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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-12-18
'rueSdayy yDeeember 18th, 1886.

= 'Mf o'clocR'in the Afternoon, on the premises b
: N6 1E=Alf lliat certain lot or piece Of ground,
5onnSi Of Sistin,.ton comfy nf shi,h and state
of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as fol-
lows, TO wit, Beginning at the southwest corner
Of Il lot marked purpart No. ~, thence along the
same north 20 degs. east so feet to post thence
along lots marked purparts Nos ~, 4, ~ and
north 2lT degrees west 165 feet to apOst thence
grees, east 80 feet to u post IN public road and
lands of the Leligh Valley Railroad Co., south
% "a degrees east BIG feet to post, thence south
SIta degrees west 2B3 feet to post at Cherry
street. thence along said Cherry street north 16i4
degrees west 102 feet to the place of beginning,
containing One ACRE and Nineteen PERCHES
The improvements thereon consist of q LARGE
.I.Nhr ,.Nr.r A
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-12-18
Orphans Court Sale
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!

BY virtue and in pursuance of an NJ as order of
sale, issued out OF the Orphans Court Of Lehigli
lowing valuable properties at the time and
places mentioned, to wit:
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-12-18

magnificent seal cape trimmed with sable,
price $3.50. He walked around the model
and looked at the cloak then he looked at
the model, and he whispered in her ear
that it she would wear that cloak to Boise
City-that he weuld make her Mrs. Per
kins. The sight of several 81 900 bills
settled it; that night they were married, and
next morning they started for Boise City.
Wanted, model! BROADBRIN
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Death of Another Congressman.

Hon. Michael Hahn, representative in
Congress from the Second District OF Lou
isiana, died in Washington from the rup-
ture OF u blood vessel near the heart. Mr..
Hahn was native of Bavaria, where he
was born In 1880. While an infant he was
brought to this country by his widowed
mother, who took up her residence in New
Orleans. He received public school edu-
cation. and adopted the law a profess
sion, early showing fondnoss for political
life. During the war he was Union DEM
cerat, active in the work OF reconstruction,
and was elected to congress in 1862. In
March 1864. lie was elected the first gov
ernor of the free state OF Louisiana, and
in January, 1865, being elected United
States senator, he resigned, but did not
press his claim for the senate. He was at
various times connected with the press,
and held number of important offices,
being superintendent OF the mint in 1878,
and afterward on the bench. Hewas elect
ed to the Forty ninth congress as repub-
lican over Houston, Democrat.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Criminals and Crimes.

Barton Duffy, Pittsburg sport, arrest
ed for drunkenness, kills himself
I. NJ. Wilson is found guilty ofthe mur-
der OF Anthony Daily at Norristown, Pa.
Mary Urleman, husband poisoner, is con-
victed at Little Valley, N. Y, and sentenced
to be hanged.
Thieves entered the residence of Senator
Spooner in Washington, and got away with
$40 worth OF property.
The testimony in the Cincinnati police
court case Of Henry and Rudolph Bleisten.
charged by Fred Kohl with shooting with
intent to kill, developed the fact that a
communists organization of riflemen exists
in the city OF which the two defendants are
members.
Detectives arrested James Beshears, at
Shelbyville, H., charging him with being
one Of the express robbers. Beshears had
Just returned to Shelbyville after several
days absence. He could not satisfy or ex-
plain why he received an ugly-looking wound
on his head.
Mrs. Kate Harden, a well-dressed woman
with profusion OF jewciry, skipped into
the Chicago police office and notified Capt.
Buckley that she had been robbed 0f 81
900 worth OF jewelry and clothing by Har-
ry Osland, o piano player. The robbery
was committed in Eau Clair, Wis, where
Mrs. Harden was living with Osland as
his wife. Osland could not be found.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
General News Condensed.
A Heavy Damage Suit Decided.

