The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-11-27
Cleaned From all Part, Of the st.ts

-Daniel bandlS, popular resident OF Potts
town, died Monday.
James Burns and John Henderson were
fatally burned by an explosion OF gas in an iron
mill at Millvale, Penna.,
The Ohio Connecting Railroad Company was
chartered at the State Department Saturday.
The capital stock Is 81 100000.
"A. p. Carr Of st. Clair, Schulklll county, has
been appointed trustee Of the Miners Hospital
at Ashland, vice James P. Reilly, resigned.
An infant daughter Of Michael McPhpley, OF
Conshohocken. rolled lntoa pond on Sunday
and was drowned in fourteen inches of water
and mud.
The blast furnace of the Reading Coal and
Iron Company at Minersville viii 20 into blast on
the ist Of January next and will give employment
to $50 hands.
The introduction Of natural gas at the Johns
town Iron Works has resulted in the almost total
suspension of the mines from which the works
drew their supply of coal
-Ex-Mayor Beamish, of Scranton, proprietor
of the Free Press, Of that city, is slowly recover.
ing from the internal injuries received in a rum
away accident some months ago.
The messenger who carries the mail from
Pennsburg to Quakertown has been fined 500
by the Post Office Department for allowing his
i
john Mcclure, a miner mt No. g. Llizerpe
county, was seriously injured by fall of top
rock, having his legs fractured and receiving
severe cuts and bruises about the head ant.
body. ...,-. .,.., -r. -
"A terrible explosion occurred In the burning
Standard coal mines, at Mount Pleasant, Satur-
day. The disaster took place in the gas heading,
which has been regarded rs a source OF danger
ever since the mine took fire.
The Cleveland and Plttsburg Railroad
managers have partly made the advance of
wages asked by the freight trainmen by granting
the following increase Conductors raised from
81. co per trip to $3.50; brakemen advanced from
81 and si75 to sl.9O per trip on through freight
and 81 .05 on local.
Charles Caughn, of Philadelphia had SCOOP
stolen from him. Aneighboring woman dreamed
that 1t was hidden away In haylOft, and she
climed up and found all but 81 900 in a
handkerchief. She was at once arrested for not
dreaming where the balance was and a search
OF her house brought the missing som to light
The Philadelphia 4 Reading Coal and Iron
COmpany's new Henry Clay braker. at Mt. Car
MEL the largest one in the valley, anb employing
700 persons, started up Monday The same
cOmpany's Alaska breaker, which viii give
employment to 800 men, Is almost completed.
The Green Back andBuck Ridge coeries are also
approaching completion. The company's I'M
provement will double the shipments IN that
valley next year.
Two families of Smthport, Pa, occupy the
same house, and each has q potato bin In the
cellar One of the women of one of the families
some months ago lost her diamond ring and
grieyed so much that her husband bought her
another, Recently woman in the other family
found the ring In her own potato bin. and the
question as TO how 1t got there threatens to
interrupt the hitherto friendly relations of the
two families,
A young girl, daughter Of a coal miner, living
near Pittsburg, has recovered from n trance that
lasted several weeks. and declares that, moan,
while, she had been spending the time In heaven,
whittier she was escorted by two angels with
wings and crowns), one OF whom was lately
deceased aunt, and the other a dead grind
mother. Her father says the whole story Of her
celestial visit is too holy for the columns OF
daily. and he is going to give 1t 10 religious
paper.