The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-08-27
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STATE NEWS.

Catholic church; TO cost 1928 900, is be-
ing built in Cory.
Vesta Furnacej at Marietta, has blown
out fot tetairs.
There are rs hands employed in the
Reading Car Shops.
Sixty hands are employed in the Dau-
phin county Car Works.
There are several toy manufactures at
Athens, Bradford county.
A camp fire held by Goweh Post at Potts
vile last week cleared 800.
Coal operators in the Conuelsville re
gOn are complaining of a scarcity of cUts.
John Smith, of Pitsburg aged 10 wears,
was killed by cows near that city ON Satur-
day.
Bill Rent, who escsted from the Homes
dale jail ON the lth inst, has been recap
tured.
f. Jonathan Deinnger, a well known
citizen OF Reading, died on Sunday in his
S9th year.
JerouiH L, Boyer, Of Recalling, has taken
| charge of the Chestnut Hill Iron Works, ut
Columbia.
The grave of General Braddock, near
Uniontown, Fayette county, is unmarked
by stone.
The Harrisburg Car Company has laid
in enough lumber to keep it going through
the winter.
Joseph G. Slack, Of Bucks county. died Of
| heart disease in Cables HOtelin New York, q,
on Sunday night
w. II. Fitzpatrick, Of Providence, Luzcrne
county, was fatally stabbed by his wife on
Sunday nighti
Lawrence Single, Reading baker; fell
into the canal at Shickshinny, Luzerne Co. }
on Monday and was drowned.
Citizens Of Bradford have contributed
$4,000 TO defray the expenses of visitors to
that city on the day of the firemen's parade
The North Wales factory is making 500
dozen shirts per week. About 900 dozen
per week is the demand made. Hands are
scarce.
The Pottsto%n Accommodation train ran
into a oil train at Perkiomen junction on
Friday. Several cars we're wrecked. No
body hurt.
The barn of John B. Oke, in Uppet Chi
chester, Delaware county, was burned down
on Saturday. The loss is covered by insur.
ance.
The clothing Of Cora Shirley, who lives
at Shenandoah, took IRE accidentally on
Sunday and she received burns which may
prove fatal.
The Bradford Star learns that the Stand
ard Company is securing all the oil it can
| get and is storing it in the West. This is re-
garded by the Star as suspicious.
Miss Annie Moore, a highly educated
young lady of Beaver, who married n ne gro
| two years ago and removed to Ohioretutned
| 10 Raa caov do ys aoo Gba eaat,s roNs.,,
cliation with her parents.
Charles Christman, wealthy citizen of
Norristown, aged 67 years, died on Monday
night.
Robert Anderson coal miner, was killed
| by runaway horses near California, Wash
ingtoh codnty, on Monday.
Mrs. Goodley, of Bethel Della ware county,
raised II 100 bushels of wheat or forty acres,
and got $lS4s.4O for the crop.
Mrs. Annie Kirk was thrown out of a
carriage at Mount joy. Lancaster county ,on
MOuday and severely injured.
Louis A. Shtifr, d merchant of Philadel-
phia, aided suddenly of hermorrhage at Robe
sonia, Berks county, on Sunday.
Professor w. C. Bartol of the Mansfield
Normal School, has been appointed Profes-
sor of Mathematics at the Lewisburg Unis
yersity.
Two fire companies in Lancaster indulged
In water battle ON Sundays and the police
bad to be called out to suppress the disturb
| anee.
| David Beatty who recently died at Bea-
vertown, Hun ilg Ion county at an ad-
vanced age, had 1925, 900 insurance on his
life by the speculative plan.
The Water in the Susquehanna is lower
than it has been at any time this summer.
Many boats are high and dry at Columbia,
Lancaster county, in consequence of this.
Letitia Lancaster, of franklin township,
Chester county, is 55 years old, and visited
West Chester on Monday for the first time.
She had never before seen railroad train.
Matilda Furnace, near Mount Union,
Huntington County, has been purchased
according to the Net0s Of that place, by Mr..
John Whitehead, who will operate il at
once.
A good vein of coal has been struck in the
Tenth ward of Allegheny City.
Mrs. Ann Smith Lying at Winton, ,Lacka
wanna county, was killed by cars on Tues
day.
The corn crop in the northern part oi
Delaware county will be failure on &C.
count of drought.
Charles Yantz, a miner, was killed near
Clermont, Mexican county, on Monday
night by fall of coal.
A Philadelphia lawyer has sued ]. A,
Pyle, of West Grove, Chester ccunty. for a
check calling for $500. Mr. Pyle says that
he never gave the check and will fight il in
the Courts MS a forgery. The check is pay
le 10 Robert Harrison Of Philadelphia.
John Marion, wild character, of Eric
outraged young lady of that place on
Tuesday. He is being hunted by the au-
thorities.