The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-01-20
THE NEWS,

We have received the January number Of |
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serial and short stories sketches poetry, wit
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instructive, and is one OF the cheapest papers-
the amount ana quality Of matter considered
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ize us to say, that IN order to introduce tho pa
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Our readers who avail themselves OF this offer
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place to canvass for this paper.
"A woman dropped dead on the streets OF
POttsville last week and the cOrOner's jury has
decided that her death was caused BY intOxicat-
ing liquor.
| tlon society offers twenty cents per pair for all
! healthy quail delivered TO any OF the members
The Reading Times thinks that narrow
| gauge road through the Obey valley. l3 m les in
length, Will be built and Will will prove profit
! able investment.
| received notice from London that the NOrth
| British railway have adopted tn IT device ana
l
| The HazletOn Sentinel says that Parder &
Co., have discovered vein Of coal 10 feet thicK
| at South Sugaroaf mountain an that vicinity
The discovery Is very important one.
| Tho late spurt IN oil has not lifted the people
OF Tltusville out OF all their ANTIQUITIES Out of
forty properties advertised by the sheriff OF
Crawford cOunty thirty are in that metropolis
PATRICK Collins one of the commissioners of
schuylEIll county, was arrested on Saturday.
at the suit of hls DOndsmen, ON 4 charge of de-
fault in the payment of taxes collected by him
| ora A A a uuu fnr D. fa an.
| pearance at court
~The Engineering and Mining journal ng.
| ures up the cost OF mtning coal, taxing three
collieries in Sohuylkil county fol examples, to
be $50 10 SSb3 per ton, without prOht TO the
operator or interest on the investment. The
reduction N cost, as compared with lS75, is from
80 cents 10 sl.05 per ton.
, See what little judielous hanging accom-
pllsheA The Scranton Republican Of lats
date says SAT no period in the past history OF
the coal teids If PennsYvania have they beCI
more orderly than at present time, Grimes O
ViOlonce are rare policemen IN cur hrge cite,
have a sinecure Of 10; aldermen have nothing u
never more saiahed OF ITS security than 1t II
: -The Lewisburg Chronicle says: Rev. Uric
Graves, Lutheran preacher OF some note, once
> pa tOr IN Milton. has been guilty Of so many
. oulantlsh eccentrlcities that commission hai
been appointed o. Inquire into the subject, HIi
| use of slang in the pulpit eluiVOoa ion abOu
| paying debts etc WUu.d seem 10 Indicate tha
| he Is DOrdennglOn lunHcy. He denies most o
v the charges Of unpaidOnaOle expressions In thi
q | pulpit, but enough are left undeneI 10 suspend
| HIN nom the ministry.
J. Mr.. Brush, OF rarpOrt. NJ Kean county, be
n ! ing somewhat new to the business OF HANDING
: | petroleum tOUk his lighted candle and uncover
y | cd 55O-barrel tnuk 70 make an interior ObseI
yauOn. The force Of the expo sion that tOllowei
landed MI. Brush far elOugh from the tank 4
save his life though burned severely. The Oi
a tank were entirely consumed.
The records of tbs auditor generals office o
d tins stale show that actual defaloatlOns on III
part of county treasurers have been discovers
SINCE January 1, ls1O, amounting ~ S93, ,627. .S9.
a -Charles Miller ont of work away fron hi
family IN the Old country, and tired II life, too
= pOisiOn and laid himself down 10 die IN a bar
neal oxford Furnace Ia 4 week lie was foun
onSaturdsy dead and nOEen sti1.