The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-08-04
THE NEWS.

Judge Black is visiting Lis native county of
Somerset .....
The rolling mill at Tamaqua IS working day
and night
The total number Of persons killed in the
PIttsDurg riot was aOOuC forty.
The loss by the destruction Of the grain
elevator at Pittsburg is s25l,U00
The Lancaster tbacco crop this year VIII
bs the largest ever raised there.
Mira. Patrick McGOveu of Hrz'etnn, Lu-
zeFne county. has be- ml5jlng since NJ onday.
Altogether aDout 1900 cars were destroyed
by tho Plttsbutg Are, over one'ha OF when
were lOaded.
The cluzens Of Hamburg, Montgomery
county. have voted agrlnst the purchase OF II
steam fire engine.
-Four children of the family of Frank M
Trout, Of Lancaster county, d.ed within few
day. OF dlpnthera.
The locomo ives of the late wreck on the
West Penn railroad are nIt yet removed. but
WI be IN day or two The Ioss can he est
mated ut from s60W0 TO k65,0OO
-rSO t. amps were arrested ut II on sdale re:
centlv on suspicion p bein" thn muld derers of
James M'Cune, an Err employee, found dead
there on the 5th ult.
The Gre fighters at Roaring Brook collierY
have camDleteiv conquered the flames, ana
WORK has been resumed III ths two upp T veins.
"A panther with brass rng r m It's nose 2,f,n is
Schuykul county. 1t is believed to have es
capped from a circus
-Harvev Sener, n Young man Of Lancaster, n
few days ago fell from he'gnt OF forty feet He
was was working near The caves OF house
when he fell. His I'M iuIies SFe fatal.
Mrs Asma Hummel o. Snyder county put
her infant chr to sleep. When rhe mother re.
| turned she found the little one suspended by
| the neck between the bed and wall, dead
The authorities of Harrisburg are dor & all
| in thelr power TO break up the gang OF tTalnDs
who have committed go manv outra0es in that
vlclntY. A number OF tue outlaws are IN jail.
| Orlando Bottz, lad of fifteen; living with
| his grand ather near AllenUOwn Committed
| suicide the other dav, hanPng himself to u Tree.
| his motive for the act is not understood
| 1t is sG,d to be the desire and intention of
| the officers and directors Of the National bank
| Of Ashland to discontinue business IN eonse'
quence of The exec edlngly dull and unfroh6able
times.
The Merchant Exchange of CINCINNATI urge
| on the railroad officials to yield or come o some
understanding with t1er men, and offernF to
freight provided it will be used to increase the
wages ofthe men.
Mary Sellers, an old lady OF Pottsvile, has
recently made several attempts 10 commit SUI
u0e. on " ednesdav she jumped IRON second
story wirdbw OF her dwelling TO the grouno in
jlh1g one OF her lmbs badly Trouble about
some property has produced insanity.
Two militiamen at Scranton cot drunk and
one james M'COrmlcKl discharged his revolver
at nomas Rlel. who was sltlng on his door
Sep. The ball penetrated Rlel's cheek. pO
lceman proceeded to arrest the asSailant. when
the latter drew ms revolver and pointed II al
the policeman, but before he could draw the
Trigger the officer drew ms clubs and stTiRinR
lin aero the head with 1t sent the drunken
solder across the floor and made deep cash Oh
lis head, from which the blood flowed freely.
AT sharon. Mercer county, on Thursday, q
! IDwder magazine, containing SIX hundred anC
twenty-five kegs of powder, exploded Trees ~
IA woods are almost completely trimmed fn,
tle ground Is almost entlrey covered W tt
| leaves aud DTanci es. Here and there you car
find trees as thick as a mans body completely
TWISTED of. Small pieces Of powder kegs cal
! bessen everywhere. Many are not half es larg'
| Bt mans .ud The track belOnslng TO thi
Paeifc coal slope is completely torn up; whil'
| tAe shute scales screen etc, are badly dqmag
ed Several frame houses in the nei9bborhoo'
| are comp etelY demolished, while all over th'
| CITY glt was brORen in the house ana locA
torn OF doors mlle away. Lerge plate gas
in business house was brOGen. Even the uOoT
olp lew business houses were 9pened, DIeaAlhl
was heard very PLAINLY and Ols tine lV at New
Castle, twt mt two mlles from sharon. \ ID an
!, Supposed to have entered tue house Tor the puI
pose OF stelhng power, was torn TO pieces
The luss Is Si5,tO0.