The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-02-05
Current Eyents,

six horse thieves were lvnchel Mt Solomon
Valley, Kansas, a few days agc.
Mr.. John Armstrong Of Laporte Sullivan
county, has in his possession a sword which wns
taken from 1Orv at the battle Of Germantown,
September 10, l17.
james Conuers and Anthony MalUney had
aght NJ Honesdale, recently. aud the latter was
stabbed ten times in the region OF the heart
The wounds are dangerous
--CURwBNsvllIR. Feb. g. Hugh A. Caldwell
for nine years Chiet Cierk in the Surveyor. q en-.
Campbe ana Beath, uIod here to DAY. aged
sixtythree years. Mr. Caldwell was stricken
time ne has been railing.
AT Wheeling. W. Va. on Saturday, John
4. Burdett, Treasurer of that State. was found
guilty. Of the articles OF impeachment preferred
of 20 10 3. rhe impeachment trial Of Il. A. Ben.
nett, Auditor of the state. was to commence on
Monday
John Alio, of Clarion county, whose Tooth
birthday, MS wen Ns that of his wife, occurred
last summer, dieu recently. Mr.. AlliD was born
in France and served as n soldier under Napo.
leon !. He was one Of the lew who recrossed the
APPS after the burning Of Moscow. Mrs. Alllo
survives her husband
AT Lyndon. VT. Tuesday morning silas
Wilder murdered his iather and mother with
an axe, cut mis- wife's TIM Oat, amt then hanged
himself lfls wife was still living at last ac.
counts. He was 30 years old, and had been
decd was quarrel between his parents and
wife.
The monument ordered by the United States
Government for memorial OF the seventeen
thousand Union soldiers who died IN the Cot
federate prison nj salisbury, N. c.. has been
shipped from the quarry at Mason N. II. where
1t Was hcwu. The man shaft IL thirty one feet
long, aud weighs twenty -tous the only letter.
ing beng the inscription, " FRO FdtrtG."
In the U. s. Court at INDIANAPOLIS Tuesday,
the paites convicted Of wlisGev trapds were
sentenced Philip Q. Eberwine Geo n. sim
onson David Nj. Lewis, Harrison Miller, VII.
ham numforu Hiram B. snyder Alfred NJ
McGuif ana JOhn II. Pnllhp@ were sentenced
each 10 two years lmprisOnment and 81 90 fine;
| James *. nm, three years Imprisonment and
| 900 fine lhOs j. RobD, one year IN jull and
| Sl,OOO line Henry Jacquis, Christopher Cocou.
| our, John +. Crisp anu Dennis Reilly, six mos.
| III Jail und fine of $500. sentence OF j. w.
Bingham was postponed.
| HARRISBURG, Feb. 3.-The Anti NJ Monopoly
Convention, which has been III session aL This
| place, has passed resolutions iavoiing Congf es.
| sional aid 10 a railroad to the Puciflc, in dppo
| siUOn to the monopoly line now controlled by
| jay Gould The convention consisted OF repre-
| sentatiVes of the laDOr eemenu, ana the resolu.
| tons thus tavOring the Texas Pacific road
were entliely unexpected, although 1t s ap.
parent that II the road is Il success millions of
| dollars for iron and material will lind their way
| into tle fOundries and workshops of Peunsy..
| wanna. The fact was probably considered DV
! the convention.
| at Evansville, Ind, has confessed that he was
one Oh n gang OF glars who, i'll February.
1874, rob bed the Bank OF Quincy, Ill. OF 1000
| given the bonds and tae others TOOK the cash,
ana the bonds were buried near Chambers
| Junction, Iowa. "A search for the bonds at the
j place named having proved unsuccessful, Ter.
| mer VIII prODaDly be taken To Iowa for the pur.
pose of inducing him to make ''genuine con
| fessiOn." Tue bank offered 100000 reward for
the recovery Of the bonds,
| A shocking murder was committed at
GleenpOint, ON Thursday night oil last week, the
detail. of winch are too gross Tor publication.
