The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-04-14

Bangor quarry, at Bangor,was killed Thurs
day Of last week by blast. Five holes had
been drilled, loaded and touched off, Four
exploded, and thinking this was all, Crsw
lew approached the spot, when fifth went
of, killing him instantly.
DIR. ]. A. Mayer, the practical Surgeon
Dentist, of Broadway, Mauch Chunk, has
had practice of over 20 years, and isProb-
ably the oldest resident dentist in this val
ley. The Drs work speaks for itself, and
the fact that all critical work in the region
is given TO him is a sufficient guarantee Of
his superior ability as Surgeon Dentist.
"A brutal attack was made upon Mrs.
Mary Groady Thursday night Of last week.
by two buys, aged fifteen years each, and
named Thomas Ellis and Richard Rodgers,
In the assault Mrs. GroadY's arm and COL
lar bone were broken and she was 30 bad
ly injured as to be unable to appear at the
hearing. The young ruffians were held
under bail to await the result Of her injuries.
The motive is unknown.
Mv-soLDIERs ATTENTION ii--Milo
B. Stevens 4 Co.. the well known War
Claim Attorneys will he represented Ht
Mauch Chunk, Monday and Tuesday April
IS aud IL, by their special agent. Soldiers
and others interested in claims for Pensions,
Increase Of Pension, Arrears oi Pay and
Bounty. or those charged with desertien. or
other claims il is hoped will give him a call.
The special agent will be ri the Office Of the
Parliamentary. 2w
The statement Just issued by the Carbon
County Industrial Society makes an excel,
lent showing-the society is out Of debt,
having during the past year settled of the
mortgage held by DR.. G. B. Llnlernan on
their property. The 8th annual meeting of
the stock holders will he held next Monday,
10th inst at the hotel of. W. Rsudeub bush, :,
in this borough, at one o'clock p. m., when
an election Of officers will take place.
Warrants were Issued Monday at the
instance Of Mine Inspector Robert Mauch-
line, Of the Shenandoah District, for the ar
rest Of the inside superintendent and FIRE
5usses at William Penn and Packer No. 4
Galleries, where disastrous aud fatal ex.
plosioEs Of gas occurred recently. The in
spector charges the four bosses at the two
cOlleries with homicide in causing the
deaths Of the men who died from the in
jures received by their criminal neglg.
ence.
An explosion Of dynamite occurred
Monday afternoon at Knickerb"cker Col
liery, near Mahanoy City, with probably
f. M ;Il;o.,, n..;. - Ia,
| A tunnel is being driven inside at this col
liery and DAVIS was stationed at the mouth
of the tunnel To sharpen the miners tools
One Of the men placed number of dyna.
| mite cartridges near tho blacksmith's FIRE
to get soft before using. The dynamite ex-
ploded aud Davis was terribly burned about
the face and hands.
"A sad case Of destltution has just CO ne
to light in Wiikesbarre. Daniel Wright,
the father Of a family, was caught month
ag" in the act Of stealing some goods from
II store, WAS arrested and committed to jail
The lst Of April arriving and the rent not
being paid up the wife and her three chil
dren were compelled TO vacate their house.
Thursday night. 4th inst, the unfortunate
woman aud her children were found lodged
in hogshed on n vacant lot in the northern
part OF the city, furnishing with hunger aud
suffering from the cold. Steps were i'm
medlntel taken for their relief.
"Wednesday night of last week officers
Of South Bethlehem arrested two suspicious
looking men near the gas house, a head
the officers found on one Of them,in lady's
wallet. $lO6 in god, paper money and sill
YER and a silver watch. The men were
very dirty and had evidently been on the
tramp Tor some time. They claimed that
they were fathers by trade that they were
from Philadelphia and that they had heen
working at different places. They gave
! their names as John anh James Riddle
They were sent to Jail under the vagrant
act. An effort is being made to find out
whether their story is true.
| The Miners. Bank, ~ Summit Hill,
suspended payment Tuesday, The susp II
sion was caused ty the failure III Charles
Shouer & Co, of Tsmaqna. They held
about $4,000 "i the firms paper. the
amount Of assets and Liabilities has not Le, n
made pnbic.
The men in the mplov 0f contractor
Reilly nn sertInn nine at the Schmyikill
Valley branch ofths Pennsylvania Railroad
near Po'tst"wn. struck Tuesday for an in
crease of twenty five cents per day. The
men have been receiving $l.25 aud demand
$l.5Over day.
Mrs. E Faith announces the arrival oi
new spring aud summer styI s in Mil lineiy
Gonds in tn-day's paper. She has beauli-
ful assortment. t..
The School Directors Of Hszle town.
saiP, Luzcrne county, recently issued or,eri
that the schools at Stockloa he closed Will,
ueople in the township were sick with
spinal meningitis. The teachers refused u
close the sch""is on the ground that spins
meningitis is not contagious.
An unKnown person threw a lighte6
match into the letter h"x in the post otiic'
at Tamnqua few days ago. Thirty letter.
were burned.
Our friend J. T. Mcdaniel, of Mahon
ing. left Saturday night, on a two weeks
visit to Knox, Indiana. Ia, tai
t Phipps' Return Certainty.
3 All doubts as To the return oi Majo