The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-05

The annual meeting of the stockholders
Of the Slatington National Bank will be held
on Jan. 23rd.
The election for Directors of the First
National Bank, of this place, will take place
on Tuesday next.
Wilhelm House and John Lefller were
killed by falls of coal in Schuylkill county
mines, on Saturday.
is your life worth rs cents2 If it is do
not neglect a cough or cold. Use DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup at once.
There are twelve thousand tons of pig
iron piled at the Keystone furnace at Glen
don's ready for the market
In order to be Happy, it seems necessary
for some people to get drunk. This was so
New Years night, and the result was a
knock down and drag out.
The trial of Joseph j. Malta, of Wilkes
Barre, for the murder of Michael Walsh, a
year ago, resulted, on Saturday, in a verdict
of murder in the second degree.
DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup is recommended
by all druggists as being purely vegetable
and reliable preparation for babies. Price
25 cents.
Our carriers desire to return thanks to
their patrons for the liberal manner in which
they were remembered ON New Years
morning.
Keep your doors well secured against
moonlight mechanics. These burglarious
scoundrels are prowling about for chances to
enter houses for the purpose of robbery.
The transfer books of the Reading Rail
road will be closed from January 5th (to-day)
to 18th. This is done in order to prepare
the voting list for the annual meeting Janu-
ary 14th.
Patrick Quinn, convicted of the murder
of his wife, was sentenced at Pottsville Mon
day to imprisonment in the Eastern Peni-
tentiary at hard labor for eleven years and
six months.
The Reading Railroad announces divi-
dends of one dollar and ,ftty cents per share
on the stock of the East Pennsylvania Rail
road and the East Mahanoy Railroad, pay
able January 10.
One evening last week a Mahoning
Valley lady presented her husband with
triplets-twO boys and one girl. The two
boys died ON the same evening and the girl
two days after BIRTH
THE Washington Cornet Band, of Mes
questioning, paid our borough a visit on New
Years day, and discoursed some very fine
music. They looked gay and happy in
their handsome uniforms.
Thomas DurlIin was arrested in Wilkes
Barre, on Saturday evening, on the charge
of having been one of the gang of Molly
Magures who murdered Superintendent
Smith at Jeansville, in 1868,
"A Pardee & Co., of Hazletdn, and Coke
Brothers & Co., of Drifton, Pa, have agreed
with their men to pay during the coming
year when coal is above 81 per ton at tide
water, wages on the basis of 1875, and when
below 81, ON the basis of 1871
Tomorrow Sunday at 10Y a. m. Rev.
G. L. SchafIer, of Parryville, will preach in
the M. E. Church, OF this borough. Even
ing services as usual. Revival meetings
every evening Except Saturday, during the
week.
The Parryville iron works are to start
up next month.-AHeHtO,cn Democrat. The
foregoing item is without foundation in
truth. The works will not start up next
month, but the parties interested hope to be
uJle to resume sometime IL tie coming spriag.
In consequence of broken rail, a coal
train was thrown from the track at Stony
Creek, about three miles above Penn Haven
junction, Tuesday last, and one man was
badly hurt. The locomotive passed safely
over the broken rail, but the tender was
thrown off and the train badly wrecked.