The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-07-04
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The Norristown insane asylum
contains $40 male and GIL female patti
ents, making total Of 1,341 persons
whose minds are unbalanced.
"A party of gentlemen from New
York arc taking the heighth of the
bridges along the Lehigh canal with a
view of making trip through the
Valley in steam yacht.
The Lehlgh and Schuylkill Coal
Exchanges met Saturday and agreed to
to make no change in the prices of coal
for July. The recent low prices made
any attempt at an advance utterly i'm
practicable.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has
contracted for the equipment of its
engines with electric headlights. The
dynamo will be run by small engine
of one and a half horse power attached
to the side of the regular boiler and fed
by it.
Under the provisions of the Soldiers
burial law the county commissioners
are required to appoint persons in each
district who shall look after the burial
of all old soldiers in INDECENT cireum-
stances in their respective districts.
eT-Editor ADVOCATE please inform
your many readers that Jadwin's Tar
Syrup cured my cold after all other
remedies failed. 1t is the largest bottle
for the price ever bought. Old Sub
scriber. Sold at Thomas drug store.
--Nm. II. Carroll, the shooter of
Henry Taylor at Wilkesbarre has had
his sentence altered from a confinement
in the Penitontiary for two years, to the
same period in the county Jail.
--Enterprising traders begin to learn
the value of advertising the year round.
The persistency of those who are not in
timidated by the cry of dull times, lut
keep their names before the public,
will surely place them on the right side
in the end.
Monday morning William Oswald
was detected in the act of firing the
great storage house of the Knickerbocker
Ice Company at Tumbling Run, in the
suburbs of Pottsville. He attempted to
escape, but was captured, and, after a
hearing, committed to Jail for trial.
-Clauss G BIO The Tail
ors, still have a few of those
| Justly celebrated $40 Suitings
on hand.
The teakettle should be emptied and
thoroughly cleaned every time it is used
or it viii contain boiled down, highly
concentrated solution of whatever i'm.
purities there may be in the water. Sc
says writer in an exchange, and the
argument seems reasonable.
-Ex-Sheriff Samuel Van Loon, Of
Luzerne county, aged sixty years, dice
suddenly Sunday afternoon, at his home
in Plymouth, of paralysis. Deceased
was a prominent Democratic politician
of Luzerne county, having been one Ct
the leaders of the party for many years
IB@Lewis Wehr has nicely fixed VI
his ice cream parlor for the accommoda
tion of ladies ami gentlemen, and viii
keep full supply of choice Favored
cream every day and evening. He in
vites you to call. Ice waters, confec
tions and fruits in season. Also, larg,
stock OF 4th of July novelties.
"A frightful accident at Port Dram
n. j., Monday afternoon, will probabl!
result in the death of James Herman ant
Michael Murphy. If they live they vii
be blind. They are Thomas Iron Com
pany miners and by the premature eX
plosion of blast were thrown consid
cradle distance and terribly mangled.
Mrs. Mary Moyle, of Everett, at
tempted to light her kitchen fire with
can of kerosene, The oil caught fire
the can exploded anl fragments of glas
and tin were scattered all over the room
Mrs. Moyle was ablaze in an instant
, She ran out of the house, but before tn
flames could be extinguished she wa
: horribly burned. She fingered a fey
hours in misery and died.
: "A party of gentlemen from Los
4 Creek went to the Catawissa creek, 81
[ miles distant, on Sunday, to bathC
p They spent some time i'll the woods bC
q fore they entered the water, where the
remained only short time. Almo,
Immediately after they came out Jaco
/. B. Ledden, one of the party, fell in Ii
o arms of his companions and died. Heal
d disease is supposed to have been IL
cause.
= IN~ An all-wool import
r cd torkscrew Suit for onl
e $22, at the popular tailorin
: eS abliShment Of Ii Ii Peter.
About three acres of the surface
). the mines of the Upper Lehigh Coal Co
If caved in Monday morning, taking wit
is it the railroad track between No. az
l. No. breakers, in consequence Of whiC
,e no coal can be shipped from No. breal
m er for week and $50 hands are throw
Is out of work for that length of time. III
ii damage to the mines cannot now
estimated, but it will not fall far sho
~ of $1,000.
lie The body of pretty-featured wor
lie an was found Monday in the Morr
|, canal, near Jersey City. 1t was remoy,
to the Morgue and in the evening W
NJ identified as that of Kate Snyder. ag
p twenty-eight years, of Scranton, p
10 She is thought to have been employ,
&c on canal boat. There are no mar
ly of violence on the body, but the poll
10 are making thorough examination.
NJ REV. James A. Little administer
"a the Holy Communion in the Fullert,
Presbyterian church, in the presence
T. large audience last Sunday afternoo
,t The Sacrament Of the | Ordis Gupr