The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-12-26


her wash-tubs and, took possession Of
one Of her late husbands brown stone
houscs--furnislTed It magniicently, got
a seal skin sacquc, a camel hair shawl, ,
a pair of diamond car rings, and n Wild
ows veil ut seven dollars yard. She .
took front pew in fashionable church ,
sndis a prominent patron of Sunday
Schools and Foreign Missions, and now !
all the seedy old bachelors and impe- |
cunious widowers are going for the rich
widow. Wife number two, who was
perfectly innocent Of any wrong doing, !
and who had been faithful wife to the
dead man for over twenty years, was
not left wholly destitute. She had Sc
cured $4,000 during her husbands life,
and a comfortable home besides, so that
she would be no bad catch for any
bachelors or widowcrs who are lying
around loose.
This is a perfect paradise for female
swindlcrs; no sooner is one disposed of
than another takes her place, and our
best hotel keepers are generally their
victims, though bankers and brokers are
not beneath their attentions. 1t is only
n few months since, a lady from the
South charmed dozen boarding house
keepers and a large circle of admiring
acquaintances at each place, as she sang
with exquisite power and was an artist
in crayon and oil of no mean ability
But with all Of her talents and accom-
plishnents, she was a swindler and a
thief, and taking advantage of the CON
lidcnce rcposcd in her, she purloined
rings, breastspins and all such triflcs as
were left lying about her friends rooms
and after working house to its ut
most capacity, she generally left. At
last, a noted detective was set upon the
case and the result was the arrest of the
unfortunate woman, whose baggage be-
ing searched, disclosed over 200 pawn
tickets for all sorts of things, which she
had stolen. When the detective arrest
cd her she asked permission to step into
an inner room to arrange her bonnet
where she swallowed n dose of strych-
nine and was dead before aid could reach
her.
The latest is The wife of q dead Eng
lish Lord. She gave "A couple of sharp
old ladies some worthless checks in
payment for her board, and as a natural
consequence, brought up in Jail. 1t
would seem that this class of adventur-
ers arc seldom without friends. A very
fire lady went through dozen hotels
here, living at the rate of hundred to
a hundred and fifty dollars a week.
None but the best apartments suited
her. and she rode from place to place,
not in an ordinary turn out, but in a
private carriage, with coachman and
footman in livery, so that every body
thought she was rolling in wealth At
last the calls for the payment of bills be-
came pressing, when all at once the
hotel was startled by the announcement
that the lady's room had been entered
and $4,000 worth of diamonds had been
stolen. Walters were called up and cX-
amined ;chambermaidS were overhauled
bell boys were scrutinized; but nothing
was found. just in the nick OF time a
detective dropped in and gobbled the
lady, when list of her swindles ap-
pearcd, longer than the moral law.
just as matters were coming to a head,
a kinG=hcarted old gent. was induced by
her daughter to come forward and settle
all of her bills, and she walked out
of court free woman, though at one
time it appeared as if she would land in
the pcnitentiary.
The equitable division of the Wander.
bit property caused drop in the mark
ct from two TO five per cent There ap-
pears to be no special reason for this,
but the chronic cussedness of the brok.
ers. The executors have a year and a
, half to settle the affairs and the securi
ties are of such an excellent character
that it is altogether probable that the
major portion of them will be held by
the family, and if there was any likeli.
, hood of the market being disturbed
, there is no doubt but a syndicate would
be formed inside of twenty. four hour,
, that would hold the market firm.
, Marvellous indeed are these winter
displays that arc now crowding tho
, streets. Never before, in my memory
has the display OF goods been so beauti
full and lavish. II is qualification tC
know that many of the most beautiful
goods in the market are of American
manufacture. Our schools of desigr
are making themselves felt in every de
partment of art, giving employment tC
thousands whose lives might otherwise
be passed in hopeless drudgery.
The weather has been most trying
alternating between moderate summer
and keen winter Great preparations
; for Santa Claus. and for the little one
= IA good time is coming.
BROADBRIM.
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