Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-03-28
NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK,
March "a, 1890.

DEAh hhdlSIEh- Iot. dlIiCh ooy
i'm New York was observed in very
Irish manner. The city was painted
a verdant green, even the evening
edition Of the World was printed in
that color-not that the World cares
for the Irish especially, but to in
crease its circulation. 1t tried the
same stroke of policy last year and it
was big success. The parade OF
about ten thousand Irishmen was re-
viewed by the Mayor and at night
the leaders of two of the large orders
were banaueted. The Irish flag, or
emblem, was floating from the top OF
CITY Hall all day. This shows to
what an alarming extent foreigners
are beginning to control matters In
this city. The Irish claim that the
reason Hewitt was defeated was be-
cause he would not allow them to put
their flag on City Hall on good st.
Patrick's day. This also opens a
question as to whether race-not
even n nation-should be allowed TO
float their colors from the city's chief
executive building Certainly every
true American would say no. Poll
ties says differently.
see the REGISTER in its last issue
speaks of New York as being tough.
Politically this is undoubted y true.
The investigation of Mayor Grant has
brought to light some startling ex-
posures as to how the Sheriff's Office
was conducted while he was i'll power
and before. The fee system was used
to an alarming extent, and the only
records kept Of expenditures ana
other matters was in a small red book,
no ledger or balanced accounts.
When asked what could be told OF
the accounts in case of his death the
Mayor said, nothing and that he
took the chance of living" A whole
sale arrest of his deputy sheriffs has
taken place. 1t should be known,
though, that this investigation is the
work of just as bad men on the other
side-Repub leans of the Platt stripe.
The great Flack divorce suit trial
which has created so much talk ana
has hung fire so long, came to an end
Saturday afternoon. On the second
ballot the jury found them guilty
Sheriff Flack, his son Will Flack and
Referee Joseph Meeks This Will
probably put an end to such notorl-
Gus means of procuring divorces
The Sheriff, his son and the Referee
were branded conspirators, and that
they doubly deserve their sentence
every one knows. This great. case
was kept quiet for long time, untll
the press, that modern Nemesis OF
crime, ferreted it out and laid the
whole plot bare.
Major w. Ii. Clark, of the South
ern Club, was to have been tried last
week for his shooting at Randolph in
January, but on the day set for trial
the doughty Major disappeared and
has not been seen since. or course
he forfeits his bail but itseems strange
that it should be at the conveniently
low figure of only $1,000 This and
the slowness of his trial are said to
have been brought about by political
friends of his.
PIT. Barnum returned from Eu-
rope Yesterday and will soon be de-
lighting the thousands who flock to
his show here every year. he VIII
not appear at Madison Square Gar
den this year, as that old structure
was torn down and the new one Is
not finished yet, but will exhibit under
canvas on the upper part OF the
Island. He parades his show in ito
entirety here and it is great sight,
The streets of New York. What a
subject for poets to rave about, espe-
cially if they could have seen them
last week. They were covered with
mud, dirt, slush and snow for about
six inches, until the papers suggested
wings as the only means of getting
down town without being swamped.
The street-c Gaming department here,
also in Tammany's power, seems to
try hard enough, but work without
system or head, certainly without re-
suits. LOOMS, the new head OF the
new department, has gone to Phila-
deliphia, Washington and Baltimore
TO see how they clean streets there
Let us trust he may find out.
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