The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-15
News of the week.

2 Inc National Encampment OF the G
A. Il. convened at Chicago Wednes,
day. .s..
1t is considered that break between
the Irish and Welsh miners in Luzerne
Is imminent. A number Of miners are
anxious to go to work. s" ai
O., One hundred Mormon converts have
left England for Utah. t.s.e ...s
Men have been sent to embalm the
recovered bodies Of the Schiller VIC
tins. 4
The wool hat factories of Reading,
Pa, will start up again on June /.
Nothing Is known at the Executive
Mansion of the reported probable re-
signation of Secretary Fish at the end
of the present fiscal year.
Dan. Graver, at the Bee Hive
Store, keeps a fine assortment of ladies'
dress goods, which he is selling at q
very loY price. ,
"A young lady patiently listened to
long declaration of love, pathetic and
proposing, from young man, and
then knocked the poetry out of him, by
telling him to go to David Ebberts' aud
hire one of his handsome turnouts for q
drive up the valley.
The Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives Monday passed bill appro-
priating $50, 900 tor the representa- ion
of Massachusetts at the Centennial Ex-
hibition.
Groceries, provisions and boots,
shoes and CATERS very low at Dan.
Growers Bee Hive Store, on Bank
Street. Try tenn. 1'-t ,'-Np
A meeting of miners was held at
Wilkesbarre on Saturday, which was at
tended by delegates from every district
in the region. John Siney, the Presi'
dent of the Miners National Associa-
tion. was present. The proceedings
have been kept secret. At meeting
of the miners of the Baltimore district,
also held on Saturday, 1t was unamious-
ly resolved to support the strikers, and
continue to do SO until they get their
prices, ...,...
An attempt was made on Friday
night to burn the treste bridge of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 4,
above Locust Gap, and it was so much
damaged that trains were not run over
ii. A terrible disaster was averted by
the presence of mind of Waterman,
who went to the nearest telegraph Office
and notified the morning express train
from Shampkin of the insecurity of the
bridge. t. -..E a'.
The Reading Eag le says that all the
railway workmen who went TO the
Schuylkill region to take the places of
the suspended men returned OF. Satur'
day night. There was no futher need
of their services, the Union railrOaders
having abandoned their organization
and asked to be put to work again. The
returned workmen say there Is much
suffering among the striking miners,
and think they will resume work, con-
trary to the advice of their leaders
The Centennial celebration of the
capture OF Fort Tlconderoga by Colo.
mel Ethan Allen was celebrated Mon
day ut the Fort. People Aocked to the
spot from the neighboring towns in
New York and Vermont, by carriage,
railroad and steamboat, until, at noon,
six thousand persons picnicked in the
grove. The celebration began with a
salute of 100 guns, fired from the old
Fort at sunrise. At 1.30 ?. NJ, pro-
cesson of civic and military bodies
from Ticonderoga, Whitehall, Port
Henry, st. Albans, Winooskl, Burling-
ton, Vergennes and Rutland, with
music and banners, walked to the Fort
grounds over the route taken by Ethan
Allen in 1775. Atthe top OF the plateau
a line was formed, and after music by
the united bands, prayer was offered by
Rev. l.. N. Price. Colonel WIN. E..
Calpins, President of the day, then
made an address of welcome, after
which the Grafton was delivered by
Rev. f. j. Cook. Speeches followed
from Colonel w. G. Hoyce of Rutland,
General Cole of Troy, and others, let
tiers were read from Governor Tiiden OF
New York, Governors Peck, Paige and
Stewart of Vermont, Colonel Ethan
Allen of New York, and Abel Ripley
Terry of Detroit, descendant Of one
of Ethan Aliens companions. The
celebration closed with music and the