The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-11-04
MATTERS of Interest.


rocco which threatens n end In an out break.
Bullion 10 the amount Of SO .ooO was shipped
from ENGLAND to the United States TO pay for
cotton.
This value Of the Centennial grounds. buid
lnes, and contents have been estimstsd at elO5,.
coo, 900.
The Centennial Commission Rnd Board Of
Finance will on the evening Of the eth g1ve
formal dinner in honor OF the Foreign Commis
The Penn Fire Insurance Company OF Phtla
delphla has dissolved beng declared tnsolvent,
oeiver.
The fury In the Mckay Tmes libel case
were discharged on 90 urday after having been
locked no week. They tailed TO agree
William Lewis. Superintendent Of Rausch
Greer COlIlAry, in Lebanon csunty, Pa was XII !
ed by train Of cars in the slope Monday.
Tho term Of imprisonment OF Fdwsrd a
STOKES for the shooting Of James Fisk. Jr., ex
pired on Saturday. and he was released from the
Auburn Peni,entiary
Three houses were burned at Nahnnoy plane
on TaHredry Of last week and five families turn.
cd out OF doors. The loss on the buildings was
$500 and the insurance tstOo
DIR. Lemovne has tired his cremsting fur.
mace upOn two sheep with a satisfactory result.
The carcasses went into the iurna0e at three o..
clock mutton and ct ten O'Clock werr aches.
The British Arctic expedition under Captain
Nsres has returned to Valentia, having failed
TO discover anv land northward Of the highest
latitute reached, 80 degrees 20 minutes.
There is suspicion that that the n umerous
CHARGES OF theft preferied by Moorish and Turk.
ish peudlels against respectable persons. are
not entirely free from blackmail.
A terrible cyclone passed over the Central
American States on the ID and 4th ult. blowing
down hundreds Of nonses and destroying many
lives The total damage ia eatim1t.d at seyera,
mi hons Of do lars.
Tho Lebanon Times ia authority for the
statement that Mr.. P. L. Weinier, of tina, place
Clay furnaces OF the NJ essrs Eckert. in Read.
Ing. preparatory 10 their being blown i'm
Miss Emma Oeden has gone from Pittsburg
70 India TO l0ok after the heathen. This is brave
business; but Miss Emma will leave many un.
converted heathens behind her and pass by
many more on her way.
The wife Of william Mevers, Of West Man.
hem township Lancaster county though some.
what of a delcate woman. Is the mother Of
TWENTY-FIVE children, the last having been born
last weeE.
Allen Bechtel, . prominent citizen of Read.
ing. committed suicide tuesday mOrninP by
shooting hun self tnrOuRh the head. 1t is sald
he was temporarily insane.
AN explosion Of fire damp in the Wadesvine
SHAFT sh at 81 CLAIR. Sohpylktll County. on Mon;
blocked up the mine so that WORK cannot be re-
sumed for several days.
William Hawthorn, aged u, WAS killed by
ms son:in,law, Ihos. stevens, at Hager town
with his wife. and. while attempting 10 ejeci
hin. Hawthorne received fatal wound.
Tho Allentown Chronicle says; Dlptheria II
prevailing 10 an alarming extent In that city
and many child has fallen q victim 60 It's maliR
nifty: The disease attacks children sudden y
and in q most violent forms and parents are ip
u great dread OF the malady.
"A telegram from C,dueI Ohio, says .'tht
sttorney for the NcCune. hagen and Hogton
heirs 10 Tioga. PENNSYLVANIA, coal lanOs. said to
be worth si,Ut0,00O, announces that he finds the
claim utterly buried by the statute of limita
tions aud beyond sll power Of recovery.
ata. MAJ.
day by shOckingly brOnzed aid grizzled In
dlvidual who Is on his way 10 the centennial
He started from California two years ago O ID
has hunted by tue way. HIS wagon was I,aded
able
In the ease OF Harriet N. Nissley VS. Andrew
CARRIER. miller East Hempfied township
OF SiO.OOO from plaintiff, as damage for breach Of
promise OF marriage dried before Judge Living
ston. the Jury on Saturday returned q verdict II
favor OF plaintit iu the sum Of $1,000.
w. r. Hastings killed himself with pisto
on SATURDAY. at League Island. PLIude' 'phia
The deceas"d was Ou visit 10 the centennia
from jackson county, Ohio, and was subject q
tits Of alteration caused by political disaPpOint
ment. He was o common pleas Judge and hi.
defeat for second Term preyed upon hIs mind
until he became insane.
AT San Francisco on Monday night, o paniC
was created in the Chinese theatre Dr a false
alarm Of nre. In the rush TO get out OF the build
ing numbers were tampled on. and the police
twenty iDjuled persons. The Chinese refused
20 give any assistance and the acI0rs oo0lly
continued the performance uutil they were
stopped by the police.
"A horrible outrage was perpetrated II
PniladelphiR, upon little girl siX veara OLD
named Theresa ROthemlck. After suffering in
descI1Dable Drutaltv the poor child was throwI
into privy Vallt, from which she was rescued
alive by her father. but in such an exhausted
eunoil ION AZ 70 be unable 70 speak. A mar
named lshmael Jones has Donn q Rested charged
| with the cnms and identified bY the glrl Us the
| guilty pa ty. He 10 man sixty years Old AMI
| has been put III jail to aWPit his trial
All the window. glass houses In Pittsburl
are stal tug Mp tn IT works Ia whole or part
| whe there are more than one or two furnaces
though lac season IL 80 Tar gone and trade 81
| dull that there Is little disposition 10 make NJ
| sL0ck before the beginning Of another season
| The ticst glass house III PItIsDurg was in opsr
| ton In l787, now she has wiLhin her limits anC
| ing ~ pOtsi the buildings cover an area OF ~
acres. swing empIoyment 70 over $3.50 hanus
and producing annually articles To the value o
nearly es,000.UO
| "A despatch 10 the b. Paul Pioneer Pres
| SAYS that General Miles, after unsuccessful
| council with sitting Bull had \ successful ngh
with him ON the list and I'D ult., ON Cedal
| Creek Many OF the Indians were killed ant
| wounded, but only two OF the soldiers wer'
wounded Tho enemy were chased sixty miles
! towards Fort Peck. General Miles following
| Sitting Bull crossed the river below Fort Peoi
| ON the 2ith He sent word 10 the agent that h
''waA coming IN and would be friendly, bu
wanted AMMUNITION" General Hazyn has gOnl
70 Fort peoG with four coDplpies u mihutr!