The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-12
PARAGRAPHiC.

Syracuse, N. Y, has stone.pile which
keeps away all tramps.
According to vital statistics for the vear
| 1877, 2d,l04 persons died in the city of New
York. 29.lj2 died during 1876.
Tho Harrisburg Telegraph says that the
grave Of the late Governor Geary is the most
neglected spot in the cemetery in that city.
The old county jail at jacksonville. Fla.
is being repaired, and will be used as am
arsenal for the military organizations of that
State.
The worst managed financial concern
thus far is the Miners Trust Company, of
louisville, Pa. One centon the dollar Is all
that is left.
Miss Jennie Collins, of Boston, is get
ting up fair, the proceeds of which will
constitute fund for giving dinners to work.
ing girls who are out of employment this
winter.
The suspended Jersey City Savings
Bank, it is now stated, will probably be able
to pay its depositors in full The receiver
already has enough cash on hand to pay 60
per cent
The commissioners appointed to- ex-
anime the condition of the Newark Savings
Institution report that it can pay at least ~
per cent to depositors, and the assets may
ItdllIc more.
"A blind Italian beggar brought suit ina
San Francisco court several days ago to re-
cover 500, and during the trial it came out
that the plaintiff had $1,000 to his credit in a
savings bank.
A swarm of bees were recently discover
ed under the caves of the CONGREGATIONAL
Church in Boscawen, n. H., and with go
pounds OF honey taken from their hiding
nlnaa a falti,v,1 Ill 4
church large sum.
One of the largest shoe firms in Boston
has Just concluded an arrangement with the
Peruvian Government to furnish 3j 900 pairs
of mems shoes. They had previously filed
an order for the same Government ior TO-
600 pairs Of shoes.
The people of Branford, Conn, arc'going
to petition the Legislature to prohibit the
carrying away Of oysters from tie beds there
to stock private grounds, ON the plea that it
deprves them Of large part of their neces-
sary food supply.
Steamboat navigation of the Suwanee
river, Fla, has been resumed after a long
suspension. This is one Of the bodies Of
water that would be utilized in the con-
struc,lon of the proposed Atlantic and Gulf
ship canal, and the extent of its navigable
capacity is an interesting question.
In addition to the use Of the telephone
Tor military purposes in Germany, these in
strumeuts have been provided for te,egraDh
operators at ten principal towns, and many
more are being constructed. They are also
IN usr between the offices of the Postmaster
General and the Director of Telcgrrphs and
Of other high public officials Experiments
On large scale between France and Ger
many are also being carried on.
The United States Government receives
license fees from one wholesale liuuor estab-
lshment, two breweries and 433 saloons in
Vermont, and yet the State officials cannot
lnd one ot these places. 1t is proposed in the
next legislature tO make the payment of n
license 10 the General Government. or The
'"relpt therefor priB.a titcie evidence of the
or the sale of liquor. Such n
iw would have increased Verlnont's revenue
Ae las, year 100000.
-One Of the uptown police stations in
New York, l., according b the Tribune, the
headquarters of a band of boy policemen,
'onslatins ola captain, two sergeants, and
lalt dozen patrulmen. The lads are all
lnder ti,een years of age and report ut the
ration promptly atG Z. NJ, every day. They
IRE furnished with a lis. of untenantel
louses, which they visitat highland inspect
With great care, 10 see that they are not dis
urbed hy burgulars. During the pasf year
10 less than three burglars have been caught
Ini convicted through the eti1rs Of these
snys.