The remarkable case of Charles l.. Dunn
against the Burlington, Cedar Rapids y
Northern Railroad company was decided
in the Minnesota supreme court, the order
of the lower court in favor OF the plalntlf
being affirmed and new trial refused.
Judges Berry and Vanderburgh filed dis
senting opinion. Dunn is a minor, who was
terribly injured and most horribly mutilat-
cd in railroad accident III the spring OF
1884. for which the above company was
held responsible. His most serious injury
was the loss of his eyesight. Dunn sued
the company for $50, 1000 damages. The
case was tried before Judge Simons, and
the jury gave the plaintiff the full amount
asked for. This was the largest amount
ever given in the United States in a case OF
the kind. Judge Simons held that the
damages were excessive, and reduced them
to $50, 900. The case was carried to the
supreme court on two points. First, it
was claimed that the case should be tried
in the United States circuit court, as the
defendant was not a citizen of the state,
and also that new trial should be grant
ed on the grounds of excessive damages.
The court decided against the company on
both appeals. Judge Berry and Wander
burgh, in their dissent held that the cas- 9
should be tried in the United States cir
cult court.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Murderers Hanged In an UncOnciou
State.

New Orleans dispatch: Friday morning
the 18th inst when the keepers made ef-
forts to arouse Patrick H. Ford and John
Murphy, the condemend murdsrers, they
could not wake them up. After examine
ton by physicians they concluded that
the men had taken belladonna. The gov
ernor received telegram from Sheriff
Butler OF Orleans parish, saying
Ford and Murphy attempted suicide this
morning by swallowing poison. They are
in a comatose condition. The doctors be-
lieve the attempt failure, but cannot say
how long it will take to restore them to
consciousness. Should they not revive be-
fore the hour fixed, shall l execute the war
rants Notwithstanding?
The governor replied: eyes, 60 on with
the executions. Carry out the warrants"
In view of the fact that the condemned had
attempted suicide, Rev. Father O Callahan,
in accordance with the rules OF the Catholic
church, refused to administer the last sacra-
ment to them.
At 1890 the arms and legs of the men
were pinioned, while they we're still in a re-
cumbent position. Six witnesses were
sworn in by Sheriff Butler, and the death
warrant was read to the senseless men :.
They were carried to tho scaffold.
At 1910, finding that the men W ere un-
able to sit in chairs, the ropes were length
ened somewhat IN order TO feacn I'll em as
they lay in half-recumbent positi on on
the gallows. The rain last night caused the
ropes to stretch, SO that when the rope fell
the mems feet touched the pavement. 1t
only took a few minutes for the executioner,
robed in his black domino and wire mask,
to adjust the rope and black cap be-
fore he returned to his cell, fol
lowed almost instantly by a sharp swish"
OF the axe as it cut the ropes. Then
the bodies of Murphy and Ford shot
through the air-to come up with a sudden
jerk. The drop was about eight feet. The
bodies were allowed to hang twenty-five
minutes and were cut down at 1:15. In
Ford g vest pocket was found the following
letter:
New Orleans, March Lat Night.-To
the good Sisters OF Mercy and all my relig-
lous friends: l cannot bear the terrible dis
grace l bring on my innocent offspring l
don't deserve this terrible ending. My en-
emies have triumphed this time. Baker
and Cunningham, l leave you my curse; to
the balance my blessing. l have been de-
spondent to-day. will answer all to my
God. Good friends DR.. Holland and c. H.
Parker. tits your turn next. Dear Sisters,
forgive me. Goodbye. p. H. FORD.
Capt. Murphy, the murdered man, was
for many years prominent and notorious
figure in New Orleans politics.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
EXPRESS TRAGEDY.
Robbers Enter an Express Car on the
Rock Island Railway and Brutally Siay
the Messenger, After u Fierce Struggle.

