The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-08
Editorial Mention.


The stockholders of the recently failed
DAnvillo Steel Works have agreed 10
transfer the plant to new company
which is to be Immediately organized.
THE Windsor theatre located on the
Bowery, New York city. was totally des-
troyed by fire on Thursday night Of last
week, after the performance.
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JAMES NuTT was arraigned in Union
town Wednesday for the murder of
Nicholas L. Dukes, bis fathers slayer,
but the entire panel of eighty men was
exhausted without jury being obtained.
The evident impossibilily of trying the
Young man in Fayette county induced
the Court to order a change of venue to
Allegheny county. The defense will be
brsed upon insanity with au uncontrol-
able desire to kill.
The Secretary Of the Interior, in his
annual report, recommends the appoint
nent of Governor. Secretary, Judges,
Marshal, and District Attorney for Alas
ka, and the extension over it Of the laws
of the United States; legislation finally
disposing o, land grant questions; the
repeal of the preemption and tree
culture laws; the disarming of all In
dians Increased salaries to Indian agents;
and provision for 10000 more Indian
children in manual labor schools.
SAMUEL j. T11DEN has selected Henry
Watterson. John Bigelow and Manton
Marble as trustees to take charge of and
superintend turning over to the city of
New York as perpetual gift his new
building on GramercY Park, New York
city, together with his unsurpassed col
lection of books, and to be known as the
Tilden Library, the same as the present
Astor Library. The building, improve
ments and books are valued at one mil
lion of dollars,
In his annual report TO the President
Secretary Of the Treasury Folger reviews
the country's revenues aud the estimates
for 1886; recommends tEat trade dollars
. be received by tue Government at their
nominal value in exchange for standard
dollars at their nominal value and be
then recoined; recommends that the in
ternal revenue tax on national banks be
taken off in whole or IN part. and says
ON the surplus distribution idea that the
PAYABLE debt of the Union can take all
surplus likely to arise for years to come.
A MESSAGE from the Governor, vetoinl
ali of the appropriation bills except tha
portion which relates to the pay of en-
ployees, was presented to the Legislature
nt noon Tuesday. Tue Governor base
his action on the ground that the bust
ness for which the Legislature was callet
Ia extra session had not been attended
to, Later in the day the House passet
the bill over the veto by vote of 165 t.
25. and the Senate did the same by 81 t.
d, Both branches Of the Legislature nd
jnurned by joint resolution on the Gt
inst Turu out the brass bands on thei
arrival homet
PRESIDENT ARTHUR's message, a synor
sis of waich will be found elsewhere, re
views at considerable length the foreig
relations of the United States, all {
which he says continue to be upon
friendly footing, discusses the question
of revenue, taxation and currency, n
eommends the retirement of the trad
dollar, urges the strengthening of th
nations sea-coast defenses, declares tbs
the Government should be authorize
by the law to exercise some sort Of supe
vision over interstate telegraphic CON
munication, holds that the effects of IL
civil Service Reform Act have thus {,
proved beneficial, and expresses the hoI
That the ca, stion of presidential success
ion will find speedy solution.
EMIGRATION begins to tell on the pop
l.,ion OF the German empire. During
period of FIVE years, from 1875 to 1888
an incr, ase Of 2 800 coo souls took plac
bat from the latter year sensible dimil
ution is observable. The chief losses |
emigratioa occurred in the followir
provinces: Posen, 81 7S0; Eastern Pru
STA, 81, ,6l7; PomeraniA. % 322; BHvsTi
on population of 8 2SI, IT'S in $780, 10
% ls6; nbeut per cent. Wirtembel
on 1871, $50 iuhabitants lost IA, 900,
Z per cent; and the Grand Duchy
Baden. on $40, 2G4 lost l,767, or I p
cat Alsaee lost on sec $40 inhat
tInts 27 090 in eighteen months, or
per cent. The total reduction amour
tu 80, 154 souls, Instead of an expect
Increase of 700 600,
SOME time ago it was announced th
tle project for the union of the Northe
aud Sopthern provinces of the Morayi
Church had failed. The failure of t
joint commission to agree upon bai
Uf union, il is now ascertained, "
mainly due to the advice of the visitat(
Rev. M. I. RicAard, who, as the legt
oil t he German executive of the Mo
yian unity in Europe, Asia, Afri
Aasualia and North and South Ameri
visited the American churches duri
tue past Summer. Rev. Mr.. Hichf
rongly advised against the union of
caurches. Rev. Messrs, Rights a
Rondthaler, OF the Southern represen
tive4, acted upon his advice and thus
efforts st union have failed, .
TIE new Speaker of the House of r
resentauives, John Griffin Carlisle,
Nay,nafnn