The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-03-08
NEWS GOSSIP.

900.
Twilled satin foulnrds are among the
new suit materials,
Watertown, New York, reports thirty-one
snow storms since December l9 last, in
which 100 inches Of snow have fallen.
We all have our preferences; but no one
prefers TO hear a crying baby when the fact
is so well known that DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
wonld at once quiet IL.
G. c. Curtis, clerk in shoe store in Rich
mond, Va, was shot four times and fatally
wounded, by George Poindexter, Monday
morning. The provocaton was the alleged
use of improper language TO Poindexter's
sweetheart, few days previously.
The roof of the Ocean House at Long
Branch, n. j., was partly destroyed Monday
morning by an incendiary fire. It was
found that a bureau had been showed up un-
der the roof, covered with mattress. and
then fired. Another fire was started in q
water closet, but it went out.
Opinion of a Baltimorean.-f have u.s.
ed DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup for some time in
my family and found il the best remedy for
Coughs, Colds, &c, ever tried.-Louis
Bruning, &c Caroline Street.
ware) College, which is still in a good state
Of preservation, was granted by Thomas
Penn and Richard Penn, Governors Of the
State Of Pennsylvania in the year 1850, and
signed by Lieutenant Governor John Penn.
NJ. De Lesseps, of Suez Canal frame, pro-
poses to take the Ithmus Of Darien Canal
project in hand, and has issued invitations
to the various nations interested to send
| 10 pn IN N a.
18th Of May, when a route will be decided
upon.
When the lungs are DESTROYED, no medi.
cine can create them anew. But if person
has violent cough, night sweats, is coniin.
cd to bed, a cure may be effected. The bes
remedy is DIR. Haas Expectorant. II i.
worth trial, at any rate. 25 cents bot.
tie.
-Pottsville, March John Siinmon.
dinger and his son Charles, were badly
burned about the face and arms by the cx.
plosion of sulphur this afternoon in tn,
Lower Rausch Creek colliery, near fremont
The son inhaled the flames and is so terri
bly, burned internally that he cannot live
John Phillips, a miner, working at thC
Cameron Colliery, fell headforemost down ,
breast this afternoon, breaking several ribs
besides receiving fatal injuries about the
head.
Mack Robertson of Crawford, Ca, dis
charged VIM. Humber as overseer Of hi
plantation. Mrs. Humber went to Robert
sons store to settle an account, and disa
greement arose. In the heat of quarre
Robertson said, You lie." "You are ius
as good as dead man." Mrs. Humber re
torted as she hurried away, "for my HUSBAND
will kill you" An hour afterward, as Rob
ertson was going to his residence, he wa
shot fatally by Humber, who was ambushec
by the roadside.
Nothing can exceed the popularity o
the German Emperor. He can hardly ent
any theatre without the audience rising Il
their feet TO hurrah and chant the nationa
hymn; and such is the ceaseless stream o
gifts kept pouring into the palace by his af
iectionate subjects that the aged monarch
has at last been compelled to remind tn,
public of half-forgotten order in counci
forbidding the presentation Of books, music
objects Of art and industry, &C., withou
leave being previously asked for and obtain
ed.
Washington, March IA message from
Mr.. Hayes, Yetong the bill providing 70
the restriction Of Chinese immigration, wa
delivered to the Speaker Of the House thi
evening by Mr.Hayes' assistant private sec
retary, Mr.. Pruden. The veto bill wa
read in the house few minutes before mid
night. There was profound silence durinj
the reading, and afterwards, When tn
Speaker put the constitutional question
"Shall the bill pass, the veto Of the Presi
dent TO the contrary Notwithstanding" tn
bill was rejected, the vote being lO9 yeas +
90 nays, much less than the necessary two
thirds. The majority was much smalle
than it was on the original passage of tn
bill.
Bill Babb is Texan of notoriety in hi
own state. He is uneducated, brutal, bold
: and ambitious. lie began a wild kind {
frontier life ten years ago, accumulated
) great amount of land and cattle, gathere
. about him a company Of desperadoes an,
, aspired to be despotic ruler in his neigh
bordood. His recklessness led the settler
for years to submit to his rude government
but recently the population increased, and
few men presumed 10 dispute Babb's au
thority. One of these was Henry Vaughan
who opened a country store in opposition
Babb's wishes, and was killed by party {
Babb's followers. John Stull endeavored
, bring about an official investigation. Bab
realized that his power was in jeopardy AN
decided to make an example of this robe
Stull's house was fired in the night, an
three of the four inmates were murdered a
they emerged. Mrs. Stull escaped by hid
ing in bush from which she saw that Bah
personally directed the butchery. She sui
sequently had him arrested, but crave
Judge released him on low bail. All thi
: finally reused the people, and they are no'
! hunting for Babb, meanwhile hanging tn
| members of his gang as fast as captured.