The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-10-20

employed in the cqse knew where Nr Gilman
was, and could have arrested him at any mo.
ment II they had been so disposed. But they
were not 1hey employed themselves chiefly Ov
going over Go Gilman's BronAlyn house and
soaring his sick wife half 10 death As / wr1te
these lines she is considering, In her poor emo.
uonal wnv, whether she shall become insane or
not The Rev. DR. HOughton, who Is the pastor
OF " the little church around the corner" on
TWenty-eiRhth street was an active instrument
In producing the cOntrihOn of Gilman who used
to be prominent vestrvman, and oil that, In
The picturesque temple Of honesty and religion
While Gilman was under cover in TwenJy.niuth
street, he made repeated visits to his beloved
plstOr, and admlt mauy tears evolved the ex-
traOrdinary confession, which has been puD.
lshed everywhere. A grand effort Ia being made
60 show that Gllman's act was the direct result
of church pressure but The fact remains all the
same that his tremendous IemOrse came when
he had no money. The dramaLic epl l,Ode In the
Court OF General Session will probably he y him
TO pardon and 80 far IS l am concerned hope
he will get 1t. Sing Sing Is not q iOveable place
ana they say that auburn which, beneve, is
the ultimate destination of MIR. Gilman, is even
worse. They say that the vestryman. .fOfger first
conceived how easy 1t was to raise money aud
certificates in his peculiar way, by cOnversa-
tiOn that he had with peilar who was selling O
checE.canCelling stamp. The native ingenuity
OF Glman suggested method Of beating tne
stamp, as we would guess a. the problem OF the
Chinese pnzzle and the bait once dropped be.
fore hlm, on a Satanic line, was Preedily swa
lowed. MT Beecher, during his last Friday
evening praver-meetinR, has taken occasion to
state that Gilman married daughter OF one OF
his (Beecher's) sisters. He preached a little
hOmlly on the circumstances and then dismiss
sea It, ordinary cOnVicJs feel very mucn ag
grteved that Mr Gilman was p1ven the privi.
ege Of stopping, with his jaior, all night at the
Grand Hotel, instead of being taken to the
Tombs to await the orders OF the Deputy y-Sherff
But that is o little peculiarly about New YORK.
know OF case where wealthy woman sen
fenced to yeir,passed week IN carriages ana
her own house befole any key was turned upon
her.
The Edwin Adams benefit at the Academy OF
Music last Friday Afternoon was an immense
Ou a
histTlOniC success, and am speaking now in my
usual cynical way, the thought beng oDiruded
by the special act IN which Mcssrs. S0thern aud
Florence esseyed the parts Of OthellO mud IdDo.
with little Lotta as DesdonnOHd. The public
naturally imagined that Mcssrs. Sotheln and
Florence were gong 10 be funny and wnen they
found that such hope was spaced. they fell
hungriiy upon Lotta, who could not wthsl aud
the telnptaTnn, 10 KICK her silken train about
with che llvelv movement Of the Little N arch
ioness." The people laughed at LOtta, but they
looked askdnCe ut SOthern and Florence. They
were terri oily chaPr1ned NJ seeing these famous
comedians attempt such serious parts. SO far
as am concerned, am free to state shat
think that SUthtrn and Florence had no busl-
ness IN tie respectable roles OF OtheLO ahd jd0o.
To a certain extent the people who bought
tickets to see tins special act OF the bene6t were
deluded Sothern and Florence, IN burlesuue
of Othstio, would be grand, SOthern and For
ence DOING the thing rehgiously were very stu
pld. The rest OF the performance went of nice
ly. and since magnificent purse was realized
every body is satisfied 1 knew Ned Adams
when he was Keeping open cottage at Long
Branch and am glau TO see that his bfetneTn
nave sprung 80 eagerly TO the task Of assisting
him AMI his family.
Tne quarrel about the Porto Rican Barbaross
getting admission INTO the College Of Physlc ans
and surg cons, does not amount to much. Really.
IL is none OF the pubnc'5 business, though some
OF the a0tiaDOlittOn people are trying TO ian IN,
to new flame the fire OF opposition u to the cOlored
race thaC burned 80 tiercely years 60 All the
officers OF the institution have been interview.
ed ami they Rraveiy and decoI0lsly ask the
reading world to a low themselves TO run q col.
| lege IN their own particular way. Mr.. Barba.
rose l. q W ry nice gentleman. and have had
the pleasure OF meeting him, but since am not
| professor. or stockhOder, OF student III the
| college to which he demanded admission, re-
| sprc;tuliy refrain from making any particular
comment i'll the case. SO much for BarbarOSa
| Our theatres are all doing very well, with the
| exception OF those that are closed, or are con.
| templabng closure. The principal event OF
| this week 10 the re.opening OF the Fifth Ave
| nue. under the management OF Mr.. stephen
| Fisk. The Gilsey est tie Is really running the
house, and the rent will be collected each night
| in the box office 1homas's "A Summer's Night
| Dream" opens the season tomght, with NJ lss
| Emile Melville, u beautiful Australian songs
uess, in the principal role. After the William
| sous are through with struck OH" at the
| Union Square, play called " Mo her and
| Daughter will be produced. SOthern has re-
| constructed the Crushed 1rageuian" at the
Palk. '' Uncle Toms CaDin" opens this week
| good houses TO Wallack's. At " NlblOs" lhey
produce the Jlbb rnainOusly" to night. anu un
derino season OF Italian Opera. ALI the Other
| houses are doing very welt lat ~, those thu,
are dong anything at Rll, and since we arG
| promised II speedy evlyaI Of Grade IN all quar-
ters, fee hsppV In stating that the amuseineG
| world will catch O sheen OF the coming RlOry.
| BATTERY.