The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-08-31

business, and ought TO be summarily put
down by the police.
A startling proposition has just been
made by Mr.. Howell, president of the
Brooklyn Bridge, which is calculated 10
double its present carrying capacity mp to
100000 a day. Vast as are the facilities
now, and though nearly hundred millions
of people have crossed it, there are times
when the pressure is so great that the peo-
pie feel the necessity of immediate relief.
This, Mr.. Howell proposes to give them,
by strengthening the cables and building
another railroad track over the present
bridge cars, so that person can get on the
elevated roads at Harlem and ride to
Jamaica on Long Island, a distance of
twenty-five miles, without changing cars
at the bridge, and the entire run may be
made for ten or fifteen cents. If this is
accomplished, and there is no doubt that it
will be, in time for the celebration of 1892,
in ten years from this time,. Brooklyn will
be the largest city in point of population
that there is IN the United States. There
where you can build houses for the poor,
the increase in the value of reality all over
New York, in the past decade, astonishes
the Oldest dealers in real estate. For
many years there was a little watchmaker's
shop on the corner of John street and
Broadway, and just beyond it, on John
street, was John Henderson, the famous
scotsman, and others-the lot was only
sixteen feet wide with depth of 100 feet.
The old buildings were torn down, and
now on the site magnificent structure
has been erected, the rental of which will
be about forty-tive thousand dollars per
annum. 1t really seems as though like our
ancient cousins at the Tower of Babel,
twelve and fourteen story buildings rising
all over the city, and strange as it may
seem the most elevated offices being the
highest price. But Brooklyn is the place
to furnish good houses for the poor, there
being plenty of land made available by the
rapid transit system. Since the opening of
the bridge Brooklyn has gained over two
hundeed thousand inhabitants, and while
it has its rings and its political factions, at
no time has it been disgraced as this city
has been by its political leaders, its alder
men and otherpublic officers.
Speaking of officers, Sheriff Flack's di-
vorce case is something more than nine
days wonder. The case on its face exhib-
its the rankest kind of perjury, for it is
Impossible that both sides can tell the
truth. 1t is unique in many respects, and
almost without parallel. Sheriff Flack,
who was a Grand Sachem of Cammany
Hall, has occupied some of the best Offices |
in the city. and during his official life has
drawn not far from half million of dol. |
lars from the city treasury, including his |
fees as Court Clerk and Sheriff. 1t is |
alleged that for many years he has been |
living under the assumed name of Ray |
mend with a woman who was the wife of |
one of his under officials, and that wishing |
to marry her he used his official friends to
procure divorce from the wife to whom |
he had been married nearly forty years. |
The most damning and humiiating feature |
of the whole plot is the part taken by |
Mrs. Flack's only son. She loved him as
mother can only love her son; she trust
ed him implicitly in everything; she
looked 10 Him to stand between her and the |
wrongs that his father was endeayoring to
inflict on her, and this son, so trusted. de-
liberately and wilfully betrayed her. There
fg q ehnplrfnn arifx oh IaI,
thing that puts one in mind of Zolas
novels more than of daily life in New
York. Meeks swears that Mrs. Flack ap-
peared personally before him, and swore
to the allegations in the application for
divorce. Mrs. Flack, on the other hand,
swears that she never saw Meeks in her
life till she met him in court. The part
the father and husband has taken is bad
enough, but the conduct of the son who
assisted in betraying his old, trusting moth
er, IS so dastardly and shocking that | can
find no words base enough to characterize
1t.
As intimated two weeks ago the evil
one is going about like a roaring lion pick
ing up an occasional lamb, but not disdain-
ing an old sheep when lambs were scarce
This week the point of attack has been our
colored Zion, and Iregret to add with very
serious results. The Rev. Mr.. Murray and
the Rev. Mr. Thompson haYe two of the
most arstocratie coloTed congregations in
the city of Brooklyn. l don't know that
II was at the special instigation of Satan
that they both resolved to have picnics, but
if it was not the result could not have
been more satisfactory. Brother Murray's ,
flock started off for their picnic on We'd
nesdaY. The sun shone brilliantly; the
air was balmy; the river was placid as {
mill pond, and all the lunch baskets were
full, and everything promised a glorious
day. There were three barges decked with
dags and streamers, and Gilligan's band
iiscoursed most delightful music-'De
Golden Slippers" Dancing in de Barn"
and other well-known melodies. Then
came the steamboat that was to tow the
Darges, and she turned out to be "The /;
Blackbird." Deacon johnson rushed into .
.he pilot-house and asked If that wuz in I
ended for insult. The captain assured r
hem that 1t was not. Then some of the
went down for their razors.
md swore that they must haYe another \
ooat to tow them. The captain said that
hey had only another, and she was called
he Blackhawk. This made matters worse.
At last they got off, and then party of
'olored toughs took possession of the boat
md Brother johnson said dey acted t
awful Brother Thompson's congregation =
started for picnic on the Long Island
'oad, but when all the congregation was.as- S