The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-07
THE NEW COMFY ISLAND.
zHB CITY or cHURCHEsI<SD 80 20
LICKMEN TAKE IT IN HAND.

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Yesterday. Bat see. - Hsa RsisP.,
s-s = esos deal Of ths Nswpsss Dissp-
pesr.a-ouiy sis. Deere we've ope. $50
ths Lane. OF the Bsvsry Were ssir,-.
Frankfurtsrs without beer. caroussls with
out steam csliopes. song and dance girls with
out legs, pigeons with no one to pluck them
The thought was enough to make the elephant
weep
Consy Island was under cloud. There had
come persmptory order to shut up. an order
that the Oldest inhabitant had never heard be-
fore an order that. II enforced. would revolu-
tionizs things Verify the elephant had cause
to weep. and the people were sorry they had
ever heard the name OF Brooklyn. and more
sorry that the big city had ever Robbled them
up By annexation. At o o'clock the cloud that
had been seen only In the distance began to
materisllze The proprietors OF all the
dance halls stood outside their places
with their walters. and the saloon keep
ers stood outside their places. The csrousel
whirled around In silence. the toboggan slides
were not working. the hot frankfurter man
cooked his sausage in silence and sadness
Even the little popcorn boys and the crystals
lied lemonade drop boys were quiet. The
ossined man was wheeled out on his front
stoop the bearded ladies and the living skele-
tons iolled about the entrances OF their pal
aces. They were all whiting. they dldntknow
exactly for what
The frat detachment OF Brooklyn police
men. the nucleus OF the dark cloud. were elk
big fsllows They arrived at the Sea Beach
depot and they marched to Police Head
quarters between the lines OF waiting citi-
zens- Then came eight more over the Culver
route: then ten more over the Sea Beach.
and they continued coming until there were
fifty all told. The last OF the lot. elk men,
rode Into town on horseback. Nothing on the
island was to be too swift for thom' Sergeant
E. ?. Clayton. who had been made the acting
Captain o. thS III, n.
shaiied his men in room on the upper floor OF
the old building Outside crowd row. o, nearly ~
600 citizens eatherea 10 learn Wnat was 10 DO
,h ,ns ns he ,So
ord.r. 20 ,bo r. main which he aaid vera Tor
tho oI present nit to govern the island They w.To
in brief. to 90 to every saloon In town and tell
the proprietor tina. the Excise law was
to be enforced. They were to tell the
proprietor of every coneer. garden tina.
ne Wouio nave 10 smut up MS place ana not
allow anything to 60 on inside but a sacred
oonee wv ., ea sn .h ~ sns men a.. ,.sa
were made up 70 90 thS TG6n ana tnsy started
Jus. imagine now: the sensation 1 that !. those
SQUADS made az they went from place 20 place
draw NJ n i5ont Of = place. and or. or two
W0uid 70 th povpx ma tbs a,hae IN ths
other direction; Il was Il oeloeF before the
nosIyinS We Gone; snu I,gh1 up 20 .me' hour
Eek Bssvesn a1f and = oeioct there was sr.a.
ne a.s % ,Sa hadn't sad snytnngg
pulled their stage costumes from their pocket;
look SINGING hymn In suits IKE those the
mSn .n ana nonta cs. Isa
no admission e see himself. nothing had been
saWna ' = hat besiae him Tor contributions
while the bearded ladies and the human skel.
snS the
should Pc snus up Inas mace curtains ~ ms neees.
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he concert hall men began e use tsoi; stsss
ame II O'CLOCK got there things We're in shapS
and sacred sonssrt: began; The man with ihs
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OF mao as ieast sp.taa GUY anu takon nnhttee
swoopsd aown on WAS .ne steam ca,lope, th ne
smut on tne s,eam mere. Nooouy wept out ths
owner. ~ -oeiock ma.ers were YER, IN the oid
swing me DoweSt rie no Will th9 zen
voices OF tne sacrea singers SINGING %
NOT iorwEie.t me; 40 no. i.o-r,g.et me-.
There was the bawl Of the farce comedy men.
ahs howi Oh Ihe not iLanslut1u ., men ana the
,IWo Up anu pne o3 pnn se.n mh On tne 3ut-
sue. q VIC MaLto,. put IoI ~ tnese iLAahlhaI
things there was SUI something lacking, or
EAsne, t snathta . n maSn pIpuar.
Tnst thing was ei aIi, ON ,hs iemn'e per-
sn .nroaraS Iasiass ths .hana1y csly yas
women AppeaIeq ttegiess. ths snspey caves
saeh n ssris foo SKIRTS r are not part ar Of he
regular at,Ie o. we my snkeI on the DOW