The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-03-02

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-Barnum now has brought together n
herd of eighteen elephants, all Of which will
visit Allentown with his big show carly in
May.
"A farmer told us that he would not be
without Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup if it cost
five dollars o bottle. 1t must be wonder
ful remedy.
Rev. ]. c. Blem, Of this borough, and
Rev. J. X. Knerr, of Wessport, left on Mon
day last to attend the conference of the
Evangelical Association at Reading.
Governor Hartraft on Friday last grant
ed a respite to TomasP. Fisher, now confin
ed in our county Jail under sentence OF death,
for 80 days dating from Tuesday last.
Rev. DR.. Sadtler of Muhlensburg Col
lege, will preach in the Lutheran church, Of
this place ,to-marrow Sunday in the morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and in the evening at Z.
The Hokendanqua church has grown
from sixteen to one hundred and seventy
enrolled members since the Rev. James A.
Little came from New York city, nine years
ago, TO begin his ministerial labors i'll that
place.
Prince Gortchakoif was seized with a
violent attack of cramp in the stomach Fri
day night of last week. Whether you have
the cranp so badly that you cannot walk,
or not, 60 to David Ebbert's livery when
you want to hire horse and buggy.
On Monday morning Of last week
Messrs. Frank Blston and Edwin Roth, of
East Texas, narrowly escaped sudden
death by the caving in Of an embankment
at the ore mine on the premises of Amandas
Romig, near East Texas
information has been received to the
effect that the fire in No, 4 Mine, which
threatened so much damage a few weeks
ago, has been entirely eXtinguished, and the
Company propose at once to commence
pumping out the water and to open up the
mine.
An exchange copies the following: CRY
your cold meat with unions and grdUCy, and
put iii a little vinegar, that is if you have
any to fry" The paper then adds: "Bosh,
Tell your readers to feast on hash and be
done with it," That's talking lightly Of n
grave (y) subject. 1t would be harder for
us to find the unions than vinegar.
AT the venduc sale of George Leibcn-
guth, in Moore township, Northampton Co.,
on Friday last, Daniel Steinmetz, aged
about fiftyfour years while ascending the
elevated passage at the rear of the barn, fell
over the wall and broke his neck. The un-
fortunate man died instantly, lie was in
toXicatcd at the time of the accident.
Tile retail coal dealers in the neighbor-
hood of Elston have received notice FROM
the mining companies that they must ad-
vance the price of coal to a certain Fl gure or
they will not be furnished with any more
coal from them, and they have in conse-
quence advanced its price about fifty cents
on the ton. The community consider it
great outrage.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Lchigh Navigation Company was
held in Philadelphia Tuesday morning.
The report of the Board of Managers makes
the total revenue for 1877 S994,G6j 0S, and
total disbursements Sl,lS9, ,33l 29-lcaving
n deficit Of Sl9i,Gjj Al. The unsatisfactory
result of the years business is attributed to
the low price of coal and to the strikes
among the miners.
"A young man named Allen McClain, re-
siding in East Match Chunk, and an en-
ployee on the Eehigh Valley Il. r., met
with an accident at COXton; on Wednesday
morning last by which he lost his life. His
foot caught in the guard rail, and the truck
and eight cars passed Ovcrhin mangling him !
in most Shocking mlnner. His remains
We're taken to his friends on No. train.
"A lump of coal from Indian Ridge Col !
liery for the French Exposition at Paris,
was shipped last week 1t weighed tons
cwt., or 1852 pounds. The Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company intend to
build an engine at thaif shop in Reading, |
also for exhibition at Paris which is to be
loaded on board by April II. As the boiler
iron was not received at Reading up to Mon |
day, it is not expected to waste a great deal
of time building it, and that it will be a
good one there is no room to doubt.-Razlc-
ton Seat'nai.
"A watch-bo5, on tie Lehigh Valley Rail !
road, few miles cast of Bethlehem, was
broken open by unknown parties on Sunday
night. They demolished the widows, and |
then placed three heavy stills across the rail- !
road track, evidently for the purpose of
wrecking a train. The Instructions, how
ever, were discovered in time to prevent q
disaster. Monday morning Chas. Weaver
and Edward DrIcsbach were arrested at
Freemansburg, and they confessed them !
selves implicated in a plot to wreck trains,
Revenge is supposed to have been the mo-
tive, one of the villains having been recent |
ly put Off a coal train on which he was steal !
ing ride.