The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-01-05
Editorial Mention.

huo MS VIII. Inc uOCument covers
200 pages Of legal cap, and devises $40.
U00 600 among 81 direct heirs. There is
evidently something in the show busi-
ness.
In accordance with resolution adopt
ed at the last meeting of the Western
Nail Association, all factories in the
West haye closed down for six weeks.
The manufacturers hope TO improve the
trade by restricting the production.
5000 men are thrown oui of employ
ment
TWENTY-FIVE men were killed and
e,'v'n badly wounded BY q collision
Wednesday on the Western division of
the Grand Trunk Railway, two miles from
Toronto. The conductor Of one of the
wrecked trains was arrested. He is
charged with being responsible for the
disaster through neglect of orders.
Lonp 0'HAoEN, the first Roman Cath
olic Lord Chancellor, and first Chancel-
lor ever made Knight of st. Patrick,
scarcely goes near ireland now. He has
married n second wife of on English aris-
tocratic Roman Catholic family, who has
given him an heir. They live much in
London, aud are now at Biarritz. Ire
landsgets small share of the means he
made there.
JOHN N. IRWIN. the Governor of Idaho
Territory, has returned to the Treasurer
Of the United States the draft for $3.50
sent to him as his salary for the quarter
ended Oct. 80, 1883. He has also de-
clined to receive the salary due b,m for
the quarter ended Dec. 81. He says he
has been unable to attend to the duties
OF the efice since July !, and cannot
conscientiously accept the money. 1t i
very evident that John was never men,
Der of the Pennylvania Legislature!
TIE debt statement shows the decrease
OF the public debt during the mouth of
December to be l,743 337. Decrease
of debt since June so, 1888, s53 ,O49, 4s3;
cash in the Treasury, 1915, ,374, 200; gold
certificates outstanding. s9l, ,031, 920;
silver certificates, sl09. sos Gil; certif-
oates of deposit, $l4,56O, 900; refunding
certificates, 1918, $50; legal tenders, s346,.
6S1 .0l0; fractional currency outstanding.
S6,9S9, 428; cash balance available Jan.
/. 1884, $l42, AIS, ,445.
WHILE several distinguished members
OF our National House of Representatives
exhibited great energy and zeal in the
end ayor to obtain respite for ODon-
NIL, the murderer of informer Carey.
and reversal or mitigation of bis SEN
tence. 1t seems strange that no Irish
representative of the National party in
the English House o. Commons, who
must be est instructed in the merits of
the case, has ever made movement in
the matter or expressed dissatisfaction
with the verdict.
ARIZONA Territory is not vast nugget
OF gold; hut 'Dick" Chilson-the Ana.
helm GAZETTE says-has written from
Casa Grande, in that Territory, as fol-
lows. II have struck four feet of gold
ore that will go 81, 900 to the ton. 1 took
out $500 worth of gold dust with my
pocket knife. 1 have got two twenty
Eve pound boxes full of gold dust, worth
about So, 900. have eot nuggets ofgold |
pure gold, as large as birds eggs. Isunk
nine feet on the ledge and took ont ten
tons before noticed the gold, and there
fore, blasted away several thousand dol
lars. 1 have $50 900 in sight. The
country is crazy over it. There are clus-
ters of gold as big as dollars sticking all |
through the ledge. There has been a
sale made of one mine near me for $780,
900; another sold four miles from me for
$20,OO0. 1 declined SIC, 900 for mine"
TIE report of Superintendent of
Schools Higbee has just been made pub
lie. There are 2,227 school districts in
the State, 1852 schools, 1887 graded
schools. 1921 school directors, los
superintendents. g. GOO male teachers and
l3, Ala female teachers. The average
salary of male teachers per month lis
S37.03; female teachers. $50 05. The
average attendance OF pupils was 957,
$50; cost of tuition, S., 1873 SOL "A; cost
of buildings. tuition, fuel and contin.
gencies, 50, 206, 1866 estimated value
of school property, $50, l99, 636; school
tax levied for all purposes, S5, GIG, G47 81;
estimated value of State and incorpora ted
educational institutions, $S,S47, 3S9. rs.
The increase over last year is given as
follows. In schools, 359; male teachers.
45l; female teacher, 637, pay of female
teachers, sl76 per month; number of
pupils, IL. 33j; cost of taition, 1925, 97S,-
SO; value of school property, Sl.85S, 076.
WE have received from The Charles A.
Vlgeler Company, of Baltimore, Md,
the st. Jacobs Oil firm, neatly printed {
0alen lar for 1884. It contains 80 pages
of neatly prin'ed and handsomely illus. /
trated articles, comprising the funniest s
productions OF such master humorists as
Bill Nye. Josh Billings, Robert j. Bur. {
dette and Eli Perkins. In addition to q
the works of those named, the book con- s
tains the sketches and poems for which |
cash prices were paid by the publishers, G
and much other interesting matter. On I
the whole II is good book with which q
to beguils the monotonY of serious '
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hour Of leisure. being as perfect cure /
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mail n
TIE Parish Coal Company, of which g
CHARLES Parish, of Wilkesbarre, former s
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