The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-09-09
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Our friend F. p. SemmeI says he
owns the fastest trotter, the handsomest
dog and the finest farm in Carbon coun.
ty, Guess, Frank is correct. ,.-
-" The mdepender p' is the name of
new candidate for public favor, pub
lished every Thursday, at Mauch Chunk,
by l.. A. Miner, at S1,00 a year. We
wish editor and paper success
AN the latest novelties Of the sea-
son, in ladies' dress goods and shawls,
to be seen at the Original Cheap Cash
Store, beautiful plaids at 1219cts per
yard. ,.,..t.y ... ...... .r
Helm & German are just receiving
| a very large stock Of boots and shoes,
for fall and winter wear, which they are
prepared to sell at very low prices.
just lock, mems boots at from 81. 25
upwards.
Il he Lebanon Mutual Fire Insu.
rance Co, Of Jamestown, has just laid
an assessment of t3 per 1000 insured,
to be paid on or before Sept. 2Sth. The
company holds large number of risks
in this county.
Mrs. Thomas Higgins after getting
off train on the Lehigh AMI Susque-
hanna railroad, at Minioka, on Satur.
day, was run over and killed by an en-
gine upon the side track. She was 20
years old.
p. T. Brady, at "76" has got 'em
fried, stewed or on the half shell, to
suit his customers, Pete is notorious
for keeping TIE finest oysters In season.
j. T. Nusbaum & Son. at the ORR
ginal Cheap Cash Store, have Just re-
turned from New York with their Fall
and Winter stock of Dry Goods and
Dress Goods, and are offering great in
ducement to cash buyers.
The black bass in the Lehigh are
leading a cannibalistic kind of life.
They are destroying the small fish
particularly catfsh--Oy the hundreds.
Large numbers OF them have been wash
ed upon the banks along the river.
"A horse weighing 2260 pounds, and
standing l7h hands high, passed over
the Lehigh Valley railroad the other
morning, en- route for the Exposition
at Philadelphia. He was of the Scottish
draught breed, and came from Wiscon.
sin.
Very neat and elegant are the pa
per collars that you can now buy with
picture of George Washington on each
corner. Ditto the rigs" turned out
at the popular livery of David Ebbert,
OIL North Street. Terms very low.
The Berk's County Agricultural
Society have resolved to prohibit all
forms of gambling or game of chance
on their fair grounds this year. The
Lehigh Society laid down the same rule
three years ago, and it works well.
Now, let the Carbon County Industrial
Society follow suit.
Brother Schlauch, of the Slatinpton
News, was in town Thursday and CALL
ed in to see us. He reports business in
Slatington fair to mdding. " Medi-
cine Cases" alias Slatington's poet
Laureate, he reports, has taken Horace
Greeley's advice and gone "West'"
Mr. l.. Revallin Bartho lomew, mem.
Der of the graduating class in the Theo-
logical Seminary, Lancaster, preached
a very affective sermon, ,on Sunday last,
in the Lutheran Church of this place.
He left to resume his studies on Mon
day. During his summer vacation he
has made host of friends. Iday God
crown his iabors.
Ground was broken on Thursday
Of last week, at Matamoras, Pike Co.,
for the Lehigh and Eastern railway,
which is to extend one hundred miles
and connect the Dan,ille and Hazleton
railroad with the Elie railroad at Port
Jervis, N. Y. The road is to be COM
pleted by the 1st Of April, 1877.
We frequently see the word "Limi.
ted" affixed to firms title, and many
there are who wonder what it signifies.
1t means, when applied to corporations
and companies, that the liabilities of
stockholders is limited to the amount of
money they invest in a concern, so that
in case of smash up creditors could
only recoverthe amount invested by each
stock holder.
Monday morning about half past
six O'Clock, as passenger train No. 1S,
Lehigh Valley railroad, was nearing the
furnace below East Penn Junction, it
struck two ladies walking on the track,
and both we're instantly killed. Their
names are Mrs. Rudolph and Mrs.
Messer, both from Salisbury township,
Lehigh county. Mrs. Messer Is
daughter of Mrs. Rudolph.
f-The Citizens Cornet Band, of this
Borough, Wednesday last received a
full set of instruments, aud are now
busily engaged preparing themselves
for parades, &c. The band is under
the leadership Of Mr.. F. P. Lentz.. The
committee on collections will call on
you for contributions in the course of
few days. when it is hoped YOU win re-
spond literally. f ..
The Hazleton Sentinel says the
miners and laborers can stand the pro-
posed reduction OF ten per cent. on
their wages provided work can be fur
nished steadily, but II they cannot be
employed any more than they have been
SO far during the year, the reduction
will come hard upon them. The pro-
posed reduction In rents, the cheapen-
lug of store goods, and the cutting down
the price of beef, will assist them some.
what, and II they can but have steady
work they will be aDle to get through
without suffering. o.. I..