The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
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PARAGRAPIIIC.

noV oVSoPI u sptClHleu OF Da0uicratG sent
to him by convict.
"A little New Hampshire girl poured
ammonia over her clothes, and her
lungs were SO affected by inhaling the
fumes that she died. i.
-Sportsmen may like to know that
deer are so numerous at the head of
Alligator river, in North Corolina, that
they destroy the crops.
Two little boys quarrelled over a
game of marbles in Weden, N. g., and
one drew pistol and killed the other.
The oldest was only nine.
--Chicago's Aldermen are agitated
by resolution, offered by one of them
ana promptly tabled, that they refuse
to be deadheads. on the city railroads. -,
"A Nevada Indian, discouraged by
the loss of his horses at the hands Of
thieves, declared that he had nothing
left to live for but six squaws and re-
venge.
II have found 1t easier" said
Senator Dawes, at the dedication of
fountain in Pittsfied, mot to drink
liquor at all, than to drink moderately,
however Innocent and harmless that
might be to others.'' .u.
"A Chinese murderer in the iaiI at
Austin. New, falls on his knees and
begins to repeat the Lords Prayer
whenever he hears anybody near his
cell. He hopes in that way to enlist
sympathy, 1t is supposed.
"A member of the Soldene opera
bouffe company, reseutful of criticism
as to Sara, their grotcsque dancer,
writes as follows to the Dramatic News:
Mile. Sara, the KICKER is a plain
Mrs. Jarvis, and is never without her
husband, while she herself Is as good a
little woman as you can find in days
search,'
Pat Curren was in Shawnee, Ohio,
and wanted to go to Logan. He de-
clared that he was the peIpetrator of a
recent murder in Logan, and was sent
there by the authorities. Having SO.
cured free passage, he quickly proved
his Innocence. Then came the failure
of his trick, for the authorities sent him
back to Shawnee before releasing him.,
The railroad car Of the Emperor
Alexander can be run on any tracks In
Europe, whatever, the guage may be-,
owing to a peculiar arrangement of the
wheels. 1t contains paror, a bed.
room, and dining room, all magnificent
ly Furnished. The Emperor sends
ahead pilot locomotive. Haitian hour
after the imperial train starts a wreck,
Ing train follows, to be on hand In case
of accident. Twenty minutes behind
this is train with the imperial suite,
and lastly an escort of 300 soldiers.
! The natives of Samoan Islands are
represented by recent visitor as being
still heather of heart, although nom-
Inally Christians. They are very fond:
Of singing and praying. They will sit
up half the night singing hymns, and
The after part will be spent in drinking
lava and making themselves merry and
noisy. Yet the influence of Christian,
is seen among them, and the
evidence of their being benefited by the
OF really coed men are ap-
parent.
An Iowa clergyman and his wife
luarrelled and parted. Somebody ad-
Vised them to read betsy aud l are
Out" They did so, and at once be-.
came reconciled to each other. Here
after Carleton may append to his poem,
after the manner of the patent medicine
makers, the following 'certi6cate"l
from the clergyman: "My Dear Sir: L
,an never be sufficiently grateful to You
for your kindly advice iu relation to my
domestic afllietiOn. l acted upon your
'uggestion, and it had the desired effect,
We are reunited, never again, trust,
o part until the angel of death shall
visit one of u.s."
The murderer. of W. B. Hekok,
Known as WildBilla frontisrsman, whose
earessness, skill, - and manly beauty
zen. Custer had praised in a magazine
Irticle, attracted wide attention about a
'ear ago. A Cheyenne correspondent
4 the World gives this new account Of
he killing: Fate brought him to the
anne card table with Jack Mccall, a.
sharper. Oa the last hand,
IcCall bet $40 and lost, and when he
anne to settle found that he had only
100. Bill, remarking, 'You Oughtn't,
o over bet your pile; that's no way to
'lay cards, handed him back $5 to pay,
or his lodging and breakfast. Next
norning Bill was in the saloon, when
lcCall came behind him noiselessly,
laced the muzzle of his revolver to the,
ack of his head, and killed him " The
anne writer sketches the widow of Wild,
'lll. She has had two husbands, both
ublc characters, and both doomed TO
violent death. In 1S47, at the age of
fteen, she married William Lake, q
town. of whose circus she became
nancial manager. In 1869, while the
lrcus was at CRANKY, Mo-, a loafer
amed Jack Kilian slipped In without
aging. Lake elected the deadhead,
Who armed himself, returned to the,
mt, laid his way in, and, seeking out
ale, shot him dead. After her,
usband's death Mrs Lake took the p
Management of the circus, which she
onducted for three seasons, visiting all
arts OF the Union. She then sold of
er mena9erIe, apparatus, and stud,.
nd in 1875 went TO San Francisco.
here she remained bat a few weeks,
ding to Cheyenne a year ago last
Aprll, where little while afterward she
larried Wild Bill.