The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-09-15
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BRIEFLETS,

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dlcial election on Wednesday, Oct. 10th.
Dead potato bugs are sold as curl
Osities In London for q dollar and
quarter each.
Opium smoking will be prohibited
10 China by an edict of the Emperor at
the end of three years.
Lebanon is to have hospital. The
edifice is TO be erected on the almshouse
grounds In that town.
The daughter and granddaughter
Of Gen. Scott are amog The distinguish
ed visitors at Newport, II. l., at the
present time.
The Charleston branch of the Bos-
ton Public Library has Just received
II 200 volumes, in accordance with the
bequest of Miss Charlotte Harris.
William Lloyd Garrison arrived
home from Europe Tuesday. His
health is said to have been greatly ben
Gifted by his journey.
-Policeman-"Now then, move onl
there's nothing the matter" Boy in
the crowd-"Yer needn't tell US that;
you wouldn't be here If there was."
Sitting Bull is said,b by an old scout,
now in New York, to he good French
scholar, man far above the Indian
average, and a first rate politician.
"A new hotel, designed to furnish
home for clerks only, Is just approach
ing completion In New York. 1t Is
four stories high, with thirteen rooms
on each floor.
"A Dutch treasure chest over two
hundred years old is exhibited in New
York shop. 1t Is made of iron, three
or four inches in thickness, and attracts
much attention.
- Bellefonte people are agitating the
question of the passage of an ordinance
to keep boys under eighteen years Of
age off the streets after 8 O'Clock in the
evening,
Belle Boyed, who figured so exten-
sively during the war as scout for the
Confederate forces. Is now living in
Calvert, Texas, and supports herself
and sister by sewing.
AT Landau, N. H., is the grave Of
q Mrs. Bronson, who lived in three CEN
turies. She was born in 1899 and died
in 1901. 1t Is said there are but three
similar cases on record.
"A raft of timber measuring 1885,
290 cubic feet passed through Lake
Champlain, VT, the other day. 1t is
said to be the largest that ever went
through these waters.
"A self opening envelope, with a
thread in the edge of the upper flap, by
pulling which the envelope is quickly
and neatly opened, is the newest inven-
tlOn in stationery.
Three miles of cars are standing on
the tracks at Altoona, all filled with
"scrap" from the ruins of round houses,
rolling stock, ETC., destroyed by fire in
Plttsburg by the rioters.
General s. Wiley Crawford, COM
mander of the Pennsylvania Reserves,
Is having painted in New York new
picture OF the battle of Gettysburg,
showing the position of the Reserves in
that great fight.
The New York State Farmers
Alliance met in convention at Syracuse
on Wednesday. There was a large at
tendance, and resolutions were adopted
favoring low tolls on the State canals
and the publication of politics.
THE following announcement ap>
peared recently in an English paperi
"St. James's Church-On Sunday next
the afternoon service will commence at
half past three, and continue until fur
ther notice."
"A large meeting composed of Con-
federate and Union soldiers was held
at Cincinnati the other evening, to fur
ther the plan of having grand reunion
of soldiers IN that city. 1t is to be a
national affair. the surviving, soldiers OF
the late war from all the States North
and South being invited to take part.
"A lineal descendant of the great
Sir Francis Drake is said TO be keeping
a boarding house in DenisOn, Texas.
The lady has in her possession a diR-
mond knee buckle worn by Sir Francis,
which is valued at nearly $1,000. An
other descendant Is connected with one
of the large publishing houses in New
York city.
Don Carlos Young and Feramorz
Little Young, sons of the late Brigham
Young, are members of the class of
1879 Of the ReDsseler Polytechnic In
stltute, at Troy, N. Y. They are very
studiOus young men Of good habits and
are said to be opposed to polygamy.
Mr.. Charles Young, another son of the
late Brigham Young, is practicing law
In Pinckney, Mich.
William Reimer was a candidate
for Sheriff of Lehigh county He was
defeated in the nomin mating convention,
and five hours after the ballot which
sealed his fate, the present Sheriff levied
upon all of his property to satisfy judg-
ments which had been stayed under the
belief "thAt he would secure the nOmln-
alton and bridge his way out of his em-
barrassment.
b Arrangements have been perfected
for the Saratoga Centennial, October
18th. The Secretary Of War has direct
ed the commandant of the Watervllet
Arsenal to deliver TO the committee the
cannon captured at the surrender Of
General Burgoyne, October II, TIT.
The sum of $500 has been raised to
J defray expenses HOratlo Seymour and
/ George William Curtis will deliver the
/ grafton, and Alfred B. Street will de-
liver the poem.