The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-08

a,rons to push himAlong, Ere long he
held office, ut the same time beginning
to write ioI the newspaper. Then he
became District Attorney, and finally
Mayor of the City. This was during
the hey day regime of the Tweed ring.
When it collapsed, and the stupendous
swindles which were carried on by the
trinity Tweed, Connolly and Sweeney
were exposed Hall WAS. among those
who were, or at least were said TO be i'm
plicated in their crimes.
shall not say here, whether Hall was;
guilty or not. There we're investiga. |
tions, etc., and the result was that Hall q
mind was upset, he disappeared, and |
finally after long search, wps found in |
a sensational way in London. He always
had o hsnkering after the stage, and dur
ing leisure hours after his retirement
from Office had written play of which |
he was himself the hero. 1t was called |
THE Crucible,' He engaged a COM
pany and played the leading character
himself On the first night the Park
Theatre, since burned down, was packed.
1t was understood that Hall in this play
was Offering to the public an "apologia
pro vita sua, and everybody went TO See
thing that saved it was an occasional bit
of bright dialogue. The plot was ramb-
ling and the characters were not brought
out in a striking light. Thus after the
FIRST few nights curiosity wore off, no.
body cared TO go to the Park and Hall,
who had risked the largest portion of
the wreck of his fortune in it lost all.
Then he resumed the practice of law de-
al 10 otrin mai
ness. Two or three years ago he took
up an active connection with journalism,
by becoming managing editor of. THE
World" then under Hurlbert's marage-
ment, He left this to become the editor
Of TRUTH. He was. always bright and
smart on the editorial page aud but for
an unfortunate tendency to punning his
influence would have been effective.
When he saw the chance of making a
pun he would let logic aid point run to
the dogs, for the sake of impaling With
cism and embalming it in type.
1t is said that Charles Byrnes, who
founded TRUTH will again become the
editor of it, but after his quarrels with
the stockholders, this is hardly likely
TRUTH yesterday began the publication
of penny evening edition called Truth
AND ECHO, but it looks too "light," to
promise permanency. TRUTH has been
considerably hurt in its circulation by
the advent of the MORNING JOURNAL, also
a penny paper. 1t is rather an odd CO.
Incidence, that Albert Pulitzer, the edi-
tor of the JOURNAL WAS the man who
brought Hall to bay during the Tweed
excitement. Pulitzer was at the time
reporting for the HERALD, and among
the profession was credited with so much
| cheek, that he was unconscious Of haN-
ing any. All the reporters at that time
vera running their legs off to interview
Hall, but the Dira had disappeared.
Pulitz-r heard that he had gone 10
certain hotel. He waited for hours and
hours, but finally during the small hours
the morning, when almost worn out
with fatigue, he caught glimpse of Hall
| darting into the wash room. He then
held him there until he get his inter.
view.
At a pleasant little dinner at an up.
| town club, of which the participants
we're nearly all more or less literary peo-
| pie, conversation turned upon George
W. Cable the author of 1.-THE Grandi-
mimes," and other stories illustrative of
|
way the reigning lion in the literary
world. Cable is at present in Boston,
and there is made the object of alteration
so strong, that unless he has a great deal
of character, it will turn his heal. One
o the party an eminent poet and literary
@ ltic had only that day come from the
$ at of "culchaw." and had seen great
deal of Gable, said he: Il do not think
| n n,h ,ri1l
tative novelist Most of his pictures OF
New Orleans life are untrue. He des-
cribes the people from the outside, and
! like q clever low comedian who can
make up after almost any public man
and caricature or mimic him, he dazzles
for while but soon exposes the sham.
Cable is man about thirty.five years o'
age, but for man who has lived 80 long
iu New Orleans society, he is as thor.
ough Puritan as if he had been brought
up in New England village un Ter the
most unrelenting blue laws. He reminds
me very much of his own character
Frowenfeld,' in The Grandimimes
How Can a man be or become grea
novelist whose boast is that he has never
been inside of a theatrep"
On Thanksgiving Day, l was one o
the 5000 people who went down tC
Brighton Beach, who shivered and froz,
to see five races run off There was very
little sport but great deal of gambling
The horses were nearly all wretcheC
screws, but the betting ran SO high tina
: nearly every pool sold averaged over
? $1,000, and first choice seldom brough
= : less than S400. Iu the fourth race gra.
two.year old filly called Unknown wa
. entered, aud for a time ruled US favorit
! in the betting. She was entered as be
longing to d. d. Davis. "She reall.
belongs to his wife" said an acquaintanc
of mine, an old habitue of Brighton
Beach, and he pointed out fine LOOKING
. old lady with superb gray hair on tn
stand as the proprietress. "She Is
V ry clever woman, and as good a man
{ a9eress of racing as the Duchess OF Mon
trose aud other sportswomen in England
l. Sc won Unknown at euchre. She an
. her husband live III Texas during tn
= winter; during the summer and fall the
travel with their hor o. from race meet
ing to race meeting. They have as a nes
neighbor n man who breeds thorough
. bred stock. He was fond of cards, an
% as Mrs. Davis has the reputation of be
ing player of euchre, Whist and Grill
ba2e, whose equal is seldom TO be founC
he very frequently called at their hous
= to play. One evening the play ran higl
y and the breeder, who kew that Mr.
!, Davis was very sweet on the hlly, who's
- ~ training had just been begun, he stake
a. her, aud Mrs. Davis won. Unknow
u u was good one in the spring and sun
:, mer, but she took sick, and is but jul
NJ recovering now.'
u Just then Mrs. Davis instructed
70 gentleman TO back her filly in the au,
70 tion pools. The race was started an
:, run. Unknown and three-year-o -ol
- gelding called Frank L. making all Il
I1 a running. Iu fact they went like team
y In the slreteh Frank Z, looked as if
80 had the race won, and Unknown #
'e back. Frank Els jockey took thin
20 easy, when like flash Unknown's l.
90 got to work again and in a twinkling 81
y was at Franks head. Up went Will
., and in went spurs, and the two few dow
y the stretch as if possessed. In the la
a Jump Frank L. made an heroic effol
iSS and Unknown was beaten head. MI
Sa oa Davis said nothing, but she looked /