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The Amateur Journalist. Election.

Last evening about ono hundred youthful
journalists assembled IN pythagoras Hall Master C. H.
Young presiding Returns from the election OF officers
Of The Nauonal Amateur Press Association showed the
efeuon ct Wilham llnll Of Chicago, President and
lluss o ohio. Wee Io slcnt one o the bows paprrs
pending the election counseled its readers ns follows
BOYS De honest Have no fraudulent consplrac, in
elctung officers "r the r. A. Letus have no PIs ~
dcnI VAN IJe sIaLS v. fraud Vpsl hit brvw,n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18

Emma Collins appeared in the Jefferson Mar
kct Police Court yesterday the time appointed for the
continuation Of the Casina case but Mr. Cassina did not
ESMayor Han asked for nm adjournment, and it was
granted until saturday Miss Collins as she passed out
NJ the Judges room 10y the private door AMI crossed
sixth avenue with her father and mother, MANAGED her
SKIRTS with the grace that SIXTH avenue silesWunan
knows well how Ia bestoM 10 the uutsuken
VI the court Oungeys gavIed w Llg SuJlsI.uv,
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CUISINES Notltts.


Is the best .qud IenIifct M the world IL thor
ouehlv Clenn.s partially rctvcd teeth from all par.
aslics. or living AnunAiculE. leaving them pearly
white impHrIul deli lfil fragrance the breath.
THE FRAGRANT "FLORtLtNE"
removes instantly all doors arising foul stomach
or tobacco smoke Being partly composed u honey soda
and extracts OF sweet herbs and plants 1t Is perfectly
harmless and delicious as sherry
Prepared by HENRY g GALtrP 4o3 oxford It. Lon.
don England and rcticd every where at zoe bottle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18
THE oLrPHaNr BRONzE TROPHY.
Member. OF the 7th and 7I.t Regiments and
Other Marksmen at Creedmoor.

The soldiers match at Creedmoor yestcr-
day was the third competition for the bronze
trophy offered by Col. Robert Olyphant. 1t is
open to teams OF eight from each company in
tho National Guard. There were six entries.
three companies making two entries each. The
totai scores were ns follo,vs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18

DIR. tnderhili'. pure Wines from the Croton
fWut AiurN Hrl. fu. sale hN druggists. Wholesale
by II TIL RBLR& GO.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18

nr A SHERMAN Is now AZ III. Office, 25i Broadway.
where ue fuptrgcd may obtain his remedies Tor relief
AMI cure Terms moderate pr Is permitted % refer
gentlemen OF distinction who have been cured by his
treatment
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MARINE INTELITG ENCH.

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Sandy Hook 10 pj GOV Isaui. 10 30 Hell date o.. 10 ~
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The Widow OIly,r p,.cha,ved,

T"" "' DhnH1's SnNns
among those DISCHARGED to-d,y f,or, u,o
Ia, ,niI LILY ~, achhrI "as the Mii1w oliver Who
bic had. t, Anri ON ur breach orpr0mse 10 marry
ber - veg we discharge scOfniuUy and returned Ia
Lth said $3.50 NV VIZ NV NeIS lOi What tOSe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18

For the tountry.-Iadies'. Misses. Gents, and
BOYS OILS shoes, CATERS. bathing shoes. and india
hers Take Gni-l supply before going aud obtain them
from MILLER co $40 Broadway Dome site building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-18

al Pearl or MIXED Derby, 81 .0Oi Fine
hacLinaw 81 oJ worth - 10 Sew church IT. ~ stairs
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MIRTiIED.

Have you tried the perfection blend OF
Mocha ana Java coffee 90 glass lursf
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29

The Shenandoah Valley Bank suspended
Wednesday morning last, Atthe usual hour
of opening the following notice was posted
on the doors of the bank 1.-THE directors
have decided to close this bank for the pres
ent. The steady withdrawal of deposits, as
the result of the continued depression in
business, and the difficulty in collecting its
assets for the same reason have prevented
the bank from accommodating the public to
only limited extent for some time past
tits believed the bank is entirely solvent and
that all its creditors will be paid in full"
The excitement attending this announce
ment was intense. The unfortunate de-
positors rushed about the streets using strong
language. The decision to close the doors
was arrived at Tuesday evening, and the
reason assigned for it is the inability to realize
on assets as fast as was necessary TO meet the
demands of depositors. There was no run
on the bank, but the withdraw of deposits
was so steady for some time past that it final
ly became impossible to meet the demands
unless at too great sacrifice. The bank
was considered solid institution and had
the reputation OF being conducted economic
ally, and consequently enjoyed ialr share
of public confidence, even in these days of
popular distrust.
The depostors number 100, with amounts
10 their credit ranging from $40 up to $40 900,
Joel B. McCammant, the cashier, states that
every effort was made to keep the bank open,
| but the depreciation in value made it impos-
sible. The suspension will prove severe
| blow to the business men of Shenandoah,
which in point of population is the second
largest town in Schuylkill county. They
now are without any banking facilities what
ever. Wednesday afternoon j. o. Roads,
of Pottsvils, and S. Yost, one of the tellers,
were appointed assignees to settle up the af-
fairs OF the bank for the benefit Of creditors.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29

