The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-03-21


cat, whose unesrthly yowl brought out
every inhabitant Of the house to their
respective doors. Tne man on the first
floor, who had been listening at the air
shaft, distinctly heard his neigbbor in
the third story call his wife q liar, and
then he told ber be wonld slap her face,
and be afterwards threatened to knock
her down, and finally they heard him
knock her down and then he tried 10 kill
her by throwing the cat at her. He
compared notes through the elevator
with the neuralgia man in the fourth
story, and finding his information cor
rect be rushed out Tor policeman and
told him the man in the third fat was
Killing his wife. The policeman sound
ed the alarm and. supported by four
Others, rushed into the house. The gen.
tleman demonstrated at the intrusion,
but was quickly dubbed into Submission
and was dragged of TO the station to
answer for his crime. 1t was in vain the
next morning that his weeping wife at.
tempted to get correct version of the
facts before his Honor. The testimony
of sixteen persons on the different fioers,
who had been listening at the elevator
and air shaft, was against them, so the
man was hued ten dollars for assaultinp
his wife, and "sent mp" for three months
Tor resisting the officer; when he gets
out he will move from the fat. His
neighbors look upon him as hardened
ruffian who ought to be hung, drawn'and
quartered. Il he should die before be
has finished his term on the Island, and
a coroner's jury should sit on his case,
the verdict would be: Too much air.shaft
and too much elevator.
Political circles are stirred to the centre
by the rumors concerning the New York
Post Office. Tho mugmumps want Mr..
Pearson retained, and great pains was
taken to circulate the report that ho was
not to be disturbed in bis soft berth.
Up TO the present time Mr.. Pearson has
been regarded as the model OF all model
postmasters; the public have been led to
believe that he was the one official in
whose record there was no flaw. 1t now
appears that there are complaints against
him on file in the Department at Wash.
iugton, and that he is accused of being
interested in private city expresses which
carry letters in violation of law, and BY
Which the Government loses from $500
to 81 600 n day; and was told by very
Influential Democrat (and warm per-
sonal friend of Mr., Cleveland'sl, that he
was going TO write personal letter 10
the President against Mr.. Persons re.
tention. His reason for doing so was,
that on the day OF the Democrat process
sion Blaine fltgs were hAunted out of the
post Office windows. and men with gov
ernment uniforms on their backs made
use of such offenslYe language that it al.
most produced a riot. do not know if
this is true, bnt it it is, Mr.. Pearson will
have to walk the plank, aud the s. 900
salary which the position affords will re.
ward the labcrs of some good aud up
right Democrat who has been looking
from Pisgah's height for quarter OF
century, ON the glories of the Promised
Land. In any event Mr.. Pearson will not
suffer. His father iu-law, Mr.. james.
and his predecessor in the office, is now
the banker Of the Vanderbilts; there are
pleuty of places within their gift worth
more than S3.O00a year; tten, being Oh
the inside of the Riilroad Ring. they can
take an ocoIsinnal flyer" in stocks; so
that II Mr. Pearson should Use ths post
Office, there is no immediate fear Of his be.
coming county charge.
Early in tho week our new NJ ,yor, Mr..
Grace did nice little Lit of burglary,
which makes it a question if be has not
mistaken his calling. Some tims ago he
Appointed II Register of Permits but
weary Of serving the city in position
worth $50 600 year. aud who was also
IA thorough civil-servico reformer, pro-
posed holding ou to the place till Gabriel
served him with modification. He said
civil-service reform meant Keeping good
servants in Office iorever-and he was
good servant. Mayor Grace said civil.
service reform be-blessed, and he
told Ar, Woltmnn to get out. Mr. Volt
man fortified himself in his office, aud
prepared to fight it out in the courts.
Now, as it takes about ten years to reach
the Court of Appeals. the presumption
l. that Mr.. Wultmau and Mr.. Gracs will
btoh be brow sing on the fowery fields of
Chnnnn for many years before the suit
would bo decided. The mayor did not
propose to wait, so he sent for n clever
locSsmith at midnight, got into the
hice, took possession, and now Mr..
Woltmau, instead o: ths mayor, will
wait on the outside.
There has been tremendous excite.
ment among our German population,
caused by the arrival of Herr Sonenthal,
the renowned German actor. Scarcely
the arrival of Patti created as profound
u sensation ; seats have risen FIVE or six
hundred per cent. S25 hive been paid
for seats in the dress circle, and Sc Tor
seats in the upper gallery. The whole
town is talking about Herr Sonenthal,
and not only the Germans but Americans,
who could not tell the difference between
picked cabbage ahd saur.kraut. are
rushing to see him. 1t is lucky for us
that he has to 20 back in compile of
weeks or he would bankrupt half the
town.
The skating crazs has attacked us
severely. The Rink in Brooklyn, from
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