The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-08-25
THE NEWS.

County fairs will be below par this season,
unless they have agricultural "hoss trots" at
tached
-oremation has been legalised in the canton
Of zurich Switzerland, under certain sanitary
restrictions.
The elevator Mt Plttsburg. to take the place
OF the one des, rOved, will have capacity OF
100 100 bushels and IL TO cost $4,000.
The unused barracks at Carlisle, P5.. are to
be repaired ana extended 70 render them cnpa
bic OF accommodating large force OF Federal
troops.
Capt Etng Of Santa Gertrudes. Texas, is
maNiug an addition OF sixty. three miles TO his
pasture fence, which will enclose atogether,
when Ompleted, 10000 acres OF splendid lana.
DR. Acker, of Montgomery county announce
es that he has given twenty four yenrs service
TO his party aud spent his all. Now he wants
to be made sheriff and there's and Acker-imOn-
GUS dispute about that.
-Cireuses have brought their pigs to q bad
market in this state Two OF them have been
sold out and the employees have been sold out
and the employees didn't get enough out Of the
canvass to make serVlceable pocket hnndker'
chief.
Annie Reimensnyder, Of Lancaster county.
didn't believe what the papers said about the
efficacy of coal oil for stal ting fire. On Satur-
day morning had she been living, her testimony
would have been corioDOrattVe.
AT the Philadelphia permanent exhibition
there are now 2 30 exhibitors, representing all
the states of the Union and all the principal
countries Of the world and less than one-haf OF
these are Pennsylvania exhibitors.
crcuses and menage les tnat were travelling by
railroads Barnum's and FOrepaughs concerns
were unable TO move from near Chicago for a
week. and their losses were very heavy.
In the past seventy two years, of 0j3 per.
sons condemned to death in Austria, Oniy $40
were executed. the reigning sOve efeigns having
been averse to capital punishment anu having
pardOned or commuted the sentences Ot the
others.
THE Gar according to the London Morn.
ing Post apprehending general desertion OF
hNa hnHn al llI L..
ness, has resolved to disbAnd the corps. II con-
sists exclusively of Clrcasslan officers Of the
Mohammedan faith
1t is reported from the Vatican that Plus
TX. is about TO name MonsignOr LavIgerie,
Archbishop OF AlHers. a Cardinal. He will be
tue first Cardinal OF Africa, as DR.. McClosEey
was the first Of America, Tins new promotion
will raise the number Of representatives. OF
France IN the Sacred College TO nine.
"A few days ago the perishable property Of a
man lately deceased was TO DC sOid IN COlutp-
bus, Ga, by the administrator. Among the US.
sets were two barrels of whiskev, worth about
revenue agent forbid Their sale until the admin.
lstratOr TOOK out wholesale liquor dealer )
license, which cost SlOO
AT ShaItlesvllle Berks county. on Satur.
day, while q MISS FO0se was kneedlng dough a
masked man extended his hana SuppOslng II
was friend in disguise she grasped his hand
At the same time man approached from be
hind and seiz d her arms. She was soon bound
and threatened with death if she made noise
After having secured her hands and feet the
rObOers went through the house and stole al
the vauabies they cou.d find. Wnen t1e attack
was made on Miss FUOse she was alone, her
father being in distant field and her mother
at the village store.
The Parker City Daily saws that on Sunday
afternoon dastardly outrage was committed
on the person OF a MIS-. smith. an old German
lady between sixty and seventy years OF age
who was returning home from church, by d
tramp. The follow met her near tne Ocean
siding. aud. without single word of warning
knocked her down, stuffed a handkerchief IN
her mouth and then brutally violated her per
son. H0ving accomplished his hel ish design
he picked up an uOu bar and threatened t.
knock her In tle head with it unless she gave
up what money she had about her, and nt
would undoubtedly have carried his threats into
execution had 1t not been ior the timely appear
ance of some other ladies, " hose screams hight
ened him AWAY,