The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-08-26
Matters Of Untareaf.

The democratic nominee for Governor of
Illinois, evils stewart, was born in Luzerne
county, this state.
The depression in the iron business at
to be tenantless
-Wm. Woodward cut hiS throat at Plttsburg
on Monday He was 33 v ara Il and In com.
io,table circumstances but drank spirltuous
The Worcester Press savs, "speaking
about telesraphIng q tuue how do our repubii.
can friends Ike the tune that was teeRraphed
from AL Dama the other dayr
AT Gu Imam, Ala. there Ia a colony OF Ger
mane. mostly from OHIO aud at the recent state
erection lSi ont OF the enlire population OF 1862
voted the democratic ticket
Mr. George w. Chlds Of the Philadelphia
Ledger. AZ his own expense, is sending ali tie
BOYS In the house OF refuge at Pnilad. .l phia TO
see the centennial exhibition.
The Danvilo Intellger Ger says Rev. A. r.
Jack' Prosi terinn m nlstcr, sJrpriseh It's edi
tor Oy preaching fervid sermon at the MethO
dist camp meeting at Mountain Gruve
-Mr HuntzinRer, Of the Miners Trust bank,
OF POttsviile, proposes to uleIge hls real estate
to secure the deposits which had been entrust-
ed 20 the bunk, aud which go to maze up It's liza
biiities.
The Official statement OF the Imports Of
Philadelnhin during the month Of july last
fixes their value No ti,42s,oss. The value of the
IMPORTS IN the corresponding months Of two
PREY GUS years was as follows; July, 1875, g..
O50 9O4 July, 1874, el,gOD,5U6.
rhe mother of Robert Gorrell, Esq, OF Cen.
trnlia Scbuylkil county, MED Il few days ago
at the advanced aged OF Que hui dfed and six
years Her father died at the age Of one hund
red and six years and her mother at one hund
ed and seven.
"A new industrial establishment Is getting
ready to 20 INTO operation at POttstown, called
the keystone tack works. The artiCe5 TO be
manufactured are tacks brud- finishing nails,
shoe nails and cigar box nalls ali 10 be made u
the best Swede chulooal and Ame lean IRON,
The bOat d OF directors of the Camhrin IRON
works, at JOhnstOwn, have decided upon O.
duCtiOn III the wages Of all employee from tn @
president down to the hunbest ahOrer, Of tllir.
teen per cent, TO take fleet about the st of
september. This reduction viii also inc ude
the employees Of Wood, Morre d Co, in the
stores Of Holidavsburg ard JOhnstowu.
--PoRT RICHMOND Pa. August 22-On sun
day night q terrible tragedy WIS enacted near
one OF the mines OF the Delaware, Lackawanna
aud Western coal Company, IN the LncRawanna
district. For some ume past feuu has existed
between two factions OF the "Mulhe Mrgnires''
AMI some members OF the Father Mathew so.
clety. Ihe trouble terminated IN bloody night
on sunday nlght. James Martin and Peter NC
Chfrey went out TO the mines on Sunnay after
neon, and on their way home IN the evening
were met by a crowd OF " Molle Magulresf y
mt any lawless act. one of the partv asked
Nartin II he was q Father Mathew man. Mar.
TIN upheld That he was, This was the signal lOr
an attack upon him and his companion. They
were beaten with bludgeous, Stabbed with
knives, ana treated t0 u shower q, outlets from
the drunken " MOllies." McCuffrey was killed
outright bv pisloi shOt. aud Martin was sO
terribly injured that he died soon after being
found, II is srid that the murdereTs were led
by prOminent Oi1ceh0ldet IN Scranton who is
leader of the " MOllie Mcguire IN the LacK
awunna vailev,nnd the murders We're commute
to conceal some poltical secret that the two
young men were possessed of, and about to d
WI ge that would expose the Iascality of the Of.
hcer and his adherents.