The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-03-03
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ellIluB lu6u WIFI pun Oh holl hhiN'
All the collieries in Panther CIeek
valley Gansford) with the exception
of Nos. 3 and s resumed work Tues
day morning. This is cheering news
to the people of that locality.
-Sprng, gentle spring time, and e.
H. Rhodes, opposite the CARBON AID
voCATE office, has just receivedia large,
fine selection of garden and vegetable
seeds, which he is selling at low prices.
"A convention of the democracy of
Luzerne county will meet at Wilkes.
barre, March 81, for the purpose of
revising the rules and regulations of
the party, and especially to devise
some means of settling disputes be-
tween rival candidates arising after the
regular conventions.
The jury in the case of David r,
Street, who was held on trial at Easton
for one week charged With the murder
of Edward Able on the morning of
November 23d, 1876, ou Friday of last
week brought In verdict of not guilty.
--Rey. Henry Ward Beecher, the
famous pulpit orator and lecturer, ard
who WAS made still more famous by
the remarkable Beecher-TiltOn trial,
will lecture in Allentown in the early
part of April. His subject. "Religion
and Education" will 40 doubt be
handled with mastery hand. and af-
ford pleasure to all who may hear him.
H. T. Monahan, U. S. N, who
has been at home waiting orders for
several months, received orders to join
the U. S. S. Swartara, now lying in
Hampton Roads, last week, and left
for Fortress Monroe on Monday morn
ing. Bon voyage, Harry.
The Missionary Anniversary OF
the NJ. E. Sabbath School, of this bo-
rough, was held on Sunday last. 1t
proved to be quite an interesting Occa-
sion; very appropriate and lively ad-
tfesses were delivered by r. F. Hof-
ford, G. S., and w. w. Bowman, Esq.
The collection taken up amounted to
$l7S6, and the amount for the year to
$42.52.
The Scranton Republican says !;
The Miners of Oliphant are now earn
ing but SIG or $18 per month, hardly
enough to keep the wolf from the door.
A few who have the means are max
ing arrangements to go to Virginia,
purchase land and live as farmers.
Many more would go if they had the
whercwith to get away.
The annual session of the East
Pennsylvania Conference of the Evan.
gelcal Association is now being held
in st. Johns Evangelical Church, Sha.
mokin. This conference is composed
of fully one hundred members, its terri
tory embracing that part of PennsylA
vania lying east of the Susquehanna
river and west of the Delaware, ex-
tending about one hundred miles fiOm
east to west and 80 miles from north to
south.
Mr.. Ferdinand Rivola, of Allen
town, has purchased the stock and good
will of r. g. WiddoSs' barber shop,
under the Exchange Hotel, and has
taken possession, where he Is prepared
to wait upon all who may favor him
with call. Mr.. Rivola is also running
the first class barber shop under the
Cross-Keys Hotel at Allentown, which
Is sufficient guarantee of his ability
to please our people.
early Monday morning a scaffold
in blast furnace of the Bethlehem
Iron COmpany's Works, at Bethlehem,
gave way, precipitating six men to the
ground, a distance of seventy feet. Two
of the men, Charles Myer, of Ritters.
vile, and Henry Keichline, of Bethle-
hem, were killed. The others-Charles
Durn, of Sauc0n; George Nice, of Hell.
lertown; Jacob FOgel, of Salisbury; and
Milton Kepler, of Bethlehem-were se-
verely injured, and two of them may
not recover.
The Keystone State Normal School
loses one of the most efficient of It's
corps of teachers. Prof. f. X. Bernd,
superintendent of the model school de-
partment, has resigned his position, the
resignation to take effect at the close of
the present term. Prof. Bernd is also
the leader of the Philharmonic Singing
Society of the same institution. He
proposes to ehgage in the milling busi-
ness at Mauch Chunk.
--Messrs. Laury & Peters have com.
menced eXcavating on the corner of
Bank and Iron streets, for the erection
of new store building. An evidence
of business prosperity which we are
pleasel to note. The building is to be
2OX50 feet, two full stories, to be built
OF brick, under the supervision of Adam
Eaehes, aud is to be finished by April
1st.
The blue glass furore is having a
singular effect in this borough. Wherey-
er patched window is seen it Is be,
ginning 10 be regarded as sign of
disease, and people carefully breathe
through their noses, and quicken their
pace as they pass it. 1t should be re-
membered that blue glass in the win
dOwS Is no sign OF cOntagiou, aud
young men areparlicularly requesteduot
to cease their visits because this sign is
exhibited. 1t may only mean that the
young ladies are rheumatic, aud are
still able to receive calls or take an
airing in one of David EbbeIt's hand
some rigs" which he lets nut at low
rates.
"A bill before the Legislature pro.
vldes that grocers and ali butchers in
this Commonwealth, in addition to the
remedies now provided by law, shall
have the right to attach wages and
money due for labor, due or owing
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