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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-01-17

Ex-VIoE PRESIDENT SCHUYLER CoLFAX
dropped dead at 1885 Tuesday forenoon.
at the Omaha derol in Mankato, MINI.
BE arrived on the Milwaukee and ST.
Paul Road from the East ut 10 o'clock
and taking bis satchel in hand he said
he would walk to the Omaha Depot, half
a mile distant. lie was passing through
Mankato Oh n business trip, as he had
large business interests in the Northwest.
On arriving at the Omaha Depot he en-.
tered the waiting room, sek his satchel
down aud stepping over 10 the window
looked ont. Peopls in the depot noticed
that he looked pale aud breathel fast, as
though he had walked rapidly, but 9th.
orwise he appeared in excellent health
After gazing ont of the window a short
time ne returned to bis scat aud Sat
down, crossing his legs. In n moment
the agent and what few passengers were
in the depot were slnrtled aud alarmed
10 sec him fall suddenly forward to the
floor. The agent, assisted by passengers,
did everything they could for the unfor-
tunate man, but it was too late, and With
one or tHo short gaSps he died without
saying word. It is supposed that the
extreme cold, the subsequent heat and
oyerexeition caused stoppngo OF the
6ow of blood to the heart. Deceased
Was about 81 years of age.
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exhibit, most beautiful and artistic dis
play is being given, which shows the
progfcss Of this race is very encouraging.
There is much originality of design and
finish, and great credit is due them for
the interest they have taken in their de-
partmcnts. Hon. b. X. Bruce, Register
of the L. s. Treasury, is the Commits
sioner of this branch of the Exposition,
which evidences that he has we'll per-
formed his mission.
One can stand for hours watching tho
handling Of cotton from the field through
its numerous manipulations; picking,
ginning, pressing thea carding, spinning
weaving, ready for the sewing machine;
or after spinning, spooling, for sewing
thread. Along the same row is
machine for making spools from little
blocks of wood. 1t feeds and operates
itself automatically, turning out several
thousands spools on hour.
Also the silk industry, which has
grown so rapidly, wherein nearly every
state and territory is more or less en-
gagged, attracts undivided attention. The
working of silk from the cocoon by reel
lug off the tiny fibres, and warping it for
the looms, where handkcrchiels, ribbons
and dress-goods are manufactured right
before your eyes, seemingly without the
least difficulty.
The fact is nearly every art known to
human Ingenuity can be practically seen
in operation by attending the Exposition.
1t seems that nothing is LEFT unrcprc-
sonted, which proves this is indeed the
Worlds Fair
Every State and Territory in the gov
crnment is supplied with a register and
all visitors are requested to sign their
name and residence, also where they are
stopping in the city. Arkansas has the
largest book, but Dakota gets ahead of it
by having double Or duplicate copy.
Tho impression has g3ne abroad that
visitors to the Worlds Exposition are
charged cxhorbitant rates for board and
rooms. While this, no doubt, has been
the case in some instances, yet it is un-
necessary. The writer called on Wolz
and Moulton, 29 Carondelet street, who
act as commissioners between the hotels.
boarding house and "rooms to let" peo-
pie, and was informed that the average
price paid by visitors for room and board
was less than 50 per day.
For reliable and condensed inrorma-
ton about New Orleans and the Expo
sition, visitors should secure and study
we'll the "Nisitors' Guide" by Theodore
Pohlmann, of this city. twill save you
many u mile of travel while here, giving
Il map Of the city, street railways, illus
trations Of the Exposition buildings, and
will answer all questions which may
arise. Price of book by mail fourteen
cents. w. d. b.
If any of our readers who propose vis-
iting the Worlds Fair will call at our
Office we will give them letter to our
correspondent there, who will give them
information in regard to rooms, board
and prices, thereby saving time, trouble
and expcnse.-ED. ADVOCATE.
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report in turn serves the accounting OF.
hcers of the Commonwealth rs the basis
Of their settlement against the County
Treasurer a negligent performance Of the
duties OF Mercantile Appraiser will be at
once recognized as n most prolific
source of petty annoyance to all parties
con, srned in the settlen ent OF acc, unts
of this character. He is appoiLted by
the County Commissioners and gets so
cents per each certificate of license
granted in the County for Shich he was
appointed, and mileage at the rate of 6
cents for zach mile necessarily travelled
in the discharge of his official duties.
We do not have the space TO speak OF
the unnecessary multiplication of offices
aud offices ms set forth in the message.
Most of the members have gone home
during the adjournment, and our city
has returned to its usual quiet. Our
readers can get ready for lively time
during this session. The Republican
party icing in so large majority will
naturally cause the "Machine," as it is
cllled to fiud the body unwieldy and
soon to be divided among themselves.
It is the common talk upon our streets
to-day that Major Brown, of Allegheny,
is i candidate for U S. Senator in op.
position TO Hon. j, D. Cameron. 1t is
doubtful whether the Senate will con-
firm the Governors appointment of l..
P. Ashmead to be trustee of the Norris
town Insane Asylum. l. is doubtful
whether the name Of Victor Piollet will
allowed to go through.
Senator Amos II Mylin who is hon
ored with the Speakership of tho present
Senate is from Lancaster. He is the
second Speaker of tho Senate this coun-
" has given the State. the other being
John Strohm, who served in 1872 Mr.
Mylin is native of Lancaster county.
having been born in West Lampetes
township, on Sept 90. 1887. After re-
ceiving q common school education iu
his native township he attended college
nt Androver, Mass. He pursued the
study of law in the University of Penn
sylvania and was admitted to the bar. oil
Lancaster county, in the same year, but
devoted very little Of his time to his
chosen profession. Shortly after ad.
mission to the bar, his father died and
| Mr.. Mylin became possessed of the fam
Ily farm, to which be devotes his whole
attention when not engaged with his
legislative duties at Harrisburg. In
S72 he was elected as member of the
House of Representatives, aud WAS re
elected and served in the House until
1875, when lie wat transferred 10 the
State Senate. He was reelected rs o
member of this body in 1880 and 1884.
James L. Graham, the Speaker. elect
of the House, was born in Pttsburg Pa.
in 1919. He acquired good practical
education at the old Academy in ALE.
gheny City. He is a person OF diguified
appearance, beloved by his associates
and is eminently successful in all ho un.
dertakes. He filled many Offices of trust
in his Lifetime, being member OF
School Board, Director OF the Poor.
Member Of City Council, Sheriff, mem.
Der of the Leg gislatnre and Senator. In
| 1868 he was Speaker of the House.
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BrOadbrin'S New York Letter
sreclia TO the CAknoN ADVOCATE /:

