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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-04-27
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Cherry trees are in full bloom. ,
The greater part of the oats has been
sown.
The church in Mackereltown is nearly
finished. ...A ...,.
Rev. ]. L. Werner will have services in
the salems church Of this place this Sunday
evening.
Oscar, son of Stephen Solt, of this place,
is lying in Il critical condition. .ur! 9.
e, Robert Miller will lsQye for the State
Normal School at Millersyille to-day (Sat-
urday). T.
1t is reported that the Slate q,i6rry, on
Saw Mill Greek, is to resume work shortly.
"A select, school was opened on April
10th, in the public school building at Centre
Square, this county. Tho aim bfthe school
is to prepare young men for College, 10 give
teachers an opportunity Of ereyieying the
common branches, and to afford the more
advanced pupils of the public schools in the
adjoining districts the facility OF continuing
their studies beyond those Of the common
schools. All the common branches will be
taught so that pupils ofall grades can be ac-
commodated. T. NJ. Ballet, A. B., Prin-
cipal. Yours, etc.
April 26th. -RkvERE.
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mJonah" Made Hnppy!

One Of the happicst men We ever saw VIC
met with in Mouch Chunk, on Friday after
noon Of last week, and that man was Jonah
Markly, the court cricr The cause of his
happiness was that he had that morning
been the recipient of a very handsome suit
ofblue, decorated with gilt buttons, at the
hands Of the Court, members Of the bar and
officers Of the Carbon County court. That
Jonah was grateful for the gift, the following
little speech fully tcstifcs. After concluding
the usual ooh, yes" &C., with evident trcpi-
dation he said: 81. 80.
"To the Court and the members Of tho
bar and the officers of the court, now IL
turn thanks for their kindness in presenting
to me this reward, this beautiful suit of
clothes. l thank you thousand times for
this prpsent-bHth young and old. | shall
never inrgct, whenever lc look on this beau
tiiul suit, my 60 I'd friend at Mluch Chunk.
| shall remember them as long ash live. |
thank thein for their present ort this beauLi-
full Good Friday morning. u Aayo been
member Of the bar for the la-t ttvcnty-sevt IL
years, and never had such pSeseiTtnent he
fore. was elected a Constable twcnty-seyen
years ago and came as n tipstatf and was
then appointed court crier In that time |
only missed one court, and then Twas sicla.
But never thought of asking for such
thing. | am too full to speak, and thank
you a thousand times"
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PackertOn RippIes.

,,,s, ,,,ftt IL. 4 4
Asgoant;n nlt ", I'lt t.J uJnJ''oh Olls'lai
orciscs ,or "i9 itoros,; mri 'oo'V i anu tte
eiotoJ III -IIlutea vi Nus Ias'
secretary. w. Z, stiles introdnced tha enL-
iect of 6rranizinc n railroad mems nrover
meeting, and goye n short history pf ibo
work being pefforrncd bv these neetinqs in
different nrrts of tbo cn,ntrv a commit.
tee was annointod to mako orron gon,orts
John Mex elycv. chairman, tba cG,nnittco,
TO rcnort ot tbc noxt noetng If tbo assoco-
tion. The Rudgct was rood NV tho cJitrhss
The subjects were we'll selected FditotioI
@ Act from Princinle:o "A Drnnlkcn HIS m
bands Dream" by Il. E.. "Reli'fion Urged
by the Blessedness of Heaven" bv A. r., of
Mauch Chunk: "The Heart1' by G.: "Wit
and Humor," by H.; an excellent article on
Faith, by a friend Of the association. was TO
have been read by the secretary, but was
overlooked. 10 will be read at the next
meeting. Select reading by John l.. Beers,
Mark twain interviewed" excellently
rendered. He also gave very interesting
ana entertaining history OF George Wash
,iSooni ~ I sNG.cn u ry Hoh,i Wesley ne was
Srtha StIn s,t Gy nnutuW EI,o.'. SNORT history
u I L,te IrisS niietiyI congress was gwen py
I'm tEuiS' NV, huC we ~ UhuersIahu ,,, py
InsliI"Sloh' py IoilltS 1IeIneTWay' Inc
S4UleGI 1I tpr general discussion, woman ana
,,a.i, nioa iuiiueloe' was Pos'poheu un'il neNC
ii'eoVllS' 49,
The committee composed of John Nc
helVeV. Nv IF. RrO0hpn1. SnmlpI
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The Lehighton Lyceum will hold their
last meeting for this season, this Saturday
evening. IL is intended that this, the last
meeting, shall be the one ofthe entire season;
and in addition TO an extra programme, the
exercises will be intcrspersed with music, n
number of the most prominent members of
the several church choirs having promised
to be present on the occasion. You are in
vited to be present
The air of the mountain region around
Slatington seems to be very favorable to the
promotion of longevity. There are residing
within Slatington and the adjoining town
ships nine persons whose united ages foot
up te 742 years: They are Sally Ann Peter,
widow of Jonas Peter, aged So years !;
Joseph p. Oberholzer, aged 81 years; Sam
uel Rehrig, aged 81 years. Peter Rcppert,
aged so years; John Rex, aged "a years !;
Widow Weiss, aged so years Mrs Catha-
rne Peter, of Washington township, aged
81 years; Jonas Miller, Of North Whitehall,
so years; and Widow McKenna, Of Slat-
ington, aged Sc years. What section If the
country can beat this for aged people Al
teatoWn Democrat. 90, b...
"A meeting of about five hundred miners
and laborcrs was held near Pottsville Friday
afternoon of last week for,the purpose of ask
ing State legislation IN aid dofthemselves and
their suffering, famlies,u Petitions were
signed asking the Legislature to appropriate
several million dollars tppurchase iron "and
withhold it from The market for several
years, so as to enable the iron interests TO re-
sumo, and thereby make a demand for coal;
or take any other prompt measures to create
work ir the region" Resolutions were also
adopted requesting the miners, laborers and
workbench generally of other sections of the
State to petition the Legislature on the same
subject. More working mems meetings are
to be held throughout the Mahanoy Valley.
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Lehighton LYcenm.

