The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-09-12


of Hockendauqua, gave birth to child
last week which weighed sixteen
pounds.
--Messrs. Peter Gross and VIM. Gish,
trustees, last week declared div;dent
of twenty per cent upon the liabilities
of the exploded Dime Saving Bank of
,Slatington, payable now, at the former
Banking House.
The water in the Lehigh river is
exceedingly low. At some points, is is
said the stream bed eau be walked
across on stones, without getting wet
feet.
Cheaper than the cheapest Prints
at 5cts per yard and upwards; muslin,
bleached and unbleached, at Gets and
upwards. and every thing else cheap in
proportion to the above prices at E. II.
Snyder's.
Philip RAIDER and Max Sehweibinz
have opened a furniture ware house in
East Mauch Chunk, and are selling all
kinds of furniture very low. They also
make a speciality of repaining furniture
at moderate prices, Call and inspect
goods and prices.
The Lehigh Valley R. R. bridge,
which crosses the Lehigh River at Penn
Haven was destroyed by fire on Tues.
day night. The Central R. R. Co., of
New jersey, very kindly offered the L..
V. Company the use of their road,
which offer was accepted by them, and
business went along with but a slight
interruption.
Our estimable young citizen, Mr..
f. P. Lentz was elected Superintendent
of the NJ. E. Sabbath School, on Sunday
last.
Rev. Thos. Bowman, p. E., of AL
lentown, will deliver lecture, on the
subject of "The Hand of God in the
History of Our Country" in the Evan.
gelical church, Weissport, on Monday
evening, Sept. 21st, for the benefit of
the Sunday School. Admission 25 cts.
The lecture will be edelivered in English.
The Crane Iron Co. of Catasauqua
have notified their furnace employees
of another reduction in wages on and
after to-day, keepers to receive 50 per
day, helpers $1.s5, and filters s1.75.
The prospects for tie iron trade are
qnus ually dark at this time, prices and
demands are decreasing. Every indi-
cation points to very dull winter for
our iron producing regions.
The Pennsylvania State Fair will
he held at Easton, commencing on Mon
day, September 2sth. and continuing
four days.
The drouth of the past three weeks
has seriously Ljured vegetation of all
kinds. We learn that in many places
the pastures have been so scorched and
dried up that farmers have been Obliged
to fodder their cattle and other stock
1t has had the effect also to give the
price of butter and hay an upward
tendency.
On Wednesday of last week pei
dog, belonging to Alex. Rambo, steward
at the Wyoming HopSe, Scranton, wa:
seen running about the hotel fc aiming
at the mout hand with every symptom o.
madness. Mr.. Rambo called it to hin
when 1t bit him in the leg and ran of
again. He, however, soon caught il
and killed 1t. 1t is known to have Bit
tenseveral other dogs and cats, and hat
shown disposition to bite everything
Lear it for several days. Mr.. RambC
called DIR. Leet who examined his bit,
and cut out a large piece of the cal
of the leg around the bite, thus proba-
bly, remove all the virus.
For family -four, of the very bes
quality 60 to j. X. Rickert, East Weiss
port. Lumber and coal in large O
small quantities at lowest market rates
A few lots in RickertOwn still unsold-
buy at once.