The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-01-18
NEWS GOSSIP.

Try it, for it never disappoints. DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup. Per bottle, 25 cents.
Three ruf1ians entered the house of man,
named Nevil, near Pecotonic, ILL.,, on Tues
day night, dragged Nevil to a tree, tied him
and beat him into insensbility. They then
feloniously assaulted Mrs. Nevil and her
daughter, They have been arrested.
The suit of Thomas Bggins against
General Grant, for false imprisonment in a
lUnatic asylum, ended Friday, in verdict
for the defendant, under instructions from
the Judge. Biggins' counsel admitted that
q" the testimony was not what they had sup
posed it would be-"
At Bloomington, Ind, a coroner's Jury has
found that James II. Rogers was murdered
on New Years evening by James Fetters,
proprietor Of the Courier newspaper, and
Julian Wentworth, his employe. All the
parties were drunk when the crime was
committed.
General Sheridan has written to General
Sherman approving that part of the Army
Reorganization bill which relates to the gen
eral administration of the army, but disap-
proving of the part providing for its reorga-
ni2ation as i'll suited to our Western frontier,
and opposes any reduction Of the cavalry
force.
1t is reported in Allentown that the Le-
high Valley Iron Company, at COplay, is
unable to meet its liabilities, and will either
make an assignment or be sold by the sher-
if. This will throw out of employment q
large number of working men. The capital
stock of the company was originally $780,
600, but was increased to 100000.
The case of Nimrod Spattenhower, for the
murder of John lveson, alias Henry Never
gail, was placed on trial at Lebanon, last
Friday. A jury was empanelled in a short
time, after which witnesses were called.
Henry Peoples, at whose residence the mur-
der was committed, was the first witness
called, and was followed by his wife and
| daughter. Their testimony was direct against
| the prisoner, and conclusive that the murder
was deliberate one, with few extenuatng
! circumstances. The evidence offered by the
! defence wasnamely, that Spattenhower was
| in a drunken condition and not responsible
| for his actions. After the evidence on both
sides had been submitted, Judge Henderson
! delivered a charge, reviewing the facts of
! the case. About six o'clock the Jury retired
and, after remaining out all night, brought
4 in verdict on Saturday morning of guilty
of murder in the first degree" Spatten-
| hover is a tramp, and on the night of De-
] Gcll4LoI @ullli Slduutl 4NtNtIBhll lnIet times
with knife, infieting wounds from which
he died in about half an hour after The
parties had been drinking to excess, and the
quarrel originated about a woman.
Theological students reason that if there
be counterfeit money, there must be genuine;
so, if there be indOels, there must also be
christians. II this be true Of money and re-
ligion, will not the same rule apply to "put
up medicines? Do not thee cheap and worth
less nostrums prove that there are genuine
and meSitorious "put up" medicines? The
great popularity of DR.. Pierce Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has resulted in the manufac-
ture Of many shOddy Alternative and tonic
remedies, but one after another these have
disappeared, the Propretors having found
that, no matter how iOltd they advertise, sue
cess depends upon merit. In South Amer-
ca, as we'll as in this country, the Discovery
is the standard remedy for all scrofulous and
eruptiye diseases. 1t acts promptly on the
stomach, liver, and blood, toning upregula-
ting, and purifying the system. It speedily
allays all bronchial irritation and cures the
most stubborn cough or cold in half the time
required 10y any other remedy.