The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-11-21
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Cincinnati on Sunday. ~Y vi
Information from Texas say thirty
days of fine weather last month added
sixty thousand bales to the cotton crop
of that State, worth three million dol
lars.
Seven hundred forgeG bonds of the
city of PittsbMg were discovered in
Hew York on Saturday. 1t is reported
that there are s2C,O of these bonds
ailoat. -'-l ..sus~rt. ,-rats
The internal revenue receipts for the
first four months of the present fiscal
year have been s2, 2,612,S13 in excess of
thu receipts for the corresponding per-
iod of the last fiscal year. ''
Official majofities on the Ssate ticket
were announced from the office of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth at Har-
risburg, Monday, as follows: Latta,
1919; Temple, 1854; McCandless, A.
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Accounts from Virginia say that in
almost every direction in the Di. NAL
swamp and its envirous the fires origi-
mated almost month ago by the drouth
are burning with alarming rapidity.
Valuable timber lands are prey to
the flames.
1t is reported that twenty barrels, en-
tered as "salt meat' and "Australian
beef" were seized at Portsmouth, Eng
land, October 23, and in each barrel
was found the corpse of full grown me-
gro. They reached England from the
United States, and were Intended for
dissection in London.
During fire in house on East
Thirty-eighth street, New York, on
Saturday, occupied by James Reilly and
family, James Reilly and his wife Mary
jumped out of one of the upper win
dows and sustained serious injuries.
James Reilly, aged four years, and Mar
! garet Whelen, aged sixty, were suffo-
Gated, and their bodies were found in
the ruins after the fire was extinguish-
nd.
Charles Whitman, a book keeper in
the Pacific Bank. No. 470 Broadway, N.
Y, since 1S40, is charged with having
embezzled nearly s25, 900 by fictitious
errors of small amounts in the books
and in pass books of depositors, this
operation having been conducted since
1870. This discovery will not in any
way effect the bank, which is known to
be in excellent condition. f
WORTH KNowING.-The oldest,
largest, safest and hest accident insur-
ance company is The Travellers In
,urance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
1t has cash assets of oyer $4,000, 600
has written over $50, coo accident poll
cies, and has paid over $4,000 claims
1t has paid over $4,000, 900 in direct
benefits to its policy. y.holders.
By direction of the President, tele
gram has been sent to the Governor o
Texas requesting him to postpone tht
execution of Satanta, until it can be as
certained satisfactorily whether he vio-
lated his parole. The President believes
that on this point the weight of eviden
ces thus far is in Satanta's S favor.
Rev. Gerdsmann, the Catholi,
priest, an account of whose elopemen
from Philadelphia il published else
where, was arrested in Baltimore OF
Saturday morning. He was given ;
hearing before an Alderman, and II
default of $4,000 bail was detane,
for further hearing. He volunteere,
to return to Philadelphia without a re
Qulsitlon. Mrs. Gerdemann proceeds
direct to her home in Reading. Fathe
, Gerdemann does not seem much troub
) led over his position.
There is one disappointed Democra
: In Massachusetts,. He is veteran o
: 1912. and lives in Shelburne Falls
3 Year after year he patiently voted tC
Democratic candidates for Govern !
, having waning faith that one wrul
/ some time be elected. On last elect ito
day he got to work picking up thing
! around the barn, and concluded that
= wasn't worth while TO waste time !
throwing away another vote. 1t hurt
) his pride to know that Democrat wa
y finally elected without his help.
The newspapers are already maxim
: candidates for the United States Sena
. torship. William A. Wallace, Charlt
. r.. Buckalew, Richard Vaux, George "
Woodward, jeremiah S. Black, Hiestt
A Clymer, John Frunkey, Henry NJ. Phi
y ips, Francis w. Hughes,R II. NJ. Gibson
y WIN. A. GalbrPith, and William Elwel
= are among those mentioned for the su,
4 censorship to John Scott.