One OF the most daring and bloody ex-
press robberies ever perpetrated in Illinois
occurred on the Chicago Rock Island q
Pacifc west-bound express on the / z inst,
between Joliet and Morris. The facts,
as learned from the baggageman, are that
shortly after the train, which leaves Joliet
at l2:45 n. m. had left the city, he heard a
rap at the baggage cardoor. Thinking it was
the express IN ,ssenger, he opened the door,
and WAS met by masked robbers, who COW
cred him with revolvers and demanded his
key to the express car. The key was given
up and one robber, who was on top OF the
express car. held 81 revolver on the baggage
man through IL transom in the roof OF the
car, while his confederates turned their at
tention to the express car. 1t is thought
they raped on the express car door and in
formed the messenger, II. S. Nichols, that
the baggageman wanted to get in. At any
rate, the express car door was opened and
the desperadoes entered. Then occurred one
OF the most bloody and desperate strug-
giles on record Being confronted by the
murderous williams, the messenger fought
for his life, and the property in his trust.
The Interior OF the express car shows that
he fought the robbers from one end OF the
car to the other, but at last the murder
Gus blows they rained on his head with an
iron poker forced him to succumb, and he
was left dead in the car. The robbers RI
fled his pockets of the keys to the safe which
they robbed OF all its contents, variously
estimated at from $25, 900 to $780,
900. Checks and valuable packages
not containing money they left
scattered about the floor. Nothing was
known of the occurrence until the train
reached Morris, the first stop west OF here
except the GOAL chute where the train stop
ped to take on COAL
Nichols was a brave and trusted employe
OF the company. He was about forty years
OF age and had spent twenty years with the
company, being one OF the oldest employees
running on any road out OF the city. Mr..
Nichols was a married man, but had no
children.
The dead messenger was married man and
lived at Chicago. He has been in the serv-
ice OF the United States Express company
about ten years, and was one Of their most
trusted employees. Where the robbers
boarded the train is as yet mere specula-
tion. Conductor Wagner does not remem-
Der having seen any suspicious characters
aboard last night. The general opinion is
that the gang got on the train at the coal
chute, two miles west OF Joliet, and jump
ed off just before the train reached Morris.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Greeley's ReparteeS.

MIR. Greeley made on many occasions
tart and telling replies to his assailants
and correspondents. When Colonel
Webb. soon after he was pardoned out
Of Sing Sing, to which he had been sem
fenced for fighting duel with Marshall
OF Kentucky. taunted Mr.. Greeley about
his dress he replied that but for the
clemency of Governor Seward, Webh's
dress (the prison garb) would have at
tracted more attention than his in
broadway!
Some one took. Mr.. Greeley to task
for abusing President Tyler. He re-
Piled that he had long since stopped eaz-
ing Al the spot where Tyler went down!
Somebody wrote to him asking him
for the autograph of Edgar A. Poe and
Mr.. Greeley responded:
"OEAR SIR-AMong my literary
treasures there happens to be exactly
one autograph of our country's late
laMented poet, Edgar A. Poe, 1t is his
note Of hand for $50. with my indorse-
ment across the back. 1t cost me
exactly $5O75 (including protesD and
you may nave II for half that amountr'
Upon one. occasion, when every
editor was abusing him, the Euening
Mirror. then edited by George P. Nor
rs and Hiram Fuller. with limited
circulation, had bitter attack upon
him. The newshoys were crying it at
our door. ! said. sGreelev, shall / get
. copyp" He replied: ..No, Bob. Won
might exhaust the editioni''-Richelieu.
n RrookayN Egle.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Miscellaneous Items.

