The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-27


down town, whose prospects were most
hatteriDg. The engagement was broker
of at once, that she might devote hel
life to the care of her sisters orphans.
Years rolled on and the handsome, gay
young girl became a care worn, pale
faced, middle aged woman. For fifteen
yeNrs she has fought life's battle for
children who never will appreciate the
terrible sacrifice she has made The
eldest boy Is almost q young man, but
like thousands Of others, he is utterly
insensible of any obligation. And the
girls, too, see Aunt Esther go out morn
ing after morning in the summers heat
and the winters cold meyer dreaming OF
the tremendous sacrifice she has made.
But her case is only one of the thousands
seen on these early morning trains.
1t is instructive to stand at the Chat.
ham Square station when the two human
tides meet, one going up and the other
coming down town. Mingled cries of
Harlem, ""Forty-second street, "South
Ferry" "City Hall" and Second avenue
to the right" fill tho air. Men and wo-
men rush for the different trains. Be-
fore daylight dawns ten or twelve tbous-
and people have been conveyed over
those roads. One of the results of our
elevated railroad system has been the
rapid increase of building in the upper
part of The island. a few years ago
there were long stretches of vacant lots,
and now it Is one continuous line of
buildings from the Battery 10 Harlem
Bridge and the only mystery is how we
could ever have got along without them.
We have settled the question legally
as to what constitutes an assault or n
breach Of the peace. couple of ruflians,
John L. Sullivan and Alf Greenfield,
were indicted for a breach of the peace
at Madison Square Garden. 1t was not
pretended that the encounter between
these blackguards was any worse than
dozens of others that had taken place in
the self same spot. When Sullivan met
Tug Wilson, the receipts were over s2O,-
600, for the reason that the audience col
lected on that occasion expected to see
Tug Wilson killed, but Tug had come
out from Hiugland for special purpose.
He did not care straw about knocking
Sullivan out. His main care was to see
that he did not get knocked out himself,
according the Marquis OF Queensbury
rules. in four rounds Time after time
the Englishman was knocked down by
the tremendous blows of the Boston
slugger, but every time the willy Briton
came up groggy but smiling, and the
result was that at the end of twenty
minutes Mr.. Tug Wilson had earned
eight thousand dollars, at the cost of
pair of black eyes, nose little out of
order, and few punches on the head
and ribs. Mr.. Wilson, though he had
to sign the receipt for his money with
cross, was nevertheless n gentleman of
good sound horse sense. He had on
hand several engagements to be knocked |
ont. but Ms soon as he laid his hand |
upon the profits of his encounter with
Mr.. Sullivan, he jumped upon the
steamer and went back to Hold Hing
land, and bought nice little public
house, in tho enjoyment of which he now
realizes that virtue is its own reward.
To show where the sympathies of the
police are, every officer who testified on
The trial swore directly in favor of the
lighters The blows of these ruffians ave
ike battering ram; fairly delivered in
-he proper place, one Of them might kill
IN OK. But Captain Williams, who he's
earned the sobriquet of the "clubber,'
iwore that he could find no breach of
he peace in blows that knocked strong
nea head over heels. and which left
heir bodies covered with bruises. Aud
Ut on Friday man WAS sent to Black
Wells Island for simply slapping another
mans face, while the two slueging1
were acquitted and walked
'ut of court free men.
Our neighbors in Brooklyn have settled
most interesting church fight. few
'ears ago the "city of churches" was
Electrified by the eloqucnce of a young
Methodist divine, almost fresh from col
ege. He was given the Hanson Place
Il. L. Church, one of the most respect
.ble and popular in Brooklyn. So ef-
ectlve was his preaching that 1t was not
ong till the church became too small to
-old the congregation, and during the
ummer recess, while the young pastor
vas seeking inspiration in the mountains
md fields, the church was entirely re-
modelled and enlarged, but the populari.
y OF the preacher WIS more than equal
the enlargement. Just then n dark
hadow crossed the young preachers
ath. His wife, whom ho tenderly loved,
led, and hope, like the dead seas fruit
'as turned to ashes. For a time it
eemed as though mad house was his
My resource, but after time as good
ick would have it, he found consolation
the society OF friend of his late wife.
lot long after his marriage the pulpit
I the Washington Avenue Baptist .
'hurch became vacant, and in a few
'eeks, to the surprise and disgust of the
lethodisIs of brooklyn Emory Haynes
experienced change of heart, aud be-
oming a full Orthodox hard. shell Bnp-
st. was installed as minister of the
Washington Avenue Church. He had
OF been long in his new belth before a
lction arose among the Oldest and
'ealthiest members. whose object it was
drive him from the church. Not be- {
lg able to do this, sixty of them with. I
rev and started another church a few 8
locks away, while Mr.. Haynes contin. {