The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-23
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Matters Of Interest from All Over
the Commonwealth.
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PRESENTED IN BRIBFBsT FORM
Grimes and Casualties Of Every Char
aotet Sent by the News cathsrsrs Of
the Different Localities and Carefully
Edited.
READING, Pa, Sept sl-The Penn
Hardware works, employing 300 hands,
resumed operations on full time yester-
day The works had been working but
four days a week.
POTTsvrLLK, Pa, Sept. TO- - Exon
stable Martin Zeigler, who was convicted
at the March term Of court for the murder
Of William Kepley, was sentenced to seven
and half years In the Eastern peniten-
tiary.
HARRIsBURa, Sept 2l.-The Soldiers
orphan school commission has decided to
locate the proposed industrial school for
the INDECENT soldiers orphans Of Pennsyl-
vania In Franklin county, on a site to be
selected later
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.-The shooting
Of Henry Wort by George Heebner, which
occurred Tuesday night on Ridge avenue,
was not the result Of jealousy, as reported.
Wort attempted to stab Heebner, and the
latter shot In self defense.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.--The Maurice
F. Wilh6re Democratic club, a branch Of
the Pennsylvania State League Of Colored
Democratic clubs, adopted resolutions
thanking President Cleveland for the
recognition accorded citizens Of color.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.--William Gra-
ham, 2s years old, employed by the Bar
Der Asphalt company, of West Philadel-
phia, fell into a cauldron of boiling as
phalt headforemost. When taken from
the tank his flesh fell from his bones.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 19.-L Lena Maria
De Russey, alias Hoepfner pleaded guilty
before judge Reed, of attempting to per-
form criminal operations upon several
| young girls. She was sentenced to Ave
years imprisonment In the Eastern peni-
tentiary.
LANCASTER, Sept. 21.-At the Pennsyl-
vRnia Institution for Feeble Minded Chill
dren one of the older inmates was in
struoted to give Maggie Missenrawl, 13
years old, bath. She used almost boiling
water, and the little one was so terribly
soalded that she died
GETTYSBURG, Pa, Sept. 21.-In the case
Of Henry Heist, who was convicted here
hst month for the murder Of Emanuel
|
ain in February, the court refused new
trial and sentenced Helst to death He
still asserts his innocence
READING, Pa, Sept 9l.-Miss Katie Le-
van, daughter of s. X. Levan, Penn street,
is in a critical condition, the result of Sc
we're burns from burning fat. Her neck
and arms were badly burned, her neck
being mass Of blisters She Is also So
riously burned about the chest.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 9l.-The Republi-
can county convention placed this ticket
in nomination for the November election:
For sheriff, Samuel NJ. Clement; city con-
troller, Thomas NJ. Thompson; recorder of
deeds, Thomas Green; county commits
sioners, Jacob Wildemore, Joseph G. Rich
mond.
! ALLENTOWN, Pa, Sept, 2l.-The fight in
the Evangelical association between the
followers Of Bishop Bowman and the ad-
herents Of Bishop Dubs reached a climax
yesterday when the latter faction refused
to allow the former bishop to conduct the
funeral services of his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Rebecca Young, in Salem church. The
services were held in the Y. M. O. A. hall.
PoTTsyILLE, Pa, Sept Is.-William
Evans, of Girardville, has been convicted
of fiendish crime. He put dynamite un.
der his house, and while his wife and chill
dren were asleep, he set II off, intending to
blow up his family and destroy the resi-
dence. The explosion was a failure and
only the cellar steps were blown up Evans
fed and later returned and locked himself
In room
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 19.-The congrega-
tion of the Centennial Baptist church,
Twenty-third and oxford streets, last
night, by a vote OF 100 to rs, requested
Rev. DIR. Duncan MacGregor TO resign
from the pastorate not later than Sept. 80
This minister is accused of having written
an improper letter to Miss Sallie George. a
member of the church. The deposed
clergyman's friends will start an indie
pendent church.
CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, Sept 10.-J. G..
Sisler, tax collector in Dunbar township,
having shot dog which had bit him, was
set upon by twenty-five Hungarians, who
attacked him with stones and clubs. Sisler
was roughly handled by the mob, and be.
lieving his life was in danger, fired into
the crowd, inhioting a fatal wound on
John Vaulla. Sisler then started to Union
town to give himself up John Spok said
Sisler deliberately shot Vaulla. Sisler
bears good reputation Vaulla leaves a
large family.
ALTOONA, Pa, Sept ia riot occurred
In boarding house conducted by Selrine
Salvtni, in the town of Bellwood, this
county, where seventy-ive Italians had
| congregated to drink beer Three Italians
were shot, one Of them fatally, during the
general fight which ensued. A woman,
concerning whom a couple of the Italians
had quarreled, was the cause Of the fight,
Several of the fighters, who were put out
Of the house. bombarded the place They
broke the doors and windows and badly
injured number Of the occupants. The
authorities will bring the rioters to jus,
tice
EAsToN, Pa, Sept. 2O-Charles Grether,
Of Easton,a an ex-convict, pleaded guilty
before Judge Reeder to robbing the house
Of Samuel Gress. at Wind Gap, breaking
out aud escaping from Bethlehem lookup,
breaking into and robbing the house of
John Hordendorf, of Plainheld township
sandbagging and robblng w. E. Crane, a
Philadelphia lumber agent at Bethlehem
burglarizing the residence Of George
Sohug, of Belfast, carrying concealed
deadly weapons and several other minor
charges, and was sentenced by Judge
Reeder to seven years In the Eastern peni
tentiary.
+NANSh NhbNht Aht sept lH.-lne lLe
publicans Of Carbon county at their con,
ventiOn placed themselves on record as IA
voring nomination for president Judge
TO succeed the late Judge Dreher, and
Horace Heydt was named as the conven
tiOn's choice. The other nominees were
For county treasurer, Levi Horn, of Frank
lin; associate judge DIR. J. b. Tweedle, oI
Westherly; register and recorder. Nathan
Tanner, of Lansford, county commission
ers H. II. Mcbride, Of Beaver Meadow
and w, H. Anthony, of Parryvllle, audi