The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-05-19
Fresh CLAIMS at p. T. Bradv's.
-Our talented friend, p. ]. Mech


ing hot blast for their No. 5 furnace
at Catasauqua, the stack of which will
be about one hundred and forty-five feet
high.
There is a prospect that our School
Directors will reduce the school and
building taxes each about one-third the
present year. The idea is good-and
IL possible should be carried out.
Hester, Tully and McHugh, the
Molly Maguires convicted of having
murdered Alexander Rea, near Mount
Carmel, nine years ago, were sentens
ced to be hanged, at Bloomsbury Mon
day.
Burke Downes, boatman, while
In a state of intoxication, attempted to
board d moving coal train, above MGuch
Chunk, on Thursday last week, and
fell beneath the cars, and was fatally
injured.
The last will and testrhent of Geo.
Audenried, deceased, of Allen town
ship, has been fled III the Registers
Office at Easton, and letters testament
ary have been issued TO William Auden-
ried and John Rommel, Jr.
f-During Wednesday night a collision
fbetween coal trains occurred on the L.
q S. r. r., near the Weissport depot,
resulting in the smashing of some eight
or ten empty coal cars and the blocking
of the road for several hours.
Now that the warm days have come,
there is nothing more pleasant than a
delightful drive through the Mahoning
and Big Creek valles, and then David
Ebbert furnishes teams so low, that all
can afford to enjoy this luxury.
"A cattle train from the West ran
into COW on the North Pennsylvania
Railroad at Rock Hill Station, Satur-
day afternoon. Eight cars were smash.
ed and man was injured. Travel on
the road was delayed by the wreck,
Scranton is being Murphyized. The
mayor has ordered the closing of all
saloons and places where liquor is sold
on Sunday. The police are held respon.
sible for the proper execution of the
order under penalty of being dismissed
\ frOm the force.
The body of Philip Reilly, of Fern
dale, was found on the Lehigh Valley
Railroad bet Allentown and Cata.
sauqua, at one o'clock Saturday morn
ing. There was pistol wound in the
head, and three deep cuts in the body.
The Grand Encampment of Odd
Fellows, of Pennsylvania, in session at
Erie, is said to be the largest ever held
in this State. More than 100 "Past
Grands" of subordinate lodges were ad-
mitted to membership in the Grand
Lodge on Tuesday.
A committee will be appointed to
wait upon the ladies, of Wessport aus
Lehighton, asking contribution from
them of flowers for decorating the
graves of deceased comrades, and Of
course the ladies will respond mos
liberally to their appeal.
The acrostlc entertainment given
by the children of the Packerton NJ. E.
Sunday school on Tuesday evening las
was q success. The children looked
well and rendered their parts very
prettily, the house was comfortably
filed, and all seemed to enjoy the exer
cises.
The few surviving widows and or
phans of the gallant soldiers of 1S1.
will be glad to hear of the increase il
their pensions, which are almost dOub
led. Those who have already drawn
their money for the current six months
are entitled to some "back-pay "whicl
they can take without dread of publ
disapprobation.
Rev. A. II. Bartholomew, havinj
| ot no
Seminary, Lancaster, was home visiting
his friends during the early part of tn
week. He will leave on Thursday o
next week to take charge of congre
cation at Hummelstown, Dauphin coun
ty. We wish our young friend muc
success in his first field of labor.
Mrs. John Nothstein, of Pleasan
Corner. invites the ladies to call an
examine her new and elegant stock o
spring and summer millinery goods
hats, bonnets and n0tions-of newes
/, designs also, full line of ladies dres
> goods. dry goods groceries, provision;
. &C., Of choicest quality. Pflhts an
muslins at from @ cents a yard, and a
3 other goods equally cheap for CASH
: Our genial young friend and Phila
delphia correspondent "Marcutio," ha
been up visiting along the valley fo
q the past few days, and Thursday after
g noon stopped to give us "shahe." II
d looked we'll, and the amiabe emil
J. beaming on his countenance told plair
70 er than words the pleasure and benef
he was realizing from his trip To til
u mountains.
- The trial of Michael McGee, T.
completely in the Langdon murder, WI
commenced in the Schuylkill court,
p" POttsville, on Tuesday last. job
, Lynch, of Wilkes Barre, NJ. NJ. L
u Velle, W. j. Whitehouse and Judl
: Ryon are counsel for the pTisone
:, while the Commonwealth is representt
- ey the District Attorney and Gel
i Charles Albright, of Mauch Chunk.
to We are reliably Informed th
Al Miner Brothers expect very soon to fu
10 their foundry to its full capacity haviI
I0 just received an order for forty thOusaI
a. castings to be delivered as soon as poss
Bile, and contract to be continued ther
after. This contract alone will ket
q. them in full blast for the next t
?, months. They also have contracts fro
sa three leading sewing machine con
~ panies, all reliable parties of loI