A special meeting of the lyceum was
called to order by the President. Roll
called. Minutes Of last meeting dispensed
with. The report of curators is as follows :
Referred questions. list. When and by
whom was the first almanac printed? II.
V. Mortimer, jr. 2nd. When and where
was the first copper cent coined? Clara
Hibbler. 3rd. Give a sketch of the life of
Jefferson. 7. A. Snyder. Question for de-
bate: Resolved, That the statesman de-
serves more praise than the warrior. AZ
thirmative, II. W. Gable, assisted by o. A.
Clauss. Negative, T. a. Snyder, assisted by
John Bohn. Select reader, c. Baues. Ora
ton, a. Dollenmayer Essay, \. Horn.
This being the last meeting for this term, it
promises to interesting. All are cordially
invited. EMMA DoLLENMAYER, Sec,
April 90,
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The Mauch Chunk correspon dent of the
lIazcton DaiLy Sentinel says that a young
man, conductor on down train of the Am
boy division of the L. V. r. r., met with
very sad and serious accident on Thursday
of last week in the following way: On the
down train at Lauy's Station, the conductor,
who was looking out of the caboose window,
saw two men who he took to be professional
tramps. He watched them, thinking they
We're going to get on the hind end of the ca
boose. AS the car passed them one of them
threw something in the caboose through the
rear door, which the conductor saw roll upon
the floor When near White House the con-
ductor took up the missile thrown in by the
tramp, which appeared 10 him a strip of tin
rolled tightly into a round and comical
shape, about tIree and half inches long
and three-quarters Of an inch in diameter
He tried to pull it apart but could not.
Thinking he noticed seam or joint more
distinct than the others, he took pin and
picked it several times, when it expoded in
his hands, blowing off the two first fingers
and thumb of his right hand, all the fingers
and thumb Of his left hand, and otherwise
iniuring his hands and wrists, and burning
him about the face. Every window pane in
the taloose was shattered BY the conclusion.
The young mau whose name we have failed
to learn, was taken TO the hospital in Phila-
dclphia. it is supposed that he had before
put the tHo trumps, or some one Of them,
of the train, and that tie missile, which is
thought TO have been an oil well torpedo,
was thrown into the cahoose for revenge eX-
pecting that it would explode when thrown
in.
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was doing; the prisoner was not in the habit
of going out at night to meet his compan-
ions; sometimes he did; Pat Gallagher was
in my house the night after the Smith
murder, but don't know how he got there;
told Charley Grim that there was n wagon
at my house, but did not see IL come, nor
did not see it 60 away: saw them carry Gal
lagher down stairs, but don't recollcct what
they did with him; was in my bedroom at
that timc was a Mollie only for a few
months one time around Audenried; don't
know who was bUdyinaster or secretary;
don't know whether the prisoner was
Mollie or not; he associated with me good
deal; never pretended TO be "Buclishot;"
left them quick on account of my church;
was initiated in the bush in the evening.
Redrcct.-Recolcct that Charles Sharpe
was at home on the night of the 9TH be-
cause the next morning going 10 work
heard that Smith was shot, and | said,
Charley, it is good we were at home last
night" e.. ., ...tsi n.s ...
Charles Grim and Moru5 Gull were sworn
in rebuttal ly the commonwealth. .
In the afternoon District Attorney .Siewors
addressed the jury on behalf of the COM
commonwealth. He was followed by
Mcssrs. Meehan and Longstrect for the de
tcnse. - o.. w.
Saturday morning the trial was at
stQndstill, owing TO the sickness Of tror
Blosc. The sick juror feeling better in the
afternoon, court opened at o'clock. Gene
raj Albright made the closing speech for the
commonwealth after which His Honor, in
his usual clear and impartial manner,
charged the jury in learned and able ef-
fort of about one hours length. The jury
went out about 4:45, returned at o'clock,
and rendered a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree.
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MMarcution Heard From.

