The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-04-07

4 Justices court for few dirty dollars that
he did not want to pay, was an offence. If
not equal to murder In the first degree, at
least ranked with grand larceny or high
way robbery, and 1t was resolved to get
even with Mr.. Kelly. A short distance
from st. Stephens is a news stand, kept by
a poor ignorant fellow who is strong adj
herent of the present administration of St. |
Stephens, and an enemy of DR.. McGlynn.
At this stand Mr. Kelly always got his
papers, and, as thousands do when the pro-
prietor is not there, he laid down his two
cents or four cents on the pile and walked
away. What looks particularly suspicious
about the case that it was put up job to
disgrace him, two detectives were detailed
to watch him and they swore that he did
not pay for the papers; but, even If he did
not, there are thousands of people who buy
their papers at these stands, who, rushing
to catch cars or ferryboats, and having no
change, seize their paper and settle for 1t
the next day. At any rate, the judges took
that view of it, and Mr.. Kelly was dis
charged.
Iamnot enthusiastic over Doctor Nc
Glynn. think he acted unwisely at the
start, and his course since has deprived
him of whatever sympathy and support
he had, except among his own immediate
followers who comprise very small por-
tion of this community. But subiectng
DR.. Nc. Glynn's friends to such petty per
secutions as accusing them of the
larceny of four cents, and of setting de-
tectives to trap them, will never help his
rivals or enemies, and if any person in
authority connived at such meanness and
rascality, good ducking in horse-pond
or thirty-nine lashes on the bare back would
be no more than adequate punishment.
Once more we are on the ragged edge in
| Wall Street, and this time it is not the
Little Wizard, Jay, but bis wicked son
George. Up to Monday of last week, George
Gould seemed to be a Young man of ex-
ceeding promise, whose chance of getting
through the eve of needle when mounted
on camel's back was just as good as that
of any other fellow whose chances were no
better than his. He attended strctlyto busi-
ness ;ate three square meals a day :oved his
wife; adored his baby; thought the old man
was the king-pin of the Street, and gener.
ally took flyer on the right side of what
ever was stirring, and like his henored dad
he never got left if he knew it and he gen
orally knew it. In short, he stood well
with the boys as fair, square, ,short-hairet
young man, who knew hawk from hand
saw, and was abundantIy able to take care
of himself. Henry Hart knocked him ou
of the dictatorship of the Pacific Mail, bu
before three weeks had passed Mr.. Har
blizzard, for young Gould had hoisted hin
with his own petard and we have heart
nothing of Henry Hart in Pacific Mail from
that day to this. Pacific Mail was selling
at IS; to-day it is down to 80. Twenty. fv
points off for stock that was supposed u
be under George Gould's especial care
When he and his friends got control hun
dreds rushed in and bought in expectanc
of a rise. One man bought three thousan
shares, it cost him $165,000 Last week
to get out. he was forced to sacrifice proper
ty worth over 5000, 900, and that night wen
home beggar Missouri Pacific was up t
115, it was paying its per cent; and a
the rate paid for 1-2 Government bonds
If Missouri Pacific had been as stable
d, security il ought to have been sold for 25
but 1t did not. Notwithstanding the faC
:, that its dividends were regularly paid, ,thei
= was that feeling of insecurity in anythin
that Jay Gould is known to be connecte
with that they never could get it above III
Mr. Gould goes off to take an outing, an
. on his return the first news that greets hi
: is drop of 45 points on his favorite Mi
u souri, Pacific. Suddenly the air is file
y with rumors of embarrassment! fright
. disasters impending strikes! stoppage
u dividendsl Then The query is raised "W
u it ever pay another "diyyy' won't my SC
70 George hammer it down to 20; would
~ u, knock the life out of it?" Men who p
u their fortunes of 100000 in it sudden
find one half gone. How long before n
:. son George will have the other half? Nj
- boy, George; smart too; as near like the o
'e man as two peas in a pod. And don't "
y forget that Eddie is around, and he is
10 smart boy, too; before he was out of
~ teens he coppered the old man one day,a
~ 1t was said that he cleaned up neat for
nc thousand between the rising Of the sun al
d. the going down of the same, and If d
q. was made 20 contribute TO his wealth
hu was all in the family. One thing is We
vi certain, and that is that the Street is in
I'll pretty bad way; the shrinkage in railro
and other securities in few weeks amour
re to hundreds of millions, and in that C
'e lapse private fortunes have been swe
Az away and business houses have gone do,
oi in ruin. But king Jay is home. If
cn should help the boys out, 1t would be g
VI Jayl! instead of 81 owe jay; an awt
'n' bad pun, but the best can do this we
CIT with Missouri Pacific at 10.
u" A dinner was given here by Gaudens,
.A- sculptor, last week, which took the ca
ID from anything done here this winter,
lA' the guests were dressed in the classic c
nu tune of the age of Kickero II believe Il