The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-05-18

The Mountain Grove Camp Meeting
will commence this year on the 7th Of
August.
Prof Jas NJ. Cougilih, of Kingston,
was election County Superintendent of Luz
zerne county at the Convention held in
| Wilkes Barre last Tuesday.
Preserve your baby's health by prompt
ly administering DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup for
the diseases of early childhood. Price %
| cents a bottle.
"Wednesday afternoon we noticed Misses
Dollenmayer and Mcdaniel, Charles Bauer,
and Ed. Dollenmayer enjoying themselves
horseback riding.
If a man wants little more than any of
his neighbors have, it is hard to make HIM
| happy, but ifhe wants only what he absolute
ly needs he can be made happy anywhere.
Let the sunlight in your room at this
season of the year. 1t destroys germs of
disease and moths will not breed so quickly
as in the moist atmosphere of a dark room.
Abraham Eckman, of Rush township,
Northumberland county, aged 20 years, was
kicked by an old horse Saturday morning,
and died from the effects OF the injury.
Thomas Morris, whose arrest was
chronced in last weeks ADVOCATE, COM
night of last week, thereby cheating the gal
lows.
john O'Brien, ofPort Carbon, met with
a fatal accident at Mine Hill crossing Mon
day evening. He attempted to board the
up freight train, missed his hold and was
run over by several cars.
The latest improvement in the shoe
business is to stamp No. ladies' sizes q.
,tal l., Lii,
ing trade, and making great many people
happy.
C. w. Dempster, prominent grocery
merchant of Chester, has failed and alb
sconded. His accounts are in a bad condi-
ton, and no statement of his liabilities can
be made at present
1t is questionable at least to allow the
baby to exhaust itself and annoy the house
hold with its continual crying when that
tried remedy, DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup, will
quiet it at once. Price rs cents
The Board of Pardons, in session at
Harrisburg Wednesday, refused to interfere
in the case of Dennis Donnelly, the Schuyl-
kill county Molly Mcguire. He will there
fore be hanged on the 22d of this month.
The people of Columbia are excited
over a sea lion, which somebody has seen in
the Susquehanna at that place, and what
troubles them the most is that they are not
quite sure it's sea lion after all. 1t may
be a whale.
On Monday of last week r. S. Beck,
Esq, for the Overseers of the Poor of Ma
honing Township, took to the Pennsylvania
Training School for Feeble-Mnded Chill
dren, located at Media, Delaware County,
John NJ. Fulton, who is received in that
school as beneficiary pupil from said twp.
Auditors are required in each borough
and township to settle the annual accounts
thereof, and publish the some not only in
newspapers but also by statements put up in
the most public places in the respective bor-
oughs and townships as soon after the close
of the fiscal year as possible.
Rev. VIM. D. Morgan, formerly pas
tor of the First Baptist Church at Catasau-
qua, but more recently pastor of the North
Stonngton Baptist Church, Connecticut,
was instantly Killed on Monday evening,
May 9th, by being thrown out of a wagon
while returning from Masonic meeting.
The annual Convention of the Lenigh
County Sabbath School Association will be
held in the Court House, Allentown, on
Thursday, the 3Oth inst. All persons engag-
ed ia the Sunday School work, and all
friends of these nurseries of youthful virtue
and piety, will find it both pleasant and
profitable to attend.
A son of B. F. Zarr, prothonotary of
ColUmbia county, met with a serious acc-
dent some days ago by falling Off the rocks
on Ia the railroad, back of Bloomsbury, and
lracturing his skull. lie fingered for sever
al days in great pain, when lock-iaw set in
and he died in great agony Monday.
In compliance with the ventilation laws
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in nearly all the collieries in the Lchigh
region, with the exception Of one or two.
These exceptions are because of the extreme
depth to which the slopes have been sunk,
and the speaking tubes would therefore be
impracticable. Telephones will be used in
these places,
AT Pottsville Thursday morning Of last
week an old lady named Mrs. See was burn
ed in terrible manner while engaged in
cooking her BREAKFAST. Her clothing be-
came ignited from the stove, and before her
cries attracted the attention of the neighbors,
she was burned from her neck TO her breast
so badly that she cannot recover
Ambrose Mead was smothered to death
in a small coal mine, opened by himself
four years ago, located beyond Jalappa in
the vicinity of Pottsvile Wednesday of last
week. He entered it for the purpose of TAX
ing out some of the timber, He was struck
by the fall of dirt, knocked on his back, and
smothered by the mass, He was 55 years
of age, and leaves a wife and seven children.
While car containing eight men was
descending into the Gate Vein Colliery, near
Pottsylle, Thursday morning, a prop was
knocked out by another wagon, which was
ascending causing it to descend with fearful
rapidity. Frederick Burtzell was killed by
being struck with the prop, while George
Schutt was seriously injured. Both men
have large families.
The soil best adapted to the wheat plant
is found on uplands, and is known by hav-
ing a clear red clay subsoil AL soils will
produce wheat; but all soils will not, nor
can they be made to, produce good grain or
remuneratiye crops. Lowlands, for in
stance, having too much alluvium and
humidity, almost always fail in bringing
wheat to maturity. A surplus of straw food
and moisture in the atmosphere builds the
straw up, but fails TO develop the grain.
Rust invariably follows and swivels the
grain; then both are lost
An intelligent and thrifty farmer says