The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-08
Current Events.

Miss Maggie IL, Davis, daughter Of Jefer.
son Davis, and ], Addison Hayes, Caslier OF
the State National Bank ut Memphis, were
married on saturday.
Isaac II FrOthngham chief clerk in the
stamp department of The Post office at Boston,
was held in S8JOJ ON saturday, on the charge OF
stealing stamps.
Sir Edward Thronton, the umplre Of the
Mexican Claims Commission, has awarded
s6,30M in gold TO be paid uy Mexico 20 the
Abra Smver Mining Company Of New YORK,
The harbOr, river and canal at Buff ilo, Mon.
dav were ntlrelj clear ot ice. thing never
known Leiors az thls season OF The year. During
the past iew days several canal boats have LETT
Buffalo for Ashuabula and LOckpOrt.
The weather throughout Canada continues
very mild At MedOrd, Ont, the bay and river
are free from lc1, anu at Hamilton the farmers
on the mountains have be sun plonghlnS
About Geo men will be discharged fIom the
Boston Navy Yard next week.
The boy at st. Alban's, who called himself
Challie Ross, has been Unidentified by the Pot
master OF Milford, NJ H., as james Blanchard.
In connection with the whisky frauds in
Chicago, A. c. Hesing, OF the stats Zeitung
newspaL Lcr, Jacob Rehm, eX-POllce .SuDulinten-
dent b. il. Miller. County Treasurer ana
Jacob inthy; formerly Deputy Revenue Col.
lectOr wele arrested sunday and helu to bail,
tine hrst twoln SO OlO and the Qlher9 in $4,000
each The specific charges against them have
not been made xnown.
A man died in Lachine, Canada Thursday
of starvation. The neghbOrs herring pititul
cries coming from the room which he ana mis-
family occupied, went there, aud iound they
had not tasted food ior three days, Although
nouri.hment was at once given them, the
father being beyond recovery, died.
On Saturday last thirteen persons were
poisoned at dinner parry near Baton Rouge,
| Louisiana a cO'Ored man and woman were
arrested, ana whilst being taken to ial were
! captured by II band of armed men ana the wO-
| man hanged. lhe tate OF the man is unknown.
ON '@ednesday Carroll Bratton was shot
and killed by Jack Stinson at Randolph Lau
| ding, Tenness see, gnd on Thursday StinsOn WIS
! shot and killed by BrattOn nephew whilst
two oflicer-, who had StlnsOn III custody, were
seriously wounded.
Further information from Tyrone Pa,
states that the convention held there Dec. 20,
! reported Dy telegr aph rs Labor Convention,
opposed to the Texas Pacific Railroad was a
convention of the Junior Sons OF 49," attended
| bv about forty members, and that no business
of pubic Importance was transacted.
Wells, Fargo & Co g statement Of the pro.
ductiOn of. the precious metals for 1875 shows n
yield for the year, of $50, 80 O37, about SIX and
| one. half millions more than for 1874 which was
the largest previous annual yield a yield Of
$4,000 600 is PREDICTED for 1879, of which evada
will produce s5O,OOOOOO.
"A heavy fail OF snow is reported at salt
| Lake, the snow in some places being twelve
feet deep The Central Pacific Railroad trains
are delayed.
-LabOrers on the narrow gauge railroad in
Greene County receive 1913 week ana pay out
SJ,5J for boarding.
-One night last week Miss Laura Snyder of
WeslInoreland county, was knocked down while
walking near her homo by young man with
supposed EVIL intentions. The YiIlan was
frightened by the approach o, people ana hed.
Josh Clark a veteran engineer on the western
division of the E1e road recently ran his engine
i750 miles, putting in sixteen and hal days
time, in single week ana drew therefor eGt
pay, This is said 10 be the biggest lOcOmotiy,
Ieat on record.
The first Sl3O,OOO or the amount OF stocl
necessary to OBTAIN the charter for ths Eli,
Southern railway Is now subscribed, and TN
work of surveying the route. securing + ghv O.
way, etc will DC commenced us soon as the frs
NJ nnUnt an al
charter Obtained The Stock ls distribute,
among 400 people OF Erie city.
After fatal mining accident In Luzern
county, instead OF the works. stopping as th
custom heretofore has been, the men continue,
working and voted fifty cents each from thel
wages towards the family of the deceased Tn,
amount was doubled By the company, ana owe
four hundred dollars were raised The decease,
left wife and 1ive children, to whom th
amount Will be handed independent OF the usua
relief fund.
The suspension OF work in the WyOmin
coal region will not fleet the Lackawdnna rC
gion. Inc Delaware, Lackawanna ana Western
railroad company, Delaware ana Hudson cana
company and Pennsylvania coal company, th
principal corporations operating in the Lac6
awanna valley, although having Their yard
stocked at tide water. cOmmano along the grea
a highways sufficient inland trade to keep thei
: mines working uuring the winter season a
l. theI pre- 'ent capacity, or little more tha
half time.
" During service in the basement of st Mary
I Catholic Church, at CharlestOwn, Mass on Sur
. day mOrnlng,a mOmentarY panic was create
among ii We hundred sunday school ehlnren,b b
o the partial burning OF q curtain, which oaugh
n lIe from an altar lIght. Order was soon restOl
. | ed. but an alarm reaching the church above th
: cOnGTegatiOn made rush for the doors. TW
n narrow doors opening TO the porch We're jamme
4 IN an ustant,as Were also the ma row stairway
a leadlng nom the galleites, and a terrible seen
. occurred, many people leaping from the galleg
l widows and mmy women fainting IN I'll
Y crush After most OF the congregation ha,
a | struggled INTO tle street, Order was lestnle u
and u was found that no one was seriously IL
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