general inspection of G. A. r. posts
will be made during April and May.
The eight.hour law will probably pass
the legislature OF Massachusetts.
All the pupils in the collegiate depart
ment of the Oregon university are professed
Christians.
Over seventy-five horses have died in
Campbell county, Va, within a week OF
some mysterious disease.
James Casney and Jesse Laughlin fought
with small gloves at Pittsburg. Laughlin
was knocked stupid and helpless in the
second round.
Society in Brownsville, Texas, is excited
over a scandal in high life. Luz Gomez,
the beautiful wife of Gen. Gomez, COM
mander of the Mexican forces at Mata-
moras, eloped with her nephew, Senior
Zaragoza.
James Walker OF Uniontown, Ohio, who
died recently, left $50, 900 in government
bonds. During the summer he subsisted
chiefly on clover leaves and bran. In
winter he spent most OF his time in bed,
and ate raw corn and meal exclusively.
Letters have been sent to the officials OF
the Fitchburg railroad in Mass, saying
that there are four gangs Of five men each,
who propose, unless George M. Tenny, who
was recently arrested on charge OF trying
to blackmail the road, receives $25, 900
they will begin a system OF train-wrecking
The funeral OF the late Senator John F.
Miller OF California took place recently in
the senate chamber. The chair OF the de-
ceased was draped. The galleries were
filed. At the usual hour the president pro
TEN. entered, accompanied by the chaplain,
DR.. Huntley, and ascended to the chair.
Nearly eight hundred employees of the
American Hosiery Company ofNew Britain,
Conn.,, are out on strike, their demands
for higher wages having been refused. The
company's officers refuse to meet com.
mittes Of the knights Of Labor to settle by
arbitration.
Gen. Sheridan gives out for publication q
letter received by him from Gen. Won
Moltke, dated June II, 1876, to show the
falsity OF the report that the great German
soldier held contemptuous opinion OF the
military ability Of American officers in the
war OF the rebellion.
The largest reduction yet made in passen
ger rates 10 tho Pacific coast went into effect
the 18th inst. 4 cut Of SO on both first
and sssond class tickets was obtainable at
Chicago. and Arbitrator Wilson, OF the Chi
caso st. Louis & Missouri River Passenger
association, issued circular announcing
net rates. Chicago to California points by
ali lines. as follows: First-class, $3.50;
second-class, SIT.
Chester Gilbert, on trial at Bismarck for
the murder Of August Lepz, was acquitted
the jury having been out foHr h9urs. The
verdict was NOT only asurprise, bpt shock
to the community, ar every one eonsidsrsd
Gilbert guilty. The jury was Ons OF the
most intelligent ever iInpaneled In the dis
trict, and no censure can rest upon them.
The meeting ~ the acquitted man and his
mother was very 4ifecting.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Devils Lake Case Finally Decided.

The secretary OF the interior has render
ed decision in the ex- x-parte case of James
Brittin OF DEVILS Lake, Dak., reversing
the decision OF the commissioner OF the
general land office OF Nov. IL, 1885, which
held that as under section 2261, Revised
Statutes, person was entitled to but one
pre-emption right, he could not after per-
fecting one pre-emption right be permitted
to commute homestead entry to cash
entry under section 1901, Revised
Statutes, as this would be equivalent to a
second exercise OF the same right The Sec
retary says that he concurs in the con-
struction OF the statute as construed by
his predecessors, to the effect that the law
was intended to secure to those who had
heretofore availed themselves of the pre-
emption right, the benefit OF the homestead
law in addition thereto. In respect to the
interests involved this decision is regarded
by land office officials as extremely i'm
portant
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25

The Toledo House OF Refuge. in H1e out
skirts OF the city, caught fire in tho roof
and was totally destroyed. 1t belonged to
the city. The fire was undoubtedly incen.
diary.
In his story Nicholas Mipturn," pub
ished in Scribner's Monthly some years
ago, the late DR.. Holland described the loss
OF q steamer ust outside OF New York un-
der circumstances almost identical with
those that attended the wreck Of the Ore
gon. At the time the story was published
DIR. Holland was criticised, and the story
was ridiculed as improbable. it not being
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Personal Gossip.

Ex-Gov. William Irwin OF California died
in San Francisco after q week 3 illness.
Cyrus w. Field, Jr., has paid $50, 900 for
seat in the New York stock exchange.
Col. Joseph Selden, the best known Re-
publican politician in Connecticut, died at
Norwich.
Ex-President Arthur assures callers that
he expects to be down town in a few days,
having been suffering with a cold.
William d. Howells thinks Boston the
most delightful residence city" in America,
and will not move to New York, as report.
ed
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
FIG. 4.