Speclia TO the CAEBoN ADVOCATE:
At the opening of the week t'ny New
York aired itself at the Charity Ball at the
Academy Of Music. Once year our fash
ionables give a night to charity. 1t was
plain to the most casual observer who stood
in the boxes on Tuesday night and saw the
procession that filed upon the stage that
yery few of them, as far as dollars and
cents were concerned, ever stood in need OF
charity. Mil;iona,res were thick as au.
tumn leaves, damond5 flashed, precious
gems twinklsd like the stars, sweet music
filled the air, the perfume Of myriad low
ers floated all around; but among the gay
thousands that whrled in the waltz there
was not one who stood in need OF charity.
The supper was rare and costly. All that
the highest genius in cookery could create
gratifed the pulates Of the ieasters, and
many Of the Gne ladies and gentlemen, as
they nbbled their woodeoes, and washed
down their pate with Clicquot, undoubted-
ly thought charity very fine thing. The
blotter of the First police precinct in Brook
lyn on Tuesday night reports Mary Smith
died of starvation-m mother slowly dying Of
starvation and want. Ann McCafIrey (Put.
nam ayenue) dying OF starvation. But the
reyellers at the Academy had glorious
time, though | regret TO add that the f..
nancial results were not what We might
expect from such distinguished assembly.
It was almost the identical crowd that paid
IS 900 to hear Patti, but the receipts Of
Tuesday night, on behalf Of charity, were
scarcely half Of that sum.
We have been terribly excited in New
York about the new Spanish treaty which
President Arthur had recently sent to the
Senate with his recommendation that it
pass. A more ueiarious scheme than this
same Spanish treaty was never attempted
to be pHlmed of upon the people. We ave
asked to give up $25 900, 900, or as M.
FrOlinphuysen puts it, S35, 900 900, and an
expectation OF SI7,OOO,OOO. for the poor
privilege of getting about $4,000 impover
Ished customers whose entire consumption
Of our goods would not amount TO $4,000
Oe0. The affair seems to be engineered by
a com 5inalon OF the sugar redrers Of New
York and the vicinity who hope, II they
succeed in getting the treaty passed, to do
what CarI Spreckies did lor the people Of
the PsGhe coast after the passage Of the
Hawaiian trsatY-to dictate the price Of
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II. NJ. NEwHALL, i'll "HWpor'5 Maga-
z'ne,' gives the folleNing as the result
o ono years sroe manufacturing, Ns re-.
qnired by our people for 1850, G s3l,-
6jl ST les Of sole leather 81, lat $3.50 sides
aud sk MS OF upper leather, besides the
10 thar sold hy weight to the amount Of
80 960,6l4 pounds. Thit supply was
sufficient to make 12j AIS 5ll pairs of
baots and shoes or little more Il 90
two pairs each, for every man, woman
and child in the United States. One
such place "a Lynn wouli perhaps re-
q lire for weekly supply the slsuGbtCr Of
1000 ea!tla, 10000 goats. $1,000 shoep
the ms nufa ',ure of so 900 yards Of cot.
ton cloth, nearly a ton of silk and thread
ef every kind, tive or three tons Of nails
aud tscks, besides general supplies of
e'sry description which onter into The
e)mpositou Of shoes
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Entcrcd at the Lehighton post-oflicc as
Second Class Muil Matter.
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FROM WASHINGTON
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 10, lSS