Mr.. EDITOR: Economy is the order of the
day, and from the School Board we hear
that every thing is to be conducted on
bottom prices" That's right, gentlemen.
School Directors, be magnanimous To suf-
ferng public. Reduce all expenditures, all
salaries, all every thing. Pay your Trea-
surer, say $50; your Secretary, $25. No
difference what the law allows. You can
make the salaries, if you knoto it. If they
won't serve, let them resign know plenty
of fellows that will serve, especially as
Treasurer. Give us five months SCHOOL,
that's enough these times; and teachers
salaries from $l5 to $30,-that's enough,
too. You can get plenty of teachers for
that; if you don't believe it, advertise.
But, when you advertise, don't forget econ
omy. Write on brown paper, and post in
public places. If know the time, will
fill the contract. Pay no interest, and es-
pecally no debts Make the bloated bond
holders wait Repudiate, if they make
much fuss. By doing this, five mills will
run the institution. 1t can be did, so keep
in view economy. Sacrifice every thing
for economy. Economy first, last, and all
the time. ECONOMY.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
Sale of Scranton Coal.

Fifty thousand tons Of Scranton coal were
sold Wednesday, at No. 26 Exchange place,
New York, by John II. Draper & Co., for
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Company. According to the terms
of sale the company will not hold itself IL
able to pay any damages for the n-delivery
of the coal sold if their business should be
interrupted by storms, floods, breaks, acci-
dents, combinations, turnouts or strikes
among miners or other employees. The
coal sold Wednesday was classified as fol-
lows: Steamer, 5000 tons; CRATE, 10000
egg, 10000 stove, $4,000, and chestnut, T.
900. The attendance was not as large as at
the last monthly sale, but the bidding was
quite spirited. The steamer coal was started
at So, and finally reached So 57I, at which
price the whole lot was taken. The CRATE
coal was started at So, but rapidly rose to
50 so, and $500 tons were disposed of at
that figure. The remaining s,400 tons will
be sold at SO 47l 1900 tons of egg coal
brought SO so per ton, and the remaining
5,lOO tons were sold at So 57l $500 tons
of stove coal were sold at SO 90, and the re-
naming l2,2OO tons at So s7I. The 1000
tons of chestnut coal were bought for So 25
per ton.
The following table contains the prices
received Wednesday, and also those at the
last, in the month of May;
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
Bonds of County Commissioners.

The following is the full text of the law
requiring County Commissioners to give
bonds;
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General AS
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same. That the County
Commissioners of the several counties of
this Commonwealth hereafter elected, shall
before entering upon their official duties,
each give bond with sureties to be approved
by the Court Of Quarter Sessions of the same
county, or by one of the judges thereof, and
in such penalty as the said court shall deem
sufficient, not less than two thousand dollars
each, for the faithful discharge of all duties
enjoined upon them by law, and for the
faithful and legal appropriation of all county
and other moneys which said Commissioners
have any authority to draw out of the
county treasury, upon checks or orders given
by them, or over which they have control;
the said bonds be taken in the name of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use
of the county, and shall be acknowledged
before the recorder of deeds of the same
county and recorded in his office at the cost
of the county, and the original bond shall
be filed in the office of the Court of Quarter
Sessions Provided, That the provisions of
this act shall not apply to any county in
which county Commissioners are now re-
quired by law to give bonds conditioned for
the faithful performance of their duties.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
Packerton school BOARD.

