The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-07-21
spsciaI Items of News.

Monday night at Waverly,N. Y, johnny
Colling got into small frame building used
as an oil room, and struck match, which
set fire to it. His limbs were entirely
burned off, and he was dead when found.
The champion female bigamist has turn
ed up at Wilkes-Barre. She is a book agent
and says her home is in st. Louis She is
27 years old and good looking. 1t is said
she has married no less than fourteen men
in as many different places.
Charles Meyers, aged 45 years, with
twenty-six bullets in his body, received
from the pistol of an injured husband in ST.
Louis, Mo-, several years ago, made three
attempts last week in Allentown to kill
himself by taking morphine. He will re-
cover.
Samuel Bricker, young medical stud
ent of Jefferson College, Philadelphia, has
been arrested at Reading on suspicion OF
robbing graves in cemetery near that city.
In his possession were found various parts
of human bones. He claimed that he had
shipped them from the college, bat he vas
held for a further examination
While Chris. Blatt, prominent young
farmer of Mllersyills, Wis, was moving
Thursday he was approached b., a neigubor
named Schecher with his two SONS, each
carrying gun. Before Batt was aware
of their intention they fired at him, killing
him instantly. The cause was an old
grudge over the pre-emption claim.
Sam. Dismore, painter, suffered from
sleeplessness. Monday night lie took dose
of laudanum to produce sleep. When his
wife came to wake him the next morning
she found him in stupor. A physician
was called, but could do nothing. At noon
Dinsmore died. He was SO years of age
and leaves family of six small children.
Miss Gertie Smith, youngest daughter
of wealthy AMI aristocratic citizen of
Halifax, Henry Smith, has 1e,l to Boston,
and it is believed that she has eloped with
ReY. j. S. llutchison, a Baptist missionary
lately returned from India, and who leaves
a wife and child behind. The minister met
Miss Smith for the first time about six
weeks ago.
There will be no paper fraciiona! currency
issued as was contemplated some weeks
since, the Senate committee having report
ed against the House bill providing therefor.
In place of ii they have reported bill re-
ducinG the fee on postal notes IN sums be-
low one dollar to one cent. The opposition
of Secretary Fairchlld killed the fractional
currency bill.
The capturing Of ride-stealers on the
freight trains Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
at Glenloch Station, still continues. We'd
nesday morning Officers Philips and
Harrigan took to West Chester the largest
squad yet captured. There were thirty.one
in the gang, all of whom were committed
to Jail for ten day by Justice Rupert in
default of a fine of 50 each. There are
now in the Jail sixty-three trJnps
Farmer Baum sat on a stone TO rest the
other afternoon, when bee ilsw into hi,
ear. He and all the members Of his family
tried to get the insect ou., but failed Then
he jumped on the back of his fleetest mule
and rode FIVE miles TO DIR. Brecht at Old
Line, the bee all the time working itsel
still further into the ear. The Doctor look
ed into the ear, but could see nothing o.
the bee. He inserted an instrument, bu
failed to find it. Then he injected poison
GUS fluid and in two minutes time the be,
! had ceased digging. The Doctor says th,
insect will come out piecemeal.