DEAR AD,: Thanks Tor your kindly little
notice Of myself and mine, but more espe-
cially for the good wishes expressed on be-
half of the precious little cherub who has so
lately come to the hearth and hearthstone
and hcart of Marcutio.
All! Mr. Editor, you know how it is
yourself Don't you? Come! own up!
Rays of sunshine are ever welcome amt
they? Bless your honest heart, 5ou know
they are. | shall never forget the rays--I
should say, raise-you gave me on the buck
board of Phil, the Great, some months ago
Yours ever, ~ MARCuTIo.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April %, 1873.
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SurprIse Party.

EDITOR CARBON ADVOCATE; On Saturday
evening l had occasion to be present, with
number of friends and relations, at the
house Of Rev. William Strauss, at New Ma
honing. The object of the party was to give
the reverend gentleman an agreeable sur
prise, it being the thirty-third anniversary
of his birthday. We are arrived there
about 0 nine o'clock, and found that Pbv.
Strauss had been sent to a neighbor's house,
and every thing in a state of excitement, as
party of some of the younger members OF
his congregation had arrived and were pre-
pairing a suTptuols repast for the family
and those present In q short time every
thing was ready for the appearance of Rev.
Strauss, ard, being sent for by one of his
sons, he appeared. Imagine his surprise
when, upon opening the door, he found
every thing in possession Of the party. For
a rioment or two he was unable to sicak,
being 20 agrceably surprised. 10 then
took it all in", and, looking into the din
ing-room and finding the table loaded down
with piles Of good things, he conducted the
party to the table, where all did Justice to
the elegancies placed before them at least
thought so, as cake after cake disappeared,
and still calls for more by some (who were
furnished). After supper the party had am
agreeable chat. The gathering dispersed
about IL o'clock, wishing Rev. Strauss
many happy returns in the future, and ex-
pressing themselves highly pleased with the
evenings enjoyment. Among those present
We're Misses Amanda CLAUS, Emma
Snyder, SallIe Clauss, Tillie CLAUS, Kate j.
Arner, Ballet, and Kistler, and Messrs. O.
A. Clauss, w. P. Long, Jacob DeFrehn
Frank kerchner, Frank CLAUS, David Eb-
berts, George Mussleman, Tilghman Ballet,
and hlstler. i, w. p.
LEulGHToY, April %, 1873,
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Society Meetings.

NEIsITo CASTLE, No. rs, A. o. X. OF THE NJ. G
End and 18th Monday Of each month, in Re
bers Hall. LehightOn, at 1880 O'Clock p. NJ.
Hy. X KOstenbader, s. X. o.; $. II. Gillian.
=. X. Il. ..
5NADBN HUTTEN LODGE, No. CSC, i. O. o. F..
meets every Tuesday evening, az SO'olDCk,
in Reber's Hall. IL. KOstenbader, SCI N.
b. Reber, Secretary.
MKTUcHRE TRIBE, No. 2s2s imp. o. OF H. NJ,
meets in ReOer's Hall every saturday. j.
Il. Beers, Sachem; q. w, Delhi, O. OF II.
PoHo PocA TRIBE, No. al, Imp. o. X. NJ, meet
on Wednesday evening OF each week, ut 730
O'Clock. in Public school Hail, WeisspOrt
Pa. G. W. SchTab. 81 JAG, Brong, &. OF r
LEHIGHToN LODGE, yNol 2S4 TX. OF p, meets
on Friday eveniDEsNin Reber's Hall, at 1880
O'Clock, W. II. Bachman, &C; L. A. Miller,
X. n. and S.
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AS Others SEQ Them.

