel
as did an old resident of Gotham who
said not long since; ~ know of no
pleasanter place to rusticate In than In |
and about New York city, for here you |
can do Just as you please.u And there is |
large measure OF truth In the remark !
New York OF to-day and IFS vicinity with
in radius OF thirty miles, is not what it
was twenty years ago, the city itself is
constantly increasing, and comprises
now within its limits the county Of West
chester as its twenty-third ward, much Of
which is historic ground, for some OF the
old mansions there date prior to revolu-
tionary times.
| THE ELEVATED RAILROADS
carry their thousands of passengers in a
few minutes from the battery to the
lgreen fields in the suburbs, beyond High
lbrldge, where occasionally we find even
now the old farm-houses Of colonial days.
sometimes with these there are small
garden spots containing such flowers as
4.o'clocks, sweet williams, hollyhocks
aud cabbage roses, so cherished and
tended by our grandmothers, and here
and there an old we'll
"That owns two buckets fllirg one another;
The emptier ever danci & In the air
The other down. unseen and full OF water;'
all of which, however, will pass away too
soon, before the so-called march Of inn
proyement On the west is the noble
Hudson, with the opposite bluffs of Ho-
boken and Weehswken, the famous
Elysian fields Of the former being an old
and popular resort The East river COM
mands fine view Of Blackwells, Wards
and Randalls islands, beautiful for sit
uation, Notwithstanding the abode of SO
, much misery. Beyond these extends the
Long island coast to many spots or
: which excursion boats run daily. Turn
to the south and an ever changing pan
Drama meets the eye, the blue water:
of the bay passing through the
expanse of the ocean, until lost in the fal
horizon. The clear sky, not "as darkly
blue" as the water beneath, yet intensely
so, hecked with light, feathery clouds
= the Brooklyn bridge, the navy-yard, the
changing coast lines on each side, the
combination of hill and dale, villas will
T. bits Of woodland, the islands with thei
forts, the Bartholdi statue growing s,
rapidly; then comes Staten island, arouu'
which is the charming sail of tiity-fiv
, miles never more beautiful than now
Move to the left and we approach
COMFY ISLAND AND RoCKAwAY BEACH
The former ten years ago was unknow
even to New Yorke S, except as a narro'
strip OF sand, only an island at ebb tide
with a scanty growth OF scrubby undel
brush few were sufficiently brave (
occasionally encounter its myriads {
. mosquitoes FORECAST clamsIor dip Int
the serf, yet it was altogether forlor
g. spot. What magic has been wrougf
here by capital and laborl 1t is bI
u three quarters of an hour from this teen
ing metropolis, and an exceedingly pleas
- ant resort now is this same Coney islanC
\ more Familiarity known as Manhattan
W Brighton and West Brighton beaches
Thousands visit it daily, and though poo
selling and horse.racing are found, u
?. they are not obtrusiye, and ladies an
children can safely go there alone. tn
- surf-bathing is excellent and well patrol
lied, while the little people build san
NJ forts, make sand pies and wade ank
deep in their search for shells.
Almost in sight of this popular resor
}. occurred on Friday OF last week one {
a THOSE DREADFUL TRAGEDIES
NC ,uhfcb Ia Hifftpult for human akill
nd foresee or prevent. The schooner zach
Sarah Craig, was capsized by sudde
squall, and like flash the scene change
from happiness to that Of the keenest su
fering. The death Of six ladies OF II
excursion party from Philadelphia in tht
closed cabin, so near to, yet apparent
beyond human help, WAS terrible; an'
think Of it as we may, we cannot reali1
\ the agony of the young man who, not b.
y. ing able to save his betrothed, died wit
her there, nor of the other who, powerle'
TO relieve his loved one In any way, coul
II only listen to her pfiful means.
Ten years since milar event occurre
In our harbor, the loss of the yacht MI
hawk, belonging TO Commodol
ny Garner, causing the death
OF five persons. This calamity hi
caused much feeling here, though til
- deceased were not New WORKERS, yet nov
as ever, touch Of nature makes Il
whole world kin.
There was novel and pleasant sig
Yesterday, one that attracted much attel
! ton in our city, and the second OF !
: kind. The Citizens club house In We
Sixtieth street was the starting point
r OF A BICYCLE EXCURSION,
: going into the Cen raj park, thence
; Riverside drive to Gen. Grants tom
where the first stop was made, from the
!, to Yonkers and into the country beyon
having as its extreme limit Howe's cav
above Albany. The company will be r
lnforced at various points by others
the same craft, some Of whom Will be
companied by their wives on tricycle.
The majority of these excursionisls we
4 clergymen, Of whom about 800 IN y
limited States now use the bicycle In u
discharge Of their parochial work.
must have been a pleasant cnsnge
r them, for II certainly was a pleasa
Il sight to the friends who wished the
4 God-speed and safe return, ana cheer'
E them as they started OF on tne