The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-20
NEWS CUT UP.
The Country Over Something for Hasty Read
ers to Freeze Onto.

Tho Country Over. Something for HastY head-
ers to Freeze Onto
The Kingston schools have been closed
on account of fever epidemic.
"A house built at Bangor by Conrad
Miller, President of the Bangor and Port
land Railroad, for the accommodation OF
Hugarian workmen, has been blown up by
dynamite.
Typhoid fever is epidemic at Tobyhanna
Mills, Monroe county.
George Meyer, aged 20, was shot and
killed Sunday afternoon by Christopher
Heidi, farmer living in the outskirts of
Syracuse. The killing was accidental, Heidi
picked up revolver without knowing it
was loaded, and snapped il at Meyers head.
The men were good friends
-On Saturday night in Waco, Tex,
Charles w. West, secretary and manager,
killed Charles Moran, Vice President of
the Waco Farm Confederation and son OF
New York banker. West surrendered.
Charles Bodie was at Honesdale on
Monday sentenced by Judge Seeley to six
years in the Eastern Penitentiary, for kill
ing August Bender on June II. Charles
Stegner, who was convicted of completely
received three years. sentence. John
Miller, a horse thief, was sentenced tc
twelve years Imprisonment.
Dennis J. Ryan, the constable who
shot and killed Thomas Ryan, of Syracuse,
NJ " a., he x-oe
brought before Judge Woodward in Cham
bers Monday on a writ of habeas corpus
Many witnesses testified that threats were
made to kill the constable by mob while
he was in the act of doing his duty. After
the hearing he was admitted to bail in the
sum of $4,000.
john Harold, Northern Central rail.
way car inspector, tried to kill Noah Shoop
railroad watchman, by shooting him al
Marysville, nine miles Vest of Harrisburg
There had been enmltY between Harolt
and Shoop, caused, it is said, by domestic
nfelicity in Harold's family.
Mrs. Thomas Evans was badly burned
about the arms and body at Pottsville oil
Monday by her clothes catching fire from
an explosion of turpentne which she wa
heating on a stove.
"A distressing shooting affair happened
at the little mining village of East Franklin
three miles West of fremont, on Saturday
A little son of John Morgan took loadet
shotgun and, playfully pointing it at hi
mother, who was nursing young child
fred. The load took effect in the child
head and wounded it so badly that 1t can
not live, while the mother was wounded
fearfullY ON the breast.
james Jerrior, who killed his wife il
East Boston on Aug. 26, Monday pleaded
guilty to manslaughter, and was sentenced
TO State prison for three years.
Miss Mamie Carroll, of Green street
Troy, was assaulted on Sunday evening b
Dan Sheehan, notorious ruffian, VIII
kicked her in the abdomen, causing. intern
al injuries which will probably result fatally
Ian Dan Kee, Chinese laundryman
was Monday sentenced by Judge Phelps @
Baltimore to nine years in the penitentiar
for attempted felonious assault on Ami
May Warte, a l0-year-old girl. He is tn
first Chinaman eyer sent to the Marylan
penitentiary.
William White, brakeman, aged q
} Lying at Port Jeryls, was found dead o.
top of a car when his train reached Gra
Court Monday morning, having been xii
ed while going over the Oxford bridge o
the Erie Railroad. The bridge is too low
} and is being replaced by a new one.