The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-02-09
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence OF ADVOCATE.
NEW YoRK. Feb Eth 1884

Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence OF ADVOCATE.
New YORK, Feb. 5tb, 1884.
Dropping in at the Hoffman House o
few evenings ago, found a group o.
men, several of them newspaper men
laug heartily. asked them The
cause OF it, and was told that was ius
a few minutes too late for good snort
Scme weeks ago little paper was start
ed, and the publisher is man who has
been repeatedly connected with papers
which led precarious existence for a
few weeks and then died from lack ot
vitality and support As a rule tie
writers for such papers did not get theii
money and then there were scenes in the
office, and not infreqnently free fights
were INDUCED in. If rumor is right. Il G
gentleman in question has had the ARGU.
MENTUM AID HoM1NEM applied to him
Ia ore than once by irate scribes. Thus
it was in this case. The little paper has
for the last three weeks been trying hard
TO die, and is still in the throes. For
several weeks editors, writers and COM
'positors received their pay in the shape
OF promises. OF course. one after the
othe- OF the fraternity dropped off and
only paid occasional calls at the office to
see about 1.-The prospects" Prospects
however grew DINNER and DINNER Then
one of the editors, believing that the
publisher had money which he preferred
to keep for himself, undertook to take
his pay "out of the publishers hide"
and one fine afternoon thrasbed him in
his Office. A fewdays later, on the even.
ing in question this editor accompanied
by another editor on the same journal saw
the publisher standing in front of the
Hoffman Ho Use. The knight of the pen
spat in bis face and knocked him down
and then walked away. This scene had
created the amusement which l found
upon entering the hotel. Later in the
eveaing two journalists went into drpg
store tor some soda. The luckles pub
Usher stroled in himself few moments
later, not knowing that his enemies were
in there. Thinking that be was in search
of revenge, the former assailant prompt
ly followed the principle of war that it
is always better to be the aggressor than
on the defensive spat upon the publisher
again, knocked him down. and after pro-
viding him with beautiful black eye,
walked off with the utmost nonchalance.
What the upshot will be do not know,
but it is safe to lay heavy odds that no
money will be forthcoming.
Mr.. Willard, the unfortunate President
of the Northern Pacific, is gradually re-
covering from his physical and mental
prostration, and his condition bids fair
to enable him to take an active interest
in affairs again. A great deal of sym.
putLy was created for him at tue time of
the Northern Pacific collapse. by the
statement that he had given up his entire
fortune to satisfy his creditors. A Wa
S rect man, however tells me that out of
the ruins he scraped together little
fortune which will prove little short of q
million and with this the poor man may
get along Iu fact he is said to have
made another haul of halfa million dur
ing the recent bull raid in Wall Street
on Northern Pacific and similar kindred
securities. Take my word for it," said
an old student of Wall Street, "VlllaId
may not be ready for decided action un-
til the fall; he may not wish to have lis
summers rest broken, but be will be back
on the Street, with his way clearly mark
ed ont, and, as he is good hater and
has plenty OF pluck, some of the men
who brought about his ruin, will have
reason to regret their Jolly"
Tbs authorities at the University Med
ical College are much annoyed over the
reports published in the newspapers of
the rows among the students, particularly
over the sensational account of an assault
on one student during which he was SO
badly used as to necessitate his confiue.
ment to BED for some time. The facts
in the case are simply these. As in IL.
colleges, where young men are gathered
together, there is at times a great deal of
horseplay, but which never results in
anything serions providing everybody
velrains his good nature. Thus for in
stance, il is glaring violation of one of
the fundamental maxims of etiquette TO
como to the college with hugh hat or a
cane. Any such iniraction of the un-
written code results in the prompt de-
struction of the offensive articles. A
favorite sport is for the students to crowd
a stairway. and then taking up one of
their number, aud passing him over their
heads up to the head of their staircase.
Providing the victim does not kick or
struggle unnecessarily. no accidents can
happen. Now the student who was hurt
last week was Grabbed fellow. Wnen
his turn came to be "passed," he object
ed violently, and of course that made
the others all the more anxious not to
allow bin to escape. He was taken up,
and had been passed half way up when
he managed to extract from bis vest
pocket vial coptaininga liquid extreme
ly offensive TO the smell aud dropped il
over the heads and clothes of his fellow
students. Such conduct incensed them.
and although they did not drop him.
those who had their clothes ruined, and
emitted from their hats and cOats an
odor which might have reused the entire
Sanitary Corps, used him not tendeTly