WASHINGTON, Jan, 10, 1885.
That which even the youngest inhabi-
tSnts of Washington. fifteen years be.
lieyed they would never live TO see,
has become the most prominent Of ac-
complished facts in this district. Higher
than the banner of any nation ever few
before from any architectural pile, flies
night aud day the nag Of the stars and
stripes from the cspstone OF the Wash
inRton Monument. As the colors alott
there stream stiff and straight from the
wind, they have a wierd effect suggestive
of the lonesomeness of a mountain sum
NIT, Of the flight OF a solitary high-fly-
lug bird close under the clouds. It has
been curious study to watch tue effect
Of the recent work on this monument.
The shaft gained in imaginativeness MS
it rose in its extreme height. but il Was
not until after its completion, six weeks
ago, with FIVE hundred and odd feet in
the air aud the proorss Of laying the
stones for the apex hRd begun, that there
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-01-17
OUR HARRISBURG LETTER.
Special to the CARBaN ADVOCATE.
Ham, DyEG Pa. Ian. IA s

Special to the CARDaN Advocate.
HARRI,ByRG. PA, Jan. IS, '65.
Beth branches If the General Assembly
Of this State were organized on Tuesday,
Jan. 9th
The Senate was called to order by the
lieutenant GOV rnor, at 12 o'clock IN.
RsV. Studebaker, pastor of Fourth ST
Lutheran church, of this city, opened
the proceedings with prayer. The
chairman laid beiors the Senate The re-.
turns of the recent election to fill tie va
cancy caused by the death of Senator
Patton, The Secretary Of State present
ed the returns Of the last election. The
newly elected Senators were called to the
bar and the oath administered by Hon
Judge Simonton, OF the 18th Judicial
District, Senator MYlin was president
pro. tenn. After the oath of Office war
administered. hs took the chair and pro
ceeded to complete the organi2ltion
ThomasCochrap. of Lancaster was lec;ed
Chief Clerk; Ed. Smily. OF Venaugu,
Journal Clerk; Lucins Rogers, of Nc
Kean, Reading Clerk they then took It
rect's until o'clock p. m. Upon r..
convening, several bills were presented
in place by Philadelphia Senators, all OF
nature to eif.ct tho city alone. The
Governors Message was read with mucl
interest and close attention. The cham.
Der was crowded with members, ex.
members and citizens. The Senate ad
lourned TO meet on Wednesday, prompt
ly the next day, the Senate attended tc
the full or complets organization by fill
ing the subordinate PLACES. Tuey thel
adjourned for one week.
Tue Hsuss was called to order a
about the same time the Senate was, ant
after roll.oall ana the oath was admin
is.ered to the members, they at once pro
eeeded 10 election Of Sre ker MS the frs
step to the orgauization. James L
Graham, of Allegheny, was elsce,
Speaker; George Pearson, of Mercer Co.
was elected Chief l,rl, A er listening
to the Governors Message they adjourn
ell to meet again on Wednesday. The,
then heard the report Of State COMMITTEE
to fll subordinate places when they I'D
journed for ono week.
The Governors Message has set tn
minds Of the people OF this State to work
Iu this city MN who heretofore CAV
documents of similar character only
passing notice, comment freely upon th
I1suy strong points which it contains
Thousands Sf dollars could be save
yearly to the taxpayers, if the sensibl
and well considered rscommendatiou
therein set forth were enacted and en-
bodied ia the statutes of the State.
also shows that the affairs Of the Stat
ARE in NO wise as carefully conducted
they should be to the best interests
the people. Many provisions spoken
are aueh also that have been recomment
cd time again by messages. The abol
,ion OF the Mercantile Appraiser is
feature which should At once DO passC
upon. Il is now fact that sever
members have bills ready to be brougl
before the Legislature when the prop
iime comes.
In general the dates Of no county Q
Gee aro 50 little Understood or so poor
performed as thoss Of the Appraiser
Nercantils aud other license tax. VIII,
IL is remembered thu the return OF th
ofiesr is taken By lie County Audito
rs TIE foundation q their report. shic
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The Ujited Kingdom Of Great Britain
has a monarchy SO limited thlt the mon.
arch is bat hSure head, and many ar
the sneers which are levelel at this ex-
pensive and useles cumberarce by the
people OF this country, many Of whom
vastly prefer to be ruled by the strong
hand of the Boss and regulated by the
uncontrolled authority OF the R,ilroad
King Lie has its compensatory re-
ynnpee
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New Orleans Letter.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
New ORLEANS, Jan. G. 1885.
Y.urs truly,
b OADBRlM.

