The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-06-18
STATE MATTERS IN BRIEF.



tude OF Sources.
There are 26,429 taxables in Chss
ter county.
Wilkesbarre police made 1876 arrests
during May.
Wayne county's tax duplicate for
1892 foots up s37,l5O.
+ The Norristown Woolen Company
is duplicating its plant to avoid night
work.
THE Reading Shooting Association
has purchased 1,2OO pigeons for the
August tournament.
7 The Tolmuth Thurh Congregation
of Hebrews at Bethlehem is preparing
TO erect new synagogue.
I A daughter of Robert Rothe, of
Buckingham Valley, Bucks county,
fell out of a bed and fractured her
collar bone.
I The Court at Lancaster has divided
six of the city wards into precincts for
the accommodation of voters under
the new law.
I The Adelaide Silk Mill, Allentown
Rolling and the Coplay Cement Works
will make exhibits in the Worlds Fair
in Chicago.
7 tBoyertown received 1000 extra ap-
preparation from the State for its
schools, and the term will be increased
from eight TO nine months.
I The cornerstone of the new build
ing for epileptic girls, to be called
Chalet, will be laid on June l6 at the
Pennsylvania Training School at
Elwyn.
7 A skye terrier belonging to John
Lawler, Norristown, killed 124 rats in
twenty -four hours. The rats came
from an old stable that was being torn
down,
THE school district of Moreland
township, Montgomery county, has
made application to court for the pri-
vilege to borrow $4,000 for the purpose
of erecting a new school house.
+ tTionesta's city dads ask for bids
for the erection of lookup. Two Ii
quor licenses were lately granted in
Tionesta, and the town also has ''jag
cure" They are bound TO keep up
with the procession.
THE Second Brigade, National
Guard of Pennsylvania, has been in
vited to participate in the Fourth of
July celebration at Pittsburg. The
citizens of Pittsburg, in addition to
furnishing transportation to the troops,
will also subsist them in the city free
Of charge.
THE Mayor of Allentown called
meeting of citizens to take measures
for sending aid to the sufferers at Oil
City and Titusville. OF the money Al
lentown raised for the Johnstewn suf.
ferers s5O9ss was not needed and has
been lying in bank This will be sent
to the oil region.
while along the Brandywine Mil
ton jackson and Sam Cooper shot
large female wild duck. After she was
killed they discovered nine small fowl
swimming about the stream. After
lively chase they captured six of them,
but all have since died. Had they
known of the young ones the old duck
would not have been killed
Says the Allentown Democrat Not
long ago, while gentleman was out
hunting, he found four young foxes, so
young that their eyes were not yet
open. Three he took home with him
alive and gave them to a cat that had
recently had litter of kittens. The |
cat received them very kindly and is
devoted to them. This cat has also
adopted a mouse, which she will not
allow to get out of her sight. 1t is |
remarkable sight to witness the cat ly-
ing in her bed with one kitten, three
young foxes and mouse, as happy as
though she was the real mother of
them ALL
fDoyle and Fell were convicted at
Doylestown of being concerned in the
stealing of a pension certificate for
$1,000 from Samuel Allen, near Reigels-
vile, and sentenced to the Eastern
Penitentiary for three years and two
years and seven months respectively. |
Doyle kept hotel, where the scheme
was concocted, and where bad men
were harbored. Judge Yerkes scored
Doyle numerically.