The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-10-09
Don't fail to read the extract from
Carl Schurz's Cincinnati speech, on the
financial question, published on our
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first page

The epizooty prevails in Montreal, Toronto.
Hamilton. London and other Canadian cities.
Abraham A. Winegardner q wealthy citi-
zen of WiliamspOrt Pa. committed su lpide on
Saturday night bv drowning himself.
Two additional postmasters. one In Utah
and the other III Kansas, have been dismissed
for improperly trafficking in postage stamps.
The epizooty has appeared in Oinoinalti,and
that city are suffering from 1t. All the sire ct
railway horses, and many IN private stables are
affected. . '... Blob. .f....
Gov. skunk OF PENNSYLVANIA vetoed the @ ret
bill that came before him for The incorporation
OF q telegraph company. on che ground that " II
would interfere with che business OF the United
States mails r.
Tho Treasury Department will sell four
millions OF gold, during the present month, in
installments OF one million on each Thursday.
The coliery Of Greber q Kembe, at Locust
Gap. Pa. was set on fire wednesday mornin q
and destroyed When the watchman. discover.
ering the flames attempted to eXtnguish them,
he was shot ut by the incendiarie'. The engine
house and braker were entirely consumed, and
the loss Is estimated at SlO0,UO0 TLree hun
dred men and boys ire thrown ont Of employ
ment by this fire. The Reading Coal and Iron
Company nave a iafge force OF police dieLIiDu-
ted THROUGHOUT the ochuylkill region ior the
protection of'ther property, r"
"A telegram from Columbus, Ohio. reports
serious disease among the hogs III tnat ,coun.
ty. About one Thousand have died Of it in Ham
lton township alone within month ILs char
acter has not vet been clearly ascertnined,
-CLEARFIkLD, "a. october, Tine verdict
in the Siney-Parks case was delivered to-day.
Siney was acquitted and Parks was convicted
on two counts, tOr unlawful assembly and con
BpiracY
The Dividend to be paid BY the Frerdmen's
Bank Commissioners OH tie LIST of November
will be 20 per cent. The total abilities of the
Bank are e62 955. 49, al the amount of the first
dividend will be S5si i49,
The cornerstone of the first Methodist
chapel IN the world was lald at Bristol Eng.
land May II, li5y; and that OF the first in Am.
erica was laid in New lork twenty-nine years
atter-ln l76S. st
-David ). Perry, aged rs. was seatenced.
Tuesday, at Elizabeth, N. j. to ten years I'M.
prisonment in the enItentiary. ut hard labor,
for ma practice. Perry stvled himself au "evan
Felist" and preached occasionally; he also
praciiced medicine and kept drinking saIoon.
Town elections were held Monday in Con.
neticut. Amendments of the State Constitution
changing the time of the state elections TO the
Fall, makinR the terms of the Governor and
other -taJe officers Two years ana plvlng the
Legislature power to restore forfeited RIGHTS to
an electOr, was a. 80 voted upon. The returns
indicate that these amendments have been car.
| ried by large mOjOr.ty The election for local
officers seems to tlaye had little Significance
| There being no material changes from those u
last year Under the local option law "no,li
cense"see 10 have carried AL the small towns
aud licenoe all the large ones. 81,