The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-09-13
STATE NEWS.

He thought he heard "the angels sing"
but it proved to be chorous of yells from
the next door children. He grew desperate,
procured bottle of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup
and sent it to Mrs. S. with his compliments.
He was batchelor.
The Wayne county Agricultural Fair
will be held September 3Oth, ending October
End.
The Eames Petroleum Iron Works at
Titusvillo have been completed, and are
now in full operation.
A notorious moonshine dlstiller, named
Charles Schwartz was captured on Friday
near Glen Fails, Luzerne county.
By the burning of the White Deer Mills,
near Watsontown, a week ago, one hundred
hands are thrown out of employment.
Among the articles of attraction at the
York county Agricultural Exhibition will
be wooden locomotive. 1t is eight feet
long, nineteen inches high and fourteen
inches wide.
Mr.. II. D. Stoner, of Hellam township,
York county, reports that he has a half acre
of tobacco, the leaves of which will average
forty-two inches long and twenty-five and a
half inches wide.
Miss Ellen Guffey, of Brookville, jefferson
county, has sued Councils of that place for
$4,000 damages. She received serious in
juries by falling into coal hole there near
ly year ago.
The Third brigade National Guards was
inspected at Bloomsbury Tuesday by Cover
nor Hoyt and staff and General Hartranft
and staff. They left in the afternoon for
Erie to inspect the Fifth brigade.
The Fair of the French Creek Valley Ag-
ricultural Society will be held at Cochran
ton. Crawford county, on the 10th, 18th and
18th Of the month. One of the features will
bo a baby show.
Save money and time by having DR.. Bulls
Baltimore Pills always on hand, and using
them for the numerous diseases which more
or less trouble families at times. Sold every
where. Price % cents.
On Friday afternoon in Plainfeld town
ship, Northampton county, two-year-old
girl named Keller, fell from wagon loaded
with logs, and one of the wheels passing oyer
her head she was instantly killed.
There died recently near Ligonier West
moreland county, woman whose dimen-
sions were something extraordinary. She
measured thirty four inches across the shoul-
ders and weighed within a fraction of five
hundred pounds.
Miss Louisa Gross, living with the family
of +. F. McClosky, at Lock Haven, has been
made an object oireverge by some unknown
person. She defended the house against a
thief some weeks ago, and, it is thought
wounded him. At four o'clock on Saturday
morning, week ago, the young woman was
shot at by some one outside Of the house
and saved from death by button on heT
dress, which was splintered by the ball. A
man has been arrested on suspicion.
At Wilkesharre, says the Scranton Re
publican, "the iron foundries are all full oi
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the superintendents of the works that they
cannot procure enough men.
The PhGnix Iron Company, of Ph@nix-
vile, on Monday increased the wages of the
puddlers in theiremploy from S3.25 toS3.5O
per ton, and other mill hands five per cent
on the wages heretofore paid them.
Important coal lands are being developed
on Montour run, Allegheny county, within
eight miles of the line Of the PitIsburg aud
Lake Erie railroad, by the Imperial Goa
Company. The first mine will work about
three hundred acres Of coal, five inches in
thickness. Two hundred men are to be Civ
en- work at this mine, and 500 cars o. Goa
will be shipped a day. Three miles above
the first mine 500 acres of coal are being
worked, and two miles higher up aie SSC