The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence OF ADVOCATE.
NEW YoRK, Oct. .16, 1883.

ancient beau Callahan, not wisely but to
we'll. and shooting at the woman whom
she believed was alternating his Rffectione
from her, she il now doomed-to three
years and half in the penitentiary. No
one expected such verdict Even the
court officers thought that # the jury
would not find bsr not guilty, on account
Of the intense state Of nervous excite
ment In which she was at the time of
shooting Mrs. Smith. and which il it
was not actual insanity at least bordered
on 1t. they would at least disagree.
Nothing can be done here without bet
ting, and thus the odds were three to
one against a verdict of not guilty, and
even that they would disagree. The
trial was exceedingly well managed by
her counsel, but yet they failed to con-
vince the jury. The blow was very bard
on the poor girl. Her former employer
in whose family she served as governess,
told one of her lawyers shortly before
the trial ended that if the jury disagreed,
and she was admitted to bail pending a
new trial, he would furnish it, and take
her back 10 his family in The capacity of
governess, and thus give her a chance TO
reinstate herself in public opinion. All
this is now over. What the poor thing
will do after her release it is hard to say.
Everybody felt sorry for he-. She was
SO refined in her manner, and although
her infat1ation for the man who betrayed
her, was piece of arrant folly, yet there
was something so tragic in it as to in
spire the utmost sympathy.
The Western Union officials have not
vet succeeded in ferreting out the ras-
calls who tapped the wires leading from
Jerome Park, and thus victimized the
booksellers and the betting public to the
tune Of about 800, 900. Frauds like
this have been done before, but never Oh
such gigantic scale, embracing as il
did every betting centre on this side OF
the Rocky Mountains. The criminals
did the work in very circumspect and
thorough manner. Every avenue Of de.
teotion that they could think of was
guarded against. I had a chat with one
of the editors of the mail and Express
last Sunday about the matter. This pa
per makes specially Of racing news. and
is in fact the recognized authority on
sports of the turf among the afternoon
newspapers, in the same way as the
"World" is among the morning papers.
This gentleman told me that the firsl
despatch from the track giving the start
srs, betting and jockeys for the first rae.
though filed at Al, did not reach the
Office til 2.30. and Though there was q
delay Of nearly 40 minutes at the most
before the horses were sent eff, the re-
porters second dispatch giving the .resul
! Of the race, came right in on the heels
of the first one. The betting and start
ers for the second race did not come al
all, while the result was the same as that
sent to all the pool-rooms aud to the
Associated Press. The reporter alst
sent the starters anu betting for the
third race, and also subsequently the re
suit, Neither of these dispatches sehed
the Office. 1t will thus be seen how care.
full the rascals were that their gam
should not be detected before their har.
vssting was completed.
Mrs. Langtry, who arrived last Sunday
on the Oregon, looks much stouter than
she did when she left this country Hel
journey on the continent has evidently
done her a great deal of good. She It
living very quietly at the Albermarle
and the presence of her mother keeps of
the mAshers. Freddie Gebhard is alss
more subdued. It Is the general i'm
preston in theatrical circles that hei
visit this season will be failure fnanci
ally.
The College of the City of New Yorl
has at last taken step iu the right di
rection by opening Glasses in mechanic
arts, which may be attended by ia,
students, II the investigations of th,
Senate Committee ON Labor and Educa
tion have had no other effect. they haC
at least this one, that they aroused th,
attention of those who have the educa
tion OF the young in hand, to the neces
sity Of fitting them for the struggle o
life better than by simply cramminI
their heads with lot Of useless knowl
edge. We have too many balf.starvet
professional men, too many book-keeper
out of position, and our workshops ar
filled with artisans of foreign importu
ton. Now these men all earn goo,
salaries, ranging from twenty to seventy
i've dollars week. There is no reasol
why our American boys should not be
come adopts as we'll as they, and ths
the money which goes abroad shoul
stay in this country. At present th
movement Of the faculty of the Collie
Of the City Of New York is merely tents
tive; that Is to say the school of mechar
ic art is not to be kept up if it is foun
that it interferes with The regular cours
Of studiesi but there is no doubt ths
its advantages will become SO manifest
that its scope will be widened ere long,
> The rumored troubles among d
3 Trustees OF DR.. Talmage's church al
1 unfounded. l asked DR.. Talmage lai
i Sunday what the designations of two {
4 the trustees meant. He replied that
4 WAS solely the press Of private busiues
which prevented them from attending I
q their duties as trustees in manner sa
isfactory to them. The finances of th
9 congregation are in the most satisfaet OF
: condition.
q Fishermen from ell over the countr
r are in town to attend the annual fly cas-
n inc Iournamani which heoan AZ Nanfr,