The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-11-03
Our Philadelphia Letter.

IHlLAbELFHlAi OCt dJ ion.G q
Naturally conservative, the Quaker City has
ever viewed with alarm every innovation likely
to overturn established institutions, but no
proposition ever made has raised greater
storm of opposition than the announcement of
the anagers of the Exhibition that they in
tended to open the doors on sunday. This same
Sunday question has long been o source of con-
tentlOn, but instead OF gradually suDsidlng or
wearing itself out, 1t only becomes more and
more bugbear as time passes on. The Exhl.
bitiOn doors have been opened, and those in
favor of the change evidently consider the mat.
ter finally settled; but they reckOned without
their host The ministerial meetings have
been weekly hurting their anathemas against
the Exhibition, and dahy prOpnesying its GOWN
fall. Last Monday evening the rapidly kindnng
embers OF dissatisfaction burst INTO flame at
Horticultural Hall, whlcl was crowded with
people opposed to "the dissertation OF the SAB.
bath" rhe assemb age was lot only one OF
the largest but one OF the most thoroughly re-
sDectaO g audiences ever seen in this Clty and
their proceedings naturally attracted mucl at.
Iention Addresses were delive ed by DR.. John
Hall, OF New YOrk, Rev. Henry w. warren
ID. ID Hon. Wm, A. Porter Kew, Alfred eyin.
ID. D. and others of equal note, while the plat
form adopted was calculated to stllke terror ln-
TO the hearts OF AL opponents. 1t was naturally
expected that TINS mass meeting would be
promptly followed up by others; but the storm
has been succeeded Oy q eat calm, and no one
seems TO be any the worse or any the better ior
the exciting experience
president, was never aCtuallv arrested bV the
stockholders, who seemed to THINK they could
M axe Ibetter use OF him as Il witness; but me
eA-SecIetary of tho company has suGdeny Y
br ought another phase of mis- case within the
pre- vince Of the Jaw, by charging him with per
jury IN annually swearing 10 accounts Wnlcn
ne kncw were not correct; and as the jury
have found u true DlIl against hm the subject
will soon be Ie.opened. Mr. Morton,s brown,
days lgO sold with its contents by the sheIln
aud III consequence OF the involuntary win
drawil of his support n Philadelphia evening
Uaper, III which he had large interest La,
been c, )mpelled to make an aS5gnment Tor the
benefit OF the creditors 1hls part OF the RECORD
was kept very quiet, but mas finally leaked
Chorlis Ross has turned up ag in. this time
| at X G am Ond Indiana where BOY suppose.
| to have cen abducted Is sald TO have ex
| claime,i tn lOOking al paper containing plC
| ture "Oh, that is my brother Waller" On be
| ing shown a picture OF the Ross mansion II
| German to IN, he declared that he once hveC
there, a i'd pointed out tree on which he use,
| to have his swing. All this sounded Very en-
| cOuTagIL'g, but not more 50 than hundreds o
| similar atements in regard to the words anI
actions OF Oll1er lost boys supposed o have beel
Charlie sud, as usual, the Ross family place Et
| confidence in the report having evidently
| given up all hope OF ugail seeing their tt
one alivo But aDductiOLs as Wei as murder
| will out, M ahe mystery will in q prObabllit!
| be solved some day. ana many persons IN tbl
city would not be surprised II the sequel shOu
prove tlaI the detectives nave from the yer!
| trst been following out the most IidlCulOus!
ABSURD ce'Ss. Had one. tenth the ability IL ua
| ly displayed in such cases been employed Of
| this Ross business at the beginning, the bO
would never have got very Tar away iIOu
home.
Some pretty quick time was made on tn
| Bound BioOtl Railroad last week. The NeN
| York Park rneat g Company had promised I
give matinee DenehJ pc fOrmance IN beha
of the sick actor Edwin Adams. and the Offc al
promised to ing them from New HOrk
Philadelphia in the shortest time ever ye
made pney GcCO mDlished the task with east
laL ding the thea tncal people in this city /
Just ninety nin0 and One'hall minutes almost
mile minute straight thrOIgh.
EDWIN Adams, the actor, dIed yesterday.
p Il. Barnum with hls great moral show
here aP lln, ana Will soon begin a brief seasU
at Broad aud Fed dsral streets
| FOX's Theatre which was burned down la
winter, HIS been rebuilt. and will reopen mex
Saturday On a less immoral pan than uefOIt
The annOu ucement says that smoking an
drinking wIll not DE allowed, and ladies' Will d
admitted every nlgnt-qulte stride in I'll
march Of lmL TOveLlent.
Iu the last YeeK OF November we are to
faNO, ed with national dog show, but OF tina
more anon. CARL tOsTELLE