The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-11-28
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS
Items Which Are of Particular
Interest to Pennsylvaniaus.
IN THIS AND NEARBY COUNTIES

Brief Mention Of Matters which Every
body should Know About wcok's
Accidents aud Grimes Accurately and
Oonoisciy Chronicled.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 20.-The frequent fires
at McDonald have frightened the resi-
dents, who believe that inccndiaries have
been at work for the last two weeks Great
ing fire scares for the purpose of robbery.
There Is no bank In the vicinity, and CON
siderable money is kept in the homes Of
the residents. A meeting Of citizens has
been called to consider the expediency Of
organizing a vigilance committee.
Three Dead and One Dying.
GREENsBURG, Nov. 2l-The Youghio-
gheny express, running dfty miles an
hour struck a wagon at the southwest
branch crossing, demolishing the vehicle
and instantly killing three Of the four oC-
cupants. Their names are William Gal
win, aged thirty years; James Welch,
twenty-five and Johnny Mccain, aged
eight. Willie Mccain, a siX-year-old boy,
was so badly injured that be will die
Missed a Nail and struck a Live Wire.
PITTsBURG, Nov. 21.-George Sullivan, a
plumber who was engaged in making re
pairs at the Birmingham company's power
house, was killed by live wire at noon.
In striking at the nail he missed it aud
struck a live wire. An awful flash re
suited Sullivan fell backward, striking
another live wire with the back Of his
neck. He then fell to the floor dead.
An italian Banker and s5O,O Gone.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.-Giacinto Epi-
fairo, an Italian who for six years has car
ried on a steamship agency, general store
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class OF his countrymen at Si2 Carpenter
street, is missing. He had $4,000 belong
| ing to his customers
A Constable Indicted for Murder.
HARRISBURG, Nov. 22.-Alexander Nc.
Cready, constable Of Rostraver township,
| Washington county. has been indicted on
| peculiar charge Of murder In Septem-
Der be arrested Mrs. Henrietta Ludwig
| charged with severely whipping a neigh
boris child. Mrs Ludwig's two-year-old
child was seriously i'll and she begged the
officer to wait until the child got we'll
| McCready forced the woman to go with
him. The charge against her was not sus-
tanned, but exposure killed her child.
MonongaheIa's Loss by Fire.
MoEoNGAHELA CITY, Nov. 22-Nine
buildings were destroyed by fire and fifty
acres of timber land the property of the
Brown Coal company, were burned over,
involving a loss Of $4,000. The origin Of
the fire is unknown.
Coindeaier BIason's Suicide.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.-Eben Locke
Mason, aged fifty years, one of the best
known coindealers in this country, cut
his throat at his home. When George i.
Evans compiled the history Of the mint
| Mason aided him No cause for the deed
is known.
OIiVet Presbyterian Church Damaged.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.-Olivet Presby-
terian church, at Twenty-second and
Mount Vernon streets, was damaged to
the extent of 5000 Sunday by fire which
originated from defective heater.
Mrs. Lucas Seriously III.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4-Mrs Harriet
Lucas, president of the woman's Penn
sylvania committee Of the Worlds fair, is
seriously i'll, as a result of overwork, She
will be compelled to retire from the com
mittee for several months.
Ten Years for Murder.
CARLISLE, Nov. 4-Edward Straitiff,
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree, has been sentenced to ten years and
four months in the penitentiary.
Judge Clark's Funeral.
INDIANA, Nov. 24-The funeral serv-
ices of Judge Silas NJ. Clark, which oc-
CURED Monday afternoon, were the most
J impressive ever held in the county. A
large number of distinguished persons
were in attendance.
Shot His millionaire Brother.
| PoTTsvILLE, Nov. 2j-Mr Thomas
Cooch, one of the best known pioneers of
the Schuylkill county coal region, and a
millionaire furnace operator and powder
manufacturer, was shot by his brother
Richard. Thomas is a widower and lives
7 in a handsome cottage in fashionable
quarter Richard and his wife kept house
for him. Thomas tried to drive Richard
away but wanted the wife to stay. During
the controversy Richard shot Thomas in
the head and his wife in the arm. The
: brothers are over eighty years of age
, They were taken before a justice, but the
hearing was suppressed. The injuries will
. not prove fatal.
Another Bank Failure.
) IRWIN Nov. 26.-The Farmers and Min
, ers' Deposit bank, Of which Hook & Sor
F proprietors, has failed. The liabilities ar,
not known The depositors are swarming
around the bank and the excitement is
5 intense.
Editor Patterson Disappears.
PoTTsYILLE, Nov. 28-Burd B. Pat
terson, leading politician and lawyer o
this city and editor of The Miners Jour
nal, has disappeared, leaving behind hin
creditors for between $4,000 and $4,000
I Frank Carter, land agent Of the Philadel
phia and Reading Coal and Iron company
holds a Judgment against The Jouna
t amounting 60 $1,000, and has taken pos
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been seen since last Thursday.
The Women Showed Fight.
CHESTER, Nov GA large camp o
. gypsies squatted on Henry c. Fritz's farm
:. in Neither Providence He procured lega
= help and a dozen farmers armed witt
pitehforks charged on the gypsies, who
I when they sighted the armed force
T. fed to the woods; but the women showe
+ fight, gathering in group and refusing t
:, surrender. There was a good deal Of par
5 leying, and the gypsies promised to vacat
the premises, which they did after payinl
the costs.
S Governor Pnttison's Appointments.
+ HARRISBURG, Nov. 26.-The followin
appointments by Governor Pattison hay
. been announced: To be superintendent {
banking, Charles II. Krumbhaar, Of Phi
= adelphia; Benjamin p. Opdyke, Of Phi
@ adelphia, to be director Of the Nautica
9 school; W. II. Davis, of Bucks, to be
member of the geological survey, an
G Moses Veale, Of Philadelphia, to be healt
officer Of the city and port Of Philadelphia
Another Dupont Wreck.
I NoREIsToWS, Nov. 20. - The DupoI
U P~yiNcrs' powder mills Mt SummeytowI
f. purly owned by James S. Miller, weI
+ bloom up, horribly mangling and KILN
James Wade, who was tapping the chaser
=, contrary to Instructions. The building
), are a complete wreck.
c IS THE PHILADELPHIA UNSTABLE