W. ". SlmOns a workman in the wagon fac
tory of Jones Henry II Co.. was killed with an
axe by a leIIow woihman Of the name OF uche.
n htI1 IgFAr I'M
wife ana lite daughter. the body cut INTO
pieces and the head secreied in a ship yard.
Ihe party hua al been ulininng toge her duIlng
| the evening, aud the CRIME WAS evident y the
results ot rum, combined. as the murderer as
serts, with je- lousy o1 his victim he muir
Cet ID cas- Ut the most Iocrld OF the many
SIMILAR crimes that have occurred.
| WASHINGTON, Fep.i 1.-The House Commit ee
on Mihtsry Affairs 20 day INFORMALLY agreed to
| tN the pay Of Gen, sherman AT Su,uO0, sheridan
~ ss,JV pujor-geneitll' ht 81, o., biigaulers at
$500 cOlUhei. al sJ,B 0, heutenapt-cOonels at
800 o. majors s2,5OJ, anl below that grace VI $50
zach. except second lleuten4nts-al 500 per
annum, the aruiy 10 dispense with cnapaiu,.
The chairman Ot the uOnlmttee !, prepniing IA
bill to consolidate the stiff departments into
three branches, ami II Is SAID lnuJ the best of.
ticeTs al the service give Jheir euCOuIag grme { nj
and support TO ihe meas IRE ,ooSlng 60 re-
ductiOl, OF eNpenses ANA the IOpplug of Of use.
less memOeis OF tine army,
-WAsHINGToN, Feb. 1.-The Con mttee OF
4 APPROPRIATIONS, not being satisfied with the in.
| formauun furnished by the Treasury Depart.
ment IN Pega to certain items IN the Consular
unu diplomatic BILL required the secretary 10
furnish ruler details. Inc answer was received
| to-day, and the intOrmauOn obtained enable the
committee to make still urJher reductions If
| that bill. The following cases VIII show how
| loosely estimates are made no, and how very
important It is Tor the committee To scrutinizt
even the most trivial details For instance, the
estimates called Tor S22,0OO TO maintain prisons
IN certain foreign countries. When the com
miJtee asked for the exact amount expended fOl
this purpose last year. the Secretary replied
Sl60OO Il, Again, the estimates called for S5
200 To bring home cl1Dlnals from foreign lands
and YET last year only 81 ,9e9 was disOul sud fol-
| this purpose, anu only five prisoners were
brought over for tnat sum, being the averagt
expense per head of nearly s400. But tho great.
est discrepancy was in the item for loss on ex
change. The estimate called for S4s,000 but The
official figures showed that this expense had du
ring the past two years averaged not quite 50,
900.
-HARRIaBuRG, February Tho general ap
preparation blu reported today appropriate.
about three million SIX hundred thousand dol
, lars. The item for legislative salaries IA pu5 a
nve hundred thousand instead OF three hun
dred ana seventy-tive Thousand appropriate,
last wear. This allows members fifteen hun
dred dollars salary, ana is accepted sn indica
Jlon that The session Will be prolonged for
, hundred aud fifty days. cnrrvlng 1t to the frs
OF june. Predictions to this effect have no
been received with credit heretofore. but tn
action OF the committee on appropriations tO
day in reporting an increase IN legislative eX
> penseS OF hundred and TWENTY five thousan
dollars over lat year. shows that the project O
an aOsurdly long session ls seriously enter tam
Ell by majority Of the House. made up of chea
men OF DOth parties The senate Is strOngl
against extending the session over hundre
, DAYS, The deadlock on the revenue bill still
continues, The Republicans insist that tn
Democratic senators shall move a recOnsldera
tiOn, while the latter declare it to be the dut
OF the Republican senators who changed thei
votes to the negative for that purpose Bot
sides want the bill passed, but are holding on
: : on petty point of personal pride and consi,
I tency. The states creditors in the me9ntIm