EDIroR CARBON ADVOCATE: The article by
one of the Packerton School Board, in an
swer to Canon" seems, from its tone, TO
have set heavily on the individual Well,
we certainly did not intend to wound the
feelings of any one. We simply desired to
give facts, and we think we did Our in
formation was obtained from member of
the Board Of School Directors of II 1--WE
prefer TO use this name rather than Board
of Control, because the ordinary reader will
understund US better), gentleman of verac-
ity, whose only desire is to give the tax
payers of this district truthfully any and
all information concerning the district. He
contends (very properly tool that the peo-
pie have a right to know what is being done
by those who are elected TO the position of
School Director.
1t was not our desire to reflect on the
board of 70, and there is no doubt but what
they could have got along without catching.
Nevertheless, there was, and is, one Ia
member of the board) who keeps stop
eye open" on all the actions of the board,
and, if we remember correctly, he was
elected because of his knowledge and we'll
known careiulness of the peoples money.
Now, we say all right to the reply, in just
so far as he is right. The expenses Of '76
we take are correct,-improvements were
perhaps needed but how about the i'm
proVements of II? Were there none ?
and, if so, did they not cost somethingP
Let the board of ~ have fair show. The
people here are anxiously waiting the an
swer of the State Superintendent. Keep to
the book" gentlemen, and there will be
no occasion for "a rush into print" by
ANoN.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
Big Creek Items.
ANON.

Pleasant weather this.
Cherries are ripening.
Candidates are increasing
Sunday school pic-nics are now in order.
The Thermometer on Wednesday in
dicated 90 deg.
The weather the past two weeks has
been hard on corn.
Candidates for office should insert their
cards in the ADVOCATE.
The School and Bounty accounts were
audited on Tuesday last.
The Salem Sabbath School, at this place,
have procured a blackboard and also mum
Der of singing books.
VIM. Boyer, of this place, has raised
timothy that upon measuring found to be
5 feet and inches in length. Next?
1t has not yet been decided by the of
fcers of the Salem Sabbath School, of this
place, whether they intend to hold picnic
or not this summer.
Casper Neeb, of Pine Run, a subscriber
Of the ADVOCATE, brought an oats stalk to
my house that measured feet inches in
length-ths think is very early for oats E.
and Paul Buck timothy stalk measuring
8 feet in length.
Rev, W. II. Weidner, of Cherryville,
preached in place of Rev. j. i. Werner at
Solts on Sunday evening last. On account
of the rain the services were not very large
ly attended. The rev. gentleman left for
home on Monday. Yours, &c,
REVERE
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WeisspOrt Items.

No preparations have as yet been made
TO celebrate the 4th of July here.
&C. W. Lentz has opened drug store in
F. Yundt's store-room, near the Fort Allen
House.
"A. ]. Marsh left for the West on Mon
day, by way of Elizabeth, n. j., where he
intends stopping with his brother for a few
days.
Every body is invited to attend the
Evangelical Sunday School on next Sun
day, as the services will be unusually inte-
resting.
On Saturday evening little girl acci-
dentally shot u. rs. S. Fenner in the face
with a toy pistol, which produced quite a
bad wound.
Several Of our young men INDUCED in
trough and tumble" fight on Monday
evening, which resulted in the would-be
school teacher receiving a blue eye.
The party of four who went fishing to
the Aquashicola on Saturday evening, re-
turned with the usual luck Of the average
fisherman, we are informed.
The Young America Comet Band in
tend holding their first annual picnic on
Saturday, July l3, 1878. The Phoenix
Band, Of Mauch Chunk, will be present,
and several others have been invited.
Milton Graver left for Kansas on Non
day evening, where he expects TO meet his
brother. He was serenaded at the depot by
the Young America Cornet Band.
Who can explain what attraction there
is in the old rolling-mill ofheel NAxos.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
AIbrightsvIIIe Items.

