The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-02-17
BRIEFLETS.

thousand frame note in her DECEASED
mothers chignon.
In what respect does a Bishop re
semble fish? Both live in the see
In the last year 191 persons have
died at Hartford who were sixty years
old or over, fifty-one of whom were
Boston proposes to have a mechan-
les exhibition, at which the most brill
liant display of the manufacturing in
terests of New England is promised,
"A boy who is not strong enough to
spade up small onion bed between
now and the Fourth of July, will dig
over a ten acre lot before breakfast
looking for bait. s ....
The commercial travellers Of New
England, who are 1910 strong, aie to |
organize an association, and have petit
toned the Massachusetts Legislature |
for q charter. ....1
The Northwestern Lumbprman
says that the Susquehenna lumbermen !
are to be congratulated upon the credit
able showing which their business
hdhcS dG lUe emu OIL inc year.
The asylum for worn.out railroad
employees, provided for in, Commodore
Vanderbilt's will, is to be erected On
his farm, at Low Point, about twelve
miles below Poughkeepsie, r .ef
Orders have been given by the
Russian Government to the manager of
the Imperial Iron foundry at Tula, to
construct, without delay, 10000 iron
huts for tho accommodation of troops.
Under floor at the mint at Paris
the strange discovery has been made of
100, 900 f. IN twenty -centime pieces
bearing the date of 1866 and 1867. No
one seems to know under what circum-
stances the sum was hidden.
"A Goldfish hangs in the Representa-
tives' Chamber of the Massachusetts
State House which was placed there on
the motion of John Rowe, Boston mer-
chant, in 1884, as memorial cf the
Importance of the cod-fishery to the
welfare of the commonwealth.
A little girl of twelve recently
drowned herself at Besseges, France,
because her mother .scoded her several
days for giving the cat sausage. The
child told playmate that if she heard
any more about wiIful waste she wonld
commit suicide, and kept her word.
"A bill has been introduced into the
Indiana Legislature to prohibit the kill
ing OF quails in tie State for five years
Some farmers protest against this, say
ing .qualls increase 80 rapidly that il
five years they would become rea
nuisance by the destruction of grain.
During the trial the Judge called {
witness. No one answered, an elderly
man arose and solemnly said, Gle Il
gone" "Where has he gomez" askeC
the Judge, in no tender tone. 81 dom
know but he is dead" was the an
swer.
during the past four years tn
public schools at Toronto have increases
from twelve to twenty, the number 0
teachers from sixty.two to one hundred
and sixty-two, of pupils from five thous
and to seven thousand, and the valu
of school property from Sl50,OOO t
$4,000. .".
During January the number OF i'm
migrants who arrived in New Yor
was 1928, of whom 1893 were males
592 came from Germany, 420 froI
England, 1876 from Ireland, 143 trol
Italy, 70 from Scotland, 70 from Franc
AZ from Austria, and the remainde
from twenty-three other countries.
-"Sir," said a little clustering ma
to religious opponent, "to what SCI
do you suppose l belong" "Well,
don't exactly know" replied his OppC
Ient, "but to Judge from your siZ'
appearance and constant buzzing,
should think you belonged to the elias
generally called Insect"
The Constitution of Missouri fol-
bids State officers accepting railroa
passes under penalty of removal.
has lately been disclosed that the Sta
Railroad Commissioners, who are pr
cisely the officers who ought to be mo
amenable to the law, have violated
They are endeavoCing TO excuse then
selves on the plea that they are N
State officers.
The suit against General Belkna
in Washington, was dismissed ThEr
day of last week, by order Of the Alto
ney General, in accordance with Il
directions of the President. The re-
sons for the dismissal are the improb
bility of conviction on the evdent
aud long suffering Of the accused al
the great expense to which he has 4
ready been subjected,
Mary S. Oliver, PennsylYan
widow, employed in the Treasury d
partment at Washington, Thursday
last week, brought suit against Senat
Simon Cameron, for breach of promi
of marriage. She alleges that {
promise was made a year ago, Al
claims damages to the amount of SjC
600. Mrs. Oliver is said TO be about
Years of age. The friends of the Senat
are surprised at such proceedings, a
disinclined to believe the averments
the fair plaintiff, II only for the reas
that the venerable defendant is Is yea
OF age.
Rear Admiral Wilkes, u $. \
died ON Thursday morning of last we
i'm Washington, in the 10th year of
age. lie had been in ill-health Tor 10
time. Charles Wilkes was born In n,
York State,apponted tothe Navy in le