The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-11-22

ular lecturej on "Courtsh,p and Marriage,
last week for the benefit Of a Presbyterian
church, in Monmouth; county, New Jerse.,.
Mrs. DcTschirschky, formerly Of thii
borough, has opened a very handsome store
on Susquehapna. street, Mauch Chunk. SEE
her advertisement in another column Of to-
days ADVOCATE.
For the week ending on the 14th inst.
there were 100 500 tons Of coal shipped ovci
the Leh. & Susq. Railroad, making u total
for the season TO date of S,573,GSO tons, an
increase rs compared with same time last
year Of l ,57l ,42S tons.
-" Yes" said the witness, al do remem-
Der the defendants mother crying on the
occasion referred IL. She was weeping with
her left eye-the only one she has-and the
tears were running down her right cheek
"Whatl' exclaimed the judge, GLOW could
that bo p "Please your honor" said the
witness, "she was awfully crooked-eyed."
The best teams IN this section are to be had
at all times, at low rates, at David Ebberts'
popular livery on North street, this bor-
ough.
"A dividend Of per cent, clear OF all
taxes, has been declared by the National
Bank Of Catasauqua.
During visit TO Mauch CHUNK a few
days ngu, we stopped into the neat little jew
elry and matchmaking store OF L. IL IIohl,
aud louud him busy at work. Since his re-
moval to that burg, he has beeir extraondi-
nurily well patronzed, and why? Because
he does his work well and at such low prices
that all can afford to patronize him. His
store is few doors uboye the Mansion
House.
One day last week about 200 men EN-.
pluyed in the mines at Salgersville and vi
cinty took II intu their heads to 90 on II
strike. Accordingly they inscribed theil
cause upon banner and marched rank and
file to lronton. visiting one ore bed after an
other, endcuvoring to induce the men to
follow their example. AT one mine they
succeeded in getting the men to stop work,
but in few hours they were all ready To
begin their labors again. At Brown & Bros
mine they tried 10 stop work by unhitchng
the horses, but when they saw Mr.. p. F.
Brown taking down their names they i'm
medistely dspc sed. They carried with
them large jug of fire water which was
speedily transferred from the jug to the
brains,and there became the dominant splr,
IL of their action.
AT the scmi-umnual meeting Of the Lee
high Telegraph Company, to be held at then
| Office in Macungic on Saturday, Jan. l7th,a
vote will be taken on the proposition tn in
crease the capital stock from $40 900 to $2O,-
900.
On Thanksgiving Day a race will come
off "n the Rittersvillc track between George
Beers bay mare "Salie D." aud John Mad
den's mare "Tnpsy." The race promises Ia
he an interesting one, as both animals are
considered to be good trotters. "Topsy'
was formally owned by Mr.. Robert Dempstel
of Phillipsburg.
During the past ten days 5000 squares
of Northampton county slate have beel
shipped to New York for the London mar
ket, and 5000 squareSor Lehigh county
slate to Philadelphia, also Tor the sam,
market.
--lO3,262 tons of coal were shipped over
the Lrhigh Valley railroad for the weel
ending on the 18th inst, making total fol
the season Of 4,l3G,9O5 tons an increase %
S75, $50 tons as compared with same tim,
last year.
The combination of high prices broker
in Mauch Chunk You can now bu,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry as cheap a.
they can be bo ught anywhere in the Valley
Stem Winding Clocks, Shes; Watches, 81
and upwards, at L. II. HOLLIS; also ful
line Of Waltham, Elgin Springfield, Rockford
Back and lllLminnus Face Watches, a few
doors above the Mansion House.
One Of the Pennsylvania Coal Compa
ny's mines at Pittston, known as MOL Tum
mel, was found caved in Wednesday morn.
Jug Inc uIsdsleT mas thrown large mum
Der Of men out Of employment for SOM
time.
There having been some talk of tn
HuutZingcrs, the Puttsvile bankers, bein
discharged from the Berks county Jail or
the goth instant, when their term expire:
Thomas +. Kerns, ProthonotHry Of Schuyl
kill county, protests against it, as they hav
not restored to htm S24 900, which he lra
IN their bank, and which is required by til
sentence.