No place like home.
-Haymaking will soon be in order with
our farmers.
William Getz has made preparations
for the erection of Swiss barn, which is
to be 36x4G feet, and 16 feet high, and will
make the second new barn built this Sum
mer.
William Getz, of this place, brought to
my office last Monday evening q ryestalk
that measured nine feet in length. Now, if
any one Of the farmers of the lower end
can beat this, would very much like TO
hear from them.
Our enterprising young constable, II. G.
Deppey, and Miss NJ. Z. Kibbler will take
pleasure trip to White Haven and Wilkes
barre. They intend starting on July 3, and
will be gone a week. Hope that they will
enjoy themselves.
1t IS rumored that there will be no pic
MICS Of any Of the Sunday schools or other
organizations on the Glorious Fourth.
Most of the little folks are looking rather
long faced about it. Here is afforded q nice
opportunity to philanthropic persons to take
the children together and have q gala day
with them.
-Grasshoppers have appeared in great
hulloSIS III tue upper Gnu vi Jne CuuHNyi ,
and are doing considerable damage to cab
bage, other garden vegetables, and even
corn. They are of the kind that comes
every year, but in larger numbers than ever
before. l do not hear of them doing SO
great damage except in the lower parts of
Kidder Penn Forest, and Upper Towamen-
sing Townships.
Saturday George A. Weiss, formerly of
this place, but now of Snydersville, Monroe
Co., paid visit to his old home. He, with
some other strangers, took dinner at the
Pine Grove House, kept by Peter l..
Huuser, after which they took a ramble
around this place. They visited several
old friends and all the saw-mills along Mud
Run, leaving in the evening for their homes
appearing to be much pleased with their
visit. Yours truly, DUPLEX.
ALBRIGHTsvILLE, Pa, June 25, 1873.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29

g. w. f. Brodhead will erect dwelling
house on Summer Hill" during the sum
mer, having purchased tho lots formerly
owned by Alfred Sitter.
Daniel and Davy employ their spare
time in fishing, and they arc quite success
ful at times, although Davy will insist that
it takes too much coaxing.
Quite extensive preparations are being
made for the celebration of the glorious 4th
Of July by the M. L. Sunday school, the
festivities will no doubt be enjoyed by young
America.
The railroad mems prayer meeting held
in the round house, Sunday afternoon, was
largely attended. Services were conducted
by the Revs. Ferrier, of Mauch Chunk, and
Pickup of this place. Quite number of
railroad men from Mauch Chunk were pres
ent and engaged in the exercises.
The new board of trustees of the NJ. Z.
Church Of this place is composed of the fol-
lowing persons Samuel Mertz, Alfred Van
scooter, Henry Burns, Thomas Tretheway,
James Holmes and John Davis. A new
board Of stewards has also been chosen.
We believe efforts are being made 10 put the
church on q firm financial basis, and thus
give encouragement to the new pastor and
all in an effort towards its spiritual welfare.
We refrain from giving the details of
the scandal agitating our town, it is too dis
gusting. We hope that the law will settle
the matter. Let the guilt or innocence of
the party be stablished-clearly- guilty
there is no punishment too severe, if inno-
cent the community should know it, We
understand the case is in the hands of the
proper authorities, where an opportunity
will be given to all who are interested to
satisfy themselves as to the truth Of the mat
ter. ....
"A new engine No. 1856, Nonparel built
by Philip Holecker, master mechanic of L.
V. RR. Co., of Weatherly, was brought to
Packerton to be weighed The Engine
weighs As tons cwt. and is splendid
specimen of mechanical skill. This engine
is named after one built forty years ago at
Weatherly by Hopkin Thomas, now deceas-
ed. The builder of this was an apprentice
at the time, and helped to build the first one.
What changes have taken place during that
period. We met Mr.. Hofecker this morn
ing, though active, yet the years of service
in building and repairing begins to tell on
him. He has put out some of the fastest
engines now in use on the L. V. RR.
ANON.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
Lafayette College.


