The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-07-21


: garians and Polanders pay their share Of u,
b burdens Of tsxation.
{ John Taylor, Of Mahanoy City, recent
ly tried to dispose Of his wife, Of whom b
) had become tired, by placing an' inferni
/ machine OF his own make under the hout'
! II didn't 60 off
Philip Hensel, about thirteen, attempt
( ed TO hang himself ct strantOns last Mon
day. He gave as reason for his attempte
suicide that he was no use to any one, ha
no friends andwas tired Of living
J William Harris, Of Maueh Chunk
charged with the murder Of Michael Nc
Cauley, on July 4, had hearing on a wri
Of hsbeas corpus, Monday afternoon, befor
Judge Dreher. The evidence was yer,
strong against the prisoner and he was re
manded without bail. He will be tried il
October, and his defense will be that h
killed McCsuley in self.deiense.
On Monday, while men were engaget
in digging trenches in Bethlehem for th'
purpose Of extending the water mains, 4
vein ofhermatite or pipe ore was strucl
about six inches below the surface. The
6nd is considered valuable one.
While constructing sewer in Wilkes
barre, few days ago, .the workmen un
covered a number Of human bodies. Tn,
ground had formerly been a cemetery, in
which the bodies Of many Of the oldest cti
gems Of the town had been buried. II wat
with difficulty that the hoodlums were re.
strained from playing ball with the skulls.
Prof. Vim. H. Reilly, Ph. D.. president
OF the Palatinate College, at MYerstown
will preach in the Zion's Reformed church
ID this borough on this Sunday evening al
1880. All are cordially invited TO attend.
will Hill accompanied by his wife
stopped at the Exchange, while on their
way to their future home in the State OF
Texas.
Matches now, for the first time in
twenty years, are selling at one cent a box.
The NJ E. Sunday school of Allentow n
pic nicked at Calypso Island, Bethlehem ,on
Monday last.
During a recent thunder storm Daniel
Getz, of Trachsville, had Ave cows killed by
a stroke Of lightning.
Mr. David Williams, of Catasauqua, has
a gerauium plant feet high. and which at
present is loaded with over 100 buds.
Edward Luckenbach, druggist at Beth
lehem ,'lled on Thursday last after an illness
Of many weeks.
Bethlehem is to have public drinking
f,untain, to be built Of granite. A recently
deceased resident Of the place made be-
quest Of $500 for the purpose.
ESs~ Jilst received at Books Jewclry
Store, opp. the Carbon House, another i'm
mense lot ol Watches, Clicks and Jeweiry,
which will be sold at bottom prices.
See the new advertisement in another
column, calling for 100 boys aud girls at
the White Haven Kindlng Wood Factory,
to tie up kindllng wood in small packages
Constant work and good wages.
While some Children at Williamspnrt
were watching game Of ofbdse-ball, Wednes-
day afternoon, u small child, two years Did ,
was struck by a bal!-straight of the bat
aud knocked senseless. The child received
the full force Of the bail on the hip which
was disocated.
-Catasauqua retains ITS entire teaching
force Of last term for the cunning one, with
the exception Of Miss Ella johnson, who
10 Ia
Hacketstown, New Jersey, for. further
cnurse of study. Miss Della Mcaly has
been chosen to take her place.
Jarvis Fisher, OF Reading. who became
deranged about year ago. died at the Har-
risburg Insane Asylum Tuesday morning,
and the body was taken home at night. He
was highly educated, aud a student for the
ministry. His mind became affected in the
effort to commit TO memory every verse in
the Bible.
Archibald McAllister, Of Springfield
Furnace, suddenly dropped dead near his
residence on Tuesday morning. In 1862
he was elected to Congress by the Demo.
Gratis from the Altoona district. While in
Congress he supported all measures in favor
Of the war. He was a leading temperance
advocate.
MA small man on Cottage Hill ex-
planned To his little daughter that the days
in summer were longer than in winter be
cause heat made everything exIand. But
he could not explain the length Of the
nights in winter on the same princip pie
Could he explain why d. s. Book, Opposite
the Carbon House, sells better watches than
can be bought elsewhere for the same
money.
On Tuesday night Mrs. Hurleman, the
wife OF a night employe of the Philadelphia
and Reading Company, who liyes at Potts
vile, eloped with Henry Wagner boarder,
and relative of her husband. She left the
three Oldest children at home and tork the
two youngest along with her.
The severest storm of the season visited
Hazeton on Tuesday evening. At Jeanes
vile the house of Mrs. Glrard was struck
and the woman rendered insensible, her
clothing being stripped from her body. The
Yorktown breaker was unloosed, and the
telegraph wires were thrown down for quite
a distance.
Judge Harry E. Packer is having an
elaborate and massive set of bslcupIes
erected in front of his residence along the
mountain side The foundation walls are
being laid, and when finished the work
will be the most expensive and costly Of its
kind in the State.
Fourteen cars OF a coal train jumped
the track at Glen onoko on Tuesday owing,
il is said, to the breaking Of an axle Some
OF the cars were considerably demolished" :"
Miss Morgan, a prominent journalist
and newspaper t0oH'an. has been taking a
flying visit to Mauch Chunk. The Gazette
acknowledges that she is graceful and &C.
complish"d writer, but finishes the sketch
with stating that she is "long, lean aid
lank" and that she "wears a number thir-
teen shoe"
Thee br thers named Whitehead from
New jersey arrived in Mauch .Chunk nm