The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-01-28
Late General News


South in order to recuperate.
"A fire in Philadelphia on Monday des-
troyed property to the value Of S30O,0 900.
Large squads Of Hungarians are leav-
ing the coal region for their native country.
Two buildings at East Brookfeld,
Mass, were burned to-day with $1,000
loss
%. g. Kings shoe store at Newark,
Ohio, was burned yesterday with $3.50, 900
loss
John p Glow and Peter J. Nowlan
have been indicted for prize fighting at
Cincinnati.
The Archbishop OF Cologne, who is
now in Rome, will be created Cordlnal
before leaving that city.
- The Minnesota farmers association has
passed resolutions demanding that oleo-
margarine makers be compelled to color all
their product pink.
Dan. Driscoll, the murderer of "Beezy"
Garrity, was hung in New York Monday
last. His neck was broken, resulting in
instantaneous death.
"A Greek named Dmitrius Antippa has
| just died in Cons antinople at the age of
115. He knew Robespierre and possessed
several of his letters.
1t is reported from Paris that All enter
prsing proprietor of a restaurant there
hangs this sign on his outer walls "Kakes
de buckwheat Americaine."
john 7. Allen, ex-Siate Treasurer Of
Texas, who died In Austin on Monday, be-
queathed 100000 to the city of Austin for
an industrial school for boys.
John L. Sullivan offers to deposit $1,000
at once to bind match with Jem Smith,
the money to be forfeited in case he is
beaten in his fight with Mitchell.
-Leprosy is said to be atilicting many
Scandinavian immigrants in northern
Minnesota and Dakota It's brought from
the old country, and seems to spread but
little here.
-Grocerymen are subject to a new dan
ger. 1t lies in canned pumpkin. One of
these cans exploded the other evening in
Norwich. Conn, store and covered a group
of Settlers with its contents.
There is a strike at the Iconoclast mine
in New Mexico; and by the way, that
wouldn't be an inappropriate name for
Pennsylvania coal mine, since there are
idle breakers at nearly ali of them.
The fete day of the infant King Of
Spain was celebrated in Madrid on Monday
by a grand reception given by the Queen
Regent, followed by a banquet at the
palace, and and general Illumination.
-"Grandma" Garfield, the mother of
the late President Garfield, died at clock
on Saturday morning at the home of Mrs
Garfield, in Mentor. Her age was So years.
She had been gradually failing during the
past two months, tho result of old age.
Mrs. Garfield and her daughter are in
Europe.
1t has been discovered that Thomas
Carver, tramp serving q term in the
Dauphin county jail for thief, is son of
prominent man in Baltimore who is a
| descendant of the Carver famiIr, who
came to Baltimore with Lord Baltimore,
and who is worth at least 5000, 600 Young
| Carver says he has been tramp for two
| years.
1t is reported from White Cloud, Kan.
that the young women there have formed
an anti Chewing Gum Society, haye signed
this pledge: 81 the undersigned, do
solemnly promise, God helping me. to alb
stain from the use of chewing gum and
slang, and also abstain from and use my
| influence against the use of tobacco and
intoxicating l.qors, futher promise that
will not keep regular company with any
| one who know uses tobacco strong drink
or profane language"
Chester Bellows, recently hung at
Charles City, Iowa, for tie murder of Alice
Waterman, was the first man 20 be legally
executed In that State for twenty-five years.
From the 70 nation of the State in 1S48 to
1872, the law made It optional with the
Judges to infict death or life imprisonment
for murder, and there were few hangings,
The capital punishment was abolished until
1878, when hanging was made penalty
for n. .urder, with the provision that the jury
should decide whether that or imprison-
ment for life should be the sentence.
james Stewart, near Gainesville, Ga,
who is described as very good man and
very we'll thought Of and who has a most
elegant lady for wife," was stopped IN
the street by Ben and David Crane, who
charged him with having insulted their sis
ter. David pointed double -barreled shot
gun al Stewart and told him to halt adding
'T.ay it on, Ben," Ben, who had a big
whip, did lay it on, land, as ons of the crowd
that assembled said, the whip cracked like
bunch of fire-crackers. Stewart stood
, still until Ben ceased from pure fatigue,
and then he ran, crying. The local paper
saws that the Crane boys are very nice
Young men who before the whipping con-
suited lawyer"
5 "A bright young woman of Keokulk is
reported as saying that the"social scien'
TITS" who say that young men do not marry
nowadays because Il costs so much are all
wrong: or at all events the young men are
$ all wrong. ''I believe" she says, that all
this talk about the expense of natrinony
is nonsense. In my circle of friends
know half dozen young ladies who would
. accept any honest and industrious young
/ man. They would like to marry and
, know it, and they would marry II they had
the opportunity. / am tired of hearing the
decrease in the number of marriages at
j, tributed to woman's extravaganza. 1t isn't
. so. Let some of the men try IL and find
out for themselves" This is indeed lear
year.
Rufus Smith, Of New Haven, owned 8
S horse of which he was very proud he
i was handsome ANIMAL a snow morse, JUS
the horse for a mill la general 20 ride, and
:, one that was often used on no thea rica
= stage when q horse was needed. When
Smi h died he left directions that be. horse
d who was 20 years old, should be properly
main aimed, provided a sum of money fol
the purpose, and directed Mrs. Smith, wher
- she was tired of keeping him. 10 iurr hin
: over % Col. Blakeslee, of Norh Haven
$ Here he touching part Of the s'ory ends
y Mrs. Smith did nothing of the kind. She
r sold the steed for $50 to a citizen of Brad
q ford who is working him for all he il
worth.
A few weeks ago paragraph VA
printed in the Maine newspapers telling o
l. three Aroostook girls who walked from
d Ashland to Portage Lake, rowed across