The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-03-04

There nave Depn SeVeIhl ChheS W
scarlet fever in Weatherly during the
past week or so.
-35 persons were received into the
Presbyterian church, of Weatherly, al
communion services on Sunday last.
The price of admission to the Cen
tennial exhibition has been fixed at OO
cents.
-Souder's Station, on the North Pa
Railroad, recently had its name chang
ed to Souderton.
The locomotive "Saucon," of the
Lehigh Valley railroad, is being repair
ed at the Easton shops.
The snow on Wednesday evening
made tolerably good sleighing Thurs"
day.
w. w. Bowman, Esq, cashier OF
the First National Bank, will take up
his residence in town about April lst.
The Crane iron Company of Cata-
sauqua last week blew out their No 4
furnace with view of having it repair
ed
Hon. A. ]. Durling will please ac-
cept our thanks for a copy of the An>
nual Report of the Secretary of Inter
nal Affairs.
- The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany last Friday received six new pas
senger ears from the Springfield manu-
factory.
Gen. and Mrs. Lilly, with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A Douglass, and Judge Les-
enring and wife, all Of Mauch Chunk,
are off on visit to Florida.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany are surveying route for new
railway from Emra to Geneva, via
Watkins, along the east shore of Seneca
Lake.
Alfred Humbod, about 80 years of
age. a machinist, committed suicide at
Wilkes Barre on Sunday. He is sup.
posed to have wife in Philadelphia.
Hon. j. II. Rawlins, member of
the Pennsylvania House of Representa-
tives from Blair county, died at his home
in Hollldaysburg, Oh Saturday last.
On Monday last, an old resident Of
Bath, named Thomas christ, committed
suicide by hanging himself in his barn.
No cause is assigned for the commission
of the act.
Mr.. Burnett has reported in the
Senate an act exonorating railroad and
other corporations from taxation until
they shall have declared a dividend of
six per centum per annum.
"A Spelling Bee will be held in the
Eoef WaiScpnrt pnhlin Gobnpl lTouSn Op
Friday evening, the 18th inst. The
proceeds to be devoted to the benefit of
the Educational Interests of the Cen
tennial Exhibition. Admission Is cents.
The revival meetings in the NJ. E.
church are still in successful progress.
I he attenda nee is yer large and there
are quite number of anxious inquirers
at tue bench. Fifteen converts were
taken into the church on Sunday last
on probation.
Subscribers who intend TO change
their places of residence on the 1st Of
April are requested to send notice to
the ADVOCATE office, so that their pa
pers can he properly addressed. In all
cases send the old pot Office address,
as well as the new one, to prevent mis-
takes.
A very fine bed of slate has just been
uncovered on the farm of Mrs, Sarah
Rerig, in Franklin township. A speCi-
men Of this slate shown to us, Is fully
equal in color and quality to any we
have heretofore seen. They are at work
getting out the slate and are now pre-
30 oh n,nlnro nd nfh
with any quantity. See advertisement
in another column.
"A lady correspondent writes to
know what nation furnishes the best
dOmestics in reply to which we say
that although we are not very we'll
posted in such matters we feel that we
can safely pronounce in favor of our
own country. Newark, N. j., fur
nishes the best. They are called the
b" Light Running Domestic" and are
to be found at any Office or agency of
the Domestic" Sewing Machine Com
pany.
On Monday evening last, number
of the members of Trinity Lutheran
church, of this borough, made a dOna-
llOH Nlolb W IllO Vi Nli ioti"ii -"
gedOrn, and left him large amount OF
provisions and necessary articles of
clothing The donation was well-timed,
Mr.. Hagedorn having been peculiarly
unfortunate during the past year, hav-
ing been laid up through the greater
part of the summer by an accident, ,and
now out of work on account Of the sus-
pension,
When a boy has been off all day,
contrary to the expressed wish of his
mother, and on approaching the home
stead at night, with an anxious and
cautious treat, finds company at tea, the
expression of confidence and rectitude
which suddenly lights up his face can
not be reproduced on canvas, and it is
only equalled by the serene smile of the
yeung lady who is invited by her lover
to take an airing in one of David Eb-
berts' handsome turnouts,
WORTHY OF NoTICE.-Our readers
should not fail to notice the advertise.
ments of Messrs. Hunter 81 Co., the
well known publishers of the popular
/" Star Spangled Banner" which have
appeared, and are appearing weekly in
our columns. The 4" Banner" is the
only paper In the world that exposes
every swindler, quack, fraud and hum
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