The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-05-26


"A Sunday School Institute, under
the auspices of the Evangelical Asso
citation, will be held at Big Creek, on
Tuesday evening next
"A brute in Scranton who effected
the moral ruin of girl aged twelve
wears has settled the case by paying the
girls mother fifty dollars.
John Sevens was killedsat Crystal
Ridge, near Hazleton, Saturday by
niece of coal. 1t is almost incredible
but the fatal lump weighed but two
pounds. The unfortunate man leaves
a wife and elk children.
If YOU are in want Of anything in
the stove, tin ware or housefurnishing
line, call at L. w. Clauss', Exchange
Hotel building. He keeps everything in
his line, and sells at bottom prices.
>-James Geiger,a son of Jas. Geiger,
\ of this borough, fell between two boats
on Saturday last. near Slatington, and
had his shoulder broken, and received
severe bruises about the head. AT this
writing we learn that lie is doing well.
Abe Depuy, employed as an epgi-
neer with A. Pardee e Co.. for many
years, was killed Friday of last week,
at the old Sugar Loaf colliery. At the
time of his death he was going up the
slope in a car, and was thrown off and
instantly killed.
The Lycoming Insurance Com
pany, in which a number of the clti-
zens of this county have policies of in. .
surance, has laid and assessment of
seven and one.half per cent. on its
premium notes. Heretofore it has been
but five per cent.
Especial Invitation. Ladies' are
respectfully invited to call and exam
inc our large and beautiful assortment
of ladies' ready made linen suits, rang
ing in price at from $500 upwards.
Respectfully,
II j. T. NUsBAQM 81 SoN.
>-On Monday last James Sheckler a
brakeman on a Lehigh Valley train,
when his train was few miles below
this place, was standing on the cars
signaling, when a sudden jerking threw
him off, striking on his head and shoul-
der and seriously injuring him.
The Supreme Court at Harrisburg
Monday affirmed the judgement of the
lower Court in the case of Thomas
Duffy, the Molly Mcguire, convicted OF
numbering Policeman Yost at Tamaqua,
The application for reargument of the
case of Curley, of Montgomery county,
has been refused.
ACFred Alas residing at Upper Maucl
sfChunk, and employed as shifter al
Packerton, on Monday morning, in
trying to sprag wheel of a coal cal
/ with a stone, had his thumb caught be.
tween the flange of the wheel and The
: stone, aud completely severed above the
second joint.
5 Jack Boyle, of Ecklev, a son of tht
3 Widow Boyle and brother Of james
Boyle, to be hung on the 21st day o
June, in POttsville gail, for the muir
der of Policeman Yost, was killed a
, Stockton Monday. He was throw
+ off No. train on the Lehigh Vale!
railroad, aud fatally injured. He wa
taken to HazletOn, where he died abOu
!, two O'Clock in the afternoon.
: 1t is whispered in Mauch Chunk
! among parties who occupy positions OF
the Lehigh Valley road that should en-
+, able them to know whereof they speak
i that an order is to be issued reducin!
: the wages of the locomotive engineer
employed on the road, the reduction t.
J, date from June /, The rumor has i
!, that engineers now getting SO 80 are t
; be reduced to $500; those gettin
S3.25 to $780, and thos getting SO O
/, to So so. Since the above was pre-
!. pared we learn the order has bee
O posted
Some months ago John Kehoe, Ne
., Dougherty, John Campbell, COlumhu
u and Michael N'Gee and John Chapma
>, were arrested, charged with the murdC
u of f. w. Lalgdon, who was killed {
g Audenried, on the 18th of July, 1856.
Kehoe was tried and found guilty {
y murder in the first degree, Doughert
L. and Campbell were convicted of murdC
le in the second degree, and Friday of la
as week, Michael M'Gee, against who
very little evidence was produced, wa
III acquitted. Chapman and COlumbl
IN niece will probably be released c
he their own recognizances, having to da
m been under 50, 900 bail.
The Grand Lodge of the Order
N NJuu 1tllDNS was III StoSlOl hl Illtt q
at last week, and 1t was the largest gathe
,s' ing of the kind ever known in Il
:, State. Over eleven hundred pa
~ grands of subordinate lodges were a
mitted to membership in the Graz
Is Lodge. The following officers were i
49, stalled: NJ. w. Grand Sire Of the Graz
u Lodge of the United States, John '
ig' Stokes, of Philadelphia; j. b. Boyer,
IVh Suhbury, Grand Master; Samuel II
worth, of Philadelphia, Deputy Ora
ose Master; John A. Myles, of PittsbuI
ose Grand Warden; James b. Nicholson,
'od Philadelphia, Grand Secretary;
lp' Richard Muckle, of Philadelphia, Ora
the Treasurer.
--E. II. Snyder has one of the larg
lor and most beautiful assortments
of ladies' dress goods to be found in {
as section of the country, and at prices
re- low, as to be actually astounding,
ion fact, he is almost giving them awt
For example he is Offering black gre
dimes at from l21s up to 80 cents
scu yard; lot of choice brillianteens, VI
up wide, at 6 cents per yard, and DIR
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