The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-09-02

with in the management of the editorial
department, the little journal began to
make money. Its circulation among the
Germans increased very rapidly and the
widow found herself growing rich. Fear
ing that she might lose the young man
who had been so useful in advancing her
fortunes, she married him. At his sug-
gestion few years ago, the present
STATS ZEITuNo building was erected at
a cost of $500, 600. The paper is now one
Of the most valuable properties in the
country aud Oswald 0ttendorfer, still its
editor-in-ehief, is one of the l,aders OF
the Germans in New York, in all political
movements. Mrs. Ottendorfer has edu-
Gated and settled in life all her children;
but has not yet relinquished the business
control of the STATS ZEIruNe.
Every morning, at 10 o'clock, she is to
be seen in the publication Office, attend
ing to the finances, making contracts for
printing paper or presses and giving or
ders as to the employment or the dis
charge Of help in the mechanical depart
ments. Every year she gives away large
amounts of money in charities: and one
of her noblest works in this direction is
''home" for old women, on which she has
already expended more than $50 600.
sHAvINGs.
A girl is years old has been arrested
here for highway robbery. Her victim
was little girl 12 years old. Hamil-
ton Grange, the old residence of Alex
ander Hamilton at 10th Avenue and l45th
street, is being repaired for the drst time.
The thirteen gum trees that Hamilton
planted to commemorate the union of the
States are still standing. The house is
fast falling to decay and the once beauti-
full grounds furnish pasture for horses
and cattle.-One hundred car loads of
peaches arrived yesterday morning, Each
car contained 450 baskets and each bas.
ket held half bushel. This means 25,-
900 bushels of peaches. Thousands OF
luscious watermelons also arrived. Thir-
ty schooners unloaded 178, 900 melons. all
from Maryland.--A blind beggar in
the Bowery subscribes for one English,
one French and one German paper and
reads them all without spectacles. -
One of the largest dry goods dealers on
Sixth Avenue employs is year old girl
as detective. She does excellent service
Capt. Shaw, Chief of the Metropol-
tan Fire Brigade in London is now on
an inspecting tour through the United
States. says that New York's building
laws are admirable and are much more
stringent and better enforced than those
of London. That city employs 500 fire.
men for an area of 12l square miles, while
New IUTk with an area of only Al square
miles, has an effective force OF 900 men.
If we could say for our police force what
we can honestly say for our fire depart
ment, we should be the proudest citizens
on the face of the earth. But we can't
The Irish patriots are calling Jeremiah
O'Donovan O'Rossa, ugly names. because
he and few fellow-pataiots fail to &C
count for paltry 800, 900. which the in
dustrious Bridgets of the land of theil
adoption have subscribed for the des
truction of Great Britain. This is al
wrong,for Mr.. Rossa's own name, which
his sponsors in baptism did give him, il
q very pretty one; and what is 800, 00t
but handful OF filthy lucrep Besides tn,
patriots should remember that the mon
ey is fund. They call it Skirmishinl
fund with capital s.; but il. in th
= course of human events it ha turned ou
to be sinking fund and has gone up
they should console themselves with tn
thought that, at least part of i. ha
: gone down in the shape of good Irisl
: whiskey.-Judge Gardner wishes l.
: see the whipping post established in Ne,
: York. There are about 1856, ,279 of tn
t other voters who express the same desire
: Time will tell.