The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-24


New YORK, Dec. 23.-To the unin-
itiated a sight at the vast throngs that
are at present infesting the shopping
districts OF New York and Brooklyn
there would seem to be very few signs
of the hard times said to be prevailing
The shop keepers, however, tell a
different story; not one. third of the peo-
pie that are out looking at the displays
are buying. "Only looking" describes
the state Of affairs fully
The delay in carrying out the SEN
tence Of Judge Barnard in the John Y.
McKane case Of contempt Of court, for
refusing to show his registry lists last
election, has caused great deal OF com
ment, some of which is decidedly un-
complimentary. The sentence OF thirty
days and $3.50 fine, although the maxi.
mum, is thought to be in this case very
light.
Notwi hstanding that the departure Of
leila Nicolaus was vehem emily denied
by certain parties and papers morning
paper states that she arrived safe and
standing at Southampton on the 2)th
instant. There seems to be a great diff
| ference of opinion regarding this woman,
though the majority has put her down
| for an adventures. Whether there is
anything more than q lot of free adver-
Using for herself in the suit she has
brought against George j. Gold remains
to be seen when tho trial comes of, if
it ever does.
Only five weeks with her married
sister and then Maggie Stenson goes TO
minister with her brother-in law and
is married to him and aids her newly
made husband to assault her sister and
his wife, No. /. Results: George Arnold
held for bigamy and Maggie for as
sault.
The report that Irregularities, to say
the least, bavo been existing in the
custom house, and that over 81, ZOO, 900
has been wrongly refunded to tobacco
dealers, created small stir of excite
ment in the political camps. 1t is pre-
dicted that big shake.up will take
place very shortly, and to the politician
"tis an i'll wind that blows nobody
good"
There is very large movement on
foot at present to get Governor Flower
|
full Italian girl who shot and killed her
husband in violent fit of resentment
at his ill-treatment of her October 90,
1886. Governor Hill committed her
| sentence to imprisonment for life, and
She is now in Auburn State prison. The
prevailing sentiment in regard to her is
that she has suffered enough for her
| hasty act
The firm stand taken by Dr. Park
hurst has at last accomplished its pur-
| pose. To say that the police are wor-
ried, would be saying very little indeed.
and in these, their days of trial, they
seem to have lost their heads entirely
| and are playing into the doctors hands
all the time. Dr. Parkhurst has all along
contended that gambling houses and
houses of ill-repute could not exist
without the knowledge and connivance
OF the police, and has cited several
times the wrath OF our head police Off l..
Gals and other little straws to show
which way the wind was blowing. The
police, however, very adroitly managed
to put the public on the wrong track,
and set them to thinking that the
| Society for the Prevention of Crime. of
which the doctor ls at the head, was
working against the houses mentioned
They made wrong play, however, and
showed the doctors intentions when
they made their raid in the Tenderloin
district several days ago. The doctor
took advantage OF it at once, and now
the vindicating committee has its hands
full trying TO whitewash certain cap
tains. Whitewash, however, as we all
know, is not remarkable for its dura
bility, and has great tendency to scale
off in spots, revealing to the vulgar
gaze the solid surface over which it has
been plastered.
Over $4,000 people crossed the bridge
between New York and Brooklyn the
night of the fog last week. When IL is
remembered that $4,000 is the general
| average one can readily see what loss
to the ferry companies fog will cause
Before the bridge was built this vast
crowd had to use the ferries. but
now with all the elevated roads in
Brooklyn running to it fog has very
| little terror to the average citizen; he
may be little longer getting home,
but that ia all. The danger of col
| lision in midstream Is entirely done
away with and the bridge has on many
an occasion demonstrated to every body's
satisfaction that it can carry every one
that desires to cross it.