The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-14
THE FIRE ISLAND COLONY.
Troops Guarding the Hotels-The Pas
sengers Are all Well

Troops Guarding the Hotels-The Pas
sengers Are all Well
BABYLON. L. l.. Sept. IA, 1892. There
were just 236 members of Colonel David
E. Austen's Thirteenth Brooklyn Regi-
ment on the special which reached here
at $50 O'Clock from Brooklyn last night.
The Colonel himself was in command,
and with him were Lieutenant Colonel
Watson and men from every company of
the regiment The men all looked in ex-
cellent trim and ready for another long
siege like the one from which only two
weeks ago they returned to their homes.
The men dtd not leave the special at the
Babylon station, but before the train
reached the landing place the engine was
pulled up and thew fiocked out of the
cars. The night was pitch dark, and
there was fine cold rain falling.
The men were in their heavy marching
dress They had forty rounds of ball
cartridges, and brought besides great
quantity of additional ammuuition in q
freight car. The command also fetched
along a car load of provisions, enough,
Colonel Austen said. to feed 400 men for
three days. Other provisions were to
come down from Brooklyn later, and no
fears are entertained that the men will
suffer for want of food here as they did
at Buffalo. The men were in excellent
spirits.
BLOOD SPILLED IN CAMP.
The first blood was spilled at the camp
last night at about half past eleven
O'Clock. Commissary Jere Weinberg,
the Brooklyn lawyer, accompanied by his
sergeant, Ed. Corkran, and Inspector of
Rifle Practice Theodore Babcock, got
here with the second detachment of the
Thirteenth Regiment.
They did not march up with the COM
mand. but came up by themselves. There
is an electric light just the other side of
Hotel from the main road. Just before
the men reached the electric light they
met two men going the other way. from
Babylon to Bay Shore. The men were
baymen.
One Of them came up to CAPTAIN Wern-
berg and struck at him. Captain Wern-
berg was taken altogether by surprise.
He had been walking along with his
hands in his pockets. The tough, after
striking at the Captain, grabbed hi m by
the cape of his coat.
LET me goI'' exclaimed the Captain.
The man cursed him. The Captain drew
back and let out his right fist. 1t struck
the man under the chin. The man went
head over heels into a ditch. The Captain
sat down quite forcibly. The man jumped
up out of the ditch and made off. This
morning the place of the encounter was
marked with blood. The Captain says he
only touched the man, but Surgeon Coch-
ran had to bind up his right hand for him
last night, and his hand is very sore and
stiff, and it all looks as if some tendon had
been sprained. The Captain only regrets
now that he did not knock the fellow out
and have him up in the lookup.
SUFFERINGS ON THE CEPHEUS
the sutferin2s OF the last night and
day on board the Cepheus will live for
ever in the memories of those on board of
her.
Last night they were comfortably
housed, every one of them. As each pas
senger came into the hotel entrance he
was registered and waiter took him up
to the room assigned to his use.
Mr. Palmer thought that they will be
able to enjoy themselves on the island
1t is proposed TO give concert in the ball
room of the hotel either tenight or tomor-
row night. Miss Lottie Collins aud lot
of other singers and dancers will help to
| amuse the inhabitants of Fire Island.
| There is a piano in the ballroom, and the
band from the Normannia is in good
| shape.
| Last night was very quiet in the big
| hotel. The passengers were all tired out.
and after a good dinner in the great long
dining room to the left OF the broad walk
| leading down to the steamboat dock, they
nearly all went to bed as soon as pos
sible. Il was. a great comfort &C
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