The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-02-19

The wife Of Jules Philips, of Loo, Haven
gave birth to her eighteenth chld last week.
"A til I'd rail is to TO be ] ii on the Ere rO Il
from Eimua to BuflilO, 10 allow cars OF the l..
V. rOnd 10 ue run through
-Pcndletcn says Grant can have third term
nomination II ne wants It. This opinion Is Torn .
ed from tour through the sou h.
Representative Schltlcher, of Texas IL the
biggest man in congress. They had to build n
chair specially for his 0ccOmmOdauon.
"A HnZletCn clockmaker las constructed
fac simi @ OF the "reHt clOC at sttasoOIrg, one
third is size, with all ITS aqtumauc figures.
The rol inc mill of tn" Philadelphia and
Reading IA lrOad company at Reading has been
osed until next mUngh, throwing lOO persons
out Of employment.
"A mother ana her child IN Luzerne. county
were found dead in room last week. The
mother had evidently crushed the life out of the
Ii. tle one in parOXysin OF pain.
Judge 1Iandley, of Lugerne, and Judge ii.
kingston, of Lancaster say the ro eai of the l0-
cal option law etfeCtually wipes out all prose-
cations under the old law
-Col. Victor E. Ptoletie, of Bradford county
has obtnlned contract to furnish l,5nO,UO ieeC
ol lumber to be used IN the construction OF some
Of the centennial Dulldlnps
A horse backed on the track of the Lacka
wanna and bloomsbury ralroHd near panville
recently. and the result was fourteen cars land.
ed into the canal ana the horse WAS killed.
last week Anthony Cannon md few
friends attended III in Schuylkill county
On the way home thev had n drunken quarrel,
ann Cannon was fatally stabbed. He died on
Sat lrday night. NO aIEests.
The ladies' OF wi kesbaIre gavea centennial
dinner and Lady Washington tea party, from
which they realized 81 1888, half Of when IL to be
devofed to the monument funl and the rest to
the ladies' pavilion at the centennial
--Saml BOgart convicted Of killing his father.
in.l9w. W. A. Kline, in COlum la county has
been fined 80 and sentenced to the penltenti ~
Tor three years. The Klnes. who tarred their
father, were fined slgO each and sentenced To
undergo an Imprisonment of one year.
Thomas M'Clure Of n Nesguehoning, Carbon
county, shot himself in the head with an old
musket on saturday. The too cf his head was
blown of, and The hrains were scattered about
the room. The suicide IL attributed TO despon.
depcy produced by pIotracted illness
AT Belvidere, N. j., Tuesday Patrick Ward,
con, lcted Of the muraer of Peter Neiers, was
sentenced to be hanged on The 4th of March
next. J. M. Rttet, who murdered his two chil.
~ en- in HaekettstOWn, was allowed TO plead
guilty OF murder in the second degree on both
indictments, and was sentenced on eAch TO 20
years' Imprisonment at hard labor. in the Ueni-
tentiary. John Sprngtown, who killed his
brother ln-law az SpTingtOwn, pleaded guilty OF
manslaUghter, ana was sentenced to five years
Imprisonment, at hald labor.
Benjamin and Rachel Corter, are the names
OF venerable couple Of Ly coming county. The
husband was born February "a, 1772, and the
Wlllamspolt, August 10, 1870, on the twenty
third birthday OF the woman. Tho NOrthunl-
Defland Press says One day last summer they
walked distance Of ak IN lies, three gong and
three returning, for the purpO OF taking DIM
ner with daughter. The old lady can see 10
Knit and sew almost an well as ever They
raised family of twelve children, the oldest
haVlng nearly reached the age of seventy We
years. Ihey nave eighty-twO grand seventy
children.