The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-12-21

duced rates, See advertisement in another
column.
"A number Of arrests have been made
horeabouts during the past few days of
persons charged with picking and stealing
coal on the L. " Il. r.
No. 2 furnace of tho Bethlehem iron
company last week yielded 4S0 tons of Bes-
semer iron. Only one furnace, specially
built, for the purpose, produces spiegeleisen.
The Carbon iron company, whose works
are located at Parryville, will at its next
meeting act upon a proposition to lease or
sell part, or the whole, of the real estate of
the company. So reported.
If you have occasion to visit Mauch
Chunk, or any other place on the line of the
L. & S. Railroad, buy your ticket before en-
tering the cars or it will cost you five extra,
/. c. fifteen cents to Mauch Chunk.
We learn that ali our Sunday Schools
are making extraordinary efforts to give the
children connected Herewith a happy
Christmas. The several entertainments will
occur on Christmas eve or Christmas night.
The Cammilla Urso concert ,at the Man
sion House, Mauch Chunk, on the evening
of the 10th inst, under the auspices of the
Atheneum was a decided success. The house
was well filled and the performance excel
lent
One hundred thousand tons of Scranton
coal were sold at auction by the Delaware,
Laclawanna and Western Company, in
New York, Wednesday, at prices from 90 to
50 cents lower than in November.
y. B. Nicholson, p. G. s., !. o. o. F.
will visit Lehghton sometime during Janu-
airy, for the purpose of organizing Rebecca
Degree Lodge, and delivering a free lecture
on Odd Fellowship. Due notice will be
given of time and place.
VIM. Appleman, who attempted to
wreck a train on the Erie Railway, near
shohola, on the oath ult., pleaded guilty at
Milford, Pike county, on Tuesday, and was
sentenced Wednesday to ten years impfis-
ment.
Iron ore is now selling at S2.25 pcr ton
in the mining sections of Lehigh county
Before the panic the same ore cost the furn-
aces Sc per ton, but at that time pig iron
was worth from $40 to $40, whereas now it
is down to $3.50.
The body of Catharine Kochert, aged
about so years, was found floating in the
Schuylkill canal at Reading Tuesday. She
left home Monday evening, and no trace of
her could lie found until to-day. She being
weak-minded, it is supposed she went to the
water and jumped in.
If you have borrowed this paper, read
carefully and return it to the owner, and
then send one dollar to this Office and get
one of your own for SO weeks-it ID less than
t'co cents per ,ccckI Try the CARBoN ADyo-
CATE for 1879. 1t will make nice New
Years Gilt in the family.
1T is well to have faith in everything,
but you want to carefully examine the in
side of chestnut before you trust altogether
to appearances, but you may always trust to
the appearance of David Ebberts toams-
outside and inside. Ills teams are always
the lowest in tho county.
Rev. C. X. Fehr, p. E., of the Allen
town district, will preach in the Evangeli-
cal church, of this borough, this Saturday
evening at 1880 o'clock, and tomorrow Sum
day. at 10 a. IN. and p. m. Communion
services at o'clock n. IN, Sunday. All arc
cordially invited to attend
F. P, Longstrect and P. j. Mechan,
Esqs,, are working very earnestly fop their
client, Charles Sharpe, one of the condemned
Mollies, in order to save his lie. With the
new evidence in their possession, they feel
confident of obtaining pardon for him, or
at least a communication ofthe death sentence.
Go to Dan. Gravcr's Bee
Hive Store, to purchase finest
articles of ladies' dress goods
and groceries for the Holidays.
Prices astonishingly low fol
cash.
The United Companies of New Jersey
announce quarterly dividend of two and
one-half per cent, payable at the Office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Phladel
phio, on the 10th day ofJanuary, 1879. The
transfer books of the company closed on the
Goth of December and will reopen January
2, 1879.
Thomas NJ. Weaver, has recently open
laI tl,n H.. - 4
Gap, mammoth vein of granite. Thomas
says he will now be able to furnish "all tn,
world and the rest of mankind" with gran
ite stones for steel furnace works, &C., a
tuInble-down prices. Ills post Office addres
is Packcrton, Pa.
@In returning from Mauch Chunk, las
n Saturday, Carl Miller's team ran into Gee
Raworth's team, upsetting the wagon an,
spilling George and his wife into the road
badly hurting the latter in the lower ex
tremeties. Persons should be more careful
driving along the mountain road-it i
simply a wonder there are not more acci
dents Of this kind.
The lecture Of Rev. b. T. Vincent,in tn,
school hall, on Tuesday evening last, was, S,
far as the lecture was concerned, decided
suecess-thc few present expressed the mos
entire satisfaction, but financially the afiai
was decided failure. The amount realized
not being sufficient to pay actual expenses
This is not right The talent engaged wa
the best and the object laudable.
The parsonage of the Evangelical Con
gregation, of Weissport, was visited on tn
evening of the 10th in the shape of sur
prise party by the members of the ohurcI
and others The large delegation had thei
baskets well filled with the neccssaries q
life, with which they presented their pastor
the Rev. j, X Seyfreit and his family. Thi
dear people know how to reveal their love an
, generosity TO their preacher who labor
among them, God bless them.
Two more Mollie Mcguire arrests wer
made at Springfield, Illinois, a fow days ag
on requisition from Governor Hartranf