The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-21

1t is said the Pennsylvania Goa
Company will sell 100, 900 tons of Pitts.
ton coal at auction on the Goth inst,
and that the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad Company will
sell 10000 tons of Scranton coal on the
9th,
/-James E., an eight-year-o old son of
ICharlcs Yenser. of this place, was play
! ing on the porch in front of Fred.
! Brinkman's residence, on Wednesday
last, when by some unfortunate acci-
dent he fell to the pavement, aud broke
an. arm. DR. Reber reduced the frac-
ture and the little fellow is doing well.
"A fire broke out in the Roaring
Brook Colliery, at Dunmore, near Scrar.
ton, on Monday night. and it was
thought that the mine would have to be
| Hooded. The fire started in the stable,
in the lower vein, 800 feet below the
surface, and was discovered at 6 O'Clock
Tuesday incoming by the watchman,
who found all the mules. ten in nume
Der, burned to death. Workmen were
busy all day trying to eXtnguish the
flames, but it was feared their eff oTts
WouIu prove useless.
| Z-An intense excitement was created
t1Hmong the women of the brick row, at
fPackerton, on Monday last, by cat
which showed evident signs of madness,
barking like a dog, frothing at the
mouth and scratching and tearing up
the ground. Every house was ransacll.
rd for "a man." but none being found,
n 40 4,
revolver, and, after discharging the
contents of six barrels into the head
and body of the cat, Lad the satsfac.
tion of seeing it stretch ont and die.
THE residence of Joseph Ruch, of
West Penn township, was entered Oh
Monday of last week by couple OF
tramps, and two suits of clothing and
other articles, with sum. of money,
carried off, the rascRls escaping with
their booty. Some time ago the same
premises were robbed of all the provis,
ions in the house, leaving barely enough
for the breakfast of the family, upon
which occasion Joseph was heard to re-
mark: "Ich het mich shamme fur mein
leberzeit wen sc nix gafunne hutte."
"A meeting to take into considera-
tion the question of organizing a new
Building and Loan Association was
held in Reber's Hall, on Monday even
ing, (July l6). r, f. Hofford, Esq -,
was chosen Chairman of the meeting ;
w. Nj. Rapsher, Secretary, and Thos.
Kemerer, Treasurer. The following
gentlemen were appointed committee
to solicit subscriptions to stock and col
leCt first insthllment, and report on
Monday evening, August Goth, 1877 {;
Messrs Philip Miller, John Peter, T.
S. Beck, Frank Laury and A. j. Dur
ling, together with the officers of the
meeting.
The brother of Laros, the North
ampton county poisoner, has been in
terviewed, and to questions he replied
that he did not sign the petition for par.
don, because he is lot insane and
never was. When he killed father,
mother and Moses Schug, we buried
him from our thoughts forever, and to
us he is as one dead. ! would not like to
see him hanged, because we desire 10
escape the terrible disgrace. We suffer
more than he does. We have it upon
our minds, not only the death of father
and mother, but that he too must die,
and that upon the gallows. We all
hope and pray that he will make a con-
tession and die sncere christian that
is all we can do"