New ORLEANS, Jan. G. 1885.
The New Year came in quietly in this
section. Only a few families received
callers, and the small boy with the I n
horn and fre-cracker was conspicuously
absent; though there was enough Of the
latter to start the fire that burnt out one
block of buildings in the city, at loss
of oyor Sl50,000, Thursday night,
Several Commissioners TO the Expo
sition went home to spend the holidays
Among them were Gov. Furnas, of Ne
braska; a. p. Sharpstein, Of Washing, II
Territory; A. c. Davis, of Michigan; 4,
Mckenzie, of Dakota; F. J. Haynes, OF
Yellowstone National Park art depart
ment. Gov. Goldsworthy, of Belize,
British Honduras, after pleasant visit
here has returned home. C.. p. Hunt
ington, a leading railroad owner and
manager, between the Atlantic and Pa
cifc was in New Orleans for several
weeks.
If the Great Eastern does not come to
New Orleans, the old Liberty Bell Of the
the Keystone State will. Arrangements
have been made to let her ring south OF
Mason and DiXon's now imaginary
line. 1t will be escorted by three tried,
and true stalwart policemen. The pub-
lie can view the century treasured relic
Us il passes through over half dozen
states to reach Louisiana.
In the gallery ofIhe government build
ing, where the colored people have their
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BINARcK will be 20 wars old on April
LIST. He las toen fifty years in Office,
and has made great deal Of trouble in
the wolld.
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Exec Utor's Notice.

All persons having claims against the
Estate Of Thomas Solt, Decd, ol franklin
Township, Carbon county, Pa will present
them NJ once and all persons indebted to
said estate will please settle the Same at
once with the undersigned,
A, w. SOLr. Executor,
Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pa.
Jan. l9.W3*
, 1885-06-24

LONDON, june %. - Salisbury an
nounced in the house of lords tonight
that Gladstone, having given sufficient
and entirely satisfactory assurance 10 aid
in the conduct of the government, he
Salisbury will take office and form a
cabinet,
Earl Granville announced in the house
of lords, this evening, and Gladstone
made a similar annouucemen in the house
of commons, that the marquis of Sails
bury had accepted Office and that he had
gone to Windsor castle to so inform the
queen. A motion was made in each
house to adjourn until Thursday next. At
the meeting of the house Of commons this
afternoon, the members took the same
seats which they had previously occupied.
The attendance was larger than on any
previous day ofthe present session.
Mr. Gladstone said he hoped by to-
morrow to be able to inform the house of
the nature of the communications which
passed between himself and the marquis
Of Salisbury upon the subject of the re-
cent cabinet deadlock. The house of
lords adopted all the amendments to the
redistribution of seats bill, which passed
in the house of commons
The house Of has adjourned
until tomorrow, not until Thursday, as
proposed. At the session tomorrow a
motion will be made for the issue of new
writs of election for the members of the
incoming ministry.
The queen has confirmed Lord Sails
bury cabinet. The Irish secretary port
folio was offered to five Others and de-
clined before William Hart Dyke accepted
it. There are symptoms already that the
Radicals will do their utmost to harrass
the Conservatives. At an informal meet
ing to-day they decided tn light the budget
unless fully satisfactory. and tn oppose
the issue OF the exchequcr bonds to meet
the deficit. Further, they will insist upon
passage Of the hill removing the franchise
disqualification from roIsoLs receiving
pauper medical relief. During the pro
ceedings in the house of commons TODAY,
a spirit Of revolt was manifested in the
speeches of Mcssrs. Ceilings and La
bouchcre. The Conservatives expect I'M
psrtant diplomatic changes. 1t is re-
ported That Sir Austin Layard will return
to Constantinople aud that Sir Edward
Thornton will remain at St. Petersburg.
, 1885-06-24
The Row in The European Club.

