The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-08-01
Local and Personal:
--On Tuesday last bar iron advanced

Ouo Coue pOI pouhu'
For nobby suit and q perfect fit
go to Laury & Peters, merchant tailors.
Since June 10th upwards of 5000
persons have visited Glen Onoko.
w. A. Graver has received new
lot Of goods.
Over 5000 tourists have "done"
the Switch Back so far this season.
One dollar a bushel is the price
asked for potatoes on our streets by the
farmers. Butter 80 cts. u pound and
eggs 25 cts per dozen.
The Lehigh Emery Wheel manu-
factory have now got about all their
machinery in working order, and are
prepared for orders for wheels of all
sizes. ...
They are busy as bees at Olewine
a& Miners Fort Alien Foundry, in Weiss
port. H.l i .os
w. A. Graver sells calico at 8 cents.
Go and be convinced.
The Easton jail holds 80 prisoners
at present-fve in excess of the mum.
ber Of Its cells.
The old Presbyterian Church at
.Slatington is being torn down to make
room for a better and larger structure.
Subscribers to the Advocate are no
Ronger liable for postage on this paper
IL they live within the county.
Side band calicos at VIM. A.
Graver.4-
The fall meeting of the Lee Park
'Trotting Association of WDkesbarre
will be held from August 10th to the
se1st. g'l JOB t.'.
From and after the 1st of August
tthe employees in the Allentown Rolling
Mill are to have another reduction on
sthair wages s5tis time from B to 10 per
,cent. .'
Horses and carriages of the best at
IL. F. Kleppinger's livery; also, on hand
"a lot of curb stones snd planks suitable
for sidewalks. -
On Friday last the No. staasSs6f
'the Thomas Iron Company's Fug6aces,
at Alburtis, was rreliehted, ,epdi is now
:again producing first class ie6n. 1t had
stood idle since last fall, Owing to the
panic.
H E. FasEirger, late j. FataGger
d Son, keeps constantly on hand large
stock of fine groceries, fruits and vege-
tables, which he is selling very low for
cash. Fresh fruitsian[ vegetables ae l.
most daily. n
MIR. and Mrs, Jones are both recov.
sering from the effects OF the stabbing.
As scan as the attending physicians
consent canbe gained the husband will
He taken to the countySail and held for
trial
-Laury s. Peters have just received
a large and elegant stock ofnew goods,
comprising eieths, cassimeres and Vea-
ings, which they are prepared to make
up in the latest fashion at the lowest
prices.
Jessie Young, a brakesman on the
L. V. r. r., had his foot hurt, one day
last week, by being caught between the
bumpers.
--About now, as the almanac says,
you may expect huckelberry pie. The
crop is large.
Boots and shoes can be hadGt W.
A. Grayer's. .'.
If you want nice fitting shirt,
ieave your measure at Laury & Peters,,
Post Office.
We learn that the Allentown Roll.
ing. Mill Company have. seen shipping
about one hundred and seyenty.fiye
cons OF rails per day, for several days
past. This indication of a revival of
the Iron trade is a very pleasant thing
to contemplate.
--Yeakel & Albhght Of Weissport
have Just receiveda a large cargo of shaw.
ed shingles at low figure. Their new
plar.er Is now In operatI on and they
are doing work 10 order on short notice.
Mr.. Alex. Weiss, formerly Of Weiss-
port, with his children, starts for Cali
fornia next week. He proposes TO 20
into the orange culture. His wife has
been removed from the Philadelphia to
the Harrisburg Insane Asylum.
--'fEabia cocktails" are the latest
novelty at the Mansion House in Mauch
Chunk. II you 60 there ask the gen
tlemanly bartender to fix you one up.
1t Is strictly temperance drink of most
delicious flavor.
Certainly, you can always find nice
horses and tasty carriages at the popu-
lar livery of David Ebbert, Bank street,
Lehighton, at reasonable prices.
Two good girls for housework are
wanted, by M. w. Raudenbush, at
Packerton. Amount of wages for good
girls who suit the place will be no OBJ
toCt. ADpIV soon.