The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-07-25

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Three days after the child was stolen,
his father inserted an advertisement in
the Public Ledger, offering reward of
$500 for hisrecOvery; and the next morn |
ing, in the personal column" of this |
same Journal, appeared the following:
Ross-WE BE READY TO NEGOTIATE.
On the same day, the father, Mr..
Ross, received an anonymous letter
through the post office, in which it was
stated that little Charlie would be re-
turned for 500, 600. 1t went on to say
that the boy was in good ha nds; that the
treatment given him was careful; that it
had cost the parties great deal of
money to get him, and that they could
not think of returning him for less than
$50, 200. ...... .....
Mr.. Ross answered the Williams through
the same paper, that he had not the de-
sired sum, but would try and raise it.
He then received another letter, which
reads similar to this: .,. ...
"We know you are not worth much
money, but we are aware that you have
rich friends of whom you can borrow.
If you love money better than your
| Nsllll lJo hIOOu oh yOhi hOoN'
"Any attempt to ascertain the child's
hiding place will result in its annihlla-
ton. We will turn the child up on
our own terms. We know our busi-
ness," and we are 'going to fight it
out" .............. Cd.
Nothing that has occurred here for a
long time has excited the community
like this infamous procedure. The
parents, as may be supposed, are nearly
distracted at the loss of their child, and
they have sympathy of every one. A
more audacious or DOlder scheme was
never carried into execution here, and
it surprises every one. ..
On Thursday last Detective Taggart
arrested Chris. Wooster, a well known
confidence man, in this city, on suspi-
cion of his being concerned in the alb
duction of the child. Wooster has been
connected with plumber of black mail
ing operations, and suspicion has been
directed against him, but what testi-
mony the detectives have against him
is not made known to the public. Woos.
ter was taken before Alderman Smith,
who committed him to Aloyamensing
prison to await hearing. -A
1t Is expected that the I... s.1
SOUTH STREET BRIDGE
will be thrown open to the public in a
few weeks. All of the masonry work
of the bridge has been completed, and
the east and west river spans are being
erected. The draw has not yet been
erected but all the material for the
. same has been manufactured, and Is
| I,a ,,ln IN, ,nGitinn This
, bridge will prove q great convenience
to persons residing in West Philadelphia
: and will give great atimpetus to building
: Improvements in the south western por
tion of our city. The growth of our city
. is to the north and west, the southern
A portion of our city not being desirable
4 for place of residence, and the Della
@ ware River being closely built upon.
O Our city is in the control of
r I....... RING
\ as completely as New York was whel
Boss Tweed and his associates relgnet
Q supreme, and the public money is squan
G dered in a reckless manner.
@ A school, station, or engine house can
= not be erected for less than twice th
v amount that a private party could hay
It them erected for, and when once erect
d ed, they are generally in tumble-dowl
ii condition in u few years. A strong eff
/. fort was made here recently to make th
d city purchase a lot in the suburbs of tn
,r city, at an eXOrDltaut price, upon whlc
' to erect school house, but the effoI
10 was fortunately defeated. One OF ou
" Councilmen stated that the lot /
a. question sold two years ago for two do
at lars square foot, and the price aske
n the city was an advance of three hun
A. dred per cent, more than lots were bring
ing in tile neighborhood. He also STATE
er that the influence of champagne SUI
ne per was brought to bear upon him
he effect sale.
he One of our reservoirs, needing re
ca pairs, proposals were invited Tor II
ry completion of the work, and over twenl
an bids were received from contractor
lis who were anxious to receive the col
"a, tract. The Chief Engineer OF the Wat
"a, Department awarded the contract to Il
It. highest bidder, notwithstanding a e
lc- sponsible party offered to perform u
y, work for $1G0, 900 less than was give
TO this favored one.
lin Our Paid Fire Department has co
10 the city an enormous SumTheW ehgln
X costing as much in one year for repGi
a as was their original cost, and other e
'as penditures being on like scale. .'..
eft Your correspondent was passing t.
ad weeks ago where onr new public bull
k ings are being erected, and stopping
III moment to watch the workmen, his a
: tention was called by policeman, wi
a said he was brieklayer by trade, to t
.he bad quality OF the mortar used in t
raj construction of the foundation wall
INT The policeman detaching small pie
'er of mortar from the wall, and crushi
it in his hand, said: "fhis mixture
he totally unfit for the purpose it is us
ion for" The mixture looked more ii
eat mud than mortar, and seemed destitr
ar- of lime.
ess THE THEATRICAL SEASON,
recently closed here, was not pecunia
ally successful one, and 1t is TO be he
ed that the charge of admission to plaC
:, of amusement will be reduced for {