The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-05-15

friends ; Mr.. < II. ssaAs
Peters, of Satington,, was ip town at
tending to the business OF Hon. A. j.
Durling, on Wednesday last, while the
latter was absent oil a piscatoral excur,
sion.
1.-THE good" looking, young man
at the Eehigh Valley depot, should set
his rat trap, not put the rats to the
trouble of gnawing their way in to de-
YOUR the bait. Ills new patent trap,
yoYknow.pot aas'9G "
1.-THE borough Council of Welssport
notify the juveniles of that lovely burg
that they must not be found on the
streets after 87e'eiockP. NJ. .,under PEN
atty of The lock-up. T. - y = 81
Joseph verzi, of Philadelphia, has
oper ed a merchant tailoring establis6
ment, in the building formerly oGu-
pied by Fred, dSchmidt, n in Weissport.
He guarantees good "fit" at low prI /.
ces. Ia
j. A. HON is enlarging the North-
western Hotel, at the upper end OF
town, by adding 20x4S feet to the pres
epthuilding.s The hotsl Is 'ppder the
managemant,of Mr. .2aJosis Dfumbore,
and when finished i'll be one of the
handsomest in town. -
--Messrs. Rex & HON have a neatly
arranged Office and scales opposite the
Northwestern Hotel, and have now a
stock of fine Jersey shoats and u lot of
sheep ON hand. They sell low for the
money, at least Dan says so. b,
For sale, q brown year old St.
Charles horse, warranted sound and
good worker; very suitable horse for
farm work. For further particulars
apply at the "Carbon Advocate otfi ce."
"A. w. Eaches left for Wilkes
barre on Tuesday lmorning last, Ito at.
tend the Grand Council of the Imp. o.
of r. M, as representative of Poho
Polka Tribe. a,
The tri. ennial session of the Gen
eral Synod of the Reformed Church in
the United States will be held at Fort
Wayne, lad, on May 10th. Joseph.
Laubach and Rev. A. B. Koplin, of
Catasauqua; Rev. A. j. G. Dubbs, of
AllentOwn; Rev. S. Aa2Leinbach and
Q. L. Schreiber, of Coplay, and T. F.
Butz, of Whitehall, are the delegates
chosen to represent the East Penna.
Chassis. Messrs. Geo. Hagenbuch,
Jacob b. 0deuwelder andrM. II. Derr
haveAbeen appointediay alternates.
The annual parade of the Miners
and Laborer's Benevolent Association
took place Monday at Hazleton. The
demonstration was q success the whole
Lehigh region being represented, and
everything passed off in an orderly
manner. The miners say they can hold
out four months loaser.
1t is stated from Pottsville that
three hundred miners Of Locust Gap
and its vicinity Monday crossed the
Mountain to the Hickory Ridge colliery,
which resumed operation in the inorn.
ing. They discharged their firearms
In the air, advanced on the men ard
prevented them from working. The
inside boss demanded that they should
allow his men to work, whereupon one
d them struck him with club. The
moR then compelled the miners at Ian.
caster collieries to quit work, and
threatened them with death If work
was resumed, saying also that they
would burn the breaker.
> A series of protracted meetings
have been in progress in the NJ. e.
church for the past two or three weeks.
The usual questions which precede
every holiday have been started, in
view of the near approach of the day
set apart for the decoration of soldiers
graves. This holiday is fixed for the
3Oth of May, but when that falls on
Sunday the statute of this State pro-
yldes that the preceding Saturday shall
be a public holiday, and therefore all
notes falling due on that day are paya-
BILE on the previous day. .oI
-Advces from Wilkes Barre say
thai, thirty men went to work in Hutch
inson's mine Tuesday morning. hey
were armed with revolvels and rifles,
and marched in. u body from their
homes. A crowd of men, women and
boys followed them, uttering threats
and imprecations, and the violence of
the women nearly precipitated a con-
dict at one time, a posse was sent to
Kingston for the protection of the
workers in the afternoon. w
The members of the "Lehighton
Mission" Evangelical association have
purchased the lot on Northampton and
South streets, Of Messrs. Samuel Heb
erllng & Levan, for $1,000, ON which the
mission intent to erect church edifee,
as soon as practicable, to the honor and
glory OF the Most High.-J."C. B.