The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-11-30

Rear Admiral Almy and Rev. John Lana
son have been appointed Visitors to the .
Government Hospital for the Insane, the .
former to succeed Professor Henry, deceased, |
and the latter in place Of DR.. j. ?. New
man, resigned,
Z. G, Hayden, under sentence of death for
the murder of his wife at Montpelier, vt,
has confessed the murder, attributing it to a
at Of unconscious frenzy arising from the
"unmasking Of the treachery" Of his wifo's
relatives, for whom he seems 10 have an in
tense dislike.
Have used DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup and
pronounce it the best medicine in use. a
case of consumption here was cured by its
use. We cheerfully recommend il to all sui-
ferers.-Jeilress, Roberts & Co., South Bos
ton, Va, November H. 1875.
While funeral party was taking n train
for Erie, at Cory, Pa, Friday, the platform
gave way, preciptating twenty-five persons
| and ti,- o0!aisssi intc savior below. Several
| of the mourners were injured and the CONN
was buried in rubbish.
A telegram to Secretary Schurz reports
that one McCann, a contractor for the trans
portation of Indian supplies, has been con-
victed Of defrauding the Government and is
now in Jail at Cheyenne. This is said to be
the first conviction of the kind by frontier
jury.
The companies Of sub-contractors on a
railroad at Waterloo, Quebec, have abscond-
ed, leaving $50 laborers unpaid. The labor
ers have. taken possession of the section on
which they were employed, and refused to
allow the work to 60 on until they are paid.
Two of the refaa;ning contractors have been
arrested, r.
An explosion of gas took place in the Sui
livan coal mine al Sullivan, Ind, Thursday
of last week, the violence of which was in
creased by the consequent explosion of eight
kegs of powder near the bottom of the shaft.
Thirty men were in the mine, thirteen of
whom were instantly killed Many of the
injured are not expected to .1Pver
Charles Francis Adams, 5r., of Boston,
and others, representing the Commission on
Railroads from Massachusetts,, inspected the
shops Of the Pennsylvania Railroad at AL
toona a few days ago, and were handsome
| ly entertained by the officers of the company
on duty at that point.
The Cincinnati Commercial has caused its
commercial reporters to make careful tour
of inquiry, and on more than page gives a
detailed result which shows general in
crease of business, full force employed on full
!
dence. Profits are small, but collections
prompt.
Among the highest tributes paid to DR..
Haas EXpectorant, none are of such inn
portance as those received from druggists.
The men whose calling have rendered them
skillful judges of medicine, are loud in their
praise of the wonderful remedy, and they
attest their faith in its efficacy by using it for
the cure of their own and their families
colds and coughs
The Supreme Court of this State has de-
livered an opinion Of special interest to the
keepers of hotels and their patrons The
Court holds that an inn-keeper is bound to
pay for goods stolen in his house from guests
unless stolen by servant or companion Of
the guest. With such responsibility thrust
upon them, travellers should not complain
if landlords become eXacting regarding the
character of those who seek the privilege Of
their hostelries.
DIR. Daniel Pierson, physician OF Han
cock county, ILL.,, was called from his bed on
Saturday night by an unknown man to at
tend a case about three miles distant lie
saddled his horse and started and an hour
after his lifeless body was found by the road
J side, with an iron bar, the instrument oi
murder, lying near. DR.. Pierson was 0
| OluoOCS Va bL'O toNll VI AhuSuslttj ulll uCblNt
in suppressng lawlessness, and it it believ.
ed he was murdered out of revenge.
A few years ago F. F. Brightly, of the
Philadelphia bar, son of the compiler of 0
digest of the laws of this State, married Mary
Emelne Howard, daughter of William b
Mann, who was for ten or twelve years Dis.
trict Attorney of Philadelphia, and who fol
the last three or four years has been Pro
thonotary Of the Courts of Common Pleas
! The marriage is said to have been happy
until the tempter came in the person OF
young New Yorker, well known in fashion.
able society. The rest of the story is told by
I the plea fled n day or two ago by the hus
i band in the United States Circuit Court
This document positively charges that Gouy
erneur KortriSghtt, Of New York, has beer
E criminally intimate with Mary Emelin,
: Howard, wife of +. F. Brightly, the plaintiff
Y The document charges that Kortright hai
! deprived the plaintiff of his wfe's services
e and undermined her affection and induced
her to live apart from him, wherefore tn
+. plaintiff claims damages in 100000. n,
v answer has been filed in response az yet, bu
, one is expected in a few days, in which, it i
alleged, counter charges Of grave natur
: will be made