Mr.. MORTIMER: Passing through your
thriving town to-day, l met with quite a lot
Of busy partiesi but among the busiest
found the "boys" at the Central Carriage
Works, aud learned that they were forced to
work rom q. ~. TO 9:3G p. m. at times.
That's enterprise for you! They are me-
chaniCs Of Che best, and a mighty good
looking, industrious, busy crew, and should
be well patronzed by the public. .....l
Az OLD MAUCH CHUNKER.
MAUCH CHUNK, April 1.
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The Tomaqua Rolling Mn is expected

The Iomaqua EolIIng NH IS eXpectod
to commence operations May /,
We see by the Courier that The GiBlct
is the name of paper gotten upby Tama-
qua literary society. Wonder ii it is so
called because it is everlaslingly boring Ia
maqua's good people?
The trial of Martin Bergin for the mur-
der Of Patrick Burns is gong on at Potts
vile. Mcdonnell, alias the Hairy Nan,
has been making a clean breast of it, and,
if what he says is the truth, the parties he
implicates-Bergin, Kane, and brennan
will have poor show for their uecks. lie
discloses some terrible, cool, and deliberate
planning Of murder ip their several cases.
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MARRIED,

formed Parsonage near Weissport. 10y the
Rev. J. +. Freeman, Andrew Hill and
Selma Jones, both of Trachsville, Monroe
county, Pa.
RHoTE-MEYERs.- the goth 'ult, at the
Lutheran Parsonage, by the Rev. w. G.
Laitzle, Albert Rhoto, and Wilhelmina
Meyers, both of this place
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Cheap Tickets for the West,

AL persons going to any point in the West
should buy their tickets of C. L. Stedman
agent, L. & S. Division, Mauch Chunk.
Lower prices by no other routes Inquiries
by postal card promptly answered. Tickets
will be sent to any station agent on L. & S.
II. R., upon request. 1881.
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Advertising Rates.

We desire il TO be distinctly understood
that no advertisements will be inserted in
the columns of THE'CARBoN ADVOCATE tha!
may be received from unknown parties or
firms unless accompanied by the CASH.
The following are our ONLY terms:
ONE SQUARE 40 LtNEs),
One year, each nsertion........"....... 10 cts
Six months, each insertion Is cts
Three months, each insertion........... 20 cts
Less than three months, first insertion
81; each subsequent inserton......, 25 cts.
Local notices 10 cents per line.
II. V. MORTIMER, Publisher.
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Nervous Debility! Nervous Debility

Debility, a decreased, irritable state Of mind,
a weak, nervous exhausted feeling, no energy
the cOnsCqurnces of excuses, mental over,
work. This nervous DEBILITY nnds sovereign
cure IN r. f. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron. IJ
tones tho system, dlspels the mental gloom and
despon dency, and reJuvenatos the entire ~ 5,
ten. sold only IN 81 bOttes. Get the genuine.
Tuke only +. f. Kunkel's; Vt has yellow
wrapper AROUND 1t, his Photograph on outside.
SOLD by your druggist +. r. kunkol, PIOpTie-
tor, No. 25H North Ninth street, Philadelphia.
Pa. SEND for circular, OF advice Tree, Try my
great remedy Got It of your OruEgist, six bot
ties fur $500 1t eau not FAM. II IS guaranteed
to do IS Is recommended,
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Worms! !! MOrmsI. Worms !

