The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-01-27

The well known Rev. Moses Dissinger,
the Methodist revivalist,is reported serious
ly i'll in Kansas.
New counterfeit quarter dollars Of the
date Of lS7g are in circulation.
Gen. james L. Selfridge, q native Of
Allentown, for some years past resident OF
Philadelphia, has been made Health officer
of the last named city.
-Forepaugh's big show will be in Allen
town on Wednesday, May 8, Easton, May
5, wilkesJarrc, May I, and Scranton, May
Sth.
Mr.. Gideon Stout, an old and highly
esteemed citizen Of Catasauquo, died un the
10th inst, alter brief illness with deadly
typhoid fever, at the advanced age Of n
years.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has au-
thorized the coinage Of a new tive-cent
nickel niece. The coin is to be little thin.
ner than the present fye cent nickel. On
the face is female head, surrounded with
fillet, upon which is inscribed the word
"Liberiy," the whole being surrounded by
thirteen stars. The reverse side contains
wreath unding Roman numeral.
IL you want to 60 to Dakota read the
lvertisement relative TO Farms and
II mcs in another column.
This years State Temperance Conyen-
ii III will be held at Harrisburg on Thursday
a I'd Friday, February 8th and 9th. John
P. st. John, ex Governor of Kansas, will
deliver the opening address.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
will soon light its shops in South Easton,
Delano, Weatherly, Hazleton, and Wilkes
barre with electricity.
Tuesday morning while Mrs. Howard
Arnold, of Easton, was in the yard of her
dwelling her little daughter, IA months old,
played with the ere and was soon abaze.
The mother returned just as the flames
reached their height. She threw. a bucket
flames were exlinguished, the burns were
so serious that the little girl died within an
hour after the disaster.
Tho Hazleton Plain Speaker and the
Daily Bulletin are at loggerheads. Result
BuHetiH Knocked out. Of time, and looking
up for ha rd words to annihllate the Speaker.
Better stop il now Remember Little Child
ren's hands were never made to tear out
each others eyes out
The number of sleighing parties pass
ing through town during the week were iu-
deed numerous.
"A very lively and pleasurable occasion
was the hop, at J. w. Raudenbushs Carbon
House, on Friday evening last, upon which
occasion about 20 couples of our young
folks met to trip the light fantastic and
enjoy Jake's wel-known hospitality.
We have had the codeSt weather ot
the season during the past week, the ther-
mometer going as low as TO IL degrees be-
low zero. Whcw.
Borough and township elections on the
third Tuesday of February. Is ii not about
time to trot out your candidates?
The pavemcnts in some parts OF oui
borough are in wretched condition --thost
belonging to the borough as well as to pri
vate citizens. The Council should have tn,
pavements in front of borough property
nicely cleaned, and then make the citizen.
tollow suit. The walking on some OF then
is dangerous.
In compliance with the request of ,
number of our readers in Mahoning Valley
we this week print Grey's "Elegy Writer
in Country Churchyard," on our firs
page.
Elmer egenluss, a lad employed il
George Frey's store, Allentown, robbed the
TIL of $23 and then coolly asked Mr.. Fres
for thirty cents to buy ticket home. IL
got away before the theft was discovered.
Harvey B. Smith, of the IPtathe,i,
Herald, and Mr.. Roberts, the barber, wei,
IN town attending the Sullivan Miley race
on Thursday last and while in town dropped
in to see us.
The Delaware, Lacknwanna and We st
ern Railroad Company has purchased lara'
and valuable tracts of coal lands in Han
over Township, Luzerne county.
j. Roberts, Jr., aud NJ. . Dreisbach, o
Wilkesbarre, have secured perpetual leas
Of the property of W. R, Munet, at Sugs
) Notch, which includes some valuable cra
measures, for the development of which
breaker will be erected and a slope sunk
The coal is understood to be 400 feet deep
the first seam being nine feet thick and q
good quality. 1t is intended to put thing
in shape for mining coal at the earliest pos
> sibc moment.
-The sixty third session OF the Phla
$ delphia Annual Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church will be held on tn
l4th OF March in Lancaster, Pa. Bsho
Bowman will preside. The Conference wa
4 held in Lancaster in 1855. 1t is now com
posed Of 26S members, for whom ample ac
Y commodations will be made.
-Dominick Coll, of Jeanesville, buried
= son aged about years on Sunday, who ho
been suffering from injuries receiyed whe
6 an infant
In Allentown Saturday night Mr.
~ Julius Buesch was struck in the face by
=. SNOWFALL saturated with yitriol. Two We
men were arrested on charge brought b
Mrs. Buesch, bat at a hearing Tuesda
night they were discharged.
A gang ol burglars, whose operation
4 have been chiefly confined 70 towns in III
eastern end of Sehuy,kiIl county, are worl
;. ing their way westward. Monday nigl
:. the safes at Hour mills at Sehuylkill Have
b, aud CTessona were blown omen, but fortl
nately only contained small amount
!, Tuesday night the Philadelphia and ReaC
ing station at New philadelphia was ente
ed but no money was found. The lumb,
yard of W. D. Raber, at Port Carbon, w
also visited, the olIce entered an an unsu
cesslul attempt made to blow open the sal
There will be an adjourned meeting
= our citizens held at the Exchange Hotel ,