The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-07-01
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Matters Of Interest from All Over
the Commonwealth.
PRESENTED IN BRTEFEsT FORM

Grimes and Casualties Of Every Char
acter sent by the News cathsrsrs Of
the Different Localities and Carefully
Edited.
PHILADELPHIA, June 90-Charies Bit
tlngs aged GO years, an engineer on the
Reading railroad, was killed in a collision
az the Fifth street crossing Of that road
yesterday The loaded coal train which
Bttings engine was pulling was coming
east with a clear track ahead. Bittings'
son, who was his fireman, SAW another
loaded coal train start across an intersoot-
ing track Just ahead of him. Calling TO
his father to jump the young man sprang
from the locomotive. The old engineers
only reply was a shake Of the head he
reversed his engine in vain attempt TO
check its speed, and stood with his hand
on the lever until It crushed into the other
train A big smashup resulted The en-
gine turned completely over, and tons Of
IRON were piled on the engineers body. II
lay for four hours under this mass.
BACK in the Insane Asylum.
NoRRIsrowN, June 9s--William Lock,
Of Plymouth. who was released from the
hospital for the insane last Thursday by
decree of the court, for a probationary pc
riod of six months. Is back TO the institur
tion again. Mrs Lock says her husband
on Tuesday night manifested signs Of re-
turning insanity, and that he drove her
and the children out. Fearing there would
be created a scene similaf to that one night
last September, when Lock, in a at Of in
sanity, slew his youngest child by cutting
its throat, she fed to the house Of a neigh
Dor. Yesterday Lock drove to Norristown
and accompanied by his counsel went to
the court, where he expressed his belief
that he had better return to the hospital
He was accordingly sent back.
Five Killed in a NantiooRe ColIiery.
WnKEsBARRE Pa, June 2S.-At late
hour last evening while eight men were at
work at Nanticoke in No gangway Of
No. slope OF the Susquehanna Coal COM
pany, about three quarters of a mile from
the bottom of the shaft terrific explos-
ion of gas took place which hurled the
victims OFF their feet aud scattered them
In all directions killing four men and
boy instantly, and seriously but not fatally
iniuring three more. The dead are as
follows; Abram Walker, aged 20, leaves
wife and four children, John L. Smith, 70,
leaves wife and four children; Fronk
Wolad, Polish laboret, "a, single; John
Malinoskey, Polish iaborer 80, single,
Frank Bennock Polish doorboy, ID.
Found Dead at his Post
CHESTER, Pa, June 2S.--The fireman Of
a fast freight train on the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad OBJ
served last night that the engineer did not
slack up in rounding the curve near here,
and climbed up into the cab TO SET what
the trouble was. He made the startling
discovery that the engineer, Ebenozet
Craig, was dead at his post. The fireman
quickly reversed the engine and brought
it to a standstill in front OF the Chester
station. When the train stopped few
miles north of here Craig was apparently
all right. He was IS years old, aud bad
been employed on the road about four
years
The Potato Bug Must Go.
READING, June 29--Ab last a bug has
arrived which is a friend of the tRrmef
This stranger Of the insect world Is not
only friend, but it has begun a w0r Of
extermination upon the farmers most re-
lentless Toe, the potato bug. The debut
Of this little beast has sent thrill OF Joy
from one end Of Berks county TO the other.
It is expected that this bug will have the
effect of producing big yield of potatoes.
DIR. wyckoR Gets Sixteen Years.
KITTAN1NG, Pa, June 27.-Dr. Wyokof,
the originator of the plan to rob the Lees
ing of Councilman Shaffer on the night OF
the intended robbery, was yesterday SEN
fenced to twelve years in the penitentiary
for murder in the second degree, four years
for burglary, and TO the work house for six
months for keeping a gambling house.
Found Murdered on the Mountain.
GETTYSBURG, June 2S.-The dead body
Of Jacob w. Wagaman, of this county, was
found near his home In the South noun.
tain. He had been killed by strangula-
tion. There is no clew to the murderer.
Wagaman was about 40 years Of age and a
peaoeable citizen. This is the second muir.
der in that locality withip four months.
killed with a Hatohot.
FREELAND, June 29.-Anthony Match
essi died yesterday from the effects of
wounds received in a fight few days ago.
The fight occurred on the highway, and
was participated in by a half dozen for
eigners. Who struck the fatal blow Is not
known, but his name will probably be
brought out at todays inquest
An EmbezzIer Sentenced.
SCRANTON, June 29-John ]. Lamb, who
decamped from indianapolis last month
with the funds of the international
Machinists Of America, of which he was
treasurer, and was afterwards arrested
AeIoi pleltueu BullJy 10 tne emDeIHl6menb
of s., 500, and Judge Gunster sentenced
him to year in prison.
A New Pennsylvania Day.
HARRISBURG, June 28.-It is said un-
officially that the project TO make the
Fourth Of July Pennsylvania Day at the
Worlds fair has been abandoned, and that
the Keystone state will not have its day
until September, when the entire com
mission will meet in Chicago.
Fatal Kick from a Horse.
EAsToN, June GA young son OF Phil
lips Hess, farmer, Upper Mount Bethel,
went into the stable and took hold Of one
of the horses legs. The animal kicked
him in the side, and he died from his in
juries.
Woman Impaled on n Fence.
SCRANTON, June 29.-Mrs. Charles Engle
81 years old, while picking cherries fell
from tree, owing to the breaking of a
limb. She was impaled on picket fence
and death resulted quickly.
Judge Drsher Dead.
STRoUDsBURG, June "a. - Samuel 5.
Dreher, judge Of the court of Monroe and
Carbon counties, died suddenly Of gout,
| aged 60 years