The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-12-01
STATE NEWS.

VINO ctlllnOJ Wrlte.
The Reading railroad paid out $4,000 in
the coal regions the other day.
Up to Saturday last Lock Haven had
shipped Sl,6O4,OOO feet of lumber for this
year.
A lady whose name is unknown died in
the cars between Pittsburg and Greensburg
q few days ago.
But two collieries out Of fourteen in the |
vicinity of Mahanoy are shippin gcoal ofany
consequence.
During the month of October 81, ,23O,4lO |
worth of merchandise was imported into the |
port at Philadelphia.
A Berks County shoemaker manufactur-
ed "medicated boots" Their peculiar vir-
tue is in the heel
Mrs. Girton, of shamokin, gave birth to
triplets recently. She had previously had
twins on three occasions.
A little boy at Blairsville upset dish pan
filled with hot water. He was so severely
scalded that he died next morning.
Edwin II. Filter, a Philadelphia mer-
chant, is mentioned as candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor.
In Monroe county, this State, the Demo-
Gratis carried every district and two-Eldred
and Tunkhannock-una
A child at Ashland fell from chair on q
stove and was roasted to death. The child
was found burned to a crisp on the stove.
Last Monday the Bethlehem Iron Com
pany started six Of the furnaces in their
pudding mill at South Bethlehem. They
have been idle two months.
DR.. Schmauser, well known German
physician of Allegheny, is under arrest for
abortion. Jennie Hamilton charged him
with the crime on her death6ed.
Mrs. Henry Miller,of Orbisonia, Hunting.
don county, fatally cut her throat with a
penknife few days ago. The suicide is at
tributed to temporary insanity.
A coroner's jury blame the conductor and
engineer of the day express east for the col
lision near Ridgway on the 1st of Novem-
ber, by which five persons were killed.
Townsend Hickman, of Philadelphia,
while cunning in West Chester, on Monday,
was accidentally shot in the leg by a friend
named Shaner. The wound is not danger
Gus. .-.srr
Rev. Lyman D. Coleman, D. D., who is
in his SD year, still performs the duties Of
his profession at Lafayette college. He was
tutor in Yale college half century ago.
Near Somerset the other day, Samuel A.
Wilt, while digging a post hole accidental
ly struck upon large earthen vessels which
contained $1,000 in gold and silver coins
principally Mexican dollars. The date Of
the newest coin is 1851.
Hiram and William Rupert, cousins
aged respectively fifteen and sixteen years
of South Bend, township, Armstrong coun.
ty, were killed almost instantly, while dig
ging coal by the falling of piece of slate
measuring about fifteen feet square.
Nine of the late wrecked engines on the
Philadelphia and Erie railroad are being re-
paired at the Remove shops. Ten of thost
burned at Pittsburg during the riots are alsC
being repaired. The shops are running full
time with full complement of men.
The capital stock of the Pittsburg anc
Erie Railroad Company has been increased
from 81, 100000 to $2,OOO,OOO. Two thous
and hands are now at work on the road be
tween Pittsburg, Pa, and Youngstown, Ohio
and rapid progress is being made upon tn,
work
1t is stated that Martin V. Turner, VIII
was tried some time ago in Clearfeld anC
convicted. of MURDER in the first degree,
Mrs. Waples, his alleged paramour, beinj
the victim, will be able TO establish an alb
before the Board of Pardons at its next ses
sion.
Judge Handley disposed of 800 cases oil
the argument list in the Wilkesbarre court
100 certioriari cases and 10 criminal case
during last week, besides the usual routin
of business which falls to the lot of Judg
sitting on the bench during the sessions c
the court.
At Beaver Falls on Wednesday a man b
the name of James V. Blackmore attempte
suicide by cutting his throat with razol
His injuries are severe but not Iecessarl
fatal. BlaclSmore was seventy-two years {
age. No motive is assigned for the act.
The number of executions filed in tn
common pleas court of Philadelphia indicat
that the sherhFs sale on the first Monday i
December will embrace larger amount
properties than the sale at the beginning
this month, when they numbered over ,5O
The Supreme Court adjourned on Thur
day, having transacted great deal of bus
ness in its briefsession and rendered nun
Der of important opinions. There are seve
al cases which were argued and are yet
be decided in which the opinions Of Il
court will be awaited with interest.
Isaac Crider, a young man of Clinic
county, fatally shot himself while returnir
from pheasant hunting expedition. II
gun was discharged while he was in the a
or removing it from the wagon to shoot
pheasant near by, the hammer catching
he bed of the wagon.