The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-07-24

A large tract of land in Pike county, for
merly owned by Horace Greedy, wis sold
on Tuesday of last week for taxes.
The Montgomery furnace at Port Ken
nedy has gone out of blast on account of
the dull market for iron.
Mr. Nicholas Stafford, of Valley Forge,
has cow that gave birth to twin calves
last week weighing 100 pounds each.
The Wlliansport Gazette and Bulletin
reports that there are from 10000 900 to
5O,OOO,OOO feet of logs in the Susquehanna
River between Lock Haven and Heating,
nearly all of which can be brought in on
half flood.
Jacob Smith was arrested at Steelton,
Dauphin county, on Tuesday, at the in,
stance of Justice of the Peace named c.
Hess, for calling HIM "Copperhead. 4"
When Jndge Pearson heard of the case he
ordered Smiths release.
Samuel Phillips, young man of Four
Corners, Bradford county, was recently
found by the roadside fatally wounded.
lie said that a horse kicked him, but his
cousin, Byron Williams, of the same place
is suspected of completely in the matter, as
ne had threatened to punish Phillips for
his attentions to young lady. Williams
has fled.
The Margie Franklin Colliery, at Excel.
sior, Northumberland county, operated by
the Enterprise Coal Company, was DESTROY.
ed by fire on Thursday morning. Loss
$4,000; insurance, $l7 900. Three hun,
dred men and boys are thrown out of EN-
ployment.
Paymaster Wells, of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad, will pay out 5000 in
the latter city this week.
Samuel Hains, deaf mute, of Reading
was instantly killed in Hamburg on Friday
by lightning stroke.
Mrs. Jane Leroy, Of Erie, has been sent
to Jail to await trial on a charge of unmerci.
fully hogging her 9 year old son.
Millard NJ. Rest, of Ephrata, Lancaster
county, attempted to board freight train
at that place, on Friday night and was in,
stantly killed.
The Bradford Era says that Mexican Co.
having population of 40 900, will make q
demand at the proper time Tor increased
/ representation.
Charles C. Coyan, ex-secretary and
Treasurer of the Noughioghenv Odd Eel
lows Association at Mex eesport, has been
sued for a deficiency of S3,S7S in his ac.
counts.
An unknown man, having in his pocket
a personal tax receipt for William Bingham
Of Philadelphia, dated 1878, was killed on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
near Spring Mill, on Friday night.
On Saturday night, while John Gaffney
night boss, and Lawrence LOughner and
| Peter Kenney, employees at the Steel Works
at Harrisburg, were in pit, attending 10 g
| gas generator, an explosion of occurred
/ severely burning all of them, Gafiney's in,
juries being serious, but hopes are enter
tained for his recovery.
Willie Dickel, of Lancaster, died on Mon
day, of lockjaw, caused by tue explosion o.
a toy pistol,
William Mumma, Of Annville, Lebanon
county, was run over on the Lebanon Val
ley Railroad, ON Saturday night, and in
stantly killed.
! VIM. Kelly was sentenced to the Peniten
tiary for eight years in Pittsburg, on Satur
day, for killing man named Hariot during
a quarrel.
Chas. c. Thompson, postmaster at Unior
| CITY, Erie county,was arrested on Saturday
charged with embezzIing $4,000 Of the prop
erty Of the United States.
Minnie West, a dissolute character, o
Bradlord, made au Intellectual attempt OF
Friday night TO end her life with comb
nation dose of morphine and laudanum.
The agent of an insurance company called
on John Hafer, al York, Pa, and negotatel
an insurance policy. A thunder storm
drove the agent away with the partially
prepared papers, and in the meantime th,