The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-08

days,
III you shoot partrldges now you dc
so illegally.
Judge Dreher, of Monroe, presided
over the Courts at Easton last week.
The Minehill and Schuylkill Hav.
en- Railroad announces dividend of 9
1-2 per cent, equal to 81 Ia per share,
payable on demand,
The East Mahanoy Railroad Com.
pany announces dividend of 81 .46
per share, payable on the 10th inst.
Auditor General, J. f. Temple, will
please accept our thanks for copy OF
the annual report of the Finances OF
Pennsylvania.
The North Pennsylvania Railroad
Company announces semi i-snnual div.
idend of per cent, payable February
l. The transfer books will remain
closed until the 18th inst.
The Anthracite Insurance Com
pany announces a dividend of 9 per
cent, payable on the 10th inst.
d. advises three young damses n OF
to promenade the streets of Lehghton
In male attire. 1t is very unbecoming
as well as against the law. Be careful,
ID keeps an eye on you.
The Thomas Iron Company has
stopped one of its mines In Longswamp
township.
The annual meeting of the Lehigh
County Agricultural Society will be
held in February.
They had 100 tramps in the Beth
lehem lookup last week, and but two
were women. Good for the female sex.
There is inovmeent on foot for the
oldest inhabitants in each town to plant
a few centennial trees next spring.
"A movement Is Oh foot looking to
the consolidation of the various poul
try associations in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania
The Delaware Lackawanna and
Western Company advertise their usual
quarterly dividend of "a per cent, pay
able January Goth.
Handsome horses and neat carri.
ages, for pleasure parties or funerals,
can always be obtained at David Eb-
bert's livery, Bank street, at low charges.
Quite an interesting revival is in
progress at the NJ. L. church, at Pack
erton.
The II: :45 a. m. up train, Tuesday
on the L. V. II. r., was one hour be-
hind time, Cause, engine jumped the
track at East Penn junction.
Three bears were killed at Stony
Greek, this county, during last week.
We have just received another lot
Of new printing material. Send along
your orders now, if you want neat and
cheap printing
The Hollenbach Works, No. 3, and
5he Diamond Shaft of the Lehieh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company, in the
Valley, have suspended op.
'rations for ten days, to allow of repairs.
Except for repairs, there will be no sus-
pension in the Wyoming region.
The Central Railroad Company of
New Jersey will pay the usual quarter.
V dividend of 90 per cent January 90.
Transfer books closed December 81 and
eopeu JANUARY ~f.
Governor lIartranft has pardoned
Joseph LevinS, of Shamokin, who was
entenced In September, 1874, to two
ears Imprisonment in the Peniten-
iary for marslaughter.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com |
'any is continually increasing its mo-
i've power. Last week two new heavy |
reight engines were received at the |
ALLEY shops in South Easton, making
10 locomotives owned by the COM
ny.
The last sheriff of Northampton
ounty is said to have cleared s25, 200
uFing his term.
-Luzerne sportsmen are growing
yer cock fight victory which they
ron from Lehigh countians.
Ten convicts from Luzerns county
'ere taken to the eastern penitentiary
few days ago. Their aggregate sen
ences reached sixty-five years ana Ave
lonths. One of the convicts received
'urteen years and ten months.
The German Dramatic Amateur
lub intends to give grand entertain
'ent in the Public School Hall, on
Iashington'5 Birthday, February 22d.
he performance will include two new
nd laughable farces, and a variety of
loruses by the famous Sengerbund OF
llentown.
e. Fl. Rhodes wants his friends to
now that he has just received fresh
ock of groceries and provisions, inclu-
ng teas of choicest favors, sugars,
'ied fruits, hams. tobacco, &C., which
is selling at prices as low as the same
'ods can be bought for in any town
the Lehigh Valley.