T.. F. Runkel's-WOrm syrup never fails 20 re-
move all kinds Of worms. seat pin. aud
stom9ch worms Are readily removed by Kun
Eels Worm syrup. Dr kuukcl Is tie only sue =,
cesatul phYEic IN IN the country for the re-
nlOval o; tape worms. lie removes them IN
To hours. with head and all comp etc, alive,
and no teo until head 10 passed. Common seuso
teaches u tape worm can b. removed all other
worms can be readily destIO cd. Ask your
druggist tor a bottle OF Kunkei's Worm SVruD.
Price l.O' per bottle. IL never fans II he hus
i not, have him get II, OF send 10 proprietor, r..
l., kunNeit $50 North Ninth atT'eet Philadel.
phia, Pa. lAdvlee at Office Tree. or by mail
April 29-N4
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Closing Prices of DEHAvfS, & TOWNSEND,
Special Notices.
If YOU want To he strong, healthy

If you want TO he strong, healthy,
and vigorous. take r.. +. Kunkel's Bitter Wine
Of Iron, No language can convey an adequate
idea Of the immediate and almost miraculous
changed produced by taking Il II. KunkePs
litter Wine Of Iron IN the diseased, drbil tatsd
and shattele ed nervous system. Whether
broken down by excess. weak by nature, or i'm,
pared by sickness, the relaxed and unstrung
Organization is restored 60 perfect health aud
YeOr. sold only IN 81 bottles. Sold by all
druggists and denlerR eyOry where
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81 business men generally will indorse
the action of Congress in prohibiting the
coinage of the twenty-ccnt pieces.
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The only sure CURE for Torpid Liver Dyspep.
sia, Headache sour stomach, COrstinatiOn. De
0ihtY, Nausea, ana all BlhOus complaints aud
Blood disorders, None genuine unless signrd
WIN Wright Phila." ItYour DrupPist will not
supply send p ccnth for one box u BArIiOlI,
kolleT g. Co. 70 n, lla 81 PhiiA Tee. 29Yi,
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Health and Happiness.
Wright'S LiYer PiIlS.

Health and Happiness are priceless Wealth to
their pOssessOrs and vet they are within The
reach OF every one who val use
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1878-01-24

ton Of the orange groves are doing
we'll, and show no signs Of the in
sect, and have yielded well and
given satisfactory prices-S12 per
thousand, the seller TO pick them
and the buyer to find his own
packages and pack them.
The climate, at this season of
the year at least, is as lovely as
the "Vale Of Cashmere" I have
been here two weeks, and at no
time has the thermometer been
below GOO nor above 72o. Were
this place not 80 difficult to reach
from tho outside world, it would
be q charming place for a winter
resort.
A RAILROAD,
to connect New Orleans with Hous-
ton via this place, is a necessity.
The country through which tho
railroad is graded is very thinly
settled, but the land is good, can
be easily drained into the nuner-
Gus streams and lakes. Stock
does we'll without other protection
or feed other than nature has pro-
vided. 1t is healthy, within the
Influence OF the Guls breezes.
1t only needs more rapid com.
munication with the commercial
world to attract attention, and
with the yankee vim" that settled
up the West, this would soon be
the garden spot OF America. Were
Louisiana and her chief interested
city to hold out the same induce
ments that Illinois and her chief
city did to her early settlers, a diff
ferent result would soon be mani
fest. w. e. THOMAS.
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How to Judge q Town.

Tim jefferson City (Mo.) Jour
nal tells this:
About week ago a gentleman
from Tennessee, representing a
capital Of $4,000, in search Of a
location at which to engage in bus
mess, gave US call, and after sta
ting his mission, West" asked to
look at our paper. We handed
him the morning Journal, To our
surprise he did not step to read
our nswsy local "piok ups" or
our attractive editorial page, but
he turned at once to the advertise
ing columns and commenced coun-
ting over their spaces.
SWELL" said he glancing up
from the paper, lis that all ? Is
that the business Of this town ?"
"Oh. no." said we, "here is the
Tribune with . lew advertise
ments that do not appear in the
Journal"
He then counted two additional
local business advertisements in
the Tribune and again looked up
with the remark: "And that's all,
Is it9 Why you haven't got near
rs much Of q town rs / thought
you had"
And then unexplained to him
that we have q great many men
who do not advertise.
"They are not business men to
lurt If they don't advertise" was
ais answer,
We could not contradict him,
Ind We we're powsrless to yindicate
he "clain Of the city"
He left us, saying il be had
ime be wonld look around, but he
hought this was no place for him.
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Afarmsr being poorly provided
with materials Of sRstsnancs for
biz men, ted them With pork cook
ID with the riad upon II. Ayouug
mas of the company, not liking
that outer portion Of tho food, was
observed by the host to be careful-
ly removing the outside covering,
Fhereupon the latter said "Yonng
man, We cat tho rind and all hsrs."
10 which the youth replied, "All
right, old man, Tn cutting II Of
for you"
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No purse-proud snob was ever the
peer of ~ honest workipgmaa y