The Row in the European Club.
LONpoN, June 23-Late on Saturday
night, May 9, four men were elected from
the European club They raised the cry
that they had been swindled in the club
house. A mob that quickly gathered
smashed in the windows Of the building.
The police arrived and searched the house
for the alleged gamblers, but none we're
to be found. The police then hastened to
a neighboring social democratic club,
thinking the gamblers might have taken
refuge there. Here they made IA forcible
entry and when they were engaged in ex-
smining the upper floors the mob that had
followed wrecked the lower parts of the
establishment, looted the bar and carried
off coats, umbrellas and other personal
property of the members. The police did
not find here any gambling. The mem
bers of the club rallied and a free fight
with the police followed. The result was
a great number of members Of the club
were badly wounded and some fifty ar
rested. Six only of those arrested were
detained, however, for a further examina-
lion when rearraigned for trial next morn.
ing. Since that time theauthorities have
been making searching inquiry into the
affair and to-day a number of police and
members of the club were committed foi
trial at the Old Bailey.
, 1885-06-24
The G.. A. r. -Encampment.

PORTLAND, Me, June 2S.-The second
day OF the national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic is as beauti-
full a day as could be desired for the great
procession. The streets through which
the parade was to pass were crowded with
people and gay with bunting. AT II
o'clock a signal gun for starting the pro-
ccssion was fired, and the great line
moved forward without confusion. 1t
had been calculated that it would require
hours for the procession to pass, but
instead Of that it took more than three
hours Most careful estimates of the
number Of men in line. place the figures
at 1000; of which number 10000 wore
uniform ofthe Grand Army of the
Republic.
, 1885-06-24
SPARKS R THE WIRES.

John Mccullough continues to wander
around New York in an aimless kind of
way, and there is some talk among his
friends of putting him in an asylum.
The New York chamber of commerce
yesterday entertained the officers of the
lsere and LAHORE, by escorting them
about the harbor and showing the princi-
pal places of interest.
Charles A Buddensick, the New. York
contractor, who built houses of sand, and
whose buildings, falling in, killed one of
his workmen, has been sentenced to ten
years in the p%cnitentiary for manslauGh-
ter.
United States Minister Daggett has
arrived in San Francisco from Honolulu,
it is reported, with a secret mission to
President Cleveland to open negotiations
for the annexation of the Sandwich
islands to the United States.
The president has made the following
appointments: Edward II. Strobel, New
York, to be secretary of legation of the
United States to Spain. To he third
lieutcnants in the revenue service of the
United States, John Stone, II. Quinan,
Kirkland W. Perry. Charles A. Barnes
and Byron l.. Roed.
, 1885-06-24

BosToN, June 23.-Insurance Commits
sioner Tarbox has made a report to H.
attorney general of his investigation of the
affairs of the Peoples Benefit company Of
Boston, transacting the business Of life
and health insurance on the assessment
plan, which report he sums up as follows.
The facts deduced satisfy me that the
management is grossly incompetent and
careless Of its trust If not wilfully dis
honest, and if its affairs are not alrcl IS
beyond reformation, the interests Of its
members and the public demand a change
in its business control b " judicial intervcn-
zion
, 1885-06-24
NOTES.

Verdi is giving the final touches to his
new opera ia9o for La Soda, of Milan.
An American, named Knapp, has com-
mitted suicide at Monte Carlo. He had
gambled.
A special cabinet council has been sum
moned by Lord salisbury for next Thurs
day afternoon.
An agent of the Theatre Dies I%taiiens,
of Paris, is in London NEGOTIATING with
Nine. Patti for the season.
United States Minister Phelps. the
Prince Of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh
were present in the house of lords yester-
day.
The Gdsette. of Berlin, published the
text of the agreement between England
and Germany, dominating their rcspec-
tive territories in New Guinea.
The nope will create six new cardinals
at consistory to he held 18Th of July. At
the same consistory his holmes, will also
announce the name of the new arch
bishop of Dublin
Lord GnrHioyle has settled down at his
father's residcn-c at Bourncmouth and
has resumed correspondence with Miss
Fortescue. 1t is expected they will be
married within 70 year
Rsrou Tun ~t,al Russ.,u minister i'm