FIG. 4-d-Forms of the bacillus always fOun =
In hay infusions b-Spol es forming. c-Spores
budding into bacilli. d-Cladothrix. slightly
magnifed. e-Portion of d highly magnified.
F-Isolated FORMS G-Micrococcus imbedded in
gelatinous mass. h-Balantidium coli. back
and side view: shows mouth: natural habitat,
rectum of swine.
Figure l represents small portion OF
network of moulds that were in good grow
ing condition; figure 2 represents portion
of mould whose natural place OF growth Is
foul water; figure 3 illustrates some Of the
various things found in greater or less abun-
dance in the butterine; figure illustrates
two of the bacilla. one of which Ia b q is
found in all hay infusiOns, and the other (d
e) in pond water containing decomposing or
gansms. (F G) represents micrococci. Mi
crococci occur wherever there is q decompo-
sition of organic matter Some OF those in
timately related to specific diseases are the
micrococcl Of smallpox, erysipelas and diph-
liberia lD is q small animal, balantidium
COLI of which a tolerably good specimen was
found. This animal was found nearly thirty
years ago in the fecal evacuation of two
hospital patients suffering from chronic
diarrh9a Whether B. Coli was the cause or
the accompaniment of the disease could not
be decided by the limited number of OBJ
servations Later they were discovered in
great abundance in the rectum of the hog
N) represents the mouth
HENRY F. NAcHTRIEB.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
Important Offices Filled.

The president has sent the following
nominations to the senate:
William NJ. Trenholm, South Carolina,
now civil service commissioner, controller
OF the currency in che place of Henry W.
Cannon, resigned; John H. Oberly, Illinois,
civil service commissioner, in the place of
William N. Trenholm; Charles Lyman, Con-
necticut, now chief examiner of the civil
service commission, civil service commits
sioner in the place of Dorman B. Eaton,
resigned.
The president said that the three men
named were selected without recommended
tions, and solely on his own personal
knowledge of their character and capacity.
Mr.. Trenholm is fifty years OF age and
while in private life was 81 commission mer-
chant in Charleston, S. c. He is a son Of
the treasurer of the Confederate states and
was first brought into prominence by his
addresses on silver before national bankers
conventions and his writings on the same
question. He was appointed civil service
commissioner on Nov. 4. 1885.
Mr.. Lyman was born in Connecticut and
served in the Federal army during the late
rebellion, being captain. In May, 1884,
he was appointed to a clerkship in the
treasury department and held that posi-
ton until made chief examiner OF the civil
service commission upon the organization
of that body.
John III. Oberly is one of the best-known
politicians OF Illinois. He is in the prime
OF life and has served as chairman OF the
democratic committee OF his state. Last
year President Cleveland appointed him
superintendent OF Indian schools, in which
Office he has made good record.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
VOLUME III.

considered within the bounds Of possibili.
ty that great ocean vessel could be
wrecked in calm weather In q collision SO
near New York.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25

George D. Williams, clerk at the SumpteE
house, Hot Springs, Ark, shot and killed
Mrs. Norris, guest OF the house, and at
tempted to kill himself. 1t is said that an
undue intimacy has for some time existed
between Williams and Mrs. Norris, who
was quite young and a very fascinating
woman. Her alleged husband, sporting
man, claims to have discovered Williams
in his wife's apartment, and the mattar
became public through adisturbance which
ensued. Williams is q young man,
very popular in society, and no stain
on his character had ever before ex.
listed. He fired only two shots, one
OF which penetrated the heart Of his victim
and the other his own head, just above the
right temple. It only fractured the skull,
and the wound is not fatal He is now in
prison. The woman was the mistress OF
M. H. Norris. The couple had boarded at
the Sumpter house since November. A few
nights ago Norris was dissuaded from shoot
ing Williams and the woman. The latter
several weeks since stole 5000 from Norris
aad gava the money to Williams for sale:
keeping, and they intended using 1t to take
them to Mexico, but wero prevented by
COL Sumpter.