The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-01-06
suatters ofInterest.

IA five barrel oil well has been struck near
Tionesta, Forest county.
In mement of temporary forgetfuness or
insanity George Beham, aged %, killed himself
at Benezet, Elk county. last week.
The Allegheny Valley railroad company has
become the purchaser of the Buffalo ana James.
town railroad which gives 1t an Independent
line to Bnhnlo HIE r.'
The battle field of Tippecanoe has
been enclosed.
Comfortable Quarters = Twenty
Eve cent pieces.
New York "swells" are now taking
to wearing straw cuffs.
"A rich vein of iron ore has been
discovered in Mifflin county.
I'm Paris jewelry, at present, enam-
ell and plain gold is the mode.
Great Britain paid in 1875, for in
toxlcating drinks, STA 4,3S3, ,345.
Manchester, England, has just
formed 'School of Cookery" ~.
Prof. Max Muller is married to one
Of Charles Kingsley's nleces. II
"A man in Michigan practices
"Horse doctoring and singing school,"
1t is proposed to build large basin
for ships at the New York Navy Yard.
Gold has been discovered upon the
sides of mountains near Ripton, Yer
mont.
"A new line of British steamers will
shortly begin 10 run between New York
andt Brazil.
Reading is agitating the question
Of reducing the price of lager beer to
three cents a glass.
-Diphtheria prevails In Pittsburg,
and the disease is said to be as cOntagi-
Gus as smallpox.
-Clearfield county will only cut
small quantity OF square timber for the
market this season.
Peculiar Circumstance. All the
wide.awake railroads run sleeping cars.
The Australian English colony of
Victoria is buying locomotives in Pat
terson, New Jersey.
John Bright recently celebrated
his sixty-6fth birthday, at Oldham,
England, by public dinner.
The total production of beet root
sugar in Europe is now estimated to
considerably exceed 1000, 900 tons.
Dinner parties have superc eded re.
ceptiohs as the favorite entertainment
for the Washington social season.
-Ninoty-seVen more pupils are en-
rolled In the High School at Williams
port than there are seats in the insttu
ton.
Some Lebanon school urcbines stolC
khafr taooIarga
and presented them TO him as Christ
mas present.
The bequests to educational institu
tlons of the higher class in the United
States during the last six month";
amount to over $500 600.
New York business men are talk
ing Of downtown lunch club on tn
plan Of the City Club, in London, ant
the Mercantile Club of Philadelphia.
AT Aylseford, N. s., a few day
since a little three-year-Old put her foo
on block to steady it for her brothe
to chop. He missed his aim, and Gu
the little ones foot nearly of.
"A protocol containing eighty al
tIcles for the establishment of a Cor
stitutional Government, as ordered b
the Japanese MikadO, has been prepaI
ed, and is under consideration.
The other day the Coroner of Soutl
wark, England, held an inquest owe
the body of Emma Black, a small gi
who died of fright by being shut up
dark cupboard at boarding school
1t is announced that an enterpri
ing publishing house in New York hi
made Tweed magnificent offer for Il
use of data of his extraordinary caree
out of which a sensational volume is
be formed
The two Legislatures Of Sou
Caroliua adjourned on the 22d, and u
members started for home. The n
groes of Chamberlain's House discove
ed that they had not been given fl
passes over the South Carolina rallroa
and when they found that Hamilt,
and Meyers of the Constitutional Hou
had passes they vented their indign
tion on the cars, breaking and smas
ing windows. Some of Chamberlain
colored Legislators say that they are 4
coming back to Columbia" there
no money in it,"