The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-02-26

highton broom mRnufactory from H.C
Levanway. ..-
The revival meetings In the NJ. E.
church are still auceessfu lily progress
Ing.
wednesday sight and Thursday
morning were the coolest OF the season
in this locality.
We have added several new sub
scribers on our list again this week.
Remember the " Advocate" IS only 81
a year.
The Gift Enterprise Of the Stating.
ton Rifles comes off March 25th.
Last year the net earnings of the
North Pennsylvania Railroad werG
s5l9, l92 34,and the net profit, over in
terest and taxes, t1G0. 5e7.O1.
Get your fresh bread from Haller
& Dreibelbies, at the Lebiehton bakery,
cakes for weddings, and parties a
speciality. Candies and confections OF
finest quality.
The Thomas Iron Co., are ship
ping back from Cumberland county
considerable OF the machinery they had
in use there in mining during the past
few years.
Work has been suspended in the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company's rolling mill at Reading un-
tl next month. As q result 40 en-
ployess have no earnings at this time.
The I.ehigh Coal and Navigation
Company announces quarterly divi>
dend of two per cent, or One dollar per
share, payable on the 3D. of March.
Ash Wednesday, beginning of Lent,
Wednesday, March, 1st f; st. Patrick $
Day, Friday, March 18th Good Fri
day, April i4th Easter Sunday and
Monday, April 10th and 18th Ascen-
sion Day, Thursday, May 25th Whit
Sunday and Monday June 4th and 9th; 1;
Centennial, Tuesday, July 4th Christ
mas, Monday, Dec. 25th.
AT Pottsvllle Wednesday, "a hearing
was given on writ of habeas corpus In
the ease of Munley and dcAllister,
charged with the murder of Wren and
Singer, mine bosses, at Raven Run, in
September last The accused were iden-
tiEed and remanded to jaH.
-Melchor IIoEn, Esq, of Catasau-
zua, was on Saturday last elected Major
Of the Fourth Regiment, In place of
Capt. s. ID. Lehr, who resigned that
position. The election took place at
Reading,
Next Tuesday will he Shrove
Tuesday" or Fastnackt, and no doubt
any quantity Of cake known by that
name will be brought upon the tables.
The Lehigh Fire Brick Works at
Catasaucua are now lying entSely idle,
all of the laboring force having been
discharged on Saturday week.
William Reber desires US TO state
that he has been appointed agent for
sBs coun&y to take subscriptions for
the /" Star Spanglsd Banner" one of
the most popular monthly papers pub
lished. Terms /: paper and choice of
4 out of 10 chrOnos, 81 a year paper
and one large chrome, 81 a year, or the
paper and an extra large sized chrome
1925 for one year.
w. w. Reber anil Ed. Miller, ar
rived home from Philadelphia, We'd
nesday night, where they have been in
attendance on the medical lectures at
tie University of Pennsylvania.
Preparations are already being
made fol the first OF April the day
when titles to property are given, money
paid over, etc. From now until then
money is locked up and remains idle,
and payments are 'eferrcd. This is
not as it should be. Why not pay now,
IL you can, apd thus let that money
circulate, make business, and pay debtsP
This system of putting off Rli payments
to the first is wasteful.
1t is sGid that a water pipe and
iron tube factory is to be erected at Full
lertown, by a Boston party, the coming
spriug. The building is to be five hun
dred feet long and about one hundred
feet wide.
The Justices Of the Peace elected
on Tuesday week should remember that
if they take out commissions at all, they
must give written notice to the Proth-
onotary within thirty days from elec-
tion day.
u6 AuCHpWD hUiIlUR Will IN az
present turning out the iron for bridge
l34 feet in length to be erected on the
line of the New Jersey Central Rail-
road, over In Jersey.
Adam Sherman was killed and John
Harris was fatally injured by an explo-
sion of sulphur in the collerg of King
d Co., at LlewellyB, in Schuylkill Co.,
Wednesday morning. 1t Is thought the
snlphur was igni:ed by the miners'
lamps.
~" THE HOME. I'VE have received
copies of neatly printed and illustra-
ted young folks paper, Of the above
name, published by S. l.. Thrope, No.
IA Bolivar st., Cleveland. Ohio. It is
printed on clear white paper, and is
filled with variety Of interesting and
instructive reading for youth. 1t ia
issued monthly for so cts. per year, or
semi-monthly at so cts. The publishers
offer very fine inducements to agents
and guarantee each subscriber a fine
chrome. They also offer to send sam
pie copies free to all who desire to ex.
anime it.
Daniel Gallagher, OF Harlelgh, Pa,
was stabbed in saloon at Hazleton
Monday evening, and 1t was feared he
would not recover. His assallant was
arrested.