The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-10-25

shooting herself in the temple. She had
become despondent from sickness.
At Williamsport, on Saturday, Judge
Mayer refused to grant a new trial in the
case of E. II. Brookhart, convicted of rape
on a child ten years old. The prisoner was
sentenced to fifteen years in the Eastern
penitentiary.
Hereafter the hands ofthe Reading Rail-
road are to be paid on sliding scale, based
on the rates of freight obtained by that COM
pany. The Reading Times aud Dispatch
says that the wages will be from ten TO thir-
ty per cent. more than under former rates.
In Pttsburg, on Friday night, a young
man named John Mccartney was attacked
and terribly mutlated by unknown parties.
lie states that some time ago he frustrated
the attempts of burglars to get into his en-
ployer's store. Since that time they have,
by postal card, warned him that they in
tended to do him violence.
W. johnson, the only prisoner in the
Bropkvillo Jail, attempted to escape few
nights ago, but got wedged fast in hole
and had to call for help.
Seven hundred acres ofland lying between
Lockhaven and Jersey Shore were put in
tobacco, and it is expected that SlO5, 900 will
be realized from it.
A young lady in Shamok'n, while on her
way to a magistrates to get married, wa;
seized by her two brothers, who were oppos.
ed to the match, and forcibly taken home.
st. Joseph's Catholic church, at Grard.
vile, Schuylkill county, was dedicated on
Sunday. Archbishop Wood and number
of the Catholic clergy of Philadelphia were
present.
The incineration of the remains of DIR, LC
Moyne was the most complete ever made in
this country. The time consumed was three
hours and the ashes weighed seven pounds
In life the subject weighed over two hund
red pounds.
John C'Neill, the Mollie Maguire undcl
rcprieve in the Sunbury jail, has been in
terviewed and says that the suspense he un
dergoes is terrible. He almost wishes they
had hung him with McManus, for he wal
prepared to go at that time.
Hon. William Mcclellan, one of the oldes
members of the Franklin County Bar and {
well-known citizen of Chambersburg, diel
at his residence in that place Monday even
ing. He was stricken with paralysis oil
Friday last and never regalned conscious
ness.
There was a kicking match at Shenandoah
Schuylkill county, on Thursday night. TIL,
men wore heavy brogans and were not al
lowed to kick above the knees. There wer
thirteen rounds and the lower extremitie
of the men were terribly mutlated. TIL,
bet was fifty dollars.
On Wednesday night gang Of roughs at
tackled train on the Lackawanna anC
Bloomsbury railroad when It was nea
Scranton. They signalled the engineer l.
stop, but he, surmising the danger of com
plying with their signal, let on steam. Tn
response was volley Of shots, riddling tn
cab, and one ball plowed through the seal
of the engineer There were about twent,
in the attacking party.
A drunken father in Pittsburg was de
tected in cutting off the foot of his infan
child with penknife.
The street lamps in Allentown are nov
lighted with naptha. The gas company be
came too independent and charged b
price for an inferior quality of gas.
The Loyalhanna paper mills, at La
trobe, Westmoreland county, were total
destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. TIL
loss is between 100000 and $4,000 upo
which there is an insurance of Sll 900.
John sincy, for many years presiden
of the Miners Union, OF Schuyikill county
and afterward of the Miners National Ass,
citation, is very low with miners consumT
ton. Funds are being raised to place hil
in an institute where he can be treated.