The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-08-17
News Items.

In London golden-haired women, follow
ing the artistic school of dress, are all wear
ing yellow.
The East River Bridge Company makes
fresh demand for 81 100000 from Brooklyn
and $500,000 from New York.
Secretary Evarts has gone to his farm,
near Windsor, Vt. and will remain there
during the rest of the month.
A boy died recently in London from the
effects Of blow on the head with book in
ficted by his teacher in school.
The fifth annual reunion of the 14th Reg
iment Pennsylvania Volunteers will be held
at Monongahela City, October lst.
1t is estimated that of the three thousand
walters at the White Mountain IN. H.
houses, about one thousand are from semina-
ries and colleges.
-"The democrats of the Pacific slope are
down on Randall for the way he controlled
legislation at the late session." SO says Con-
gresham Luttrell.
New curtains for sleeping rooms are made
of unbleached muslin, faced with Turkey
red and looped back with red ribbons, with
very pretty effects.
The oil refneries and barrel works at
many persons that have been idle for some
time are now employed.
During the month ofJuly there were erect
ed in Chicago "a buildings,at a cost of $685.
600. Last year 1853 buildings were erected
during the same month, at cost of $7lS,OOO.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says the cut
ting down of the fee bill will relieve the peo-
pie of the state, in their business dealings
with county officials, of not less than half a
million dollars annually and is an act of relief
which touches the pocket ofevery man strug-
Cling to overcome financial embarrassments
while in the hands of the law.
The first shipment for the season of Morris
county, n. j., peaches TO New York was
made on Thursday. There will not be more
than a sixth of a crop in the county, as a
cold rain occurred about the time the fruit
set, causing rot and falling off, The crop
will be unusually late.
The average citizen will be taken by sur
prise when told that the first locomotive en-
CINE ever placed on track on this continent
was Steamed up" and started just fifty
years ago the sth day of August inst, The
trial trip was made at Honesdale, Pa, by
the "Stourbridge Lion" an engine built in
Stourbridge, England, and the credit for this
pioneer enterprise belongs to the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company, Mr.. Horatio
Allen, now n years Of age, and a resident of
South Orange, N. j., was the man who pull
ed the first throttle valve on that day, and
to whom the charge of building the engine
was intrusted by the company when he was
sent TO England.
READING, Augl3.-Charles Hillegas, a
briklayer, of Allentown, but at present
working in MOselem, a station on the Berks
and Lehigh Railroad, while returning from
his work was accosted by a rongh, powerful
built man, who asked him for money. Mr.
Hillegas said he had none, whereupon the
stranger struck him on the head with a
stone, knocking him senceless. The tramp,
for such he proved to be, then beat and
kicked Hillegas until life was almost extinct,
and afterwards riAed his pockets, obtaining
about 81 or S.. Mr.. Hillegas was found in
this condition by several of the neighbors,
who started in persuit of the villain and cap
tured him. He gave the name of Michael
Savage. He was taken before Justice Dunn
of Fleetwood, who committed him 10 Berks
county jail. Hillegas is not expected to sur
vive.