Tuesday was alumni day at Lafayette
College, Easton, and was celebrated by the
reunion of Franklin and Washington Liter
ary halls. In franklin Hall the Rev. j.
II. Moore, of Philadelphia, delivered the
Grafton. The valedictory was delivered by
j. f. Williamson of New Jersey. In Wash
ington Hall Mr.. John Scolley, A. NJ, of
Philadelphia, delivered the grafton, and f..
s. Miner the valedictory. A meeting of the
Alumni Association was held in Pardee
Hall, which transacted the usual routine
business and lunehed. The reunion of
classes was held in the afternoon. Tuesday
evening the Hon. George Lear, Attorney
General of the State, delivered the annual
Grafton before the literary societies in the
auditorium of Pardee Hall on the subject Of
"Honors Of Private Life"
WEDNESDAY.
A more fashionable audience never as
sembled on College Hill than did the one
to-day to witness the closing exercises of the
forty-third commencement Of Lafayette Col
lege. After prayer by President Cattell a
number of orations were delivered. The
prizes conferred were as follows:
The Fowler PRICE. P. G. Scott.
The Junior Orator Prize-H. S. Cava-
naugh, first; W. j. Jones, second; Z. G..
Armstrong, third.
The Harvey Prze-W. /. Steans.
The Early English Text society's Prize
L. B. Eyster.
The New Shakespeare society's Prize
L. s. Boyer.
The Junior Mathematical Prize-Classi-
cal and scientific, W. L. Parsons technical,
II. T. Yegawa.
The following degrees were then confer
red =
Degrees in Course.-A. B.-N. G. Moore,
'73; p. X. Smith, IA; N. J. Alexander,'77;
II. V. Rice, II. B. S.-James Brakley,
rs. PHI. B.-J. S. Patterson, II.
From the Post Graduates.-Ph. D.-Pro-
fessor S. G. Barnes, A. NJ, '73. A. C.-H.
NJ. McIntire, NJ. E., II. A. Mr.. H.
Caruther, A. F. Derr, W. II. Harrison, D.
W. Nevin, II. II. Pollock, A. J. Sullivan,
DR.. James W. Walk, S. B. Walker, W. S.
Hetrick.
Honory Degrees.-A. NJ Horatio C.
Wood, NJ. D, and professor of materia medi-
ca and therapeutics, University of Pennsyl-
vania; j. a. Thacker, NJ. D., professor OF
principles and practice of medicine, Gin
cinnati College of Medicine and Surgery
Henry Z. Sheppard, superintendent of city
schools, Baltimore A.. X. Mirrick, NJ, D.,
lecturer of the Jefferson Medical College
DIR. Elisha Harris, president of the Ameri-
can Health Association. Phi. DIV. D.
Mackey, professor of ancient languages, Della
ware College; Professor Hilman, Pennsyl-
vania State Normal School, Shippenburg
Professor F, N. Hastings, of Philadelphia.
At the close the alumni marched to the
Opera House, where they partook of the an.
nual banquet.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29

The report of the Board of Directors, read
before the stockholders ofthe Bethlehem Iron
Company, at their annual meeting Tuesday,
was the most cheering since 1878. The net
earnings were shown at 5000 81. Against
this was charged taxes, commissions, inter
est, furnace repairs, stockhouse, &c, total
Of $l57,536 63, leaving net balance Of
$l60,524 81. Adding to this the net bal
ance Of June list, 1877, gave total of $685.
79S Al. Last year the Company charged
off some 100000 in shrinkage. Following
in this general policy ofgetting rid of "dead
items," the value of abandoned mines,
shrinkage in properties, discounts, &c., were
charged up against the balance given to the
amount of $l69,3S5 81, leaving a net bal
ance to profit and loss of S36,4l2 so. Dur
ing the year 37,793 tons of steel rails, 1896
tons of steel billets, and 52,958 tons ofspiegel
and pig iron were made. In steel billets,
there is very active demand. During the
year only 47S4 tons of iron rails were made.
The report stated that last summer an earn
est effort was made TO form a combination
among the Bessemer Steel Companies. The
failure was charged upon this Company.
"If this is true" said the report, "perhaps
the result will justify the action Of this Com
pany in that matter" The President stated
that the first seven months Of this year were
dull and Improbable the revival has been
within the past five months. The Directors
reported having released the furnace of the
Northampton Iron Company, and that but
$27S,7O0 of the $500 900 of the second mort
gage bonds authorized had been issued. The
offices of General Director and Vice Pres-
dent were established. The following Board
was reelected: Alfred Hunt, John Knecht,
Robert II. Sayre, JOS Wharton, Jacob
Riegle, L. P. Wilbur and Il. B. Linderman.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-29
The Fourth.

Next Thursday will be the anniversary of
American Independence. Our people will,
no doubt, duly celebrate the occasion, either
at some one of the pic mics, at the anniver-
sary of the Wyoming massacre, at Wilkes
Barre, the grand demonstration of the RifleS
at Slatington, or at the races which are 20
take place on the track of the LehiglHon
Fair Grounds, as follows;
A grand trotting match,
A scrub race,
A foot race, and other amusemsnts.
Admission 10 the grounds 70 cents for
gentlemen, all ladies will be admitted free.
The Keystone Cornet Banq, Of Wessport,
will hold their second grand pic mic in the
woods bordering the Lehigh river, on the
4th, and here, undoubtedly, hundreds will
assemble to trip the light fantastic" to the
merry strains of music rendered by the Ne
Daniel family.
Lehigh Hook and Ladder 90, of this
borough, will leave on the 7;45 IA. m. train
for Slatington, to participate in the military
and civic demonstration 10 take, place in
that wide-awake borough.
Let us all celebrate the day