The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-02-28

Hire your teams Of DaYid Ebbert on North
street,
[9Y H, H. Peters, at the
Post-office building, Lehigh-
ton, will make you an all
wool suit Tor only $40 cash,
il you order now.
DR.. Harrison Wright, of wi!kesAarre,
aged thirty Eve years, died Friday morning
from pneumonia, after a weeks lines,
lIe was a descendant Of one Of Pennsyl-
vsna's oldest families and member of
many learned societies. He was graduate
Of iedelOurg University and well known
in historical and scientific circles through
out the country. He was also a member of
the Luzerne county bar.
Va Bargains in Wall Paper Two
Thousand dollars worth of Wall Paper and
Borders will he SOLD al less than half value
Browns, at &C., Whites, at Sc Gilts, rs and
3jss. Borders almost given away. No
such drop in Wall Paper every before in
Carbon county. 1t won't pay to waste much
time in calling for these bargains. Z. +.
Lnckenbach, OIL Broadway, Mauoh Chunk
The gymnasium Of Lafayette College,
Easton, was crowded Monday ancrLoon by
those who caRe to see the Grst mpetitive
dumb bell drill by the classes each oil which
in turn went through the manual. 1t was
very interesting sight and the audience
applaudcd vigorously. About 100 students
participated. The juniors wen the prize.
Besi los tic drill there were several exhibi-
tons Of skill by the leading gympa4ts Of
the college,
-slas Clappsr, aged ff, living with his
sun on the eastern border of Wayne county
wus.grcatly auGVycd by cats several days
last week. On Saturday he shut several of
them in the kitchen, and going among
them with heavy club heat numaer Of
them to death. When he got through tho
kitchen floor and walls we're covered with
| blood, aud the sight Of it Mortified tho old
man after he got over his excitement. lie
went To the barR, aud half an hour iaterhe
was found hanging by his neck from a rope
tied to the raIters. dead.
The junior contest for The alumni,
PRICES took place in the L"high University
Chapel Monday morning There were eight
competitions. C. 4. Luckeubach, of Bethls-
hem, was awarded first prize-oration
''Tbe Age Of Gold" William Taylor, Of
Philudelnhial took the ss,ond prize ara /.
lion, "An Experiment. The other orations
were: "a Visit from Washington" C. NJ.
Ricr ar lsoni "Crvil Service Reform" J. II.
Spanglcrj "Tae Student Of To day." II.
Toutmin; "The South of To-day" r. II.
Davis; "What'E in Name9' W. II. Dean.
-Clauss & Bro, The Tail
ors, are making up elegant
suitings, in the very latest
styles and best workmanship,
for SIG, sold last car for $24.
Call and see them.
Spotted Tail, a Warm Spring Indian
was Friday married al ST. Iaur,ius' Cath
| oIc Church, Pottsyilc, to Mary Yoang,
6uxom German girl. lie met her some
months aga while Rating PGttsviIle with a
medicine company. lie is an sthleiie
y'ung buck And won several lung-disiance
foot races there last fall, defeating pale
faced chsmpiurs. Among Mary's numer-
qua su,sors all wcgO white men. exoepi
spltted Tai, and the fact that he has ear
ricd oil The prize has created much great
or excitement than his previous fea Is as a
pedestrian. The couple left the same day
T. join the company in the South.
-Rey. 4. r, Horne, D. D in the las
isiue OF his paper, the National Educator
speaks in this wise OF his early experlenc
as TEACHER; In 1850 we taught school o.
so acholars, heard SO clssses a day, had n
recess, commenced school at 3, and claseC
at hslfpast four, had "ufsl wgs" ell day
no blackboard, 40 geography, grammar
Ineatal arithmetic, history, &c, received
SlS per month, had Il months term, ant
had more money thsn ever afterwards
This, however, does not prove that tn
schools were better then than now, and tina
a teacher gets rIch b. teaching at a salayl
Of SIS or $50 month.
The ra,lroad employees reported Tues
day evening that man supposed to bs
Slayonian, while walKiag on the Jerse'
Central Railroad about ono hundred yard,
shove the Penobscot station the sam
morning, was struck by No. passenge
train and killed, one of his legs hsing Gu
of and his head severed from his body
/ Nothing was found on his person whereof,
he eould be identified. Several dollar
were found in his pocket lie wore darl
coat, light colored doeskin pant, a shirt O
The kind known ss hickory, and was abou
9 eighteen or twenty years of age. Upon th
> soles Of his bools was the inscription il
5 brass nails, "a lucky boy, you bst."
: Mrs Anna Burke, of Easton, was seiz
! ed with cramp on Tuesday, on her wa
! home from visit to Bsthlehem, and die
D at the Halfway House.
d E V. Curry, Of Bethlehen, mail sgen
Z on the North Penn Road, has lost thre
children within week by scarlet ievel
7 aud u fourth is down with the disease.
Frank sHittmatsr,of Washington D. C
2 tormerly Of Maush Chunk, aud Sarah NJ
:, s 1T, of PacksrInn, We're married at the re.
o idenes Of the bride, by Rev. b +. Powell
"a Saturday evening last.
Il The publlfslion clios Of the SUNNI
Hill and tspsiQrd Record has been move
' from Summit Kill TO Lansford.
I The Beeke, iouPdry aud MACHINE shoI
d Bethlehem, was sold few days ago at cot
stable sale. to satisfy Workmsn's claims