The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-02-02

| State Notes.
The Lehish county poor house has %
inmates.
Reading is to have another Castle o
Knights of the Golden Eagle.
A Berks county girls face has beei
drawn out of shape by chewing gum.
Rev. T. ]. Lee, of New Milford. Conn.
has accepted the call to the pastorate of tn
Second Presbyterian Church of Easton.
The property of Conrad Kuntz, at Sla
tington, was last week purchased by +. L
Lentz, dealer In groceries in that place, TO
$1,000.
Ground was broken last week at Stating
ton for borough building, to consist o.
council chamber, burgess Office, lookup
engine house, &c.
The seceders from the First Presbyterian
church at Reading organized the Olivet
Congregation and chose Rev. J. L. Leepel
as pastor at 81 800 year.
Samuel Refer, go years old, of Allen.
town, left Lima, Ohio, on January ID fol
his home. and has not since been heard Of.
Foul play is feared, as he had considerable
money with him.
Stephen Crate, aged 10 years, son OF
DR.. Crate, the witch doctor, who is in Jail
at Reading, was sent to the Allentown Jail
on a charge OF arson committed at the
stable Of Clinton Reinhard.
Mrs. Josephine Carey, handsome
widow, aged % years. at Easton on Mon
LAY filed suit for breach of promise against
Henry c. Wolf, wealthy wholesale liquor
dealer. She claims $4,000 damages.
Wolfe is 65 years old.
The Ebenezer Evangelical congregation
at Allentown has decided TO erect large
new church. Land adjoining the present
site has been purchased, and It is proposed
to expend $50, 900 in the erection of the
new edifice. The congregation is one of the
largest of that denomination in the State.
Joseph Young, who spent almost all his
life In mastering various trades ard pro-
fessons, having been a weaver, black
smith, printer, coachmaker, a painter,
carpenter, a druggist, an editor, a
lawyer, preacher, doctor, and a whole
sale hardware dealer, died at Allentown,
on Sunday aged Is years. He was the
Oldest practical cotton and flannel weaver
in the country, aud was known as "the
learned weaver"
Pennsylvanians who are anxious for Office
will probably heed Senator Quay's warning
that he will oppose any asprant who asks
for his influence before March 4. Never
theless, as his whereabouts has been kept a
mystery, 1t will interest the politicians to
know that his present address is St. Lucie,
Brevard county, Florida. The nearest tel
egraph station is at Fort Pierce, United
states post, three miles from St. Lucie.
Representative Sowden has nearly
squared accounts for the veto of the Allen
town Public Building bill. The bill carried
an appropriation of 100000. It is said
that Mr.. Sowden's quiet opposition has far
killed appropriations amounting to $780,
600 favored by Democrats who upheld the
Allentown veto. He wants only $4,000
more to get square.
Sixty pupils and teachers OF the Friends
Central School, at Fifteenth and Race
streets, Philadelphia, are spending few
DAYS in Washington, d. c., visiting the
public buildings and stud, ing the system of
government as they see 1t in operation.
The party is under the general oversight of
Director Scattergood.
The Rittersyille Driving Park is to be
converted into a general athletic ground
and picnic resort.
The greatest excitement prevails in that
part of Lehigh county bordering on Berks
over the fearful rayages OF diphtheria. A
number Of deaths have occurred.
DR.. Crate. the witch doctor" of Allen
town, is In jail at Reading for having prac-
ticed his "art" on some of Berks county's
innocents.
John W. RudY. convicted in Lancaster
for the murder of his father, Christian n.
Rudy, In December, 1887, was on Satur-
day sentenced to be hanged by Judge Liv-
ingston.
A Philadelphia physician has been max
ing a study of chrome yellow poisoning for
more than two years, and he comes 10 the
conclusion that many victims succumb to
IL who are supposed TO be overcome by or.
ganic diseases Of various kinds.
Two brothers, named Roebuck, were ar.
rested at Mercerburg, Franklin county. on
Friday, for attempting TO force William
Trolgel, at the pistols point, to keep his
promise to marry relative with whom he
had been intimate.
The Exchange Hotel property, OF Emaus,
has been sold by the owner, Mr.. VIM. X.
Halnes, TO Mrs. Wilhelm Stahl, of the
Mountain Brewery. for $1,000. Mr..
Haines has enough of hotel life and in
tends TO move TO Allentown in spring.
The Pennsylvania hsh commissioners
are now ready to receive applications for
brook and California trout fry.
Among the bills introduced in the Legis-
lature Is one providing for te appointment
OF district inspectors of schools in boroughs
and townships. Such inspectors TO be paid
TWO dollars a day and to make monthly
visits and examine into the sanitary condi.
tion Of such schools and the work done by
teachers, etc.